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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
10 December 1863
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh (1822-1905)
to L. Pierce Jr.
Retained copy of letter to the U.S. Consul at Matamoras, declining to intervene in the ongoing Civil War in Mexico. "The federal government of Mexico is on terms of intimate friendship with ours... if your danger is iminent you should remove herer...
GLC09230
circa December 1861
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869)
to the South Carolina Legislature
"The public mind has in some degree over-estimated the essential importance of our cotton to England & France - in supposing that if deprived of it they would be forced to interfere in this contest with our enemies. They will be governed solely by...
GLC09206.01
3 October 1862
Slidell, John
to Earl Shaftesbury
Attempting to secure diplomatic recognition for the South. "two governments were now considering our question & that our recognition would very probably soon be announced...The advance of Lee in force across the Potomac had a double object, one...
GLC09175
11 February 1862
Garibaldi, Giuseppe (fl. 1862)
to General George McClellan
Seeking U.S. help for the struggle for independence from France. "My friend General Ghilardi...plans to go to Mexico and serve the cause of that nation." With autograph envelope to Gen. McClellan.
GLC09093
13 May 1863
[Orders to affix the seal to a letter for Peru's ad-interim President Pedro Diez Canseco]
Order to the Secretary of State. The letter offered condolences for deceased President San Roman and hopes for continued wisdom and success, guided by "the Supreme Ruler of the Universe."
GLC09064
July 1861
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891)
to Colonel Montgomery C. Meigs
Criticizes inefficient war effort, speculates on foreign intervention, forwards his plan to take New Orleans to end the war, and discusses a failed mission to enter the Mississippi. "The more I become acquainted with matters and things here, the...
GLC09034
6 July 1863
Campbell, John A. (1835-1880)
to Beverly Wellford
Campbell, the Confederate Assistant Secretary of War, asks Wellford for information on John Carfoot, a prisoner discharged 3 January 1863. Gives the reason for the inquiry: "The British Consul has demanded satisfaction on account of his desertion &...
GLC03077
1869
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
The miscellaneous works of William Hazlitt. Vol I.
Signed by Mosby, also signed by Eppa Hunton. Mosby's signature is partly crossed out. The book is a collection of essays written by Hazlitt. Mosby sold his Warrenton, Virginia Library when appointed United States Consul to Hong Kong in 1878...
GLC03072
27 September 1861
Slidell, John (1793-1871)
[Receipt for fifteen hundred dollars to John Slidell]
Partially printed document acknowledging receipt of $1,500, for use as "Commissioner of the Confederate States to France." Money received from William J. Bromwell, the "Disbursing Clerk of the Department of State."
GLC03006
4 April 1862-11 August 1864
Tittle, George A.
[Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge] [decimalized .01-.19]
Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. 19 letters divided into 2...
GLC02828
July 19, 1870
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
[Permission for John Lothrop Motley]
President Grant authorizes John Lothrop Motley "to exchange the ratifications of the [Addition] Convention to the Convention of April 7. 1862 between Great Britain & the U.S. for the suppression of the African Slave Trade." One engraving, "H.M. Gun...
GLC02781
18 March 1862
French, Samuel Bassett (1820-1898)
to Robert E. Lee
Informs Lee that the 130th Virginia Militia Regiment, commanded by John Williams, from Floyd County, in southwestern Virginia, has left for Richmond. Docket repeats the contents of the note. Verso also contains Taylor's autograph endorsement signed...
GLC02736
Book and note pertaining to Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Company claims against the United States [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC02682
25 January 1866
[Draft of a telegram to Philip Sheridan]
Ordering all American troops North of the Rio Grande. Also orders Sheridan to inspect any damage his forces may have done, so that "if claims are hereafter made...we should know the justice of them." Following the end of the Civil War, Union troops...
GLC02629
21 September 1864
Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811-1884)
[Warrant to the Confederate Treasury Secretary to pay $4,850 in gold for "foreign intercourse"]
Partly printed document filled in by hand and signed by Benjamin as Confederate Secretary of State. Apparently intended for Confederate Agents in Europe.
GLC02604
11 February 1876
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
to Hamilton A. Hill
Urges that "the present is as favorable a time as we can expect for the agitation of the free trade question." Explains the importance of free trade and elimination of a protective tariff. Declares that "During the war the country went back to a...
GLC02595
1864/03/26
Johnson, Reverdy (1796-1876)
to an unknown recipient re: relations with France
GLC02594
18 October 1861
Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed) (1795-1864)
to Edwin D. Morgan
Giddings, U.S. consul general to the British North American Provinces, writes to Morgan, Governor of New York. Encloses a note (not included) from Elliot & Co., a Montreal-based importer of Enfield rifles. There are no Enfield rifles for sale in...
GLC02505.20
29 January 1861
Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan) (1810-1883)
to Freeman H. Morse
States that he has not heard anything since giving his opinion as Attorney General about the government purchase of land from the Chirigni Improvement Co. Expresses concern about the value of the property and the soundness of the title. Remarks...
GLC02504.02
26 March 1866
Davis, George (1820-1896)
to Benson John Lossing
Informs Lossing, "I answer to your inquiries in relation to the Seal of the Confederate States, I will state- that the seal was executed in England, in duplicate. One of them was sent over, and was received in Richmond in the last days before the...
GLC02469.05
12 January 1862
to Henry A. Wise
Written on letterhead of the War Department of the Confederate States by Acting Secretary of War Judah Benjamin to Brigadier General Wise. States that the bearer of this letter, William A. Pratt, wants to import "some cargoes of iron" from abroad...
