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19 January 1821
Cutting, Nathaniel (b. 1774)
to Aaron Hobart
Informs Hobart that Joshua Willis (as the heir of Revolutionary War veteran James Willis) has been issued a land warrant. Written from the Department of War.
GLC06313.04.098
1 January 1818
Frothingham, Richard (1748-1819)
[Petition to U.S. Senate]
Petition of representation for Frothingham stating that he served in the United States army during the Revolutionary War as "Sergeant in Capt Chadwick's Company in 1775," then as Sergeant in Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery, and finally as...
GLC01450.065.03
1836
Grimke, Angelina Emily (1805-1879)
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
1859
Johnson Fry & Co.
[Print of John E. Wool]
One engraving print of John E. Wool dated 1859. Published by Johnson, Fry & Co. Print created from original painting by Alonzo Chappel.
GLC08878.1042
18 January 1825
Unknown
Noted as written from the Department of War, and possibly signed by [John C. Calhoun].
GLC06313.04.378
5 February 1821
Eells, Robert (1767-1844)
Mentions that Oliver Winslow has requested a favour from Hobart concerning his pension, possibly a Revolutionary War pension.
GLC06313.04.107
1820
Spring, Gardiner (1785-1873)
Memoirs of the Reverend Samuel J. Mills, late missionary to the South Western section of the United States...
(title continues)... and agent of the American Colonization Society, deputed to explore the coast of Africa. By Spring as pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church of New York. Published by the New-York Evangelical Missionary Society.
GLC00267.057
21 June 1821
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to William Smith Shaw
Discusses his interest in Native American religion and his difficulties in learning about it because of Indians reluctance to speak on the topic. Describes his attempts to learn about Native American religion from a Mr. Alexander McGillivray, the...
GLC04880
1828-1829
Clark, William (1770-1838)
[Note signed by William Clark]
Clark, explorer and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, refers to a unspecified claim that "should be allowed by the government." States that the claim is supported by Colonel McKenney (possibly Thomas McKenney, the first head of the War Department)...
GLC02475.04.02
6 March 1820
Gales & Seaton
Memorial of Major General Andrew Jackson
Rejoinder to a senate report that investigated Andrew Jackson's justification for taking possession of Pensacola and St. Marks in Florida during the first Seminole War and deemed it "against the laws and constitution of his country." Jackson argues...
GLC08605.01
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