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1775/09/05
Rhode Island. Assembly
Acts and Resolutions re: preparing for war [with manuscript note]
Printed folio, stab stitched and signed by Henry Ward as Secretary. Addressed to the Town Clerk of Cumberland, Rhode Island.
GLC01491
1812/06/18
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849)
re: printed circular letter announcing declaration of War of 1812
GLC07413
18 January 1760
Pownall, Thomas (1722-1805)
[French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge]
Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and...
GLC02587
1 April 1865
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
[Printed War Department Order No. 94 issued by Edwin M. Stanton].
Stamped as page 96. Signed by Stanton vertically along the right-hand margin; also with an autograph endorsement signed by E[dward]. D. Townsend certifying that the foregoing order is a true copy of the original. (Not signed by Olin.) Labeled...
GLC00720.03
4 March 1848
Cabell, E. C. (Edward Carrington) (1816-1896)
Speech of Mr. Cabell, of Florida, on the Mexican War
Discusses Polk's failure to consult Congress about the question of Texas' western boundary, the negotiation therein to settle the border dispute, and the order to send the army into Mexico.
GLC00267.125
25 March 1944
Ellender, Allen J. (1890-1972)
"The Facts About Housing and Common Sense in Post-War Housing"
One reprinting of a congressional record entitled, "The Facts About Housing and Common Sense in Post-War Housing," addressed by Allen J. Ellender dated March 25, 1944. This printing was pulled form the proceedings of the 78th Congress's second...
GLC09640.339.01
GLC09640.339.02
1784/02/20
Pickering, Timothy (1745-1829)
to Elbridge Gerry re: seeking appointment as Secretary of War
Docketed by Gerry.
GLC07004
1805/08/08
Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)
to Hamuda Bassa re: threatened war between Tunis and U.S.
Draft copy of GLC 2794.085. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." For excerpt, see GLC 2794.085. Docketed on verso.
GLC02794.084
Collection of two copies of a congressional record highlighting an article, "The Facts About Housing and Common Sense in Post-War Housing," addressed by Allen J. Ellender.
GLC09640.339
9 May 1918
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
[Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]
On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by...
GLC04569
26 March 1781
Pendleton, Edmund (1721-1803)
to James Madison re: war in the South and Virginia, state politics
The war in the South and Virginia, actions in the Virginia House of Delegates. Very slight text loss against margin of A1v where the leaf has been adhered directly. A2 is absent.
Mentions: British fleet, Military rumors, Lord Cornwallis, Gen...
GLC00099.062
1897-1916
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman re: letters on slavery, the war, Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Stuart [decimalized]
A collection of letters from John Singleton Mosby, of Warrenton, Virginia, to Samuel Chapman of Covington, Virginia, most written on stationery of the Department of Justice. (Other recipients are noted in the inventory.) The letters discuss the...
GLC03921
29 May 1800
McHenry, James (1753-1816)
[Report on Department of War to the successor of James McHenry]
Written shortly after McHenry's resignation as Secretary of War on 13 May 1800. McHenry wrote this report to his successor. He offered his resignation to President John Adams after an angry Adams accused him of working behind the scenes with...
GLC05230
16 October 1778
Washington, George (1732-1799)
At a council of war held at Frederickburgh Octr 16th 1778
Knox's handwritten copy of Washington's queries to his Council of War. Washington informs the Council that the British force consists of two divisions (one at New York and one at Rhode Island). A detachment from New York were recently "employed in...
GLC02437.00731
1862 ca.
Carte de visite bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of War
Stanton's hair appears slicked back. Graphite inscription on verso "Stanton - Sect. of War Edwin M." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.
GLC05111.02.0105
1868/01/14
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Andrew Johnson re: ceasing to be Secretary of War ad interim
Probably a retained draft. Grant has blotted and overwritten numerous words. He claims that he cannot serve because of the Senate's "Act Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Officers."
GLC03924
1797/02/06
King, Rufus (1755-1827)
to [Timothy Pickering] re: expulsion of American minister Pinckney from France
Written as American ambassador to Great Britain, to the Sec. of State.
GLC04842.09
1947-1989
Various
[Group of 41 pieces, including small broadsides, flyers, pamphlets, booklets about Civil Rights topics, 1963-1989] [Decimalized .01-.36]
Collection consisting of 41 items dated 1947 to 1989 related to Civil Rights era. Items include circular letters, donation envelopes, pamphlets, a 33 rpm record, and other materials. A small portion from the collection contain items from...
GLC09641
1844 ca.
Resolve re: Thomas Ward's dispute with Texas House over archive war
Clerical manuscript.
GLC02145.24
29 July 1782
to James Madison re: war in the South, Loyalists, loss of a slave
War in the South, Loyalists, loss of a slave belonging to his nephew. Also mentions: Charleston (S.C.)-Evacuation of, Gen. Carlton, Prisoner exchanges, Edmund Pendleton, Jr. (nephew)-Runaway slave of.
GLC00099.092
1876/02/12
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Crafts J. Wright re: vehement denial of claims that Davis started the war
Signature removed. Davis denies that he "instigated and precipitated" the Civil War, and that he "left the U.S. Govt. to be made Presdt. of the Confederate Govt." Davis also addresses the questions of "Negro" Troops and exchange of "Negro"...
GLC06784
21 May 1861
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
An act relative to prisoners of war. . .Approved May 21, 1861
GLC06745.003
17 June 1782
to James Madison re: the war in the West Indies and Charleston
News of the War in West Indies, situation at Charleston, S.C., plight of Pendleton's nephew, a British prisoner there, acknowledgment of U.S. Independence by the Dutch (John Adams, Ambassador), powers of Congress, settlement of pre-war merchant debt...
GLC00099.090
5 May 1865
Allison, Eben (fl. 1861-1865)
Eben Allison to his father mentioning the end of the war
Talks of how things have not been in vain and looks forward to coming home. Shocked at news of Lincoln's assassination
GLC03523.24.120
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