Andrew Johnson Asks that Lorenzo Thomas Resume His Duties as Army Adjutant General (2/13/1868)

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Andrew Johnson, History, Impeachment

Andrew Johnson Notifies the Treasury Department of Edwin Stanton’s Suspension (1867)

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Andrew Johnson, Edwin Stanton, History, Impeachment

This document was the prosecution’s final piece of evidence in the Johnson impeachment trail. As David Stewart writes, House Manager Ben Butler’s “final crescendo came from a letter sent by Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch in August of 1867, when Johnson suspended Stanton. The letter stated that Stanton was suspended under the Tenure of Office Act, directly contradicting the assertions of the president’s lawyers that Johnson had acted under his constitutional powers.”

Andrew Johnson – Angry Letter to Ulysses Grant (2/10/1868)

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Andrew Johnson, History, Impeachment, Ulysses Grant

John Tyler’s April 13, 1842 Message to the Senate

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History, John Tyler

Pretty cryptic. And no, that isn’t a blood stain.

James Blaine Transmits a Resolution of the First Pan-American Conference (1890)

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Benjamin Harrison, History, James Blaine

John Tyler Transmits Report of Lt. Charles Wilkes’ Expedition (1842)

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Charles Wilkes, History, John Tyler

James Monroe Comments on General Thomas Sumter’s Salary (1821)

Background here.

John Tyler Declines to Give the Senate Diplomatic Papers Related to the Oregon Territory (1844)

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Diplomacy, History, John Tyler, Oregon

Assorted Panama Canal-Creation Papers (1900-01)

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History, Panama Canal

Thomas Jefferson Initiates the Louisiana Purchase Mission (1803)

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History, Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson