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to Louise Walbridge

Death of friends, moving toward Charleston. Also mentions news from home: a fair raised $500, "Cousins Elbridge and Mary have done me the honor to name their baby after me."

GLC04663.18

to Louise Walbridge

Sister Rosalie [a Roman Catholic nun?] arrives at Folly Island from Buffalo. The joys of soldiering, progress of the siege, death of a sergeant.

GLC04663.24

to Louise Walbridge

Embarrassed by the news that several ladies inspected a uniform he sent home, worries about the recently discovered Canada Conspiracy, and pay of a black regiment. "The North Carolina regiment (colored), are to be paid off to morrow, it seems all...

GLC04663.27

to Louise Walbridge

Receives his commission [as captain, see # 42]. He is starting home on furlough but must first be mustered out of his old regiment. Hopes to visit home before George [his brother?] leaves. Death of a sister's young child.

GLC04663.37

to Louise Walbridge

A visit to the Petersburg lines, requests paintings done by Sarah and Louise, wonders why Lydia Walbridge still succumbs to "the humbug of spiritualism" after it has taken the lives of several of her children.

GLC04663.43

to Louise Walbridge

Battle of Chapins Bluff. Rebel prisoners say they did not run because they realized that there was no hope. Thinks Sheridan will soon take Lynchburg. Regrets that Louise and Mother have to take in boarders.

GLC04663.50

to Louise Walbridge

Acknowledges receipt of a package containing honey (most of which spilled), pants, a cake, and butter. Describes the weather, is saddened to hear of the deaths of two ladies from Buffalo, expects a big battle soon. Encloses a piece of petrified...

GLC04663.51

to Louise Walbridge

Sent George a pass to come visit him as an "employee of the Quartermaster Department" and explains that Harry cannot visit because he is too young for such a pass. Preparations for George's visit: putting a stove in his tent; obtaining a horse for...

GLC04663.52

to Louise Walbridge

Acknowledges receipt of photograph. Advice for managing rented property, read newspaper accounts of Jefferson Davis' capture while he was wearing petticoats. The Treasury confiscated the Haywood house. The officers will not be turned out since it...

GLC04663.64

to Louise Walbridge

Discusses an inspection tour. Notes he needs to sell a large number of horses and mules which the army no longer needs and are a great expense. Describes the ladies of the town of Edenton, North Carolina, and tells how the people there sing...

GLC04663.65

to Louise Walbridge

Acknowledges a letter he received since venturing south on a speculation scheme. Describes the trouble of trying to travel by rail in South Carolina. The land ladies speak against Yankees during meals at boarding houses. States that South...

GLC04663.69

to Charles Walbridge

Acknowledges receipt of handbills. Hopes Charles will be home for the holidays. News from family friends. Attends a reception.

GLC04663.72

to Charles Walbridge

Family news and weather. A rash of break-ins has made the family uneasy. "I heard a commotion down stairs and Mother opening the front door, a very little thing alarms us in these days of murders and robberies so I ran down stairs as fast as I could...

GLC04663.73

to Perriton Maxwell

Asks his English agent to obtain works by the English authors George Bernard Shaw, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Elinor Glyn for publication in Hearst magazines. Mentions in particular, Chesterton's article, "Divorce," but advises that 100...

GLC04668

to Ann Conger

Writes to his wife about the lack of correspondence he has received, and desperately wishes to hear from her. Explains that Gurkes Ranch is a 150-acre vineyard and describes all the fruit he has been eating. He wishes he was able to send Ann a...

GLC04672.07

to Ethel re: staying with her uncle, sending autograph (traced sig.?)

Written in purple ink. "I hope your music and your morals are improving."

GLC04675.26

[Land indenture for the sale of Creek Indian land in "Talladega Town of Indians" to Benjamin Mattison]

Partially printed indenture between Fullote Logan, a Creek Indian woman of Talladega County, Alabama, and Benjamin Mattison. Mattison purchased the land for $500 on 9 May 1834. An autograph note by Hugh G. Banlay, clerk of the Talladega County...

