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The Houston daily telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 154 (February 24, 1864)]
February 24, 1864
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
Rangers in east Tennessee. Planting cotton. Habeas corpus. Fugitive slave ads.
GLC05959.55.02
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 123 (November 26, 1861)]
26 November 1861
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Federal Invasion of Tybee Island, Proclamation of Governor of Georgia, Burning of Sea Island Cotton, From the Coast - The Enemy's Movements at Port Royal.
GLC05959.56.098
The Sentinel. [Vol. 1, no. (March 29, 1864)]
March 29, 1864
Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers)
Official Dispatch from New Orleans, two regiments captured, Fort DeRussey taken by assault, giving the Yankees control of the richest cotton region in the Southwest, Confederate Victory in Louisiana, Secretary Chase to issue "Gold Notes" under the...
GLC05959.57.08
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 17, no. 307 (March 11, 1864)]
11 March 1864
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
Regulations of foreign commerce - the exportation of cotton & tobacco.
GLC05959.72.064
Daily Richmond whig. [Vol. 67, no. 56 (March 7, 1862)]
7 March 1862
Bondurant & Elliot
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
to Timothy Pitkin
12 June 1796
Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825
Whitney, noted for his invention of the cotton gin, informs Connecticut State Senator Pitkin that Whitney's business partner, Phineas Miller, will soon arrive in New Haven. Refers to an enclosed letter for [John?] Wordsworth (not included)...
GLC05973
[Document regarding the mortgage of McCall's cotton crop]
February 28, 1862
McCall, Paul, fl. 1862
Indicates that "the cotton crop of Paul McCall for the year 1862 and subsequent years is mortgaged to AS Morgan... conditioned that the said crop of cotton shall be delivered on the Ouachita River and thence shipped to New Orleans by said Morgan..."...
GLC06261.01.03
to Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert
25 November 1865
Bogert, John A., fl. 1863-1865
Bogert replies to a 9 November 1865 letter from his parents. Relates the location of other regimental colonels, and states that he has $40,000 which he intends to pay for an unspecified purpose. Relates seeing Generals Stewart Lyndon Woodford, who...
GLC06298.06
to Aaron Hobart
18 March 1811
Armelt, William, fl. 1811
Proposes sailing together to Abington on 1 May 1811, but understands if Hobart has to sail sooner. Also asks Hobart to inquire about the cotton manufactory, as he intends to take up that business.
GLC06313.04.021
to Tench Coxe
February 12, 1819
Madison, James, 1751-1836
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
February 5, 1863
Confederate States of America. Congress
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."
13 December 1864
GLC06745.118
House of Representatives, No. 343. A Bill To be entitled An act providing for the auditing and payment of properly authenticated claims against the Cotton Bureau in the Trans Mississippi Department.
January 20, 1865
GLC06745.149
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
October 1861
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
GLC06745.255
Report on the condition of government cotton contiguous to the Mississippi and its tributaries.
1864
Debow, J.D.B., fl. 1864
GLC06745.257
to G. A. Pierce
February 20, 1865
Holabird, Samuel B., 1826-1907
Colonel Holabird, Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Louisiana, informs Colonel Pierce (possibly an inspector in the Department of the Quartermaster) that "The officer who superintended & made the sales of Cotton called for by you is imprisoned...
GLC06452.05.04
to his wife
24 June 1862
Williams, George M., fl. 1862
Writes that he will get the cotton and send it at along with another item she requested at "first safe opportunity." Does not think Mr. Jameson has come to the city yet. The weather has been "excessively hot." He writes that "the city is dull" except...
GLC06582.27
[Confederate Civil War map of the Army of Mississippi camp at Corinth, Mississippi]
May 1862
Manuscript map shows the lines of entrenchments and reinforcements, the Danville Road, cultivated land, camp roads, a cotton press, the O & M Railroad and C & M Railroad, and General William J. Hardee's headquarters. Map was blind stamped while...
GLC05668
to E. Levassor
7 October 1866
Dickson, William G., fl. 1861-1866
Dickson, a Marshal who served as a Union Major during the Civil War apologizes to his grandfather (possibly Eugene Levassor) for tardy correspondence and for being unable to visit in autumn. States that since one of his partners in a turpentine and...
GLC05732.06
[draft of a contract]
23 June 1865
Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891
Draft of a contract. The purpose of the contract is to right wrongs caused in the sale of some Wright family cotton during the Northern occupation.
GLC02691.11.088
Subsequent draft of the contract referred to in item No. 87. Also signed by Alex J. Harper, and Miller A. Wright.
GLC02691.11.089
[Bill for William Knox]
9 March 1779
Proctor, John, fl. 1779
Bill for fine cotton, coarse cotton, calico, and interest for a total of £643. Page 2 notes that £300 was received from Knox on 23 March and that full payment was delivered by 30 March. Signed twice by Proctor.
GLC02437.08477
to James William Paige
30 June 1832
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
Informs his brother-in-law that the 1832 tariff is before Senate; claims the tariff protects cotton interests, flannels, ingrain and Venetian carpets. Assumes the "Tariff Gentlemen" will likely approve the bill, though much rests on the wish of...
GLC01946.16
to Edward Canby re: orders to allow exportation of Texas cotton
09 August 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
GLC03649
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