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ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS! THE AMERICAN PARTY SOLD TO BUCHANAN! LET ALL AMERICANS JUDGE FOR THEMSELVES!

by Pennsylvania Republican State Executive Committee

Philadelphia 1856

AN AU-GUST CONVENTION

by [Johnson, Andrew]

Philadelphia : J.L. Magee , 1866

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY J. WILSON TO CONGRESSMAN HUGH WHITE, ON THE STATE OF WHIG PARTY SENTIMENT IN NEW JERSEY, 11 MAY 1848

by [New Jersey Whigs in 1848]

Trenton, New Jersey 1848

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO DR. FAIRLAMB, FROM WILLIAM HARRIS, A HARRISBURG PHYSICIAN, OPPOSING A BILL IN THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL, WHICH WILL CAUSE THE CONFERRING OF MEDICAL DEGREES ON "MEN UNACQUAINTED WITH MEDICAL SCIENCE" AND "QUACKS.

by [Pennsylvania Medicine] Harris, Wm

Harrisburg, PA 1826

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY A COMMITTEE REPRESENTING NEW YORK CITY AUCTIONEERS, TO T.K. JONES & CO., A PROMINENT BOSTON AUCTION FIRM, SEEKING ITS AID IN LOBBYING AGAINST LEGISLATION TAXING AUCTION SALES: "NEW YORK 19 DEC. 1817| MESSRS. T.K. JONES & CO.| THE ABROGATION OF THE LAW TOUCHING INTERNAL TAXES & WITH IT THE DUTY OF TWO PER CENT ON SALES BY AUCTION MUST BE A SUBJECT OF CONGRATULATION TO EVERY ONE INTERESTED IN AUCTION SALES. BUT SERIOUS APPREHENSION IS ENTERTAINED OF A NEW BILL ORIGINATING WITH THE SAME COMMITTEE THAT RECOMMENDED ITS REPEAL. THE DUTY IT IS SAID IS TO BE COLLECTED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE & FROM THAT DEPARTMENT THE AUCTIONEERS ARE TO DERIVE THEIR AUTHORITY, PARTICULARLY WHERE STATE REGULATIONS DO NOT INTERFERE TO THE CONTRARY: THIS IS A NEW PROJECT NOW BEFORE THE SAID COMMITTEE. IN SUPPORT OF THIS POSITION THE "MERCHANTS & TRADERS" HAVE IN CIRCULATION FOR SIGNATURES, A MEMORIAL OF SOME LENGTH & A GOOD DEAL OF ABILITY WHICH IS TO BE FORWARDED TO CONGRESS, IF NOT ALREADY DON

by Hoffman, Martin; Hone, Philip; Dunham, David

New York 1817

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM "HD. QTRS FORCES MIDDLE TENN. NOV. 23RD" [1862]. LT. COL. BUCKNER, GENERAL JOHN BRECKINRIDGE'S AAG, URGES BRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY JOSEPH WHEELER TO "SO ARRANGE IT THAT COURIERS MAY ARRIVE EITHER BEFORE 12 M. OR AFTER DAY LIGHT. WE ARE SO SITUATED THAT EVERY ONE IN THE HOUSE IS AROUSED BY ANY COURIER THAT ARRIVES IN THE NIGHT. OF COURSE WHEN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SEND THEM AT ANY HOUR.

by Buckner, John A.

Middle Tennessee 1862

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CAPTAIN AND AAG R.C. SHANNON, TO GENERAL THOMAS H. RUGER, SOLICITING HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BOARD, ADVISING OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS, AND INFORMING HIM OF THE PROGRESS IN ORGANIZING THE 20TH U.S.C.T.

by Shannon, Richard Cutts

Rikers Island, Draft Rendezvous, New York 1863

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM CONGRESSMAN RANDALL TO AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT, FROM WASHINGTON, 19 MARCH 1869

by Randall, Samuel Jackson [Ulysses S. Grant]

Washington D.C. 1869

AUTOGRAPH

by Cardozo, Banjamin N.

np 1932

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM V.E. PIOLLET TO JOHN HASTINGS, CONCERNING THE UNSUCCESSFUL "EXTRAORDINARY EXERTIONS" IN THE 1846 ELECTION TO DEFEAT THEIR PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN DAVID WILMOT, AUTHOR OF THE CONTROVERSIAL "WILMOT PROVISO" BANNING SLAVERY FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION

by [Wilmot, David]

Towanda, PA 1846

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED "J. BRECKINRIDGE," TO ARTHUR FOX, ESQUIRE, OF WASHINGTON, MASON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, CONCERNING THE "MILLER'S HEIRS" LITIGATION, 15 NOVEMBER 1793

by Breckinridge, John [1760-1806]

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT HARRISBURG, PA., DECEMBER 12, 1832, TO JOHN BUCHER, MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, D.C.: "FRIEND BUCHER, ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TODAY TO ELECT A UNITED STATES SENATOR. THE VOTES - 4 WERE TAKEN, WERE NOT ESSENTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE GIVEN ON YESTERDAY. WE HAVE NO NEWS./ . . . [signed] FRS. R. SHUNK/ THE CONVENTION ADJOURNED UNTIL TOMORROW.

