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to John Coffee

To John Coffee, General in the Tennessee state militia. During first year of his administration, Jackson forecasts his support for removal of the southeastern Indians, which would be made public in his message to Congress in 1830 and would result in...

GLC09361

[Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy]

Journal of the U.S.S. Portsmouth of the African Squadron, U.S. Navy, organized to protect legitimate American trading activity in western Africa, as well as to suppress "the Slave trade, so far as the Citizens of Flag of the U.S. may be found engaged...

GLC09362

to David D. Porter

To Adm. David D. Porter. Vicksburg campaign letter re frustrated attempt to dig a canal to bypass Confederate forces. "At the present stage of water the submarine pump cannot be used. Capt. Prime therefore has had it put aboard the Champion. Will you...

GLC09363

[Pay warrant for African American soldier]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Nero Cross, for five pounds, eight shillings, and five pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, "X" on verso by Cross, and docketed...

GLC09364

[Certificate of service for African American soldier Primas Hubbell]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War African American soldier Primas Hubbell. Certification of service signed by three Kent, CT selectmen; with order for delivery of pay to Joseph Pratt, signed with "X" by Hubbell; and with...

GLC09365.01

[Receipt of payment]

Receipt of payment of eleven pounds, three shillings, and fourteen pence to Primas Hubbell, signed by selectman Joseph Pratt.

GLC09365.02

[Certificate of enlistment and discharge for Samson Cuff]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War African American soldier Samson Cuff. Certification of enlistment and discharge signed by four Windsor, CT selectmen. To the Committee of Paytable.

GLC09366.01

[pay request for Samson Cuff]

Pay request, signed "X" by Samson Cuff, and signed by Justice of the Peace Henry Allyn.

GLC09366.02

[Receipt of payment]

Receipt of payment of eighteen pounds and ten shillings to Samson Cuff, signed by Jesse Phelps.

GLC09366.03

to Harriet Buchanan

The only U.S. president who never married, to his sister Harriet: "When you have determined (as I trust you will not) never to marry I shall cheerfully provide you a comfortable home. It would afford me great pleasure & promote my own comfort &...

GLC09367

to A.C. Moore

General orders to Col. A. C. Moore to recall all troops on furlough from the 29th Va. Volunteers: "Events render it imperative that there shall be no delay in executing this order. The country demands the energies of all its soldiers, and the General...

GLC09368

to his brother

Re Burnside's ill-fated "Mud March." Firsthand account by a soldier in the 1st Mass. Volunteers, who writes to his brother: "…nor did our movement benefit the 'Glorious Cause' in the least, except it cause Burnside to be removed and a better man put...

GLC09370

to James

Captain of 36th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, mentions the locations of fellow Harvard alums, including "[Robert Todd] Lincoln in the army," and the health of those released from POW camps. He announces the news that "at this moment [received from]...

GLC09371

[Orders from the State of Maine]

Two Executive Orders and three General Orders from the State of Maine, printed together, re the necessity of raising additional troops for the Union cause. Bottom of page is a statement addressed to "the Patriotic Citizen Soldiery of Maine: …With the...

GLC09372

to a cousin

[Slavery] From Cleveland, Ohio to a cousin in North Carolina: "I am here surrounded by abolitionists, yea in the very hot bed of this class of people.… Three weeks since there was a negroe woman who said she was a fugitive slave from Mississippi, got...

GLC09373

to her cousin

Alabama woman writes to her cousin in Michigan about family news and her mother's illness, and how life has changed since Emancipation: "It does not seem possible that I could go through the same amount of labor and endure the anxiety and suspense of...

GLC09375

Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage

Monthly return for June 1865. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond

GLC02016.111

Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage

Monthly return for August 1865.

GLC02016.112

Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage

Monthly return for November 1865.

GLC02016.113

Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage

Monthly return for December 1865.

GLC02016.114

Account for quarter ending September 30, 1862

Indicates that all the clothing, camp and garrison equipage are accounted for with the exception of fourteen hat trimmings and ten pairs of stockings.

GLC02016.115.01

Inventory and inspection report

Includes nineteen shelter tents which are to be turned into the depot quatermaster and sold at public auction.

GLC02016.116

Invoice of camp and garrison equipage

An invoice of camp and garrison equipage delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania. Also signed by Thomas Birmingham as received by Captain Buyers.

GLC02016.117

Returns of ordnance and ordnance stores

Includes returns for the quarter ending December 31, 1862. Adds remarks on the loss of some Austrian rifles. There are three copies of this document numbered 118a, 118b, and 118c. Written at Batchelder's Creek.

GLC02016.118

Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores

Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Heber Painter.

GLC02016.119