GLC04679

to his mother

Writes to his mother that he misses her and advises her to get enough sleep and tend to her rheumatism. Describes his cross-country trip in a Duessenberg car, from Reno, to Nevada City, Nevada. Mentions that he went to Rockefeller Center last night...

GLC04692

[Taunton Selectmen request the Selectmen of Middleborough, Massachusetts to remove a Middleborough citizen from Taunton]

Partially printed document accomplished by hand. Dean, Ichabod Leonard, Thomas Lincoln, Samuel Stapels, and Abrathor Williams sign as Overseers of the Poor, also called the Selectmen, for Taunton. State that Alvina Traveller, "a black woman an...

GLC04693

to Peter B. Rathbone

Continued on 24 November and 25 November. Written on board Transport Thames near Fortress Monroe. The ship carried General Emory's Brigade. Provides instructions for dispensing money he sent home. Describes attending "Divine Worship" on the ship...

GLC04703.02

[New York Civil War soldiers' archive, letters to Almira Winchell from four soldiers] [Decimalized .01-.26]

Letters to Winchell, from Belleville or Belle Isle, New York (Onondaga County). Winchell received letters from three soldiers, stationed mostly in Virginia: Thomas Donahue (1st NY Art., Batt. B), William Remington (101st NYS Vols.) and William...

GLC04706

to Almira Winchell

Talks about some of the other people whom he is corresponding with. He jokes about the number of children they will have and a trip to the fortune teller. He wants to find out who started the rumors about him doing "Something else besides kissing...

GLC04706.07

to Almira Winchell

Irritated over rumors he married another woman. Discusses his opinion of Grant: "I guess the rebels wont have long to wait before they have U S Grant after them and as you Said I Hope that where ever he Strikes he will be victorious. I Saw General...

GLC04706.08

to Almira Winchell

Written from Camp Battery B. Responds to a letter from Almira. Writes that he is sorry that there are no single men left home to attend the dances.

GLC04706.14

to Almira Winchell

In regard to Almira's admonishment to leave whiskey alone, writes, "I never liked it any way."

GLC04706.19

to Almira Winchell

Writes from Harris Hospital. Expects to be home in two weeks. He went to see the "old dutch woman that tells fortunes and well never mind."

GLC04706.20

A tour of duty in California; including a description of the gold region: and an account of the voyage around cape Horn...

Title continues "with notices of lower California, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and the principal events attending the conquest of the Californias." California scenes include a quicksilver mine, California capital Monterey, the Sacramento River, and...

GLC04708

Collection related to Gerrit Smith [Decimalized .01- .72]

Mixed collection of pamphlets, printed letters and other printed documents written by Smith. Pertains mostly to Smith's views on abolition, but also includes documents related to the temperance and women's suffrage movements, as well as his opinions...

GLC04717

Gerrit Smith to Susan B. Anthony

Smith writes to Anthony, the legendary activist and reformer: "Why men have the ballot and women hav'nt it, and why they have so much else in which they refuse to let women share, originates in the simple fact, that the superior physical strength is...

GLC04717.55

Woman suffrage above human law. Letter from Gerrit Smith.

Smith writes to Anthony, the legendary activist and reformer, discussing women's right to vote. Sends Anthony money to pay a fine, and declares that if she chooses not to pay the fine, she should use the money at her discretion "to promote the cause...

GLC04717.56

to John Cochran, Isaac T. Hopper, Daniel C. Eaton, George H. Evans, and William Kemeys

Smith writes to prominent men he chose to designate the distribution of gifts of land and money among five hundred males and females from New York. Notes that he will not give the females land, but will instead bestow $50 upon each of them....

GLC04717.65

History of the rise, progress and termination of the American Revolution. Interspersed with biographical, political, and moral observations.

Printed by Manning and Loring for E. Larkin. Volumes two and three contain the bookplate of Joseph L. Fry, Charleston, Kanawha (present day West Virginia).

