1874

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Oliver P. Morton

Opposes Civil Rights bill a written: "I very much fear that its passage will utterly destroy our Free School System."

GLC08333

May 1, 1807

Marshall, John, 1755-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: Disposition of property, money and slaves for a local estate.

"Your sales under the circumstances I have stated with convey a good title. It will only be necessary to levy an executive on the slaves & get them."

GLC08340

22 Sept 1798

Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Jackson

Responds on Adams " behalf to Governor of Georgia re: federal and state efforts to protect Georgia from French naval attack. Concludes vulnerability of Savannah is so high that using "gallies manned with negroes for working them and with white men to serve the guns, would form a better and cheaper defense" than the construction and manning of American forts.

GLC08347

February 12, 1863

White, Jonathon C., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The Weekly junior register. [Vol. 2, no. 7 (February 12, 1863)]

General order no. 96, re. conscription. Biography of Stonewall Jackson. Some articles are translated into French. Article on back page has been cut out. Fugitive slave ads. Pink, gray, and white leaf and floral design.

GLC08177

05 August 1786

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Receipt for slave-catching services].

Receipt made out to James Rumsey for payment received by Daniel Neale for pursuit of "Runaway Servants" (most likely slaves). Endorsed by George Washington and George Rumsey on verso.

GLC08254

1803

New York Post

Newspaper

Title: [New York Post over 300 issues].

Includes complete printing of Marbury v. Madison in two issues, complete printing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty and Conventions, a fire in New York, a slave rebellion, etc.

GLC08231

06 October 1795

Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]

Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."

GLC08257

15 October 1831

Vinton, John, fl. 1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother

Vinton, a captain of a northern regiment assisted in the suppression of Nat Turner's slave rebellion: "I doubt if any active movement against the slaves will be necessary...[They] however are irresponsible and reckless and it is difficult to foresee to what a blind desperation might prompt them...."

GLC08258

circa 1960

New Orleans Citizens Council

Broadside

Title: Don't Buy A Ford Ever Again. From the New Orleans Citizens Council: To All White Citizens.

Racist New Orleans broadside promoting a boycott of Ford Motor Co.'s support of the Civil Rights movement.

GLC08259

5 April 1884

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. B. Sanborn

Transmittal letter returning proofs not included to John Brown's biographer, correcting events and names of participants at Pottawatomie Creek. He states that his brother, Frederick, "did not have a hand in the execution of those men, though thought it right and just they should be killed."

GLC08260

09 October 1863

Barnum, Theodore H., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lori

Barnum, of the Sutler Department, 8th Conn. Volunteers, Army of the James, Portsmouth, Virginia, writes about the local slave population and African-American troops: "There are two are three Negro Regts close by here. The white soldiers don't like them much...".

GLC08275

21 April 1864

Loomis, Richard B., fl. 1862-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Private Loomis, Co. H, 21st Massachusetts Volunteers, describes his activities ranging after returning from a furlough in Boston to Grant's advance on Richmond. Includes references to African-American troops and shooting of deserters.

GLC08278

09 December 1862

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah McLeod Hutson

Mentions cold in Fredericksburg. Comments that George C. MacKay, and a man named Clap, of McCreary's South Carolina Infantry (1st South Carolina Infantry, Provisional Army) arrived and brought clothing and other supplies from Richmond. He has enough blankets to stay warm. Discusses food. Talks about the composition of the company and its leaders. He is "glad that the negroes have been dispersed of advantageously." Discusses the army's near future. Asks for a pair of winter boots. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War. Sarah was his mother. Written…

GLC08165.51

16 March 1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses suffering in the south during the Civil War. He is getting along well in the army. He heard about the occupation of Orangeburg, South Carolina, but took longer to find out whether or not their family had left. Discusses correspondence (or a lack of) with various family members. He has heard that William T. Sherman has left their county and moved to the east. He has not changed location since his last letter. Calls the Union troops "lawless wretches" and hopes "the negroes have proved true and faithful." He would not be surprised if Richmond was lost. Discusses the Confederacy…

