1860

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Book

Title: The Life of Lincoln

Tribune Tracts no. 6. Extra-illustrated biography with engravings of Lincoln, the Executive Mansion, the Capitol, and a Lincoln-Hamlin electoral ribbon depicting Lincoln pasted in first few pages. Published by Horace Greeley & Co.

GLC03012

May 21, 1864

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Letter

Title: to Daniel Harvey Hill

Clerical copy of a letter by Beauregard, with Beauregard's signature attesting that it is a "true copy." Beauregard informs Hill that President Davis refuses to assign him to command until Hill makes "the application for orders in the field", which he has already refused to do (see GLC00864-Beauregard's request to have Hill transferred, with Bragg's and Cooper's responses). Also relates that General Bushrod Rust Johnson has been promoted to command the Second Division and General Robert Frederick Hike will command the First Division. Writes "It is useless, I hope, for me to say how I regret…

GLC03013

23 March 1858

Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles James Faulkner

Delafield, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, writes to Faulkner, a United States Representative from Virginia. Recently received an address delivered by Faulkner to the House of Representatives "on the true policy of our Country in its application of Volunteers, the Militia, and the regular army." Requests another copy. Writes, "If we take enthusiastic inexperienced citizens, we must either have a very large proportion of experienced officers to lead and take care of them in the field; much time to instruct and discipline them, or the consequences, sickness, disease,…

GLC03015

January 19, 1863

Otey, John M., fl. 1862-1865

Document signed

Title: Special order no. 19

Original draft of Special Order number 19, reorganizing South Carolina cavalry regiment. Details the reorganization, and lists which officers will command which companies. Written partly in pencil. Signed as Assistant Adjutant General on Beauregard's staff. At the time Beauregard was commanding Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

GLC03017

3 April 1854

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas L. Alexander

Sends him "Office II of the exercises." Signed as his "brother in the Most Sacred Heart of J. C." The organization in which the two men were associated was possibly one of the Confraternities of the Sacred Heart, a voluntary association of Roman Catholics.

GLC03020

8 June 1868

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885

Letter signed

Title: to Ulysses S. Grant

Signed as Brevet Major. Discusses reconstruction and politics in Mississippi. McDowell writes that the Mississippi Governor, despite having no patronage or money, is seeking to defeat a new constitution. He believes that removing the governor would result in "political martyrdom," and actually increase his influence. Writes that in case he is wrong, he recommends General Adelbert Ames as military governor. Written on Headquarters 4th Military District, (Department of Mississippi and Arkansas) stationary. Note in pink ink by the Cipher Operator states that a duplicate was sent my mail to…

GLC03021

1702

Schenk, Peter, 1660-1711

Print

Title: Nieu Amsterdam, een Stedeken in Noord Amerikaes Nieu Hollant [In Dutch]

View of New Amsterdam from the water. Hand colored engraving in the first state. Framed to 40 x 44 cm.

GLC03022

2 June 1863

Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Wheeler

Requests a leave of absence to be with his family. Requested the leave because he wished to move his pregnant wife to her aunt's home in Augusta, Georgia. The request was denied at the insistence of Braxton Bragg, who felt that an advance from Union General Rosecrans was imminent, and that Morgan was therefore needed in the field.

GLC03023

1958

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Book signed

Title: Stride toward freedom: the Montgomery story

Published by Harper & Brothers. Inscribed to Miss Charlotte Rosenbaum, a supporter, on the first flyleaf. Inscription states "In appreciation for your genuine humanitarian concern, and your great financial and moral support in the struggle to realize the American dream." Below the inscription, the date 22 November 1961 is written in a different hand than King's. Content discusses the boycott of Montgomery, Alabama's transit system to force the desegregation of city buses. Describes the organization of the boycott, active opposition from white groups in Montgomery, and the aftermath…

GLC03025

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Black soldier Private Co. I, 54th Mass. Infantry [ambrotype image]

Unidentified soldier. (Identification based on insignia pinned on hat: "I 54".) Full length standing portrait of man sporting a moustache and carrying a bayonet and ammunition pouch on his belt. Paper and wood (floral design) case lacking cover. Brass mat by Dean & Emerson.

GLC03027

1864

Photograph

Title: Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Reg

Dramatic oval photograph showing seven black soldiers attending a cannon.

