December 1, 1864

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

Says the election turned out alright and that Pennsylvania redeemed herself. Says 2 deserters told him of a sloop with 10 bales of cotton that is trying to run the blockade. He has since been searching for her. Has heard Sherman is 20 miles from Savannah. Says the admiral wants to send sailors on shore to help the army but goes on to say "I dont believe that any amount of drilling will ever make soldiers out of sailors, so as to make them useful in military operations." Says 22 of his 80 men are about to leave as their time in the service is up. Written while aboard the USS "Fernandina".

GLC03836.80

December 9, 1864

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Moore

Says there is a northeast gale blowing and that the ship is lying with both its anchors down and all their ordinary occupations suspended. Says it is "peculiarly comfortable and cosy" writing to her in a heavy gale. Says they are all excited for Sherman to appear on the coast. Hears that the Charleston-Savannah railroad has been cut and that he is 40 miles from Savannah. Says he sent a scout boat up the Midway River and discovered there were no pickets on it as is usual. Believes most of the troops are being redirected to Savannah. Says "The sky was lit up brilliantly last night by a very…

GLC03836.81

15 December 1864

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. West

Says Sherman has reached the coast. Says they have been expecting him and that they were ordered by the admiral to send boats up to the headwaters to get the latest news. Says he spoke to an officer who met up with some of Sherman troops. The officer reported to him that "The country in their rear is like a desert. On starting, the order was given to 'live on the enemy' and it was carried out to the letter." Goes to describe Sherman's situation in detail. Written while aboard the USS "Fernandina".

GLC03836.82

January 11, 1865

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Moore

References her previous letter. Says there was excitement when the army first made it to the coast, but that things have gone back to normal since the capture of Savannah. Says the troops have been ordered against plundering in Savannah, but that it continues. Says he knows little of what goes on at home because he has not been there very often the past 4 years. Reports that the 10 bales of cotton on the sloop he was previously searching for have made it past the blockade. Praises Sherman as "the general of the war." Has heard of the defeat at Wilmington. Written while aboard the USS "…

GLC03836.83

January 13, 1865

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Lewis West

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren as commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron to Acting Master West as commander of the USS "Fernandina." References West's communication of 2 January. Says "Endeavor to relieve the colored people who were pillaged, and prevent a repetition of the act."

GLC03836.84

January 26, 1865

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Moore

References receiving her letter of 5 January. Says his Christmas was subdued, but that he did manage to get a turkey for dinner. Says "By the way, was not Sherman's dispatch to the president presenting Savannah as a Christmas gift, a neat thing?" Says the only present he gave this year was "a calico dress to the old darky woman who washes for me and the result is that she wants to send a barrel of peanuts to my mother, in return." Assumes that Sherman is in South Carolina by now. Recommends that her father read "Army & Navy Journal," a weekly journal based in New York, as it is better…

GLC03836.85

February 24, 1865

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Moore

References her letter of 28 January. Reports that he heard of the news of the fall of Charleston. Says that all the ports into the Confederacy are now closed and that Mexico is the only way to bring goods into the South now. Reports that "The rebel cavalry on the main land are hunting the negroes to drive up the country and have shot some of them. I carried off from the main, the other day a party of eighty of all ages and both sexes. There were some infants a week or two old and some very old people among them." Says he put them on a plantation on St. Catherine's Island and made a raid to…

GLC03836.86

30 March 1865

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Letter

Title: to A. J. Smith

Copy of a letter written by Acting Master West to Smith as 4th Auditor of the Treasury. Wants to know where he can apply to settle his accounts now that his resignation has been accepted.

GLC03836.87

17 May 1866

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Document signed

Title: [Document approving Lewis West as a registered shipmaster under the American Ship Masters' Association]

Marked as number 449. Certificate says West has been registered as an approved shipmaster with the American Ship Masters' Association. Signed by 5 council members of the association. Also signed by 2 examiners, one in nautical science and the other in seamanship, that he passed the tests necessary for registration. Endorsed by the association's secretary on 17 May 1867, seemingly extending his registration for another year. An association stamp over the secretary's name is dated 1 June 1867. Contains 5 small nautical images. Document printed by Snyder, Black & Sturn at 92 William Street,…

GLC03836.88

1861-1865

West, Lewis H., 1829-?

Map

Title: [Map of southern tip of Florida and the Bahama Islands]

Hand drawn map of the southern tip of Florida and various islands in the Bahamas chain. Marks currents and their speed. Also notes where important lighthouses are located. The Great Bahama Bank and the Salt Bay Bank are demarcated. In both pencil and pen.

