Secretary Of State

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Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 63.5 cm. Key Holes System: Carte's 1867 patent, cylindrical, variation of the simple system, open G#, incorporating Boehm full venting principles plus some fingerin More

Print shows a broad view of the town and harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with meadow in the foreground, buildings of the town along the waterfront, and ships in the harbor, also two islands and a distant view o More

Scale ca. 1:275,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows counties, towns, rivers, and post roads. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1022 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. More

Estimate of Annual Expenses for Secretary of State

Reproduction number: A54 (color slide); LC-MSS-27748-21 (B&W negative) While serving as secretary of state, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), one of Virginia's largest planters and slaveholders, wrote this 30 Augus More

Resignation as Secretary of State Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Variant of Evans 26304. Has an additional line. Deposited among the rolls in the office of the secretary of state and signed by Thomas Jefferson.; Evans 26304 Variant. Available also through the Library of Cong More

Evans 26314 Variant.; A variant of Evans 26314. This copy has the line at the botton of the page Deposited among the rolls in the office of the Secretary of state. and signed by Thomas Jefferson and does not ha More

Signed by Edm. Randolph, Secretary of State.; Evans 27845.; On verso: 0138C, 2JE61, 57.50 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML More

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This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ritchie, A.H.

The resigning Ministers issue from the arched gateway of the Treasury, led by Pitt (right) who, with an oratorical gesture, holds out a document. Behind him is Dundas (Secretary of State for War), holding Pitt' More

The rift between Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson led to the resignation of both from office (Hamilton's in 1795). Although no longer in office, he remained a viable political force, particularl More

Blueprint copy of manuscript survey map of real property and land grants in central Greene County (N.Y.). Shows tract numbers, acreages, line measurements in chains, line declinations in degrees/minutes, and na More

Reproduction number: A23 (color slide) In the presidential campaign of 1824 the candidates were John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Henry Clay (1777-1852), William Harris Crawford (1772-1834), and Andrew Jackson (17 More

Covers Marietta region (Ga.) including portions of the present-day Cobb, Fulton, and Cherokee Counties. Original in Surveyor General Department, Office of Secretary of State, Atlanta, Ga. Available also through More

A satire on dissension and political intrigue within Andrew Jackson's administration, surrounding the Spring 1831 resignations of several members of his Cabinet. In the center Jackson sits in a collapsing chair More

Postmaster general Amos Kendall's 1840 resignation prompted the artist's speculation on the desertion of other Van Buren cabinet members. Kendall resigned on May 16, to concentrate on editing the "Extra Globe," More

Another Whig campaign satire, picturing incumbent Martin Van Buren and his Democratic advisers or "Kitchen Cabinet" routed by Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. In a domestic kitchen Harrison, dressed as a More

William Henry Harrison on his deathbed with Rev. Hawley, a physician, niece, and nephew in attendance, as well as Thomas Ewing, Secretary of Treasury, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and Francis Granger (wa More

William Henry Harrison on his deathbed with Rev. Hawley, a physician, niece, and nephew in attendance, as well as Thomas Ewing, Secretary of Treasury, Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and Francis Granger (wa More

The artist employs Aesop's fable about the mountain which was said to be in labor, its dreadful groans attracting expectant crowds only to be disappointed when it issued forth a small mouse. Here the mountain i More

Republican Senator from Kentucky, 1806-1807, 1810-1811; Congressman, 1811-1814, 1815-1821, 1823-1825; U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-1829; Whig Senator, 1831-1842, 1849-1852; Democratic Republican candidate for More

Print shows A.P. Upshur, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right; includes a facsimile signature. Signed and dated on stone. Stamped on verso: 43309. Stamped on verso: L.C. Division of Prints. Forms More

A satirical view of the scramble among newly elected President James K. Polk's 1844 campaign supporters, or "patriots," for "their beans," i.e., patronage and other official favors. Polk (upper right) sits in t More

A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter More

Here Clay is critical of James K. Polk's public advocacy of the 54.40 parallel as the northern boundary of American territory in Oregon. The cartoon also alludes to widespread uncertainty as to the course the More

The artist resorts to the familiar metaphor of a card game for the presidential stakes in his rendition of the 1848 contest. The major contenders play a game of "brag" (an early form of poker). Around the tabl More

