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1866
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. 2 Vols.
These albums are in the original format, showing photographs taken while in Brady's studio. Depicts Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg, etc.
GLC03547
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
[ 10 December 1807 ]
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to NJ Legislature re: domestic & foreign affairs, gratitude [incomplete]
Dating from Bergh, Collected Writings of TJ, v. 16: 294-96. The last two paragraphs are lacking from this document. Discusses the Embargo Act (obliquely).
GLC03642
9 September 1786
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to John Francis Mercer
Washington replies to a letter from Mercer, noting that he would have replied sooner, but he had a fever. Expresses his plan to never purchase another slave, and his wish that slavery be abolished by "slow, sure & imperceptible degrees." Discusses...
GLC03705
29 December 1777
to New Hampshire re: asking for supplies, call to arms & poor state of army
Written in the hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Washington appeals for clothing and supplies for his troops. Copies of this letter went to every state. Washington writes in part: "We had in Camp on the 23rd Instt. by a field report then taken, not...
GLC03706
28 June 1863
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Robert E. Lee
Reviews confederate military position on the eve on Gettysburg. Discusses General U.S. Grant's entrenchment at the Mississippi and attempt to take Vicksburg from General Joseph Johnston. Mentions the need to reinforce Johnston with troops from...
GLC03778
circa February 1817
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
[Draft of first inaugural address]
First draft of president-elect Monroe's inauguration address. Monroe gave the address, with substantial changes, on 4 March 1817, beginning the Era of Good Feelings. The speech was the first outdoor inauguration since Washington's in 1789. Monroe's...
GLC03880
June 4 1907
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman
Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...
GLC03921.21
1864/02/01
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to Edwin M. Stanton
Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government...
GLC03973
4 April 1832
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.01
8 April 1834
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Quapaw Indians
GLC04099.03
20 May 1836
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Pottawatamie Indians
GLC04099.05
2 March 1839
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ioway Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.07
18 July 1845
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek and Seminole Tribes of Indians
Typed date of March 6 has been crossed out and changed to July 18
GLC04099.09
12 April 1834
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Appalachicola Band of Indians
GLC04099.11
10 August 1854
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Kaskaskias and Others
GLC04099.13
5 February 1855
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Rogue River Indians
GLC04099.15
17 July 1854
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Ioway Indians
GLC04099.17
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Kickapoo Indians
GLC04099.19
10 April 1855
Treaty Between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians
GLC04099.21
Treaty Between the United States and the Nisqually and other Bands of Indians
GLC04099.23
Treaty Between the United States and the Indians of Willamette Valley
GLC04099.25
24 September 1857
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Treaty Between the United States Four Confederate Bands Pawnee Indians
GLC04099.27
19 June 1858
Treaty Between the United States and the Mendawakanton and Wahpakoota Bands of Dakota or Sioux Tribe of Indians
GLC04099.29
11 April 1859
Treaty Between the United States and the Dwamish, Suqamish, and Other Allied Subordinate Tribes of Indians in Washington Territory
written on January 22, 1855
GLC04099.31
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