GLC03836.89

7 April 1857

Payne, Thomas N., fl. 1857

Printed document signed

Title: [Check promising payment of $124]

Payne promises to pay the sum to Waddell, Russell, & Co. (William Bradford Waddell, William Hepburn Russell, and Alexander Majors).

GLC04128.02

February 5, 1825

Hendricks, William, 1782-1850

Printed document signed

Title: to John Andrew Shulze

Printed resolution from the Indiana State Legislature opposing an amendment to the United States Constitution proposed by the Georgia Legislature that would restrict the movement of free blacks and manumitted slaves. First page signed by Hendricks states he is passing along a copy of the resolution. See GLC05191 and 04521 for other documents related to Georgia's proposed Constitutional amendment.

GLC04565

11 April 1864

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. A. Angell

Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, replies to a letter from Angell. Comments on the efficiency of the army and writes, "Under Providence we have just grounds of hope for the speedy overthrow of the rebellion, and the relief of suffering humanity." Written on Pennsylvania Executive Chamber stationery.

GLC06352.02

29 December 1843

Walrath, J.I., fl. 1843

Letter signed

Title: to N. R. Chapman

Walrath and P. Briggs agree with Chapman's position, and will attend an event or meeting to which they were invited "if providence permitts." Signed "Yours in Christ for the slave..."

GLC06593.01

27 June 1845

Pomeroy, Lemuel Strong, 1812-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to N. R. Chapman

Pomeroy recently walked from Manlius, New York, to visit Chapman but was disappointed in finding Chapman absent. Writes, "We are doing what we can at Cortland to act on the good work of Emancipation." Mentions his brother Theodore Pomeroy.

GLC06593.02

10 September 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lovina

Author signs as "Charles," and writes from White River Landing. Describes the crowding of troops traveling upriver on the transport "Nebraska." Comments on troop movements, and relates that a national salute was held in the morning to recognize the fall of Atlanta. Is afraid the draft will be postponed. Of the war, remarks, "...I want to see it don either ship or get whiped and have do with it..." Writes, "Lovina as I set hear writing your Likeness layes near by my side looking as natural as life and looks allmost as tho it could speak to me but... how much beter would I would like to…

GLC06593.03

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 1]

"...Slavery is a sin. In as much as it denies practically & authentically the Equality of the human race by subjecting its victims to the condition of chattels personal, denying them the right of personal liberty, & which is the right of all, or of none." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.04

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 2]

Declares that United States abolitionists' principles "are those of the Bible & of the Declaration of Independence..." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.05

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 3]

"Resolved that American Slavery is fortified by law, & that the law is made by the Law Maker, & that the lawmaker is made by the votes of the people, thus making the people of the South clearly responsible for the continuance of slavery, in the District of Columbia, in the Territory of Florida, & the internal slave trade." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.06

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 4]

"Resolved that the Church of Jesus Christ by its Constitution & its principles, is bound to use its influence against American Slavery, & that as it is an appointed means for the reformation of the world, that Church is delinquent in which does not put forth active exertions for the overthrow of the system." Docketed "passed." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.07

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 6]

"Resolved that the institution of Slavery derives its Sustentation from sordid selfishness & unholy love of gain, that it is opposed... to the principles of the gospel of the blessed Saviour..." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.08

1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society Resolution No. 9]

"Resolved, That we hail with joy... the prompt refusal of the British authorities of Nassau, to deliver up at the instance of the American consul, to the United States, the 19 [inserted: colored men] who took an active part in the struggle [inserted: on board the Brig Creole]..." Written in ink with graphite insertions. Circa date based on the 1841 mutiny on board the Creole. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.09

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Anti-Slavery Society resolution approving of the principles and practice of Gerrit Smith]

Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Praised by the abolitionists in Madison and Onondaga County, New York.

GLC06593.10

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution calling the Baptist Church to officially oppose American slavery]

"Resolved that until this Church shall by some vote or Resolution manifest an opposition to American Slavery, & a disfellowship for slaveholders, it shall not be deemed a breach of Covenant obligations for Brethren and Sisters, who cannot conscientiously walk with the Church on account of its proslavery influence, to stay away from its seasons of Communion." Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10. Docketed "Baptist Church: A Resolution for the Relief of Certain Brethren & Sisters."

GLC06593.11

circa 1841

Manuscript document

Title: [Resolution of a church refusing to receive slaveholders in the pulpit or communion]

Church is unspecified. Based on GLC06593.11, possibly a Baptist Church. Circa date based on GLC06593.09. Location based on GLC06593.10.

GLC06593.12