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28 June 1773
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Catharine Macaulay
Adams also takes the opportunity to thank Macaulay for her help in supporting American interests. He discusses the deteriorating relations with Britain.
GLC01786
16 February 1836
Austin, Stephen F. (1793-1836)
to John McCalla
Argues that the Mexican government's usurpations and violations of the constitutional rights of Texans led to this "war of independence." Mentions Santanna's pending invasion. With Nashville postal stamp on address leaf.
GLC01161
19 April 1773
Describes the contest between Massachusetts Governor Hutchinson and the Assembly over the question of Parliament's control. Denies sovereignty of Parliament over American rights.
GLC01785.01
07 October 1898
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
to William R. Day
Discusses having met with Beriah Wilkins, the owner and editor of the Washington Post, who wants to be sent to Paris and attached to the U.S. Peace Commission. Wilkins feels he can be of great service to the American people and the Commission....
GLC00162.10
4 January 1774 to 27 December 1775
Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser. [No. 1674 (January 4, 1774) - no. 1725 (December 27, 1775)] [with gaps]
Revolutionary War era newspaper: Pennsylvania Journal. 5 and 19 April 1775 issues contain fugitive slave ads. Issue number 1698 is missing. March 8, 1775 contains African Slavery In America written by Thomas Paine in 1774.
GLC01706
22 October 1782
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Lord Stirling [William Alexander]
Thanks Lord Stirling for the wagons and buildings he sent for use "in the public service." Does not expect to require any more supplies from Albany, and says that the materials which have already arrived are in excellent order. Believes that...
GLC02437.01677
1847
Dixon, James (1814-1873)
Speech of Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut against the extension of slave territory.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, 9 February 1847. Printed by J & G.S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. Argues against slavery being extended into the territories and criticizes the president [James Polk] over the Mexican War.
GLC00267.118
1848
Mann, Horace (1796-1859)
Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom.
Speech delivered in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1848. Opposes the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. First edition.
GLC00267.120
1770
Revere, Paul (1735-1818)
The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King-Street Boston on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th Reg.
Engraving of the Boston Massacre, hand-colored, first edition. Crispus Attucks is colored in, indicating that he was an African American. The depiction of the event and a poem printed below the engraving vilifies the British Army. The casualties...
GLC01868
27 December 1825
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
Slave Trade. Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great Britain in relation to the Convention for suppressing the slave trade.
Relating to the convention for the suppression of the slave trade. House Executive Document 16, 19th Congress, 1st session, Document no. 16. Secretary of State Clay advises the British that the Senate will not agree to British right of search along...
GLC00267.034
1 December 1783
Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810)
to Henry Knox
Wants to know when General George Washington will be in town so he can pay his respects before Washington returns to Virginia. States that the treatment of Loyalists in New York City is much to the honor of the U.S. military and nation as a whole...
GLC02437.02815
1796/03/07
Washington, George (1732-1799)
Treaty between the U.S. and the Dey & Regency of Algiers (c/s Timothy Pickering)
Signed as President and countersigned by Pickering as Secretary of State. English translation from the Arabic with clerical signatures for Vizier Hassan Bashan (the Dey of Algiers), Joseph Donaldson Jr. (American negotiator) and David Humphreys...
GLC02794.001
circa February 1782
Bauman, Sebastian (1739-1803)
Plan of the investment of York and Gloucester
Drafted at Washington's request, shortly after the battle of Yorktown, Virginia. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 189, with references.
GLC01869
8 February 1837
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the claims of the United States upon the United Mexican States
President Jackson discusses the deplorable treatment given American soldiers and citizens. Ensuing pages chronicle the various grievances reported. Pamphlet lacks a proper cover.
GLC00267.107
8 August 1782
to William Snow
Written by Major General Knox to British POW Captain Snow. Informs Snow that Washington has consented to exchange him immediately. He is being exchanged for an American officer of equal rank.
GLC02437.01521
4 June 1897
Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905)
to the committee on the Shaw monument
Atkinson, treasurer of the Robert Gould Shaw monument committee, informs other members of the committee that he intends to depart for London, England, and St. Petersburg, Russia. States that he hopes to finish matters concerning the monument before...
GLC02928.04
06 July 1776
Hancock, John (1737-1793)
to William Cooper re: Declaration of Independence, military matters
Enclosing Declaration of Independence, with personal notes to his friend and description of sabotage of a captured American ship. Cooper was town clerk of Boston.
GLC00595
18 July 1944
Weiner, Morris "Moe" (1909-1988)
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe thinks back to how the war began. When reports of Italian and German intervention first came out, everyone cried "Propaganda." He laments the fact that if only proper steps could have been taken at the proper time, the war could have been...
GLC09414.1144
16 May 1782
Sears, Isaac (1730-1786)
Written by Sears, who was known for his early and vehement support of the patriots in New York, to Major General Knox. References Knox's letters of 23 January and 1 May. Says his first "orders" are paid and the other will be paid when due. Is happy...
GLC02437.01418
05 March 1781
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: French fleet, Greene and Cornwallis, the Carolina
Mentions: French fleet, Count d'Estaigne, Col. Green, Lord Cornwallis, Hillsboro (N.C.), Salisbury (N.C.), Cape Fear (N.C.), Camden (?), Gov. Nash, Caswell, Gen. Greene, Military recruitment, Portsmouth (Va.), American victories.
GLC00099.060
circa. early summer 1942
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Responds to a series of comments that Estelle had raised in a previous letter. Speaks about a "friend" of Sidney's who has attempted to date Estelle. Also discusses another friend who did not enlist and managed to acquire $2000 somehow. Instructs...
GLC09120.042
20 August 1786
Blackden, Samuel (fl. 1786)
Writes that while he hopes that peace continues in America, it is hard to be in England and not see how "ill-disposed" the people there are to American independence. Believes that most British citizens think and hope America will come back under the...
GLC02437.03294
11 August 1799
to James McHenry
McHenry served as Sec. of War. Mentions appointment of ambassadors to France during Quasi-war and newspaper accusations by William Duane against federalist officials (in a July editorial) for supposedly accepting bribes. Humorous letter (on bribery...
GLC00604.01
15 September 1777
Jackson, Henry (1747-1809)
Would have written to Knox sooner, but was obliged to attend the execution of a man who had deserted from his regiment. Writes, "...he was Shot at the Bottom of the Common, it is supprise'g how the people minds are alter'd about this matter from...
GLC02437.00649
09 August 1788
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Comte de Moustier re: political changes in France & calling of the Estates
Written as American Minister to France, to Moustier, the French Minister to the U.S. Published in: Boyd, Papers of TJ, 13: 491-92.
GLC03272
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