May 15, 1861

Kannady, J.R., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ross

Written as Lieut. Colonel Commanding at Fort Smith in the Confederate army. Letter mentions urging the Cherokees to support the Confederacy.

GLC01251

circa 1871-1910

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Signed manuscript copy of the first stanza of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Written for her granddaughter, one of the daughters of Laura E. Richards.

GLC01252

19 March 1777

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Document signed

Title: [Promotion of George Clark to Second Lieutenant of a Company of foot in the seventh Pennsylvania regiment].

Countersigned by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. Official document promoting Clark. Partially printed, with blanks filled in by hand. Hancock signed as President of the Continental Congress.

GLC01253

April 24, 1865

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Letter endorsed by William T. Sherman at the top of the first page. States that this morning he delivered the news to Union General William T. Sherman that the terms of his negotiation for surrender with Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston was rejected by Stanton as the Secretary of War. He remarks that Sherman expected this. Reports that word has been sent to Johnston terminating the truce. Indicates that Sherman's negotiations were based on what he thought was already sanctioned by the President. Letter written on "Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi" letterhead.

GLC01254

October 28, 1715

Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1762-1725

Letter signed

Title: to Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev

Numbered "No. 108" on recto and "N. 88" on verso. The Czar recommends replacing Lieutenant General Anfediel with Lieutenant General Shlipenbah (possibly Wolmar Anton von Schileppenbach). Discusses political and military strategies against Sweden.

GLC01256

1862 ca.

Lumpkin & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: Jefferson Davis

Signed. Apparently a war date photograph of Jefferson Davis. Published by Lumpkin & Co in Richmond, Va.

GLC01257

23 November 1862

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Manuscript document

Title: General order no. 94

Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or two companies of sick and wounded. Requests that the post Quarter Master provide a storehouse, so that the men about to march may leave their excess baggage behind. Directs the men to be ready to march by 26 November. These maneuvers eventually culminated on Sherman's assault on Chickasaw Bluffs, an early part of the Vicksburg campaign.

GLC01258

1865, 1940s?

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Ulysses S. Grant, Julia and Jesse Grant at City Point, Va.]

Original negative ca. April 1865, discovered in the 1890s by Meserve, 79 Leonard Street, NYC and published. This is a Meserve print. This was likely reprinted in the 1940s. Inscription on verso indicates the photo was taken when Lincoln visited, just before the surrender of Lee at Appomattox on Apr 9, 1865.

GLC01260

1860 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

GLC01262

1856-1869

Civil War Loyalty Societies, fl. 1856-1869

Header Record

Title: Civil war loyalty pamphlets [41] (Bulk, 1861-1869)

Disbound pamphlets including Loyal Publ. Society Tracts nos. 7, 27, 29, 34, 36, 37 and 40, arguments of E. Pierrepont at Surratt's trial (1867), etc.

GLC01265

25 July 1900

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Last verse of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Beginning "In the Beauty of the lillies...."

GLC01266.01

1860

Follett, Foster and Company, fl. 1860

Book signed

Title: Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas

One book entitled, "Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas" dated 1860. Item is a printing of the speeches between Abraham Lincoln and Stepehen Douglas from June 1858 to October 1858. Speech topics covered were slavery; states rights; abolition; and the intentions of the forefathers on who they viewed as equal in the Constitution. Inscribed in pencil by Lincoln to "Hon. S.H.Treat."

GLC01301

28 April 1832

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Special order No. 7: Brigade muskets during Black Hawk War

Lincoln's signature "A. Lincoln, Capt." on verso of receipt. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincon. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I p. 9-10.

GLC01302

1861-1865

Kellogg, Orlando, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: Letter fragment and carte de visite [decimalized]

GLC01308

May 17, 1863

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Tecumseh Sherman

General Grant, leading operations against Vicksburg, writes to General Sherman the day following the Battle of Champion Hill, and the same day as the Battle of Big Black River Bridge, both Union victories. Informs Sherman, commander of the 15th corps, Army of the Tennessee, "Our bridges here will not be ready to cross before daylight in the morning. Secure a commanding position on the West bank of Black River as soon as you can. If the information you gain after crossing warrants you in believing that you can go immediately into the city do so. If there is any doubt in this matter throw out…

GLC01309

October 16, 1853

Walker, William, 1824-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington Wright

Walker writes to Wright, former California Representative, introducing Henry P. Watkins as an agent for the Sonora Enterprise. Intending to combine southern California with Sonora, Mexico, Walker requests that Wright assist Watkins in this enterprise.

GLC01358.01

January 11, 1881

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Fitz-John Porter

Johnston, at the time of this letter was a representative from Virginia, refuses to contribute to a memorial for George Armstrong Custer. Letter written on Congressional stationery.

GLC01359

1802

United States. Congress (7th, 1st session : 1801-1802)

Book

Title: Acts passed at the first session of the seventh Congress...

Blue boards (as issued?) with extensive doodles and inscriptions made by the clerks of Orange County, NY

GLC01360

1932

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

Typed document signed

Title: Lincoln, the Man of the People

Signed and dated poem by Markham. Document states that this poem was chosen to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 1922. President Warren G. Harding delivered the address and the author read his poem. "Up from log cabin to the Capital, One fire was on his spirit, one resolve,- To send the keen ax to the root of wrong, Clearing a free way for the feel of God, The eyes of conscience testing every stroke, To make his deed the measure of a man." Copyrighted 1900, 1919.

GLC01367

December 12, 1794

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tobias Lear

Washington expresses pleasure at the Virginia Assembly's passing a bill concerning internal navigation of the Potomac, and mentions the quantities of tobacco in his warehouses and price differentials. He also mentions navigation of the Potomac.

GLC01402

January 18, 1866

Wade, B.F., 1800-1878

Manuscript signed

Title: [Extract from a speech regarding Wade's opposition to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies]

Wade elaborates on his unwavering political stance, especially supporting the patriotism and loyal of black Americans who served gallantly in the Civil War. States: "Now Sir I say to President Johnson, to the Democratic party, and to the people of the United States, that I will never yield the controversy -- until all men in America shall stand upon an equal footing -- equal before the law in every respect ... I was one of those who was an early advocate of bringing those colored people into your army invoking their aid to put down the rebellion ... Would I lend my voice and vote to induce…

GLC01407

1865-1866

Header Record

Title: Framed carte de visite and clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant [Decimalized .01-.02]

Carte de visite and clipped signature of General Grant framed together, in a frame 32 x 21 cm.

GLC01320

January 9, 1861

Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis W. Pickens

"A true copy" - attestation by Anderson. (Souvenir copy). Written after Oct. 1861 (and before Feb. 1863). The U.S.S. Star of the West had been fired upon. With small engraved portrait of Anderson.

GLC01351

April 3, 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Governor Harris Flanagin

Davis writes to the Governor of Arkansas asking for his aid in providing defense of Mississippi. States that the defense of the Mississippi River is of primary importance and because of this, the defense of "Vicksburgh and Port Hudson" are also necessary. Bemoans the diminishing number of troops in Arkansas. States he has appealed to the Arkansas delegation in Congress to try and get more troops and copies a passage from the letter he sent. "It is not in my opinion wise or proper to encourage the idea of retaining in each State its own troops for its own defense, and thus giving strength to…

GLC01352

circa 1862

Header Record

Title: Letter of Judah P. Benjamin and his portrait [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin to North Carolina Governor Henry T. Clark and a portrait of Benjamin.

GLC01353