1815-1860

Printed document

Title: [Outline of the Greatest Work Published on the Chinese Sugar Cane]

Description of nine chapters including description, methods of syrup making, cultivation and other products derived from the plant.

GLC09302.025

13 July 1864

Johnson, Jugirtha, 1864-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Raleigh Johnson

expresses sympathy toward wife's illness, discusses family issues.

GLC09302.026

2 July 1827

Johnson, Rawley, fl. 1827-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woodson Johnson

Mentions that he needs Edwin to go to Danville to collect a draft of money for him.

GLC09302.027

24 July 1852 - October 1852

Autograph document

Title: [church schedule]

GLC09302.028

1861-1877

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: Mr. Editor, England & the Boers

George May Powell writes in response to another letter to the editor about the Boer War. He refers to Livingston and the varying opinions of clergy on slavery, and the actions of British missionaries in South Africa. He encourages careful study of the history of the topic.

GLC00687.151

August 1862

Slayton, Asa W., fl. 1862-1875

Autograph manuscript

Title: to citizens of Grattan Michigan

Slayton thanks the committee for their recognition, but accepts the sword on the behalf of all the men who have enlisted. Slayton recognizes that enslaved people are being used to aide the Confederates and that the continued allowance of slavery is hurting the Union cause. He then urges people to petition the government to the end slavery. He also describes the motivations of married men to fight. He expresses his commitment to the Union cause. Included is an envelope the envelope in which this written copy of the speech was kept with an inscription describing the contents.

GLC03955.15

February 27, 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Header Record

Title: Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]

GLC00788

February 27, 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Printed document signed

Title: [Fifteenth Amendment resolution]

Reconstruction amendment passed to combat southern opposition to federal policies toward freed slaves. Printed certificate sealed and signed, attached to printed resolution with a purple ribbon and red State Department seal. With printed circular letter.

GLC00788.01

February 27, 1869

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Document signed

Title: To the governor of the state of Nebraska

A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.

GLC00788.02

February 16, 1856

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel P. Banks

Congratulates him on his "success in helping achieve the first victory which the North has won over the South since 1808, when the slave trade with Africa was abolished. I might better say, the first victory of freedom over Slavery since the Declaration of Independence -- for there was no fight in 1808." Banks was a member of Congress from Massachusetts. In 1856 he declined the presidential nomination of the American party.

GLC02509.10

February 7, 1825

Hendricks, William, 1782-1850

Printed document signed

Title: "A JOINT RESOLUTION..."

Full title reads "A JOINT RESOLUTION, RESPECTING THE GRADUAL EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES, AND COLONIZATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES." Respecting the Graduate Emancipation of Slaves, and Colonization of People of Color Within the United States. Signed by Hendricks as Governor of Indiana and directed to the Governor of Pennsylvania, John Andrew Shulze. Resolution approving the resolution of Ohio General Assembly which had called for the various states and U.S. Congress to consider a system of gradual emancipation of black slaves, provided they agree to be colonized elsewhere.…

GLC04521

13 March 1864

Clapp, George, fl. 1839-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Parents

It is tough to realize that it has already been 18 months since he first joined the army. Back then, "we were quite confident of a speedy success." Thought he would be back by the following spring. "Today everything denotes that we may confidently expect no cessation of these hostilities during our term of service." Part of the problem is that they are fighting an enemy "who are bound to hold out to the last man." Believes that many are deserting the Rebel army because they are not as invested in the conflict. Most of them are not rich slaveholders and therefore are not inclined to risk their…

GLC09355.051

January 1929

Harmon, George, fl. 1929

Pamphlet

Title: Douglas and the Compromise of 1850

GLC08880.142

1861-1877

Parker, Richard, fl. 1777

Photograph

Title: [Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes]

GLC09190.10

15 June 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: To H.H. Rodgers

GLC09190.01

17 April 1880

Rawle, John Brookes, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Sir"

GLC09190.02

15 March 1880

Rawle, John Brookes, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.03

February 25, 1880

Rawle, John Brookes, fl. 1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.04

23 November 1861

Edmunds, Geo F., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Sir"

GLC09190.05

24 June 1861

Giles, H., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Alger"

GLC09190.06

25 April 1862

Littell, E., 1797-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Sir"

GLC09190.07

4 January 1863

Parry, E., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "Dear Sir"

GLC09190.08

2 April 1839

Parker, Richard, fl. 1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: To "My Dear Father"

GLC09190.09

20 November 1863

Rhett, James M., fl. 1863

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for sale of slaves]

Receipt for $40,000 paid by James M., Charles H. and Roland Rhett, "being the cash payment on the purchase of one hundred and seven negros, leaving a balance due secured by Bond and Mortgage of Eighty eight thousand and four hundred dollars." Signed by Louisa S. McCord, Columbia, SC. 1 p. With: MD, [1863], inventory of 37 "Slaves bought from Mrs. Louisa S. M.cCord by James M. Rhett;" presumably his share of the 107 slaves listed above. Each slave is listed by name and age (if known), with a few notations: "Martha (delicate) 28 … Jonas (one arm) 11 … Limerick 38 … Child 1 …Old Lucy 67 ……

GLC09380.1

2 March 1863

Rhett, James M., fl. 1863

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for sale of slaves]

With: PDS, 3-2-1863, receipt printed specifically for use in slave sales: "Received from Charles H. Rhett Seven thousand two hundred & fifty Dollars… for the purchase of Seven Negro Slaves named Caesar, Catherine, Flora, Ben, Stepney, Dora & Sue." Pinned to this is the original newspaper advertisement of the estate sale: "will be sold, at the Court House in Columbia…A prime gang of 26 Negroes, accustomed to the culture of cotton, corn and provisions generally. There are among them Cooks, Washers and Ironers and House Servants, the property of … Wm. S. Chaplin, deceased." Signed by…

GLC09380.2