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1845/10/02
Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862
to John Y. Mason re: Mason's purchase of land & instructions for recording deed
Discusses Mason's purchase of land in Texas and gives instructions for recording the deed.
GLC04897.03
12 January 1849
Hunter, B.B.B., fl. 1849
to John Young Mason
Writes from the Border Post Office about the effect of gold in California and announces his plans to be among the miners shortly. Asks Secretary of the Navy Mason to put in a good word with the President so he may receive an appointment once he...
GLC04897.04
1845/08/12-21
Brown, Edward G., fl. 1845
to John Y. Mason re: contract relating to Mason & Brown's claim to land in Texas
A contract relating to Mason and Brown's claim to land in Texas, which is now considered a part of the United States.
GLC04897.05
21 July 1780
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
[Minutes of field council held during attack on Bull's Ferry blockhouse]
Co-signed by six field officers, including Brigadier General William Irvine of the 2nd Brigade of the Pennsylvania Line. The minutes of a council of war held during an attack on Bull's Ferry blockhouse. It appears that Knox wrote this on the verso...
GLC04898
18 April 1801
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Joseph Pitcairn
Discusses their correspondence, personal matters, and politics. Mentions the "Silesian letters" and comments on the cession of Louisiana to Florida. Pitcairn was stationed at Hamburg. Sealed with black mourning wax.
GLC04900.01
16 December 1815
Written in the hand of Louisa Catherine Adams, requests that Pitcairn purchase and send Adams a copy of Johann Bode's "Uranographia," which contains "the most complete exposition of the starry Heavens, that has ever been exhibited." Mentions writing...
GLC04900.02
16 July 1851
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
to Isaac G. McKinley
Buchanan voices his support for the Fugitive Slave Law, enacted under the Compromise of 1850. Believes the law will be the deciding issue in the upcoming election, and that the Democrats should strongly support it. He writes: "The great issue...
GLC04903
1931/09/21
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
to R. H. Waldo
Writes to Waldo in New York, who was possibly a newspaper reporter, to tell him that "It would not be worth your while to see me about daily dispatches." He concludes by thanking Waldo "for the information about England," noting (in accord with the...
GLC04905
2 April 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to George Gordon Meade
Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army, writes from Headquarters of the Armies of the United States to Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac. Discussing an assault on Petersburg, states that General Horatio Wright can contribute...
GLC04907.01
29 October 1760
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
to Daniel Perkins
Hancock writes to Reverend Perkins, his step-father. Hancock has not yet received communication from Perkins, and writes to let his family know that he is well. Hancock discusses the death of King George II and the impending coronation of George III.
GLC04908
1914-1923
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
[Speech given to an Elks Club]
A draft of a lengthy disquisition on the nature of history and memory, human fellowship and greatness, and the enduring quality of true goodness. Contains many autograph edits. Date approximated from his tenure in national public offices.
GLC04909
1796/11/27
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Requisition for 1796 survey of U.S.-Florida boundary
Countersigned by Andrew Ellicott. A requisition for the 1796 survey of U.S.-Florida Boundary, with docketing on the back concerning supplies received.
GLC04910
1934/11/05
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to Rufus C. Dawes
Congratulates Rufus C. Dawes, the President of the "Century of Progress Exposition," a world's fair celebrating the city of Chicago's centennial from 1933-1934. Written on personal stationary.
GLC04912
1838/12
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Frederick W. Porter
Jackson's letter is one page, written on the back of a two page letter sent to him by Porter. The address is also from Porter's letter. Porter's letter was sent from Philadelphia 27 November 1838. Porter's letter explains to Jackson that "A friend...
GLC04913
1843/06/05
to Alexander Mouton
Thanks Mouton and the Louisiana legislature for a resolution that repaid to him a fine from 1815. He thanks them for "wiping from my memory the past imputations." In 1815 Judge Hall fined Jackson for enforcing martial law in New Orleans. Jackson...
GLC04914
1844/04/29
to Benjamin F. Butler re: annexation of Texas; Van Buren's presidential career
Commenting on the impending annexation of Texas and Martin Van Buren's presidential career.
GLC04915
1791/03/03
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
An Act supplementory to the Act, making Provision for the Reduction of the Public Debt.
Act states that the loan the United States has taken from Holland is in accordance with a previous act "for the reduction of the public debt," (see also GLC04675.01, Jefferson's 15 March 1791 letter transmitting legislation, including this act). Act...
GLC04916
1811/11/14
to David Gelston re: thanks for supplying statistics on use of steamboats
Letter or note in the third person, thanking Gelston for supplying information on use of newly invented steamboats on the Hudson River. Written in Monticello
GLC04918
1872/11/19
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
to A. J. Kellar re: condemning "military secession combination"
Condemning "the military secession combination which I trust is forever broken" and its "tyrannical and wicked rule."
GLC04919
1854/11/09
Appointment of John Halderman commissioner of Tennessee for Kansas Territory
An appointment as commissioner of Tennessee for the Territory of Kansas.
GLC04920.02
27 March 1866
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
to Mary Ann Foot
Expresses deep sympathy for the illness of her husband, Senator Solomon Foot, and refers to her own trials, "I pray that our Heavenly Father may be merciful to you . . .and spare you the cup of affliction, which I have been called upon, so freely to...
GLC04923
1795/01/17
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to [John Jay] re: France's concern over terms of Jay's treaty
Discusses France's concern with the terms of Jay's Treaty. Recipient inferred from contents.
GLC04925
1852/06/27
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Mary Aiken re: acknowledges congratulations from sister-in-law
After winning the Democratic Presidential nomination, he acknowledges congratulations from his sister-in-law, thanks his family and Christian faith.
GLC04927
1967/08/15
Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
to Glenn Dumke
Attacks the liberal mind set on college campuses (possibly with the University of California Berkeley in mind) by criticizing the "trash" on campuses and condemning "the excuse of academic freedom & freedom of expression." He also remarks that he...
GLC04929
20 January 1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Philemon Ewing
Brigadier General Sherman reflects upon his suitability for high command and notes the handicap of having been influenced by his years spent in the South, "I am not fit to be a leader in such a war, and have from the first desired to keep in the...
GLC04931
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