27 December 1864

Newspaper

Title: New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 19, no. 2044 (December 27, 1864)]

capture of Savannah

GLC08429.25

1813-1865

Newspaper

Title: 12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812

GLC08430

10 September 1831

Ives, William B., fl. 1800-1831

Newspaper

Title: Salem observer. [Vol. 9, no. 37 (September 10, 1831)]

Includes a brief description of the aftermath of Nat Turner's Rebellion: "...the insurgents are all taken and killed, except Nat Turner, the leader, after whom there is a warm pursuit... the troops will be discharged shortly... the number of prisoners amounts to fifty-eight." Sixty whites, and as many as 100 blacks, were killed during the rampage. Turner was capture, tried, convicted and executed. Ives was an abolitionist. Among the other reports: John Quincy Adams's eulogy on James Monroe, and commentary on the upcoming presidential election.

GLC08430.01

17 September 1864

Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. VIII, no. 403 (September 19, 1864)]

Cover illustration entitled, "Harry Davis Capturing the Battle-Flag of the Thirtieth Louisiana Regiment, at the Battle of Ezra Church." Includes articles on General William T. Sherman, the presidential election of 1864, General George McClellan, and Admiral David G. Farragut. Contains a map showing the field of operations under Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Farragut. Includes sketches of McClellan, Farragut, and other subjects throughout. Also prints literary items such as poems and excerpts of stories.

GLC08430.05

January 24, 1863

Harpers Weekly

Newspaper

Title: [Newspaper printing of Army telegraph operators]

Images from Harper's Weekly.

GLC08430.06

12 May 1869

Newspaper

Title: New-York tribune. [Vol. 29, no. 8765 (May 12, 1869)]

Covering the Grant Administration's response to the Cuban insurrection.

GLC08430.08

20 June 1861

Tyler, Wise, and Allegre, fl. 1860-1863

Newspaper

Title: Richmond enquirer. [Vol. 58, no. 14 (June 20, 1861)]

Confederate States of America newspaper. Prints news on the Virginia secession convention, Civil War news, and Northern news. Also includes public postings and advertisements.

GLC08430.10

21 April 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: The New York tribune. [Vol. XXV, no. 7501 (April 21, 1865)]

Covers President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and funeral. Reports on capturing the assassins, John Wilkes Booth, and on the funeral ceremonies being held in many cities and states. Includes an article on the disapproval of surrender terms between Union General William T. Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. Mentions reconstruction plans, and reports the escape of Jefferson Davis. Issue also includes the Evening Edition of the Tribune for the same date. This covers Richmond, Virginia news concerning Lincoln's assassination and the reconstruction of the city, and news of…

GLC08430.12

circa 1911

Goff, Albert H., fl. 1842-?

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Description of the Battle of Mobile Bay]

Goff served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard the USS "Chickasaw" during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Looking back at age 69, Goff provides an account of the battle. Relates that the "Chickasaw," an ironclad monitor, was ordered to take a position between Fort Morgan and the wooden vessels to protect them the fort's batteries. Says that "Then the fight was on & How vicously [sic] that water batter fired at us! I could feel their 10 ince shot and shell strike our turrets and side armor. I could hear the whir of the balls as they passed over our decks. Realizing there were torpedoes…

GLC08431

circa August 1861

Paris, George, fl. 1861

Map

Title: [Depicts the First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas Plains, fought 21 July 1861]

Sketched in pencil and ink, with a later note describing Paris as a Mississippi soldier. Includes locations, camps, and positioning of troops. Inscribed on verso to George's mother Mary C. Paris.

GLC08432

1864-1865

Document

Title: Items related to the Auditor's Office, Mississippi [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC08433

1850

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.

Original yellow paper cover, uncut.

GLC08435

1864

Magee, James, 1802-1878

Sheet music

Title: The Rally Cry of Freedom

Published by James Magee at 316 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Tune based on "Battle Cry of Freedom." Printed in blue and red. Image of pillars and an arch. Two soldiers guard the pillars. Underneath the space of the arch there is a scene of a cavalry charge. At the top of the arch an eagle carries four American flags. First stanza: "Come true loyal hearts, / For the rescue unite, / Shouting the rally cry of freedom; / From the North, East and West, / Come gather in your might, / Shouting the battle cry of freedom."

GLC08437

30 November 1803

Compton, Harry, fl. 1803

Document signed

Title: [Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]

Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's wife and the three children belonged to them. The slaves were sold by their owner Anne Acker, of Amwell Township, New Jersey, for 100 dollars due in one year from the date of the document. Compton declared himself "a manumit & free from bondage to man or set of Men." Witnessed by John Johnson (who signed with an "X" as his mark), William Marts…

GLC08440

circa 1861

Cramer, J. A. S., fl. 1861

Sheet music

Title: Six hundred thousand more

Song to the tune of "Blow ye Windy Morning." Seven stanzas. Song about coming to the aid of the Union. First stanza says: "We are coming Father Abraham, six hundred thousand more, / From Franklin's winding streams, and from Fulton as before; / We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, / With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; / We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before - / We are coming, Father Abraham - six hundred thousand more." Written by "Col. J. A. S. Cramer, Prop'r, Next Door to Montgomery's Hotel, Chambersburg, PA." Date inferred…

GLC08441.01

circa 1863

Broadside

Title: The Draft! Full List of the Drafted in Bordentown Township

Lists men drafted into the army from Bordentown Township, New Jersey. Says "Three clergymen, Rev. J. Biggio, Rev. O.H. Hazard, and R. Julian, were among the lucky ones." List is divided into two sections. One section has no heading and the other's title is "Per Centage." There are about 150 names printed on the sheet. Date inferred from the year of the first Northern draft.

