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23 February 1798
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Deed
Copy of mortgage of the Waldo patent between Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, and Israel Thorndike.
GLC02437.07253
17 April 1865
Smith, Gerrit (fl. 1855-1865)
to Mrs. Schoolcraft
Fears that President Johnson "will not feel as much kindness toward the South." Also, plans to meet to debate slavery. The letter was written three days after President Lincoln's assassination.
GLC05743
24 February 1862
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
to Nahum Capen
Less than a month after being appointed Secretary of War, Stanton makes a thinly-veiled attack on Lincoln's economic policies.
Excerpt: "No public man, in times like these, can fail to have both his words and acts misunderstood & any one is...
GLC00008
15 July 1782
Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)
to Henry Knox
Written by Secretary of War Lincoln to Major General Knox. Letter seems to be about personal finances. References a letter he sent "some days since" on money due to the bank. Says he has found an unexpected difficulty to renew the note. Reports that...
GLC02437.01487
18 December 1780
Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791)
[Pay order]
Exchange rate noted as "18 Dollars at Five Livres Tournois Dollar," with an issue number of 2243. "At Thirty Days Sight of this Second Bill, First, Third and Fourth not paid, pay to Philp De Freest or Order, Eighteen Dollars, in Ninety Livres...
GLC02437.00864
1785/09/10
Peterson, Abraham
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request for extension of credit
Peterson states that due to the scarcity of money, he is unable to clear his debt with Robert, Jr. at the specified time. He then asks for a further extension of credit, and promises to compensate for any personal losses that Robert, Jr. may...
GLC03107.03587
1784/04/14
Lansings, Abraham A. (fl. 1784)
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: request for credit to build a vessel
Lansings states that due to the scarcity of money and the numerous disappointments he has endured, he must ask Robert, Jr. for a loan to build a shipping vessel. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.03543
18 April 1861
Nixon, J. O. (fl. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 39 (April 18, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Published 6 days after the start of the war. Issue filled with military news, including troops movements. Contains "Full Particulars" of the "First Day's Bombardment of Fort Sumter." Update on the Virginia state...
GLC05960.02.08
27 January 1863
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
to William P. Fessenden
Written as Secretary of Treasury on department stationery. Discusses the national banking system and tax on circulation. States that against his urgings, Congress has insisted on a conversion clause. Writes that in his first report in July 1861...
GLC01574.01
3318
Clark & Co.
Liberty $5 coin: Pike's Peak gold. Denver. Five D. [by Clark & Co.]
Gold coin, collateral to Lincoln letter ending private coinage, GLC 1989. This coin comes from the last series minted privately at Denver by [Gruber] Clark & Co.
GLC01989.02
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