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Appeal to President Martin Van Buren to use his influence with the Pasha of Egypt to obtain just treatment for the Jews of Damascus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1840-08-24
Response to appeal for President Martin Van Buren to exert influence to ensure just treatment of the Jews of Damascus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1840-08-26
The USS Des Moines and USS Tacoma or another vessel of that class are at Norfolk and will start as soon as they can be operated, probably 24 to 36 hours. If other force is needed, the USS Minneapolis, USS Cleveland, or USS Denver can be added immediately or the coast defense monitors all are ready.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-08
William Chapline Swearingen writes his brother Lemuel a detailed account of the troop movements leading up to and the events of the Battle of San Jacinto.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1836-04-25
Secretary of State Forsyth encourages the U.S. Consul at Alexandria, Egypt, to employ “good offices and efforts” to end the persecution of the Jews of Damascus.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1840-08-14
Admiral Robley D. Evans is set to retire on his 62nd birthday because of his bout with rheumatism.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-04-10
The New York State Infantry 45th Brigade commissions Samuel Heath as a Sergeant in the 5th Company, under the command of Nicholas Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1825-10-05
Excerpt of a letter in which James Hamilton describes the inauguration celebration of President Andrew Jackson as a “regular Saturnalia.” Hamilton mocks abolition and colonization advocates in his comments on the African American attendees of the party.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1829-03-05
British Foreign Secretary George Canning continues the negotiations toward a joint declaration with the United States regarding the Spanish colonies in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1823-08-31
U.S. minister to Great Britain Rush updates Secretary of State Adams on the possibility of a joint declaration regarding the Spanish colonies in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1823-09-03
U.S. Minister to Britain Richard Rush updates Secretary of State John Adams on the possibility of a joint declaration regarding the Spanish colonies in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1823-10-02
“This ticket will entitle the Bearer to such prize as may be drawn to its number, if demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished; subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. PAYABLE in sixty days after the completion of the drawing.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1820-06
British Foreign Secretary Canning writes U.S. Minister to Great Britain Rush regarding the possibility of their countries coming to an understanding on the Spanish colonies in America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1823-08-20
British Foreign Secretary George Canning urges U.S. Minister to Great Britain Richard Rush to come to an understanding on the Spanish colonies in America, as developments in Spain make this more necessary.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1823-08-23
Transfer of 349 acres, called “Newry,” to Henry Toland, Philadelphia merchant and capitalist who was associated with the founding of Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1806-05-03
Transcript of a letter in which Thomas Jefferson explains that he supports the abolition of slavery but protests that he is not the one to lead the effort.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1814-08-25
James Buchanan’s petitions for acceptance into the Masons in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This printed facsimile includes information on his service and on those who recommended him for membership.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1816-11-13
Gouverneur Morris entreats George Washington to consider running for the presidency again at the end of President Adams’s term, as Adams is unfit to hold the office and the country is in peril. The letter did not reach Washington before his death on December 14, 1799.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1799-12-09
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-08-30
Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1900-09-04
Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914