1862/05/16

Brown, Ann H., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Responds to a letter she received in April. She hopes Mr. Kelly's condition has improve since being moved from Winchester. Mentions the Sisters of Mercy. She thinks the patients who were moved from Union hospitals to Seminary hospitals do much better.

GLC04197.35

1868-1869

Photograph

Title: [Albumen print of young woman]

Possibly Mary (Moore) Kelly. Previously housed with 4197.41, 4197.42, 4197.43

GLC04197.38

1910-1915 ca.

Photograph

Title: Postcard of Mary Kelly

Inscription on verso reads "Probably Mary (Moore) Kelly, c 1910-15"

GLC04197.41

10 March 1778

Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1749-1786

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account of expenses and payments between Henry Knox and Jonathan Pollard]

Receipt signed by Pollard, possibly a quartermaster. Including pay for Dr. Nesbit and washer woman.

GLC02437.00695

17 December 1777

Franks, David Salisbury, fl. 1740-1793

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Franks, aide-de-camp for General Benedict Arnold, replies on behalf of Arnold to a letter from Lucy Knox. Notes that Arnold's indisposition prevented him from answering Lucy Knox's "Billet," and comments on Arnold's recovery (Arnold suffered from a leg wound inflicted during the Saratoga Campaign). Franks informs Lucy Knox that Arnold cannot part with the contents of an unspecified trunk until he reaches Boston, and offers Lucy Knox preference when he does…

GLC02437.00673

circa 1786

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document

Title: [Note regarding a duel between Samuel Blachley Webb and William Livingston]

Fragment. Relates, "a negotiation in the newspapers will most probably terminate the affair... The affair originates about Miss Wyckham."

GLC02437.00682

22 February 1864

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Speech delivered to the Great Central Fair of Buffalo]

Former President Fillmore notes historic inventions and developments, such as the rail road, steam engine, and telegraph, that have shaped Buffalo since the city's 1832 Centennial Celebration. Refers to the farewell addresses of Presidents George Washington and Andrew Jackson to offer guidance during the tumultuous war era. Declares "much must be forgiven- if not forgotten- on both sides before this Union can ever be restored" (page seven). Expresses his wish to immediately conquer the Confederate army, then to unite North and South by restoring Southerners with their Constitutional rights…

GLC04884.02

1901

Kletzing, Henry F., 1850-?

Book

Title: Progress of a race or the remarkable advancement of the Afro-American...

Full title is: "Progress of a race or the remarkable advancement of the Afro-American from the bondage of slavery, ignorance and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust." Published by J. L. Nichols & Co. Co-authored by William Henry Crogman, a professor at Clark University in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes an introduction by Booker T. Washington, horticulturist and president of the Tuskegee Institute, who states that "while the authors record in these pages the progress of the Negro within the past generation, let us hope that when another quarter…

GLC06126.01

1861-1862 circa

Document

Title: Neighbors Affidavit

Affidavit regarding the pension claim of Mary A. Hackett, widow of Thomas Hackett. Partially printed document. Says the claim was filed by Mary Hackett.

GLC02175.27

21 May 1777

Dundas, Isabella, 1747-1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Dundas

Chastises James for not writing. Gives him information about her son to be passed on to her mother-in-law. Describing the acerbic early part of the letter, she notes that she "commenced this Epistle with all the inveteray [sic] of a Paper War." Notes that her husband David has already "sent you all the News about Our dear Willm," referring to the birth of their son.

GLC02549.05

24 January 1780

Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Dundas

Discusses his wife Isabella, whose "proper sense of Religion joined to a firm mind" has helped her adjust to "her misfortunes." Comments on the suffering of their mother, which James had informed him of, and asks James to give their father his best wishes.

GLC02549.10

26 August 1780

Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Dundas

Discusses sending his ill wife away to convalesce, referencing an essay by Montaigne in which he mentions being fonder of his wife after they have been apart. She will be "Sea Bathing, which I believe to be the most powerful restorative we have." Praises a man named George Straham. Describes the business being opened, and problems encountered, by a man named Jonathan Gardiner. Mentions other news of friends and family, and describes a letter from "J: Robertson" as "a proof what powers the fair Sex have over us poor mortals." Partial seal intact.

GLC02549.13

9 October 1780

Dundas, David, Sir, Bart, 1749-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Dundas

Extends wishes for their mother's recovery, comments on his wife's improving health from sea bathing, and provides other family news. Reports hearing that Lord North received a message about Lord Cornwallis being attacked by General Horatio Gates. Explains news that Cornwallis repelled the attack, killed many, took 1,000 prisoners, and captured American artillery equipment. Suggests that "Gates thinking to circumvent him as he had done to Genl Burgoign [Burgoyne] had detached 1500 to attack him in the rear, they were received by Col Tarleton...who totally defeated them." The battle…

GLC02549.14

June 29, 1863

Hyde, Alvern P., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Moore

The president of the bank describes the process for handling transactions on Moore's account, requesting his bank book. A note from Moore to his sister Mary appears on the bottom.

GLC04195.11

9 March 1864

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. P. McIntosh

Former President Fillmore transmits a speech (refer to GLC04884.02) to McIntosh of Cleveland, Ohio. Writes that the address was delivered in Buffalo, New York 22 February 1864 to the Ladies Christian Commission (Great Central) Fair. States "Though it has been attacked by the abolitionists, I adhere to it as it is written changing no word."

