1815-1860

Manuscript document

Title: [Sale of the Harmon residence]

Advertisement for the sale of the late David P. Harmon's home located on the corner of Summer Street and Maple Avenue.

GLC06143.19

7 February 1882

Pamphlet

Title: Catalogue of the library of the late David Porter Harmon

Includes over seven hundred titles and hand-written notes on individual prices for each book. A tally of the overall sale can be found on the rear fly leaf.

GLC06143.20

1877-1900

Photograph

Title: David P. Harmon

Bust portrait of Harmon with printed signature underneath the image.

GLC06143.21

25 June 1827

Broadside

Title: Order of exercises, at the celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist

Includes hymns, prayers and an address by Reverend Brother G. F. Davis.

GLC06143.22

4 July 1827

Broadside

Title: Order of excercises, at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of American independence

Inlcudes a reading of the Declaration of Independence along with hymns and prayer.

GLC06143.23

5 April 1855

Safford, E.H., fl. 1850

Newspaper

Title: The Essex banner. [Vol. 21, no. 40 (April 5, 1855)]

Includes an extract of a speech by Henry A. Wise regarding the Know Nothing party.

GLC06143.24

1856

Broadside

Title: Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South

Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating between enslaved and freedpeople. Published by the Rocky Mountain Club of Springfield, Ohio. Printed by C. F. Bradley.

GLC06143.25

12 December 1896

Turner, James H., fl. 1896

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Clipping of the article "boyhood days"]

Turner shares his memories of David P. Harmon's garden and other members of the community.

GLC06143.26

1877-1900

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Obituary of David P. Harmon]

Describes Harmon as a horticulturalist, farmer, and abolitionist. Mentions that Harmon withdrew from his religious associations due to the "complicity of the church... with the crime of slavery." Harmon was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Gives brief information on funeral services.

GLC06143.27

circa 1940

Bamma, fl. 1940

Autograph letter

Title: to Nancy

Written from New Rochelle, possibly in New York. Encloses the letters of David P. Harmon and asks that she take care of them and return them when she is done. Mentions that Harmon was honored by being mentioned in the fourth volume of the American Historical Society, under the title "The Story of Massachusetts." Writes that she owned other letters but they were lost by David J. Harmon after he asked to borrow them for his thesis from Harvard University. The recipient of the letter is David P. Harmon's great-granddaughter. The author of the letter is Harmon's granddaughter.

GLC06143.28

circa 1940

Bamma, fl. 1940

Manuscript document

Title: [Draft of an article]

Briefly discusses David P. Harmon and his association with the anti-slavery movement. Mentions her granddaughter's essay assignment on the anti-slavery movement. Comments on contemporary public school education as "rather limited in details, especially on the anti-slavery movement." The author of the letter is Harmon's granddaughter.

GLC06143.29

13 March 1826

Parkins, A., fl. 1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses military education at length, commenting on costs and subjects for particular military posts, and the wisdom of joining military and civil education.

GLC06313.04.169

15 March 1822

Gurney, Nathan, 1769-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Seeks Hobart's aid in discovering the status of a pension application for a widow, Nabby Gardner, of a soldier killed in the War of 1812. The docket contain information on Zachary Gardner's service.

GLC06313.04.170

15 March 1822

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Notes a town meeting in which republican town officers were re-elected over opposition from local federalists. Discusses the county convention, the appropriations bill, and payment owed to a Mr. Morton for capturing a barge (see GLC06313.165). Thanks Hobart for his work getting amendments to "Mr. Holmes' Bill."

GLC06313.04.171

15 March 1822

Hobart, Albert, 1792-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Writes to his cousin to thank him for information about the recent congressional vote on the bankuptcy bill. Expresses surprise at the result and his belief that it will not pass without significant changes. Comments on local opinion of the bill and the local government.

GLC06313.04.172

15 March 1822

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses the account of William Otis and related paperwork. Inquires about games of chess played by Colonel Bassett.

GLC06313.04.173

19 March 1822

Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Writes to his nephew about a local nominating convention. Asks about the bankruptcy bill before Congress. Comments on other local political and family matters. Asks if Hobart will be visiting home when Congress recesses.

GLC06313.04.174

23 March 1822

Mitchell, Nahum, 1769-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Writes with alarm and at length about a proposed re-direction of the mail route from New Bedford to Boston, which "arises from the private interest & personal rivalships among the Stage owners." Asks Hobart to get information about a related petition.

GLC06313.04.176

23 March 1822

Peirce, Levi, 1773-1847

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Clarifies an earlier letter "relative to percentage" in regard to tax collection.

GLC06313.04.177

25 March 1822

Warren, C.H., fl. 1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Inquires about a petition "for a bounty upon a fishing vessel" for Leonard Hammond. Indicates that he wrote to the Postmaster General about his late uncle's accounts and his hope to use proceeds from a real estate sale to settle them. Makes a comment about private petitions in a democracy.

GLC06313.04.178

28 March 1822

Holmes, Abraham, 1754-1839

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Discusses the establishment of "a post office in the Wharf Village and logistics of mail routes.

GLC06313.04.179

1850

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery.

Accompanied GLC00267.376. Pages 13-32. Removed from previous binding. Discusses slavery in relation to states' entry into the Union.

GLC00267.376.01

17 January 1888

Milroy, Robert Huston, 1816-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph W. Keifer

Complains of the inequities in pension payments between volunteer officers and officers in the regular army, and hopes to change the system. Informs Keifer, who also served as a General in the Volunteer Army, that any officer who received a commission in the Regular army receives a large pension, regardless of their merit, while every volunteer officer receives a very tiny pension, regardless of their merit. Milroy proposes a plan where all those who served meritoriously, whether in the regular or volunteer army, are rewarded with a good pension. He believes that Congress can be convinced…

GLC03215.01

18 August 1864

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his family

Writes from camp Bermuda that he awaits the return of papers that he accidentally sent home. He will loose pay without them. He writes that a group of soldiers coming to join the picket line were attacked by rebel soldiers and wounded.

GLC03603.313

17 October 1864

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his family

He writes that he has inspected the whole Brigade (5 Regiments) and that his hand is tired from writing. He describes the content of the inspection blanks. He writes that he has received a commission as Major, which he considers an insult and plans to decline. He intends to obtain a staff position. He believes he has done his full duty and wishes that someone else would try to fill his shoes and uphold the reputation that he has worked hard to create and maintain. He writes that he is frequently asked why he has not been promoted and that it has embarrassed him. Now he will be able to say…

GLC03603.326