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[The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper]

Deposition accusing Joseph Northrop and several others of an assault on Theyser while attempting to unlawfully search his inn for a runaway (possibly an enslaved person).

GLC02503.12

to George Jay

Calls Jay's attention to eulogies written on the death of Adams' father, John Quincy Adams. Notes that Americans are closely watching Europe, where "Change is now the rule and stability the exception." Jay was in London.

GLC02505.01

Contract with state of Virginia to trade with Cherokee Indians

Signed by Greenway and Barclay McGhee as merchants contracting to trade with the Cherokee Indians

GLC02638

[Land grant to Thomas Seitz]

Land grant to Thomas Seitz signed by Sam Houston as Governor of Tennessee, and countersigned by Daniel Graham as Secretary. Notes, "State of Tennessee no 451." Red seal on upper left corner.

GLC02659

to William McPherson

Secretary of State Calhoun asks U.S. Attorney for the District of Missouri McPherson that execution of convicted murderers John McDaniel and Joseph Brown be stayed. He adds "It is not... designed, by this interference, to create any hope of the...

GLC03019

[Legal documents relating to the arrest of Ruth, an Indian Woman]

Two documents with legal dockets on verso. The two documents relate to the arrest of an Indian woman named Ruth, with a deposition against Ruth, an order for her arrest, a record of her arrest, and the facts of confession. The deposition is from...

GLC03002.02

to Edward O.C. Ord

Remarks upon issues mentioned in General Ord's last letter such as the death of General George Henry Thomas, the assignment of John McAllister Schofield to his post, and the creation of a new department in Arizona. Sherman also writes that there is...

GLC03219

Winter camps, Brandy Station, [April-May 1864 ca.]

Image of a young contraband leaning against a chimney standing in the middle of Federal army camp shortly before Grant's Wilderness offensive of May 1864.

GLC05111.01.0510

Black men and women assembled outside large house. [1860's ca.]

The image shows a large house with a fence leading off from either side. Most of the men seem to be on the left, while the women are in a group on the right. Two men stand in the foreground, one on each side, facing each other. The man on the right...

GLC05111.01.0550

[To the Adjutant General of the State of New York]

Possibly to John Titcomb Sprague, who served as Adjutant General for the State of New York during the Civil War. Wheeler recommends Lieutenant Henry Clark of the 106th Regiment, New York Volunteers, to the position of Adjutant. Writes, "He is a...

GLC02512.14

to Col. Daniel Brodhead re: wish to chastise the western Indians and Iroquois

Washington notes that supplies, communications and other hazards make any operation difficult and orders Brodhead to make preparation for a joint expedition. Brodhead did pacify Indians along the Alleghany, 1779-1780.

GLC02867.02

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "I fervently hope that our Democratic friends in Connecticut may be so earnest...

GLC02925.16

to Peter Wager

Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling...

GLC02949

[Fragment of a report on the war against the Sioux]

Concerns the campaigns against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, commenting on the activities of generals Nelson A. Miles, George Crook, and Philip H. Sheridan. Last four pages of a document, numbered 50-53, possibly of an annual report. Crazy Horse...

GLC03444

to George Hay

President Monroe writes to Hay, his son-in-law. Monroe discusses a recent political plan (possibly the Missouri Compromise), stating "My own opinion always has been that the union cannot be shaken, tho I greatly lament that a question like the...

GLC03656

to Edward Canby re: disputes in Texas convention on dividing Texas into 2 states

GLC03677

to Matthew Griswold

Written as Secretary of War to Connecticut governor Griswold about postponing the recruitment of troops until March. He would like those already enlisted to be forwarded to West Point.

GLC03697

to William S. Holabird

Discusses Connecticut politics. Believes that a man named Asa Child will again try to get his name on the Central Committee by the Democratic convention. Warns Holabird to guard against this as Child " ... is an artful fellow, and will make use of...

