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12 December 1808
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849)
to John Pooler
Informs that he has directed the Treasurer to remit to Pooler $1000 to pay the dividends on stocks. Addressed to Pooler as the Commissioner of Loans for Georgia.
GLC01602.02
5 June 1794
Randolph, Edmund (1753-1813)
An Act laying duties upon carriages for the conveyance of persons
Signed in his hand by Randolph as Secretary of State. Signed with printed signatures of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ralph Izard, President of the Senate, and approved by George Washington as President....
GLC01618
14 July 1902
Root, Elihu (1845-1937)
[Copy of a telegram from Secretary of War Root to William Howard Taft]
Thanks him for the succesful result of his negotiations with the Vatican about the Friar Lands in the Phillipines. Explains the position of the United States government toward these lands. He is to represent this position to the Phillipine...
GLC01625.03
9 May 1902
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
March 4, 1834
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to Moses Dawson
Writes as President concerning the subsiding economic panic of 1834 caused by the calling in of loans by the second Bank of the United States. Informs that the panic will leave the country in a better condition "... by giving us, in time, a metalic...
GLC01736
1825
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].
A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs...
GLC01826
1840/02/29
Lamar, Mirabeau B. (fl. 1839-1849)
Authorization to Barnard E. Bee to draw $1900 (also signed later by Bee)
Signed as President of the Republic of Texas with blind stamped seal. Countersigned by the Secretary of Treasury, with signed notes of Bee, dated from Washington, Texas, 4/21/1840 and Galveston 12/19/1840, by Hamilton.
GLC01860.19
26 May 1821
to Peter Hagner
Argues that he it is wrong to make him pay for his food and quarters during an previous stay in Washington. Claims costs were supposed to be covered for him during his stay. Written as territorial governor of Florida, to Hagner, third auditor of...
GLC01900
11 May 1828
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
to James William Paige
Informs his brother-in-law of a debate in the Senate regarding the 1828 Tariff Bill that proposed to tax certain raw and manufactured materials including molasses and hemp. States that due to disagreements with Southern Senators, several North...
GLC01946.10
23 December 1831
Serving as Massachusetts Senator, Webster informs his brother-in-law that he will be travelling to Baltimore and Annapolis to assist in settling a legal dispute between the Maryland Rail Road and Canal. Asks if "Mrs. Webster and the girls ... talk...
GLC01946.14
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