6 April 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Manuscript letter

Title: to Rutherford B. Hayes

Marked "send in cypher" at bottom. Writes to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio to give instructions on their next move. Tells him to be ready to move by Wednesday. "Ammunition, Tents & 10 days rations for men & horses will be ready. Make no unusual bustle. The order was sent in Cypher. So mum." Reports that the brigade will move to Flat Top and Princeton, Virginia and will scout Logan, Monroe and Mercer Counties. Asks him if he can learn something about a road opening to Logan Court House. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

GLC02414.028

3 April 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Rutherford B. Hayes

Colonel Scammon reports on an informant, "John H. Patterson, Little Meadows-Fayette Co. Says that 130 Secesh troops Inf & Cav were at Knapp's Mill on Lick Creek on Tuesday." Asks him to find out more about this information. States that these men might be captured if they are surprised when going by Richmond's Ferry. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

GLC02414.029

circa 1862

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph note signed

Title: to Rutherford B. Hayes

Writes to Colonel Hayes of the 23rd Ohio regiment to ask if a certain boy is employed by the regiment. On a scrap of paper. Dated only the 7th, no month or year. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

GLC02414.030

circa 1863-1864

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

Autograph note signed

Title: to Rutherford B. Hayes

States that he will write to Colonel Hayes tomorrow. Mentions an order from Major General [John Charles] Fremont. Dated only the 30th, no month or year.

GLC02414.031

1862/09-1864/11/08

Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .113]

Letters to his wife and family, written as a member of the 21st Michigan Infantry, Army of the Cumberland. The letters begin with his recruitment camp (Camp Siegel) in September 1862, and end with the election, just after the fall of Atlanta at Kingston, Georgia, on 8 November 1864. Includes the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) (see letter 12, long and graphic), Knoxville, Chattanooga and the fall of Atlanta. Other letters describe suffering in the South, abolitionists (12 September 1864) and voting for Lincoln ("we expect to give the Old Rail splitter four years more"), 8 November…

GLC02415

1864-1865

Hamilton, William C., fl. 1864-1865

Diary

Title: [Diary of William C. Hamilton]

Autograph manuscript. Only thirteen pages are war-date; bulk is post-war. Covers part of Sherman's March to the Sea, mostly keeping track of movements, weather; little personal insights or opinions. Diary begins on 10 November 1864 at Rome, Georgia, stating that his regiment had received orders to be ready to march. Writes on 27 January 1865, "This morning we left Savannah and marched eight miles, along the railroad that Sherman had torn up in his advance on Savannah, every rail and nearly every [tie] torn up." Mentions battles with Confederate soldiers and destruction of the towns as…

GLC02417

1865

Payne, Samuel J., fl. 1865

Diary

Title: [Diary of Samuel Payne]

Autograph manuscript signed. The diary continues up to his return and includes a list of letters received for the year. Includes content on the siege and Battle of Mobile, Alabama, and closing at Shreveport, Louisiana, where General E. Kirby Smith surrendered. Also includes western theatre content throughout.

GLC02419

circa 1861

Broadside

Title: Gen. M'Clellan Says this is an Artillery War!

Artillery recruitment broadside for the 7th Rhode Island Artillery. Dominated by a striking, crisp image of an eagle with a banner in its beak. The banner says "The Constitution Must Be Maintained." Says the artillery is the "Right Arm of the Government." Pandering to the laziness in human nature, the broadside says "In marches, the private soldier may usually ride or walk, according to his choice, and is not cumbered with heavy arms and accoutrements. Far less drilling is required to secure efficiency in action, than in some other branches of the service." Claims state gives non-…

GLC02420

circa May 22, 1862

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph note signed

Title: to Mansfield Lovell

Two autograph notes signed, on bottom and on verso of received copy of telegram from Mansfield Lovell to Pierre G.T. Beauregard, transmitted from Vicksburg, Mississippi, on May 22, 1862. On South-Western Telegraph Company stationery. General Lovell informs General Beauregard, commander of Confederate Department No. 2, that he does not understand "Genl [Daniel] Ruggles assignment - this state up to Jackson, has always been considered as my department - five regiments of my troops are here under Genl. Smith, Composing the Garrison - please alter your order to exclude the southern half of…

GLC02425

17 April 1862

Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House"

Partial letter to his wife discussing camp life and military operations during the Peninsula campaign Describes Union and Confederate entrenchments and troop numbers during the siege of Yorktown. In fact the Rebels had far fewer troops than Crocker cites here, but McClellan, as he often did, vastly overestimated his opponent's strength. Written at Warwick Courthouse.

GLC02426.01

18 April 1862 - 21 April 1862

Crocker, John Simpson, 1825-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriette Crocker "Camp at Workwick [Warwick] Court House,"

Letter to his wife discussing camp life and military operations during the Peninsula campaign. Weather very hot, so he let the men break from drilling to rest. One thousand men constructing a military road. Relates a story of a rifle accidentally being fired in camp, but no one being injured. The two armies entrenched on opposite sides of Warwick Creek, occasionally skirmishing, with "tremendous cannonading" all around. "The siege progresses slowly but as fast as possible." Written at Warwick Courthouse. Crocker was taken prisoner two days later at Yorktown.

