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[Copy of a court order]

Copy of a court order with a list of when this was received by whom and when. States that by "our Sovereign Lord Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith" that gold and silver should be used...

GLC02437.08231

The present number of troops

Notes the number of troops stationed in Ohio, Florida, the North Carolina frontier, Georgia. Troop totals add up to 1,680. Lists reasons for the proposed troop augmentation. These reasons include: to awe the Wabash and Creek Indians, to draw "a...

GLC02437.08454

[List]

Document is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. A list of islands and its inhabitants lying east of Carvers Island, Maine. Date was added later in pencil.

GLC02437.09187

[Land agreement]

Document is signed by Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow, and numerous others inhabitants. A land agreement involving Henry Knox, Samuel Winslow, Isaac Winslow (the heirs and representatives of the late Brigadier General Samuel Waldo), and...

GLC02437.09188

[List of islands and inhabitants east of Carver's Island]

List of three islands and the people who live on them.

GLC02437.09213

to Mother

He has no desire to go home because if he was there it would be very hard to leave again. He takes care of the captain's horse for an extra 5 dollars a month. Lately they have great food.

GLC02831.13

[receipt for Capt. Abraham Harding]

GLC02891.016

to Robert Anderson

Pencil copy of Beauregard's letter to Anderson demanding that Fort Sumter be surrendered and evacuated. Will permit that the flag "may be saluted by you upon taking it down." Page two contains pencil drawn copy of the watermark, and page three a...

GLC01127.02

[Notice regarding postage] [in French]

Printed notice requesting the payment of postage to an office in France, in order to prevent further delay of the transmission of a letter. Written to Monsieur Cerranon in Baltimore, Maryland.

GLC01412.64.03

to Colonel Ray

Forwards an application, "Of the Officers of the 9th Ga [Georgia] Battallian of Arty [Artillery] for transfer to Siege batteries Savannah." Analyzes the conditions at different forts and batteries in Georgia and South Carolina in preparation for the...

GLC01073

to Nathanael Greene

Letter written by Colonel Spotswood to Major General Greene as commander of the Southern Department. Greene was only given the command of the South a month earlier. Introduces Colonel Senf, an engineer from the South who is "much esteemed." He sends...

GLC01412.19

Acts passed at the general assembly of the state of North Carolina, at its session, commencing on the 25th of December, 1826.

Signed by [Danl S. Paterson?]. Printed by Lawrence & Lemay. Includes an act prohibiting trading with enslaved people, an act regulating the survey and sale of lands recently acquired from the Cherokee, and "An act to prevent free persons of colour...

GLC00267.063

to Edward Hand

There are multiple spellings for the Hungarian creator of this document. Signs this letter "Michael de Kowatz," but is also known as Michael Kovats de Fabricy or simply Michael Kovats. He was a Colonel in the Continental Calvary and was killed on May...

GLC01450.169.03

[Privateer bond of Barzilla Smith, Joseph Chapman, and Elijah F. Payne]

Privateer commission binding the three men in the amount of $5,000 to John Hancock, President of the Congress of the United States. Commissions Smith as commander of the privateer schooner the Eagle, Payne as owner of the schooner, and Chapman as...

GLC01450.014.02

[Receipt for Rations for French officer]

Receipt for four pounds seventeen schillings and three pence due to Captain Jean Louis de Vernejoul for his rations. Covers fifty-two days worth of rations at three rations a day. Signed by de Vernejoul as "Capt Des Etas Unis."

GLC01450.099

to

Verifies that Reuben Jager and William Crow enlisted in Drury's artillery company in colonel Crane's regiment. States that both men are "foreners from Irland." Both men were reported as foreigners in other official documents. Jager's name spelled...

GLC01450.204.01

[Infantry muster roll from the French and Indian War][French]

Records troops under Lieutenant General Compte de Kielmansegge in the service of the British. Some notes on the second page and two wax stamps. Written at Camp de Coesfeldt

GLC01450.267

Address to the people of the state of New-York by the General Executive Committee of the American Republican Party of the City of New York.

Uncut. Published by the General Executive Committee. Contains a list of Committee members. Address delivered by Copeland, President of the Republican Party. Requires that "the Naturalization Laws shall be so altered as to make it necessary for...

GLC00267.184

Dinner to the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson at Tammany Hall, as a tribute of respect, by the Democracy, of the Counties of New York, Westchester, Kings, Queens and Richmond...

(title continues)...and his reception by the municipal authorities of the city, on the 17th of June, 1850. Printed at the office of the New York Daily Globe. O'Conor, a prominent New York attorney, served as President of the function. Includes a...

GLC00267.186

Know nothingism, or the American Party. By Franklin.

Published by E. W. Hinks and Company. Describes the Know-Nothing, or American Party.

GLC00267.195

Three months in the Southern states: April-June, 1863

First American edition, published by John Bradburn (the orginal British edition was published in 1863). A few comments pencilled in by a pro-Union reader (after the title: "containing the lies of a Brittsher"; below an engraving of Jefferson Davis:...

GLC00267.256

Gettysburg: What they did here

Title continues, "The Standard Historical Guide Book on 'Gettysburg' with Numerous Maps and Illustrations." Covers battle plans and marches, various headquarters, and details of the three days' battle. Describes the Soldiers' National Cemetery and...

GLC00267.259

Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies.

Anti-Slavery tracts no. 5, new series. Published by the American Anti-slavery Society.

GLC00267.088

T. Butler King's report on California...

Title continues "Message from the President of the United States Title continues "Message from the President of the United States transmitting the report of T. Butler King, esq., heretofore appointed bearer of despatches and special agent to...

GLC00267.132

Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.

37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the...

GLC00267.159