1865 ca.

Pach Bros.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Horace Porter]

With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Brevet General Horace Porter, of Pennsylvania. Medal of Honor - Chickamauga."

GLC02136.17

1865 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of William W. Averell]

Signed on mount, 3/4 seated in civilian clothing. With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Maj. Gen. W.W. Averill. He led the advance on Manassass of Gen. McClellan. Took part in the famous Stoneman's Raid toward Richmond. Maj. Gen. for gallant services at Moorfield, Va."

GLC02136.18

18 January 1899

Dupont, Aime, fl. 1899

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Joseph Wheeler]

Seated in military jacket and fake boots worn over his civilian clothing. Signed "A. Dupont" on negative.

GLC02136.19

1865 ca.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Alfred P Rockwell]

Inscribed to Capt. Tidball.

GLC02136.21

1865 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Henry Harison Bingham]

With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: Congressional Medal of Honor, Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Brigidier General H.H. Bingham, Postmaster, Philadelphia, Pa. March 1867-December 1872. Resigned when he had been elected Clerk of the Courts - re-elected 1875. Congressman 1873-March 22, 1912, when he died.

GLC02136.22

1865 ca.

Cook, George S., 1819-1902

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Henry Heth]

Henry Heth, wearing Confederate uniform. Clean and bright.

GLC02136.23

1870s ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Alexander R. Lawton]

Alexander R. Lawton in civilian clothing. Lacks original backing of the mount. Bust portrait signed on mount. Lawton was the Quartermaster General of the C.S.A. The inscription "late" in on the recto, possibly indicating this reproduction was published after his death in 1896.

GLC02136.24

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Thomas E.G. Ransom]

Signed on mount. 3/4 length, sitting.

GLC02136.25

1865 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Capt. James Wilson]

Signed, profile bust. Noted on verso, in another hand: "Peoria, Ill." Note: this is not General James Wilson, but a Captain of the same name.

GLC02136.26

2 January 1873

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James Brown].

GLC02066

1858/05/02

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William M. Burnell

Explains his plans to travel to Washington, D.C., and recommends caution in regard to the Ynipani treaty. Indicates that "they will try to represent us as in sympathy with the British.

GLC02071

circa 1873

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Sumner

Written on her personal stationery, embossed with a "D," to her benefactor and friend, Sumner. Requests him to send certain government publications to her at the Government Hospital for the Insane of the Army and Navy in Washington, D.C. Among these are the 1870 census, from which Amasa Walker had been sending her information, and F. V. Hayden's Yellowstone survey.

GLC02075

20 March 1866

Newell, William A., fl. 1866

Letter signed

Title: to Andrew Johnson

Written as a member of the House of Representatives for New Jersey to oblige Augusta, Georgia, resident Henry W. Hilliard, a former member of Congress. Newell asks for Johnson's signature on pardon warrants for Georgians Baldwin B. Miller, W. C. Jessup, W. S. Roberts, T. H. Roberts, T. J. Miller, Wiley B. Griffin, Noah Smith and Benjamin L. Lane. Hilliard, Newell, and Johnson served in the 30th and 31st Congresses.

GLC02078

1 February 1870

Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895

Letter signed

Title: to William B. Hazen

President Grant's Commissioner of Indian Affairs writes to General Hazen, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Agency, regarding claims of Creek Indian refugees and related expenses. Written on stationary of the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Affairs.

GLC02079

1833/01/28

Hastings, Thomas, fl. 1833

Autograph document signed

Title: [Texas land document]: selling Andrew Briscoe half the Vicente Cordova grant

Partly printed document, written by Hastings selling Andrew Briscoe 4 leagues (17,714 acres) of lands. Hastings served as delegate to the 1832-33 Convention. Briscoe later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.