GLC02469.01
9 June 1864
Winslow, John Ancrum (1811-1873)
to unknown
Written by Captain Winslow as the commander of the "Kearsarge." References previous two notes from recipient. Says prior leaving for Flushing, Holland he sent an officer to Paris to communicate with Mr. Dayton who was trying to discover the meaning...
GLC02466.16
3 March 1864
Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873)
[to White, Esqr.]
Maury, serving as a Confederate naval agent in Britain, asks the recipient (possibly Mr. "White") in London to forward the enclosed (not included) to Dr. Miller "of the [illegible] Committee." Matthew Fontaine Maury was a naval officer known as the...
GLC02466.09
12 February 1862
Dow, Neal (1804-1897)
Dow, Colonel of the 13th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, discusses the recent capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Writes, "May God grant it the beginning of constant and important success. We need it now, to help us in England & France."...
GLC02464.03
13 August 1864
McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885)
to George D. Ramsay
As a private citizen, McClellan writes to Chief of Ordnance General George D. Ramsay to introduce Mr. Adolph Schniewind, who "has it in his power to arrange for imparting our government the secret of the great superiority manifested by the Prussian...
GLC02455.08
25 March 1871
Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901)
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Porter replies to a letter from Hunt. Mentions McClellan, and initials on verso of page one. Recalls his experience in the Mexican American War for Hunt, who was writing on the topic. Suggests Hunt attempt to publish his writings in a magazine....
GLC02382.074
18 May 1871
General McClellan mentions General Randolph Barnes Marcy. Discusses transmitting a written document, possibly to the Count de Paris Philippe d'Orléans, who had served as a volunteer under McClellan during the Civil War. Suggests omitting a...
GLC02382.064
30 March 1864
McClellan expresses mortification that a previous military report he wrote (possibly regarding the Army of the Potomac) had not mentioned Hunt's service as Chief of Artillery for that army. Writes that he (McClellan) already corrected a New York...
GLC02382.061
10 January 1868
Mentions Upton (probably Emory Upton, who published a book on infantry tactics in 1867). Praises and discusses Hunt's artillery tactics, a topic on which Hunt had co-published in 1864. Discusses his European tour, including a meeting in Paris with...
GLC02382.062
4 October 1867
Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889)
to Henry Knox Craig
Hunt calls Emory Upton's book A New System of Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank a "botched application of a stolen principle." Hunt had been a member of a three-man board that revised field artillery drill and tactics, and published a revered...
GLC02382.035
23 December 1864
Writes, "I trust you are right and that their [main?] armies were broken up that the rebels will give in in good faith, and return to their allegiance in peace, and quiet but I dont expect it. People who have sacrificed so much and showed their...
GLC02382.019
3 August 1861
Charleston Mercury (fl. 1861)
The Charleston mercury. [Vol. LXXIX, no. 11244]
Contains detailed Civil War news from the front lines. Included is a lengthy front-page comparison of the treatment of prisoners of war by the North and the South. "While the LINCOLN Government is making numerous arrests of persons at Washington and...
GLC02362
1 October 1872
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Horace Rublee
Thanks Rublee for gifts and hospitality on his recent trip to Switzerland. Discusses President Ulysses S. Grant's reelection contest, declaring, "I see the President daily and he takes things as easy as though he had no interest in the Contest that...
GLC02332
1861/01/14
Arthur, B. F.
Official extract of minutes... re: notifying foreign nations of independence
Written as clerk of the South Carolina Seccession Convention. Resolves telling the Governor to forward copies of the secession Ordinance to other states in the union and foreign nations.
GLC02279
23 December 1862
Maury, Dabney Herndon (1822-1900)
to Walker
Remarks that he has been unable to fight any battles in his home state (Virginia), but has instead served in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Wishes that the French Emperor, Napoleon III, would speed mediation. Notes that his promotion has not...
GLC02215
11 August 1862
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870)
to Benjamin F. Butler
Written by Flag Officer Farragut to Major General Butler as commander of the Department of the Gulf. Farragut says he has just returned from an official visit with the Spanish commander of a steamer of war who had been detained for lack of proper...
GLC02092
1865/04/04
to Frank Richardson
Written from an unknown soldier. Written on stationery of the Sergeant of Arms Office, House of Representatives, noted "Q.M. Gen.s Office." Envelope with 3 cent (1861) pink stamp, postmarked. Discusses the fall of Richmond and the celebration of...
GLC02034.02
no date
[Carte de visite of Lucerne, Switzerland]
Panormaic image of Lucerne Switzerland.
GLC01896.186.02
1868
Jenckes, Thomas Allen (1818-1875)
Speech of Hon. Thomas A. Jenckes, of Rhode Island on the bill to regulate the civil service of the United States and promote the efficiency thereof
Reported and printed by F. & J. Rives and George A. Bailey. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives on May 14, 1868. Lends his support to a new bill in which a department of the civil service will be created. Discusses the success of such...
GLC01265.32
1864
De Gasparin, Agenor (1810-1871)
Reply . . . to the Loyal National League of New York
Printed by William C. Bryant & Co., Printers. A reply to an address by the Loyal National League, compiled by various authors; Agenor de Gasparin, Edourd Laboulaye, Henri Martin, and Augustin Cochin. The response is translated by John Austin...
GLC01265.23
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