The artist lionizes Kentucky senator Henry Clay, author of the Compromise of 1850, and slams his political foes and critics of the compromise, particularly those in the Taylor administration. A text in the lowe More

The print is a fragment of a larger lithograph entitled "Invasion of Cuba," composed of two panels, applauding American "filibustering" expeditions to liberate Cuba from Spain. (See also "The Great Naval Blocka More

A humorous but favorable portrayal of secretary of state Daniel Webster's assertive role in the dispute over American fishing rights in Canadian waters. (See also Edward W. Clay's "John Bull's Fish Monopoly, n More

Several prospective Democratic presidential candidates travel along a canal in the "Salt River Barge," named after the proverbial river of political defeat. The passengers are (left to right): Lewis Cass, secre More

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Sec. of the Treasury under Hayes; Sec. of State under McKinley. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs More

A bitter indictment of the Democratic administration's responsibility for violence and bloodshed in Kansas in the wake of the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act. (See also "Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler More

Photograph shows President Buchanan standing, surrounded by his Cabinet including Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; Jeremiah Blac More

Photograph shows President Buchanan standing, surrounded by his Cabinet including Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior; Lewis Cass, Secretary of State; Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury; Jeremiah Blac More

Nomination of Seward for Secretary of State

Group portrait of the Confederate cabinet including President Jefferson Davis, Vice President Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Attorney General Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of the Navy Stephen M. Mallory, Secretary More

A caricature of Jefferson Davis, probably issued not long after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, but certainly postdating his February 1861 election as president of the Confederacy. Davis is shown standing on a More

Print shows Abraham Lincoln, bust portrait, facing right, at center, surrounded by bust portraits of members of his cabinet, clockwise from top, "Simon Cameron, Secy. of War", "Salmon P. Chase, Secy. of the Tre More

A biting vilification of the Confederacy, representing it as a government in league with Satan. From left to right are: "Mr. Mob Law Chief Justice," a well-armed ruffian carrying a pot of tar; Secretary of Stat More

On verso: Banks 1861. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 100, Folder 33.

A facetious view of the Confederate states' early efforts to man a volunteer army during the Civil War. The interior of an enlistment center is shown, where a ragged recruit enters from the left at bayonet poin More

Photographic reproduction of engraving shows portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.

Group portrait of Lincoln's cabinet including (left to right) Postmaster General Montgomery Blair, Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase, President Lincoln, Secreta More

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Pictured in the photo are: 1. Count Piper, Swedish Minister; 2. M. Bertinatti, Italian Minister; 3. M. Molena, Nicaraguan Minister; 4. M. Schleiden, Hanseatic Minister; 5. M. Mercier, French Minister; 6. Willi More

The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The ar More

A scathing attack on the ineptness and military ineffectualness of the Lincoln administration. The cartoon derives its title from an indiscreet letter written by secretary of war Edwin McMasters Stanton to past More

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White More

This original and draft of the first Emancipation Proclamation as described below by the Assistant Secretary of State was presented to the Albany Army Relief Bazaar in Feb. 1864, and brought the sum of $1,000 f More

Another venomous attack on the Lincoln administration by the artist of "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes, no. 1864-31," and "The Sportsman Upset by the Recoil of His Own Gun," (no. 1864-3 More

Telegram reporting Secretary of State Seward's injury

Reward.; Booth, John Wilkes. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 59.

A vindictive Northern fantasy on the aftermath of the Civil War. Confederate president Jefferson Davis, dressed in a hoopskirt or crinoline, hangs from a "Sour Apple Tree" at left, a Bowie knife in one hand and More

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The ordinance. To dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled, "The Constitution of the United States of America." We the people of the Sta More

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1349, W O [?] Evarts, 462 [crossed out], 1448 [crossed out], N.Y. Made Feb. 1877. Credit line: Brady-Hand More

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 1319, 1376 [crossed out], 1566 [crossed out], 30 [crossed out], 1387 [crossed out], Frelinghuysen Secy St More

Printed Ephemera -Confederate States of America.; On versoof wrapper attached to document: 206 Confederate Broadside Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page imag More

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: F.W. Seward, Asst. Secty., of State, 30625 [crossed out], 740, 1031 [crossed out], 408 [crossed out], thi More

Head-and-shoulders portraits of Lincoln cabinet officers: William H. Seward, Secy. of State, Edwin M. Stanton, Secy. of War, Gideon Welles, Secy. of the Navy, Salmon P. Chase, Secy. of the Treasury.

