1719/06/26

Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728

Autograph document signed

Title: Promise to make a payment to Mr. Bickley

On p.2 there is an ANS by Bickley acknowledging receipt of payment, 12 August 1719. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01294

1719/06/27

Hughes, Elis, fl. 1719

Manuscript document signed

Title: Account of Robert Livingston

Livingston purchased silk and other fabrics from Mrs. Hughes. Docketed on verso.

GLC03107.01295

1719/06/27

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph document signed

Title: Receipt of payment from Robert Livingston

Livingston paid his son for gloves and girdles.

GLC03107.01296

1719/06/29

Livingston, Robert, 1688-1775

Autograph document signed

Title: Adjustment of accounts with Robert Livingston

GLC03107.01297

1865/05/24

Smith, Alexander, fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: Pontoon Bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island. [Washington] 24 May 1865.

Negative by W. Morris Smith. "Incidents of the War" series. Shows civilian men and women crossing the bridge in the background while, in the foreground, some civilians ride in an open carriage.

GLC05111.01.0299

1865/05

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Quarters of men in Fort Sedwick, generally known as Fort Hell. May 1865.

Title taken from accompanying text. Negative by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, positive by Alexander Gardner. Shows the elaborate trenches and earth-works in the fort. Two photography assistants pose in background with light colored frock coats. Published in Gardner's "Photo Sketchbook of the Civil War" as plate "No. 83."

GLC05111.01.0258

1865/04

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Blanford Church, Petersburg, Virginia. [April 1865]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan, published by Alexander Gardner. From Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War" Vol. 2, plate 85. With text plate attached.

GLC05111.01.0262

1864/06

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Charles City Court House, rear view. June 1864.

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan, published by Alexander Gardner. Taken from Gardner's "Sketchbook of the Civil War," vol. 2, plate No. 68. The original text plate is still attached.

GLC05111.01.0263

1864/03 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Detachment 50th N.Y. Vol. Engineers, Pontoon Wagon and Saddleboat. [March 1864 ca.]

Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. "Incidents of the War" series. Title, imprint and copyright information are printed on both sides of the mount. Image of a pontoon wagon and boat affixed. Sutlers cabin with tent roof surrounded by a log stockade in right background, along with photographers wagon.

GLC05111.01.0267

1865, 1866

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: High Bridge Crossing Appomattox, near Farmville, Va.

[Title continued] "on south side railroad, Va." Negative by Timothy O'Sullivan. From Gardner's "Phot. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 98" with text accompanying panel.

GLC05111.01.0268

1863 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: General Orlando B. Willcox and 8 staff members posed in front of tent [1863 ca.] [Copy 2]

Wilcox sits second from the right surrounded by staff under a canopy of pine branches. A tent is behind them.

GLC05111.01.0276

1864 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Gen. Orlando B. Willcox and staff, 3d Division, 9th Corps, Petersburg, VA. [1864 ca.]

Pencil inscription on verso: "Wilcox." General Orlando B. Wilcox [seated] and seven staff officers. An enlisted man with bayonet fixed stands guard near the flag of the 9th Corps. "9329" "R-712."

GLC05111.01.0277

1865/04 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: Federal soldiers posed in front of the Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

Soldiers posed in front of, and on the steps and porch of the Appomattox. Notes the stacked arms in the foreground. Wilmer McLean and children appear in the center of the photograph. Graphite inscription on verso: "Appomattox Court House." Written at the Appomattox Court House

GLC05111.01.0278

1865/04 ca.

O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882

Photograph

Title: McLean family posed on front porch at Appomattox Court House. [April 1865 ca.]

Graphite inscription on verso: "McLean's House where Grant & Lee signed the capitulation. Wants 20." Posed on the porch is Mr. McLean, Mrs. McLean, along with one another woman, and a small boy and girl. Written at the Appomattox Court House See GLC 5111.01.0532

GLC05111.01.0280

1862/08

Pywell, William R., fl. 1862-1866

Photograph

Title: Marshall house, King and Pitt Streets, Alexandria, Virginia. August 1862.

Negative by William R. Pywell, positive by Alexander Gardner. Notice the ghosted image of a woman looking in the window of the dry goods store and the woman entering the store. Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 1". Graphite inscription on verso: "FY350-1/30."

GLC05111.01.0281

1863/08

Pywell, William R., fl. 1862-1866

Photograph

Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA., August, 1863. [Copy 1]

Title from text on recto. Taken from Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 2." Shows a large red brick building with a white brick addition: the slave pen. A sign on the red brick building reads: "Price, Birch & Co. dealers in Slaves." The addition has bars on the windows. Negative by Wm. R. Pywell.

