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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
21 April 1887
Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901)
[An autobiographical sketch]
Possibly written in New York City. Lists details of Porter's military service. Mentions various civilian careers. Notes "restoration to the army by President Cleveland under authority of act of Congress dated July 1 '86- Commission as Colonel...
GLC02494.07
3 November 1881
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
[Annual Report to Sec. of War Robert Lincoln from Commanding General William T. Sherman]
Sherman's working copy of his annual report for 1881. Sherman enumerates and sums up the reports of various generals. He updates Lincoln on Indian affairs, " ... no serious Indian or other war has occurred but great progress has been Made in...
GLC03005
15 March 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
[Appointment of A.M. Kimball as alternate commissioner for treaty anniversary]
Certificate appointing A.M. Kimball to act as Alternate Commissioner of an "international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine," to be held in New York City in 1883. The exhibition would mark the "one hundredth...
GLC02783.01
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
19 August 1898
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
[Appointment of William Sampson as commissioner to meet with Spanish regarding Cuba]
Commissioning William Sampson to meet with Spanish representatives concerning their evacuation of Cuba. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States. Countersigned by J.B. Moore as acting Secretary of State. White seal on bottom...
GLC04002.04
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
13 July 1898
[Commission of William Sampson as commodore in Navy]
Commission of William Sampson as commodore in Navy. Signed by John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy and William McKinley as President of the United States. Docket on lower lefthand side. Blue seal intact. Printed at the Bureau, Engraving, and...
GLC04002.01
10 August 1898
[Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy]
Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States and John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Promoted for "eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle." Docket on lower lefthand side...
GLC04002.02
12 April 1899
Commission of William Sampson as rear admiral in Navy. Signed by William McKinley as President of the United States and John D. Long as Secretary of the Navy. Docket on lower lefthand side. Blue seal intact. Printed at the "Bureau, Engraving &...
GLC04002.03
9 September 1890
Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898)
[Deed for sale of lot number 54]
Bruce, former United States Senator from Mississippi, signs as the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Hugh Nelson and James W. Greer sign as trustees, transmitting the lot to Charles H. Gladden. Howard M. Norris signs as notary public.
GLC05108
22 August 1879
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
[Douglass quotation on each citizen's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]
One note from Frederick Douglass dated August 22, 1879. Writes that the government owes every citizen equal opportunity to live and when it does not provide this service should be overthrown.
GLC01116
28 November 1898
[Draft letter]
Discusses appointing a governor to Havana, Cuba. Written in pencil on Executive Mansion letterhead. Some words have been retouched by another hand.
GLC00970
circa 1884-1893
Keppler, Joseph (ca. 1884-1893)
[Editorial cartoon of Benjamin F. Butler]
Caption reads: "'I never wish to defend a man unless I know that he is guilty.' -- Gen. B. F. Butler, in his speech to Graduates of the Boston University Law School, May 28th."
GLC00496.136.02
circa 1890
Howitt, William (fl. ca. 1890)
[I have found every system of political religion...]
Howitt quotes the "History of Priestcraft," 3rd ed. p. 364: "I have found every system of political religion so hostile to the growth of true knowledge, so destructive of popular freedom and happiness, that I have been constrained to cry vehemently...
GLC05508.139
24 June 1880
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
[Order to Secretary of State to accredit James Longstreet as Minister to Ottoman Empire]
President Hayes orders Secretary of State William M. Evarts "to cause the Seal of the United States to be affixed to envelope containing letter accrediting James Longstreet as Minister President to the Ottoman Empire." Longstreet, a prominent...
GLC03843
3 October 1899
Prince, George (fl. 1899)
[Photograph of McKinley and Admiral George Dewey in a parade]
Image of a parade thrown in honor of Admiral George Dewey. Dewey stands up in the carriage, facing the crowds. President William McKinley sits beside him. A mass of people has gathered on the streets to welcome the admiral, and some lean out of...
GLC07416
8 November 1879
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal for commutation of sentence imposed upon Isaac Jacobson].
Partly printed document signed as President.
GLC01472
30 July 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Robert Des Anges].
GLC01181
14 August 1878
[Presidential authority to the secretary of state to affix the seal to a warrant remitting the sentences of Henry Walsh and James S. Gregory].
Walsh and Gregory were being held in the Albany County, New York, Penitentiary and, in reference to the warrant, their "sentences were remitted "on the condition therein prescribed."
GLC01819
8 March 1878
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of eight men].
Conditional pardon for John P. Muncie, Lewis Spencer, John M. Hibbard, William Griffin, William W. Workman, Henry Holzhauser, Samuel Walters, Eugene Slinker, John Frazier and James M. Norris.
GLC05489
4 May 1882
Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Fitz-John Porter].
GLC04576
08 December 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Frank Doyle].
GLC01130.01
25 January 1879
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George W. Epley].
GLC01130.03
30 April 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Smith].
GLC01130.02
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