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

23 December 1864

Treadwell, Thomas James, ?-1879

Document signed

Title: [Official ordnance document]

Partially printed document, with printed signature. Treadwell, Captain of Ordnance, informs Captain Albert A. Day (Company K, 20th Michigan Infantry, 9th Corps) that his return of ordnance and ordnance stores for the fourth quarter of 1864 has been examined in the Ordnance Office, and referred to the Second Auditor for settlement. Ordnance department envelope included, indicating that contents of the envelope pertain to official business of Alexander B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance.

GLC02249.01

9 February 1862

Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes, 1805-1877

Letter

Title: To the men under his command

Written aboard the flag steamer USS Philadelphia. General order, signed clerically, sent by Flag Officer Goldsborough as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron thanking his men for a victory "worthy of yourselves and the sacred cause the flag upholds." Says they have more work to accomplish and they "will soon deliver another blow to crush the Hydra of rebellion." At some point another sheet of paper seems to have been pasted and torn off the document. During his command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron from October 1861 to September 1862, Louis Goldsborough led his…

GLC02252

ca. 16 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Envelope

Title: [Envelope addressed to Major Vincent]

A free franked envelope (War Department stationery) signed as Secretary of War, allowing the bearer, Major Vincent, to see the Board of Inquiry into Lincoln's assassination.

GLC02256

1861/01/02

Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869

Manuscript document

Title: to Gen. James Simons re: defense of Charleston Harbor (retained clerical copy)

Retained clerical copy of Pickens letter, as governor of South Carolina, regarding the defense of Charleston harbor.

GLC02277.02

1861/01/14

Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863

Document signed

Title: Official extract of minutes... re: notifying foreign nations of independence

Written as clerk of the South Carolina Seccession Convention. Resolves telling the Governor to forward copies of the secession Ordinance to other states in the union and foreign nations.

GLC02279

7 December 1915

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Howell Cheney

Letter regarding raising money for the war effort. Typed on personal stationery.

GLC02203.01

17 October 1917

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Howell Cheney

Letter regarding the Red Cross. Typed on personal stationery.

GLC02203.02

February 2, 1918

Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Typed letter signed

Title: to Howell Cheney

Discusses the sacrifices needed to support the American war effort during World War I. Mentions the War Savings Stamp project as a means for both rich and poor to contribute, but asserts that the such financial support "is a duty rather more incumbent upon people of large incomes." As the recently appointed chairman of the One Thousand Dollar War Savings Society in Connecticut, Taft asks Cheney to become a member. Typed on personal stationery.

GLC02203.03

26 April 1815

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Lovett

Serving as New Hampshire State Representative, Webster discusses possible future political appointments with New York Representative Lovett. Discusses a dinner with Richard Stockton, a New Jersey Representative. Referring to the New York election, held on the day Webster wrote this document, states that he expects nothing good from Clinton's friends (possibly referring to former New York Mayor DeWitt Clinton). States that he anticipates the removal of New Hampshire Senator Jeremiah Mason from Senate to serve as Governor of New Hampshire. Calls Hulbert (possibly Massachusetts…

GLC02204