Typed

List of required illustrations for Badlands to 1879.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Creation Date

Unknown

Creator(s)

Unknown

Typed transcript of an invoice for upholstery at Mount Vernon.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1759-08

Creator(s)

Bell, Philip

Senator Platt is not familiar with P. P. Casey and is unsure if he resides in New York City, or is a pastor at a New York church. However, he has no objections to Casey’s appointment as a military chaplain.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-12

Creator(s)

Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910

Typed transcript of a letter in which William Shippen rejoices in the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the opportunity it affords his country to set the course of its government on a firm foundation.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1776-07-27

Creator(s)

Shippen, William, 1712-1801

Transcript of Benjamin Franklin’s letter to his sister Jane Mecom on the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin thanks her for the soap and explains that “bad spelling” is not her fault.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1786-07-04

Creator(s)

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-04-10

Creator(s)

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Recipient

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Language

English

Transcript of a letter by George Washington on the principles that should guide the United States in foreign politics and other matters. Washington also references a “Plan of a New City,” referring to Washington, D.C. A fragment of the original handwritten letter is included.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1793-04-22

Creator(s)

Washington, George, 1732-1799

In a portion of a letter, excerpted in Worthing Chauncey Ford’s Writings of George Washington, George Washington tells John Adams that he had read about a sword from an unknown Dutch maker that was intended for him, but pawned in Alexandria. He asks Adams, who is serving as a minister in Holland, to find out what he can about the sword. An annotation from Ford says that the sword was made by Theophilus Alte. Alte sent his son to give the sword to Washington, but the son sold it at a tavern and disappeared. The sword is currently in the possession of Alice Lawrason Riggs.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-10-18

Creator(s)

Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-08-30

Creator(s)

Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914

Recipient

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Language

English

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1900-09-04

Creator(s)

Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1842-1914

Recipient

Corbin, Henry Clark, 1842-1909

Language

English

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1814-08-25

Creator(s)

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1823-08-20

Creator(s)

Canning, George, 1770-1827

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1823-08-23

Creator(s)

Canning, George, 1770-1827

British Foreign Secretary George Canning continues the negotiations toward a joint declaration with the United States regarding the Spanish colonies in America.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1823-08-31

Creator(s)

Canning, George, 1770-1827

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1823-09-03

Creator(s)

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1823-10-02

Creator(s)

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1829-03-05

Creator(s)

Hamilton, James, Jr., 1786-1857

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1836-04-25

Creator(s)

Swearingen, William Chapline, 1806-1839

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.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1840-08-14

Creator(s)

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

Appeal to President Martin Van Buren to use his influence with the Pasha of Egypt to obtain just treatment for the Jews of Damascus.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1840-08-24

Creator(s)

Kursheedt, Israel B. (Israel Baer), 1766-1852; Seixas, Theodore J., 1803-1882