This series consists of printed documents, chiefly gifts to the Department of State: letters of the Popes, 1206-1532; pamphlet entitled Documents Relative to Louisiana and Florida, 1770-1806; a facsimile letter from George Washington to the Governor of Maryland announcing the surrender of Cornwallis, 1781; "A Bill to Enable His Majesty to conclude a Peace, or Truce with the revolted colonies in North America," 1782; a pamphlet entitled "Some Observations on the Constitution," written by James Monroe as representative to the Virginia convention for the ratification of the Constitution, with annotations in Monroe's hand, 1788; a public notice authorizing Col. Henry Emanuel Lutterloh to promote a lottery in North Carolina to raise money for bringing artisans into the state, 1791; the constitution of the Society for the Information and Assistance of Emigrants, 1795; "Introductory Report to the Code of Evidence of the State of Louisiana," by Edward Livingston, 1803; extracts from James Briggs, "The History of Don Francisco de Miranda's Attempt to Effect a Revolution in South America," 1808; a statistical report by Osgood Muzzy on the tariff and trade of the United States, 1831-1842; prospectus on the proposed Birmingham, Bristol, Thames Junction Railway, 1834; extract from a letter received by Ferdinand Freilingrath from Henry W. Longfellow commenting on the poet's trip to Bristol, England, 1842; the Congressional Directory, 1850; a pamphlet entitled "Arguement of John A. Logan . . . on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States . . .," 1868; printed statement of Secretary of War George W. McCrary to the House Committee on Military Affairs entitled "Texas Border Troubles," 1877; report of Major G. S. Clarke to the Director of Intelligence of the British Government entitled "Notes on a Tour in the United States in September and October, 1888"; a Nicaraguan memorial entitled "Informes sobre la cuestion de la mosquitia," 1894, with an English translation; "The Hamilton Facsimiles of Manuscripts: The Monroe Doctrine, Its Origin and Intent," 1896; report of J. T. Norton entitled "Proposed Railway Lines in the Island of Luzon," 1903; circulars of the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, 1905; Liberty Loan Posters, 1918; galley proofs of part of the book "Hall J. Kelley on Oregon," 1932; table of postage rates for materials sent to U.S. consulates and legations, undated; and a handbill proposing to print a digest of the laws of Maryland, undated.
