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24 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding African American troops in Missouri]

President Lincoln states that commissioners are "to appraise negroes in Missouri." Mentions that he was previously unaware of General Order No. 135 issued in mid-November 1863 by General John McAllister Schofield, in command of the Department of Missouri. That order had authorized the enlistment of enslaved people, without consent of their owners, and with compensation promised to loyalist slaveholders.

GLC03096

8 September 1861

Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Written at Fortress Monroe. Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, writes to Mercer, Captain of the Wabash, flagship of the Squadron. Reports, "It affords me pleasure to be the medium for forwarding to you a copy of the Hon. Sec. of the Navy congratulations on our recent victory at Forts Hatteras & Clark. You will please have it read to the Officers and crew." Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy 1861-1869. In August 1861 General Benjamin Franklin Butler's army joined force with Stringham's Squadron, capturing Forts Hatteras and Clark,…

GLC03097.01

28 August 1861

Bulkley, James Henry, 1834-?

Autograph document signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Bulkley, Captain's Clerk on board the Wabash, reports to Mercer, commander of the Wabash. Records details of the 28 and 29 August capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Reports times when firing occurred, details related to the actions of other ships in the squadron, and orders received. The Wabash was the flagship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, commanded by Silas Horton Stringham.

GLC03097.03

1890/07/30

Bushyhead, Dennis W., 1826-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jesse Cochran re: question of Indian allotments, actions of Cherokee Council

Also discusses the desires of the Delawares and Shawnees for allotments and his desire to remove disagreements in policy from the courts.

GLC03098

1820/10/04

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Letter signed

Title: To: Jonathan Mason.

Regarding Gov. William Shirley, dismissal of Col. John Quincy and the British government's arbitrary practices in Quincy, Mass.

GLC03099

1812/05/26

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Benjamin Rush re: their sons, 1812 presidential politics

A very philosophical letter discussing mankind and nature's bellicosity. He also mentions his preference for Elbridge Gerry over John Langdon for vice president

GLC03100

circa 1775

Montrésor, John, 1736-1799

Header Record

Title: [Two wall maps of the province of New York and surrounding areas] [Decimalized]

GLC03101

1780-1781

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Header Record

Title: The Atlantic Neptune [selected maps and charts]

GLC03103

1777

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Map

Title: A Plan of Quebec and environs... in 1759

Not in Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution.

GLC03103.01

1781

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Map

Title: A Chart of the harbour of Rhode Island and Narraganset Bay

The key shows the French and English fleets. Surveyed 7/20/1776. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 36.

GLC03103.02

1781

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Map

Title: A Plan of the town of Newport

Companion print and detail of #3103.02, the chart of Rhode Island. Not in Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution.

GLC03103.03

1781

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des, 1722-1824

Map

Title: A Chart of Boston Harbour, 1781

Possibly a later impression of Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 3, who notes that it comes principally from the survey of George Callendar, 1769.

GLC03103.04