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[Copy Book of E. R. Archer]

"Wedgewood's Improved Copy Book." Letterpress copy book from Europe to Archer's family and fellow officers in the C.S.V.N. [Confederate States Volunteer Navy] with index of letters copied. Written while visiting London and Bermuda. On the cover it...

GLC01896.159

Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States

Eight articles express severe pro-Union sentiments. First article calls for unconditional surrender. Second article calls for one hundred "arch traitors" to be delievered up and hung. Third article calls for record of names of traitors so they can be...

GLC08057

A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"

Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general...

GLC08058.02

[Compilation of printed material pertaining to Sierra Leone]

Documents issued in Sierra Leone, many dealing with slavery. Bound by Colonial Office Library (possibly the Colonial Office Library of London). Contains a brief and incomplete handwritten table of contents. An exhaustive compilation of documents...

GLC08059.01

To: Marquis de Lafayette.

Re: "Exterminating the Monster Aristocracy" of New England Federalists, Constitution, The Voice of the People, French Colonies, and to Compound (House in Secure Facilities) Slaves in St. Dominique (Haiti).

GLC08063

To: Dr. Charles Everett.

Re: Taking legal action against a nephew of Thomas Jefferson for mistreat ment of a slave-God "made the black people, and they ought not be treated with barbarity."

GLC08067

to Lucy Flucker Knox

Knox writes to his wife from Philipsburgh (present-day Sleepy Hollow, New York). "... I have never found any absence from [Lucy] so truly insupportable as the present. I am alone amidst a croud [sic], and unhappy without my companion." He bemoans the...

GLC02437.01000

[Collection of Carte de visites] [Decimalized .01-.34]

GLC00241

The liberator. [Vol. 12, no. 1 (January 7, 1842) - v. 13, no. 52 ( December 29, 1843)]

GLC06109.02

to George Meade

Arranging forces, including African-American regiments, for the final push on Petersburg

GLC08106

to Earl G. Hunt

Graham discusses the pressure of preparing new sermons every night for television audiences. He also discusses racial issues including school, housing, and bussing. He thanks Bishop Hunt for his "leadership in and support of the forthcoming...

GLC05508.113.02

1806 State of the Union Address

1806 State of the Union Address, announcing the return of Lewis and Clark, who have "traced the Missouri nearly to its source." Burr's conspiracy discussing calling for prohibition of the slave trade in 1808, as son as allowed under the Constitution...

GLC08118

[Regulations for commissioning white officers for the Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry]

States that men will not be commissioned as officers until they are approved by a Board of Examiners in Washington D.C., and appointed by the Secretary of War. Indicates that applications need to be submitted to the Colored Bureau, Washington D.C...

GLC08203

to Sarah McLeod Hutson

Mentions cold in Fredericksburg. Comments that George C. MacKay, and a man named Clap, of McCreary's South Carolina Infantry (1st South Carolina Infantry, Provisional Army) arrived and brought clothing and other supplies from Richmond. He has...

GLC08165.51

to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses suffering in the south during the Civil War. He is getting along well in the army. He heard about the occupation of Orangeburg, South Carolina, but took longer to find out whether or not their family had left. Discusses correspondence...

GLC08165.69

[Fragment of Lincoln's last State of the Union address concerning the thirteenth amendment]

An 11-line fragment of his last Annual Message to Congress dealing with the failure of Congress to pass the thirteenth amendment and recommending they reconsider: "At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution [inserted...

GLC08094

to Henry Knox

Thanks Henry for taking the time to write her "amidst the hurry of public business," referring to the revolutionary war activities in New York. Explains her travel plans, which will bring her to New Haven, Connecticut. Discusses their child's...

GLC02437.00381

to Elizabeth Smith and Charles C. Smith

The regiment was excused from guard duty on Thanksgiving to attend church and a dress parade. Smith urges Charles to learn to write and to study geography. "I now see the need of understanding the geography and the map and then I could tell when I...

GLC04189.19

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 15 (October 18, 1862)]

An account of the battle between Rosecrans and Price. An act resolves military law by the Confederacy. Fugitive slave ads. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.06

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 25 (December 27, 1862)]

Editorial examines the emancipation proclamation and its effect on the South, as well as discussing battlefronts. Multi-color floral and leaf pattern, with green, rose, and purple rose buds.

GLC06208.13

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 28 (January 17, 1863)].

Attacks emancipation proclamation. Local women working to relieve soldiers. Attack of gunboat Cotten. Overlapping circles pattern printed in gray-blue and light tan.

GLC06208.15

The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 39 (April 7, 1863)]

General order providing regiments and battalionw with ordnance wagons. Response of "Nuff Ced." Poems. Fugitive slave ad. Large cream and tan floral pattern.

GLC06208.23

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 41 (July 11, 1863)]

Local responses to New York Tribune anti-secession arguments. Money promised to families of soldiers. List of escaped Confederate prisoners aboard the steamer Maple Leaf. Editorial on slaves. Lined blue, white, and gray floral pattern.

GLC06208.25

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 43 (August 7, 1863)]

Exchange order for captured soldiers. Reprinted notice to citizens, report of Mississippi militia, benefits for solders' families. Encouraging editorial. Acts of the Louisiana legislature. Slave ads. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined in...

GLC06208.27

The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 44 (August 15, 1863)]

Reprinted exchange order, soldiers benefits for families, notice to citizens, and Mississippi militia report. Speech of Adolphus Olivier at the Louisiana House of Representatives. Fugitive slave ads. White and gray swirl pattern with a blue dotted...

GLC06208.28