5 July 1864

Wilson, H., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Report that Lieutenant Edwin L. Hunt received pay from Wilson, United States Paymaster]

GLC02750.266

20 July 1864

Wingard, C.W., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Report that Joseph W. Morris received pay from Wingard, United States Paymaster]

GLC02750.267

16 December 1864

Russ, Charles, fl. 1836

Printed document signed

Title: to the Commander of Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers.

Assistant Quartermaster Russ reports that he paid for the apprehension and delivery of deserter Hugh McNally.

GLC02750.268

25 March 1865

Thompson, B. M., fl. 1865

Printed document signed

Title: [Report that George Arnold received pay from Thompson, United States Paymaster]

GLC02750.269

8 June 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document

Title: [Account of military funds received by Captain Jenks]

GLC02750.270

1861-1877

Rhode Island Volunteers, Company J

Autograph document signed

Title: [Officers of Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers, confirm their receipt of Company funds upon being mustered out of United States Service]

Signed by members of Company "J."

GLC02750.271

1861-1877

Rhode Island Volunteers, Company I

Autograph document signed

Title: [Officers of Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers, confirm their receipt of Company funds upon being mustered out of United States Service]

Signed by members of Company "J."

GLC02750.272

1873

Autograph document

Title: [Captain Ethan A. Jenks' legal statement regarding the validity of Samuel McElroys' pension claim]

GLC02750.275

1889

Autograph document

Title: [Captain Ethan A. Jenks' legal statement regarding the validity of Erasmus D. Clark's pension claim]

GLC02750.277

6 October 1891

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Captain Ethan A. Jenks' legal statement regarding the validity of Allen G. Stillwell's pension claim]

GLC02750.278

11 February 1888

Perkins, Benjamin G., fl. 1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Possibly to Captain Ethan A. Jenks. Perkins, who formerly served in the Rhode Island Volunteers, updates Jenks on personal matters taking place in the Internal Revenue Service Collector's Office where Jenks formerly worked. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.281

30 July 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks and Mr. Coates

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, apologizes for the actions of deputy collector Wilson. Requests that the recipients assess their respective Rhode Island divisions for delinquent tax payers. Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.282

26 September 1891

Hutchinson, John I., fl. 1891-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ethan A. Jenks and Mr. Coates

Hutchinson, a district tax collector, instructs Jenks and Coates to finish a report on their respective divisions requested 30 July 1891 (see the previous item on this inventory). Written on IRS stationery.

GLC02750.283

1863

Newspaper clipping

Title: [newspaper clipping, describes Jefferson Davis in Vicksburg, Mississippi]

GLC02750.309

1861-1877

Newspaper clipping

Title: [newspaper clipping, "To the Stars and Stripes"]

Newspaper clipping, with 321

GLC02750.310

12 February 1876

Miller, Lyman G., fl. 1875-1876

Autograph document

Title: [receipt to pay Ethan Jenks]

partially printed

GLC02750.311

1875

Miller, Lyman G., fl. 1875-1876

Autograph document

Title: [receipt to George B. Hall from Paine and Colwell]

partially printed

GLC02750.312

2 December 1875

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [indenture]

Paine and Colwell transfer ownership of a Providence, Rhode Island store, along with all goods and merchandise in it to Ethan A. Jenks. Also sealed by Jenks, Paine, and Colwell.

GLC02750.313

23 March 1876

Autograph document signed

Title: [Ledger listing the amounts individuals owe Paine & Colwell]

Signed and sealed by 28 individuals who owe Paine & Colwell money. Paine & Colwell refer to Ethan A. Jenks as the assignee of their co-partnership.

GLC02750.314

27 July 1892

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document

Title: [postal receipt]

partially printed

GLC02750.394

8 July 1876

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife

re: 7/8, Hartsuff reports that General Crooks forces have not moved much since his letter of 6/28, but with the expected arrival of a train on 8/11 or 8/12 they expect to be under arm and on the march again. He also reports that "fighting Indians . . . is quite unlike fighting white men, for no prisoners are taken, there is no base and no rear" no way to take the wounded off the field and no quarter requested or given from an enemy that expertly exploits every weakness in their defenses. In this letter, Hartsuff begins to refer to the Sioux as "Red Devils" and expresses confidence that the…

GLC05201.003

19 June 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to wife

re: Hartsuff opens with the admonition that his wife and children should deprive themselves of nothing since he is deprived of almost every comfort in the field. He goes on to describe the High Sierra as "worse than anything you ever saw, barren sand hills, dirt and dust meet us on almost every side, and almost no vegetation and no trees to releive the monotony." Also gives a rough sketch of the tribes, their locations and the prospects of trouble in the upcoming relocation of the Uncompahgre Utes from "their old haunts to their new, from these sand hills, deep canyons, rugged mountains,…

GLC05201.004

19 June 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to brother

re: true to his "prediction", Hartsuff is now in the Rockies. He describes the setting to his brother and then goes on to discuss the "complicated" situation with the Utes who are being forced from one reservation to another in the wake of 1) the "Mackie and Thomasburg massacre" and 2) the discovery of "several rich mines" on their former territory.

GLC05201.005

8 July 1881

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "my darling wife and children"

re: Hartsuff again considers the prospects of trouble with the upcoming relocation of the Uncompahgre Utes to their new reservation in Utah at the junction of the Green and White Rivers. He expresses contempt for the "Civil Authority" which "spend & squander & steal" appropriations while the military looks on and enforces its arbitrary will on the Utes. Hartsuff, concerned about the assassination of Pres. Garfield, worries that the consequences "will convulse the whole country". Written at Cantonment on the Uncompahgre also known as Fort Crawford.

GLC05201.006

28 April 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes his first impressions of the army base, discussing some of the personalities that he has encountered and life on the base.

GLC09120.001