7 September 1872

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Eastin

Written as President, Grant asks Eastin to reconsider his resignation from the office of Special Sergeant of the Police Department. Grant's father, Jesse, constantly sought advantage from his son's positions and placed him in difficult positions.

GLC02793.041

1835/08/21

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Toland

Jackson agrees to pay the debt that his adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr., owes on furniture that he had purchased two years earlier. Jackson adopted his son as an infant from his wife's brother and sister-in-law, Severn and Elizabeth Rucker. His high hopes for Andrew Jackson Jr. were never realized, and Jackson spent much of his last decade paying off debts for his son, as in this letter.

GLC02527

10 May 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Document signed

Title: [Captain's commission for William North]

Partly printed document signed by Hancock as President of Continental Congress and co-signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. This commission gives William North the rank of captain. A later note at the top of the document, by North's son, says "This Commission went with my father in his bosom through the War of the Revolution." The condition of the document attests to this note. It's been folded many times and has been repaired. The docket on verso is faded and hard to read.

GLC02524

15 December 1778

Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his son [possibly his son-in-law, James Duane]

Discusses a snow storm that may work to the American troops' advantage as the roads are impassable. Mentions a food shortage and the rising costs of provisions. Assures the recipient that his family, under Livingston's care, is healthy. Asks about the developments in Congress and whether any news has arrived from France, England, or Spain. Wonders whether the British will allow the war to continue for another year. Encloses a letter for recipient's brother Robert (not included) and wishes him a happy holiday.

GLC02537.01

13 April 1781

Livingston, Robert, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Duane

Writes to his son-in-law with family news. Discusses being "greatly pestered with a band of robbers." Requests news from the southern front in the American Revolution, specifically if Nathanael Greene was successful against Lord Cornwallis and accounts of Benedict Arnold's activities. Mentions his hopes for aid from the Dutch and that "English pride may be curbed and brought to reason."

GLC02537.03

22 June 1865

Bailey, D.C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary E. Bailey

States that he is grateful and thanks God that he and his family have been safe from sickness and harm. Reports that a part of his regiment is in Madison and will probably be there for some time. He hopes that if he is to stay long somewhere, it is in a town that he is familiar with. Gives instructions on plowing around the potato crop, killing weeds, and shoeing his horses. He is being kept in a camp near Tennally Town, Washington D.C. to defend the city while the Lincoln assassination trials are going on. Reports that all the testimony from the trial has been taken. Hopes that the…

GLC02664

1918-1921 ca.

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Header Record

Title: Letters to his mother in the American Expeditionary Force, with Pershing [Decimalized .01- .79]

Dawes joined the AEF in France to monitor finances, based upon a recommendation of the Secretary of Treasury. Most of the letters are to his mother. Postwar letters are mostly from Chicago, where he was President then Chairman of a bank, and then from Washington where he served in the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Finance under Harding. The final folders include materials which may in fact have been enclosed by Dawes with letters to his mother. Additional Dawes materials are in GLC 1601 and GLC 4048.

GLC02679

12 February 1861

Goodwin, Sadie, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susie B. Goodwin

Writes to her sister about family news and the weather. Describes a visit made to her home by the Lincoln family. Speaks critically of Mrs. Lincoln's ability to control her son and remarks on the poor behavior of Tad, "Sonny" whom she feels is spoiled and uncontrolled. States that when the Lincoln family departed, Mr. Lincoln went to Washington while Mrs. Lincoln went to St. Louis to visit her sister. States that a crowd formed at the depot to see him off and that Lincoln made a brief speech. Informs that the Lincolns will meet up again in Indianapolis. Comments that an acquaintance…

GLC02695

circa 1871

Safford, A.P.K. (Anson Peasley Keeler), 1830-1891

Manuscript document

Title: [Autobiographical account of Safford, Governor of Arizona] [Incomplete]

Cites his birth as 1828 in Hyde Park, Vermont, to Joseph W. Safford and Dyanthia P. Little. Reports on his early childhood, including a move to Illinois. States that after his parents' deaths, he placed his little sister in school and sought his fortune gold mining in California, where he studied extensively in his spare time and was elected to the legislature of California in 1857. After working as a politician and business man, he pursued his fortune in the Nevada silver mines. Reports being appointed United States Surveyor General for Nevada in 1869, and Governor of the Arizona…

GLC02666

1877-1900

Photograph

Title: [Stereocard of John B Bachelor]

My Uncle John B. Bachelder. Born in Gilmanton N.H. 1825. Artist and Historian. [inscription on verso] Stereocard of middle-aged JBB reading a newspaper.

