circa 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Williard J. Allen]

Standing three-quarter Napoleonic pose with small beard. Wearing sash and sword. Name inscribed on recto under photograph.

GLC05528.08

10 October 1864

L.B.F., fl. 1864

Autograph note signed

Title: [Report of the death of Samuel Watson Van Nuys]

Testament reporting the death of Samuel Watson Van Nuys. Date is from post mark. Written on "Head Quarters 3d Brigade 3d Division 18th Army Corps" letterhead (half sheet).

GLC07687.154

5 October 1864

Hills, T. Morton, fl. 1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of corpse]

"Certificate of corpse" that accompanied [Samuel Watson] Van Nuys's body from Virginia to Indiana.

GLC07687.173

1 August 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Reaffirms his love for his wife. Discusses smallpox and the possibility of Lucy going to Boston to be inoculated. Comments on various daily and domestic activities, like how he typically spends his time, with whom he dines, and what time he goes to bed. Mentions being ill. Discusses the possibility of Lucy returning to him. Mentions that business prevented him from having a meeting with Lord William Howe, whom he believes will soon attack.

GLC02437.00408

5 August 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Comments on their correspondence habits. Asks William to inform the wife of James Lovell that her husband would be released from the British in a prisoner exchange. Discusses British forces amassing in New York and preparing for an attack. Discusses the gravity of the situation at length. States "I shrink and tremble at the Importance of our present conduct."

GLC02437.00413

circa August 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph manuscript

Title: Disposition of Troops at New York

Lists major generals Israel Putnam and John Sullivan and the brigadier generals immediately under them.

GLC02437.00415

15 August 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Expresses thanks for their ability to communicate while separated and is looking forward to their future together. Philosophically expresses hopes that reason and religion will someday dictate man's actions. Writes that he "will make a very family man when peace shall again bless this...Country." Discusses their own troops strength and activities. Also comments on the Hessians and the British, and writes passionately about being wronged by and separating from the British. Comments on Lucy's account with a man named Peter. Reassures her that his health has improved. Comments on her new…

GLC02437.00419

circa 1864

Hollyland's Metropolitan Photography Gallery, 1864-?

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Daniel Waite Burdick]

Vignette bust portrait with small beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto under photograph.

GLC05528.09

circa 1864

Hollyland's Metropolitan Photography Gallery, 1864-?

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Lucian E. Carter]

Standing full portrait with painted camp scene backdrop, holding hat and sword. Name and rank inscribed on recto beneath photograph.

GLC05528.10

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Silas Wright Frame]

Vignette bust portrait. Name and rank inscribed on recto of photograph, possibly Frame's signature.

GLC05528.13

circa 1864

Hollyland's Metropolitan Photography Gallery, 1864-?

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Malcolm G. Cook]

Vignette bust portrait with beard and mustache. Identifying inscription on verso.

GLC05528.15

circa 1864

Hollyland's Metropolitan Photography Gallery, 1864-?

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Philander B. Grant]

Vignette bust portrait with small beard. Identifying inscription on verso.

GLC05528.16

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Wallace R. Hill]

Vignette bust portrait with small beard and mustache. Name and rank inscribed on recto below photograph.

GLC05528.17

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Patrick H. Keenan]

Vignette bust portrait with beard. Name and rank inscribed on recto beneath photograph.

GLC05528.18

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant James A. Taylor]

Vignette bust portrait with beard and mustache.

GLC05528.20

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [Lieutenant Addison W. Wheelock]

Vignette bust portrait with beard and mustache. Name inscribed on recto beneath photograph. Name and rank inscribed on verso.

GLC05528.21

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [unknown Lieutenant in 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment]

Vignette bust portrait with beard.

GLC05528.22

circa 1864

Addis, R.W., fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: [unknown Lieutenant in 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment]

Vignette bust portrait with beard.

GLC05528.23

20 September 1839

Grand Jury

Manuscript document

Title: The Grand Jury finds the following fact

Relates details pertaining to the sailing of the Amistad, the mutiny of the captives on board, and the ship's subsequent capture near the coast of New York. Mentions Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney, commander of the brig Washington and other persons involved in the case.

GLC05636.06

November 1839

Manuscript document

Title: [Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad]

Possibly given at Connecticut District Court in November 1839. Marked "U.S." at the top. Begins with the testimony of Lieutenant Richard W. Meade, who led an armed party that initially boarded the Amistad, requesting the ship's papers. Includes the testimony of Baldwin, Dart Sharp (on board the USS Washington when it came in contact with the Amistad), and Captain Mather (who "went with Mead made soundings & c.").

GLC05636.11

January 1840

Manuscript document

Title: [Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony]

Created at Connecticut District Court in 7-9 January 1840 by or for William S. Holabird. Serves as notes of the testimony of Richard Robert Madden (head of the British Anti-Slavery [Mixed] Commission in Havana), Sullivan Haley (on board the USS Washington when it met the Amistad; discusses the statements of Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes, two Spanish men found aboard the Amistad) , Dwight P. Janes (abolitionist), James Covey (a Mende native and translator for the Africans aboard the Amistad), Professor Josiah Gibbs (who claimed based on the Amistad Africans' language, they were recently arrived…

GLC05636.13

9 January 1840

Manuscript document

Title: [Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony]

Marked "&c Cinqué" at top. Appears to be a continuation of GLC 5636.13. Testimony of Cinqué, leader of the Africans aboard the Amistad, continues. Contains the testimonies of Grabbo and Foolaqua, Amistad mutineers. Includes the testimony of Norris Wilcox (United States Marshal for the District of Connecticut), Captain Mather (on board the USS Washington when it came in contact with the Amistad), Professor Josiah Gibbs (who claimed based on the Amistad Africans' language, they were recently arrived from Africa and had not resided in Cuba), Reverend George Day (employed to supervise the…

GLC05636.14

2 July 1834

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

Document signed

Title: to William S. Holabird

Partially printed. Holabird's appointment as Attorney of the United States for the District of Connecticut. John Forsyth, Secretary of State, appoints William S. Holabird as Secretary of State for the District of Connecticut. A handwritten note by Forsyth states: "I will thank you at the time of acknowledging the receipt of your Commission to name the place of your birth."

GLC05636.16

23 September 1839

Forsyth, John, 1780-1841

Letter signed

Title: to William S. Holabird

Forsyth states: "It is necessary to a just decision on the various points presenting themselves for the President's consideration in the case of the Spanish Schooner 'Amistad,' that the Department should be furnished, with a copy of the ships' papers, together with a transcript of the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry held by the District Judge, on board that vessel, to which you refer in your letter of the 5th instant, and on which the Blacks were imprisoned for the alleged murder of the Captain and Mate..."

GLC05636.17

circa July 1776

McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Gives a letter of introduction for John Robertson, who served under Colonel McDougall "in the sea service" and has experience manning canons. Thinks Robertson could be of use to Knox and seeks to have him put on the payroll. Dated "summer 1776."

GLC02437.00406