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[Appointment of William H. Wharton as minister to the U.S.]

Signed by Sam Houston. Countersigned by Austin as Secretary of State, with Samuel A. Roberts presentation on back to Mrs. Hugh White, regarding provenance. Red wax seal on bottom left corner.

GLC02452.01

Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question.

First edition. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives arguing that Missouri should be added to the Union as a free state. Sergeant was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

GLC00267.098

[Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution]

35th Congress, 1st session, Senate. Rep. Com. No. 82. Opens with a report submitted by Senator Green from the Committee on Territories. Includes a Constitution for Kansas, submitted by John Calhoun, President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention...

GLC00267.169

to Mary Ann Brown

Brown wonders if a free state candidate from Kansas has been "allowed...a seat in Congress," since "that would set Kansas matters right at once." He reports that he has "again written Mr. [William Henry] Hurlbut of Connecticut about the battle."...

GLC00928

Extracts of letters written by the Secretary of War, to the Governor of Virginia, upon the defensive protection of the frontiers of that State

Contemporary clerical copy signed by chief clerk of the War Department, John Stagg, Jr. The letters concern protection of the Virginia frontier against Indians, emphasizing President Washington's view "that all parts of the union ought to be...

GLC00813

to Henry Knox

Sargent sends the proceedings of a meeting of Ohio Company agents that took place 29 August (refer to GLC02437.03648). Notes that keeping part of their purchase "out of sight" had enhanced the value of the first [1000] shares. Offers Knox his...

GLC02437.03651

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to forward an enclosed letter to General [Josiah] Harmar (he spells it "Harmer"), which contains a letter to Major [Winthrop] Sargent (letter is not included). Also discusses his shares in the Ohio Company and his ability to settle his...

GLC02437.04204

to Henry Knox

Discusses his troubles concerning his family estate. Says that financial difficulties will prevent him from settling in the Western Country. Discusses his financial ruin, stating, "in a word, I must look to my Country, a Country that I neither spared...

GLC02437.04446

to Henry Knox

Encloses a letter addressed to Monroe from Colonel Joseph Martin (not present), who was formerly an Indian Agent for the state of Virginia. Explains that if the letter contains anything important, Knox would be the proper person to handle the...

GLC02437.05273

"Commissary building at Ft. Washataw."

Ruins of a long, roofless 2-story stone building. Notation on verso: "Commissary building at Ft. Washataw."

GLC05475.08

"Chickasaw Orphanage at Lebanon, Indian Territory."

Large 4-story frame building. With imprint of 'Geo. & Ed. Manderfield' s Studio, Gainesville, Texas." Notation on verso: "Chickasaw Orphanage at Lebanon, Indian Territory. Aunt Nett Marshall taught here." 1890s ca. [Glossy collodian or gelatin...

GLC05475.14

to Henry Knox

Williams informs Secretary of War Knox that William's brother is writing Knox regarding their contract. Williams's brother and a Mr. Eliot are interested in continuing to supply rations and hope to both remain employed in "the department of the...

GLC02437.04754

Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the people of the United States. Shall slavery be permitted in Nebraska?

Printed by Tower's Printers. Uncut. Issued by Congressmen Chase, Charles Sumner, Joshua R. Giddings, Edward Wade, Gerrit Smith, and Alexander De Witt. "Whatever apologies may be offered for the toleration of slavery in the States, none can be...

GLC05116.03

Speech of Hon. R. E. Fenton of New York on Democratic tests, and the Nebraska Bill.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Disbound. Representative Fenton states, "...the bill under consideration, although negative in its character, is affirmative in its character for the spread of slavery. A principle, sir, I cannot sustain...

GLC05116.04

Speech of Mr. Peckham, of New York, on the Kansas and Nebraska question.

Printed by John T. and Lem. Towers. Representative Peckham states, "... after thoroughly examining this bill, its history and progress, and the legislation pertaining to it, I cannot give it my support, believing that it contains none of the...

GLC05116.07

Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York, on the profession and acts of the President of the United States; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise...

(title continues)... the outrages in Kansas; and the sectional influence and aggressions of the slave power. Delivered in the House of Representatives; published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in Albany, New York. Representative Sage quotes Henry Clay: " '...

GLC05116.18

The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner...

(title continues)... together with the history of the Missouri Compromise Daniel Webster's memorial in regard to it-- History of the annexation of Texas-- the organization of Oregon Territory-- and the Compromise of 1850. Published by Justus S...

GLC05116.02

Kanzas and the Constitution.

Printed by Damrell & Moore. Written by "Cecil," a pseudonym of Sidney G. Fisher. First published in the Philadelphia North American 31 July 1856, and copied into the Boston Daily Advertiser 18 August 1856.

GLC05116.17

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

requests Hayden's Reports of surveys in the West.

GLC09400.513

to Thompson Baxter

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written. In this particular letter Thompspn Baxter's wife has written about the death of their daughter on the 21 of...

GLC09234.04

to "my darling Florence"

re: misses her. Written at Fort Omaha

GLC05201.026

to unknown

re: "It just occurs to me that if you enclose this letter in one of your own nice letters to Sister, it will save me some work," [1893/4/8, and the next three undated letters may have been part of a packet of letters sent from Arthur Hartsuff to his...

GLC05201.032

The Monroe Doctrine

Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 34 in a series. Reprinted from the New York Ledger. Includes a letter written by John Quincy Adams on the Monroe Doctrine; reprinted from the Providence Journal and dated August 11...

GLC01265.12

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 45, whole no. 565 (April 3, 1851)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Includes an article by former United States Representative Joel Roberts Poinsett on nullification. Contains articles on "The Free Soilers and the Abominable...

GLC08875.42

Act of Congress

Act of Congress calling upon President Washington to "cause an estimate to be laid before Congress at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by any citizen of the United...

GLC08117