GLC02673.36

1863/02/28

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Augustus M. Wright re: his son returning to duty upon recovery from wounds

Lee discusses Miller A. Wright's application for leave as well as personnel issues in Augustus R. Wright's regiment. Wright, Sr. had asked Lee to support his son's appeal for an extension of his leave of absence. With A.M. Wright's initialed endorsement to his son Miller: "I send you Gen Lees letter rec'd this morning that you may see exactly how matters stand ..." Lee writes: "The application of Lt. M. A. Wright for extension of his leave of absence was returned to the Sec. of war on the 21st recommended… I am very glad to hear that your Son is so nearly recovered. We require all good men…

GLC02691.02

1864/11/24

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Johnson re: introduction and pledge of loyalty for son Miller

Asks Johnson to assist his son in finding honest work. "He was in command of the 38th Ga Reg at Antietam where he fell after 6 hours fighting ... He was pardoned by the President [Lincoln]."

GLC02691.09

22 July 1861

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus did not send Asa, an enslaved person, to Miller, as he did not want Miller to be "better off in attendants than the other soldiers." Rather, he sold him to Dr. Colb, along with Asa's wife and Martha. Augustus gives Miller a word of advice: "The humble shall be exalted-don't think of yourself more highly than you ought to think." He gives Miller information about other soldiers from Rome, and promises that he will do everything in his power to improve Miller's own situation. Discusses the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run), which took place the previous day: "Yesterday we had a…

GLC02691.11.011

1908/06/11

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rev. Roland Cotton Smith re: hopes for recovery of Smith's sons

Written as President

GLC02793.056

[1921/12]

Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George DeWolfe (his step-grandson) re: sending Christmas money, with dollar

Written as President on White House stationery. Date inferred from postmark.

GLC02793.072

1930/10/24

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to Fred L. Seely re: thanks for helping his sick son Herbert

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.079

1936/03/20

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Roosevelt Boettiger (daughter) re: his hopes to see her

Written as President on White House stationery and signed "Pa."

GLC02793.081

1943/06/17

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: estates of his mother and father, income taxes

Signed as President on White House stationery. Morris was President of the Fulton Trust Co.

GLC02793.086

1945/01/11

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur J. Morris re: distribution of his mother's estate to his children

Signed as President on White House stationery.

GLC02793.088

1963/08/15

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Seymour Halpern re: Halpern's remembrance for the loss of their son

Signed as President on White House stationery. JFK has struck the formal salutation "Congressman Halpern" and inserted "Seymour."

GLC02793.103

1982/02/01

Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Patti Davis re: thanking her for birthday gift, weather

Written as President on White House stationery to his daughter. Date inferred from content.

GLC02793.116

1795/01/28

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary S. Lear [Tobias' mother] re: family matters

Lear apologizes for not writing his mother, complaining that, due to extensive business duties, "I find myself so closely and unremittingly engaged that I begin to feel the effects of it on my health--[.]" Includes lengthy riscussion of Lear's engagement to the niece of George Washington.

GLC02794.037

1917/09/15

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Typed letter signed

Title: to Rev. William J. Hampton re: his love for his mother

Signed as President, on White House stationery, aboard the U.S.S. Mayflower.

GLC02793.068

1791/09/09

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear re: thanks for condolences

Thanks for Lear's condolence letter concerning a death in Knox's family. "We both felt it perhaps too Sensibly, but more particularly the tender Mother whose former wounds are opened afresh on this unexpected event . . . grief almost too much for human nature." Knox lost an infant son and a 9-year-old son in 1790. Attached to GLC 2794.016. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.017

1925/08/14

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Coolidge re: visiting his father with the family and advice

Written as President to his son, who was a Corporal.

GLC02793.076.01