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1776-1778
Items pertaining to British soldier Henry Rooke [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC03881
1783-1788
[Twenty-Six documents related to the founding and early history of the Society of Cincinnati] Decimalized
GLC04379
1781/03/01
United States. Continental Congress.
Extract from minutes re: Maryland ratifying the Articles of Confederation
Maryland was the last state to ratify the Articles "by which act the Confederation of the United State of America was completed each and every one of the thirteen states from New Hampshire to Georgia both included having adopted and confirmed and by...
GLC04382
8 August 1816
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818
to Charles Carter Lee
Counsels his son, Charles Carter Lee, who was attending Harvard. Tells him to acquire knowledge from its foundation and not on the surface: "this last turns man into a puppet & the first fits him for the highest activity & the most lasting pleasure."...
GLC04434
1945 July/August
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
[Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at Potsdam]
Signed by Harry Truman and Winston Churchill. Shows "the Big Three" at the Potsdam Conference in Germany. Includes stamp on verso.
GLC04457
28 August 1798
English Chronicle no. 3006 [Washington becoming Lt. Gen. p.4]
GLC08806
October 12, 1780
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to Francois Marquis de Barbe-Marbois
To Marbois, the secretary of the French Ambassador, who later served as Intendent of Santo Domingo and minister of finance under Napoleon, under whom he sold Louisiana to the U.S. Hamilton concludes his letter by agreeing with Marbois about America...
GLC00012
February 24, 1865 - February 27, 1865
Ord, Edward Ortho Cresap, 1818-1883
Collection record for compatibility. [decimalized]
GLC00042
February 24, 1865
to James Longstreet
Requests a meeting to discuss the disposition of noncombatant traitors held captive by both forces.
GLC00042.01
February 12, 1813
Madison, James, 1751-1836
[Pardon of marines Thomas Potts and George Allen for desertion].
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Potts had been convicted of desertion in June 1812. Allen had been convicted of desertion in August 1812. Both had been sentenced to be shot. Pardoned by Madison for "divers good causes and...
GLC00049
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