GLC08165.69

20 March 1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Mentions that W. Douglas, a Presbyterian minister, intends to become the Chaplain of their church. Charles worries about his family's safety, because of the reported brutality of the Union soldiers. Comments that the Union is determined to subjugate them, and he believes it is their duty to fight to the end. Reiterates comments in his 16 March 1865 letter that things are calm, he is well taken care of, and he hopes that "the negroes have proved true & faithful." He is anxious for news about his brother "Marion & the Artillery boys." Relays other news he has received and asks to be…

GLC08165.70

28 December 1863

Buckingham, William A. (William Alfred), 1804-1875

Document signed

Title: [Regulations for commissioning white officers for the Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry]

States that men will not be commissioned as officers until they are approved by a Board of Examiners in Washington D.C., and appointed by the Secretary of War. Indicates that applications need to be submitted to the Colored Bureau, Washington D.C. and that men should obtain recommendations from their officers to help them secure a post. Note on back page says H. H. Clark, Forthingham, Conn. Written during Buckingham's term as Governor of Connecticut, 1858 to 1866.

GLC08203

7 August 1855

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Directed to "Gentlemen." Agrees to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter, noting, "I shall fail to say anything possessing either novelty or merit upon a topic which has been more profoundly and carefully discussed in Boston than in any other part of the Country." Will speak December 20. Includes an incomplete newspaper clipping attached to verso. The clipping contains Horace Greeley's praise of Raymond (Raymond initially served as Greeley's assistant, before starting the Times).

GLC05603.01.25

1863

Manuscript

Title: A Few Scenes in the life of A "SOJER" in the Mass 44th

Illustrated Civil War diary by a soldier in the 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Written from camp at New Bern, North Carolina. Sketchbook illustrated with thirty-eight pencil editorial-type cartoon sketches satirizing the Northern press, former slaves, Confederate General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, and military life. Most sketches follow the life of a soldier named "Gorge," or "George," possibly a fictional character, possibly loosely autobiographical. Some sketches are about the Battle of Goldsboro. Page near the end states that the author had to end the sketchbook due to a lack of…

GLC08200

26 July 1876

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Expresses his belief that reconstruction would not end if a short term Democrat is elected to the presidency, but that it would be disastrous for the Freedmen. Rutherford B. Hayes served as President 1877-1881.

GLC08201

August 1860

C. E. Cate & Co.

Printed document

Title: [Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana]

Circular advertises slave shoes and hats by type, virtues, and price aimed at plantation owners who would have to clothe many slaves for reasonable prices. This company specialized in clothing products for slaves. The circular was published a few months prior to the outbreak of the Civil War. Since New Orleans was in Union hands by mid 1862, this brochure is very rare.

GLC08210

10 August 1830

McDonald, Hugh S., fl. 1830

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry].

GLC08211

circa 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: [Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].

Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.

GLC08217

circa 1863

Broadside

Title: [Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]

Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words "U. S. Regt. Colored Troops." On the other side, African Americans walk into a public school. The Union man stands on a Confederate flag, while a slave tears the flag in half. A broken set of shackles lay in the foreground. On verso, a printed statement declares "All SLAVES were made FREEMEN BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,…

GLC08249

29 April 1813

Blake, Thomas, fl. 1813

Document signed

Title: [Document attesting the free status of Richard Jackson].

One document dated April 29, 1813. Pertains to Richard Jackson, a freedperson. The form is partially printed and filled out by Thomas Blake as a character witness. It states, "the said Richard became free in or before the year 1800." Validated by New York City officials.

GLC08251

1864-1870

Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913

Sketchbook

Title: "Louisiana Sketches, 1864...U.S.S. Alexandria, Lower Mississippi Fleet"

One volume of a sketchbook entitled, "Louisiana Sketches, 1864...U.S.S. Alexandria, Lower Mississippi Fleet." Illustrations by David M. Stauffer dated 1864. Consists of architectural drawings and nomenclature of naval guns, carriages, and artillery shells; sketches of naval ships; African Americans in Louisiana; flags of vessels and transports; flags for various boat maneuvers; and naval shoulder straps. Includes eleven pages of text containing detailed descriptions of routines at sea, gun exercises, and other various notes.

GLC07713.01