1756

Book

Title: Several conferences between... the Quakers...and.. the six Indian nations

GLC04098

1857-1861

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Header Record

Title: John Moore Collection [Decimalized .01-.42]

Contains a map, a general order, 39 letters, and a memoir, pertaining to the Utah Expedition of 1857-1861.

GLC04194

18 November 1784

Pemberton, James, 1723-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Phillips

Discusses the anti-slavery activities of Quakers in the U.S. and a dispute over admission of blacks to Quaker church due to fears of intermarriage. He requests a copy of Bishop Wilson's bible be sent to him. He mentions other correspondence and the marriage of his second daughter.

GLC04237

January 13, 1851

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Ann Jackson

Inquiring if Jackson can try to interest her neighbors in the American Missionary Association and give them copies of the Association's publications. Writes, "Are there no other Christians in your place and neighborhood [whom] Mr R. and yourself can interest in the Association? Can you not effect this by getting them to read our publications?" Also thanks her for her donation, and sends a pamphlet (not present) on the Fugitive Slave Bill which passed in 1850. On illustrated stationery of the Association.

GLC04239

1885

Photograph

Title: Portraits of North American Indians

Photographs of Native Americans: Indian delegation photographs of War chiefs, war dance groups, married couples, children, etc. Images from 1858-1884.

GLC04490

6 August 1851

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Autograph letter signed

Title: to L. Harper

Written from Buchanan's estate, Wheatland. Discusses a recent trip to a General Bowman's home in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, where he and other guests held "meetings... which were not confined to Democrats." Referring to an upcoming judicial election, expresses his hope in the election of James Campbell, noting Campbell was the first Catholic to hold a state office. Discusses the Presidential election of 1852, seeing the Democrats/Free Soil alliance in Ohio as a bad omen, alienating Southern Democrats. Writes, "No Democrat can be elected President who shall not receive the Democratic…

GLC04508

11 May 1875

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.C. Bancroft Davis

General Sherman writes to U.S. Minister to Germany to introduce Colonel George B. Corkhill, the editor of the Washington Chronicle, who was traveling in Europe. He comments "out here on the Mississippi we don't fear Kaiser or Pope." Further comments that a baseball game interests the people more than "a cardinal's encyclical" in this jocular introduction.

GLC04353.09

6 December 1781

Drinker, John, fl. 1781

Broadside

Title: [Quaker petition to Pennsylvania authorities seeking protection for pacifism].

Seeks to acquaint others with the Quakers' religious principles, particularly as they manifested in a lack of support for the American Revolution. Praises and appeals to Pennsylvania's reputation for religious tolerance. Insist that their peaceable ways are intended to promote the good of the country. Created in a meeting on November 11, 1781, and submitted by meeting clerk John Drinker. Originally given to the Executive Council and Speaker of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, along with the request that they present it to the bodies they presided over. Printed by Francis Bailey. First…

GLC04329

19 October 1887

Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary E. J. Chapin

"I find it impracticable to see you this week. Am utterly occupied." Assumes Chapin wants to meet with her to discuss a problem she is having with her teacher, Mrs. Woodbury. She empathizes with her and suggests that Chapin work out the problem with her teacher as a Christian.

GLC04352.02

16 March 1886

Ingersoll, Robert G., 1833-1899

Letter signed

Title: to Charles W. Stoddard

Thanks him for sending him the pamphlet The Lepers of Molakai. Takes issue with the discussion of Mosaic law and leprosy and states: "Of one thing I am certain: no leper was ever cured by prayer." Ingersoll was a self-professed agnostic and rationalist. Written in a clerical hand on the fronts of two sheets.

GLC04353.06

15 May 1864-18 May 1864

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Draft message to the Army of Northern Virginia prior to the Battle of Spotsylvania].

First draft of an address to the troops of the Army of Northern Virginia, written on the verso of (a clerical) telegram to Lee from General John D. Imboden at Sharpsburg. In an effort to rally morale, Lee recounts recent Confederate victories, reminds the men of the cause for which they have taken up arms and the gravity of the current situation, calls upon the memory of fallen comrades, and invokes God's blessing for their cause. Imboden's telegram relays news about engagements in the Shenandoah Valley, including Imboden's stop of General Franz Sigel's advance, which Lee mentions in his…

GLC04429

13 November 1777

Brown, Elijah, fl. 1777

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Morris

Requests that Morris deliver letters from Brown to his wife. Brown calls his separation from his wife cruel because he is "conscious of not administering any offence to the true friends of America." Addressed to Morris as a Member of Congress at Yorktown. Brown, a Philadelphia Quaker, had been exiled to Virginia on suspicion of Loyalist sympathies.

