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6 June 1883
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to Mr. Kip
Declines an invitation from H. G. Chapman to attend the Hemenway Gymnasium on class day.
GLC03998.04
1 October 1850
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
1811-1884
Peace if possible -- Justice at any rate.
GLC03998.06
circa 1871
to George William Curtis
Requests details on Curtis's interview with Grant. Asks if he has heard anyone besides Grant assert that Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was removed from chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations because of negligence. Curtis was...
GLC03998.07
26 July 1876
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
to unknown
Expresses his belief that reconstruction would not end if a short term Democrat is elected to the presidency, but that it would be disastrous for the Freedmen. Rutherford B. Hayes served as President 1877-1881.
GLC08201
28 November 1778
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
[to the King's Commissioners]
Responding to a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia and contemplating a British attack on Georgia. Asks the king's (King George III) commissioners to use their judgment on how much of the memorial to comply with....
GLC08202
26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos, fl. 1833
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
GLC08204
04 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
[National Intelligencer Extra]
Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.
GLC08205
September 1785
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
[Indictment of Joseph Harris as a counterfeiter]
Countersigned by Nathan Rowley. Charging Harris with defrauding and injuring the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 1785 by making 800 pieces of counterfeit money in mixed metals. Paine was Attorney General of Massachusetts 1777-1796.
GLC08206
09 April 1862
Atkins, James, fl. 1862
to his father
Written from the U.S. Steam Sloop Brooklyn, Head of the Passes Mississippi River. Describes the Union naval preparations prior to the assault on New Orleans, with particular attention to the mortar fleet of David Dixon Porter. Discusses in depth...
GLC08207
14 August 1789
Connecticut gazette. [Vol. 26, no. 1344 (August 14, 1789)]
With proposed draft of twelve amendments to the United States Constitution.
GLC08208
August 1860
C. E. Cate & Co.
[Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana]
Circular advertises slave shoes and hats by type, virtues, and price aimed at plantation owners who would have to clothe many slaves for reasonable prices. This company specialized in clothing products for slaves. The circular was published a few...
GLC08210
10 August 1830
McDonald, Hugh S., fl. 1830
[Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry].
GLC08211
19 October 1861
Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888
to Henry Jackson
Union troop movements near Monterey, Virginia. The Batlle of Bull's Bluff (30 miles away) was fought four days later.
GLC08212
circa 1850-1880
Jones, Peter Franklin, fl. 1850-1880
[Civil War correspondence of Peter Franklin Jones, a Baptist pastor who was an officer in Griswold Light Cavalry, 21st New York Cavalry].
Covers the march to Winchester, Virginia, near Mechanicsburg Gap.
GLC08213
11 September 1864
Gordon, H.D., fl. 1864
Efforts to avoid draft riots in Rochester, New York, by paying bounties and the nomination of George McClellan.
GLC08214
22 April 1813
McGlassin, G., fl. 1813
Written onboard the ship Madison prior to the attack against York, New Canada (now Toronto).
GLC08215
20 August 1862
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
to Turlow Weed
Explaining the anti-American bias of the English press during the Trent Affair.
GLC08216
circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
circa 1902-1904
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Mr. Gibson
Listing areas of continuing unrest in the Philippines. Written as Secretary of War and Military Governor of the Philippine Islands.
GLC08218
03 October 1832
Gerry, Ann, fl. 1832
Discuss making a claim to Congress for the remaining salary of her late husband, Vice President Elbridge Gerry. Efforts include contacting John Quincy Adams, a longtime family friend.
GLC08219
05 March 1810
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Christopher Gore
Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.
GLC08220
09 November 1769
Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769
to Thomas Brattle
Encloses the resolves of the Connecticut Assembly in support of Boston's struggle against the Townshend Acts and the King's Commission of Customs and recommends that they be printed.
GLC08221
09 October 1863
Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
to Luin K. Thacher and Henry Flesher
Two dispatches alerting Union officers of Confederate General Joseph Shelby's raids into Missouri: "I haven just received information that the rebels took Warsaw... & marched out from there on the Sedalia Road..."
GLC08222
to John M. Schofield
Alerting him about Confederate Joseph Shelby's raids in Missouri.
GLC08223
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