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Report on lagging attendence at Congress, recommendations

Recommends that the state appoint more representatives to Congress.

GLC01153

to Abraham Robinson

Writes just as the British are approaching Fort Ticonderoga for an attack. "I have just time to inform you that the Enemy are approaching - the shattered remains of our fleet arrived last night." Eleven of the sixteen ships were lost, as well as...

GLC01154

to Amos Kendall

Jackson opposes the post office's removal of express mail service to Montgomery, Alabama. Argues that the regular mail takes far too long to reach into the Deep South, and that without express mail the region, and most importantly New Orleans, will...

GLC01155

to Joseph H. Hawkins, re: payment to Gen. James Wilkinson

Directing Hawkins to pay Gen. Wilkinson for funds borrowed by Austin while in Texas tryiing to confirm his "old three hundred" grant. Endorsed by James Perry, Austin's executor, and signed by Wilkinson in receipt of payment.

GLC01156

to R. R. Royal

With autograph address leaf and ANS of James Fannin. Austin discusses his mission to the United States, Andrew Jackson and the threat of War returning.

GLC01157

Old 300 land grant to John Smith and Hugh McKinsie

GLC01159

Second colony contract with permission to settle 500 Catholic families

Written in English. Authorizing settlement of 500 Catholic families. The document says that official communications with the families must be in Spanish and lists other conditions such as requiring families to be industious, "Cat[ho]lics and of...

GLC01160

to John McCalla

Argues that the Mexican government's usurpations and violations of the constitutional rights of Texans led to this "war of independence." Mentions Santanna's pending invasion. With Nashville postal stamp on address leaf.

GLC01161

to Don Pedro Piernas

Rough translation done amongst the staff. Written by Galvez as the Spanish military commander that harried British forces in the Deep South and the Caribbean to Perinas as a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish forces. Quick note that says that after...

GLC01163

to Francisco Martinez

Written in Spanish while being held captive in Texas. Martinez was Mexican consul in New Orleans. The letter was to be delivered through the Semano Brothers at the Consulate at Vera Cruz.

GLC01164

to Charles Lynch

Letter in the hand of Andrew Jackson Donelson, President Jackson' s nephew and amanuensis. He penned the entire letter and signature. Jackson denies Texas U.S. aid because of neutrality. He also notes sufficiency of men to defeat the Creeks and...

GLC01165

to Morven M. Jones

Written as former president. Jackson argues that Polk adheres to "Jeffersonian democracy" which makes him an acceptable alternative candidate to Martin Van Buren (who had been defeated for re-election in 1840). He sees Polk's nomination assured...

GLC01166

Receipt for transporting 100 men and provisions

Signed as colonel of artillery and inspector general of Texas Republic troops.

GLC01167

Promissory note to James Finley

Austin promises to pay $21.50 for John Gillispey and $53 for Abraham Armstrong

GLC01168

[James B. Bonham's signature clipped from a letter]

Clipped signature with the words: "Yours / James B. Bonham / my horse comes."

GLC01169

to Gen. Edward Burleson

An eloquent letter written as President to Vice President Burleson, acting as a general, relating to the Mexican invasion of 1842. Houston tries to encourage Burleson to pursue the retreating Mexican troops, rather than to disband his volunteers. He...

GLC01170

to Edward Burleson

Houston, as President of the Republic of Texas, writes to Edward Burleson, the Vice President of Texas, about the security of Austin as Texas's capital. Considers the vulnerability of the archives of the Republic to attack, while they are kept in...

GLC01171

Republic of Texas land scrip for 320 acres [land grant]

Partly printed document on paper, numbered 95, for 320 acres, to Thomas Toby, a land agent. Countersigned by Secretary of Treasury Terry Smith. Houston, as noted in the printed document, has affixed his personal seal. With two dockets on verso by...

GLC01173

to Commander of Volunteers

Addressed to the Commander in Chief of Volunteers or to the Committee at Gonzales.

GLC01174

Carte de visite portrait of Richard Taylor, with later enlargement [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two bust portraits of Richard Taylor.

GLC01176

Special field order No.

Relieves General John B. Hood of his command of the Army of Tennessee at his own request. Assigns Lieutenant General Richard Taylor in his place. Written on printed stationery of the Head-Quarters, Military Division of the West. With pencil docket...

GLC01177

to George William Brent

Informs Colonel Brent of his appointment to the command of the Army of Tennessee and sends a copy of the orders. Informs that General John Bell Hood, the former commander of the army, left for Richmond.

GLC01178

[Special orders sent to William J. Hardee]

Indicates that Lieutenant General Richard Taylor will report to General Hardee in Savannah, Georgia until the "present emergency shall have passed." Taylor is ordered to inspect the condition of Major General Wheeler's cavalry.

GLC01179.01

Resolution [revising act of Congress for governing troops]

Printed by Dunlap. Signed in type by John Hancock.

GLC01182

Proclamation offering protection to those who remain peaceably at home

Printed by James Humphreys, Junr. Printed at Philadelphia but issued from Howe's Head Quarters at Germantown.

GLC01183

Act: re: requiring officers to take oath of office

Signed in type by Charles Thomson. Prints the oath to be taken and describes the circumstances for taking the oath.

GLC01184

[Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]

Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners with him. Includes several pages of Libby Prison expenses/accounting of what he paid for crackers, paper, tobacco...

