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30 June 1781
Avery, John, 1739-1806
Resolutions [raising 2700 militia for General Washington]
Signed on p. 1 by Avery as Secretary. Docketed "Ipswich" on left margin of p.1
GLC00906
December 10, 1880
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
to Winfield S. Hancock
Docketed. With engraved portrait of Johnston.
GLC00907
28 October 1776
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Connecticut document ordering payment for guarding, moving & feeding Continental POW's]
Co-signed by Hartford mayor Thomas Seymour and Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Countersigned by Moses Kimball on verso when he received payment and E. Plummer who audited the payment. Seymour and Ellsworth were members of the Connecticut...
GLC00873
19 August 1776
[Receipt for Cyprian Collins]
Signed by Ellsworth as member of Connecticut Pay-table Committee. To John Lawrence as Treasurer of Connecticut and co-signed by committee member Thomas Seymour. Receipt for Cyprian Collins for four pounds, four shillings for riding express from the...
GLC00874
6 May 1775
[Receipt for Brigadier General Joseph Spencer]
Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-table Committee. Co-signed with fellow members William Pitkin, Thomas Seymour, and Ezekiel Williams. To John Laurence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt is to pay Brigadier General Joseph...
GLC00875
April 29, 1865
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
[Endorsements of Confederate Generals Pierre G.T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston]
Autograph letter signed of Brigadier General Thomas Jordan to Pierre G.T. Beauregard endorsed three times by Beauregard. Also endorsed by General Joseph E. Johnston in pencil. Written on blue paper. Dated April 29, 1865
GLC00877
September 28, 1832
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to O.A. Bowe
A personal letter about a trip to New England. Discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. Compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy."...
GLC00880
August 2, 1789
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Nathaniel Freeman
Criticizes the unexpected marriage of a mutual friend. Mentions the female population in Newbury-Port and other personal matters. Discusses the intended judiciary system and comments that it will take many alterations and additions before it is...
GLC00881
11 June 1779
To the inhabitants of the United States of America
With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.
GLC00882
30 July 1779
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791
[Pay order receipt for Jonathan Dana]
Countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of the Continental Loan Office. Orders payment to Jonathan Dana of 18 dollars for interest on money borrowed by the United States. Marked as number 181. On verso there are two notes. One states...
GLC00883
02 March 1791
United States. Congress
An act: to incorporate the Bank of the United States [Supplement]
Setting date for beginning stock subscription. Unsigned
GLC00884
03 March 1791
United States Mint
Resolution to establish the United States Mint
Printed broadside
GLC00885
May 15, 1865
Roddey, Philip Dale, 1820-1897
to William H. Hatch
Roddey, a Confederate Brigadier General, writes regarding disbanding troops and securing paroles. With an unsigned pencil note on verso probably written by General Hatch.
GLC00886
May 14, 1865
Smith, Thomas B., 1838-1923
to unknown
Addressed to "Dear Col." Smith, a Confederate brigadier general, writes as a prisoner of war in Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. "I have applied this morning to the Sect. of War to take the Oath of Allegiance. I think the cause for which we...
GLC00887
September 1, 1851
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to George Gibson
Written by Captain Sherman from the Subsistence Office, St. Louis, Missouri, to Commissary General of the United States Army George Gibson. Encloses summary statements for August (not included). Notes that sums advanced to him from Santa Fe for...
GLC00889
March 8, 1814
Boggs, Francis, fl. 1814
to Daniel Fisher
Boggs wrote this as a United States seaman being held as a prisoner of war on a British ship during the War of 1812. Comments on the war and asks for assistance in getting released. He discusses the miseries of the prisoners' situation over the...
GLC00890
05 December 1791
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Report of the Secretary of Treasury on the subject of manufactures
Howes H123. Disbound and boxed. One of Hamilton's most important reports as Secretary of Treasury, to justify his system of tariffs.
GLC00891
August 4, 1791
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
to Samuel Johnston
Written by Laurens, former Continental Congressman and diplomat, in retirement attempting to restore his properties ravaged by the Revolution. Replies to Johnston, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, about a request for papers. States that he asked a...
GLC00892
December 23, 1932
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Memorandum for D. Basil O'Connor
Advises in humor that the Knickerbocker Ice Company has a cold storage plant in Brooklyn that O'Connor can rent, commenting that "After visits from your old friends like Gus and Meyer and Julian, a night spent in the cooler will restore you to health...
GLC00894
19 August 1844
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
General Order no. 17, re: Texas question and possibility of more service
Docketed. Directed to the African Squadron; received on Oct. 19.
GLC00896
February 25, 1861
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Howell Cobb
Addressed to Cobb as President of Congress. Nominates Henry T. Ellet as Post Master, Judah P. Benjamin as Attorney General and Stephen R. Mallory as Navy Secretary.
GLC00897
05 May 1865
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
[Official copy of Henry W. Halleck's General Order No. 6]
Halleck lays down the law for "all persons found in arms against the authority of the United States" in Virginia and North Carolina less than one month after the surrender at Appomattox. Headed: "Head Quarters, Military Division of the James...
GLC00898.01
24 April 1863
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 23 (April 24, 1863)]
Union occupation newspaper published by Opelousa. Telegrams describe changing conditions of who is winning the battle in Jackson. Poem dedicated to the Union Army and Navy. Fugitive slave ad. Gray floral and tile pattern on wallpaper verso.
GLC00899
14-15 July 1863
Ackert, Charles J., fl. 1863
The Port Hudson Freeman. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 14-15, 1863)]
Necessity newspaper printed on pinkish brown scrap paper by Union soldiers. "First federal edition" printed on one side dated 14 July 1863. The other side is dated 15 July and is marked volume 1, no. 1. Reports on the victory at the battle at...
GLC00900.01
22 June 1864
Joy, George Mills, fl. 18301-864
North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]
Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes...
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