GLC04719

to E. F. Strickland

American Civil War nurse Bickerdyke responds to a request for a quotation from "Dr. E. F. Strickland" in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Encloses a quotation (not included) with the comment: "let the ladies of your church be ever loyal and true to the...

GLC04729

[Document regarding the estate of Hawaii's Dowager Queen Emma]

Serving as the administrator for the estate of Dowager Queen Emma, Cartwright confirms a sum of money Frank Pratt owes the estate. Also records that H. A. Wactman owes Emma's estate $1000.

GLC04730

to George Besore

Schneck asks for $300 to send a slave's wife and three children to Africa. The husband must also purchase his freedom for $1,500, but the Society is trying to raise money to assist in the transport itself. Written on behalf of the Colonization...

GLC04743

Lookout Point

Pencil inscription on verso: "Lookout Point." Image of a woman in ruffled dress and cape seated on the edge of a rock.

GLC04749.11

[Photo of Carrie Nation seated in back seat of an automobile, holding a Bible].

GLC04752

Return of Officers of the detachment of the Royal Regt of Artillery that come under the discription of the Kings order given out by Sir Guy Carlton the 9th of May 1777

Signed by Carter as a Captain in the Royal Artillery sometime after the Battle of Freeman's Farm in the Saratoga campaign. Lists the death of Captain Thomas Jones who died in action on 19 September 1777. Says he is survived by a wife.

GLC04764.05

Return of the Officers of the 20th Regiment that were killed in Action & Left Widows

Written by Lieutenant Colonel Lind. Lists the death of Lieutenant Thomas Lucas, who was killed on 19 September 1777 during the battles around Saratoga. He left behind a widow.

GLC04764.72

Document listing wounded officer in 9th Regiment of Foot

Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Hill. Lists Ensign Alexander Salans as wounded in the left arm. Mentions that he paid for part of his "cure" and that he was given a certificate with the monthly returns of 1 April 1778. Mentions three widows and two...

GLC04764.74

Money paid by Lieutenant Colonel Kingston on Account of General Burgoyne

Account of General John Burgoyne's spending between September and December 1777. First page seems to be the final draft of the account. Mentions expenditures for cheese, horses, and for transporting the general's baggage. Kingston, one of Burgoyne's...

GLC04764.90

to Nathanael Greene

Written by Pettit as an importing merchant in Philadelphia to Major General Greene as commander of the Southern Department. Pettit was Greene's assistant adjutant general 1778-1781. Mentions he sold Greene's and his own shares in the Batsto Estate...

GLC04772.05

to Nancy Ellery

Comments on Nancy's recovery from a smallpox inoculation (variolation). Congratulates her and suggests that she will make a better wife after having smallpox because it must have filled her with patience and resolution, and made her immune. Reports...

GLC04780

to a female relative of Alfred Goddard

Writes that this was a draft of a letter he was preparing for a female relative of Alfred Goddard. Encloses the draft with a letter to is family. Writes detailing Alfred's bravery during battle and his dying wishes to have his possessions shipped to...

GLC03603.280

to Nellie Coit

Libby writes that she has just returned from spending time with her Uncle Charlie's family at the seaside. Gives news and asks about many family and friends…

GLC03603.315

to his family

Writes from camp Bermuda thanking his family for the valise and shoes that they have sent to him. He writes that Captain Hoyt's most pressing duty has been "guzzling whiskey." He writes that Captain Foss calls the headquarters "a public bar." Coit...

GLC03603.318

to his mother

He writes that he has been wounded in the shoulder and is in the hospital. The bullet is still lodged in his side. He requests his mother's presence and says the wound prevents him from writing.

GLC03603.329

to Mrs. Charles Coit

The Chaplain writes to Mrs. Coit to inform her that Charles has been wounded with a shrapnel shot. Smith reports the wound is severe and that he was being transported to Chesapeake Hospital. He requested that the Chaplin write to his mother...

GLC03603.331

[Certificate to allow Ellen Coit to travel]

This letter was written by the Headquarters Provost Marshal to certify that Ellen Coit was allowed to travel to visit her brother at Chesapeake Hospital.

