June 6, 1865

McCaleb, Edwin H., fl. 1844-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To T.P. Chandler, Esq.

McCaleb thanks Chandler and his family for their kindness while a prisoner of war in the North. He writes that "All good citizens deeply deplore the assassination of Pres. Lincoln... Mr. L -- was a great man and more than that was a good man and countryy [sic] could ill afford to lose his services at this important crisis...." He expresses his concern with Andrew Johnson's use of military courts to try citizens and feels he is "overstepping his oath of office." He protests that turning an ignorant Black person into a self reliant citizen will stump the growth of the South. Finally, he defines…

GLC01594

6 June 1863

Halpine, Charles G., 1829-1868

Manuscript document

Title: to William Watts Hart Davis

Halpine, Assistant Adjutant General to General [David] Hunter, relates orders to Colonel Davis. Instructs Davis to order Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, "to embark on board the [Demole] ordered to Beaufort with the least possible delay." States that Shaw should bring two days cooked and ten days uncooked rations for his men. Instructs Shaw to bring his regiment directly to Hilton Head. Written on United States Military Telegraph stationery.

GLC01595.01

January 7, 1891

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. E. Potts

Hamlin replies to a letter from Potts in Troy, New York. He thanks Potts for a copy of the "Wide Awake Vocalist," an 1860 Presidential campaign song book for the Republican Party candidates (Abraham Lincoln and Hamlin). Reminisces about the campaign, and serving with Lincoln. Remarks, "we had to keep our territories free from the curse of slavery..." He clls Lincoln "a great and good man." He writes, "few remain who participated in those political conflicts or who realise, the determination and integrity required for that occasion. A majority of our population to day, were then unborn and can…

GLC01595.02

1861-1870

Header Record

Title: Civil War date and post civil war letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC01596

24 September 1864

Ullman, Daniel, 1810-1892

Endorsement signed

Title: [Document signed by Union generals Daniel Ullman, Michael K. Lawler, and Joseph J. Reynolds]

Signed in Louisiana on September 24 by Ullman; forwarded to Lawler, who signed on September 25; forwarded to Reynolds, who signed ion September 30. The verso is a note transmitting "a list of all officers and enlisted men of 62nd Regt U.S. Col'd Inf. absent from their proper commands on detached service," in compliance with instructions dated September 6 from the Department of the Gulf in New Orleans, Louisiana. Cut from a larger document, but complete within itself.

GLC01596.03

July 27, 1861

Pope, John, 1822-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Clara Pope

John Pope writes to his wife about family matters at length.

GLC01596.04

7 June 1865

Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg, 1817-1873

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Rejection of a Canby's resignation]

Canby, as Major General in command of the infantry in New Orleans, has his resignation rejected and returned to him in "the interest of the service." Made by order of the Secretary of War and signed by C.W. Foster, the Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers. On stationery of the Headquarters, Department of the Gulf. Document is incomplete.

GLC01596.07

November 2, 1862

Greene, George Sears, 1801-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin Denison Morgan

Greene writes to Morgan, the New York Governor, about the loss of all but one field-grade officer in Greene's brigade. Mentions the death of Colonel Goodrich. He recommends that Richard Edely, the current chaplain, be appointed colonel of the 60th Regiment of New York Volunteers.

GLC01597

July 20, 1862

Ricketts, James Brewerton, 1817-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Lucas Hartsuff

A brief letter to Brigadier General Hartsuff about the need for a replacement for Major Gould.

GLC01598

1777/12/03

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Autograph document signed

Title: Congressional resolution to Delaware, re: guidelines for exchanging money

Certified copy of a resolution of Congress asking states to enact laws requiring redemption of British bills of credit acquired on or before 4/9/1775, providing guidelines and redemption dates. Docketed on verso. Was written in Congress.

GLC01600

1917-1919

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Header Record

Title: [Letters to his mother, including Pershing and Armistice]

Six ALS and 2 TLS to his mother. This collection supplements the materials in GLC 2679.