GLC03390.03

Manuscript Texas amnesty oath for Confederate

GLC03401

[Collateral collection of 18 items containing mostly printed general orders detailing other commissions and appointments of General Reynolds.] [decimalized]

Includes official notifaction of Joseph J. Reynolds commission to major general of volunteers, dated November 29, 1862, signed by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The only letter in the collection (#16) describes various improvements to the city of...

GLC03614.02

to William Graham

Talks about the "glorious & transporting news" of Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which would prove to be the effective end of the Creek War. Exalts over "the true Genl. Jackson," and his success...

GLC02804

Commission for Philip Livingston

Philip is appointed to the offices of Town Clerk, Clerk of Peace, Clerk of the Common Pleas in Albany, and also the Agent for Indian Affairs. For the performance of these offices, Philip is guaranteed a yearly salary. Marked as a copy on the docket...

GLC03107.02460

to Dirk van Veghten Junr. re: poor trade with Jamaica

Philip remarks that trade from Jamaica is poor at the moment, and makes some requests for provisions to be sent to him. Notes that he has sent an ill enslaved man to van Veghten. Remarks that he has been ill for some time but believes he is...

GLC03107.02468

to John Y. Mason re: urging annexation of Texas

Urges the annexation of Texas. Written off the coast of Galveston, Texas

GLC04897.02

Seventy-five years in California: a history of events and life in California...

Title continues "personal, political and military; under the Mexican regime; during the quasi-military government of the territory by the United States, and after the admission of the state to the union: being a compilation by a witness of the events...

GLC04967.02

to James H. Bryson

Discusses equipment and supplies with Bryson, assistant deputy quarter-master-general. The following January, General Winchester's men were massacred at Raisin River.

GLC04982

to Sidney Godolphin re: request for payment

Petition for nine years salary as Secretary for Indian Affairs, as having been reinstated by Queen Anne.

GLC03107.00739

to Robert Livingston re: assistance loading a ship to London

Pages 3 and 4 contain a letter addressed to "Brother Corlaer" & "Quieder" regarding the 5 Nations and preparations to be made in the event of an attack. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01235

[Assessment of value of the Prosper, a British ship]

Laurens, Roger Smith, and Edward Blake obey orders of the South Carolina Provincial Congress in assessing the value the Prosper, which had been seized for service by the colonies. The men state that the ship is worth 2,000 pounds and recommend that...

GLC03942

Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.

First edition inscribed. Original cloth. Inscribed by Stowe on the fly-leaf of volume 1 "Presented to [Jno?] Fleece by his friend and admirer Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1854." Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor &...

GLC03969.01

to Lewis Cass

Writes to Secretary of War Cass to inform him that the Reverend Mr. Campbell of the Executive Committee of the Board of Foreign & Domestic Missionaries, who delivered this letter, was coming to talk with Cass about extending their missions to the...

GLC03870

to James Phillips

Discusses the anti-slavery activities of Quakers in the U.S. and a dispute over admission of blacks to Quaker church due to fears of intermarriage. He requests a copy of Bishop Wilson's bible be sent to him. He mentions other correspondence and the...

GLC04237

Up from slavery: an autobiography

Published by Doubleday, Page & Company. Signed in Tuskegee, Alabama. Inscribed to George B. Utley, a librarian. Contains articles describing events in Washington's life, including being enslaved in Virginia through his childhood, his struggle to...

GLC04327

to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox writes to Quartermaster Hodgdon, stating "You will have cleaned One Thousand muskets and bayonets, not of the Charlotville manufacture, and have them packed in chests proper for transportation- Also twenty five barrels of musket powder, and a...

GLC04287.02

to Joseph K. Dixon re: 15 letters (some translations or carbon copies), including Douglas Haig & Marshal Petain[Decimalized .01- .23]

Praising the contributions on Native Americans in World War I. With other writers besides Pershing.