GLC04884.01

9 May 1832

Dawson, George, fl. 1771-1832

Manuscript document

Title: [Copy of a codirect and the last will and testament of George Dawson]

The codirect bequeaths his plates, furniture, and books to his wife Anna Maria Dawson and appoints his friend, George Ralston, his new executor (to replace his deceased son-in-law, James Coleman). The will leaves his property in England and America to his son-in-law, Washington Jackson (as well as the deceased Coleman), to invest for the benefit of his wife, children, and heirs. Detailed discussion of how the trust should be allocated under different circumstances. Codirect witnessed by John Riddle, J.P. Stackhouse, and Washington Jackson. Will witnessed by Jackson, William Clay, and J.B…

GLC01450.610.06

1830/10/18

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hardy M. Cryer

Pleased about plans to open trade with British West Indies, celebrates the French Revolution of 1830, discusses his horses. Mentions the gravesite of his wife Rachel, who was "all that made this world desirable to me."

GLC02526.01

7 May 1865

Calvin, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Celia

Calvin, a Union soldier, discusses the 14 April 1865 death of President Abraham Lincoln with Celia (possibly Celia Cleland). States "We have met with the greatest loss that ever any Nation met with in loosing our much beloved President Abraham Lincoln it has cast a gloom over the whole north and caused the whole world to mourn as it never done before for one man ... " Reports that his division, camped near Washington, D. C., is pursuing Lincoln's murderer. Refers to an upcoming review in Washington of the Army of the Potomac and General William Tecumseh Sherman's troops, held to discharge…

GLC08483.03

29-30 July 1798

Lyman, Cornelius, 1758-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Lyman informs Captain Bryant that "my Dear Wife and your Sister," Sarah Mason, had died. Gives the details of Sarah's illness and death. She was pregnant and died of a fever not long after giving birth to a son that lived only a short time. Provides a long and melancholy account of the period surrounding her death. Describes his feelings over his loss and worries over how "mama in her advanced age" will bear the pain. The relation to Bryant was through his second-wife, Hannah Mason. Written from Presque Isle, which is now Erie, Pennsylvania.

GLC03432.083

19 August 1798

Lyman, Cornelius, 1758-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

In the month after his wife's death, Lyman writes details about seeing and interacting with his young son, James. Discusses traveling to Pennsylvania with his late wife, their plans, and her sickness. Discusses various plans in the wake of her death. Filled with poignant and melancholy sentiments: "My hopes & future prospect are blasted I have lost a kind and tender mother a pleasant & agreeable companion and as a domestic wife exceeded but by few - poor little James is now sitting and playing by me...the sight of him brings to mind what has lately passed and what will pass on all…

GLC03432.084

14 October 1778

Kingston, Robert M., ?-1794

Autograph document

Title: Money paid by Lieutenant Colonel Kingston on Account of General Burgoyne

Account of General John Burgoyne's spending between September and December 1777. First page seems to be the final draft of the account. Mentions expenditures for cheese, horses, and for transporting the general's baggage. Kingston, one of Burgoyne's aids, paid out the money, which amounted to 60 pounds sterling. Kingston initialled the docket, which says a copy was left with a Mr. Collyer and that the account was reviewed on 18 December. Second separate page appears to be the first draft of this account. The draft accounts for a 21 pound sterling appropriation for a widow in the 62nd Regiment…

GLC04764.90

15 February 1865

Gillespie, A. J., fl. 1862-1865

Document signed

Title: [Receipt regarding an act passed 13 August 1864 in Mississippi for the relief of families of soldiers]

Gillespie, State Auditor of Mississippi from 1862 to 1865, notifies the Treasurer of Attala County of the distribution of $242,185 to fulfill an act for the relief of families of soldiers. The bottom half of this document includes an auditor's receipt, dated 13 March 1865. Contains a handwritten note by J. D. Sallis, clerk of the Attala County Probate Court, and a receipt certifying that R. B. Webb, Treasurer of Attala County, has submitted bond as required by an act better to provide for the families of soldiers, passed 2 December 1863. This note is also signed by Webb. Written on…

GLC08433.01

22 October 1862

Delarue, W., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. M. Sloan

Expresses relief at Mrs. Sloan's safe arrival in St. Louis, Missouri, stating "It is no small 'Job' to travel such long distances with a large family of small children & having no father to protect them." Inquires regarding a life insurance policy Sloan owed him following the death of Mr. Sloan. States "Your negroes have taken Mr. Lincoln's advice, they are independent for the present & will be for the future if the emancipation is not stayed." Discusses mutual acquaintances. States "You are correctly informed of my having gone into business again. Idleness was nearly killing me…

GLC08483.01

circa 1863

Ware, John F.W., 1818-1881

Printed document

Title: to the women of New England

The New England Women's Auxiliary Association encourages women to assist in the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission. Describing the organization, the Commission states, "It gives its aid whenever and wherever it is most needed ... following in the steps of the Government- as a woman may often in those of a man- alleviating where it cannot prevent; working in season and out of season, for humanity's and mercy's sake." Appeals to the women of New England to donate "money, clothes, socks, yarn, feather, or other available materials" for use by soldiers.

GLC03619.01.01

10 September 1864

Knox, Andrew, 1835-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Knox

A Union lieutenant in the 1st Connecticut Artillery offers his opinion of McClellan's presidential campaign. " ... Gen. Mc Clellan's election, on the platform of the late convention I do not think he stands any sight whatever. It is decidedly a peace platform. I doubt if he will get many votes from the soldiers ... In fact I hear many soldiers already denouncing him ... Perhaps if he would come out with a strong war acceptance these things may be changed ... I think the majority of the soldiers are for Lincoln." Also discusses everyday things like what he has been eating; codfish,…

GLC03523.20.16