1860-1877

Powers, John Hale, fl. 1973

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John H. Powers, 1st regiment, Vermont, cavalry] [decimalized]

Collection of 75 letters written to a private in the first Vermont Cavalry, 1860-77, from friends and schoolmates at Newbury Seminary, and fraternity brothers from Wesleyan College. Some of the letters are from soldiers in the field, while others are from civilians writing about the war and their work at home. Letters discuss political climate, college courses, the trials of teaching, and the war. The collection also includes a group of 14 printed items. Highlights include ten letters from Dr. George Gale, four while he is Acting Staff Surgeon, Calvary Corp. Hospital, City Point,…

GLC02181

1861-1865

Stone, E. Wyman, fl. 1861-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of E. Wyman Stone, A company, 21st regiment, Massachusetts, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .37]

Stone was a corporal in the 21st Mass. Vols., Co. A. The letters are written from Massachusetts, Annapolis, and New Berne, North Carolina. The collection includes 34 letters (some with envelopes), three receipts, a newspaper clipping and a furlough.

GLC02182

1862-1863

Sturtevant, Edward L., fl. 1862

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Edward L. Sturtevant]

A collection of 37 items from a Union captain. Includes 26 wardate letters, 10 envelopes, and 1 carte-de-visite. Written from the training base at Camp Maine, Brooklyn, New York. Describing in detail his duties as an officer, he often finds the army impossible, and his fellow officers aggravating. However he appears to be dedicated to his job and to serving his country. After the war, Sturtevant became a nationally prominent botanist.

GLC02183

23 August 1856

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis Preston Blair

Praises a letter Blair wrote, published in a newspaper (possibly the New York Evening Post). Has confidence that "we shall succeed in electing Fremont," referring to John C. Frémont's candidacy in the 1856 Presidential election. Compares the popular element of the 1856 election to that of 1828, "which brought in the glorious old hero we all loved so well" (Andrew Jackson). Praises Blair and his sons, especially Francis Jr., for "the fidelity, courage, and ability with which you have maintained the great right under every combination of circumstances." Criticizes Martin Van Buren and…

GLC02184

1917

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Book signed

Title: Why We are at War. Messages to Congress January to April, 1917

Signed in front endpaper. Content surrounding America's entry into World War I. Deckle edges.

GLC02186

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Confederate cavalryman with canteen, 1/6 plate ambrotype, ruby-glass

GLC02187

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Confederate cavalryman seated with pistol, 1/9 plate ambrotype

The image is said to be that of a member of a cavalryman in Morgan's troop.

GLC02188

circa July 1863

Sparks, Thomas, fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Fall in Men! Fall in Promptly! To the Rescue of the State!

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside, published by recruiting officer Lieutenant Thomas Sparks probably asking for men to defend the state during Robert E. Lee's invasion in June-July 1863. Focal point is large depiction of a debonair soldier charging in battle against defeated Confederates. He is joined by other sword-wielding men in the background. Asks for recruits for the regiment of Gray Reserves, to serve for 3 months unless sooner discharged. They are to report to headquarters at 810 Market Street, 3rd Story, in Philadelphia. $10 bounty offered for each recruit brought in. Says each…

GLC02192

circa June 1863

Tinen, P.S., fl. 1863

Broadside

Title: Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside published by recruitment officer Captain P.S. Tinen of the 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Printed in blue and red ink by King & Baird at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Dominated by the image of an American eagle holding a blank banner in its beak. Amounts of $650 and $750 are in the margins, advertising bounties. Says recruits are wanted for the Pennsylvania Volunteers of Major General Winfield Scott Hancock's 2nd Corps or any Pennsylvania regiment. Volunteers to report to headquarters at 106 South Sixth Street. Says recruits for the 2nd…

GLC02193

2 May 1862

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Broadside signed

Title: [Address to soldiers before anticipated Union assault on Corinth]

Rallying the soldiers before the anticipated battle and assuring a Confederate victory. "We are about to meet once more, in the shock of battle, the invaders of our soil, the despoilers of our homes, the disturbers of our family ties. Face to face, hand to hand, we are to decide whether we are to be freemen, or the vile slaves of those who are free only in name; and who but yesterday were vanquished, although in largely superior numbers, in their own encampments - on the ever memorable field of Shiloh. Let the impending battle decide our fate, and add one more illustrious page to the…

GLC02195

5 May 1862

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881

Letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Signed as Major General commanding in the Department of North Carolina. Writes to the Secretary of War to report on the positions and activities of various troops and generals. "From information obtained through our Spies, I am Satisfied that the force in the neighborhood of Kinston and Goldsboro is diminishing rather than increasing; we had to-day a Cavalry Regiment and two batteries of Artillery ... " Mentions the positions of Confederate Generals Robert Ransom, Lawrence Branch, and Theophilus H. Holmes. Says that he will be glad to receive reinforcements. Stresses the importance of…

GLC02196

1864-1905

Various

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Civil War letters from various soldiers & civilians] [decimalized]

Collection of 51 letters, including 24 wardate soldiers' letters, to recipients in Lancaster and York County, Pennsylvania. Written by various individuals, mostly to Isaac Cover (Kover, Coover) and family in Pennsylvania. Most have envelopes. Notable are letters to Isaac Cover from hospitalized Henry Gorman (1864-65) and Henry B. Blecher (Pennsylvania Cavalry) (1864-65). Includes some love letters to Elizabeth Cover (Kover) from Jacob Cupp and other miscellaneous letters, mostly from the 1860s. Word processed inventory available with list of dates and recipients but no description.

