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2 January 1863
Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863
[Receipt for purchase of slave]
Certifies receipt of $1900 from William R. and John Curtey[?] for a slave named Ward. Signed a day after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
GLC08544
9 December 1839
Branche, W., fl. 1839
[Tax form listing slaves, horses, etc.]
Tax form for Mr. Robert Shanks listing his property including at least two slaves. Lists the taxes that must be paid for each item. For Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
GLC08545
1845/03/01
New York daily tribune. [Vol. 4, no. 280 (March 1 1845)]
resolution for annexing texas.
GLC08758
2 August 1804
Day & Willis, 1803-1863
Eastern argus. [Vol. 1, no. 48 (August 2, 1804)]
Contains an article denouncing modern Federalism. Includes an account of the 11 July 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton on page 3 which condemns the practice of dueling. It reacts to the sympathy generated by Hamilton's murder by...
GLC08818
1836/04/21
Newark daily advertiser. [Vol. 5, no. 38 (April 21, 1836)]
[government of Texas organized]
GLC08836
22 June 1702
Leonard, Thomas, fl. 1702
Moorey v. Jonah Simon
Justice of the Peace Leonard orders the sheriff of Bristol to attach the goods and person of Jonah Simon. Simon had failed to reimburse Nicholas Moorey 35 shillings for care he rendered to Simon when Simon was sick. Written in the margin of the...
GLC01450.204.03
1846/08/06
United States. Treaties, etc.
Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation
Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.
GLC01233.05
06 April 1823
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
to Joseph H. Hawkins, re: payment to Gen. James Wilkinson
Directing Hawkins to pay Gen. Wilkinson for funds borrowed by Austin while in Texas tryiing to confirm his "old three hundred" grant. Endorsed by James Perry, Austin's executor, and signed by Wilkinson in receipt of payment.
GLC01156
1841-1862
[Printed bills of sale of people enslaved by the Jones Family of Virginia][Decimalized .01-.05]
Collection of materials related to the Jones Family of Virginia dated 1841-1862. Consists of five documents related to the Jones family enslaving people in Virginia. With manuscript notes, signed by different people. Related to GLC01449.01.
GLC01445
8 September 1819
Davis, Amasa, 1744-1825
[Request for the delivery of military standards]
Davis signs as Quarter Master General. Possibly based on the order of George Todd, whose name is included. Directed to Sam Gore. Requests "to deliver to Colo Arms or Bearer, 2 Standards for 2 Battalions of Cavalry in the 2 Brigade, 4 Division, in...
GLC01450.718.04
1840/02/29
Lamar, Mirabeau B., fl. 1839-1849
Authorization to Barnard E. Bee to draw $1900 (also signed later by Bee)
Signed as President of the Republic of Texas with blind stamped seal. Countersigned by the Secretary of Treasury, with signed notes of Bee, dated from Washington, Texas, 4/21/1840 and Galveston 12/19/1840, by Hamilton.
GLC01860.19
1836/02/17
Smith, Henry W., 1836-1869
Commission appointing S. Rhoades Fisher Inspector Gen. in Texas Army reserve
Partly printed document signed. Countersigned by Charles Stewart as Secretary of the Executive.
GLC01860.07
1837/12/19
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Appointment of John S. Menefee as clerk
Signed as President of the Republic of Texas, appointing Meneffee clerk of the Board of Land Commissioners for Jackson County.
GLC01860.09
1837/06/01
Commission of A.B. Vanburthuysen, first lieutenant for frontier defense
Signed as President of the Republic of Texas, commissioning Vanburthuysen as first lieutenant in a frontier mounted unit.
GLC01860.17
6 February 1850
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
[California and New Mexico]
Message from President Taylor including all reports and correspondence relating to California and New Mexico. Lacks a proper cover.
GLC08701
24 January 1850
Message from the President of the United States, communicating information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to California and New Mexico
Includes all reports from the heads of departments which contain information in President Taylor's possession regarding California and New Mexico. Book lacks proper cover.
