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[List of documents sent to General William Heath]

List of documents that were inserted in General John Burgoyne's letter to General William Heath (see GLC04764.53). Burgoyne, as commander of the captured British Convention Army was sending documents to deal with complaints registered by Heath as the...

GLC04764.54

[Queries to the court of inquiry]

List of five questions a secretary or staff officer wrote down for General John Burgoyne, commander of the captured British Convention Army, for a court of inquiry against American Colonel David Henley, commander of the Prospect Hill barracks accused...

GLC04764.56

[Copy of report from court of inquiry ordering a court martial]

Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General to General William Heath. Copy of an extract of the report on court of inquiry on allegations of murder and misconduct against British troops by Colonel David Henley, American commander of the Prospect Hill...

GLC04764.57

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He received a letter from the clerk of Victor, and sends it on to other men. The troops have left Camp Huger and marched to the fairgrounds. He has the shakes. The mayor of the town has given up his keys, and the Union military...

GLC03696.14

Exposition of the proceedings of John P. Darg, Henry W. Merritt, and others, in relation to the robbery of Darg, the elopement of his alleged slave...

(title continues)... , and the trial of Barney Corse, who was unjustly charged as an accessary.

GLC05828

Extracts and Remarks on the subject of punishment and reformation of criminals

Printed by Zachariah Poulson. Published by order of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.

GLC05883

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 199 (October 8, 1862)]

"Bull Nelson Shot by General Davis -- The Cause of the Tragedy" details the circumstances surrounding the death of General Bull Nelson, reprinted from the Lynchburg Republican. Concludes with a "special dispatch" stating that General Jefferson C...

GLC05959.09.081

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 252 (December 8, 1862)]

"Yankee News" features multiple excerpts from northern newspapers commenting on the Confederate army's movements, mentions General Bragg, Kirby Smith, and Brigadier General Stanley, among others. "Robbing the Wounded" accuses Gen. Jerry T. Boyle of...

GLC05959.09.108

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 59 (April 22, 1863)]

"Our Special Correspondence from Forrest's Brigade, Van Dorn's Command" includes subsections: "The Grand Review -- The Franklin Fight -- The Capture and Recapture of Freeman's Battery -- Col. Freeman Murdered -- A Solemn Scene, &c, &c."
"The Ruins...

GLC05959.09.174

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 310 (September 27, 1863)]

Official Dispatch from General Bragg - Report on Recent Battles, How the Late Battle was Lost, Union Movement in W. Tennessee, General Burnside's Disregard of Orders, Death of General Jos. Johnston, Capaign in Virginia, News from Bank's Expedition.
S...

GLC05959.14.16

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 10, no. 14 (March 8,1862)]

Battle Expected Daily at Boston Mountain, General Johnston's Address to the Army of the Potomac, Capture of Roanoke Island.
This issue lists news items in French on the front page and in English on the back page. The inside 2 pages contain ads...

GLC05959.15.01

Weekly standard. [Vol. 28, no. 51, whole no. 1450 (December 17, 1862)]

The Battle at Fredericksburg, Battle of Kinston. An editorial proposes raising state troops. A report of the arrest of Rev. R.J. Graves provokes discussion of the injustice of civil arrest, unlawful seizing of property, and corrupt powers vested in...

GLC05959.22.02

Spirit of the age. [Vol. 14. no. 13 (November 17, 1862)]

Killing no Murder, Intervention, Battle Expected at Gordonsville.

GLC05959.33.06

Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 166, whole no. 3831 (November 9, 1864)]

Considerable fighting around Petersburg, Colonel Mosby captured General Duffield, General Grant appreciates victory at Cedar Creek, An invasion of St. Albans, Vt. by rebel forces in Canada, robbing several banks (the first daylight bank robbery).

GLC05959.54.03

[Witness' statements in Missouri v. Andrew McGuire regarding Richmond bank robbery]

Signed by Mary Ann Harlow, George Wasson, F.H. Conkey, R. Rimmer, A. Childs, Thomas Woodson, B. Murfee, G. Limerick, Jesse Dean, John Brock, James Chichester, William Barton, John Barnhill, Philip Woodson, Martha Gilpin, George Wapon, and B. Minifer...

GLC05250

[Order requiring Roy Bean to answer charge of assault with intent to kill]

Cosigned by A.W. Hope and John Foster as securities. Bean awaits judgment, held by the county of San Gabriel for the City of Los Angeles to answer a charge of assault with intent to kill. Bail set at five hundred dollars. Seals intact.

GLC05291

to Samuel Russell

Three letters on one sheet from Sallie Russell, Belle Russell, and Pennie Russell to their brother, who had left Salt Lake City on the overland trail. Sallie provides family news. She also discusses the force amassing to confront the Morrisites (a...

GLC05493.02

to her sister

Discusses family news. Describes the actions of outlaws in the old west, particularly the actions of a man named John Holiday (not the infamous Doc Holiday).

GLC05493.05

to Kregg Sanders

Davis, a former member of the Manson family, writes about teaching an Old Testament Survey course and a spiritual Freedom and maturity class. He responds to a religious dilemma about creation posed by Sanders. He discusses collecting and the...

GLC05508.081.01

"Commencement" address to Congress

Commencement Message of President Monroe to both houses of Congress. Begins with positive assessment of America's situation and a discussion of a trade agreement with Great Britain. Then gets into relations with Spain, the real thrust of the speech...

GLC05569

[Dow Jones News Service ticker tape from the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated]

The fifteen sheets start at 9:00 am and conclude at 4:59 pm. Spans the entire day of Kennedy's assassination including his arrival in Dallas, the swearing in of Lyndon Johnson and the search and capture of Lee Harvey Oswald. Arranged chronologically.

GLC05629

Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 79 (April 1, 1864)]

Particulars of the murder of a 17-month old boy by Federal troops because he was named for General Jenkins, 400 Yankee Cavalry captured by the FRebels at Union City, Tenn., State of affairs in East Tenn. - wanton and outrageous conduct in the area.

GLC05959.56.153

The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (June 24, 1864)]

Murder of Captain Matthew White, brother-in-law to General Paxton, Battle of New Hope, cause of defeat, also facts about the engagement, The battle near Lynchburg.

GLC05959.57.13

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 26 (March 29, 1864)]

The Trans-Mississippi and Mexico Commission from Texas, A Military Court Under General Samuel Cooper, Captain Morgan of Memphis murdered at Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, General Grant made Commander-in-Chief of Federal Army.

GLC05959.72.071

Daily express. [Vol. 13, no. 195, whole no. 4330 (August 15, 1863)]

The raid against Weldon, North Carolina, General M.W. Ransom Gallantly & Successfully Repulses the Enemy at Boon's Mill - The Enemy very successful at theft, robbery, arson and rape, report from Morris Island.

GLC05959.74.26