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1900
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1902
Letters from Peking
GLC04546.033
circa 1900
[Fragment of stamps]
GLC04546.034
December 12, 1900
Brown, Walter T. Kendall, fl. 1899-1932
to Mother
GLC04546.035
14 February 1788
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to George Washington
Reports on Massachusetts' adoption of the Constitution of the United States. Writes, "It may with great truth be asserted that no subject was ever more candidly debated- Many of the minority express their determination, of inculcating the principle...
GLC02437.03797
to Edward Carrington
Informs Carrington, a Continental Congressman, of Massachusetts' ratification of the Constitution. Reports that those at the convention who previously opposed the Constitution have "declared their intention of uniting their influence in support of...
GLC02437.03798
10 March 1788
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Reports that he has been absent from Boston, attending a meeting of the Ohio Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Is pleased to find Knox has several shares of Ohio Company land. Predicts that New Hampshire will ratify the Constitution and Rhode...
GLC02437.03819
21 January 1787
to William Shepard
Marked "copy" on docketing. Shepard's name spelled "Sheppard." Thanks him for his recent letters. Writes that there has not yet been a Congress able to proceed to business. Hopes that they will be organized this week, and can discuss the request...
GLC02437.03421
24 June 1865
Augustin, D., fl. 1865
[Certificate of amnesty]
Signed by Augustin as a United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Also signed by Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles, who swears an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States following the Civil War. Deschapelles...
GLC02943.01
16 January 1863
Parrott, John A., fl. 1861-1877
to sister
He "lost nearly all my company in the fight…I have been engaged in looking up their friends and let[t]ing them know what has become of them." He is not well but will stay with the army as long as he can for he thinks "it is going to take every man...
GLC03858.01.13
1862/9/31
Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863
to Elizabeth Smith
Smith hopes he will soon be fit for duty. He has not received some letters his wife sent and is dismayed that she will not rewrite the news that was in them. He mentions trains full of soldiers passing by and, responding to her questions about...
GLC04189.04
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