GLC03603.333

[Bill for Coit family board]

Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 30 days. The total is $124.00 for the month of December. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.

GLC03603.334

[Bill for Coit family board]

Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 30 days. The total is $95.00 for the month of January. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.

GLC03603.335

[Bill for Coit family board]

Bill for the board of Charles, Ellen, George and Mrs. Coit for 14 days. The total is $105.00 for the first two weeks of February. Signed by the Assistant Surgeon General or the U.S. Army.

GLC03603.337

to Ellen

This letter may have been written by Charles Morgan Coit's wife to his sister, Ellen.

GLC03603.345

to Lucretia Bingham

Sending home part of his wages for her to keep for him. Asks for newspapers including Lesley's, Harpers Weekly and The True Flag. On patriotic stationery with the title "The Shield." Features the Union shield between the dates 1776 and 1861.

GLC03607.01

to Lucretia Bingham

He received the box she sent. Mentions the cold weather and that he has not heard from their brother George for a while. He is not worried though because George's name has not appeared on the list of killed. On patriotic stationery and with a...

GLC03607.06

to Joseph J. Reynolds

He jokes that Reynolds must be in a healthy climate judging by the weight of the ladies. He also discusses various improvements to the city including a railroad and a penitentiary.

GLC03614.02.16

Song on the death of Col. Ellsworth, the gallant Zouave

Published by J. Magee at 316 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Printed on lined paper. Image of Ellsworth falling backward as he was shot at the top of the page. He is grasping the Confederate flag while another soldier returns fire with a rifle over...

GLC03617.07

to Mary Williams

Williams, a Union soldier, informs his sister that he was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Crater by Confederate forces the previous day. Relates that he was not wounded, and is in excellent health. Instructs Mary to write to Mrs. L. F. Hand...

GLC03618

Various Civil War documents [Decimalized .01-.15]

Includes an address from The New England Women's Auxiliary Association encouraging women to assist in the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission. Contains various letters, printed song sheets, and one military document regarding the War.

GLC03619.01

Was my brother in the battle?

Published in New York City by Charles Magnus. This song, written by Foster in 1862, includes three verses and a chorus. Contains a color illustration depicting a woman holding a bouquet flowers. (Refer to GLC03619.01.08 for another print of this...

GLC03619.01.05

Oh, Susanna.

Published in New York City by Charles Magnus. This song, written by Foster in 1848, includes four verses and a chorus. Contains a color print depicting a young man playing a banjo.

GLC03619.01.07

Was my brother in the battle?

Published in New York City by Charles Magnus. This song, written by Foster in 1862, includes three verses and a chorus. Contains a color print of Union soldiers active in battle. (Refer to GLC03619.01.05 for another print of this song).

GLC03619.01.08

She was all the world to me.

Text originally printed in New York City by Horace Waters. Lyrics written by a Dr. Duffy. Music written in 1864 by Foster. Contains a color print, published by Charles Magnus, depicting a small girl holding a caged bird.

GLC03619.01.10

[Card depicting the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's bald eagle, "Old Abe"]

With the story of "Old Abe" on the verso. The live eagle reportedly was brought on all the regiment's marches during its first three years. Gibson gives the "true history": Abe was captured by an Indian in 1861 and presented to an officer. In 1864...

GLC03619.02.17

to McKinstry Griffith

Writing as a cadet at West Point, Grant offers self-consciously romantic comments to his cousin about the Hudson Highlands. He also complains about "a few of the drawbacks," such as insufficient blankets and money, difficult lessons, the lack of...

GLC03632

to Maria Eppes

Writes with fatherly concern to his daughter that he has learned of her illness and hopes that she is recovering. Advises that though he is anxious to see her, she should only travel if she is strong enough. Mentions that his eyes have been very...

GLC03640

to James Orne

Writes that she has been suffering from an illness this winter which her doctor believes is an inflammation of the spine brought on by great mental stress. He has advised her to go south, but she admits candidly that she does not have to money to do...

