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Autograph letter signed

1805/08/09

Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807

to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Same as GLC 2794.087, in a different hand. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.088

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Manuscript document

1805/08/11

Bassa, Hamuda, fl. 1803-1807

Translation of letter to Tobias Lear re: delay in correspondence

The Bashaw explains that his other obligations, and lack of access to a translator resulted in the delayed reply to Lear's letter. Emphasizes that Lear should not doubt "my zeal, & peaceful intentions." Docketed on verso: "Translation of a Letter...

GLC02794.091

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

1805/08/31

Hoggia, Jusuf, fl. 1805

to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.098

Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

1786/11/18

Washington, George, 1732-1799

to James Madison

Responds favorably to the work done at the Annapolis Convention and since. Explains why he cannot attend the Constitutional Convention. He was re-elected president of the Society of Cincinnati, whose meeting coincides with the convention....

GLC07699

History Now Essay

From The Editor

Carol Berkin

Like the other branches of the national government, the court system has evolved over the course our history. The structure of the court was not fully defined in the Constitution. The first effort to organize the court and clarify its...

Appears in:

15 | The Supreme Court Spring 2008

Lesson Plan

Traitors and Spies in the Time of War: How the Supreme Court Determined Who Would Live and Who Would Die

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Overview In April 1865 over 600,000 Americans lay dead from battle wounds and other causes directly related to their service in the armies of the Confederacy and Union during the four-year Civil War. If we adjusted the number of dead...

History Now Essay

Reconstruction and the Battle for Woman Suffrage

Ellen DuBois

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The origins of the American women’s suffrage movement are commonly dated from the public protest meeting held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. At that historic meeting, the right of women to join with men in the privileges and...

Appears in:

7 | Women's Suffrage Spring 2006

History Now Essay

Andrew Jackson’s Shifting Legacy

Daniel Feller

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Of all presidential reputations, Andrew Jackson’s is perhaps the most difficult to summarize or explain. Most Americans recognize his name, though most probably know him (in the words of a famous song) as the general who "fought the...

Appears in:

22 | Andrew Jackson and His World Winter 2009

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The Gilder Lehrman Collection

In 1991, Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman embarked on a mission to create one of the most important repositories of historical American documents in the country. Today, the Gilder Lehrman Collection contains more than eighty-five...

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Inside the Vault on May 4: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Voting Rights

Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection is an online program focusing on unique primary sources from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. From iconic historical treasures, such as the Declaration of Independence, the...