1881/05/03

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Victor Navarub re: letter of recommendation, exchanges with Mexico must grow

GLC04617

1812/09/02

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Endorsement signed

Title: to John Lyon

This document is a debit report to John Lyon from William Henry Harrison. James Taylor will be the agent to pay Lyon. The report is for the costs of furnishing a detatchment of Kentucky militia, under General WIlliam Henry Harrison's command, with various tools and supplies. Measurements of actual document are 25 x 20 cm. Docketed on verso.

GLC04619.03

1864

Matthews, James, Muscoe, 1822-?

Book

Title: The statutes at large of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, from the institution of the government, February 8, 1861, to its termination, February 18, 1862, inclusive. Arranged in chronological order. Together with the Constitution for the provisional government, and the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the treaties concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes.

Published by R. M. Smith, printer to Congress. Muscoe is the editor. Includes acts, proclamations, treaties, and the Constitution of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Pages 289-394 contain treaties between the Confederate States and Native American Tribes. Includes an inserted plate bearing the initials and name of William Wood Crump, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States in 1864.

GLC04340

May 13, 1882

Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890

Document signed

Title: [Indenture between John Jacob Astor and two railroad companies]

Signed by Astor, his wife, Charlotte Augusta, and Cornelius Vanderbilt as the Vice President of both railroad companies. Edwin F. Carey signed as a witness. Land indenture between Astor and his wife and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad Company and the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road Company. Involves land in Westchester County, New York. With illustration of the location of the land on page 300. Stamped Book 232, Page 289-300.

GLC04341

1671

Ogilby, John, fl. 1671

Book

Title: America. [first edition with 56 maps. large paper copy]

With numerous fold-out maps of the New World, including: NY (opp. p. 187), Va. (opp. p.192), Va to Fla. (opp. p. 213).

GLC04342

14 August 1775

Laurens, John, 1754-1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Laurens

Written by Laurens as a law student at Middle Temple in London to an unknown recipient. Says he can get this and maybe another letter through without it being intercepted by British government officials. Writes extensively on his opinions of the revolution in America. Says "there does not seem to me, to be Virtue enough in this Country to save it - the Ambition of a few, and their deep laid Schemes for establishing arbitrary power, will cut her off from her Strength and Support, and effect a total Separation of the Colonies from the Mother Country." Says he has read the recipient's's and his…

GLC04343.01

16 March 1775

Laurens, John, 1754-1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Laurens

Written by John Laurens as a law student at Middle Temple in London to his father Henry Laurens as a member of the First Provincial Congress of South Carolina. Has time to write because Mr. Curling is detained. Says he is sending the fourth number of the Parliamentary Register and other papers. Says Mr. Simmons is returning to America with Curling, but that their friend Dean's health keeps him from making the voyage. Says a letter from him will work wonders. Says some friends have inquired about Henry's health. Mentions that his friend Mr. Taylor has said "that the present Dispute between…

GLC04343.02

1770

Pittman, Philip, fl. 1770-1772

Book

Title: The Present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi [1st ed.]

First book in English concerning the Illinois region. By Captain Philip Pittman.

GLC04344.01

1772/03/20

Pittman, Philip, fl. 1770-1772

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: his book and asking recipient to forward books from Madras India

GLC04344.02

1880 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Albumen of Ulysses S. Grant

GLC04345

April 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph album

Title: Union Pacific Railroad. Photographical. Illustrations.

One photograph album entitled, "Union Pacific Railroad. Photographical. Illustrations," taken by Andrew J. Russell dated April 1869. Consists of 50 albumen photographs of views along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacrament, California. Contains an annotated table of contents, giving a brief description of each view; its peculiarities, characteristics, and connection with the different points on the road." Published by Authority of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

GLC04348

circa 1868

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph album

Title: Views of the American West

One photograph album entitled, "Views of the American West," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Consists of 30 albumen prints, each with a typed caption below each photograph. Photographs capture scenes of the developing American West and emphasize the expansion of infrastructural technologies into the natural landscape. Views of railroads, bridges, factories, and towns predominate, many of which are framed by surrounding mountains, cliffs, rivers, canyons, and other natural elements. Many photos prominently feature Mormon settlements in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, with particular attention…

GLC04349

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Fortifications near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of a group of fortifications near Yorktown, including one upon which six men and an artillery piece are situated. The photograph is faded with age. Graphite inscription on verso: "Dupe. Fortifications near." Numeric notation on verso: "496." Photographer's imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony & Co, New York. Negatives by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1173

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery defending Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of fortifications built to house the water battery which defended Yorktown. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery." Numeric notation on verso: "501." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony & Co, New York. Negatives by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1174

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery at Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of the fortifications constructed to house the water battery at Yorktown, VA. Several men are visible, as are numerous ships across the bay. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery at." Numeric notation on verso: "503." Publishers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1176

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Wagon Train near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of over three dozen uncovered, unhitched and unladen wagons. Graphite inscription on verso: "Wagon Train. 4." Numeric notation on verso: "505." Publisher's imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co., New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington."Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1178

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Great Siege Train at Yorktown [split stereocard]

Image of hundreds of soldiers and dozens of artillery pieces in formation, with Yorktown in the distance. Graphite inscription on verso: "Great Siege Train at. 2." Numeric notation on verso: "506." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1179

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image of a solitary soldier standing sentry on a point overlooking several water battery fortifications. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery." Numeric notation on verso: "507." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1180

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Sally Port at Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image of soldiers' gate at Yorktown. Green tax stamp (cancelled) on verso. Numeric notation on verso: "500." Photographers imprint on verso: Published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington.Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1181

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Soldiers relaxing at Pickett Station, Blackburn's ford, Bull Run

The image shows a cluster of soldiers sitting and drinking outside a small tent. Graphite inscription on verso: "Pickett station, Blackburn's ford, Bull Run." Numeric notations on verso: "159" and "116."

GLC05111.01.1123

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Soldier observing a farm

A soldier stands by a fence in the foreground looking back at several figures, including women and children, on a farm. Three houses stand behind a horse and wagon just beyond the soldier. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "525(?)." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1124

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Office of Sanitary Commission, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The image shows a three story brick buliding. Many people are clustered outside the entrance and many boxes are stacked along its side. Inscription on verso: "Gettysburg Office of Sanitary Commission." Additional inscription on verso: "Ordway Gardner Coll" "not this" "1st day." Numeric notations on verso: "238" and "VII."

GLC05111.01.1125

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Three story building on tree lined street

The image shows a tree lined street with a three story terraced building. A wagon stands in the foreground. Numeric notations on verso: "542" and "IV." Inscription on verso: "Gardner."

GLC05111.01.1126

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Brick plantation house in woods

A brick plantation house in the woods with a clapboard addition in the rear. A man stands by the front steps. Part of a tent is visible in the foreground. Inscription on verso: "From Genl Ordway Gardner negatives." Numeric notations on verso: "299" and "II."

GLC05111.01.1127

circa 1861-1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Five log cabins on the horizon

The image shows five log cabins on the horizon. A man lounges in a field in the center of the image. Numeric notations on verso: "IV" and "648." Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation scratched into negative: "648."

GLC05111.01.1128