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[1st Lieutenant James J. Lowell]
1861 ca.
Oval photograph of Lowell, a 1st Lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Volunteers. Shown in full-length in dress coat on crutches.
GLC07316
to Robert R. Livingston
1 May 1765
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Written in response to a letter from Livingston, who was still attending King's College: "I have often remarked Ambition to be one of your strongest Passions, and have as often been misprised that instead of attending to such Persons as are most...
GLC07320
[Autobiographical note related to Halleck's work at the New Almaden Quicksilver mines]
1855-1861
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
Written on a printed form "To be returned to S.F. Baird" in which Halleck gave his name, his occupation as engineer, his address as San Francisco, and his branches of interest as engineering and mining. In the notes section, Halleck gives a brief...
GLC07321
A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
1770
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Sixth edition, printed by J. Dodsley in London. Signed on the title page by James Wilson and Bird Wilson. This was an influential eighteenth century English tract on aesthetics.
GLC07322
to Kittie
16 September 1866
Camenga, D.T., fl. 1866
A personal letter to his cousin in the Brookfield township region of upstate New York. Describes an attack on President Andrew Johnson in Indianapolis on or about 10 September 1866, and a subsequent melee. "The president... retired in disgust. As...
GLC07323
To Our Fellow Citizens of the United States.
21 October 1814
Evans, Jonathan, fl. 1814
Quotes a Philadelphia newspaper article that characterizes opposition to War of 1812 discussed at a Quaker meeting as treason. The Quakers charge that the article is both false and a fabrication. They claim that political subjects are not discussed...
GLC07331
[Signatures of persons authorized to sign Confederate Treasury notes]
13 November 1861
Elmore, Edward Carrington, fl. 1861-1865
Confederate Treasurer Elmore sends a list of 19 signatures that appear on Confederate Treasury notes. Clerically signed by "Taylor" on behalf of Elmore; with actual signatures of R. L. Delaney, C. C. Thayer, E. L. Massie, R. McRae, Thomas J. Miller...
GLC07332
[Muster roll for Troop G, 10th Cavalry]
30 June 1872
Lee, P. Ludwell, fl. 1867-1872
Signed by P. Ludwell Lee, Captain of Troop G, 10th Cavalry, as a witness. Lists the names of members of Troop G, including their dates of enlistment and discharge, if applicable. Covers the period from 30 April 1872-30 June 1872. Created at Rush...
GLC07333.01
[Muster roll, Company E, 24th Regiment]
30 April 1874
Clous, John Walter, 1837-1908
Signed by Clous as Captain of Company E, 24th Regiment. Signed by H. F. Leggett, First Lieutenant of the 24th Infantry, as a witness. Signed by Major H. [Chairman?] as inspector and mustering officer of the 24th Infantry. Lists the names of...
GLC07333.02
[Muster Roll, Company G, 9th Cavalry]
31 August 1874
Mills, Frank, fl. 1874
Signed by Frank Mills, 2nd Lieutenant of Company G, 24th Infantry Regiment. Signed by E. D. [Diminick?], 1st Lieutenant of Company G, 9th Cavalry, as a witness. Includes the names and signatures (or mark) of soldiers in Company G. Muster roll for...
GLC07333.03
[Final statement and pay voucher for Abraham Hill, 10th Cavalry]
12 September 1872
Norvell, J.T., fl. 1872
Signed by Norvell as Captain of the 10th Cavalry. Final statement of Abraham Hill, an African American private in Captain S. J. Norvell's company. States that Hill was enlisted 12 September 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, to serve for five years....
GLC07334.01
Items related to the military service of Philip G. Gains, 9th Cavalry [Decimalized .01-.02]
September 1874
GLC07334.02
Items related to the military service of Martin Sterling, Company E, 24th Regiment [Decimalized .01-.02]
January 15, 1875
GLC07334.03
to Lieutenant of Berkeley County
29 May 1781
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Virginia Governor Jefferson tells the "County Lieutenant of Berkeley" that men having been deserting from the French army and navy in America and instructs him to give orders to apprehend any possible foreign deserters at the ferry crossings in...
GLC07335
New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 933, no. 80 (May 19, 1735)]
1735/05/19
Zenger, John P., 1697-1746
Argues for the education of "women of quality." States several reasons why education should be more available to women: a woman's domestic lifestyle is better suited learning than a man's lifestyle and women's natural gift of speech can be put to...
GLC07336
Reading manuscript of a presidential speech re: relations with Nicaragua
[1861/03/16]
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
A manuscript written in large letters, welcoming Luis Molina, Minister of Nicaragua.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861, p. 286
GLC07519.01
to Isaac Markens re: enclosing a piece of Lincoln manuscript
1919/05/20
Lincoln, Robert T., 1843-1926
"I am enclosing to you a piece of Lincoln mss which is not exciting but is characteristic. It was no doubt held in President Lincoln's hand when making the address to Mr. Molina..."
GLC07519.02
to Ginery Twichell re: accepting hospital supplies for wounded soldiers
1862/09/05
The supplies came from the Boston area. Accepted 2 weeks before Antietam.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 415 - 416.
GLC07520
to Edwin M. Stanton re: reversing paymaster appointment
1864/07/06
Accompanied by Richard O'Neill, ALS, Washington, to Charles O'Neill, 2/19/1886.
GLC07521
To the American Embassy in Tokyo from Franklink Roosevelt
1938-1940 ca.
Harris & Ewing, fl. 1905-1977
Tite from mount. The photograph depicts FDR looking up from a document, with a pen in his hand. See similar photograph GLC04675.06, unnamed recipient, dated ca. 1935. (This copy has liquid damage.)
GLC07527
First address to Congress re: death of Roosevelt and his legacy in Europe
1945/04/16
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
"The Laws of God and Man have been violated and the guilty must not go unpunished." Typed document reproduced by an offset process. Signed on page 4.
GLC07529
to Samuel Washington re: death of brother Charles, Samuel's father
1799/09/22
Washington, George, 1732-1799
"By this event, you have become the guardian of your mother; and... the father, of your father's family; and by care, industry & sobriety will endeavor I hope to merit the appellation of one."
GLC07530
to Thomas Parker re: Washington's land in the Northwest Territory
1799/11/16
Written one month before his death.
GLC07531
to Lord Germain
January 25, 1782
Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1730-1795
Despite the fact that "the Commander in Chief...shall not oppose the reviving Civil Government" for the purpose of meeting "the Rebels on the Ground taken up by General Washington in...the Capitulation of York Town," General Clinton, writing on...
GLC07534
to Edwin Stanton
February 8, 1862
Major General Halleck writes to Secretary of War Stanton, describing a problem of military rank: Brigadier Generals William Sherman, John Pope, U.S. Grant, Samuel Curtis, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and others refuse to serve under each other because they...
GLC07538
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