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1927
Sacco & Vanzetti, ?-1927
2 Broadsides and 1 newsletter related to the Sacco Vanzetti case [decimalized]
Materials relating to the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927.
GLC05712
1927/07
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1921-1927
Justice the issue! Shall Sacco and Vanzetti be judicially murdered?
This document is a printed broadside put out by the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee which attacks the exclusive judgment of Judge Webster Thayer and says in part: "The issue is not only for Massachusetts. It is for America. The world will judge...
GLC05712.01
1927/08
[Broadside against the Sacco-Vanzetti execution]
This document is a printed broadside that quotes a columnist from the New York World and reads, "What more can these immigrants from Italy expect? it is not every prisoner who has a President of Harvard University throw on the switch for him." Sacco...
GLC05712.02
September 1927
The official bulletin of the Sacco-Vanzetti defense committee [Vol. I, no. 15 (September 1927)]
Newspaper or newsletter issued after the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. The first page has a printed statement denouncing the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti and comparing the case to the Salem witchcraft trials. The rest of the...
GLC05712.03
1777/06/17
Kitchin, Thomas, fl. 1750-1777
British dominions in America agreeable to the treaty of 1763...
With hand-colored outlines. Depicts the east coast of North America from New Foundland to Florida. Printed by Dury.
GLC05713
January 1883
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to unknown
Sends his autograph to an unknown recipient with a quotation: "What does it imply? The Mongolian, the Hebrew, the African, the least aggressive and sanguinary of men, why are the most hated and persecuted by Christian nations?"
GLC05716
1880/04
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Nahum Capen re: Grant's presidential campaign
Written in purple ink and signed (for her husband) by Varina Davis. "With all his stupidity, neglect of his duties and abuse of his trust... the case must be hopeless. [...] God forbade war to coerce the seceding tribes (of Israel) to return. "
GLC05719
24 April 1834
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Samuel J. May
Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...
GLC05720
22 July 1851
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
to Thomas Robinson Hazard
Clay writes from Ashland, his estate, to Hazard, the noted reformer. Declines an invitation to visit Hazard in Rhode Island, relating that he will not be able to leave home this summer due to ill health. Also due to his health, this letter is...
GLC05721
May 1961
Bernot, Rafael A., fl. 1961
Project for the economical development of Mexico and Latin America
Co-authored with Renan E. Perez Rivero. Published in Mexico City, Mexico in May 1961. President John F. Kennedy signed a note "For Jim," using his personal stationary, which is pasted at the front of the binder. Items contained in green leather...
GLC05723
15 March 1798
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
[Endorsement on promissory note of $5,000 from John Nicholson]
Signed by Morris on verso and dated 15 March 1798. Original note signed by John Nicholson, Morris's business partner, on 15 March 1795 promising to pay Morris $5000 in three years. Endorsement on verso of original note dated 1 March 1797 signed by...
GLC05724.01
17 March 1798
Diehl, Nicholas, Jr., fl. 1798
[Notice of attempt to collect payment from John Nicholson]
Printed and manuscript document. Partially printed form on first page stating that Diehl, a Notary Public for Pennsylvania, at the request of James Warrington, went to collect payment of a promissory note of John Nicholson, but found the business...
GLC05724.02
1810/11/19
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
to Henry Clymer
Follows a letter to his son about his business affairs (not included) because he found himself with extra paper. Compliments a studious young woman named Eliza, possibly of some relation to them. Praises a discourse by Joseph Hopkinson, the author...
GLC05725
16 February 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Ethan A. Hitchcock
Writes to Major General Hitchcock about exchanging prisoners. Believes that prisoners not wanting to return to Confederate service should be exchanged first. "Those who preferred Northern prisons to a return to the rebel service were invited to...
GLC05727
3 December 1870
Lee, Mary Custis, 1808-1873
to Colonel Marshall
Possibly to Colonel Charles Marshall, Lee's aide during the Civil War. Mary writes "to collect some incidents in the early life of my husband." States she is "too feeble and unwell to do the subject justice" and asks him to correct errors in dates...
GLC05728
5 July 1777
Clift, Samuel, fl. 1777
to Isaac Gallup
Reports "The enemy have all mov'd on Staten Island." Also "John Murry was executed here last Tuesday for deserting and Inlisting several times," and others are sentenced to die for the same crime. Hopes to be "making our fortunes, this year, as our...
GLC05729
2 December 1864
to George H. Thomas
Grant, commander-in-chief of the United States Army, instructs General Thomas to move out of Nashville, Tennessee, "and force the enemy to retire or fight upon ground of your own choosing." Informs Thomas, commanding the Department of the Cumberland...
GLC05730
1873/12/18-20
Thomas, W. N., fl. 1873
[1873 Army Letters and Telegrams]
The retained copy book record of army officers' letters and telegraphs concerning the affairs of the Twentieth Infantry. Discusses the removal of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, the plan to capture a chief named Big Hawk, and the training and...
GLC05731.01
1865-1866
Dickson, William G., fl. 1861-1866
Letters to Dickson's grandfather [Decimalized .01-.06]
Among other topics, Dickson discusses reconstruction, turpentine and rosin production, post-slavery labor concerns, cholera in Georgia, and his bleak marriage prospects.
GLC05732
25 February 1865
to Philip H. Sheridan
Marked cipher at top and copied on verso. Writes to Major General Sheridan at Winchester, Virginia about General William T. Sherman's movements. "General Sherman's movements will depend on the amount of opposition he meets from the enemy." Feels...
GLC05734
31 January 1881
to W. W. Kimball
Advice to naval officer headed to the Far East.
GLC05736
1839/07/30
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to Thomas G. Morgan
A detailed personal letter of condolence for the death of Bedford Morgan during the second Seminole War, written to Morgan's brother, Judge Morgan of Baton Rouge, at the insistence of their sister, Ann Gibbes Barker. Explains the circumstances...
GLC05737
26 August 1862
on George W. Randolph
Davis's endorsement, written on blank leaf of Secretary of War Randolph's letter, discusses doing justice to General John B. Magruder and the recommendation that he be given a command in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Randolph's letter (the first...
GLC05740
7 May 1855
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Robert Tyler
Written to his son. Attacks the racial and religious prejudices of the Know-Nothing Party, stating, "a secret society whose only avowed object is religious persecution, cannot endure." Mentions John Selden, Law, Colonel May, and Vanderbilt. He does...
GLC05741
1839-1856
Bowen, John T., fl. 1801-1856
[Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]
Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.
GLC05742.02
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