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Selection from Ledger Listing Anti-Slavery Petitions
Selection from Ledger Listing Anti-Slavery Petitions ca. 1836
Letter from the Scholars of Mandeville College to President James K. Polk Regarding Oregon
Letter from the Scholars of Mandeville College to President James K. Polk Regarding Oregon 1/24/1846
Presidential Appointment of Hore Browse Trist as Collector for the District of Mississippi
Presidential Appointment of Hore Browse Trist as Collector for the District of Mississippi 11/18/1803
Quarterly Report of Persons Punished on board the U.S. Frigate United States
Quarterly Report of Persons Punished on board the U.S. Frigate United States 1789 - 1875
1850 Census Entry for Ralph Waldo Emerson
1850 Census Entry for Ralph Waldo Emerson 9/24/1850
1850 Census Entry for Henry David Thoreau
1850 Census Entry for Henry David Thoreau 9/17/1850
Letter from Horatio Greenough to John Forsyth
Letter from Horatio Greenough to John Forsyth 2/8/1840
6469 - Manner of Buoying Vessels - Abraham Lincoln
6469 - Manner of Buoying Vessels - Abraham Lincoln 5/22/1849
A bill for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida
A bill for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida 3/3/1822
A Bill in Addition to an Act to Promote the Progress of the Useful Arts of 1839
A Bill in Addition to an Act to Promote the Progress of the Useful Arts of 1839 1/29/1839
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