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6 December 1927
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
Message of the President... to the two Houses of Congress...
State of the Union address, signed by Coolidge at the conclusion.
GLC01132
20 April 1908
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Victor Howard Metcalf
Writes as President to Secretary of Navy Metcalf regarding a meeting designed to take stock of America's natural resources. Also invited were the justices of the Supreme Court, both houses of Congress, and his cabinet. Includes a stamp of receipt...
GLC01619
6 March 1920
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
[Sentence commutation for Charles Manfri, convicted of selling heroin in New Jersey 19 December 1918, and sentenced to four years imprisonment]
Charles Manfri, alias Charles Mansfield, was convicted of violating the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and sentenced to four years in the State penitentiary in Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to...
GLC01622
9 May 1902
Root, Elihu (1845-1937)
Instructions of the Secretary of War to Governor William H. Taft in the matter of the purchase of the Friar Lands in the Philippines.
Because Congress has not yet acted on recommendations of the commission in regards to the Friar Lands of the Philippines and Taft cannot delay his return there, the President authorizes Taft to travel to Rome to determine which authorities of the...
GLC01625.04
2 October 1904
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Gaston
Colonel Mosby, the former Confederate leader, describes a cordial meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt, the loss of his hat, boots, overcoat and cape in 1864, when captured by the 13th New York Cavalry, and the return of his hat. Discusses his...
GLC01653
29 January 1919
Creel, George (1876-1953)
Official U.S. Bulletin. [Vol. 3, no.524 (January 29, 1919)]
Newspaper published daily by order of the president by the United States Committee of Public Information. Contains the text of the eighteenth amendment, which established the prohibition of alcohol. Accompanied by a statement by acting Secretary of...
GLC01668
16 October 1900
Baird, G. W. (fl.1890-1900)
to Edward R. Archer Esq.
Thanks Archer for the history he sent of the 42 pounder "Columbiad" cannon which sits in front of the State, War, & Navy Department Building as an ornament, asks if Archer is related to "Edward K. Archer" who resigned from the navy in 1860, compares...
GLC01896.139
29 March 1922
Harding, Warren G. (1865-1923)
to Edna Sheldon Blair
President Harding rejects Blair for appointment as a civil service commissioner, "in view of the fact that there is one woman serving on the Board already I have not thought it preferable to consider a woman applicant for the vacancy." Concludes that...
GLC02008
2 August 1910
Patterson, J. H. (fl. 1910)
Drop Order and Report
Form from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions order the Bureau to drop William Wallace Noyes frin their registry, because he is deceased. The top is crossed out with an X, and the word "Accrued" is scribbled above it.
GLC02150.41.09
14 December 1915
to R. Fulton Cutting
Asks Cutting to join Herbert Hoover's enlarged Commission for the Relief of Belgium during World War I.
GLC02339
circa 1920
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
[Hoover's signature on White House card]
White House card.
GLC02346.02
27 February 1925
Mitchell, William E. (1879-1936)
to Mrs. Olive Crook Henderson
Discusses working for the common good during peacetime so they may be prepared in time of war. Concludes saying the national defense system is in dire need of revision. Written on War Department, Air Service, Office of the Assistant Chief...
GLC02431.01
21 February 1924
Weeks, John W. (John Wingate) (1860-1926)
to Harry New
Writes, "I cannot, under present conditions, make any arrangements to go out of town to make speeches. As you know, there are too many things pending here to warrant my being away from my own job. Just yesterday the House ordered an investigation...
GLC02431.02
February 27, 1910
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
to James A. Tawney
Discusses concerns about public estimates for a district jail and mentions previous letter received from Tawney who lodged a complaint. Writes "[w]e have no right to cut down our estimates and later increase them; and in so far as we have done this...
GLC00118.06
August 21, 1918
to Helen H. Gardener
Expresses his distress at her being hospitalized. Explains that his distress arises mostly from her inability to continue to do her fine work. He also offers his assistance in helping her attain her goal. Typed on White House stationery in green...
