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1813/05/14
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war
Broadside reprinting terms of prisoner exchange agreed to by the American and British governments.
GLC01403
14 May 1813
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war, between Great Britain and the United States of America
Broadside reprinting terms of prisoner exchange agreed to by the American and British governments. Includes notations on the right and left margins of the document. Signed by Secretary of State James Monroe and Tho. Barclay.
GLC01621
23 December 1847
Blair & Rives (1834-1873)
Congressional Globe [New Series...No. 4]
Lincoln's Spot Amendment Speech on page 64 condemns the pretexts for starting the war with Mexico. Requests proof from President Polk that American blood was shed on American soil and that the enemy provoked the Americans, and asks if those Americans...
GLC02025
September 1775
Urban, Sylvanus (1745-1826)
The Gentleman's Magazine
Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes the petition of Congress to King George. Also includes a copy of an intercepted John Adams letter to Abigail Adams 24 July 1775, copy of intercepted letter of Benjamin Harrison to George...
GLC02361
3 August 1861
Charleston Mercury (fl. 1861)
The Charleston mercury. [Vol. LXXIX, no. 11244]
Contains detailed Civil War news from the front lines. Included is a lengthy front-page comparison of the treatment of prisoners of war by the North and the South. "While the LINCOLN Government is making numerous arrests of persons at Washington and...
GLC02362
2 May 1793
Washington, George (1732-1799)
A Proclamation [printer's proof of neutrality proclamation]
Printer's broadside proof of Washington's neutrality proclamation printed at the Columbian Centinel (Boston). The date is inferred.
GLC02391
01 January 1823
Stone, William James (1798-1865)
Declaration of Independence [W.J. Stone facsimile on vellum]
The William J. Stone facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, printed on parchment, with Stone's imprint. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, upon discovering the fragility of the original Declaration of Independence in 1820, ordered this...
GLC00154.02
18 July 1798
General Washington's Letter Declaring his Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States
Regarding the Quasi-War with France, Washington's support for the Administration and acceptance of commander in chief. Signed: "D.R. Slade" in upper right corner. Washington's letter is dated July 17, 1798 from Mount Vernon. The document is also...
GLC00265.04
26 October 1791
Claypoole, David C. (ca. 1757-1849)
The mail; or, Claypoole's daily advertiser. [No. 127 (October 26, 1791)]
Includes President George Washington's third State of the Union Address, delivered 25 October 1791. Among other topics, Washington discusses problems between Native Americans and settlers on the Western frontier, a new tax on distilled alcohol, the...
GLC00280
1 September 1792- 5 September 1792
Russell, Benjamin (1761-1845)
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 50 (September 1, 1792)] and Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 51 (September 5, 1792)]
Includes two issues bound together. Issue 50 contains a letter written by Thomas Paine directed to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the Home Department in Great Britain. In the letter, Paine defends his work Rights of Man, stating "I do not...
GLC00281
25 October 1861
Haldeman, Walter Newman (1821-1902)
Louisville daily courier. [No. 11 (October 25, 1861)]
Pro-South newspaper published by Green & Co., publishing and sale agents in Nashville, Tennessee. Edited by Robert McKee and Haldeman. Mention of imprisonment of P. Phillips Family in Washington and of American-British correspondence over...
GLC00847
17 September 1796
Hudson & Goodwin (fl. 1787-1800)
Address of the late General George Washington, to the citizens of the United States, on declining a re-election to the office of president.
An early broadside printing by Hudson and Goodwin. In this speech, George Washington declines a re-election to the office of President and offers counsel on governance to the country. Two signatures on verso.
GLC02557
2 March 1836
Ellis, Richard (1781-1846)
[Texas Declaration of Independence]
Declares that a "Free, Sovereign, and Independent Republic" has been constituted by the people of Texas. The Dr. Paul Burns copy, listed in the Thomas Taylor census Texfake as #2 of authentic copies. Printed by Baker and Bordens, San Felipe de Austin...
GLC02559
30 April 1898
Smith, Michael Hoke (1855-1931)
Map of the World Showing the Points at Which the War is In Progress
Map shows the miles between ports found in locations such as Japan, San Francisco, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde, Liverpool, New York, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, and the Phillipines. Lists the names of all the ships in the fleet at the...
GLC02691.12.08
after 04 July 1776
Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814)
[Oath of allegiance to the independence of the United States]
Signed by 12 men, including two signers of the Declaration of Independence, Robert Treat Paine and Matthew Thornton. Paine's signature is unusual because he is from Massachusetts. Certifies that the signers, "Do solemnly swear, that I do renounce...
GLC00170
18 March 1777
Howe, William (1729-1814)
Proclamation re: protection of property
British broadside meant to encourage renewed allegiance to the crown in New York and New Jersey.
GLC00178
23 August 1776
A Proclamation: [appeal to Loyalists for amnesty and support]
With manuscript notes and calculations on verso
GLC00179
02 September 1783
Great Britain. Treaties
Preliminary articles of peace between...Great Britain and...the United Provinces
Published by Webster and McLean. Treaty of peace between England and Holland.
GLC00256
18 April 1794
U.S. Congress
Resolution: "That the present Embargo be continued"
Signed by Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State. Concerning the Quasi-War with France. States that the present Enbargo be continued until "the twenty fifth day of May next."
GLC00265.01
26 March 1798
U.S. Senate
A Motion: establishing embargo, fortifying ports and raising an army
The motion was a result of the Quasi-War with France. Document is slashed on lower right corner. Formerly pencilled "Duplicate."
GLC00265.02
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
Unknown
American and Spanish Fleets
A listing of all all the boats in the Spanish and American fleets.
GLC02691.12.05
24 October 1897
Kindhearted Mayor Collier and To Stop Filibustering
Mayor Collier releases all prisoners with city offenses. In "to Stop Filibustering", the Spanish government wants to ask the US to repress revolutionary societies in America that are giving assistance to General Gomez. Backside includes article...
GLC02691.12.10
9 May 1898
Scene of the Pending Great Naval Battle Between the United States and Spain
Map of area covered in the expected battle between Spain and the United States. The Spanish fleet is between the island of St. Thomas and St. Domingo. The American fleet is on its way to Puerto Rico, to fight the fleet from Cape Verde. Date from...
GLC02691.12.12
27 February 1690
Charles Bill & Thomas Newcomb, fl. 1690
By the King and Queen, a proclamation requiring all seamen and mariners to render themselves to their Majesties service.
All officials are to support this and they are to give over the names of those seamen and mariners who continue to shirk service. Printed in London by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb.
GLC01450.535
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