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Message of the President [war of 1812 re: American defeats on Canada border]

Fuller title: "Message from the President...as may tend to explain the causes of the failure of the arms of the U. States on the northern frontier." Printed by A & G Way. Message no. 54.

GLC05218

[List of sick attended to this day of the thirteenth regiment Louisiana infantry]

Lists the names of sick soldiers by company, their ailments, and indicates if they are in the hospital. Among the maladies listed are fever, dysentery, rheumatism, bronchitis, gonorrhea, congestion of the brain and leg ulcers. A doctor's name...

GLC04501.005

Engraving of Louis T. Wigfall

Engraving is a torn out page from a book. Biographical note is adhered below the image.

GLC02459.63

Incidents of the War. Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg. July, 1863

Negative by T. H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. The image shows the stones and boulders built into defensive walls by union forces. A book or notebook lays on top of a boulder on the right-hand side of the photograph. Wooden poles...

GLC03588.05

[Roster of captains, commanders, batteries, and companies, artillery park, Army of the Potomac]

Written near City Point, Virginia. Captain Mayo lists six captains, including Calvin Shaffer of the Fifteenth New York Light Artillery.

GLC02382.165

[Confederate Civil War map of the Army of Mississippi camp at Corinth, Mississippi]

Manuscript map shows the lines of entrenchments and reinforcements, the Danville Road, cultivated land, camp roads, a cotton press, the O & M Railroad and C & M Railroad, and General William J. Hardee's headquarters. Map was blind stamped while...

GLC05668

Report of the Secretary of State communicating the report of the Rev. R. R. Gurley, who was recently sent out by the government...

(title continues)... to obtain information in respect to Liberia. Pamphlet bound as a book. With introductory note by Daniel Webster, Secretary of State 1850-1852. 31st Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document No. 75. Contains a...

GLC00267.054

"Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home"

One program entitled, "Dedication Ceremonies of the Frederick Douglass Home" dated February 14, 1972. Includes a dedication to Frederick Douglass's biography and work towards the anti-slavery movement. Also included is a program of the day events...

GLC09640.060

Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Recommendation for Legislation Pertaining to the Right of Holders of Gold-Clause Bonds of the Government to Sue for Payment.

One pamphlet entitled, "Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Recommendation for Legislation Pertaining to the Right of Holders of Gold-Clause Bonds of the Government to Sue for Payment," dated June 27, 1935, to revoke the...

GLC09693.19

An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered Before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Years 1790 and 1791 On part of the Petitioners For the Abolition of the Slave Trade

JB00509

Proposals of the 5 Nations to Robert Hunter

The Sachems ask the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of New York to pay the salary of Robert Livingston, who has served the position of Secretary of Indian Affiars without receiving a just salary.

GLC03107.02104

Statement of Account with Benjamin Johnson

Includes entry for "Negro Fanny & her children." Dates from 1782-1787, while Monroe lived at Williamsburg.

GLC07411

[Bill for sale of eight slaves]

Partially printed. George Wylly sells eight slaves (Saturday, Tuesday, Dilia, Julia, Emily, Elizabeth, Mary, and Charly) to Davis Smith. Docket indicates that the enslaved people were sold for $4900.

GLC02448.19

Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."

GLC05111.01.0702

[Negotiations regarding the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent and British claims]

The fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent dealt with establishing the boundary between the United States and Canada around the northwest angle of Nova Scotia and the northwestern head of the Connecticut River. Book includes copies of letters from...

GLC05634.01

Proceedings of the United States Senate on the Fugitive Slave Bill,- the abolition of the slavetrade in the District of Columbia, - and the imprisonment of free colored seamen in the Southern ports ...

Includes speeches of Senators John Davis, Grenville Winthrop, and others. Printed by T. R. Marvin.

GLC00267.066

to Committee of Intelligence at Portsmouth, NH; re: false alarms of troops

Warning of false reports of British troops arriving in Massachusetts. "I am sensible of the evil consequences of false alarms at such a time as the present is, & have been much pain'd on hearing of the distress, the people of your town & province...

GLC07191

[Group portrait of naval officers, boy and citizen of Japanese-American descent]

One undated black-and-white photograph of a group of men and a young boy of Japanese-American descent. Two of the men pictured are in naval uniforms.

GLC09860.093

[Pay Abstract of Capt. William Perkins' Company in Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery for the month of May 1776]

Gives number of people at each position in Perkins' company and their pay.

GLC02437.00322

[Presidential appointment of Thomas Rutter as Marshal for the District of Maryland].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Appointment is from 22 November 1816 until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States.

GLC00043.09

Memorial of the senators and representatives elect from the state of California...

Title continues "asking permission of said State into the Union, together with the credentials of said representatives, and a certified copy of the constitution of said State." House of Representatives Misc. No. 44. Plea signed by William Gwin...

GLC08439

[Report of ammunition on hand in reserve artillery train, Army of the Potomac]

Written near Petersburg. Lieutenant and ordnance officer Newbatt lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.146

[Presidential pardon of Benjamin Wood, who had been convicted in December 1857 in the District of Columbia of manslaughter].

Wood was pardoned by Lincoln because it is believed that he was insane at the time of the offense, because it was his first offense, and because the jurors at his trial and others had petitioned for his release. Countersigned by Secretary of State...

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