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to Harvey L. Brown

Mentions siege of Peking, bombardment of Taku forts. Asks whether they received 'The Siege of Peking' or the photographs of the "bombardment of the Taku Forts."

GLC04546.020

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

Dissension among European forces. Writes in part: "[I]f the troops are not soon out of China they will be mixed up -- England and Russia have been at swords' points over a bit of land on the river bank in Tientsin. Entrenchments thrown up and men...

GLC04546.021

to Harvey L. Brown

GLC04546.022

to Howard Payson Brown

GLC04546.023

to Harvey L. Brown

Picture of "windjammer" and Brown's notes on the ship.

GLC04546.024

To George Tillotson

Lists the items Tillotson will need if their unit is called up for service in the Spanish American War. Calvin Lewis was Captain of the 114th New York National Guard.

GLC04558.188

To George Tillotson

The 114th Regiment has not been called up, however, Tillotson can enlist in Syracuse when a battalion is recruited.

GLC04558.189

General orders no. 1

114th NY National Guard. General orders No. 1. Drill dates. Physical examinations. Includes envelope.

GLC04558.190

General orders no. 3

Order for all company drills to be discontinued until further notice. Instructions for headquarters night.

GLC04558.191

General orders no. 5

Orders for 114th regiment to assemble at the Armory on October 1st, 1898 for parade as part of the escort to Brooklyn's Volunteer troops.

GLC04558.192

General orders no. 4

Lists commanders of each company of the 114th regiment NY National Guard. Inspection for a parade.

GLC04558.193

Order of attendance

Accompanying envelope not used to mail the post card. Countermanding General orders # 4.

GLC04558.194

General orders no. 6

Orders concerning mustering out of the service of the 114th regiment.

GLC04558.195

General orders no. 7

Orders regarding mustering out.

GLC04558.196

General orders no. 7

Duplicate of GLC04558.196. Orders regarding mustering out.

GLC04558.197

General orders no. 8

Announcing the mustering out of specific companies in the regiment. Accompanied by notice asking that all regiment members give particular attention to personal appearance at the time of mustering out.

GLC04558.198

[Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]

On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by...

GLC04569

[April 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (66 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.02

[May 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (13 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.03

[June 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment (7 men listed). Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.04

[July 1863 return of enlistments on board the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date, and place of enlistment. Document is marked "duplicate" on upper left hand corner.

GLC04572.05

[9 April - 31 October 1863 return of discharges from the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, date of enlistment, rank and date of discharge. Notes where the men were discharged, "Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope," and notes they were discharged "at own request" (4 men listed). Indicates duplicate on...

GLC04572.06

[9 April - 31 October 1863 return of desertions from the Confederate States Steamer Georgia]

Co-signed by Richard W. Curtis. Lists name, rank, date of enlistment, date and place of desertion, and money owed to the men by the Confederacy: "Note - The above amounts were due, after deducting the Bounty of £10 say $48.00" (2 men deserted)....

GLC04572.07

[to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

No. 2334. Asserts that Louis Eugene Bouvier (a.k.a Cullen) deserted from the Imperial Ship the "Renommee" in the Sea of China. Asks Maury what the sailor's nationality is and inquires about the man's position on the Georgia. Villeneuve signs as...

GLC04572.08

[to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]

No. 388. Mentions William Cullen, a member of the Georgia crew, who is actually a French deserter.

GLC04572.09