GLC03651

to Robert Tyler

Written from former President Tyler's plantation, Sherwood Forest, to his son Robert. Robert transmitted a letter from Mr. Buchanan (President James Buchanan, confirmed by docket). John returns the letter, encouraging Robert to respond in a way...

GLC03671

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] Companies A, C, and D marched to Newport News and saw white flags in house windows and a house on fire. The "great expedition" sailed, and he saw it in the paper and in person. Yesterday [October 30] there was a grand review...

GLC03696.07

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He is bored, as "There is nothing stirring here now, it is the dullest time that I have seen since I have been here," and talks about a recent storm and requests a blanket be sent to him. The regiment may soon receive a Sibley...

GLC03696.08

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] The men took up a collection to replace the twenty-three dollars he lost, and he says, "It came unexpected but was welcome and shows a good feeling towards me that pleases me much." He sent fifteen dollars home to avoid losing...

GLC03696.11

to mother

to mother [Ann Smith] He received a letter from the clerk of Victor, and sends it on to other men. The troops have left Camp Huger and marched to the fairgrounds. He has the shakes. The mayor of the town has given up his keys, and the Union military...

GLC03696.14

[Plantation Book]

Plantation account book of William Jones, the owner of a cotton plantation in the vicinity of Jonesville, Liberty County, Georgia, near Savannah. Also mentions planting rice, but cotton appears to be the main staple of the plantation. Gives a nearly...

GLC03703

A mother to her soldier son

Poem sent to Union solider Asa Smith. This poem was written by Mary C. Stedman, a family friend of the Smiths who wrote the poem at the request of Asa Smith's mother. She references the request in GLC03742.02. In that letter she says: "When you left...

GLC03742.01

to Asa Smith

There are four separate notes from various family members to Asa Smith updating him on family and home life. One is from his sister "Maria," one from his sister "Carrie," another from his sister "Mary," and the last is from his mother. Maria's note...

GLC03742.02

to Asa Smith

Written by Ann Smith to her brother Asa Smith in the Union Army. Says she is glad he is doing well. Says "I try & try to imagine how you look but don't succeed very well - If I could only see you for a little while." Goes on to say that "I tell...

GLC03742.08

to James B. McPherson

Invitation to dine with "Col. C's daughters." Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.08

[Poem, with a drawing of an officer]

A poem accompanied by a drawing of an officer sitting in a chair and reading. The poem reads "You are bewildered, and you want a guide, To one refer your choice and you shall find, The light break open to your darkened mind; For I will seek a lady...

GLC03746.03.10

to Richard Cranch

Written as ambassador at The Hague, Adams discusses waiting for his family to arrive and how walking six or seven miles per day has helped him overcome the "Disorders into which Voyages Journeys and too much application had thrown me." He concludes...

GLC03759

to Jasper Yeates

Discusses the recent arrival of a chief justice who lives near the Schuylkill River (near Philadelphia). Mentions an upcoming jury held for a judgment pertaining to Miss [Prius?]. Discusses possibly moving a trial or meeting to Lancaster...

GLC03769.003

[notarized document certifying the annexed account of Andrew Llowell]

mentions money owed to Watson Myers Co.

GLC03769.004

biographical record of Rev. Thomas Stackhouse

GLC03769.096

Liberia; or Mr. Peyton's experiments.

304 pages of text followed by twelve pages of advertisements. Published by Harper & Brothers. Contains sticker from Bryant Circulatory Library Association of Roslyn, New York.

GLC05831

Document of sale for 3 slaves to be transferred from Louisiana to Texas

Sale from Kilgore to E. W. Rogers. The slaves were Bill (25), Patsey (33) and her son John (2). (Through a punctuation error the document seems to say that Kilgore fathered the boy John.)

GLC05838

Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln...

(title continues)... or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. 371 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements. Published by G. W. Carleton & Co. Contains a print of Keckley opposite title page. Discusses her service to...

GLC05839

[Quotation by General Banks]

"The sweetest solace that a soldier can receive is to know that the women of his country appreciate his sacrifices, and surrender their hours of leisure and luxury to his care and comfort. The voice of Christian kindness and of love stirs the blood...

