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25 July 1878
Unknown
In the Senate of the United States
Resolution: steps ought to be taken to provide for an early termination of the fisheries and customs arrangements between the United States and Great Britain.
GLC09400.572
Evarts, William Maxwell (fl. 1878-)
Message from the President of the United States
A convention, revising certain portions of existing treaties and further extending commercial intercourse between the United States and Japan. 2 copies
GLC09400.571
24 June 1861
Giles, H.
To "My Dear Alger"
GLC09190.06
25 April 1862
Littell, E.
To "My Dear Sir"
GLC09190.07
23 April 1862
Norton, Levi W.
to wife
Envelope has free frank signature of Reuben Eaton Fenton. Visited the Washington Navy Yard yesterday evening with Dr. Sam. Entered through Latrobe Gate, which has a large eagle placed on top of the gateway. Comments that the yard contains other...
GLC09006.12
1862
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the U.S. and her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade.
Lincoln: "It is desirable that such legislation as may be necessary to carry the treaty into effect should be enacted as soon as may comport with the convenience of Congress."
GLC09398
July 1862
News by Telegraph
Includes the New York Herald's reports of McClellan's battles in the Peninsular Campaign; summarizes the news recently received from Europe; reports on "The Colored Race in Illinois" concerning the denial of "negroes" the right to vote in Illinois.
GLC09314
1 September 1863
Mallory, Stephen R. (1813-1873)
to C.C. Memminger
As Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to C. C. Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury, cancelling a requisition for nearly three million dollars "Captain Samuel Barron C. S. Navy, having returned to the treasury department the drafts drawn in his favor...
GLC09274
26 April 1865
Laurence, A.B. (fl. 1865)
[Certification of authenticity of flag fragment]
Lt. Col. and Quartermaster of the U. S. Army 24th Corps certifies "That the accompanying is a fragment of the Rebel Flag that floated over the Capitol of the Confederacy in this city, and was taken by the troops of this command. The flag- made it is...
GLC09276.01
November 1863
Sickles, Daniel E. (1819-1914)
[Address at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art]
Address at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, mapping the path to Union victory. Powerful congressman in the New York Democratic Party, with ties to senior Union political and military leadership, assesses the war: "We cannot...
GLC09245
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