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1842/12/10
Houston, Sam (1793-1863)
to Thomas Ward re: moving Texas archives from Austin to Washington-on-the Brazos
Signed twice as President of Texas. Telling Ward of Smith's and Chandler's orders to remove the archives.
GLC02145.04
1844/01/22
Ogden, F. W.
Collection of 3 items related to the Report to Texas House of Representatives] Decimalized
Clerical manuscript damaged with loss of text in margin. Authentic copy. (Docket misdates). Accompanied by two copies of the Ward broadside, "A Card," responding to Ogdin & Grammont report on archives, 1844/02/03, 33 x 20 cm. re: condition of...
GLC02145.05
Report to Texas House of Representatives re: condition of archives w/ "A Card"
Clerical manuscript damaged with loss of text in margin. Authentic copy. (Docket misdates).
GLC02145.05.01
3 February 1844
"A Card"
Two copies of the Ward broadside, "A Card," responding to Ogdin & Grammont report on archives, 1844/02/03, 33 x 20 cm.
GLC02145.05.02
1843/01/04
to Texas House of Representatives re: complete summary of events in Archives War
Clerical copy, with docket "private property" on p. 4.
GLC02145.14
1843/11/24
Mayfield, James S. (fl. 1843)
to Thomas Ward re: Sam Houston's declining popularity in East Texas
GLC02145.17
1842/10/17
Waples, Joseph
Authorizing James Shaw to take certain government supplies in Austin
Signed as chief clerk of the Texas Dept. of State. Also signed by N. C. Hamilton (War) and M. P. Woodhouse (Treasury), for same purpose of getting stationery and other official supplies.
GLC02145.26
1843/02/06
Jones, Anson (1798-1858)
to Thomas W. Ward re: asking Ward for Texas State Dept. parchment
GLC02145.31
1856/03/13
Rusk, Thomas J.
to Thomas Ward re: attempts of Columbia to have Ward removed as U.S. Consul
GLC02145.40
1854/07/12
to Thomas Ward re: granting leave of absense from his post in Panama
GLC02145.53
1866/10/06
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Appointment of Thomas W. Ward collector of Customs at Corpus Christi
GLC02145.58
1869/10/23
Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall) (1818-1905)
to Thomas Kearny re: telling Kearny to personally collect customs
Signed as Secretary of Treasury.
GLC02145.62
5 September 1824
Clark, William (1770-1838)
to Richard Graham
Notes that apparent strife between Indians and whites in Arkansas has dissipated. Reports a conversation with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on the topic of establishing Indian agents, in which Calhoun asserted that he would not make any...
GLC02146.04
29 December 1818
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) (1782-1850)
to Richard Graham and Joseph Philips
Secretary of State Calhoun denies an appropriation request because he did not receive a detailed estimate of expenses. Indicates that he will attempt to have the senate increase the appropriation but advises them to keep their disbursements to the...
GLC02146.17
6 August 1808
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Eli Williams, Thomas Moore, and Joseph Kerr
President Jefferson writes to the commissioners of the Cumberland Road about reexamining its route from Washington, Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, Pennsylvania. Explains that "the principal object of this road is a communication directly westwardly if...
GLC02148
4 March 1805
President Jefferson's Inaugural Speech
President Jefferson's inaugural speech, given after his official reelection in 1805: "Mr. Jefferson appeared in the Chamber of the United States Senate, where his reelection was declated, and the necessary oath administered to him." Printed on silk...
GLC02151
22 November 1863
Miller, Michael Murray (1861-1864)
to Lile Miller
Written from camp near Kellys Ford. Complains that Lile, his wife, does not write to him often enough. Refers to the Battle of Gettysburg and the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address and...
GLC02155.117
12 July 1864
Dewey, Orville S.
to Harriet W. Dewey
He thinks the "Head of the Nation" is frightened by the raid into Maryland and want to protect Washington. He would like to hear that the Johnnies are burning Buffalo.
GLC02161.134
20 March 1867
Kelton, A. C.
[Commissions to Second Lieutenant]
Partially printed. The adjutant general officiallly offers Dewey the commission of 2nd lieutenant.
GLC02161.156
8 December 1862
Townsend, Edward Davis (1817-1893)
[Expense account and general order no. 201]
First two pages consist of a handwritten list of Eben Whittemore's expenses in service to the United States. Pages three and four are a printed copy of United States "General Orders No. 201" from Washington D.C.. The two documents are glued...
GLC02175.16
29 September 1861
Stone, E.W. (fl. 1861-1865)
to Berdille
He describes inspection. After exploring the city he calls a a "one-horse town." He visited the state house where Gen. Washington signed his commission.
GLC02182.22
30 July 1903
Unknown
Special Notice from the Bureau of Pensions
Warns people not to be fooled by imposters who demand money for their duties with the pension bureau.
GLC02198.41
25 January 1864
[General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]
Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called...
GLC02225
23 September 1863
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
to Douglass Ottinger
Sends Ottinger orders to "proceed to Beaufort, N.C. and take command of the Revenue Cutter 'Forward'." Encloses "copies of Regulations recently issued governing the trade between the loyal States and those States heretofore declared to be in...
GLC02254.15
23 April 1864
Renshaw, Richard T. (1822-1879)
to John A.J. Brooks
Writes to Brooks with orders to keep all transports of provisions "from passing the 'valley City' except by the Local Treasury Agents permit."
GLC02254.17
17 August 1865
Lenthall, John (fl. 1865)
to Richard T. Renshaw
The Chief of the Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair writes to Renshaw in response to a letter "enclosing charters with schooners 'Farland' and 'Montevue'." Asks Renshaw to communicate with Commandant Berrien about "barges belonging to the...
