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27 March 1718
Cuyler, Johannes, fl. 1697
Commissioners of Indian Affairs:
With Robert Livingston and Killaen Van Rensselaer. The Commissioners of Indian Affairs address the issues of the Five Nations.
GLC08353
04 March 1829
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
First printing of first inaugural address.
GLC08354
23 February 1785
United States. Congress
Text of the Twelfth Amendment
GLC08355
11 January 1857
Moore, John, 1826-1907
to Mary Kelly
Informs Kelly that he has arrived in New York City from Washington, D.C. and will leave soon for Boston.
GLC04194.02
03 September 1863
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
to Emily McLeod
Describes trying to remember the faces of family members since he has not been home for so long. Reports that the regiment is idle at present, and that the army of Northern Virginia is gaining its strength back because the absentee and sick are...
GLC08165.58
07 November 1863
to Richard W. Hutson
Apologizes for not writing. They had an unexpected move. General Lee put together a party to scour the Blue Ridge Mountains for military deserters. Reports that Lee chose A. P. Hill's 1st South Carolina and Richard S. Ewell's 12th of Georgia...
GLC08165.63
05 July 1828
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to William Wirt
Asking for comments on Georgia's claims pursuant to an 1802 federal agreement that extinguished Indian titles within the state's boundaries. The letter anticipates the events leading up to the 1829 Georgia-Cherokee Crisis; the Supreme Court case...
GLC08279.01
10 April 1775
Roberts, Edward, fl. 1918
[Workhouse issue of colonial currency].
Cosigned by Job Bacon and Lindsay Coats. Two Pound Ten Shilling note; also listed as fifty shillings. Issued by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. Printed in red and black by Hall and Sellers in Philadelphia. The back contains an engraving of...
GLC01980.05.01
May 1786
Hazard, Jonathan, fl. 1786
[Rhode Island currency].
Cosigned by Samuel Allen and Elijah Cobb. Three Pound note; also listed as sixty shillings. Part of an issue of £100,000 in legal tender bills of credit equal to lawful silver money. Issued pursuant to acts of May, June and August of 1786 for the...
GLC01980.05.02
1 January 1776
Sykes, James, 1725-1792
[Delaware colonial currency].
Cosigned by John McKinly. Four shilling note. Issued according to an act of the General Assembly of the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. Back reads: "To Counterfeit is Death." Printed on thick paper containing blue thread and mica in an...
GLC01980.05.03
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