GLC08702
1849/09/24
Jones, Anson, 1798-1858
to Thomas Ward re: Ward's recent defeat
GLC02145.32
1833/01/28
Hastings, Thomas, fl. 1833
[Texas land document]: selling Andrew Briscoe half the Vicente Cordova grant
Partly printed document, written by Hastings selling Andrew Briscoe 4 leagues (17,714 acres) of lands. Hastings served as delegate to the 1832-33 Convention. Briscoe later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.
GLC02067
21 August 1858
Brown, John, 1800-1859
[Receipt from Samuel Adair]
Received thirty two dollars in cash from Samuel Adair and a note of four dollars against S.H. Houser. Signed by Brown as agent for the National Kansas Committee.
GLC00721
circa 1863-1874
Various
Check and three prints pertaining to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC00723
June 23, 1855
Stearns, George L. (George Luther), 1809-1967
to Samuel Johnson
Stearns, an abolitionist, asks if Reverend Johnson would like him to join Johnson on a trip to Niagara.
GLC00680.01
July 20, 1854
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Capt. John Lestor
Written on blue lined paper.
GLC00760
April 18, 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
to Samuel J. Kirkwood
Writes to Secretary of the Interior Kirkwood to introduce Dr. Mark Hopkins, of Williamstown, Massachusetts, who "has been appointed by a number of the churches to represent their Indian affairs." Asks that Hopkins be interviewed. Indicates that...
GLC00637
May 17, 1853
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to Lizzie Ellicott
Chastises her lightly for not replying to his note and gift sooner. Mentions that he was in Syracuse, New York and visited Gerrit Smith in Petersboro where he also gave a speech. Hopes to visit in July.
GLC00644
1825/10/15
Robertson, Felix Huston, 1839-1928
Leftwich grant of stock in Texas Association
Also signed by J.P. Erwin. Streeter 1087, locating only two copies.
GLC02402
24 January 1795
Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798
to Henry Knox
Warns Knox he published some observations in a local newspaper regarding what he perceived as "offensive" passages written in Knox's report to the President (George Washington).
GLC02437.06322
12 December 1797
Discusses a treaty with the Indians and sends his compliments to him.
GLC02437.07065
29 April 1858
Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879
to Reverend Dr. Murray
Recalls receiving a letter from Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention one year before. Transmits a circular (GLC 2448.03.02), an account of the organization of the National Compensation Emancipation Society. Asks Murray to read the...
GLC02448.03.01
circa June 14, 1853
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to James Redpath
Phillips, an ardent abolitionist, informs Redpath that the "Traveller," a Boston paper, printed an article Phillips wrote. Asks Redpath to inform him why the "Post" would not print the article, and to cut and send a copy of the article from the...
GLC02448.13
1860
Miller, Charles D., 1818-1896
Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York
Reprinting of the correspondence of a dispute between Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York. Miller attacks the Association for implying in its "Manifesto" that Smith supported the violence at Harpers Ferry. Says that...
GLC00267.208
1885-1889
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907
William Lloyd Garrison: the story of his life, told by his children
Published by The Century Co., New York. Illustrated with wood engravings. Volume 1 covers 1805-1835, Vol. 2 1835-1840, Vol. 3 1841-1860, and Vol. 4 1861-1879.
GLC00267.368
1855
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston.
First edition. Printed by Buell & Blanchard, Printers, Washington, D.C. Sumner urges voters, "Are you for Freedom, or are you for Slavery? ... Above all other questions, whether national or local, it now lifts itself, directly into the path of...
GLC00267.001
1858
Weston, George M., 1816-1887
The Progress of slavery in the United States.
Describes the past progress of slavery and considers circumstances that will control the slavery movement in the future. Argues that the growing slave population in the U.S. was an intended result of the territorial expansion of slavery dictated by...
GLC00267.005
1851
Jenkins, John S., 1818-1852
The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun
Biography of Calhoun, vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Published by James M. Alden.
GLC00267.022
13 February 1892
Nicolay, John G., 1832-1901
to F.N. Barrett
Thanks him for an extract of Gerrit Smith's comment on Abraham Lincoln. Mentions a problem with his eyesight.
