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to John Berry

Winthrop, the royal governor of Connecticut, responds to a letter from Captain John Berry, the royal governor of New Jersey, to correct "misinformations." Denies that he has encouraged emigration from Connecticut to New Jersey and reiterates his...

GLC05550

A New System of Husbandry from Many Years of Experience. . .

Title continues, ". . . with tables shewing the expence and profit of each crop : ... also many chosen receipts in physic and surgery, for the human species, and others for the cure of all sorts of cattle, to which are annexed a few hints humbly...

GLC05633

The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]

Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.

GLC05959.55.02

The Record. [Vol. 1, no. 11 (August 27, 1863)]

Prices in Northern States and Confederate States in Comparison, Letter from Confederate Senator Henry Triscott to a Union Senator, Resources of the South, Number of Livestock and Slaves and the Value of Each.

GLC05959.58.03

Staunton spectator. [Vol. 40, no. 29 (February 2, 1864)]

Acts of Confederate States Congress, Farmers to tithe their products to the Confederate Army, Forrest Captures Island #10, all the negroes and managers, killing fifteen.

GLC05959.65.05

Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 17, no. 307 (March 11, 1864)]

Regulations of foreign commerce - the exportation of cotton & tobacco.

GLC05959.72.064

Daily Richmond whig. [Vol. 67, no. 56 (March 7, 1862)]

Page 1 and 2 have an image of the Viriginia state seal. Piece of 19th century paper adhered to the front page has the name "W. H. DeWitt." List of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress on front page. Page 2 has several columns of news from the...

GLC05959.78

[Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]

Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to...

GLC05987.42

[Obituary of David P. Harmon]

Describes Harmon as a horticulturalist, farmer, and abolitionist. Mentions that Harmon withdrew from his religious associations due to the "complicity of the church... with the crime of slavery." Harmon was also a member of the Masonic fraternity....

GLC06143.27

Inventory of the estate of Jesse Woodhull deceased.

Estate inventory taken 17 February 1795 and filed on 13 March 1800. Document signed by Seth Marvin and John W. Tuthill in 1795, and by Samuel Strong and Richard Woodhull in 1800. No place of creation, but Woodhull was living in New Cornwall, Orange...

GLC06144

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 9 (February 15, 1862)]

An editorial concerning Senator John Moore's bill for cotton planters' relief. Correspondence with the Attorney General. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.05

to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses food shortages and insufficient supplies.

GLC06287.04

to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses distribution of domestic animals among the missions.

GLC06287.05

to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Insufficient horses and mules and the potential violence of Indians makes reliable mail service difficult.

GLC06287.07

[Relacion de la entrada (in Spanish)].

Detailed account of exploration, including discussions of the evaluation of Indian tribes' prospects for conversion, the desire to obtain horses, and the reputation of Father Kino.

GLC06290

to Aaron Hobart

Requesting Hobart's support for the publication of "The American Farmer" a paper intended to disseminate information about agricultural advances and technology. The paper has been a success so far, but requests Hobart's support in any way possible.

GLC06313.04.198

to Tench Coxe

Notes the receipt of the printed addition to Coxe's memoir on cotton and agrees with his ideas. Discusses the nation's agricultural prospects for cotton, grain, and tobacco, in regard to rival markets ("Britain seems intent on supplanting our cotton...

GLC06325

A bill to be entitled An act to provide an export duty on cotton and tobacco exported fromt he Confederate states to the ports or in the ships of any foreign country which has not recognized the independence of the confederate states

stamp of record division

GLC06745.040

House of Representatives, No. 280. A Bill To be entitled "An act to impose a duty on tobacco and an additional duty on cotton exported from the Confederate States."

stamp of record division

GLC06745.118

A bill requiring suit to be brought against persons connected with the cotton bureau and the cotton office in Texas.

GLC06745.172

Treasury Circular No. 14. Regulating the Manner in which the Export Duty on Cotton shall be collected and Accounted

GLC06745.255

Report on the condition of government cotton contiguous to the Mississippi and its tributaries.

GLC06745.257

to unknown re: explanation of the Import Law with regard to Hemp duty

GLC06799

to Willis A. Hodges

Discusses arrangements at North Elba, and upcoming plans for this African American farming settlement. Says money is being raised to help the "infant colony," urges residents not to lay out plots yet, but instead cut wood. Also discusses the...

GLC06615

to unknown

Written by Rutledge, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a member of the South Carolina legislature to an unknown recipient. References previous and more detailed letters he wrote to the recipient within the last two days. Says in case...

GLC06687