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23 February 1813
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
to Thomas Rutter
Secretary of State Monroe transmits a printed copy of a notice to foreign nationals living near coastal areas. Rutter was marshal of Maryland from 1804 to 1817.
GLC00043.04
12 March 1813
Secretary of State Monroe elaborates on what course of action is to be taken involving "peculiar and extraordinary cases of hardship, and where the character and deportment of the parties entitle them to peculiar consideration..." Rutter was marshal...
GLC00043.05
24 August 1936
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945)
Pardon of Joseph Beren, alien (c/s H. Cummings [AG])
Convicted of perjury in an immigration proceeding: pardoned so that he might be allowed to reapply for readmission if deported.
GLC00052
29 January 1926
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
[Presidential pardon of Nick Cotsiomitis, who was convicted of violating the Immigration Act]
Coolidge gives Nick Cotsiomitis a full and unconditional pardon; no reason given. Countersigned by Attorney General John G. Sargent. Printed document with blanks filled in with type.
GLC00068.21
09 June 1949
Truman, Harry S. (1884-1972)
Pardon of Sol Lewis (c/s Thomas Clark [AG])
(Alias Sollis Levinsky.) Convicted as an illegal alien; pardoned since law-abiding while serving parole, had partly paid $5000 fine and would be deported if not pardoned.
GLC00068.23
27 December 1838
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)
[Presidential authority to affix the seal to the release of George Gausman]
Authority given to Secretary of State John Forsyth.
GLC00076.02
07 June 1866
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to: Edward O. C. Ord
Neutrality laws. Grant supports Pres. Johnson's neutrality proclamation
GLC00098
1855
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston.
First edition. Printed by Buell & Blanchard, Printers, Washington, D.C. Sumner urges voters, "Are you for Freedom, or are you for Slavery? ... Above all other questions, whether national or local, it now lifts itself, directly into the path of...
GLC00267.001
1856
Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro) (1809-1887)
Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner.
Signed by Hunter on a a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia.
GLC00267.003
Stewart, James Augustus (1808-1879)
Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional...
Title continues, "...and the origin, progress, present condition, and future destiny of the United States, considered in connection with African slavery as a part of its social system; with the bearings of that institution upon the interests of all...
GLC00267.004
02 February 1846
Chappell, Absalom H. (Absalom Harris) (1801-1878)
Resolutions of the legislature of Georgia
[Title continued] in opposition to the principles of certain resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts in relation to an amendment of the constitution on the subject of federal representation. Copy of a resolution by the Georgia Legislature...
GLC00267.006
1830
Mercer, Charles Fenton (1778-1858)
Slave trade.
Mercer reports for "the committee to whom were referred the memorial of the American Society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States; also, sundry memorials from the inhabitants of the State of Kentucky, and a memorial from...
GLC00267.035
1840
Slade, William (1786-1859)
Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right to petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia;...
Title continues, "...the implied faith of the north and the south to each other in forming the constitution; and the principles, purposes, and prospects of abolition." Slade, a Congressman from Vermont, protests the Gag rule, which prohibited the...
GLC00267.093
1841
Ingersoll, Charles J. (1782-1862)
Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions.
Speech given in the House of Representatives 8 & 9 June 1841. Printed at the Globe Office, Washington, D.C.
GLC00267.094
1844
Severance, Luther (1797-1855)
Speech of Mr. Severance, of Maine on the right of petition.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, 16 February 1844. Discusses the ban on receiving any petitions regarding the abolition of slavery in the House of Representatives. Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. Partially uncut.
GLC00267.095
1820
Sergeant, John (1779-1852)
Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question.
First edition. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives arguing that Missouri should be added to the Union as a free state. Sergeant was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
GLC00267.098
1850
King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler) (1800-1864)
T. Butler King's report on California...
Title continues "Message from the President of the United States Title continues "Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of T. Butler King, esq., heretofore appointed bearer of despatches and special agent to...
GLC00267.132
New England Emigrant Aid Company.
Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.
37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the...
GLC00267.159
1861
Conway, Moncure Daniel (1832-1907)
The Rejected stone: or insurrection vs. resurrection in America. By a native of Virginia
Conway's authorship marked as "By a Native of Virginia." Published by Walker, Wise, and Company at 245 Washington Street. Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. First edition. A plea for emancipation divided into 19 chapters. Original red printed...