GLC03911.07

Congressional report on regulating the Indian Department and map of Western Territory [Decimalized .01-.02]

This collection contains a map previously bound inside the book, 4132.01. The map is housed with size 3 manuscripts.

GLC04132

Prose sketches and poems, written in the Western Country

Signed and inscribed on the last page by Jerome Van Crowninshield Smith, former editor of The Boston Medical Intelligencer. Published by Light & Horton. Pike, a newspaper editor and lawyer, created this book after his journey over the Santa Fe...

GLC04144

The California and Oregon Trail: being sketches of prairie and Rocky Mountain life

The two plates, frontispiece and pictorial title are engraved by Childs after F.O.C. Darley and printed by C.A. Alvord. Inscribed with "Dr. O'Callaghan, with respects of F. Parkman Jr."

GLC04150

Wah-To-Yah, and the Taos Trail; or prairie travel and scalp dances, with a look at los rancheros from Muleback and the Rocky Mountain camp-fire.

Published by H. W. Derby & Co. Also published in New York, New York by A. S. Barnes & Co. Relates his 1846 journey along the Sante Fe and Taos (New Mexico) Trails while accompanying a merchant caravan led by Ceran St. Vrain. Includes Garrard's...

GLC04151

to James Kelly

Moore, an army surgeon stationed in Florida during the third Seminole War against Billy Bowlegs, writes home to his brother-in-law about receiving mail, how easy his job is, and the character of physicians. Also discusses the infidelity of a man...

GLC04193.01

Petition to Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State

Livingston requests a new commission for serving the offices of Secretary of Indian Affairs, Receiver of the Quit Rents, Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk of the Common Pleas. He also asks for his salary as Secretary of Indian Affairs, which...

GLC03107.02082

to the Commissioners for regulating the palatine affairs re: approaching enemy

Schuyler writes of news that the enemy is approaching, and requests that the Commissioners send their palatines to Albany with the greatest speed and urgency. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.02109

to Robert Hunter re: attacks made by the 5 Nations [excerpt]

The Governor of Virginia, Alexander Spotswood, writes to Governor Hunter to inform him that the 5 Nations have attacked a nation of Indians in an English fort as they prepared to make peace with Virginia. Docket notes that this is an excerpt of a...

GLC03107.02123

Order to Johannes Roseboom & co. regarding the Ottowas

The Council orders Johannes Rosenboom and his company of traders to be kind and civil to the Indians at Ottowa, and to try to persuade them to trade and correspond with the people of Albany. They also request that Rosenboom make an alliance with the...

GLC03107.01970

to Robert Livingston

Cruger writes that he plans to sail for the coast of Guinea in three weeks, and that he would like to see Robert and his family. He also informs Robert of the death of Coll. Prevoost.

GLC03107.01619

to the Justices of the County of Albany re: fortifications for Albany

Burnet writes that he approves of the Justices' resolutions, but asks them to consider some other places as well. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01649

to Robert Livingston re: warrant for Philip Livingston's salary

Le Heup writes that he has drawn up a warrant to obtain Philip Livingston's salary as Secretary of Indian Affairs, but is not sure if the King will approve of it.

GLC03107.01662

Proposition to the Five Nations

Governor Hunter assures the 5 Nations of the good will and protection of their sovereign, King George, so long as the Indians uphold their part of the agreement. He reminds them that the 5 Nations and the English are bound to keep peace with each...

GLC03107.02127

Answer to the proposition of Governor Hunter

The 5 Nations thank the Governor for his assurance of good will and protection, and agree to maintain the covenant with the English. However, they note that if the English should attack another Indian nation out of malice, then the 5 Nations would...

GLC03107.02128

Propositions made to Peter Schuyler

The River Indians apologize for breaking the custom of presenting the English with gifts, but explain that they are too poor to do so. They ask Schuyler to renew the covenant chain, and express their desire to learn English so that they may...

GLC03107.02136