by [Pennsylvania Elections] Shunk, Francis

Harrisburg, PA 1832

AUTOGRAPH INDENTURE, SIGNED BY HORSMANDEN AS "ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK," CERTIFYING THAT SAMUEL CLOWES, "AGED ABOUT EIGHTY TWO YEARS WHO BEING A PERSON TO ME WELL KNOWN AND WORTHY OF GOOD FAITH AND CREDIT MADE OATH ON THE HOLY EVANGELISTS OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT HE WAS WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE HANDWRITING OF SAMUEL RUSCOE DECEASED ONE OF THE WITNESSES" TO THE REAL ESTATE DEED WRITTEN HERE; AND ORDERING "THE SAME TO BE RECORDED.

by Horsmanden, Daniel

New York 1756

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER GEORGE SAUL OF SYRACUSE, REFLECTING BITTERLY ON HIS LOSS TO ULYSSES GRANT AS THE 1868 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT

by Seymour, Horatio

Utica, NY 1868

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED WASHINGTON, 29 MARCH 1824, FROM NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN JAMES STRONG TO FUTURE CONGRESSMAN AND JUDGE AARON VANDERPOEL, ESQ. OF KINDERHOOK, NEW YORK, COMMENTING ON THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "... I CANNOT TELL YOU WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT. I SUPPOSE NO MORTAL CAN TELL. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS TOLD ME TODAY THAT VIRGINIA WOULD GIVE UP MR. CRAWFORD IF N.Y. DID NOT GO FOR HIM. THIS MUST BE TAKEN WITH SOME GRAINS OF ALLOWANCE. VIRGINIA IS MUCH DIVIDED - AND SHE IS IN A FAIR WAY TO BE IN AS FINE A PICKLE AS N.Y. YOU KNOW I HAVE LITTLE CHOICE BETWEEN THE FOUR. I AM CLEAR FOR ONE THING - IF WE DO NOT HAVE A NORTHERN PRESIDENT - I AM FOR HAVING THEM BOTH, NAMELY, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC & OHIO. IF WE HAVE NOT WIT ENOUGH TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND MAKE A PRESIDENT AT THIS TIME OF OUR OWN LIKING, WE NEVER SHALL DO IT, UNTIL WE HAVE LEARNED WISDOM IN OUR FOLLY. "IF MR. ADAMS CAN GET THE VOTE OF N.Y., IT IS THE BETTER OPINION HERE, THAT HE WILL STAND THE BEST C

by Strong, James

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM BEDFORD, PA., 5 DECEMBER 1833, TO SAMUEL M. BARCLAY, HARRISBURG, DISCUSSING HIS OPPOSITION TO SAMUEL MCKEAN, CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT VACATED BY GEORGE DALLAS: "DEAR SIR, I REC'D THIS MORNING YOUR LETTER OF SAME AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINED. WITH THE ELECTION OF SPEAKER I AM PLEASED, MR. FINDLAY IS A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF TALENTS - HIS INTEGRITY UNQUESTIONABLE, HE IS A GENUINE DEMOCRAT, AND THE SON OF MY OLD AND WORTHY FRIEND - THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SELECTION MORE GRATIFYING TO ME. IT WAS WITH GREAT PLEASURE I VOTED FOR HIS FATHER FOR U.S. SENATOR, AND IT WOULD HAVE AFFORDED ME MUCH PLEASURE TO VOTE FOR HIS SON FOR SPEAKER HAD I BEEN PLACED IN A SITUATION TO DO SO. "WITH RESPECT TO U.S. SENATOR, MR. SERGEANT THO A MAN OF EMINENT TALENTS AND STERN INTEGRITY HAS NO EARTHLY CHANCE OF AN ELECTION, AND HE HAS NOT MANY FRIENDS AMONG YOUR CONSTITUENTS, OF COURSE IT COULD HARDLY BE EXPECTED THAT YOU WOULD VOTE FOR HIM. RUSH, DUANE OR MUHLENBERG IN MY HUMBLE

by [Pennsylvania Elections] Mann, David

Bedford, PA 1833

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM ELLINGER & FOOTE'S AGENT P.A. CLARKE, FROM HARRISBURG, 25 SEPTEMBER, 1865, ON PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED LETTERHEAD OF 'ELLINGER & FOOTE'S GREAT MORAL EXHIBITION AND CONTINENTAL QUARTETTE.' WITH THE ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE WITH STAMP AND POSTAL CANCEL

by [Ellinger & Foote, Entertainment Promoter]

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, TO PUBLISHER JOEL MUNSELL, 25 SEPTEMBER 1870, REGARDING CORRECTIONS TO AN ESSAY BEFORE PUBLICATION

by Bradley, Joseph P.

Newark 1870

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 1 JUNE 1847, FROM WASHINGTON, TO J. BLUNT, CONCERNING THE NECESSITY OF INCURRING FEDERAL DEBT, "BLUNDERING IN AS WE ARE WITH THIS MEXICAN WAR.

by Crittenden, John J.

Account of Two Missionary Voyages

by THOMPSON, THOMAS

1758