14 September 1863

Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ewing

General Ewing, commander of the District of the Border (Kansas-Missouri), writes to his father following the Lawrence Massacre. States "I have received your two letters from Washington, and am glad to be assured that the demoniac ravings of the rabble in Leavensworth over the Lawrence Massacre and their threats of ill directed vengeance, have only created with the Administration contempt for the base demagogues who make the excitement their stock in trade." Writes that United States Senator, James Henry Lane, criticized General John McAllister Schofield following the Massacre and Ewing's…

GLC03599

25 March 1865

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant

Major General Meade writes to Lieutenant General Grant to report on a unsuccessful Confederate attacks on Fort Stedman, the repulse of the enemy, and subsequent movements of Union forces under Generals Parke, Wright, and Humphreys. Written a few weeks before Lee's surrender.

GLC03549

April 26, 1864

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Beauregard, commanding the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, writes to Bragg, Confederate Commander in Chief at Richmond, Virginia. Transmits anonymous communications (not included), indicating that General Ambrose Burnside's column intends to move against Petersburg, Virginia, via City Point and the James River. Writes "I have already under date of the 25th instant, advised you as to the scattered condition of the Troops in this Department, and fear they could not be assembled in time to offer a stout resistance to a determined and enterprising Enemy advancing from that…

GLC03550

7 March 1864

McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William T. Sherman

Major General McPherson writes to Major General Sherman to report the success of an expedition to destroy Confederate railroads and equipment around Meridian, Mississippi. McPherson records the miles marched in this brief summary of operations under his command. Relates that a full report will follow.

GLC03551

12 April 1865

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

Manuscript document

Title: [Special Field Order no. 54]

Signed by Dodge, a Brigadier General as an official notice. Notifies the Union army that General Robert E. Lee has surrendered his entire army to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse. Ends with, "Glory to God . . A little more labor, a little more toil on our part, the great race is won and our Government stands regenerated after its four long years of bloody war."

GLC03553

06 October 1835

Bowie, James, fl. 1834-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Austin re: his resignation and joining Captain Fannin's company

Written shortly before going to the Alamo Mission.

GLC03555

1755

Mitchell, John, fl. 1755-1790

Map

Title: Map of British & French Dominions in No. America [map used in Treaty of Paris]

Very large printed folded map with outline color. This is the "Treaty of Paris" map, third edition, the edition that was used in settling territorial claims in 1783. Accompanied by its original marbled-paper map case.

GLC03556

1775

Fry, Joshua, fl. 1775

Map

Title: A Map of the inhabited part of Virginia... [compiled with Peter Jefferson]

There are two prints in this document set, both are copper engravings with original outline color added. They combine to form a single map of a portion of the Colonies. The first is of Eastern Pennsylvania with the misspelling "Pensilvania", from Thomas Jeffery's American Atlas. The second is of Southern Virginia and North Carolina. The map of Virginia is engraved with a note that addresses the maps to George Dunk, Earl of Halifax. They were compiled with Peter Jefferson, father of the President, and later inserted by Jefferson's London publisher in the first English edition of Notes on the…

GLC03557

14 May 1775

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Massachusetts Committee of Safety

A retained copy written by Colonel Arnold four days after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. With initialed postscript. Says last letter sent was 11 May 1775. Announces that Crown Point has been captured. Mentions logistics of moving captured cannons to Albany. Mentions future moves northward to Canada, including his intention to capture St. Johns. Says there is tension between him and Ethan Allen, who he worked with in the capture of Ticonderoga. Says "Mr. Allens Party is Decreasing & the Dispute between us is Subsiding." Similar to published version in "Naval Documents of the American…

GLC03559

1729 - 1814

Great Britain. Acts.

Header Record

Title: Collection of British Acts of Parliament re: American issues [decimalized]

GLC03562

1729

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for establishing an agreement with... the lords proprietors of Carolina

For the surrender of title by the seven proprietary lords. 2. George II.

GLC03562.01

1730

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for importing salt from Europe into the colony of New York in America

3. George II

GLC03562.02

1730

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for granting liberty to carry rice from... Carolina in America...

3 George II.

GLC03562.03

1732

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for the more easy recovery of debts in... America

GLC03562.04

1732

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act to prevent the exportation of hats out of... America...

5. George II.

GLC03562.05

1739

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for naturalizing such foreign Protestants... in... America

12. George II.

GLC03562.06

1745

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for giving a publick reward [to anyone discovering a north west passage]

24 George II.

GLC03562.07

1751

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act to regulate... paper bills of credit in... America [also currency]

24. George II.

GLC03562.08

1751

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for encouraging the making of pott ashes and pearl ashes in... America

GLC03562.09

1765

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act to amend... An Act for punishing mutiny... [amends Quartering Act]

5. George III. Required that provisions be made by the colonies for British soldiers

GLC03562.10

1765

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for granting and applying certain stamp duties... [Stamp Act]

original London edition of the Stamp Act

GLC03562.11

1766

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act to repeal... An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties

[duplicate of GLC 3402]

GLC03562.12

1766

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for indemnifying persons [refunding fines to defiers of the Stamp Act]

GLC03562.13

1766

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for repealing certain duties... and for granting other duties [?coffee]

GLC03562.14

1766

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act to amend... An Act for punishing mutiny... [amends Quartering Act]

GLC03562.15