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1816/03/19
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to Robert Patterson
Signed as Secretary of State to the Director of the Mint, Patterson. The Mint, in Philadelphia, was being repaired. It was unaffected by the British invasion of Washington.
GLC02002
29 March 1922
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to Edna Sheldon Blair
President Harding rejects Blair for appointment as a civil service commissioner, "in view of the fact that there is one woman serving on the Board already I have not thought it preferable to consider a woman applicant for the vacancy." Concludes that...
GLC02008
8 August 1807
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[Land grant for Toppan Webster].
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Madison. Grants 100 acres to Webster, an assignee of Samuel Jess, on the basis of the act of Congress appropriating land for former soldiers and for the society of the United Brethren. The act had been...
GLC02010
2 June 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Pass for John Ford
Signed by Edwin Stanton as Secretary of War. Pass for John Ford to visit the stage and private boxes in Ford's Theatre.
GLC02011
circa 13 February 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to George Washington Custis Lee
Autograph endorsement signed in pencil "J.D.", on address leaf of a letter from Weldon N. Edwards to Jefferson Davis dated 13 February 1862 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Edwards, writing as president of the North Carolina Secession Convention, sends...
GLC02017
29 November 1861
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
to James Tyler Ames
Field writes to Ames in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Writes, "As a personal favor to me will you consent to manufacture in the very best manner of the very best materials one repeating gun, similar to the one you saw exhibited to the President in...
GLC02019
1819/09/26
Austin, Moses, fl. 1802-1819
Deed to plot of land sold to Robert Bruffy (cos. Mary Austin)
Notarized by Sam Woodson, clerk. Conveying deed to Robert Bruffy. Early land document for Missouri settlement.
GLC02022
23 December 1847
Blair & Rives
Congressional Globe [New Series...No. 4]
Lincoln's Spot Amendment Speech on page 64 condemns the pretexts for starting the war with Mexico. Requests proof from President Polk that American blood was shed on American soil and that the enemy provoked the Americans, and asks if those Americans...
GLC02025
7 March 1862
Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889
to Isabella M. Hill
Relates accounts of his long a hard marches. Says General Thomas Jackson's "situation is very, very, very critical," as he is being pressed by the Union army, and hopes he is "fortunate in extricating himself." While McClellan and the bulk of the...
GLC01977
September 9, 1842
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Elections in Sangamon County, Illinois, for State Representatives...
Said to have been presented to his fiance Mary Todd, listing election results for 1832, 1834 and 1836. Lincoln has signed his name three times, once for each time he ran. Attested by clerk Noah W. Matheny, pages 2-3, with seal on p. 3. See...
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