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Proceedings in the Klu Klux Klan trials at Columbia, S.C. in the United States circuit court, November term, 1871.

Published by the Republican Printing Company, State Printers. Contains detailed court proceedings regarding cases of Klan members versus the United States. Index, beginning on page 1 following page 835, organizes the book by case, noting the names...

GLC05929

Proceedings of the Liberal Republican Convention, in Cincinnati

Title continued: "May 1st 2d and 3d, 1873. Horace Greeley's letter of acceptance. Address of the New York State Committee to their fellow-citizens." With obituary of Reverend Charles Brooks .

GLC05940

The free citizen.

E. A. [Eugene Alonzo] Webster is listed as publisher of the "Free Citizen," and A. [Alonzo] Webster is listed as editor. States that the Citizen is published weekly, and is devoted to "Temperance, Literature, and Politics."

GLC05959.40

The free citizen. [Vol. 1, no. 29 (February 27, 1875)]

Includes a fictional romance, articles on freedmen and southern culture, a message from a local grange hall, several reports of a scientific nature, and advertisements. Extremely fragile, and torn along several creases. "Richard Gadson" is written...

GLC05959.40.01

The free citizen. [Vol. 1, no. 40 (May 15, 1875)]

Reports on the iron industry in the South, gambling as a vice among noble women in Great Britain, the effects of heat on the human body, and Catholicism among freedmen, among other topics. Includes advertisements and market reports. Fragile and...

GLC05959.40.02

The free citizen. [Vol. 2, no. 2 (August 21, 1875)]

Reports on cotton, a wandering group of thieves and murderers, religion, and the transformation of iron ore to steel, among other topics. Also contains advertisements. Fragile and slightly torn along several creases.

GLC05959.40.03

[Petition for election to determine if DeWitt County, Texas should aid in the construction of the Gulf Western Texas and Pacific Railway]

Made pursuant to a 12 April 1870 state act authorizing counties, cities, and towns to aid internal improvements. Signed by sixty-five men, several from both sides of the Sutton-Taylor feud. Date from docket.

GLC05249

[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

to D. G. Morgan

Informs that the letter will be delivered by D.S. Miller Jr., Gould's broker, who was appointed treasurer of New York Slate Co. Indicates that reports should now be sent to Miller instead of himself. States Miller is going to look after the...

GLC05298

to unknown [incomplete]

Warns of the impending arrival of emancipated Black people seeking to buy land. Lists reasons not to lease land them. Encourages White people to move away.

GLC05337

to Frank H. Alfriend

Marked "Private" at the top. Davis has not been able to obtain a copy of the biography which Alfriend wrote. The book is available only through subscription. He heard the book was "the best work on the subject which had been produced." He...

GLC05344.02

to Frank H. Alfriend

Enclosing a letter from an author name Spruce [?], who wrote a history of the "War between the Northern and Southern States." Davis notes the book is widely circulated in America. [Enclosure is not included in the collection.]

GLC05344.03

to Frank H. Alfriend

Informing Alfriend that Davis will come to see him tonight or tomorrow.

GLC05344.04

[extracts from the President of William and Mary College]

Two extracts from the President of William and Mary College. Also signed by the Secretary of the Faculty. The first extract bestows a Bachelor of Arts degree on Frank H. Alfriend of Richmond. The document notes that Alfriend would have received...

GLC05344.05.01

to Frank H. Alfriend

[Former CSA Secretary of War] Answering Alfriend's request for information about Jefferson Davis for a biography. He relates some of Davis' career in U. S. politics (from 1845 - 1860), including his time in the House of Representatives and Senate...

GLC05344.05.02

to Frank H. Alfriend

Returning a clipped signature of Jefferson Davis. The signature was used on an engraving of Davis.

GLC05344.05.03

to the board of visitors of William & Mary College

Recommending Alfriend for the position of Chair of Belle-Lettres.

GLC05344.05.04

to the board of visitors of William & Mary College

Recommendation for Alfriend to the vacant chair of Belle-Lettres. Signed by eight professors.

GLC05344.05.05

to Mary

[Manson is one of the professors who recommended hiring Alfriend at William and Mary, see #05.05.] Pleasant letter describing summer activities and criticizing women's obsession with fashion as a financial strain to their fathers and husbands. He...

GLC05344.05.06

to Salley S. Alfriend

Miss Alfriend donated her uncle's (Frank Alfriend) Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pin to William and Mary College. Burwell, a current member of the fraternity writes for information about Frank Alfriend, so he may write an article for the S.A.E...

GLC05344.05.07

to P. Burwell Rogers

[Unsigned carbon copy. Author and place of writing inferred from other correspondence, see # 11 &14.] She received his letter and will send him a copy of an old photograph and an outline of her uncle's life.

GLC05344.05.08

to P. Burwell Rogers

[Unsigned carbon copy. Author and place of writing inferred from other correspondence, see # 11 &14.] Enclosing a short "sketch" of her uncle's life. She will send the photograph under separate cover. She asks for a copy of the magazine when it is...

GLC05344.05.09

to Salley S. Alfriend

He received the short biography and photograph of Frank Alfriend. He thinks it will make an interesting story. It should be published in the S.A.E. Record, 1 March 1930.

GLC05344.05.10

The Surrender of General Lee

Title continues, "and his entire army to Lieut. General U.S. Grant, April 9, 1865." Depicts Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in front of a tree in a field. Grant is rendered in the act of handing Lee the...

GLC05472

to her sister

Written to her sister in the Mormon church, not by blood. Discusses family news and her desire to move to Utah. She lacks the means to make the journey and asks if money could be sent to her. She comments: "I hear Brigham Young is the wealthiest...

GLC05493.04