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A System of penal law for the U.S.A. ... by Edward Livingston

Signed twice by Polk. Printed by Gales & Seaton.

GLC03337

Tomb of Ex-President Polk, Nashville, Tenn.

E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.

GLC05137.051

House Executive Documents, 23rd Congress, 1st Session. [nos. 204-349]

Very thick (24 x 15 x 7 cm.). Various paginations. Includes Bank of US, report of Lt. Allen and H.B. Schoolcraft on their exploratory expedition to the Northwest Indians in 1832 (with map). With 43 p. index. Vol. 4, Ser. No. 257. 3/24/1834 - 4/14...

GLC05324

Pardon of John Krause, convicted of assault with intent to kill.

Convicted of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to 2 years hard labor. Pardoned since he was penitent and the citizens of Georgetown had requested pardon. (c/s James Buchanan)

GLC00068.06

[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of David McKittrich, master of the British Barque Envoy].

GLC00076.03

Authority to affix the seal to pardon of William F. Sterling, convicted of counterfeiting.

Sterling was convicted of passing counterfeit coin. Pardon framed with counterfeit coins and "fool's gold." One bust engraving of James K. Polk included as collateral.

GLC01980

Chickasaw Indians

29th Congress 1st Session Doc. No. 195 House of Represenatives Executive

GLC03776.27

Chickasaw Indians

29th Congress 1st Session Doc. No. 190 House of Represenatives Executive

GLC03776.29

to Henry Horn re: offer of a portrait of Polk by Sully

Written as President. Apparently Polk thought the offer was a hoax.

GLC02793.025

Authority to affix the seal attesting to Alabama Act

GLC07761

Counterfeit coins

GLC01980.02

Counterfeit coins

GLC01980.03

[Notes]

Later copy. Discusses financial and land dealings involving Henry Knox, William Duer, and William Bingham. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.

GLC02437.05747

[Provision request]

Order to issue three days provisions to Northwich Evens, an invalid soldier. Signed by Henry Knox's aide-de-camp, Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.02261

[Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of bread and beef each, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02565

[Provision order]

Request for twenty pounds of bread and beef each, for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02568

[Salaries for the War Office from January-March 1793]

Possibly in the hand of Philip Audibert. This document provides salary information for the War Department from January-March 1793. The 10 employees made $1,762.22. Knox as the Secretary of War made $750 for the quarter. Page 2 was written on 2 April...

GLC02437.05863

[List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...

GLC02437.02264

[List of clothing articles]

In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp but endorsed and signed by Assistant Clothier General David Brooks. A document certifying that General Knox has accounted for articles of clothing received for the Corps of Artillery from December 1776...

GLC02437.02265

[Captain Anthony Post's discharge]

Written in the hand of Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Created at an artillery park at or near New Windsor, where Knox was located in June 1781. The post at Fredericksburgh, New York, has been discontinued with respect to ordnance. Captain Post...

GLC02437.00974

Memoir of the Life and Times of... John Lamb

John Lamb was a General serving under Henry Knox. Memoirs were inscribed by author Isaac Leake to his son. Printed by Joel Munsell.

GLC06908

[Return of ordnance and stores at Stony Point and Verplanks Point]

Includes Quarter master's stores. Noted to Major General Henry Knox at West Point, New York. Fenno signs as Capt Lieut Commt Artillery.

GLC02437.10511

to Jonathan Pollard

Receipt for equipment. Whiteman was a member of the Dutchess County Militia of New York. Pollard was the quartermaster in Knox's artillery regiment.

GLC02437.00305

to Charles James Folger

Written by Anthony as Corresponding Secretary on stationery of the American Equal Rights Association. Folger was a delegate to a convention in Albany that was amending the New York State Constitution. Tells him that Lucy Stone and others will come to...

GLC04360.034