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1839/08/19
Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862
Approving receipt for 25 pounds powder, 72 bars lead, 1 box percussion caps
Signed as Sec. of War for the Republic of Texas. The materials were intended for Capt. Bennett's Texas rangers.
GLC04123
1834
Pike, Albert, 1809-1891
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
1849
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
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
1850
Garrard, Lewis Hector, 1829-1887
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
26 May 1866
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Treaty between the United States of America and the Camanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians.
Peace treaty between the United States government and Camanche and Kiowa Indians along the Arkansas River in Kansas. Lists the articles of agreement, the commissioners of the United States, and the chiefs and councilmen of the Native American...
GLC04588
10 September 1867
Smet, Pierre-Jean de, 1801-1873
to Orville H. Browning
Writes to Secretary of the Interior Browning a detailed description of diplomatic activities among the Indian tribes in the Missouri River country during the Sioux wars of the 1860s. Outlines his expenses and outlays during his visit with the...
GLC05788.01
1848
Adams, John Calvin, 1810-1885
General Taylor and the Wilmot Proviso
Published by Wilson and Damrell. Imprint from advertisement on back cover. Library of Congress attributes this pamphlet to Adams. Contains multiple notes written in brown ink throughout text.
GLC05769
6 December 1790
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[Act of Congress granting lands to heads of families in Vincennes and the Illinois Country]
Approved by George Washington and signed by Jefferson on 3 March 1791. Docketed 25 March 1791 by Timothy Matlack, Clerk of the Senate.
GLC05567
27 October 1789
Glasbeech, Baron de, fl. 1781-1789
to Henry Knox
Discusses the payment of debts and the possibility of traveling to the Ohio region.
GLC02437.04398
1814/05/12
Stephens, Issac, fl. 1814
to Henry Mackey re: account of Battle of Horseshoe Bend, with drawing
Written on light pink paper to his uncle, Henry Mackey at Lexington, Va. A plan and account of the battle of Horseshoe Bend, the last battle of the Creek War, after which the Creek leader Red Eagle surrendered to Jackson and signed a treaty...
GLC06772
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