GLC08441.02

January 11, 1862

Beers, Otis, fl. 1862

Document signed

Title: [Draft notice for Lemuel J. Beardsley for state militia]

Notification that Beardsley has "been Drafted as a Member of the Active Militia of this State." Says the law gives him five days "to make your excuse to the Selectmen," in accordance with a law passed 3 July 1861. Signed by selectmen Otis Beers, S.P. Curtis and D.B. Booth.

GLC08441.03

16 March 1864

Smith, James Youngs, 1809-1876

Document

Title: [Proclamation from the Governor of Rhode Island]

Signed in type by Rhode Island Governor Smith. Co-signed in type by Rhode Island Secretary of State John R. Bartlett. Proclamation says a further draft of 200,000 men has been ordered by the president. Hopes the quota can be filled by voluntary enlistment. Governor says the proclamation was put forth by the state to be "relieved of all apprehension of a draft, and pursue their avocations without anxiety." Image of the state seal of Rhode Island, which consists of an anchor with the word "hope" above it, is at the top. Was previously folded.

GLC08441.04

1845-1892

Header Record

Title: Civil war broadsides, posters and prints [Decimalized .01-.12]

GLC08442

June 23, 1813

Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James T. Austin

Comments on the loss of a ship, the Chesapeake. Also notes the slow progress of the Ways and Means Committee, the resignation of General Henry Dearborn for health reasons, and the recovery of President James Madison from an illness. Discusses witnessing a demonstration of "liquid fire, inextinguishable for a period, by water" by a "Mr Lloyd of Adams in Pennsylva" and the products potential for weaponry. Gerry was then vice president. Written from the chamber of the senate. One engraving of "Elmood," once the residence of Elbridge Gerry, included as collateral.

GLC00137

January 7, 1781

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Walter Stewart

Writes to Colonel Stewart to ask how he is addressing a recent mutiny in the Continental Army, referred to as "the unhappy and disgraceful dispute." Also notes the expected arrival of General George Washington. On January 1, 1781, soldiers under General Anthony Wayne deserted their camp at Morristown for want of adequate food, clothing, and pay. The mutiny was later suppressed by General Arthur St. Clair; Lafayette indicates he spoke to St. Clair about the matter and is in disbelief. The letter is dated 1781 but incorrectly docketed 1780.

GLC00139

February 3, 1781

Von Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, 1730-1794

Letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene

Written by Von Steuben as the senior Continental officer in Virginia to General Greene as commander in the Southern Department. References Greene's letter of January 24, 1781. Congratulates Greene on his army's recent victory at Cowpens and in the race to the Dan River. Says the traitorous General Benedict Arnold's incursions in Virginia were causing him problems and keeping him from reinforcing Greene's army. Says the troops he wanted to send off on January 15, 1781 will not be ready until February 20, 1781. Mentions changes in his command and says General Robert Lawson will relieve General…

GLC00140

June 28, 1845

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Cooper

Informs Cooper, a Gettysburg lawyer and former Congressman, of his presidential aspirations for 1849. Expects President James Polk to attempt to run for a second term. States that Polk and Cave Johnson, Postmaster General, conspire to remove and appoint men to office. Discusses the political appointments and aspirations of Supreme Court Associate Justice John McLean, Congressman George McDuffie, Andrew Jackson, Whig Party founder and North Carolina Senator Willie Person Mangum, Georgia General Duncan Lamont Clinch, Kentucky Senator John Jordan Crittenden, Delaware Senator John Middleton…

GLC00145

May 12, 1866

Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Sherman

Cooper, an inventor and philanthropist, discusses disagreement between President Andrew Johnson and Congress regarding reconstruction. Suggests to Sherman, a Senator from Ohio, that Johnson and Congress require Southern Congressional members to take an Oath binding them to maintain the Constitution of the United States. Also recommends "that all persons who may at any time on the floor of Congress either advocate the right to secede from the Union, or the repudiation of the National debt, or propose any unrepublican laws ... shall be declared guilty of treason, and the party so offending,…

GLC00150

October 23, 1816

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Monroe

Writes to Secretary of State Monroe after his successful treaty negotiations with the Cherokee and Chickasaw regarding "their claim South of the Tennessee that interferes with the [C]reek cession." Comments on difficulties with the Chickasaw, who claimed rights to lands based on treaties from 1794 and 1801. States that they "will now have good roads kept up & supplied by the industry of our own citizens, and our frontier defended by a strong population. The sooner therefore that this country can be brought into market the better." Indicates that they will create two districts and surveyed…

GLC00151