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22 February 1864-9 March 1864
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Items pertaining to Millard Fillmore's address delivered to the Great Central Fair held in Buffalo, New York 22 February 1864 [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC04884
5 December 1794
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to John Q. Adams
Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton instructs Minister to the Netherlands Adams to deposit funds in a secure institution in order to meet immediate expenses for Envoy Extraordinary to Spain Thomas Pinckney.
GLC04885
1865/08/23
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to D. Barnes re: locating Barnes' son, a missing union soldier (with ALS of son)
Four months after Appomatox, Lee expresses sympathy for an anxious Yankee father searching for his son. Also includes an ALS from the son, D. Barnes, Jr. to his father, D. Barnes, dated 13 Mar. 186[3-5]. Was written near Cartersville, Virginia.
GLC04889
20 October 1708
Oliver, Thomas, fl. 1708
[A Memorial of the State of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England to Queene Anne during Queen Anne's War]
A petition from the Massachusetts colonists requesting help in quelling the hostile Indians allied with the French during Queen Anne's War. Gives insight into the conflict's costs upon New England. Discusses the Indians' barbarity and the French...
GLC04891
22 August 1862
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864
Proclamation. To the inhabitants of Kentucky!
Urging Kentuckians to join the Confederate cause, during his first raid into Kentucky. Proclaims: "Better death in our sacred cause, than a life of slavery! Young men of Kentucky flock to my standard, it will always wave in the path of honor, and...
GLC04892
23 January 1882
Young, Ann Eliza, 1844-?
to unknown
Written to the chairman of an anti-Mormonism meeting to be held in Farwell Hall, Chicago. The former wife of Brigham Young denounces Mormonism as a "Political, social and religious monstrosity." Young left Mormonism eight years earlier and welcomes...
GLC04893
4 June 1869
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Sidney Webster
Discusses aspects of reconstruction, criticizing "the appointment of a Massachusetts negro to the office of Postmaster at Macon, Georgia." Inquires as to the well-being of Webster's family.
GLC04895
1845/12/02
Brown, Edward G., fl. 1845
to John Y. Mason re: description of lands in Texas, encouraging him to buy land
[With AES of Mason?] A description of lands and Texas. Also encourages Mason to purchase lands there as soon as possible. Written at Galveston
GLC04897.01
1845/05/20
Christian, William A., fl. 1845
to John Y. Mason re: urging annexation of Texas
Urges the annexation of Texas. Written off the coast of Galveston, Texas
GLC04897.02
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
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
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
1911/07/01
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Misses Loring re: thanks for notes and books of poems
Thanks for notes and books of poems.
GLC04932.02
1839/04/08
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to William Davenport
Discusses efforts to remove the Seminole Indians from Florida during the second Seminole War. Mentions General Macomb's plan to negotiate. Comments on his own plan to canvas central Florida to flush the Seminoles out of the everglades. Asserts...
GLC04933
1846/01/28
to E.B. Alexander re: waiting for orders near the Rio Grande (Mexican War)
Related to the Mexican War and the argument over borders for the state of Texas. He writes: "I look daily for orders which will carry us to the Rio Grande or beyond." Addressed on page 6.
GLC04934
1959/06/02
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
to James M. Pendergast
With postscript: "You've always had your say & I've had mine & I am as fond of you as I always have been."
GLC04935.02
1945/12/21
Anderson, John, 1882-1958
to Harry S. Truman re: meeting, atomic energy
GLC04935.04
17 January 1797
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Land grant transferring land from Capt. Gallohill Minnis to Richard Means
Signed by George Washington as President and countersigned by Timothy Pickering as Secretary of State. Includes handwritten description of the boundaries of the property. Docket on verso signed by James McHenry as Secretary of War on January 16, 1797...
GLC04842.39
1867/02/21
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
to Edwin M. Stanton re: (support for Stanton over President Johnson) "Stick!"
A one word letter dated Senate Chamber, meant to encourage Stanton to remain as Secretary of War in spite of President Johnson's opposition.
GLC04846
1781/03/09
United States in Congress Assembled. Thomson, Charles
to Nathaniel Greene re: victory at Cowpens, SC
Written as Secretary of Congress.
GLC04848
22 August 1775
to Joseph Palmer
Washington discusses supply and armament of the Army, strategic locations for placing artillery, how best to prosecute the war, and his public image. Asks Palmer for his advice on strategy for defending Boston and the surrounding area, and has...
GLC04858
1 August 1777
to Anthony Walton White
Washington writes that the recipient should scrutinize the characters of his men and immediately dismount any suspicious ones since "the loss of a worthless soldier will occasion less regret when it is not accompanied with that of a Horse and...
GLC04859
18 March 1789
to James Mercer
Written one month before taking his oath of office as the first United States President, Washington attempts to collect a debt owed by the estate of James' father John Mercer. States that he was formerly promised repayment by James' brother, Colonel...
GLC04860
1 February 1796
to Oliver Wolcott
Responds to a previous letter from Wolcott announcing the death of Samuel Huntington, Governor of Connecticut. Informs Wolcott that "At the same time that I regret the loss of so worthy a character, I cannot but feel consoled; that the...
GLC04861
1795/01/01
Proclamation for day of Thanksgiving and prayer
Setting aside the nineteenth of February as a day of "Public Thanksgiving and Prayer." Compare to other Thanksgiving broadsides: Adams, GLC00270 and GLC01947.
GLC04862
25 December 1780
to George Washington
Expresses frustration with contradictory accounts from New York. Updates Washington on the movements of the British fleet and states that Benedict Arnold boarded one of the vessels. Reports that he does not know if they have sailed yet. Gives...
GLC04863
2 April 1776
Whipple, William, 1730-1785
to John Langdon
Written by Whipple to Langdon. Both were members of the Continental Congress from New Hampshire. Whipple would sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, while Langdon would leave Congress in June 1776. References Langdon's letter of 19...
GLC04866
2 August 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to John Charles Frémont
President Lincoln informs Major General Fremont that Dr. Godfrey Aigner was appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission to visit soldiers stationed at a camp under Fremont's command "to report upon circumstances affecting their health, and to...
GLC04874
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