GLC01185

Richmond daily dispatch--extra. [no volume or number information (March 4, 1861)]

Same-day "Extra" printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address; the concluding portion of the speech is not printed. Also: Paragraph criticizing Lincoln for secretly passing through Baltimore (dubbed "Lincoln's pass over"). Report from Capt. Foster...

GLC01186

Selma union. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 8, 1865)]

Occupation newspaper printed by Union soldiers W.W. Van Antwerp and Theo. T. Scribner. Reports the capture of Selma and of the Chattanooga "Rebel" (newspaper) printing press.

GLC01187

to John Lawrence, Esq.

Countersigned vertically by Samuel Wyllys. Instructions to pay Colonel Elysha Sheldon five hundred continental dollars out of the public treasury for the expense of an express to General Washington. Numbered 5737 on verso. Endorsed by Sheldon on the...

GLC01412.64.01

[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]

Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.

GLC01413

[Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction"]

A circular letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin and sent to Dudley Hobart, the collector of Bath, Maine. Instructs Hobart to enforce the amendment to the fourth section of the March 3, 1805 act, which empowered the president "to...

GLC01420

[Indictment of Samuel Tate for damning Continental money]

Endorsed by Sevier on verso and signed by Edward Dunlap as the state's attorney on the front. North Carolina authorities bring charges against Tate for exclaiming "Damn this money it has ruined me and I will have none of it."

GLC01422

[Certificate of capture]

Written by Jackson as Colonel of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment (he was breveted a Brigadier General on 30 September 1783). Countersigned by Thomas Ivers, Massachusetts State Treasurer on verso. Note on verso written by Major Moses Ashley on 12...

GLC01412.46

[Legal agreement for sale of land]

Co-signed with William Trent on verso. Witnessed by Francis Lee, Cornelius C. Roosevelt, and an illegible name. Legal agreement made for the transfer of ownership of Indian land. Made between Colonel William Grayson, a wealthy Virginia landowner and...

GLC01412.47

to his children

Reports that he recently returned from the country, where he was confined for five weeks while sick, in addition to being sick for three weeks before that with small pox. He is now healthy again and sends love and good wishes to his family. Pecker...

GLC01412.48

to his children

Remarks that he is in good health and never had small pox. Mentions he has sent his son, Billy, to safety at Mount Independence and describes the approach of the enemy to Fort Ticonderoga, expecting a bloody battle the next day. The enemy army made...

GLC01412.49

[Oath of allegiance for enlisting Maryland soldier]

Partly printed document signed. Ceary enlists in the "7th Maryland Regiment, of Foot Commande by Col. John Gunby for three years. Also signs below in receipt of a $450 bounty. Printed part of document states that a $200 bounty should be paid, but...

GLC01412.50

[Agreement and appointment of William Sever]

Cosigned by William Sever, John Avery, and Timothy Foster. Witnessed by Alexander Gray and Seth Loring. Agreement in which Sever, Avery, and Foster are bound to Henry Gardner (Treasurer of Massachusetts) in the amount of ten thousand pounds, unless...

GLC01412.51

to Thomas Johnson

The docket has been separated from the Free Frank (address leaf). Johnson was the governor of Maryland.

GLC01412.52

[Commission of John Phillips as Fort Major at Castle William in Massachusetts]

Includes a square paper seal on top left corner. Castle William was a British garrison in the Boston Harbor.

GLC01412.53

[Estate inventory for William Foard, Sr]

Also signed by Marke Eames, Nathaniel Winslow, Samuel Sprague, and Secretary of the Colony Nathaniel Morton. Notes that Foard's widow, had appeared before him and testified that this is a true inventory, the lands and house where she dwells excepted...

GLC01412.54

to Ebenzer Williams

Randell asks for part of the town's supply of lead to make into bullets.

GLC01412.55

[Authorization for John Reynolds]

Reynolds is given permission to withdraw 10,000 pounds from the General Treasury to purchase goods ordered by the General Assembly. Includes Reynold's signed docket and various received amounts on verso. Surname possibility spelt Helm.

GLC01412.56

Revolutionary War period documents [Decimalized .01- .06]

GLC01412.63

Revolutionary war period documents (14) [decimalized]

GLC01412.64

[Legal document created by a committee of the Rhode Island General assembly]

Signed by Hopkins, former Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy, as deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly. Cosigned by committee member John Jenckes. Order to pay Job Greene one hundred and thirteen pounds and five shillings. Endorsed...

GLC01412.64.02

[Notice regarding postage] [in French]

Printed notice requesting the payment of postage to an office in France, in order to prevent further delay of the transmission of a letter. Written to Monsieur Cerranon in Baltimore, Maryland.

GLC01412.64.03

[Receipt acknowledging funds]

Co-signed by John Delka. Martin and Delka were exchanged prisoners returning to South Carolina. Document is a receipt acknowledging Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress, had lent them sixty dollars for their trip home.

GLC01412.64.04

[Engsign's commission of Stephen Day]

Cosigned by Secretary George Wyllys. Partially printed certificate signed by Connecticut's Colonial Governor and Captain-General Jonathan Trumbull appointing Stephen Day ensign to the 22nd Regiment of Connecticut. He is given command of a company of...

GLC01412.64.05