GLC04263

1860

Photograph album

Title: Album with 31 CDVs of prominent Mormons, including Brigham Young; Indians

Album includes Brigham Young, Indians, Salt Lake City buildings. Most with Salt Lake City imprints of Savage & Ottinger and Carter's Lake View Emporium.

GLC04264

30 March 1900

Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

Murder of British missionaries by "Boxers," preparing. 44 various items: + 8 envelopes, 25 clippings, and 1 photo

GLC04546.006

1836

American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833-1870

Broadside

Title: Slave Market of America.

American Anti-Slavery Society broadside regarding the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. The text quotes scripture, the Declaration of Independence, the federal Constitution, state constitutions, and news accounts. Illustrated with nine woodcuts. The woodcuts include the signing of the Declaration (based on Trumbull), a map of the capitol district entitled "The Residence of 7000 Slaves," a picture of the capitol building, three pictures of public prisons including one captioned "Jail in Washington, Sale of a Free Citizen to pay his Jail Fees…

GLC04557

25 April 1864

Suddards, W. (William), 1805-?

Printed document

Title: to Joseph A. Murray

Reverend Suddards, Chairman of the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue, transmits a letter to Reverend Murray requesting his donation of one day's salary, income, or revenue for benefit of the Great Central Sanitary Fair. Printed on stationery of the Office on Labor, Income, and Revenue. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope signed and free franked by John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate. Others listed as members of the Committee on Labor include Alonzo Potter (Protestant Episcopalian, Bishop), James F. Wood (Roman…

GLC04638

3 May 1864

Bond, L. Montgomery, fl. 1864

Printed document

Title: [Printed circular number one from the Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue]

The Committee for a Day's Labor requests a donation of one day's earnings from all classes of the community for benefit of the Great Central Fair. Printed on Office of the Committee on Labor, Income, and Revenue stationery. Accompanied by an illustrated Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope signed and free franked by John W. Forney, Secretary of the Senate, addressed to Joseph A. Murphy. Lists members of the Committee for a Day's Labor, including Bond (Chairman), John W. Claghorn (Treasurer), Reverend E. W. Hutter (Corresponding Secretary), and McGregor J. Mitcheson (…

GLC04639

5 July 1864

Envelope

Title: [Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Charles G. Leland (possibly the noted author, journalist, and folklorist).

GLC04640

13 May 1864

Envelope

Title: [one side of a Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Mrs. Hugh Davids.

GLC04641

circa 1864

Envelope

Title: [Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Joseph Reese Fry, who served as an organizer of the Union League of Philadelphia and as Chairman of the Committee on Musical Entertainments of the Sanitary Fair.

GLC04642

1864

Header Record

Title: Circulars regarding the Great Central Fair, a benefit for the United States Sanitary Commission. [Decimalized .01, .02]

GLC04643

6 June 1864

White, James William, 1826-1891

Header Record

Title: Letter and receipt regarding a contribution to the Great Central Fair [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04644

18 June 1864

Envelope

Title: [Envelope containing one thirty-cent Great Central Fair postage stamp]

Addressed to Charles H. Hart.

GLC04645

26 July 1888

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to my dear editor

Writes to an unidentified editor to clarify his statements about faith in an article. On the whole he prefers "Methodism to any other creed" because of its insistence on discipline and because of the lives lived by its adherents.

GLC04652

1862-1865

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Charles E. Walbridge, H company, 100th Regiment, New York, Infantry] [Decimalized .01-.74]

Collection contains the letters of Charles E. Walbridge, of Buffalo, New York, to his sister Louise. The collection consists of 71 letters to his sister, 2 letters of his sister to Charles Walbridge, and 1 letter from Leon Brown to Louise Walbridge. Charles Walbridge served in the 100th New York Volunteer Regiment and later as a quartermaster. He saw service at many places in Virginia, South Carolina, Florida and North Carolina. After receiving his discharge Walbridge stayed for several months in the South. He purchased surplus horses and mules from the army and sold them to Southerners…

GLC04663