1864 ca.

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

Photograph signed

Title: [David Bell Birney]

GLC05073

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [John Buford]

GLC05074

1863-1868 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Samuel K. Zook]

GLC05075

1863 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph signed

Title: [Theodore J. Wright]

Signed on mount. Inscription on verso reads "8/10/61 enlisted. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, 7/29/63. Theo J. Wright. 72nd Pa. Vols. Helped repulse Pickett's charge."

GLC05076

1864 February

Gorman & Jordan (photographer)

Photograph

Title: [Vincent Strong]

Back of photograph labels this negative #18 taken 2/1864.

GLC05077

1830/10/19

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Document signed

Title: Settler's certificate for Austin's first colony to Epraham Anderson (in Spanish)

Printed in Spanish. Settler's certificate for Austin's first colony in Texas.

GLC05078

29 August 1863

Broadside

Title: An Abolitionist Traitor

Anonymous broadside signed in print by "A Democratic Workingman." Angry views expressed about the abolition views of Georgian Robert Toombs. Most angry with Tombs' comment that "The moment wages descend to a point barely sufficient to support the laborer and his family, capital cannot afford to own labor, and slavery instantly ceases." A Democratic Workingman says the obviously corollary to this line of thought is "when free white workingmen are reduced to the same level as negro slaves, then the negroes will be set free." Calls workers for help. Corners were repaired.

GLC05079

1860-1893

Header Record

Title: Items related Mack J. Leaming [Decimalized .01-.06]

Includes Leaming's typed manuscript signed describing the Battle of Fort Pillow, family photographs, and the House of Representatives report on Fort Pillow.

GLC05080

15 April 1893

Leaming, Mack J., 1842-1893

Typed document signed

Title: [Unpublished manuscript relating events of the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee]

Colonel Leaming, former Adjutant of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry, reports the graphic details of the 12 April 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow. Describes Fort Pillow as "the stormy days, when, added to the ordinary intensity of civil strife, the masters for the first time, met their former slaves." States that the African American battalion of the 6th United States Heavy Artillery commanded by Major Lionel F. Booth was present, as well as a white battalion of the 13th Regiment commanded by Major William F. Bradford. Reports "Fort Pillow was a natural outgrowth of the slave system ... It told in…

GLC05080.01

1864 March 8

Photograph signed

Title: [Mack J. Leaming]

Leaming is depicted in uniform. An inscription describes Leaming as 1st Lieutenant, Adjutant of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. Inscribed to Eva. E. Goulet of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

GLC05080.02

1872 February 15

Latour, William, fl. 1852-1872

Photograph

Title: [Post-war carte de visite of Mack J. Leaming]

Signed "Mack," by Leaming. Depicts Leaming, who served during the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. He is portrayed wearing a long beard and civilian clothing. Leaming's signed inscription, "Your affectionate Son" indicates that this photograph was intended for one or both of his parents, (Marry or Polly) Tucker Leaming and D. M. Leaming.

GLC05080.03

1895/12/09

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Rufus W. Peckham as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Counter-signed by Judson Harmon.

GLC05085.01

1870s ca.

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Listing of court cases and abstracts]

Notebook listing important court cases and their abstracts, in Peckham's hand. Most of Peckham's papers are believed destroyed. A small group of 800 items is at the Library of Congress. A.K. Wigdor, The Personal Papers of the Supreme Court Justices (NY 1986).

GLC05085.02

5 October 1872

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

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of counterfeiting.

Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of passing counterfeit money. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC05086

1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Harpers Ferry, Va.

Writing on mount misidentifies the scene as Richmond, Va.

GLC05087

19 October 1846

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Pardon of Edward Sheehy for assault].

Countersigned by Secretary of State James Buchanan. The pardon orders Sheehy to pay a fine and costs of $23.

GLC05090

1790

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Hand-drawn map of portions of Dismal Swamp & environs]

Hand drawn map of a portion of the Dismal Swamp between Norfolk and Nansemond Counties in Virginia. Docket reads: "Plat of the Company's land in the Great Dismal Swamp, 40,000 ac[re]s. Watermark: Plow. (Per J. Rhodehamel letter 9/4/96, letter must date from 1790s because of GW's personal watermarked paper.)

GLC05099

26 November 1799

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph document signed

Title: Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement

List of dry goods Washington ordered for his plantation. Includes blankets, buttons, and cloth. Most of the items are material for blankets and clothing for his slaves. Asks for "6 pieces of the largest - thickest and best striped Blanketing for negros. - these pieces generally contain 15 or 16 blankets each. -" This list was written two and a half weeks before Washington's death. Previous research stated that the paper has the watermark of George Washington's stationery, but this could not be confirmed. A partial watermark is at the bottom corner of verso.

GLC05100

1807/10/30

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Jarvis

Secretary of State Madison discusses the "outrage on the frigate Chesapeake" and America's political response to it. Also comments on a good agricultural growing season and the shipment and order of various goods. Jarvis was the United States charge d'affaires and consul to Portugal.

GLC05101

1845

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Book signed

Title: Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44

Published by Gales and Seaton. First edition. Inscribed to Samuel Marx by James Buchanan, with his signature. Recounts Frémont's 1842 expedition to Oregon, the second of his three expeditions. The folding map has been removed from the book (see GLC05103.02).

GLC05103.01

13 June 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Thomas McNaney, convicted of assault and battery, and resisting arrest].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC05104

1865

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

Book signed

Title: Report of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant, of the armies of the United States--1864-'65

Inscribed to John Sherwood on the title page. This is Grant's last report to Congress on the conclusion of the war. With provenance notice on later flyleaf from Sherwood to his son.

GLC05105

9 September 1890

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898

Document signed

Title: [Deed for sale of lot number 54]

Bruce, former United States Senator from Mississippi, signs as the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Hugh Nelson and James W. Greer sign as trustees, transmitting the lot to Charles H. Gladden. Howard M. Norris signs as notary public.

GLC05108

1856-1870 ca.

Header Record

Title: Civil War photograph collection: Brady, Gardner; Lincoln [separate inventory]

Word processed inventory available. Approximately 2000 photographs, mostly period, from the Civil War era. Includes battles, portraits, group portraits of regiments and officers, medical photographs (3), retouched original prints or photographs with the prints made, salt prints, photographers proof prints, and 6 negatives (Lee, Longstreet, Porter, the Capitol). Places include Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Bull Run, Petersburg, Richmond, Port Hudson (La.), Edisto Island and Fort Sumter, among other military areas, and Washington, Springfield, New York, and others. Important images…

GLC05111

06 March 1865

Warren, Henry F., fl. 1860-1865

Photograph

Title: White House, Washington, D. C. [Tad Lincoln standing in front] [unique]

A print of a photograph taken by Henry F. Warren of Waltham, MA of the White House. Probably taken on March 6th, 1865, as Warren photographed Lincoln at the White House on that date (Ostendorf no. 112 & 113). The photograph is of the Northern facade of the building, with the camera facing South-East. At center is a man in a uniform, with others lined up closer to the White House. It is a mounted albumen print. Printed beneath the photograph is "Photographed by Warren, Waltham, Mass." and much larger "White House, Washington, D. C."

GLC05111.01.0005