GLC02067

1864

Snyder Studio

Photograph signed

Title: [Delevan Bates]

Cabinet portrait of Delavan Bates in uniform by the Snyder Studio. Inscription on verso reads: "Brig. Gen. Delavan Bates/MOH [Medal of Honor] at Crater/121st NY Infantry/Cabinet/Signed $125.00." Bates was Union Brevet Brig. Gen., 30th U.S. Colored Infantry. Bust portrait in white stetson. Signed on image.

GLC02068

26 October 1862

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Letter signed

Title: to Henry A. Walke

Written in a clerical hand but signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter to Captain Walke. Porter was commander of the Mississippi River Squadron while Walke was commander of the USS "Lafayette." Walke seems to have been in Hellena, Arkansas. Tells Walke to let one steamer cruise between Island No. 10 and New Madrid. Says one gunboat is enough at Hellena. Wants Fort Pillow, island No. 10, and New Madrid always protected by a gunboat. Wants to know what ship will go to Island No. 10. In 1861, David Dixon Porter joined the Navy's Gulf Squadron in command of the USS Powhatan. He was promoted to…

GLC02069

10 October 1864

Green, Joseph F., 1811-1897

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Written by Captain Green to Captain Patterson as the commanding officer of the USS "James Adger" on blockade duty. Says he has sent the captain of the USS "Geranium" to report to Patterson for blockade duty. Is transmitting despatches for Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren and asks them to be forwarded in the event of the admiral not arriving tonight. Informs Patterson that on board the "Geranium" will be a Captain Fox of the army and a contraband who escaped from Charleston last week. They are to meet with the admiral. Written while aboard the USS "John Adams".

GLC02070

3 February 1852

Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hart

Marked "Private" at top. Cobb, Governor of Georgia, writes to Hart, possibly a city mayor or official. Notes that he had determined not to appoint more commissioners to Hart's city, but wishes to comply with Hart's request. Discussing politics, declares "...a combination of free soilers.. do not overwhelm the true national democracy- You are upon the watch tower- Do not deceive yourself nor suffer your country, to be deceived with the false cry of 'all is well.'"

GLC02072

13 June 1864

Parsons, Mosby Monroe, 1822-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Walker

Written as Confederate Brigadier General to Confederate Major General Walker. Talks of trying to procure brass musical instruments so that his men can form a band. Discusses war matters including mention of the failure of Union General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign against Richmond. "The news as it reaches us from beyond the Miss. is very cheering. It seems Grant has been foiled in his original plan of attack on Richmond ... he has established his base where it was first intended ... Surely the sacrifice of 40,000 to get his position, displays no great generalship. This pretext is to keep…

GLC02073

27 September 1864

Darrow, Edwin, fl. 1864-1865

Manuscript document signed

Title: List of names of members co. 'H' 39th Mo. Vol. lost Sept 27th 1864 near Centralia by Andersons Bushwackers

Lists the names and ranks of the fifty-six Union men killed by Confederate bushwhackers under the command of William "Bloody Bill" Anderson. Anderson, under whose tutelage Jesse James fought, was killed and decapitated less than a month later. Second page signed by Lieutenant Edwin Darrow certifying the list. Very faded.

GLC02074

9 March 1881

Foster, Abigail K., fl. 1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Harriet Jane Hanson Robinson

Abolitionist and suffragist Foster responds to questions from Robinson who was doing research for her book, "Massachusetts in the woman suffrage movement. A general, political, legal and legislative history from 1774 to 1881" (Boston, 1881). Foster gives autobiographical details, and discusses the split within the abolitionist movement in 1840 when a woman (Foster) was elected to a committee.

GLC02076

13 August 1882

Hammond, William A., 1828-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Offers lectures on twelve numbered topics dealing with nervous disorders and insanity of which the recipient has checked 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 and 12 for a possible lecture. Also a note on page two, "$100 for marked articles." Written on dark blue printed stationery, "43 West 54th Street / New York."

GLC02077

1867

Claudet, A., fl. 1867

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of George Peabody]

GLC02080

21 April 1853

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Letter of recommendation for Captain William S. Walker.

GLC02081