16 July 1864

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,164 (July 16, 1864)]

War news. Sherman, arrival of the Union Army at the defences of Atlanta. Conflagration in Brooklyn, immense loss of property. News from Europe.

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27 July 1864

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,175 (July 27, 1864)]

War news. Sherman, additional details of the army movement in the Southwest. Reinforcement of the rebel invading army. News from Point Lookout.

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28 July 1864

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,176 (July 28, 1864)]

War news. Sherman, additional details of the successful expedition under General Rousseau. Reported death of General Hood. Hunter, the fighting in the Shenandoah Valley.

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30 July 1864

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Newspaper

Title: New York Herald. [Whole no. 10,178 (July 30, 1864)]

War news. Grant, the fighting at Deep Bottom. Sherman, the Union lines steadily closing around Atlanta. News from New Orleans.

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7 December 1866

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John A. Dix

Marvels at the Gatling Gun: "an ingenious piece of Mechanism and will recommend itself to Ordinance and Artillery officers." To General John A. Dix on behalf of General John Love.

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11 February 1862

Garibaldi, Giuseppe, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General George McClellan

Seeking U.S. help for the struggle for independence from France. "My friend General Ghilardi...plans to go to Mexico and serve the cause of that nation." With autograph envelope to Gen. McClellan.

GLC09093

26 February 1844

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R.R. Ward, Esq.

On residual actions of the R.I. Dorr Rebellion. "That some rascality is to be attempted toward R. I. can scarce be doubted, but in what shape, we have no means of judging save for Burke's Resolution or Petition presented last week..."

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10 April 1782

Knyphausen, WIlhelm, fl. 1782

Manuscript document

Title: [Reinforcing Jamaica against the French]

About how to reinforce Jamaica against the French without compromising British positions. "as the Troops at present stationed at New York & the immediate Neighboring ports are by no means equal to their defence, if seriously Attacked, any diminution of those Numbers might be attended with most fatal Consequences...the Rebels might in a very little time collect a sufficient Body of Men for a very respectable Attack from the neighboring Colonies, namely Pensylvania, The Jerseys, & the four New England Provinces. The French Troops now actually on this continent, would be very…

GLC09095

31 January 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to John Letcher

Impressment of slaves for the Confederate War Effort. "I invite your attention to the enclosed communications from several members of Congress and of the Legislature, in reference to the propriety of exempting certain counties from my recent call upon you for slaves to work upon fortification." To Letcher, the Governor of Virginia.

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28 March 1854

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Phoebe Hathaway

Updating a fellow Abolitionist on his busy schedule. "It is too bad that I cannot come to Farmington on the first of April after that winsome little note of yesterday. But I cannot and cannot now, see any chance of visiting the kind of Domicile of the Dear Hathaways this side the bright Sunshine and bird singing of the bonny month of June. My hands are full and more than full of work. I have two or three lectures to prepare for several occasions near at hand, have a long journey before me to Cincinnati, number meetings to attend in Ohio--Rosetta to take to Oberlin--Have just been made…

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13 March 1912

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to the Senate and the House

Inflation and the cost of living. "How far the system of cooperative organization which flourishes in various European countries may be adapted to our highly organized and individualistic social organization may perhaps only be determined by experiment...I recommended an international commission to look into the cause for the high prices of necessities of life and the possible remedies..."

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1831-1891

Gerry, James T., 1797-1854

Header Record

Title: Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander [Decimalized .01-.16]

Fourteen letters by Gerry to his family, accompanied by an etching of Gerry, a pay receipt made out to him, and a letter from a collector describing the receipt. Letters to his family are written mostly to his mother, sister and nephew. They discuss his life in the navy, his ports of call, and his thoughts on slave traders. The letters to his nephew also include advice on how a young man should behave. Includes some of the last letters know from the U.S.S. "Albany." Also includes a December 1839 account of the chase and capture of a slave ship.

GLC09099

24 June 1861-16 April 1862

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Header Record

Title: Collection of two items related to the Confederate President's House [Decimalized .01-.02]

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24 June 1861 - 8 July 1861

Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888

Manuscript letter signed

Title: Letters referring to Contract for Rent of President's House.

