October 6, 1897

McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905

Typed letter signed

Title: to John Codman Ropes

McLean writes to historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas. GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. In a letter from October 6, McLean, who was a Union General during the Civil War, responds to a letter from Ropes requesting reminisces of the August 1862 Battle of Second Manassas. Mentions Generals John Pope (commander of the Army of Virginia at Second Bull Run), Reynolds (possibly John Reynolds, commander of the 3rd Division Pennsylvania Reserves/III Corps), and Franz Sigel among other officers. Recalling events of…

GLC01740.05.01

October 15, 1897

McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905

Typed letter signed

Title: to John C. Ropes

McLean writes a letter to historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas. GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. McLean discusses more details of Bald Hill. He notes that Anderson was not with him, but could have been at another point on Bald Hill. Mentions Generals Pope, Irvin McDowell, and Marsena Rudolph Patrick. He notes that he received ill treatment from Pope and McDowell the morning after the battle. He asks if Ropes has consulted Charles King's book, "Famous and Decisive Battles of the World." Notes that King…

GLC01740.05.02

9 October 1770

Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672

Manuscript document

Title: [Translation of West India Company deed for Teunis Cornelisse]

Translation of GLC02542.01, a 1652 Dutch deed conveying land to Cornelisse. Translated by J. Roorbach, who dated and signed it at the bottom of the page.

GLC02542.01.01

1865

Goodwin, William, fl. 1864-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Death of Abraham Lincoln : a discourse on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. president of the United States, April 14, 1865, delivered at North Colebrook, Conn., April 23, 1865 by Rev. William Goodwin, pastor of the Baptist church

Published by David B. Moseley. Compares the people of ancient Israel to Americans. Argues that politics should be guided by religion. States that "men cannot govern themselves without the wholesome restraint of Christianity." Asserts that law has been slacking in the country and comments that " if laws can be executed in no other way, they must be enforced by the sword." He makes these remarks in reference to the punishment that he feels was deservedly given to Booth and the other Lincoln conspirators.

GLC02913.02

April 5, 1865

Hooker, George H., fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Union Assistant Adjutant General Hooker writes to an unknown Colonel to inform him that the forces under General Godfry Weitzel have just taken Richmond. Written on stationary marked "Head-Quarters Middle Department, Eigth Army Corps." Accompanied by a printed Order (GLC03744.02).

GLC03744.01

5 April 1865

Shepley, George Foster, 1819-1878

Document

Title: [Orders for the government of Union occupied Richmond]

Printed Order on wove paper accompanying a letter indicating the fall of Richmond (GLC03744.01). The document enumerates the regulations and orders given by Major General Godfrey Weitzel established for the government of Richmond and the preservation of public peace. Issued by Military Governor of Richmond George Foster Shepley.

GLC03744.02

15 April 1865

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant & E.M. Stanton

Writes to General Grant and Secretary of War Stanton to report on his correspondence with General Johnston to arrange terms of surrender at Durham Station, North Carolina. He writes that he will accept the same terms that Grant gave Lee at Appomattox, "and be careful not to complicate any points of civil authority." Sherman also reports meeting with ex-North Carolina Governor William A. Graham, John Moore, William W. Holden, and a Mr. Badger, who all "agree that the war is over." Copies of two pieces of correspondence with Johnston are attached. The first letter is from Johnston and dated…

GLC04545.01

11 November 1886

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Madam

Informs an unknown woman of the members of Lincoln's cabinet, noting who has died and where the remaining men are now living. Mentions William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Caleb B. Smith, Simon Cameron, Gideon Welles, and Montgomery Blair.

GLC05603.01.12

7 August 1855

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Directed to "Gentlemen." Agrees to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter, noting, "I shall fail to say anything possessing either novelty or merit upon a topic which has been more profoundly and carefully discussed in Boston than in any other part of the Country." Will speak December 20. Includes an incomplete newspaper clipping attached to verso. The clipping contains Horace Greeley's praise of Raymond (Raymond initially served as Greeley's assistant, before starting the Times).

GLC05603.01.25

1861-1865

Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Remark about Abraham Lincoln's wisdom]

Writes "When asked what trait of Abraham Lincoln's character most impressed me in the years of my intercourse with him, I reply - his wisdom. He was the wisest man I ever knew."

