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Ours -- to fight for / freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

OWI No. 47. Government Printing Office O-511888. A large color poster of four Norman Rockwell paintings for the Saturday Evening Post that depict four American freedoms. In clockwise order, top to bottom, the images are: a man standing up to speak...

GLC09520.10

Memorial

The Farmers Club of the American Institute of New York requests Congress to consider an amendment of forestry laws. Specifically they seek provisions to save national domain forests from needless waste, to create new forests and literature on forests...

GLC00687.155

to Joseph Galloway

Describes the debate in Parliament over whether or not to repeal the Stamp Act of 1765. Comments at length on the speech given by William Pitt in favor of the American position. Marked "Copy" on page 3. Some notes in the form of a list pertaining to...

GLC00782.03

[Chain of posts in South Carolina captured from British]

Signed with initials. Lists several posts established by Lord Cornwallis in South Carolina which had been reduced and evacuated by American forces. Notes that there are about 1200 prisoners in the reduced works. Adds that these posts secured Britain...

GLC02437.01319

to Lucy Knox

Responds to his wife's letter dated 29 September 1781 (GLC02437.01200). Discusses investing Yorktown and General Cornwallis' evacuation of his outer works the day before writing this letter. Discusses the Continental Army's prospects to "impress our...

GLC02437.01203

to Louis De Onis

Adams, Secretary of State, informs Onis, Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, of the troubled travels of American William Davis Robinson in Mexico. States that Robinson was imprisoned after surrendering to Spanish authorities in Playa Vincente...

GLC02403

to Guy Carleton

Discusses the evacuation of British troops from New York City. Suggests that American forces take over the city as soon as Sir Guy Carleton and his men leave to prevent disorder and damage to the city. Requests that Carleton give him 5-6 days...

GLC02437.02761

[Agreement between Christopher Gore and William Hay]

Signature, possibly of Christopher Gore, has been clipped. Also signed by William Hay and by John Trumbull as witness. Contract between the American Christopher Gore, living in London, and William Hay, a London gardener. Enumerates the terms of...

GLC02437.06868

to Henry Knox

Relates the opinion of the British Lord Chancellor on a legal case. Apparently, the Lord Chancellor will grant a perpetual injunction against any suit brought to court in England against an American whose estate was confiscated to pay his debts....

GLC02437.03984

to James Bowdoin

Written in the thrid person and signed in text. Informs Bowdoin that he will depart for New York on 24 November, and offers to transmit letters to Lady Temple. Notes that the "Marquis de Santa Cruz, and Duque de Almodovar are the [Grandees] of Spain...

GLC02437.04033

Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area - Part 4

One pamphlet entitled Investigation of Communist Activities in the St. Louis, Mo., Area - Part 4 published 1956. It details a hearing before the Committee on Un-American Activities House of Representatives Eighty-Fourth Congress Second Session, June...

GLC09897.04

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Eugenia G. Sutton to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 4, 1973. Sutton, supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "The President has made it perfectly clear that he will function above the law, and continue...

GLC09613.02.0706

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Mr. and Mrs. Paul Glass to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated July 24, 1974. The Glasses support the impeachment of President Nixon and write, "To do justice to the President and to the American people impeachment is the right and...

GLC09613.02.0923.01

The York Dispatch [Vol. 86, No. 114, October 10, 1918]

One issue of The York Dispatch dated October 10, 1918. Articles within this issue pertain to the status of the German army, World War I updates, community updates, influenza death tolls and names of those infected, advertisements and soldier...

GLC09891.05

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Michal J. Clark to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated August 7, 1974. Clark supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "Relying on glittering generalizations and, at best, feeble lines of logic, your defense of the...

GLC09613.02.0889

Congressional proceedings concerning Communism in the United States [Decimalized .01-.04]

Four pamphlets concerning communism. One pamphlet is an explanation of communism as it is in use in the Soviet Union entitled "Communism in Action A Documented Study and Analysis of Communism in Operation in the Soviet Union." the other three...

GLC09897

to Cyril C.J. Quinn

One typed letter from Arthur Ruhl addressed to Cyril J.C. Quinn dated Samara, September 6, 1922. Pertains to experiences of Mackenzie, a correspondent and his translator, Mr. Hayden. Hayden recognized a woman in the office as someone he had helped...

GLC09761.14

to William N. Haskell

One typed letter addressed to Colonel Haskell from Arthur Ruhl dated December 12, 1922. Pertaining to returning $1,500 which was previously his credit with the American Relief Administration. Expresses that many people he visited with could have been...

GLC09761.23

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Marie M. Smith to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 4, 1973. Smith is against the impeachment of President Nixon and hopes that Moorhead will use good judgment and fair consideration when deciding about Nixon. He writes,...

GLC09613.02.0225

Columbian centinel. [No. 2965 (September 5, 1812)]

Contains news near the beginning of the War of 1812. Notable reports on Napoleon's invasion of Russia and other foreign news. Also reports on the American surrender at Fort Detroit by General William Hull in August 1812, editorializes against...

GLC08725.01

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Title from verso. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the hardware store. People with...

GLC05235.13.01

to Don Jose de Viar and Don Joseph de Jaudenes

Jefferson, Secretary of State, requests that Spanish officials Viar and Jaudenes recognize reimbursement of funds from the Spanish Government to American Oliver Pollock. States that he has full confidence that Spain will "do full justice to Mr...

GLC02709

to Hannah Bailey

A letter from Jacob Bailey to his wife Hannah Bailey. In his letter, Bailey details the Battle of Lake Champlain in Vermont and the capture of Captain Merrick and thirty-three soldiers from his company. He also writes about British soldiers defecting...

GLC02669.008

Surrender of Cornwallis

Hand-colored lithograph showing Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Several other American and British military leaders also appear. Names printed under lithrograph read: "Kosciuzko," "Steuben," "Laurens...

GLC02918.02

To the People of Hardy County.

Created by Hardy County, Virginia, citizens and officials including S. H. Alexander, J. W. F. Allen, George Fisher, A. A. Inskeep, Samuel McMechen, George McNeill, John C. B. Mullin, A. H. Scott, Alfred Taylor, Joseph Vanmeter, William C. Vanmeter, F...

GLC00724