Confederate Treasury Secretary Memminger, with William Cabell Rives of the Confederate Congress, to a Committee of the City of Richmond comprised of L.W. Glazebrook, N.B. Hill, and George K. Crutchfield. Correspondence leading to the creation of the Confederate Presidential Mansion. Memminger writes on behalf of a Congressional Committee appointed to find an appropriate residence for the Confederacy's Chief Executive. Memminger thanks the City Fathers of Richmond for offering President Davis free use of what would become his new residence. However, Memminger suggests that the Chief Executive'…

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16 April 1862

Clark, A. J., fl. 1862

Autograph note signed

Title: [Note establishing rent for the President's house in Richmond]

Notes that rent for the Confederate President's House is to be paid at 6% annually based on the cost of the house, $42,894.97.

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1864

White, Andrew D., fl. 1864

Pamphlet

Title: The Will of the People

Campaign booklet, including introduction from George Boker and the Union League.

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26 April 1708

Leathes, William, fl. 1708

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Last will and testament freeing a slave]

"In the name of God Amen I William Leaths of the City and province of New York Sadler being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory...ordaine this my last Will and Testament...I give & bequeath unto my Servant Wan the Spanish Indian boy now living with me his freedom provided he serve my Loving wife. Seven years after my Decease." Includes the signatures of witnesses and sealed with red wax bearing the imprint of a skull and crossbones.

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26 March 1783

Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Document authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution]

"Ordered that the Commissioners, of the Confiscated and Annexed Estates, furnish Mr. Henry Ellison with such Numbers of Negroes, as he is Entitled to Receive, by Virtue of his Certificates in Col. Jackson's Corps, agreeable to the Laws of this State & that this Order do issue in Favour of Mr. Ellison..." Docketed "An order for negros to H. Allison."

GLC09104

6 June 1791

Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814

Letter signed

Title: to Governor John Hancock

Regarding adjournment of the Massachusetts General Court. "...the Justices of the Court... will scarcely have time sufficient to recover from the fatigue, which they must necessarily undergo, in so long a Circuit, in the hottest season of the year, & prepare for the other business of the Government, which will not be closed until the middle of November. We fear from the arduousness of the Judicial business in this Govenrment, that our health & our lives may be endangered, as is now the unhappy situation of our Chief Justice."

GLC09105

2 August 1796

Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his daughter

"I expect to see you. I except to see you very good; very sweet temper'd; & very fond of your Mother, & myself: and in return you shall find us very kind, very tender, and very affectionate to you. This is a fair Bargain my dear Child; come, let us make it, & we will keep it as long as we live."

GLC09106

5 August 1813

Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819

Letter signed

Title: to Major General William Henry Harrison

Before the battle of Lake Erie, Perry has "succeeded in [getting one of] the Sloops of war over the bar...The enemy ...move seven over the bar...I am of opinion that in two days the Naval superiority will be decided on this Lake, and should we be successful, I shall sail for the head of the lake immediately to cooperate with you, and hope that our joint exertions will be productive of honor and advantage to our country." Damaged, with some text losses, with two additional autograph notes initialed by Perry.

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5 July 1815

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Fox, Lord Holland

Condemns Britain's "new crusade" against Napoleonic France: "Our countries are now at peace and I am satisfied that you will unite with me, in a strong desire, that they may long remain so. I well know the interest which you take, in the preservation of free government in both countries, and indeed elsewhere, wherever it may be possible to maintain if a new storm seems to threaten Europe & perhaps this country. Why this second crusade against France? Has not that country a right to chuse its own sovereign, & indeed to establish its own government?"

GLC09109

circa 1850

Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unidentified General [possibly Lewis Cass]

"We have been actively opposed to each other in the last political contest and ... will probably be so for the rest of our lives. I want you once for all to understand that differences of that character between men whom I otherwise respect does not produce the slightest diminution in my esteem for them."

GLC09110

10 January 1834

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles J. Faulkner

Discusses divisions with Virginia, the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, and Andrew Jackson and the National Bank: "I have been called in the Enquirer 'the chief of Nullifiers' in Virginia--and yet I have not in 20 years changed my principles one iota. The course of S. Carolina has never met my approval, altho' I have not abused her as in a state of insurrection and rebellion."

GLC09111

18 October 1852

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.J. Grindall

Discusses the Fugitive Slave Law and his failed bid for 1852 Democratic nomination: "It would be a strange spectacle indeed if the Slave-holding state most interested in the maintenance of faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law should yield her support & give her electoral vote to General Scott."

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