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01 November 1790
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Comte de Moustier re: progress of US under constitution & hopes for France
Written as President. Published in: Fitzgerald, Writings of GW, 31: 141-42.
GLC03279
[Later copy of a letter August 24, 1782 letter to Lord Stirling]
"My Lord: I thank you for naming a gentleman for the officer of Commissary of Prisoners...I thank you, also for the loan of the History of Jno. Sobeiski...If your Lordship is done with the map of Staten Island, I should be glad to have it returned as...
GLC09069
23 September 1777
to John Hazelwood
As commander-in-chief, sending confidential orders to Commodore John Hazelwood, introducing Captain Samuel Treat, who is delivering "a message of so interesting and important a nature, that I thought it unadviseable to commit it to writing.…" Per...
GLC09378
1872/04/10
Wilson, Henry (1812-1875)
to unknown recipient re: requests that his book be sent to Charles Francis Adams
Wilson's book is titled "History of the Rise and fall of Slave Power".
GLC07431
1822-1826 ca.
Marshall, John (1755-1835)
Notes on edition of George Washington's correspondence [fragment]
Docketed "Page 7 of Jno Marshall mss from his Life of Washington." In fact, these appear to be notes on events in Washington's life referring to page numbers. There is a long struck passage in the lower center of the page.
GLC07603
1947
United States. Dept. of State
The United Nations : for peace and world progress : the United Nations promotes international cooperation ...
Government Printing Office O-755361.United Nations organizational chart and illustrations of its goals.
GLC09520.15
07 December 1941 [1942]
U.S. Navy
For release in Sunday A.M.S., Dec. 6th, 1942. Victims of Jap Sneak Attack
Attached label reads: A small boat rescues a seaman from the water near the blazing U.S.S. West Virginia, which rests on the bottom after the warship was hit by Jap bombs and torpedoes during the attack of Pearl Harbor, last Dec. 7th. Smoke rolls out...
GLC09547.12
July 1861
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891)
to Colonel Montgomery C. Meigs
Criticizes inefficient war effort, speculates on foreign intervention, forwards his plan to take New Orleans to end the war, and discusses a failed mission to enter the Mississippi. "The more I become acquainted with matters and things here, the...
GLC09034
1868
Jenckes, Thomas Allen (1818-1875)
Speech of Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes, of Rhode Island on the bill to regulate the civil service of the United States and promote the efficiency thereof
Reported and printed by F. & J. Rives and George A. Bailey. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives on May 14, 1868. Lends his support to a new bill in which a department of the civil service will be created. Discusses the success of such...
GLC01265.32
25 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]
Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.
GLC01413
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