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12 February 1913
Bernstorff, Count J. (fl. 1913-)
Abraham Lincoln as the Germans Regarded Him
GLC08880.079
circa 1863
Unknown
[Copy of a letter to President Abraham Lincoln regarding colonization of the Isthmus of Chiriqui]
An unknown author informs Lincoln of the problems of colonizing Africans and African Americans on the Isthmus of Chiriqui (in what is now Panama). States that colonization alone will not solve the racial prejudices existing both in the United States...
GLC03619.01.14
14 October 1776
Wayne, Anthony (1745-1796)
to Abraham Robinson
Writes just as the British are approaching Fort Ticonderoga for an attack. "I have just time to inform you that the Enemy are approaching - the shattered remains of our fleet arrived last night." Eleven of the sixteen ships were lost, as well as...
GLC01154
10 November 1793
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Abraham Ogden
Letterpress copy. Discusses the distance a nation's power and protection extends from the sea coast. Notes that "belligerent" European powers have frequently appealed to President George Washington for protection in waters along the United States...
GLC02437.05965
29 January 1779
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Benjamin Lincoln
Later copy. Knox gives advice to General Lincoln, Southern Department Commander: "My ignorance of the Country makes me an inadequate judge of your situation, but the numbers you mention you have to oppose the Enemy is most certainly a very serious...
GLC02437.00747
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