GLC00118.07
28 March 1911
to Talcott Williams
Updates Williams, a political journalist, on the tense status of relations between the United States and Mexico in return for Williams' "seal of silence." Refers to an enclosed copied letter for United States Army Chief of Staff Leonard Wood...
GLC00240
1924-1928
Austin, Stephen F. (1793-1836)
The Austin papers (Annual reports of the AHS 1919, 1922)
Papers of Moses and Stephen Austin edited by Eugene C. Barker. There are three (physical) volumes, but they are labeled vol. 1, and vol. 2 parts 1 and 2.
GLC00267.105
1908-1911
Texas. Republic
Diplomatic correspondence of the Republic of Texas (Annual reports of AHS 1907-8
Edited by George P. Garrison
GLC00267.106
5 June 1900
Report on the Insurrection against the military government in New Mexico & California, 1847 and 1848
Reviews the Congressional archival history of the insurrection against the military government in New Mexico & California. Senate Document 442.
GLC00267.110
1910
Thompson, Gilbert (1839-1909)
The Engineer battalion in the Civil War (Occasional papers no. 44)
Revised and rewritten by John W. N. Schulz. Illus. Dornbusch II 1628
GLC00267.254
1903
Neutrality of Great Britain in the Civil War [SD 18]
1861 diplomatic correspondence
GLC00267.365
24 March 1914
Williams, Charles T. (fl. 1842-1914)
to J. E. Boos
Certifies that he served in the Union Army (in the 1st New Jersey Infantry and the 1st New Jersey Cavalry) for three years and nine months during the Civil War. During that time he was a prisoner of war for eighteen months, twelve of those at...
GLC00272.01
08 January 1901
Dewey, George (1837-1917)
to John Cullen Bryant
Replying to a letter from Bryant, received the day before. Comments, "I have to say that I do not consider the picture you send a good one. What I regard as the best obtainable photograph of myself..shows me in white uniform, with cap." Typed on...
GLC00273.03
18 March 1905
[Presidential pardon of Charles A. Doyen, found guilty of violating Article 22 of Navy Code on 20 July 1901 in a court martial]
Doyen, a Major in the U.S. marine Corps, had a court martial convened to try him by the Commander-in-Chief of the North Atlantic Station on board the U.S.S. Alabama. He was sentenced to have his grade reduced two numbers and be publicly reprimanded...
GLC00511
20 December 1901
to F. Marion Crawford
Theodore Roosevelt declines to intervene in pardon application. He writes that he does not ask for pardons unless he is personally familiar with the case and would not want to impose on NY Gov. Odell due to awkwardness.
GLC00629
18 December 1902
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Brigadier General]
Appointment of Thomas Ward to Brigadier General, beginning July 22, 1902. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Acting Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General's...
GLC00778.12
22 July 1902
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Brigadier General (paper)]
Appointment of Thomas Ward to Brigadier General, beginning July 22, 1902. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded, Adjutant General's Office, Jul...
GLC00778.13
26 December 1900
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, First Lieutenant of Artillery]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to First Lieutenant of Artillery, beginning August 10,1900. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General...
GLC00778.17
13 August 1900
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, First Lieutenant of Artillery (paper)]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward, First Lieutenant of Artillery, beginning August 10, 1900. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Elihu Root as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant General's...
GLC00778.18
24 August 1901
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, Captain in the Artillery Corps (paper)]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to Captain in the Artillery Corps, beginning August 23,1901. Signed by McKinley as President, countersigned by Wm Cary Sanger as Acting Secretary of War. Docketed at top by Thomas Ward, as Acting Assistant Adjutant...
GLC00778.19
06 December 1911
U.S. Dept. of War
to Major Philip R. Ward, re: transmitting commission to Major of Coast
Signed by Adjutant General Henry P. McLean, with Ward's signed note at bottom.
GLC00778.21
21 December 1911
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward, Major in the Coast Artillery Corps]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to Major in the Coast Artillery Corps, beginning December 6, 1911. Signed by William Howard Taft as President and countersigned Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of War. Docketed at top by the Adjutant General, reads "The...
