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to P. Sanford

Reports that his regiment, the First Infantry, along with the twenty-second, have chased Sitting Bull into Canada. "We were out for 40 days with the 22nd along the little Missouri where we found a new camp of 60 lodges of Indians we followed them up...

GLC08982

to Joseph Harrance

Discusses the conduct of his militia and Major [James] Paul, about whom he "cannot say too much in his favour for his Distinguished behavior as a valuable officer." Notes Major Paul from Uniontown, Pennsylvania formed a battalion of volunteers to...

GLC02437.04771

to William Wirt

Asking for comments on Georgia's claims pursuant to an 1802 federal agreement that extinguished Indian titles within the state's boundaries. The letter anticipates the events leading up to the 1829 Georgia-Cherokee Crisis; the Supreme Court case...

GLC08279.01

[General Orders].

Orders building of chimneys and repair of houses. Specifies that officers should pay particular attention to seeing this through. Wayne was the general in command of the United States Army in Greeneville, Ohio.

GLC04864.14

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Tabeguache Band of Utah Indians

Concerns the cession of all Tabeguache land except for a designated reservation area, the right of Americans to build military posts and railroads on their land, the rights of Americans to mine there, and the remuneration the Tabeguache will...

GLC08055.41

to Richard Graham

Notes that apparent strife between Indians and whites in Arkansas has dissipated. Reports a conversation with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on the topic of establishing Indian agents, in which Calhoun asserted that he would not make any...

GLC02146.04

to Richard Graham

Campbell, a sub-Indian agent under Graham, reports on various difficulties he is encountering while dealing with Indians in Missouri: a party of Delaware Indians led by Chief William Anderson are opposing relocation to Kansas; problems related to...

GLC02146.09

Certificate for bounty land for Francis Hunt

Signed as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas. The bouty is contingent upon Hunt's honorable discharge. Note: This is NOT a soldier's discharge.

GLC03039

to John Langdon re: Louisiana purchase, Jefferson

Also negotiations between France and England.

GLC06544

to N. P. Norton re: Republic of Texas politics, veto of bill to move capitol

The bill would have moved the capitol from Washington-on-Brazos to Austin. Jones also asks Norton if the wife of his slave William can be sold to him.

GLC04106

to Samuel Huntington

Reports on legislative debates and progress in a number of areas, including using western lands to lower the national debt, honoring government securities, Alexander Hamilton's report on Public Credit, and the relationships between state and federal...

GLC04841

Proposition to the Oneidas

Proposition of Kendall and Col. Southy Littleton (who is noted to have died before the Indians came), contains the same statement as that in GLC03107.01.01891 and .01892. Followed by a proposition by Kendall to the Mohawks and westward Indians, in...

GLC03107.01893

Land patent for Robert Livingston

An expansion of Livingston's original tract of land at the Roeloffe Johnsons Kill to add an additional 600 acres of land (these being adjacent to the furthest expanse of the Province of New York on the border with Connecticut, but not adjacent to his...

GLC03107.00135

Speech of Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas

Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois. Replies to Judge Stephen Douglas's speech two weeks earlier on the subject of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Douglas had spoken in favor of the Dred Scott decision and Lincoln's...

GLC02813

New York weekly museum. [No. 135 (December 11, 1790)]

Includes President George Washington's second State of the Union Address (page 3). Among other topics, Washington discusses the condition of public credit, the Western frontier, independence from foreign commerce, and the appointment of consuls to...

GLC03130

Proclamation by Mexican Pres. Barragan making Los Angeles a city (in Spanish)

Broadside proclamation printed in Spanish, raising Los Angelos in Alta California from a "pueblo" (village) to a "ciudad." Proclamation of the President of Mexico.

GLC04127

Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 [Decimalized]

GLC04471

[Diary of a journey over the Alleghenies to the Ohio River]

Writes this journal while travelling from Pennsylvania to Ohio after obtaining appointment by the Assembly of Virginia to locate lands intended for Virginia officers who served in the Continental Army.

GLC04438

[Annual report on the Grand River Agency in South Dakota]

Addressed to Ely S. Parker, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Comments on different tribes, their numbers and their willingness to farm. Recommends providing government assistance to the friendly Indians, who "are fully convinced that the...

GLC05893

to Josiah Harmar

Writing privately, but with the president's knowledge, Knox warns Harmar that reports are circulating regarding his drinking, and that he must refrain from over indulging in "a convivial glass." Tells Harmar that Harmar's current expedition is highly...

GLC02437.04712

to Henry Knox

Declines Knox's request to serve as Lieutenant Colonel Commander. Says after much deliberation, he has decided to leave the service. He wanted to when he served with General Josiah Harmar but the difficult situation with the Indians "forbid my...

GLC02437.04875

to Charles Cabaniss

Lusk writes to Cabaniss praising Texas and urging him to leave Alabama. Lusk emphasizes the profitability of Texas farming and remarks "I think they will Declare Independence...."

GLC01860.27

to Edward D. Gazzam

Encloses a passport and a letter for General Campbell. Gazzam was to depart on a voyage to Havana soon and apparently asked Buchanan if there were any dispatches needing posting. Buchanan politely replies that dispatches post to Havana by mail very...

GLC02103

to Samuel Ogden

Lists his location as "Niagara," in Western New York, as he refers to Indians from Geneseo, also in Western New York. Discusses his receipt of reports regarding General [Arthur] St. Clair's defeat at the hands of Indians. Comments on his...

GLC02437.05294

to Col. Thomas Ward

Reily lobbied for Texas in Congress. Letter written during the escalating crisis between the United States and Mexico which ultimately led to the Mexican War. Reily writes "My heart fondly turns to Texas." Letter also discusses a diplomatic report...

GLC01778