GLC05869

to Henry Knox

Writes a very detailed letter to her husband in Morristown, New Jersey during the American Revolution. Discusses the arrival in Boston of General Charles Tronson du Coudray, a French military engineer "who stiles himself Commander in Chief of the...

GLC05895

to Nathaniel Freeman

An amusing and friendly letter to his former Harvard classmate. Discusses their correspondence. Also discusses the visit to town of two young women (Miss Charlotte Geyer and Miss Breck) who Adams wishes to meet "under the shade of an amorous myrtle...

GLC05902

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Portsmouth on the East India station, A. H. Foote Esqre commander, book III.

Calf cover. Refit at the Norfolk, VA Navy Yard completed on 26 April 1856. Covers U.S. activity in Asia, cruises to Hawaii, Hong Kong, China, attacks on the Barrier Forts and the second visit to Japan by an American ship.

Excerpts:

[21 September...

GLC05911.02.03

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Isonomia no. 1

No. I and II cover the record of the blockade ship Isonomia from the beginning of its service off Wilmington SC in August 1864 to 25 December 1864 when Simpson released command of the vessel. Calf covers.

[30 August] "At daylight, Flag Pond...

GLC05911.06.01

Letterbook of U.S.S. Isonomia East Gulf squadron from Oct 12th 1864 to Dec. 24th 1864 and U.S.S. Mohican N. Pacific squadron from Augt 14th 1866 to June 1st 1867

Majority of letters written and signed by Simpson, though several are clerically written and signed. Attacks on Fort Sumter, engagements with blockade runners and attacks on various gun batteries. Includes two letters regarding deserters of the U.S...

GLC05911.07

to Mary Stearns

Written three days before his execution. He asks to be "spared from having any mock; or hypocritical prayers made over me, when I am publicly murdered: & that my only religious attendants be poor little, dirty, ragged, bare headed, & barefooted...

GLC05925.01

to Caroline Gilman

Apologizes for the publisher's loss of Gilman's portrait that Hale had borrowed for the printing of her book, "Women's record" (New York, 1853).

GLC05955

Father Henson's story of his own life.

Life of Father Josiah Henson with frontis portraits. Published by John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston and Henry P. B. Jewett in Cleveland. First edition.

GLC05957

Daily federal union.

The collection contains five 1861 issues with particular attention to war news and minutes of the Georgia Legislature. Many of the same articles appear reprinted in each issue, namely lists of the members of the various standing committees of the...

GLC05959.01

Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 24 (December 5, 1861)]

Gen. Bragg's congratulatory order. This issue reports the results of the electoral college electing Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens as president and vice president of the Confederacy. Various reports describe the state of war events at...

GLC05959.01.04

Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 25 (December 6, 1861)]

Proclamation by Joseph E. Brown. The capture of Montgomery and the surrounding of Siegel occupy the front page of this issue. Separate reports from Tennessee, Pensacola, and the Mississippi River detail war events. The Ladies Relief Society of...

GLC05959.01.05

Daily sun. [Vol. 6, no. 297 (July 11, 1861)]

Governor Moore issues a Proclamation calling for 3,000 Volunteers, Secession in California, The Reinforcement of Ft. Pickens, The Engagement near Martinsburg, The Skirmish Near Newport News, Adjutant-Gen. of Virginia Issues Orders to Commanders to...

GLC05959.03.01

Daily sun. [Vol. 9, no. 196 (March 29, 1864)]

Northern News, printing of Lincoln's promotion of Grant to lieutenant general and Grant's reply. An editorial remarks on European support for the Southerners without removing their aversion to slavery. This issue contains at least four ads for...

GLC05959.03.04

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 84, (May 24, 1862)]

Includes descriptions of General Price and His Missouri Troops at the Battle of Corinth, and General Butlers Famous Proclamation Against the Ladies of New Orleans. Includes miscellaneous advertisements for goods and services, including a wanted ad...

GLC05959.09.019