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1814
U.S. President
Message from the President of the United States....
Printed by Roger C. Weightman. House Document no. 6. Slipcased with four other pamphlets. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.01
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies..
Printed by A & G. Way. House document no. 8 dated October 14, 1814. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.02
Senate document no.25 dated December 1, 1814. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.03
1799
Adams, Hannah (1755-1831)
Summary history of New-England
Title continues: "from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War." First edition, printed by H. Mann and J.H. Adams of Dedham, Massachusetts, for the author...
GLC00177.02
178?
U.S. Continental Congress
Resolutions, acts and orders of Congress, for the year 1780 : volume V
Journals of Congress. Evans 20079
GLC00219.06
[ 1787 ]
Journals of Congress, and of the United States in Congress assembled
Evans 17767 (ref. for Claypoole Phila. printing)
GLC00219.07
1783
Journal of the United States in Congress assembled...
Evans 18266
GLC00219.08
Evans 18840 (listing xviii p. in index for xxvi p.)
GLC00219.09
04 May 1798
Adams, John (1735-1826)
Message of the President of the United States, to both houses
Dated May 4, 1798. Stab-stitched as issued. Regarding negotiations with France to end the Quasi-War, and report from Ambassadors
GLC00265.03
1812-1817
Woodworth, Samuel (1784-1842)
The War. [Vol. 1-3, no. 1-119 (June 27, 1812-September 6, 1814, February, 1817)]
Published by S. Woodworth & Co., New York, New York. The journal ran from July 1812 to September 1814, and was revived for three issues in February 1817. Signed on the title page by "H W Alamer." Bound volumes of Samuel Woolworth's periodical on...
GLC00363
1812
U.S. Congress. House.
Address ... to their constituents on the subject of the war with Great Britain
Disbound. Signed "J Kent." Has states pencilled next to names of delegates in a different hand. Kent was an Assoc. Supreme Court Justice and Chancellor of Columbia Law School. A-D4 E2 ($1 signed)
GLC00422
July 1788- December 1788
Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
The American Museum: or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, & c. prose and poetical. Volume IV.
Printed by Carey. Carey dedicates this volume to General George Washington. Includes a printing of Washington's farewell orders to the armies of the United States, issued 2 November 1783 from Rocky Hill, near Princeton, New Jersey (pages 240-242)....
GLC06565
7 February 1803
Varnum, Joseph Bradley (1751-1821)
Report of the Committee Appointed on so much of the President's Message of the 15th December last...
Title continues: "As Related to the Militia Institution of the United States." Argues that when a 1792 Act (GLC01959) establishing a uniform militia is carried out by the states it will provide complete national defense. Not all states have carried...
GLC04626.02
1796
Unknown
An Accurate and Impartial Narrative of the War (French Revolution)
Signed by Augustin Prevost. Title continues: by an officer of the guards, in two volumes, comprising of the campaigns of 1793, 1794 and the retreat through Holland to Westphalia in 1795. This is volume 1. Color engraving of a Hungarian foot...
GLC01450.622.03
1784
Continental Congress
The Articles of Confederation; the Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britian and the United States of America.
First Virginia printing. Swem 7430. Stab stitched. Not fully opened
GLC00716
1806
The Constitutional articles of the independent company of cadets, as revised and ratified, May, 1806.
Printed by Greenough & Stebbins.
GLC01450.448.07
Reports from the Depts. of State, Treasury, War & Post Office [British Invasion]
Congressional report printed by A & G Way. Report 18.
GLC05207.01
Report of the Committee...to inquire into the causes...of the invasion
Congressional report printed by A & G Way. Report 24. Printed with two folding tables.
GLC05207.02
1813
Report of the Committee... as relates to the spirit and manner... [war of 1812]
Fuller title: Report of the Committee to whom was referred so much of the message of the President... as relates to the spirit and manner in which the war has been waged by the enemy.
GLC05217
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Message of the President [war of 1812 re: American defeats on Canada border]
Fuller title: "Message from the President...as may tend to explain the causes of the failure of the arms of the U. States on the northern frontier." Printed by A & G Way. Message no. 54.
GLC05218
1790
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
A Plan for the general arrangement of the militia of the United States
A-F2 G2 (-G2) ($1 signed). Submitted by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, the first report issued by his department. Evans 22958, Howes K220. 1 black and white bust engraving of Peter Cooper included.
GLC01039
1793
Bigelow, Timothy (1739-1790)
An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the...
GLC01125.02
21 February 1814
Jones, William (1760-1831)
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting a list of all the commissioned officers in the Navy of the United States showing their respective rank and dates of the commissions; also a list of all the midshipmen with the dates of their warrants
Printed by Roger C. Weightman. Printed by the order of the United States Senate. Samuel Otis, Secretary of the Senate, states that Jones' list of officers and midshipmen was printed for the use of the Senate following the motion of Jeremiah Mason...
GLC03436.03
31 December 1813
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, of the twenty-seventh instant, to the Chairman of the Naval Committee, together with sundry documents
Printed by Roger C. Weightman. Includes letters and lists related to the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Offers a detailed account of the battle, in which United States Commander Perry defeated a more numerous British fleet. Includes lists...
GLC03436.04
14 October 1814
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Message from the President of the United States transmitting copies of the instructions given to the ministers of the United States appointed to negotiate a peace with Great Britain
Printed by Roger C. Weightman. Includes letters from Secretary of State James Monroe to United States commissioners appointed to negotiate peace with Great Britain in order to end the War of 1812. Discusses reports received by Monroe from John...
GLC03436.05
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