Browse Items (102 total)

  • Collection: G. Edward Elwell, Jr., Autograph Collection

Authorization for dispensation for all Commissions of Peace, 1687 April 10

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This document is the Authorization to insert a Clause of Dispensation in all Commissions of the Peace. It is also signed by Sunderland.

Confirmation of an agreement between Butterwick and Frieston, 1553 May 7

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This manuscript in Latin signed by Edward VI, dated May 7, 1553 at the Palace of Westminster is a confirmation to the Earl of Rutland, Lord Lt. of Lincolnshire, of an agreement between citizens of Butterwick and Freston and Randulph de Blundeville,…

Letter of Reprieve, 1790 December 28.

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A letter of reprieve manuscript, signed by Louis XVI, dated December 28, 1790. This forms part of the Elwell Autograph Collection.

Letter from Henry VIII to Marie, Empress of Austria, 1543 November 24

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Letter from Henry VIII to Marie, Empress of Austria. Dated November 24, 1543. In this letter, Henry VIII recalls Edward Bonner, Bishop of London, and Sir Francis Bryan as envoys to the Emperor. The King proposes that Dr. Nicholas Wotton, Dean of…

Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette to Captain Beaulieu, 1831 September 7

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Letter from the Marquis de Lafayette to Captain Beaulieu. Dated September 7, 1831. In this letter, Lafayette promises to advocate for American Revolutionary War veteran Joseph-Louis Descudier de Beaulieu in the lower house of Parliament, la Chambre…

Military appointment of Samuel Gilman, Jr., 1863 December 24

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Military appointment of Samuel Gilman, Jr., Dated December 24, 1863. In this letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, President Lincoln supports New York Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford's request to appoint Samuel Gilman, Jr., to the 3rd…

Letter of appointment, 1833 February 23

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Letter of appointment. Dated February 23, 1833. In this letter, William IV appoints Lieutenant-General John Sulivan Wood to replace Lord Frederick Fitz-Clarence as Lieutenant of the Tower of London. William also directs Lord Hill to fill the vacant…

Letter from President Roosevelt to G. Edward Elwell, Jr., 1908 February 15

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Letter from President Roosevelt to G. Edward Elwell, Jr. Dated February 15, 1908. In this letter, President Theodore Roosevelt replies to Elwell's letter of February 13 and comments upon his relationship with his cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Officer's commission, 1820 May 8

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Officer's commission. Dated May 8, 1820. In this document, King George IV commissions Hector Munro as a captain in the 92nd Regiment of Foot.

Speech honoring Washington's birth and photograph of President Coolidge, 1931

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Speech honoring Washington's birth and photograph of President Coolidge. Dated 1931. G. Edward Elwell, Jr., the chairman of Washington's Birthday Bicentennial Commission for Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, received this autographed photograph of President…