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24 December 1863
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
. (House bill.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to establish a Bureau of Foreign Supplies.
stamp of record division
GLC06745.070
17 September 1862
(House no. 4.) . . . A bill to regulate the navigation of the Confederate States and to establish direct trade with foreign nations.
GLC06745.025
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
6 September 1862
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward)]
Partly printed document, countersigned by William H. Seward, appointing Cephas Brainerd interim arbiter for the Treaty with Britain suppressing the slave trade. Docketed. With white paper seal. Watermark: Wilcox|Philadelphia.
GLC00457
26 August 1870
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)
[Appointment of John Guyse Sparke as Ensign in the infantry]
Signed in upper left-hand corner. Co-signed by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell and [illegible] of the War Office. Includes royal seals.
GLC00496.209
no date
Arbitration Council
[Arbitration Council flyer]
A brief report of the Committee of Arbitration averting strikes and lockouts is included, with reference to the Chicago Board of Trade, the Permanent International Peace Court, the Peace Memorials on International and Industrial Peace at the 1904...
GLC00687.150
2 February 1864
[Authorization to affix the seal of the United States to the envelope of a letter addressed to Kamehameha V, King of the Hawaiian Islands]
Partially printed document directs the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to a condolence letter addressed to Kamehameha V for the death of King Kamehameha IV, his brother. Kamehameha IV had sought closer ties with the United...
GLC02661
5 March 1864
[Authorization to affix United States seal to a treaty]
President Lincoln authorizes Secretary of State William H. Seward to affix the United States Seal to a treaty between the United States and Britain. States the Treaty, signed 1 July 1863, settles the claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound...
GLC00750
18 November 1865
Archer, Robert (fl. 1840)
[Bank exchange notes]
Bank exchange notes (numbered--2 and 3 respectively), each detailing a payment to Edward R. Archer the sum of "Eighteen pounds Seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterling," from the account of "Messrs. Baring Bros. Co." of London. First National Bank.
GLC01896.083
1867 circa
Van Lint
[Carte de visite of cathedral and leaning tower of Pisa]
Cathedral & Leaning Tower of Pisa, carte de visite. Albumen print (Pisa, Italy: Van Lint)
GLC01896.182
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