View of Jerusalem. Illus. in: Ordnance survey of Jerusalem, made with the sanction of the Right Hon. Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary of State for war, by Captain Charles W. Wilson, R.E., under the direction o More

Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanto More

Written on verso: S.F. Chadwick, Secretary of State, Oregon. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Illustration shows at center and under heading "'We Propose' (When things blow over) When?" William M. Tweed standing, holding a paper labeled "Political Economy by Boss Tweed", and in his shadow John T. Hoffma More

Hamilton Fish was secretary of state under President Grant, 1869-1877. Here Fish describes President Grant reading a "rough draft of his prepared inaugural" before his Cabinet. The Cabinet members suggest that More

Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. Date based on probable date range for negative numbers preceding LC-B5-35838. Gift More

Includes portraits of: James Conner, Attorney-General; Johnson Hagood, Comptroller-General; E. W. Moise, Adjutant and Inspector-General; Wade Hampton, Governor; W. D. Simpson, Liet.-Governor; S. L. Leaphart, St More

Microfilm copy of wood engr. of photo by Pach. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, vol. 23, 1879, p. 269. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pres. I.; BI; Shelf.

This map was sent to United States Secretary of State William M. Evarts from United States Minister to Argentina Thomas Ogden Osborn. The map, provided to Osborn by the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, gr More

Illustration shows the Temple of Liberty boarded up by Southern states to disenfranchise black voters while inviting the North, represented by New York's Tammany Hall, to do the same in spite of Secretary of St More

Print shows New York Herald editor James Gordon Bennett, holding a shotgun and carrying a bag labeled "Game Bag for Sensations J.G. Bennett", standing next to a scarecrow labeled "$500.00 Herald Cheque" and "Th More

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 9, Folder 31. Copy scanned: 1

Illustration shows James G. Blaine running through a swamp, chasing a firefly labeled "Presidency" that is thumbing its nose at him. Blaine is leaving a "Bad Political Record" behind him that begins with his "E More

Illustration shows James G. Blaine badly bruised after boxing a round against the "Ohio Secretary of State" who is slumped against the ropes; William W. Phelps and Whitelaw Reid attempt to revive Blaine with a More

Illustration shows President Cleveland sitting at a desk between his cabinet members, from the left, "W.C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, Daniel Manning, Secretary of the Treasury, A.H. Garland, Attorney-Gener More

Color lithograph, after drawing by J.A. Wales. Illus. in: Puck, 1886 March 17, p. 33. Ref. copy may be in SSF (Gr) - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CHINA U.S. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

This image has been taken from scan 000183 from "The Great Conspiracy [i.e. the Secession of the Southern States]: its origin and history". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tag More

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Caricature of President Benjamin Harrison, as a very short person, with large head, seated at a desk, wearing the big hat of his grandfather William Henry Harrison, also a president. On a bust perches Secretar More

Secretary of State; half length portrait, seated at desk, facing right. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Caption ca More

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 173, Folder 27.

Photograph shows General McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) who served as U.S. Secretary of State between 1868 and 1869. Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten l More

Photograph shows General McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) who served as U.S. Secretary of State between 1868 and 1869. Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten l More

Photograph shows General McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) who served as U.S. Secretary of State between 1868 and 1869. Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten l More

Print shows lame duck president Grover Cleveland and Secretary of State Richard Olney looking at a knocked-out document labeled "Arbitration Treaty" lying on a desk between them; John Sherman is looking in thro More

Print shows John Sherman, Secretary of State, dressed as an old woman with a purse labeled "Sec. Sherman", plucking the petals off daisies labeled "Hawaii, Cuba, [and] Bering Sea" picked from a flowerpot labele More

Signing of the peace protocol of the Spanish-American War - left to right: Benjamin Montgomery, Jules Cambon, Thiebout, William R. Day, J. More, Alvey A. Adee, William McKinely, George Cortelyou, Thomas Cridler More

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John Hay, T R’s Secretary of State from 1901 to 1905 and Abraham Lincoln’s personal secretary from 1861 to 1865, gave this ring containing Lincoln’s hair to President Roosevelt. T R wore the ring on the day he More

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