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01 October 1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the conditional pardon of Joseph Anthony and J.H. Drabing].
GLC00207
28 January 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Military commission of Edward O. C. Ord to Brigadier General of Volunteers]
Lincoln's appointment of Ord, countersigned by Secretary of War Stanton. Ord was ordered east from California to assume his new command, and soon after won one of the Union's earliest victories at Dranesville, Virginia. Lincoln signed in full:...
GLC00208
03 February 1829
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Miss Anna McKnight
A poem in which he expresses his attachment to her and asks her to consider him a true and honest friend: "My pulses, mix'd emotions blend, unchang'd by wind or weather. Of lover-brother-father-friend, to take them all together." Adams was President...
GLC00209
30 August 1877
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Authority to affix the seal to pardon of William and Elijah McWhorter. [Decimalized .01-.03]
Includes carte de visite and Signed pass to see counting of electoral college 2/10/1877.
GLC00212
circa December 26, 1863
Order for Daniel Linder
Lincoln proclaimed a pardon possibility for rebellious soldiers December 8, 1863, in his annual message to Congress. Daniel Linder, son of Usher F. Linder, an old friend of Lincoln in Chicago, was freed on Dec. 26, the date assumed for this document...
GLC00213
October 31, 1867
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Fitz-John Porter
Lee provides a brief list of his recollections of the events during the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) 29-30 August 1862 in response to a request from Union General Fitz-John Porter. Union General John Pope refused to take the blame for the defeat...
GLC00214.01
February 11, 1854
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to Alexander S. Latty
Comments that he is saddened to hear of Judge Latty's poor health. Talks of local politics and feels that the cities of Williams, Paulding, and Defiance, Ohio will be carried by the Independent Democrats in the fall elections. Remarks that the...
GLC00216
09 May 1938
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Pardon of Michele de Robertis (c/s Robert H. Jackson [acting AG])
Convicted of swearing a false affidavit. Reason for pardon not mentioned, but research indicates he received it for turning state's evidence against Al Capone.
GLC00217
December 11, 1881
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Edgar A. Hamilton
Sherman writes to Reverend Hamilton to eulogize General Hugh Judson Kirkpatrick shortly after his death, praising Kirkpatrick's merits as a soldier and a officer during both peace time and the Civil War. He writes, in part, "I never knew a more...
GLC00223
March 15, 1838
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Isaac Hill
Writes about the sickness and death of a friend. States that he has rendered a query with the Committee of Investigation in Boston about it. Discusses an election and politics in his native state, New Hampshire. Addressed to Hill in Concord, New...
GLC00225
1865 - 1927
Presidential Pardon Collection
Presidential pardon collection #7 [decimalized]
GLC00230
09 November 1885
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Pardon of J. P. Shonebraker, convicted of robbing a mail coach.
Convicted of robbing a mail coach and its passengers; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 3 years and 6 months of his prison term due to his frank confession of the crime and his returning of the stolen property, and because of...
GLC00230.01
June 6, 1927
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Presidential pardon to restore Robert E. Hicks' civil rights, convicted 29 May 1903 of mailing abortion-related materials and sentenced to 10 months]
Hicks was convicted of sending "unmailable matter" (i.e., abortion materials, possibly a violation of the Comstock Law) through the mail by the U.S. District Court of Southern New York. He was sentenced to ten months in Kings County Penitentiary...
GLC00230.02
27 February 1869
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pardon of James Henry Coleman, convicted of assault and battery.
Convicted of assault and battery; sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. Pardoned by recommendation of his fellow employees and close acquaintances of his high character and "upright life" and because he acted out of provocation and fear. (c/s William...
GLC00230.03
29 July 1865
[Presidential pardon of Thomas C. Billups, who had fought for the Confederacy].
Printed document. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State William Hunter.
GLC00230.04
February 15, 1777
Ellery, William, 1727-1820
to Nicholas Cooke
Voices concern about the financing of the national debt and the issuance of paper money. Has found in Congress some interest in naval defense. The American army is at Morristown and the British army is at Brunswick. There have been skirmishes. In...
GLC00202
1862-1865
Jackson, Edwin, fl. 1862-1865
[Collection of Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry] [decimalized]
Fighting the Sioux [18 letters]. Edwin Jackson 6th Regt. Minn. Vols. collection of letters, many written on patriotic stationery. Very detailed and descriptive accounts of Indian atrocities against civilians and battles. On 12 October 1862, he...
GLC00203
17 October 1781
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Appointment of Norton Quincy as Justice of the Peace].
Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Hancock, appointed Justice of the Peace, Norton Quincy, for the County of Suffolk. The order gives a general sketch of the duties of Quincy's new office. Partially printed. Accompanied by frilled...
GLC00210
December 19, 1840
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
to J. C. S. Harrison
Written in response to a letter from his grandson, J. C. S. Harrison. President-elect Harrison advises him at Asbury University in Greencastle, Indiana, for success in life. Encloses five dollars. Harrison misspells the name of the university as...
GLC00211
September 1878 - June 1887
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
Collection of Porter letters [Decimalized .01-.14]
Most of the letters in this collection are to Captain (sometimes Colonel) Julius Walker Adams, a noted engineer and cousin of President John Quincy Adams. Porter discusses the reevaluation of his conduct at Second Manassas by a special commission in...
GLC00214.02
May 21, 1848
to Sidney Smith Lee
Secretarially written and signed letter. Written to his brother (addressed "My dear Rose") as Engineer accompanying the Mexico expedition. A joyous Lee proudly announces the final ratification of a Peace Treaty between the United States and Mexico...
GLC00215
1781
Paca, William, 1740-1799
[Subscription for the barge experiment] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC00218
1774 - 1788
United States. Continental Congress.
Journals of Congress [decimalized]
Set lacks vol. 4. Vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1776) includes the Declaration of Independence.
GLC00219
1777
Journals of Congress. Containing the proceedings from Sept. 5. 1774
Evans 15683. Reprint edition (per dealer); bookplates of John Rutherfurd in all vols but v.1
GLC00219.01
Journals of Congress. Containing the proceedings in the year, 1776
Strand of blond hair originally laid-in p.296-297 now in paper folder in back.
GLC00219.02
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