GLC00267.248
1862
The Golden Hour.
Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...
GLC00267.249
1837
Lincoln, Levi (1782-1868)
Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams...
(title continues)... for inquiring of the Speaker, whether a paper, purporting to come from slaves, came within the resolution laying on the table all petitions relating to slavery. Printed by Gales and Seaton. Reported by the editor of the Boston...
GLC00267.369
30 June 1790
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Messrs. Duchesne, de Barth, Thiebaud & Assoc.
Washington responds to French settlers who had invested in the Scioto Company, which had obtained an option on 5 million acres in the Northwest Territory. The company sold the lands to French citizens fleeing the Revolution. Unfortunately the Scioto...
GLC00311
23 January 1858
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
to D. J. Patterson
Discusses appointments and mentions helping a mutual friend, John H. Craff and that the appointment of a "John Hural (?) a route agent on the Va [and] E Tenn Rail Road amounts to nothing..." Writes that he is "inclined to think though [James...
GLC00324
22 December 1861
Cowdin, Elliot C. (Elliot Christopher) (1819-1880)
to Kate Cowdin
Updates his wife of a recent visit to see his nephew Wallis, who belonged to an Irish Brigade which was part of the Army of the Potomac. Reports meeting General Newton (possibly John Newton), the brigade commander, and General Franklin (possibly...
GLC00333
20 January 1784
to John Davidson
Regarding an address from the Yankee Club of Stewartstown, County Tyrone, Ireland. Recipient inferred from docket.
GLC00496.105
9 July 1849
Mathew, Theobald (1790-1856)
to A.F. Cunningham
Declines an invitation to visit with The Temperance Societies of Washington due to a prior engagement. Compliments the Societies' work by stating that "the recollection of the Friends of the Temperance in Washington, being amongst the earliest to...
GLC00496.197
circa July 1838
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[Speech fragment on the proposed annexation of Texas]
Report of Adams to his constituents on events in the 25th Congress, intended for newspaper publication. Adams mentions the speech of Vermont Congressman William Slade, which so offended southerners that they walked out. Discusses annexation of Texas...
GLC00567
7 February 1778
Gerry, Elbridge (1744-1814)
to Henry Knox
Gerry, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts, writes from York, where the Continental Congress was convening. Dismisses rumors of a possible plot to undermine Washington's authority, but...
GLC00619
17 August 1863
Figures, Henry S. (fl. 1861-1864)
to my dear Ma
He expresses his sympathies toward his grandma.He does not think he will get to go home soon and asks which part of Huntsville his father wants to move to.
GLC00653.01.27
9 August 1864
Powell, George May (1835-1905)
to Emma C. Small
re: He writes of the power of submitting to the will of God. He describes his month-long furlough spent writing and publishing a speech for the campaign about taxation, "Facts and Figures for the Hour." He refers to the "Iron Brigade," Wisconsin...
GLC00687.011
no date
George May Powell and co., publisher of the Great National Picture.
GLC00687.075
23 October 1872
Pardon of J.A. de Abora, convicted of violating the "Passenger Act."
Convicted of violating the "Passenger Act." Pardoned by recommendation of Senator W.H. Corbett, District Attorney Gibbs, the Collector of Customs at Portland, and other prominent citizens of Oregon, and since he was ignorant of the law. (c/s...
GLC00706
5 September 1868
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
[Check to Salmon P. Chase for $1000 for Howard University]
On verso, endorsed by Salmon P. Chase with a note to pay O. O. Howard on order. Also endorsed by Oliver O. Howard, H. Huntington and A. Van Allen (both bank cashiers), and several others. Contains several bank stamps. Tipped in measurement is 9.3...
GLC00723.01
25 November 1935
Pardon of Miguel Lujan (c/s Homer S. Cummings [AG])
Pardon restoring civil rights. Pleaded guilty to importing sotol; pardoned since he was unable to pay the fine.
GLC00743
24 January 1801
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley
Written by Adams in the last months of his presidency to the Quaker abolitionists Churchman and Lindley. Adams wrote in response to a letter and pamphlet that the two abolitionists had sent him. The pamphlet was by Quaker abolitionist Warner Mifflin...
