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[A Bill that Establishes a Redemption Fund and a Division of Issue and Redemption in the Treasury]
Partial article. Outlines the different sections relating to redemption of notes and depositing in the treasury.
GLC02691.12.07
9 May 1881 to 8 August 1917
Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)
[Account book of E. R. Archer]
Property and financial account book. P. 1 - 17 record the building and maintenance of the "dwelling house on Franklin Street" 1881/5/9 - 1896/10/2; p 18 - 51 record the building and maintenance expenses for the "house on 6th Street" 1890/5/1 -...
GLC01896.164
27 July 1886
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
[Appointment of George C. Munson as Assayer of the United States Mint at Denver, Colorado]
Countersigned by Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard. Signed as Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America. Has blue coloring likely due to discoloration.
GLC01990
14 May 1888
Stewart, William Morris (1827-1909)
[Claims of the state of Nevada]
Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the...
GLC00267.242
circa 1880 - 1889
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
[Fragment of speech on the Civil War and its aftermath]
Fragment of a speech at a Civil War commemorative event, probably given in the 1880s with pages numbered 2-10, and 12-13. Sherman discusses the Civil War, national debt, race relations, and General Ulysses S. Grant. "Some of the Witnesses of a...
GLC03546
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Counterfeit Confederate notes publicly offered for sale in the "City of Brotherly Love"
Depicts a disreputable fellow, cigarette in mouth, motioning toward a broker's office which bears a sign that reads: "Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Notes for Sale. Soldiers under orders to the South supplied with lots to suit at reasonable rates."...
GLC00493.25
Gen'l Stuart's raid to the White House
Depicts Confederate cavalrymen under the command of General J.E.B. Stuart descending upon the Federal line only to find one Hezekiah Skinflint, a sutler who had provided provisions, in this case "ale and lager," to the soldiers. Many Southerners held...
GLC00493.21
6 March 1893
How the Treasury is Robbed and No Load in that Barrel
Article discusses the problem they have on their hands with the duplication of bonds and treasury notes. Currently there is no method of preventions and they've had to pay millions in redemption. The other side talks about taxes and how farmers are...
GLC02691.12.02
20 July 1878 to 31 December 1878
Memorandum book of E.R. Archer
Front cover: "Notes on a trip to Europe in 1878--" Inside back cover: "Memorandum book of E. R. Archer Richmond, Virginia July 20, 1878." From the front [to back], the book acts as a narrative diary, and includes drawings and descriptions of...
GLC01896.161
4 December 1897
Zelaya, José Santos (1853-1919)
Monopoly of lead, fulminating caps and cartridges for shot guns and revolvers
Contract approved by Zelaya as President of Nicaragua. Contract given by Minister of Finance Enrique Lopez. Probably arranged by Walker in retirement from the U.S. Navy working on the canal commission in Nicaragua, but his signature is not on the...
GLC03804.24
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