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January 20, 1864

Auger, Luis, fl. 1850-1863

Letter signed

Title: to William Lewis Maury

From the Confederate Treasury Comptroller indicating money due to Maury.

GLC04572.13

November 24, 1906

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

publication of letter describing his Boston trip; hopes it will "contribute toward eradicating old prejudices."

GLC03921.19

April 1776

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Expresses her love for Henry and attempts to make him feel guilty for being away from home and family, particularly his infant daughter. Thanks him for his three recent letters (see GLC02437.00273, GLC02437.00275, GLC02437.00276) but wonders why the letter he promised from New York has not arrived. Mentions that their daughter Lucy was christened at Trinity Church. Comments on her alarm at hearing that the British have taken George's Island in Boston Harbor. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy…

GLC02437.00282

2 May 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Mentions having a difficult journey to New York. Discusses the strong military defenses in the city and New York's strategic importance to the war effort. Instructs her to prepare for her journey from Boston to New York, advising her to travel in "coates coach with four horses," "sell Romeo," make sure William Knox comes along as her guard, bring linens, and be economical. Comments on availability of houses but expresses uncertainty about where to obtain furniture. Docket is in Lucy Knox's hand.

GLC02437.00283

1 May 1776

Manuscript document

Title: An abstract of Capt. Dimond Morton Company in Corl. Henry Knox Regiment of Artillery from [their] inlistment to the first of May 1776.

Lists names and pay of captains, sergeants, corporals, bombardiers, gunners, and a fifer.

GLC02437.10003

1 May 1776

Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848

Manuscript document

Title: An abstract of officers and soldiers, under the command of Lieut Henry Burbeck, in the regt. of artillery, commanded by Henry Knox Esqr. from the first of [February] to the first of May.

Includes names and pay of officers and soldiers.

GLC02437.10461

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Sperling, Jno V.

Pencil inscription on verso: "Jno. V. Sperling 1st Lt., Co. 'U' 1st W.T.I. of A.D., Corinth, Miss, Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio." Vignette bust portrait in uniform with moustache and beard. White mount with gold border.

GLC03565.29

19 February 1776

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Praises Knox and congratulates him on his recent commission to colonel and his successful operation retrieving artillery from Fort Ticonderoga. Discusses his own ill health as well as his desire to get well and return to military service. Comments on his friends' attempt to conceal the plundering of his house and shop from him, in order to avoid agitating his health. Comments on a man named Hardy, who Peirce recommended and Knox found work for. Recollects and affirms their friendship. In a post script, favorably mentions a proposal by the Continental Congress to fortify a dock for the…

GLC02437.00252

20 February 1776

Fisher, George H., fl. 1776

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Since his first query received no response (for an unknown reason), writes again to request to serve "in any Station" under Knox.

GLC02437.00253

February 25, 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Burbeck

Asks Colonel Burbeck to procure horses and carts, and move some artillery pieces from Prospect Hill in Somerville, Massachusetts, after assessing the road in the daytime. Notes that he would have done this himself if his wife, Lucy Knox, was not currently ill.

GLC02437.00254

February 24, 1776

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that Samuel Hodgdon seeks his determination in regard to a commission for military uniforms. In a post script, asks if he may obtain clothes for his company immediately. In 1776, Hodgdon was a lieutenant in the Marines, and he later became the commissary general of military stores. Stevens had recently been appointed a captain in Knox's regiment of artillery.

GLC02437.00255

3 March 1776

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Indicates changes made to the organization of artillery at Roxbury, Massachusetts, per Knox's request. The artillery was for the siege of Boston. Crane was a major under Knox's command.

GLC02437.00256

February 26, 1776

Read, Joseph, 1732-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Artemas Ward

Gives a military report provided by Thomas Mayfield. Describes ship activities in Boston Harbor, mentioning workers and loading occurring at "the Castle," in reference to the military garrison on Castle Island in the harbor. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.00257

December 11, 1775-April 19, 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph document signed

Title: [Account of officer pay under Colonel Henry Knox]

Knox's record of officer's pay. Signed by Knox more than 25 times (all but once in the text); also signed by more than 23 other officers, including Henry Burbeck, William Eustis, Eliphalet Newell, Ebenezer Stevens, William Dana, Dimond Morton, Edward Burbeck, William Perkins, Jeremiah Niles, John Popkin, Edward Crafts, Jotham Drury, Isaac Coren, and Timothy Stow. Unbound military ledger accounting for pay issued to officers (and some other cash outlays) under Knox's command in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.00258

1864-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Signal Tower, Cobb[']s Hill."

[not before 14 June 1864, cf. The Photographic History of the Civil War, 310-311.] Image shows four soldiers, a wooden structure, and a carriage in the foreground, and the signal tower slightly behind and the right.

GLC03029.20

1863

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Ruins in Alex[andria], 1863."

Dramatic pose of hooded woman mourning in the ruins.

GLC03029.24

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Genl. Lee's H. Qrs.

"Lamped[?]" penciled on verso. Side view of Gen. Lee's Gettysburg headquarters with a woman dressed in white standing by the fence.

GLC03029.37

[after May 1863, when Ames was appointed Brig. Gen

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Gen. Ames Hd. Qr. [Headquarters]."

"10787" penciled on verso. Image shows horses, men, and a dog gathered in a clearing.

GLC03029.42

circa 1861-1877

H.A. Balch's Star Photograph Gallery

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite Grant, Ulysses S.]

White mount with elaborate gold border around Grant's portrait and Balch's imprint on verso. Oval bust portrait of Grant facing proper left.

GLC03565.01

circa 1861-1877

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite]

Bust portraits of five Union generals: Grant (in center), Sherman (upper right), ? (lower right), ? (lower left, ? (upper left).

GLC03565.02

circa 1861-1865

Howard & Hall (company)

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of Robert Cowden]

Howard & Hall imprint on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Robert Cowden, Major, 1st Tenn. Infty. A. D. Crestline, Ohio." Vignette bust portrait in uniform with beard.

GLC03565.03