Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed
President Lincoln thanks Thurlow Weed for his letter of appreciation on Lincoln’s second inaugural address.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1865-03-15
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant
Receipt from the Metropolitan Club Restaurant for a meal that included blue points, broiled potatoes, duck, potato salad, and Camembert. Theodore Roosevelt paid eleven dollars and thirty cents for the meal.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-04-04
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Copy of Mr. Wm. C. Allen war record
Details of William C. Allen’s military service during the Civil War, including his enlistment, capture and imprisonment, release through exchange, return to service, and eventual discharge.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1865-06-20
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Letter from William Henry Seward to Allan A. Burton
Secretary of State Seward recounts to the United States Minister to Colombia, Allan A. Burton, the details of an incident in Panama regarding the burial of the United States Consul Alexander McKee. Embarkation of U.S. naval troops for the funeral without prior permission by the president of the state of Panama raised questions of the rights of the U.S. in the region. On review of the facts, Seward concluded that no explanation or guarantees regarding future conduct was warranted by the U.S. government.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1866-04-30
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Folder Insert on American Citizenship Requirements
New York Supreme Court naturalization folder insert explaining the contents and instructing prospective American citizens on the services and location of Chief Naturalization Examiner Cornelius O’Connor Cowely’s office.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1910-1920
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Letter from Peter John Sullivan to Carlos Martín
United States Minister to Colombia Peter John Sullivan responds to a request from Colombia’s Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Relations Carlos Martín, for communications from his predecessor regarding the “supposed pretended separation” of Panama from the Colombian Union.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1867-09-12
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Letter from Goldwin Smith to F. Max Müller
Goldwin Smith defends the exportation of arms to France by countries not involved in the conflict between France and Germany. This transcript of the letter was taken from Goldwin Smith’s Correspondence, edited by Arnold Haultain.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1870-11-15
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Appointment of Seth H. McGee to Lumpkin County board of education
Official appointment by the state of Georgia of Seth H. McGee to the Lumpkin County Board of Education. Document is signed by Governor Rufus B. Bullock.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1871-01-30
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Diary entries of Henry Fairfield Osborn, February through May 1878
Henry Fairfield Osborn records various species of birds observed, heard, and shot.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1878
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Wedding invitation for Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Lee
Invitation to the marriage of Alice Hathaway Lee to Theodore Roosevelt on October 27, 1880, with the calling cards of the bride’s parents and of the bride and groom.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1880-10
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Sou’ – Sou’ – Southerly
Essay describing a December duck-hunting outing on Long Island Sound by Theodore Roosevelt and his brother Elliott. The brothers were caught in a snowstorm before returning home from the hunt.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1881-03
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Letter from George DeNormandie Gillespie to John P. Nourse
Bishop Gillespie sends a book to John P. Nourse, along with a paper explaining the book. In a note at the end, Nourse explains to President Roosevelt, to whom he forwards the book and paper, that Gillespie was the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Western Michigan.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1881-05-16
Creator(s)
Appointment as notary public for the state of Florida
Official appointment of Wallace S. Weeks as Notary Public for the state of Florida, signed by Governor William D. Bloxham.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1881-06-29
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Metropolitan Club Restaurant bill for Theodore Roosevelt
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt’s bill for a meal at the Metropolitan Club Restaurant shows that he ordered mutton, toast, and a glass of milk for 45 cents.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1898-04-15
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Chilian chicane: the right of force versus the force of right
Criticism of Chilean circular to foreign governments regarding the War of the Pacific.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1882-02
Creator(s)
Excerpt of testimony before New York state legislature
Theodore Roosevelt, then a state assemblyman in New York, advocates killing a bill that would have the effect of gagging the press. He says in part, “I think it is a great deal better to err a little bit on the side of having too…virulent language used by the press, rather than to err on the side of having them not say what they ought to say, especially with reference to public men and measures.”
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1883-03-27
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Letter from Anna Bulloch Gracie to Archibald Gracie
Anna Bulloch Gracie thanks Archibald Gracie for his condolences on the loss of Martha (Mittie) Bulloch Roosevelt and Alice Lee Roosevelt. The deaths were so sudden and unexpected that the whole family, and most especially Theodore Roosevelt, has much to bear.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1884-05-14
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Message from the president of the United States
The United States Senate requested information on any contracts and negotiations relating to the landing of foreign telegraphic cables upon the shores of the U.S. This document summarizes and transcribes pertinent documents, including those related to the first such cable, which connected the island of Cuba with the State of Florida in 1867.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1885-01-27
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Letter from Joseph H. Manley to Theodore Roosevelt
Chairman of the Republican State Committee of Maine Joseph H. Manley invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak in Maine and support the Republican campaign there.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1886-08-11
Creator(s)
Ratio of white adults of self-supporting age to white children and to native white children
Tables of statistics citing the ratio of white adults of self-supporting age to white children and native white children. Includes statistics from Germany.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-03-05