GLC02254.30
1861/01/02
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869)
to Gen. James Simons re: defense of Charleston Harbor (retained clerical copy)
Retained clerical copy of Pickens letter, as governor of South Carolina, regarding the defense of Charleston harbor.
GLC02277.02
1861/01/14
Arthur, B. F.
Official extract of minutes... re: notifying foreign nations of independence
Written as clerk of the South Carolina Seccession Convention. Resolves telling the Governor to forward copies of the secession Ordinance to other states in the union and foreign nations.
GLC02279
1861/02/09
Toombs, Robert A.
to Francis W. Pickens re: announcing formation of Confederate States of America
GLC02283
3 February 1848
Dix, John Adams (1798-1879)
[Members of Congress agree on Washington D.C.'s need for an Episcopal Church]
Written and signed by Congressmen John A. Dix. Cosigned by George E. Badger, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, H. Johnson, (possibly either Henry or Herschel Johnson), Robert Winthrop, John Sergeant, William D. Dayton, John Macpherson Berrien, and Joseph...
GLC02288
28 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to the pardon of William Edwards].
Very early authority, dated three weeks after Lincoln's inauguration.
GLC02317
17 August 1861
to James Wolfe Ripley
Lincoln requests that Brigadier General Ripley, the chief of ordnance, have a gun presented by an unknown Mr. Gallagher examined and tested.
GLC02318
8 March 1865
Prentiss, Mary Y. (fl. 1865)
to Abba
Written by a young girl to an unidentified recipient (apparently her sister), intermingling observations with gossip and flirtation. Exclaims enthusiastically about all the fun she is having. States that she attended Lincoln's second inauguration...
GLC02319
15 June 1838
to David Hubbard
Written by Calhoun in blue ink, concerning his support for (and failure to get) a rail route from Georgia to the west, instead of through Ohio. He concludes that southern rail routes will unite the slaveholding states and change commercial and...
GLC02320.01
22 February 1850
Smith, Caleb B. (1808-1864)
to Thomas Ewing
Recommending William D. Shepherd for a clerkship, and enclosing a petition signed by many Indiana Whigs supporting this promotion.
GLC02320.02
9 March 1866
Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)
to unknown
Granting permission to visit Washington on legal business. On Navy Department printed stationery. Document has been trimmed, affecting the department name.
GLC02320.03
23 November 1864
Bates, Edward (1793-1869)
to E. C. Carrington
Invitation to dinner with Bates and the men in his office. Carrington is addressed as General.
GLC02320.05
28 November 1863
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
[Promotion of George B. Drake]
Partially printed document promoting George B. Drake to the rank of First Lieutenant.
GLC02320.07
19 July 1813
Madison, James (1751-1836)
[Appointment of Levett Harris to secretary to legation at St. Petersburg, Russia]
Signed by Madison as President, countersigned by Monroe as Secretary of State. The official appointment was as "Secretary of the Mission Extraordinary of the United States" and the diplomatic mission was for the purpose of "entering into...
GLC02322
15 December 1838
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
to Jonathan Harvey
Expresses his optimism for the Democratic party in the upcoming elections. "I think the prospects for the democratic party have rarely been more cheering. We have many great advantages over our opponents." Goes on to say that the Democratic party...
GLC02327
1 October 1872
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Horace Rublee
Thanks Rublee for gifts and hospitality on his recent trip to Switzerland. Discusses President Ulysses S. Grant's reelection contest, declaring, "I see the President daily and he takes things as easy as though he had no interest in the Contest that...
GLC02332
13 May 1799
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to James McHenry
In reply to McHenry's letter of 2 May 1799. Written as commander of Provisional Army created during the fear of a French invasion to McHenry as Secretary of War in the Adams Administration. They are attempting to find the best candidates to fill...
GLC02337
14 December 1915
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
to R. Fulton Cutting
Asks Cutting to join Herbert Hoover's enlarged Commission for the Relief of Belgium during World War I.
GLC02339
5 March 1792
Act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States
Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Decided at the first session of the second Congress held at the city of Philadelphia on 24 October 1791. Lists the salaries and allowances for officers and recruits. Mentions employing Indians for...
GLC02342
6 January 1840
Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)
to Solomon Haven
Discusses political and social news. Mentions that the state legislature will meet tomorrow and that there is a movement toward legal reform, which he feels in necessary. Briefly comments on national and state debts. Written as member of Congress.
GLC02344
19 February 1864
to Roscoe Conkling
Replies to Conkling's letter criticizing the reputation of Caleb Lyon. Lincoln remarks that, "his nomination to some respectable office was repeatedly urged upon me certainly by two, if not three Senators of the highest standing; and your letter...
GLC02345
20 December 1929
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
to Richard Edmonds
Acknowledges to Edmonds, the founding editor of the Manufactures Record, that their unemployment was high but contends "it is fantastic for the Englishman you mention to talk about five million." Also notes that he needs to hear from Edmonds...
GLC02346.01.01
circa 1929
[White House card signed by Hoover]
Accompanied 20 December 1929 letter from Hoover to Richard Edmonds (see GLC02346.01.01).
GLC02346.01.02
circa 1920
[Hoover's signature on White House card]
White House card.
GLC02346.02
September 1775
Urban, Sylvanus (1745-1826)
The Gentleman's Magazine
Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes the petition of Congress to King George. Also includes a copy of an intercepted John Adams letter to Abigail Adams 24 July 1775, copy of intercepted letter of Benjamin Harrison to George...
GLC02361
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