GLC02197

1863-1865

Williston, Leander A., 1830-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Leander A. Williston, B company, 3rd regiment, Massachusetts, heavy artillery] [Decimalized .01- .60]

Williston was Lieutenant in the 6th Co. Massachusetts Volunteers. Collection includes his appointment as Sergeant in Company 6 of the Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, 27 June 1863, cloth map, muster rolls and ordnance reports and correspondence from Fort Ricketts.

GLC02198

27 June 1863

Williston, Leander A., 1830-?

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Williston, Quarter Master Sergeant of the 6th Co. Mass. Vols.]

Signed by Capt. A. P. Allen, printed document on "art. vellum."

GLC02198.60

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

Header Record

Title: Life studies of the Great Army

Print portfolio of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. All the etchings have been separated and put in individual folders. Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union Army from 1862-1865. Dated from the copyright date of 1876. A separate folder marked "Table of Contents Board," is the front cover of the book. Pasted to the back of the board is a "Descriptive Index." Was sold by subscription. Cost $25 with tinted plate paper and $50 with India plate paper. Purple stamp at bottom of index says "Sole Agent John…

GLC02199

circa 1875

Gaul, Gilbert William, 1855-1919

Painting

Title: [Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]

Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

GLC02201

3 September 1929

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur Carpenter

Writes a witty letter to the business manager at Warm Springs, Georgia, where Roosevelt founded the Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation in 1927. Jokes about mosquitoes briefly. Discusses the sprinkler system for the Meriwether Hotel. Signed with initials "F.D.R." with a correction on page two. Typed on Executive Chamber stationery. Marked confidential.

GLC02202

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: 1/6 plate ambrotypes: 1 Union image, standing

Union soldier with bayonet, yellow touches and buckles

GLC02189.01

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: 1/6 plate tintype: Union image, standing

Union Infantry with flag in background, holding bayonet

GLC02190.01

1 May 1877

Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan

Transmits an article (not included) Hunt wrote on either the Battle of Petersburg or Gettysburg. Informs McClellan he has applied for an extension of his leave. Discusses attempting to publish his writings in the A & N Journal and the New York Herald. Writes that an article was denied publication, possibly because it promised "a rod in pickle" (a scolding in store) for Winfield Scott Hancock, who was "approaching nomination for President. Finding his name was up, I refrained also. [I don't] want to give this a political aspect." Discusses "queer things done at Petersburg. Grants order to…

GLC02382.065

May 2, 1793

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Broadside

Title: A Proclamation [printer's proof of neutrality proclamation]

Printer's broadside proof of Washington's neutrality proclamation printed at the Columbian Centinel (Boston). The date is inferred.

GLC02391

22 April 1818

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Louis De Onis

Adams, Secretary of State, informs Onis, Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain, of the troubled travels of American William Davis Robinson in Mexico. States that Robinson was imprisoned after surrendering to Spanish authorities in Playa Vincente; following his surrender, the United States appealed to Spain to release him. Requests Robinson's immediate release. This document is fragile and slightly torn in the creases in page two.

GLC02403

1863

King, & Baird, 1839-1876

Broadside

Title: The road to peace through Pennsylvania via Washington, As Engineered by Southern Rebels and their Democratic Allies.

Quotes the September 7, 1863 issue of the Richmond Enquirer in order to pillory the South and Jefferson Davis for their belief that the war could be ended by attacking Pennsylvania to get to Washington. Calls the Richmond Enquirer "Jeff. Davis' Organ." Directed at Peace Democrats (Copperheads), particularly in Pennsylvania. Reads "…Jeff. Davis proposes to aid the Democracy of the North in the next Presidential Campaign!...Gen. Meade to be driven back, Washington to be beleaguered, and the Democracy to assail the Administration!...Men of Pennsylvania! Are you prepared for Peace on such terms?…

GLC02421

1871-1881

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Header Record

Title: Letters with wife Nancy, to Rev. & Mrs Shiras [decimalized]

Letters by missionaries from north of the Missouri River, 38 miles north of Santee Mission in South Dakota, describing teaching English, arithmetic, and bible to Yankton Sioux Indians. The collection was written to Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Shiras of the Bureau of Education in Washington, D.C., mostly by either Daniel Hemans or his wife, Nancy Hemans, with the greatest concentration of letters in the early 1870s and early 1880s. Both Nancy and Daniel were Santee Sioux Indians. Daniel joined the mission to the Yankton Sioux as an interpreter and a teacher, and eventually became a preacher.…

GLC02429

27 February 1925

Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Olive Crook Henderson

Discusses working for the common good during peacetime so they may be prepared in time of war. Concludes saying the national defense system is in dire need of revision. Written on War Department, Air Service, Office of the Assistant Chief letterhead.

GLC02431.01