2 July 1793

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Instructs Captain Bryant to have the furnace and boring mill prepared for casting cannons, which were ordered from Mr. Byers. Also lists the weights of some cannons and mortars to be given to Byers along with some old metal. Written from the War Department. Clerically signed for Knox. Free frank signed by Henry Knox on address leaf.

GLC03432.027

24 July 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Indicates that he is sending monies for the incidental expenses of the ordnance department and Captain Bryant's pay. Asks Bryant to send him a voucher for disbursement estimates and advises him to "expedite the mounting of the Artillery, and transmit me monthly, an account of your proceedings." Also indicates that he will visit the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts soon and hopes "to see everything in the utmost state of progression." Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.028

28 July 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Marked as a duplicate. Asks Captain Bryant to send Samuel Hodgdon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, twenty five cannons with carriages. Instructs him to send them to Chauncy Whittlesey in Middletown, Connecticut, who would forward them to New York. Written from the War Department.

GLC03432.029

29 August 1797

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Acknowledges the receipt of 1,463 24-pound cannon balls from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, shipped via the sloop "Platform" under Captain Ingraham, for the use of the "United States frigate at this port" (the USS Constitution). Part of address leaf missing.

GLC03432.030

11 June 1798

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Asks Captain Bryant to ready 20 tons of cannon and one ton of musket powder for transport. The ordnance was needed "for the use of the Frigate Constitution." Also asks Bryant to inform him what cannon or grape shot he has at the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

GLC03432.031

5 August 1797

Ingraham, John, fl. 1797

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for cannon balls from Captain John Bryant]

Records the receipt of ordnance from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts "for the frigate building in Boston for the United States" (the USS Constitution), which Captain Ingraham promised to deliver to Henry Jackson.

GLC03432.032

26 September 1795

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Colonel Pickering, Secretary of War, informs Captain Bryant that he has directed $1,200 be remitted to Bryant. Written from the War Office. Free frank signed by Timothy Pickering.

GLC03432.033

26 July 1782

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

General Lincoln sends Captain Bryant a congressional resolution (not included) "relative to the department of military stores." Asks Bryant to fire the commissary of general stores and his clerk at the armory in Springfield and to take over the business of the facility: "I hope and presume you will not refuse it -- for whoever eats the bread of the public ought to be willing to perform such services." Written from the War Office. Letter is split along fold lines causing text loss. Fragile.

GLC03432.034

29 August 1782

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

General Lincoln discusses selling certain items from the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Comments on the operations of mechanical and chemical stores. Notes that he has put Captain Hawes in charge of the artificers and that he desires Captain Bryant to be accountable for the laboratory. Discusses procedures related to ration returns. Letter is splitting along fold lines.

GLC03432.035

6 June 1798

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Requests Captain Bryant send additional cannons [for Melancton Smith] to Philadelphia and discusses possible transportation routes. Stamped "free" on address leaf. Free frank signature of James McHenry (Secretary of War).

GLC03432.072

24 April 1797

Hagner, Peter, 1772-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Hagner, a clerk in the accountant's office of the War Department, writes to inform Captain Bryant that he will receive the $120 compensation he requested in his letter. Written from the "Accountants' Office."

GLC03432.077

7 August 1798

Hagner, Peter, 1772-1850

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Hagner, a clerk in the accountant's office of the War Department, writes to inform Captain Bryant that he is sending him his salary from April - June 1798 "and sundry Vouchers for expenditures in the ordnance department." Written from the "Accountants' Office." Free frank signed by James McHenry (Secretary of War) and stamped "Free" on address leaf.

GLC03432.078

23 January 1799

Shepard, William, 1737-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Williams

Shepard, a Massachusetts congressman, responds to a letter from Williams, a lawyer in Springfield, Massachusetts, to defend the integrity of Captain John Bryant (against an unspecified accusation or question regarding his character). Writes Bryant has always been "a true Friend and an Honest Faithfull servant to his Country..." Assures Williams that Mr. [Samuel] Hodgdon is also satified with Bryant's performance as Deputy Commissary of Military Stores in Springfield, Massachusetts and that Bryant's accounts will be settled. Free frank signed by William Shepard and stamped "Free" on address…

GLC03432.079

30 March 1785

Babcock, Elisha, 1753-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Sends money related to accounts for military stores in Springfield, Massachusetts.

GLC03432.080

16 December 1793

Lyman, William, 1775-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Lyman, a Massachusetts congressman, discusses Captain Bryant's granting power of attorney to Mr. Emery and the delay in the business he wanted transacted due to the closure of public offices because of "the late raging Epidemic." Free frank signed by William Lyman and stamped "Free" on address leaf. Left side of the page is torn causing minor text loss.

GLC03432.081

7 January 1795

Lyman, William, 1775-1811

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Lyman, a Massachusetts congressman, discusses a liquidation that will relieve Captain Bryant from "further trouble in the affair." Also notes the resignation of Secretary of War Henry Knox and the appointment of Timothy Pickering. Letter is partially torn causing minor text loss.

GLC03432.082

29-30 July 1798

Lyman, Cornelius, 1758-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Lyman informs Captain Bryant that "my Dear Wife and your Sister," Sarah Mason, had died. Gives the details of Sarah's illness and death. She was pregnant and died of a fever not long after giving birth to a son that lived only a short time. Provides a long and melancholy account of the period surrounding her death. Describes his feelings over his loss and worries over how "mama in her advanced age" will bear the pain. The relation to Bryant was through his second-wife, Hannah Mason. Written from Presque Isle, which is now Erie, Pennsylvania.

GLC03432.083

19 August 1798

Lyman, Cornelius, 1758-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

In the month after his wife's death, Lyman writes details about seeing and interacting with his young son, James. Discusses traveling to Pennsylvania with his late wife, their plans, and her sickness. Discusses various plans in the wake of her death. Filled with poignant and melancholy sentiments: "My hopes & future prospect are blasted I have lost a kind and tender mother a pleasant & agreeable companion and as a domestic wife exceeded but by few - poor little James is now sitting and playing by me...the sight of him brings to mind what has lately passed and what will pass on all…

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21 July 1791

Buell, John Hutchinson, 1752-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lemuel Trescott

Captain Buell writes to Major Trescott of the 2nd U.S. Infantry about Trescott sending troops to join Buell, who was on his way to Middletown, Connecticut: "I hope you have at Springfield some good non Commissioned officers, as I shall have some rough fellows to go with me as Could have bin Inlisted perhaps this side of the other World." Also discusses an order for money. Trescott resigned his commission later that year and went on to found Trescott, Maine. Damaged where the seal has been removed causing minor text loss.

GLC03432.085

March 1860- December 1865

Header Record

Title: Telegram books from the Treasury Department [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC03519

circa 1864

Photograph

Title: [Tintype photograph of Abraham Lincoln]

Campaign tintype of Lincoln for the election of 1864. In bronze colored metal frame. Printed on reverse is, "Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. Firm to maintain and defend the Union." Photography studio's name is obscured but address is New York.

GLC04102.01

1860

Object

Title: [Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.02

1860

Object

Title: [Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.03

1860

Object

Title: [Republican campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.

GLC04102.04

1860

Object

Title: [Bell/Everett campaign token for 1860 election]

With photographs of Edward Everett and John Bell, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top. Bell and Everett ran on the Constitutional Union ticket.

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