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1856
Unknown
Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist?
Printed at the American Patriot office. Additional title: "The agitation of slavery. Who commenced and who can end it? Buchanan and Fillmore compared from the record."
GLC00267.201
18 January 1825
to Aaron Hobart
Noted as written from the Department of War, and possibly signed by [John C. Calhoun].
GLC06313.04.378
21 March 1839
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
to William Davenport
Notes Davenport's meeting with Florida Governor Richard Call, but wishes he had gotten definitive information on the location of Seminoles "who lately committed murders near Tallahassee." Reveals his frustration over the Seminole Indians style of...
GLC05285
5 February 1821
Eells, Robert (1767-1844)
Mentions that Oliver Winslow has requested a favour from Hobart concerning his pension, possibly a Revolutionary War pension.
GLC06313.04.107
8 January 1864
E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States"
Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Anthony's Prominent Portraits, #2968. Half length, seated view of Lincoln, with pink tinted face, hands, and chair. [O-84 variant]
GLC05136.34
1837/06/10
Houston, Sam (1793-1863)
to Judge W. Hardin & Capt. William M. Logan re: mobilizing militia
Letter signed as President of Texas, countersigned by acting Secretary of War Jacob Snively.
GLC02580
February 1850
Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873)
[Circular letter urging opposition to the expansion of slavery]
Circular letter from the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society urging opposition to the expansion of slavery. Addressed "To each Friend of Liberty in the United States." Urges readers to write to Congress in opposition to slavery, and demand...
GLC08998
1828-1829
Clark, William (1770-1838)
[Note signed by William Clark]
Clark, explorer and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, refers to a unspecified claim that "should be allowed by the government." States that the claim is supported by Colonel McKenney (possibly Thomas McKenney, the first head of the War Department)...
GLC02475.04.02
1836/09/01
Burnet, David G.
Commission of Thomas Ward, Major in army of the Republic of Texas
Signed as President of the Republic of Texas and countersigned by S. F. Sawyer, acting Secretary of War.
GLC02145.08
27 April 1839
Discusses the second Seminole War in Florida and Georgia. Focuses on the corrupting influence large public expenditures to sustain the war are having on the Americans inhabiting the region. Fears greed will cause the conflict to be elongated and...
GLC03668
3 March 1820
Sampson, Zabdiel (1781-1828)
Briefly reports the passage of the Missouri Compromise: "The question, so long debated in Congress of excluding slavery from our territories is settled, by the passage of a bill...which excludes slavery forever, from the whole of the American...
GLC06313.03
1837/11/17
Bee, Barnard E. (fl. 1837)
Land grant certificate for army service of Thomas J. Green
Partly printed document signed by Bee as Secretary of War.
GLC02566
17 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the upcoming election and the disadvantages the Republican Party faces in it. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality. Expresses his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC06214.01
Discusses the disadvantages faced by the Republican Party in the upcoming election. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality, expressing his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC06214.03
29 November 1838
Leavitt, Joshua (1794-1873)
The Emancipator. [Vol. 3, no. 31, whole no. 135 (November 29, 1838)]
Contains an article on "The Whigs and the Abolitionists," the election in Massachusetts, and miscellaneous other reports. Leavitt serves as editor. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC08875.07
27 December 1849
Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877)
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 31, whole no. 499 (December 27, 1849)]
With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains an article on "The Peculiar Institution." Includes a message to Congress by President Zachary Taylor, among miscellaneous other reports. Edited by...
GLC08875.15
1831
Various
[Forty six pamphlets on Indian affairs. Decimalized]
The first items is a pamphlet printing correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun during the Seminole Indian War. This is accompanied by eight congressional pamphlets on the Cherokee Indians and an additional thirty seven on various...
GLC03776
16 February 1821
Edwards, J.L. (fl. 1821)
Transmits "a notification of continuance for Oliver Winslow," and returns "Mr. Eells' letter." Sent from the Pension Office in the War Department.
GLC06313.04.113
26 March 1819
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
[Appointment of Morris S. Miller to negotiate a treaty with the Seneca Indians of New York]
Countersigned by Calhoun as Secretary of War. Appointing Miller to make a treaty to obtain Seneca reservation land.
GLC02768
3 March 1860
Wood, Fernando (1812-1881)
to Alfred Edmund Burr
Wood, Mayor of New York City, informs Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, that he will be able to speak at a political convention preceding the 1860 Presidential election. Written on New York Mayor's Office...
GLC02925.24
GLC06214.02
February 1865
Walker, Lewis E.
"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States"
Yellow mount with printed inscription: "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Inscription in ink on verso: "Meserve no. 92, probably by Brady." Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard...
GLC05136.49
circa 1852
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
to T. P. Chandler
Writes about speaking in the Senate: "Had I made that speech, I would have taken a vacation of a week or more. Now I wait the Civil Appropriation Bill, when I shall move an Amendment, that nothing be paid [to] the execution of the Fug. Sl. Bill, but...
GLC02095.03
25 November 1822
Skinner, John S. (1788-1851)
Requesting Hobart's support for the publication of "The American Farmer" a paper intended to disseminate information about agricultural advances and technology. The paper has been a success so far, but requests Hobart's support in any way possible.
GLC06313.04.198
6 December 1849
Peyton, Balie (1803-1878)
to S.A. Hall
Describes his crossing at the Isthmus of Panama and reaching the Pacific in time for the steamer to Valparaiso. Reports difficulties crossing and dealing with the American consul, who Peyton feels is un-American, rude, and greedy. Writes about the...
GLC05527.03
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