GLC05111.01.0282

1863/08

Pywell, William R., fl. 1862-1866

Photograph

Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA., August, 1863. [Copy 2]

Title from text on recto. Taken from Gardner's "Photo. Sketchbook of the Civil War," plate "No. 2." Shows a large red brick building with a white brick addition: the slave pen. A sign on the red brick building reads: "Price, Birch & Co. dealers in Slaves." The addition has bars on the windows. Negative by Wm. R. Pywell.

GLC05111.01.0283

1860 ca.

Richards, fl. 1860-1865

Photograph

Title: Salt print of Stephen A. Douglas. [1860 ca.]

Half-length portrait by Richards with his label pasted on verso. The image is not dark and there is discoloration from liquid drops, possibly ink or paint, speckled irregularly over the image. Other speckles may be the result of chemical reaction.

GLC05111.01.0286

1864 ca.

Roche, Thomas C., fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: View of Linchburg Canal near Rocketts [Richmond, VA]. [1864 ca.]

Canal runs through the center of the image. On the right hand sign, small boats are docked at the landing. A group of men sit in the first boat. In the right center of the image, further off in the background, burnt out buildings are visible. The Capitol building and a church spire can also be seen in the distance. On the left, a barge rests in dry dock.

GLC05111.01.0287

1865 ca.

Roche, Thomas C., fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Richmond hospital. [1865 ca.]

Two Federal soldiers stand guard outside a three story, white, stone building. Men in light-colored frock coats stand in archways in front of the building.

GLC05111.01.0288

1865 ca.

Roche, Thomas C., fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Buildings used as barracks by Federal troops in Richmond, VA. [1865 ca.]

Large group of Federal soldiers posed in the windows of a four story brick building and on the sidewalk. A dog lies to the right of the two soldiers sitting at the at the corner of the building.

GLC05111.01.0289

1865- ca. [Post war]

Roche, Thomas C., fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Post-war view of Richmond from Gamble's Hill.

Former owner claims the photographer may be Tomas Roche. Taken from a slightly different angle than Gardner's famous 6 April 1865 panoramic photograph which shows the destruction of Richmond. Visible in the distance are the Spotswood Hotel [as indicated by a large banner on the outside of the building], the capitol building, and five church steeples. The foreground includes a barren hill sloping into well kept buildings, most of which are residential. Much of the old district [including many factories and mills] has since been torn down and rebuilt upon or otherwise renovated. Several…

GLC05111.01.0290

1865/04/03

Roche, Thomas C., fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Three images of Confederate dead in the trenches of Petersburg. 3 April 1865.

Three small unmounted albumen images mounted and matted on a single board. The images were originally published as stereoviews by E. & H. T. Anthony. Anthony's titles for the images can be found in William Frassinito's "Grant and Lee: the Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865. Top image -- Pencil inscription on verso: "245 Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches." Anthony title: "A dead Rebel soldier, as he lay on the foot passage in the trenches of fort Mahone, called by the soldiers 'fort Damnation.' Part of a broken musket and a bayonet stuck in the bank. The marks and spots on his…

GLC05111.01.0292

1864/07

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Pontoon Bridge Across James River, Near Fort Powhattan [at Deep Bottom]. [July 1864]

Title taken from printed text on recto and pencil inscription. Pencil inscription also reads: "Petersburg Campaign June [18]64 - May [18]65." Shows a number of Federal soldiers [probably engineers] posed on the bridge which stretches across the river directly up the center of the image. Imprint on the verso blacked out. Graphite inscription on verso: "Campfire and Battlefield p. 364."

GLC05111.01.0294

1864/10

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Pontoon bridge crossed by Gen. Ord, at Akin's [Aiken's] Landing [& two additional images]. [October 1864]

Title taken from text and penciled inscriptions on recto. Pencil inscription continues: "Siege of Petersburg." Photograph on recto shows a pontoon bridge with soldiers sitting in a few of the pontoons about mid-way across the bridge. The bridge crosses the James River, VA. Two images on verso of mount. Top image on verso depicts engineers constructing a wooden hanging bridge. Fortifications are clearly visible in the background. A light artillery gun and caisson rest on the bridge behind the men on the bridge. An officer looks on from the opposite bank with a small girl sitting next to…

GLC05111.01.0295