GLC05603.01.30

20 September 1852

Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Horace Greeley

Weed, a journalist active in politics, writes to Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune. Comments that Henry Wilson "ought to be at the Free Soil State Convention," to be held in Syracuse, New York.

GLC05603.01.33

1865/04/14

Newspaper clipping

Title: Abraham Lincoln [Poem]

Clipping of the poem "Abraham Lincoln."

GLC05603.03.01

1861-1865

Newspaper clipping

Title: "Old John" Burns

News article about John Burns, "the old hero of Gettysburg." Includes an engraving of John Burns pasted over the image of Burns' statue. Article and images are pasted on a piece of paper.

GLC05603.03.03

1925 circa

Tanner, James, 1844-1927

Newspaper clipping

Title: "At the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln"

One article entitled, "At the Deathbed of Abraham Lincoln," written by James Tanner and printed by the National Republic. Consists of an eye witness account related to Lincoln's assassination and his deathbed. Relays the chaos at the scene at Ford's Theater. Tanner's assistance was requested by General Christopher C. Augur who needed someone capable of writing in shorthand to record statements of people present in the theater. Also details Mary Todd Lincoln's audible distress in the room near where Tanner was recording testimonies. Included in the printing are two articles entitled, "What…

GLC05603.03.04

1863

Manuscript

Title: A Few Scenes in the life of A "SOJER" in the Mass 44th

Illustrated Civil War diary by a soldier in the 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Written from camp at New Bern, North Carolina. Sketchbook illustrated with thirty-eight pencil editorial-type cartoon sketches satirizing the Northern press, former slaves, Confederate General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and military life. Most sketches follow the life of a soldier named "Gorge," or "George," possibly a fictional character, possibly loosely autobiographical. Some sketches are about the Battle of Goldsboro. Page near the end states that the author had to end the sketchbook due to a lack of…

GLC08200

26 July 1876

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Expresses his belief that reconstruction would not end if a short term Democrat is elected to the presidency, but that it would be disastrous for the Freedmen. Rutherford B. Hayes served as President 1877-1881.

GLC08201

28 November 1778

Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to the King's Commissioners]

Responding to a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia and contemplating a British attack on Georgia. Asks the king's (King George III) commissioners to use their judgment on how much of the memorial to comply with. Marked "duplicate" and "separate" on upper right hand corner of first page and docket. Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackville, was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America in Lord North's cabinet during the American Revolution.

GLC08202

26 November 1833

Garcia, Carlos, fl. 1833

Broadside

Title: [Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]

Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.

GLC08204

04 March 1841

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Broadside

Title: [National Intelligencer Extra]

Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.

GLC08205

September 1785

Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814

Document signed

Title: [Indictment of Joseph Harris as a counterfeiter]

Countersigned by Nathan Rowley. Charging Harris with defrauding and injuring the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 1785 by making 800 pieces of counterfeit money in mixed metals. Paine was Attorney General of Massachusetts 1777-1796.

GLC08206

09 April 1862

Atkins, James, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his father

Written from the U.S. Steam Sloop Brooklyn, Head of the Passes Mississippi River. Describes the Union naval preparations prior to the assault on New Orleans, with particular attention to the mortar fleet of David Dixon Porter. Discusses in depth the various ships in the fleet, the Hartford, Richmond, Pensacola, Mississippi, Iroquois, and Oneida, among others and the equipment on each. Comments on the prize money from an expedition involving the Magnolia, and states the crew from the South Carolina might now unjustly receive it instead of the crew of the Brooklyn. Mentions the weather and…

GLC08207

14 August 1789

Newspaper

Title: Connecticut gazette. [Vol. 26, no. 1344 (August 14, 1789)]

With proposed draft of twelve amendments to the United States Constitution.

GLC08208

August 1860

C. E. Cate & Co.

Printed document

Title: [Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana]

Circular advertises slave shoes and hats by type, virtues, and price aimed at plantation owners who would have to clothe many slaves for reasonable prices. This company specialized in clothing products for slaves. The circular was published a few months prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. Since New Orleans was in Union hands by mid 1862, this brochure is very rare.

GLC08210

10 August 1830

McDonald, Hugh S., fl. 1830

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry].

GLC08211

19 October 1861

Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson

Union troop movements near Monterey, Virginia. The Batlle of Bull's Bluff (30 miles away) was fought four days later.

GLC08212