GLC02490.12
20 March 1852
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
to Henry Carey
Writes to Carey in Burlington, New Jersey. Thanks him for his recent letter. Mentions that the country is demoralized on the subject of home industry and that the "loco foco corpus," meaning some democratic body or group, cannot be removed by...
GLC02490.13
29 March 1787
Gorham, Nathaniel, 1738-1796
to Nathan Dane
Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Gorham (who stepped down from the presidency of the Congress on 2 February 1787) to Massachusetts Continental Congressman Dane. Claims he has never seen such electioneering before and says he believes...
GLC02471.15
17 August 1865
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Mary Todd Lincoln
Douglass thanks Lincoln for former President Abraham Lincoln's walking stick. Notes that the gift is not merely a memento, but is an "inclination of his humane interest" in the "welfare of my whole race." Accompanied by a small newspaper clipping...
GLC02474
28 March 1850
Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858
to unknown
Cancels an appointment to sit for his picture. Impression in upper left corner reads "P & H" within a filigree emblem.
GLC02494.08
6 January 1888
Edmunds, George F., 1828-1919
to W. J. Bruce
Thanks him for sending a copy of a book. States he will reimburse him for the cost. Edmunds has struck "Senate Chamber" from the stationery.
GLC02504.13
4 December 1872
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904
Hoar, a United States Representative from Massachusetts, discusses a political election with an unknown recipient. States "I do not know the votes in my district ... My opponent's name is George F. Verry. I do not think that anybody knows his...
GLC02504.22
2 December 1905
Choate, Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917
to Peyton F. Miller
Thanks Miller for his "A group of great lawyers of Columbia County, New York," published 1904, DeVinne Press. Written on stationery of 60 Wall Street.
GLC02504.09
30 September 1839
Otis, Harrison G., 1765-1848
to George Ashmun
Otis, a former Massachusetts Congressman, declines an invitation from Massachusetts State Senator Ashmun, a member of the committee making arrangements for the Western Railroad Festival. Declares that the opening of the Western Railroad "is destined...
GLC02504.32
22 September 1844
Crittenden, John Jordan, 1787-1863
to Charles A. Drake
Kentucky Senator Crittenden declines an invitation to a Whig meeting in Boonville, Missouri from Drake, future Missouri Senator and fellow Whig. One black and white bust engraving of Crittenden included.
GLC02505.13
1845
Mangum, Willie P., 1792-1861
[to unknown]
Apologizes to Mrs. Dickens, the ladies, and the recipient of this letter for his late attendance the previous evening. Also apologizes for Senators John Jordan Crittenden and Alexander Barrow. Claims that he and the other Senators were held for...
GLC02505.31
1843/01/14
Burleson, Edward, fl. 1835-1843
to James Love re: running for President of Texas
Written as Vice President of Texas. Burleson was a friend of Love (Handbook of Texas II: 85)
GLC02571
1846/01/14
Proclamation re: admission of Texas to the Union, with John Tod ALS
Issued by Jones as President of the Republic of Texas, calling all Senators and Representatives to convene a state government. Accompanied by a 2 p. John Tod ALS, Galveston, concerning the proclamation, written while commanding in the Texas navy.
GLC02560
February 19, 1841
Spier, R.P., fl. 1841
to Joseph F. Spier re: hard times in city of Houston
A long and excellent description of Texas in 1841. Spier concludes by saying he planned to return home to the US. Written at Galveston
GLC02578
1838
Texas Republic
Republic of Texas, Austin county election results
Listing returns from Austin County for the election of President, Vice President, Senator and Representatives for the Repubic.
GLC02581
23 October 1847
Yulee, David L., 1810-1886
to Robert John Walker
Written from the Steamer Augusta. Yulee, a U.S. Senator from Florida, writes to Walker, Secretary of the United States Treasury. Encloses a proposal (not included) from a firm in Cincinnati. Requests that Walker inform the firm of his views on an...
GLC02469.34
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