secretary of state

CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM WARM SPRINGS. WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 10. ...

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Antoine de Loménie, 1560-1638, Counselor and Secretary of State 1606 [...

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DCM 0014: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

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

This print representing part of the town and harbour of Halifax in Nov...

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

To the right honourable, the Earl of Shelbourne, His Majesty's princip...

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

Thomas Jefferson, April 1, 1790, Estimate of Annual Expenses for Secre...

Estimate of Annual Expenses for Secretary of State

Letter, Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker expressing his belief th...

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

Second Congress of the United States: At the second session begun and ...

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

Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, December 31, 1793, Resignation ...

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Second Congress of the United States: At the second session, begun and...

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

Third Congress of the United States: at the first session. Begun and h...

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

Secretary of State to Andrew Jackson

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William H. Seward, Secretary of State

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Integrity retiring from office, James Gillray

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

Mortal Enemies - National Parks Gallery

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

Map of state land tract, Greene Co. / done pursuant to law, Simeon DeW...

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

Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state, 7 March 1825

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

A map of the second section of that part of Georgia now known as the C...

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

.00001 the value of a unit with four cyphers going before it

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

Clar de kitchen. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Rats quitting the ship - Public domain book illustration, Library of C...

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

Death of Harrison, April 4 A.D. 1841

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

Death of Harrison, April 4 A.D. 1841

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 mountain in labor - Public domain book illustration, Library of Co...

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

[Henry Clay, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left...

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

A.P. Upshur, Secretary of State from life on stone by Chs. Fenderich 1...

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

The patriots getting their beans, Political Cartoon

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

Polk's dream Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Funeral obsequies of free-trade, Political Cartoon

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

Political game of brag. Shew of hands

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 Clay statue. A model of a man. Designed by the goddess of liberty

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 apotheosis - Drawing. Public domain image.

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

Loco Foco candidates travelling, on the canel system

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

Dan the fisherman overhauled by British cruisers

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

Honorable John Sherman of Ohio. Mathew Brady photograph of American Ci...

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

Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians...

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

Portrait photo of Buchanan, Pres. & cabinet, 1857

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

Portrait photo of Buchanan, Pres. & cabinet, 1857

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

Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, Saturday, December 08, 1860 (No...

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: A...

Nomination of Seward for Secretary of State

Jeff Davis on the right platform, or the last "act of secession"

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

President Lincoln & cabinet / lith. of J.H. Bufford.

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

The Southern Confederacy a fact!!! Acknowledged by a might prince and ...

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

Quarterly statement of banks for October 1861. Abstract from the quart...

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.

The voluntary manner in which some of the Southern volunteers enlist /...

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

William Seward - Public domain portrait engraving

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

The cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery / from photographs...

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

The cabinet at Washington. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

Office of Secretary of State. [Washington, D.C.]

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[Charles Evans Hughes, 1862-1948, (as former Secretary of State), full...

Photo by the National Photo Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: PI(5); Shelf; Other information on verso of card.

[The Secretary of State and the Diplomatic Corps at Trenton Falls, New...

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

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

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

The political "Siamese" twins, the offspring of Chicago miscegenation

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

Running the "machine" - Public domain dedication image

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

First emancipation proclamation, [Facsimile.] during American Civil Wa...

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

Behind the scenes during American Civil War

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

Honorable F.W. Seward, Ass't Sec. of State

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

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: E...

Telegram reporting Secretary of State Seward's injury

Honorable James G. Blaine, Senator of Maine (Secretary of State, Garfi...

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The state of South Carolina. At a convention an ordinance to dissolve ...

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

Cabinet Officers / engd. by H.W. Smith, N.Y.

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.

Panoramic view of the city. General view of the city, from the hill of...

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

Terrible work of blood. Assassination of the President and the Secreta...

$30,000 reward. Description of John Wilkes Booth! who assassinated the...

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.

Freedom's immortal triumph! Finale of the Jeff Davis Die-nasty." Las...

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

Evarts, William M. (Sec. of State) - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Frelinghuysen, Honorable Frederick Theodore of N.J. Member of the peac...

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

[Letter from J. Thompson to J. P. Benjamin Secretary of state. January...

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

Edwin M. Stanton to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 05, 1865 (Teleg...

The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the cabinet ...

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

[Steven F. Chadwick, govenor of Oregon, head-and-shoulders portrait, f...

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

The President of the United States and his Cabinet for 1872(?) / Th. N...

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

William H. Seward, Secretary of State during the Civil War

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

Diary Entry of Hamilton Fish, February 28, 1873

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

[State officials of South Carolina]

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

A cabinet meeting at the White House- Pres. Hayes, John Sherman [Secy....

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.

La Cuestion Chilena - Public domain vintage map

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

"Freedom of suffrage to the blacks means freedom of suffrage to the wh...

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

The hoaxer hoaxed / J.A. Wales. - Public domain engraving

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

Republican ticket. For Governor. William H. Bulkeley. For Lieutenant G...

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

Caricature, A preliminary set-to / Gillam., public domain cartoon imag...

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

Blaine O'Maine / J. Keppler. - Public domain dedication image

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

President Cleveland and his cabinet / J. Keppler.

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

Secretary of State from "The Great Conspiracy [i.e. the Secession of t...

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

[Caricature showing Chinese Minister handing "claims of China" to Secr...

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.

[Cardinal Mariano] Rampolla [Marquis del Tindaro, papal foreign secret...

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The raven / J. Keppler. - Public domain portrait print

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

John Hay, 1838-1905 - Public domain portrait print

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

State of South Carolina. Office of Secretary of state. The great seal ...

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.

Schofield, General J.M. General - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Portrait photograph of Schofield, General J.M, C.M.Bell Studio

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

Portrait photograph of Schofield, General J.M, C.M.Bell Studio

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

"Poor thing! - they have taken the life out of it!" / Dalrymple.

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

Puck magazine cover - Settling affairs of state / Dalrymple.

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

Cabinet Room, White House, Aug. 12, 1898. Secy. of State William R. Da...

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

Exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of peace with Spain, made ...

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Canadian Prime Minister arrives. Washington, D.C., Nov. 17. Prime Mini...

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Sec. Hull talks to president about Far East situation. Washington, D.C...

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State Department high officials address Inter-American education confe...

A group of men sitting at a table with plates of food. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Former Secretary of State warns Senate against broad presidential disc...

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