GLC00778.22
13 July 1917
[Appointment of Philip R. Ward Lieutenant Colonel in the Coast Artillery]
Appointment of Philip R. Ward to Lieutenant Colonel in the Coast Artillery, beginning May 15, 1917. NOT signed by Wilson. Signed by William Ingraham as Acting Secretary of War. Docketed at top by the Adjutant General, reads "The Adjutant General's...
GLC00778.23
4 February 1917
to Carrie F. Phillips
Written as United States senator from Ohio to Phillips, his longtime mistress, about his recent trip to Columbus and Marion, Ohio, to visit a sick brother. Writes that he approves the neutrality policy towards Germany but fears that war will still...
GLC00782.08
26 July 1924
to Lester D. Gardner
Signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. Remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " Believes that...
GLC00950
circa 26 May 1918
[Draft letter to King Albert of Belgium]
Discusses American aid to Belgium during World War I and their common fight for freedom. Written on White House stationery. Date from GLC00971.02.
GLC00971.01
6 March 1918
to Harvey D. Gibson
Wilson informs Gibson that he has selected him to serve on the National War Finance Committee. Indicates that the Red Cross was about to "appeal to the American people for additional funds to carry on its work" during World War I. Written on...
GLC00972
23 April 1926
Lincoln, Robert T. (1843-1926)
to C.W. Goff
Declines an invitation to speak at a Memorial Day service in South Manchester, Connecticut because of ill health. Addressed to Goff as Chairman, Memorial Day Committee, South Manchester.
GLC02490.11
1 April 1902
Hobson, Richmond Pearson (1870-1937)
to Fitzer D. Black, Esq.
Hobson writes from the Navy Department to Black in Barbourville, Kentucky. Replies to correspondence from Black, stating, "I should be pleased to deliver an address under the auspices of the Confederate Reunion should my duties and previous...
GLC02494.05
1906/11/06
Sherman, James S. (1855-1912)
to Mr. French re: relative to Mr. French's party loyalty
Written on stationery of the House of Representatives. Thanks French for being "at the polls today" and concludes "Your Party loyalty has stood the test always...." [vice presidents]. See photograph of James Sherman in GLC02512.11.02.
GLC02512.11.01
28 June 1901
[Presidential commutation for Charles J. Miller, who was indicted for failing to transmit Internal Revenue records and fined $700 on 7 January 1901]
Miller's fine was for failing to produce records from his business as a wholesale liquor dealer; it was commuted to $50 and costs by McKinley, no reason provided. Partly printed document signed by McKinley, countersigned by Acting Attorney General L...
GLC02599
1902/01/20
Contract for payment to members of the Cherokee nation (cos. Thomas Buffington)
Signed by Buffington at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, for the Cherokee Nation and approved by Roosevelt at Washington. "Executive Mansion" has been struck and "White House" typed-in. Approving Act of the Cherokee National Council for expenses.
GLC02657
1918-1921 ca.
Dawes, Charles G. (1865-1951)
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...
GLC02679
25 June 1921
Dawes, Charles (1865-1951)
to my dear mother
He writes the president has approved all his plans and he will soon meet with the cabinet. He has absolute confidence now.
GLC02679.54
13 July 1921
He has great respect for the president. His wife wife and children will be coming to visit soon. He does not want to have to stay longer than next June.
GLC02679.55
19 July 1921
He is tired but happy because he has accomplished so much by working with the president.
GLC02679.56
27 July 1921
He enclosed an order about improving the goverment business system. He made a quick trip to Illinois.
GLC02679.57
1 August 1921
The publishers sent him the first copy of his book. He is very pleased with it and will send her one as well.
GLC02679.58
15 August 1921
to Mrs. M B Dawes
He ordered 5 copies of his book for his mother.
GLC02679.59
1905
Oates, William C. (1835-1910)
The war between the Union and the Confederacy and its lost opportunities
Howes O2aa, Dornbusch (Alabama) 53, I Nevins 139.
GLC00267.220
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