GLC01601

26 March 1784

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph document signed

Title: [Salary account for service in the Continental Congress]

Lists his salary for a 240 day term he served for the state of New York from 25 November 1782 to 30 July 1783 at five dollars a day for a total of $524. Also lists traveling expenses for 14 days. Lists credits to his account of $460 leaving a balance of $64. Mentions credits from Udnay Hay, W. Comfort Sands, and William Floyd. Hamilton signed at the bottom that he received the balance from Governor George Clinton. Autograph note signed by Peter S. Curtenius, the New York State auditor on the second page certifies that Hamilton is owed the $64.

GLC01605

December 5, 1783

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Livingston Jay

Letter written by Jay, three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, to his wife Sarah, who he refers to as "Sally," while she was in Paris. Says last letter he received from her was from November 18. Says his trip to the spa town of Bath has improved his health greatly. Says he will spend another 8-10 days and see where that leaves him. Says he misses her and fears his daughter will forget who he is. Jay's formal, straight-laced personality comes through when he says "in a Letter by the post I must not indulge these Emotions as in confidential Conversations." Says he has received…

GLC01610

1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Header Record

Title: Six documents concerning the Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania [Decimalized]

GLC01613

July 7, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to deliver munitions to Governor Thomas Mifflin of Pennsylvania as a loan. The supplies were needed for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter endorsed on the bottom by Mifflin, with the direction to send the powder to Colonel Clement Biddle, who endorsed the document on the verso. Letter written from the War Department.

GLC01613.01

July 12, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Instructions related to the purchase of military supplies written during the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department. Hodgdon was the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army.

GLC01613.02

August 7, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Discusses transferring military supplies and purchasing procedures for ordnance needed for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department. Hodgdon was the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army.

GLC01613.03

October 22, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to pack military clothing for transport to western Pennsylvania. Indicates that the supplies are for Colonel Francis Mentges, who was involved in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department.

GLC01613.04

November 26, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to send clothing for the militia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The military was then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department.

GLC01613.05

November 27, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox tells Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to suspend the sending of clothing for the militia then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion, because of the arrival of Colonel Hamilton, possibly Alexander Hamilton. Letter written from the War Department.

GLC01613.06

December 9, 1788

McKean, Thomas, 1734-1817

Document signed

Title: [Report of judges and the attorney general on the case of Jacob Dryer].

Also signed by State Supreme Court Judge George Bryan and Jurist William Bradford. Concludes that the state "Council may legally issue a warrant for the Execution of the prisoner..." Dryer had been convicted of burglary and pardoned on condition of leaving the United States. He violated that condition.

GLC01615

1886-1887

Morgan, J. Pierpont, 1837-1913

Typed document signed

Title: [Indenture of Deed from New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, et al. to The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company]

Contains three parts: the first is an indenture in which the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company pays $18,000 to the United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company for specified lands and buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey. Morgan and Harris C. Fahnestock also relinquish all ownership of the lands and premises they own in this territory to the United New Jersey Rail Road and Canal Company. Signed by Josiah H. Reed, President, George S. Jones, Secretary, and Trustees Fahnestock and Morgan. Part two, written on 14 January 1887, declares that George S. Jones testifies to the authenticity of…

GLC01616

June 11, 1844

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Tingey Craven

Perry writes from U.S. Frigate Macedonian to Craven, Commander of the U.S. Brig Porpoise. He instructs Craven that upon arriving in Liberia, he should go directly to the Galenas River. Discusses procedure for cruising and for display of the American Flag, noting, "...in the neighborhood of the Galenas at least you may be able to prevent the desecration of the American Flag to the vile purposes of the foreign slave Dealer." Requests Craven's observations on the land, currents, and other features of the Galenas River. Craven and Perry were engaged in suppressing the slave trade along the West…

GLC01617

6 March 1863

Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Gilbert Witham, Captain, Co. M, 1st Cavalry, California Volunteers]

Partially printed document signed by Stanford as Governor of California and countersigned by California Secretary of State William H. Weeks, Adjutant General William Kibbe, and Deputy A.A.H. Tuttle. Sealed with the Great Seal of California (with bear, Minerva and gold-digger). With partially printed oath of allegiance signed by Witham on verso, dated May 16 at Stockton, California.

GLC01620

1 January 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: Emancipation Proclamation

Official State Department printing of the final version, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office. "...I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free..." This is no. 10 in Eberstadt's bibliography of the Emancipation Proclamation. Printed circa 3 January 1863.

GLC01532