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Adrian H. Joline autograph collection

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    John Adams notification of Thomas Jefferson's election as vice president of the United States :

    Manuscripts

    Copy of certification by the House of Representatives and Senate of the election of Thomas Jefferson as vice president of the United States, signed by Adams. Attested "true copy" by the chief clerk of the Department of State, George Taylor.

    mssHM 9466

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    Isaac N. Arnold collection

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    Collection consists of loose letters and documents removed from Isaac N. Arnold's The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 17875, volumes 1 and 2. Materials created by U.S. presidents include Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Edward Everett, document signed, 1853 February 25; Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State William Learned Marcy, document signed, 1855 April 19; James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Lewis Cass, document signed, 1859 December 30; James A. Garfield, Washington, D.C., note to Mr. Conant, autograph letter signed, 1875 March 8; Ulysses S. Grant letter to unknown recipient recommending Dr. Hicks, autograph letter signed, undated; Martin Van Buren order to Secretary of State John Forsyth, document signed, 1839 August 1.Also present are letters or documents from Benjamin F. Butler, Henry Clay, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Edward Everett, Hannibal Hamlin, Oliver Otis Howard, Reverdy Johnson, Robert Todd Lincoln, John A. Logan, Irvin McDowell, Montgomery C. Meigs, Lot M. Morrill, John M. Schofield, Winfield Scott, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Daniel Sickles, Alexander H. Stephens, Charles Sumner, Alfred H. Terry, and Daniel Webster.

    mssHM 39875-39903

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    Isaac N. Arnold collection

    Manuscripts

    Collection consists of loose letters and documents removed from Isaac N. Arnold's The Life of Abraham Lincoln, 17875, volumes 1 and 2. Materials created by U.S. presidents include Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Edward Everett, document signed, 1853 February 25; Franklin Pierce, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State William Learned Marcy, document signed, 1855 April 19; James Buchanan, Washington, D.C., order to Secretary of State Lewis Cass, document signed, 1859 December 30; James A. Garfield, Washington, D.C., note to Mr. Conant, autograph letter signed, 1875 March 8; Ulysses S. Grant letter to unknown recipient recommending Dr. Hicks, autograph letter signed, undated; Martin Van Buren order to Secretary of State John Forsyth, document signed, 1839 August 1. Also present are letters or documents from Benjamin F. Butler, Henry Clay, Schuyler Colfax, Roscoe Conkling, Edward Everett, Hannibal Hamlin, Oliver Otis Howard, Reverdy Johnson, Robert Todd Lincoln, John A. Logan, Irvin McDowell, Montgomery C. Meigs, Lot M. Morrill, John M. Schofield, Winfield Scott, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, Daniel Sickles, Alexander H. Stephens, Charles Sumner, Alfred H. Terry, and Daniel Webster.

    mssHM 39875-39903

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    United States and Regency of Algiers documents

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    Documents regarding the U.S. conflict with the Regency of Algiers and captured U.S. merchant ships; items signed by John Jay, John Lamb, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.

    mssHM 9648-9651

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    Autograph Album of Charles H. Tuxbury

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    Autograph album containing various signatures and short notes by soldiers from the American Civil War, American poets, educators, and social activists. There is an introduction to the autograph album by Lucy J. Sherman and a loose business card belonging to Charles H. Tuxbury.

    mssHM 79904

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    Civil War collection

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    A collection of 546 items containing chiefly letters written by prominent military figures during the American Civil War (1781-1915, bulk 1861-1865); also included are some documents, a diary, manuscript maps, and battle plans. The collection focus is upon the land forces with a few pieces related to the Union navy. Significant persons represented in the collection, among others: Pierre G. T. Beauregard, Benjamin F. Butler, Jefferson Davis, David G. Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, Edward Hatch, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Francis W. Pickens, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and George H. Thomas.Material created by U.S. presidents in this collection include: James Buchanan autograph note, 1861 February 28, added to Winfield Scott letter to Joseph Holt, 1861 February 26 (CW 388); James A. Garfield, Chattanooga, autograph letter signed to "Brother Evrett," Detroit, 1863 October 5 (CW 133); Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., autograph letter signed to Edwin M. Stanton, 1867 February 11 (CW 215). Also present are the following Ulysses S. Grant items: autograph note signed to unidentified recipient, 1862 February 26 (CW 144); autograph letter signed, Pittsburg Landing, to Henry Halleck, 1862 April 28 (CW 146); autograph order no. 111, 1863 April 21 (CW 154); autograph letter signed, Culpeper, to Edward Davis Townsend, 1864 March 30 (CW 153); autograph letter signed, Washington, D.C., to Lorenzo Thomas, 1864 April 4 (CW 152); autograph letter signed, City Point, to Benjamin Butler, 1864 November 30 (CW 145); autograph letters signed to George Henry Thomas sent from Chattanooga, 1863 November 7 (CW 149); Nashville, 1864 January 19 (CW 150); and City Point, 1865 January 31 (CW 151); and autograph letters signed, City Point, to George Gordon Meade, 1864 July 14 (CW 147) and 1865 March 27 (CW 148).

    mssCW