GLC00921
20 May 1824
to John Quincy Adams
Written by Monroe as President to an unnamed recipient. The recipient is likely John Quincy Adams, however; this is inferred based on the content and on information in John Quincy Adams diary, discussing his meeting with Monroe on this topic on this...
GLC00969
16 September 1782
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to George Washington
Discusses the difficulty of a building project on Constitution Island, possibly an ordnance magazine and barracks. Encloses a "representation" from Major Chevalier de Villefranche, involved in the construction project. Knox's retained draft.
GLC02437.10045
7 April 1862
to Owen Lovejoy
Sumner, a United States Senator, writes to Lovejoy, a Representative from Illinois. Writes, "Here is Senate Bill 230, which you desired. We shall send you the Freedom Bill, & trust to your good votes & Providence." In a post script, notes that...
GLC02448.15
April 20, 1864
Kautz, August V. (1828-1895)
to John C. Kelton
Recommendation for Captain Price. Says Price "has recently been on a tour of Inspection of the Cavalry of the West and can give you much valuable information concerning that arm." Requests that Kelton place Price on his staff. On War Department...
GLC02458.09
19 December 1849
Shields, James (1810-1879)
to James A. Bennett
Discussing military appointments. Two bust engravings of Shields included as collateral.
GLC02458.13
28 February 1861
Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant) (1816-1874)
to Reagan
Possibly to John Henninger Reagan, a former Texas Representative who served several posts in the Confederate Government. Relates that a Dr. [Work?] plans to leave Washington, D.C., for Montgomery, Alabama, and that he desires work in the confederate...
GLC02459.33
29 January 1861
Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan) (1810-1883)
to Freeman H. Morse
States that he has not heard anything since giving his opinion as Attorney General about the government purchase of land from the Chirigni Improvement Co. Expresses concern about the value of the property and the soundness of the title. Remarks...
GLC02504.02
20 December 1837
Legare, Hugh Swinton (1797-1843)
to James T. Austin
Possibly to James Trecothick Austin, a Massachusetts resident active in local politics. Thanks Austin for a copy [of a speech or an article]. Notes that the topic of the speech (possibly related to anti-slavery) will soon bring trouble on the...
GLC02504.27
10 September 1844
Walker, Robert J. (Robert John) (1801-1869)
to Thomas C. Reynolds
Walker, a United States Senator from Mississippi, relates that he has not received an abolition pamphlet to which Reynolds previously referred. Mentions another pamphlet, also pertaining to abolition, and notes the importance of its circulation....
GLC02505.41
1837-1908
Stafford, Robert H. (fl. 1837-1866)
Robert H. Stafford Collection [Decimalized .01- .98]
Stafford enlisted as a sergeant in the 12th Alabama infantry. Contains letters and newsclippings about the Peninsula Campaign, advance into Maryland, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Early's raid on Washington, D.C....
GLC02618
5 November 1862
Dix, Dorothea Lynde (1802-1887)
to Thomas A. McParlin
Writes to Dr. McParlin, then Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. "I send three Nurses ... after two weeks trial I beg you will report on their ability..." Notes she will see him that week. Mentions problems with "Mrs. Thompson's health."...
GLC02649.40
9 March 1857
Jones, William E. (1824-1864)
Contract with Henry H. Sibley, witnessed by H. P. Brewster.
Henry H. Sibley and William E. Jones agree that Jones will be the sole agent in the manufacture and sale of Sibley's patented "Improved Conical Tent." Contract states agreement.
GLC02711.23
December 2, 1826
Porter, David (1780-1843)
to R. Smith
Writing to a banker in Washington, D.C., arranges for his wife's finances after his defection to Mexico. Sends along with his letter eight hundred dollars, four hundred of which is to be given to his wife, the rest to be put in his bank account....
GLC02734
10 June 1848
Brown, John (1800-1859)
to Simon Perkins
Discusses his wool business. "Burlington" continues to make excuses for not paying, while at the same time pleading for wool to be sent to him. Burlington Mills Manufacturing Company in Vermont was one of Brown's clients in the wool business.
GLC00106
14 November 1892
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
to E.K. May
Discusses reform for hardened criminals. Wants as much reform as possible, but those not able to reform should stay in prison indefinitely - "no cure no release."
GLC00118.01.01
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