GLC03028

1873

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Photograph

Title: Recollection of a trip to America

Album of 67 photographs of the West, including San Francisco, Native Americans, Yosemite and Sequoia forests, Mormons, Salt Lake City (Mormon Tabernacle under construction), Brigham Young portrait, Colorado, and parts of Western Canada. There are also photographs of the railroad tracks and locomotive while stopped in a mountain pass. Some of the images may date from 1864.

GLC03030

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

Photograph

Title: 2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

.01= "Wol-pi" is an cluster of adobe homes built on top of each other. .02= "Dancers Rock, Wol-pi" shows a flat rock poised atop a tall rock, next to some adobe. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in calligraphic hand on recto. #.02 has the inscription on verso "A. Bell 665 E. 142nd St." (Showing habitations of Indians of the Southwest.)

GLC03031

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

Photograph

Title: 2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

.01= "The Entrance (covered way) to Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows adobe cluster of buildings. .02= "House of the Governor of Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows the same building cluster. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in calligraphic hand on recto. (Showing habitations of Indians of the Southwest.)

GLC03032

1864/10/08

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wade Hampton re: activities of union cavalry and defense of Richmond

GLC03033

4 April 1861

Glaze, William, 1815-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Manigault

Lists guns and heavy shells sent to Charleston intended for the bombardment of Fort Sumter. Written on Proprietor stationery of the Palmetto Iron Works.

GLC03034

1836/07/04

Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836

Autograph document signed

Title: Pass For George P. Digges to deliver Santa Anna's terms of surrender

Orders to take "very important documents to the east." With endorsement on verso of George P. Digges for $14.75 in expenses.

GLC03037

1838/06/30

Hockley, George W., 1802-1851

Document signed

Title: Certificate for bounty land for Francis Hunt

Signed as Secretary of War of the Republic of Texas. The bouty is contingent upon Hunt's honorable discharge. Note: This is NOT a soldier's discharge.

GLC03039

February 24, 1777

Desprez, Henrique, fl. 1777

Letter signed

Title: Account of slave rebellion in New Orleans [in Spanish]

Account of a slave rebellion while New Orleans was under Spanish rule. States that the rebellion occurred on 9 and 10 February 1777. Discusses what should be done to prevent future rebellions. States that drinking causes enslaved people to commit crimes and advises taking away their weapons. Mentions an uprising in the Suriname capital of Dutch Guinea in 1762 where all the whites were killed. Lists provisions that should be made to keep enslaved people from drinking, such as requiring bartenders not to serve them without their masters' permission.

GLC03040

17 May 1861

Rice, Bruce B., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Carpenter

Written from Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

GLC03041

20 July 1861

Hileman, William S., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Al Hileman

Discusses battle preparations on the eve of Bull Run. Also included is a fragment of another letter, in a different hand, with no date, signature or addressee.

GLC03042

18 August 1861

Hopkins, David, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear brother and sister

Hopkins, a sailor on board a Union ship, replies to a letter from his brother and sister [N. N. and Lacey Hopkins?], of Ashtabula County, Ohio. Discusses problems with the mail. Notes that he feels better than he has in years, despite a persistent cough. Offers his views on the war, declaring that "there are many wrongs to be righted besides the one done to the negro race." Attests that sailors are in worse condition than the enslaved people of the south. Doesn't believe slavery is the underlying cause of the war. Mentions a statement made by Henry A. Wise (Governor of Virginia 1856-…

GLC03043

2 October 1861

Freeman, Allen, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his brother

Discusses drilling in Maryland with the 6th regiment of U.S. Cavalry.

GLC03044

10 December 1861

Tripp, Lewis, fl. 1839-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his parents

Tripp writes, "I am well and hope you are enjoying the same blessing we hav marched from alizabeth town to camp nevins 13 miles when ther was 16 thousand marched from this plase on tords [sic] old Buckner [General Simon Buckner]..." Discusses sending money. Written on stationery with an image of George B. McClellan, accompanied by the text: "The Napoleon of America."

GLC03045

1862/04/23

Crosby, N., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his son

Discusses preparation for Peninsular Campaign, as well as financial plans in case of his death.

GLC03046