GLC02426.02

5 March 1777

Root, Jesse, 1737-1822

Printed document signed

Title: [Monetary obligation related to raising a Continental battalion]

Partly printed document also signed by Ez[echial?] Williams, Elizer Warner and Samuel Barker. Concerns the financial arrangement for Samuel Barker and Elizer Warner to raise (and Warner to serve as Captain of) a Continental battalion for Connecticut during the American Revolution.

GLC02427

14 October 1942

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed letter signed

Title: to D.M Reynolds

Writes to Reynolds about "the Poso business," which has been managed by Hoover's son Allan, and the "prospect of getting back its money." Argues that they should get the bank to extend the mortgage and wait until next year and hope things develop favorably with regard to the tax laws. Reynolds typed response on the verso and dated 15 October 1942 addresses Hoover as "Chief." Reynolds asks that Allan come to see him and states that he was sorry Hoover did not like his outline but he still believes it contains the correct course of action. Typed from the Waldorf Astoria on Hoover's personal…

GLC02428

2 April 1844

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Letter signed

Title: [General orders pertaining to the deaths of Thomas Gilmer and Beverly Kennon]

Perry signs as Commander of Naval Forces on the West Coast of Africa. Transmits a copy of two general orders issued following the death of Thomas W. Gilmer, late Secretary of the Navy. Transmits the orders to commanding officers of vessels attached to the African Squadron. On verso, contains a general order issued 29 February 1844 issued by Lewis Warrington, Secretary of the Navy. Warrington orders flags at half mast, firing of guns, and the wearing of crepe on sailors left arms and swords in memory of Gilmer, who was killed 28 February 1844 by a bursting gun aboard the U.S.S. Princeton…

GLC02430

4 July 1788

J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2939 (July 4, 1788)]

Prints a description of the order and accoutrements of a procession in honor of the establishment of the Constitution. Articles on commerce and foreign intelligence. Contains news from Europe and around the country and many advertisements. Prints a notice from the Philadelphia Board of Commissioners reminding merchants of recently enacted regulations on street vending. Pages have separated and are no longer bound together.

GLC02432

17 April 1930

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

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur Carpenter

Thanks the manager at Warm Springs, Georgia for the update on activities. Advises that Carpenter can rent his cottage from 31 May until 5 September. Hopes Doyle can sell vegetables at the stand as he did last summer. Mentions that he is glad there have been no serious fires. Informs that Missy will write to him about the films, and makes a possible reference to his disability, "You are right, -- I do not want to be displayed to the public, swimming or walking in the pool." States that they are anxious to come down and will arrive on 1 May. Written while Governor of New York on…

GLC02433

1864

Kimmel, & Forster, fl. 1864-1865

Print

Title: The Defenders of Our Union.

Lithograph print with touches of white gouache added by hand. Five ovals in which there are portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Johnson, Naval officers David Porter, David G. Farragut (spelled Faragut), John A. B. Dahlgren (spelled Dahlgreen), and Union Generals William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and Philip Sheridan.

GLC02434

1863/07

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Field where Gen. Reynolds fell, Gettysburg [published by Gardner]

Photograph, not showing Reynold's body, but showing corpses on the field after the battle.

GLC02435

1880-1895

Jackson, William Hicks, 1835-1903

Header Record

Title: Selected western views [Yellowstone] [some with U.S. Dept. of Interior imprints]

21 large and 29 smaller photographic prints.

GLC02436

1750-1820

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Header Record

Title: Henry Knox papers, including retained and received correspondence, &c. [Decimalized .00001 - .10737]

Letters and documents, written to or by Knox, who served as chief of Artillery during the Revolution, and then as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and in President Washington's first administration. The collection includes Knox's voluminous correspondence with luminaries like Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Benjamin Lincoln, Nathanael Greene, John and John Q. Adams, Hancock and Paine. It also includes his business and wartime correspondence, and the charming and affectionate letters between Knox and his wife, Lucy Flucker Knox. Much interesting business and personal…

GLC02437

1 January 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Printed document signed

Title: [Commission for William Burbeck as First Lieutenant Colonel]

Partially-printed document signed. Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. Burbeck is commissioned to serve in the artillery regiment commanded by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.10001

1849-1856

Histed, William, fl. 1849

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Journal of a whaling voyage on board ship Cortes of New Bedford, [Massachusetts]

Includes five separate pages of watercolors that were possibly previously bound in the log. Includes daily entries of the whaling voyage and numerous miscellaneous newspaper clippings, poems, and songs. Many entries are accompanied by an ink stamp in the shape of a whale. Watercolors cover the inside front and back covers. Including Ship "Orrigon," showing pirate flag, ship "Washington" on verso.

GLC02212

January 25, 1864

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]

Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called 'Contrabands,' when they are not employed at labor by the Government and who may have no means of subsisting themselves ... " Lists rations of pork, corn meal, potatoes, bread, candles, coffee, and tea, among other items. Provides instructions for frequency of allotment and distribution according to age and sex. Issued from the office of the United…

GLC02225

6 March 1849

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

Header Record

Title: [Collection of two items, quotation signed by Dolley Madison and engraving] Decimalized

GLC02231

30 October 1883

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Tidball

Writes a friendly letter to Tidball about how their military circle is breaking up since Tidball is leaving to head the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, and Sherman has left for St . Louis. Praises Tidball's reputation over the years he has known him and wishes him the best of luck in his new position. Hopes Tidball will remember their years working together fondly. Written on stationery of the Headquarters, Army of the United States.

GLC02246