February 9, 1797

Simmons, William, fl. 1791-1798

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Bryant

Writes to Captain Bryant about administrative matters related to Bryant's salary and settling accounts. Written from the War Department's "Accountants Office." Free frank signed by William Simmons, handwritten "Free" and stamped "Free" on address leaf.

GLC03432.098

February 9, 1787

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: to Benjamin Lincoln

Unsigned, and marked "copy." Body of the letter in the hand of Robert Pemberton, Knox's aide. Knox refers to a previous letter he sent to Lincoln (see GLC02437.03446). Thanks him for his last letter, and believes his recent services to the government (by leading troops to suppress Shays' Rebellion) will prove beneficial. Writes, "A Congress of seven States has been lately formed. Our old friend General [Arthur] St. Clair president. Nearly three months elapsed between the time Congress ought to have been and the time it was actually formed." Adds, "I have written you an official letter…

GLC02437.03447

[?]/09/12

Shaw, John, fl. 1783

Manuscript document

Title: Account of Henry Livingston (1753-1823)

Henry Livingston purchased candles and schott.

GLC03107.03995

1815/01/11

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Letter signed

Title: to unknown

Monroe discusses the establishment of a standing militia. He also criticizes the Hartford Convention, arguing that it may lengthen the War of 1812. Authorizes military protection for the Springfield Arsenal, should it be necessary. A half-sheet of paper is glued onto the original letter's 3rd page. General Henry Dearborn, then the senior major general in the United States Army in command of the northeast, was possibly the recipient.

GLC05280

1838/03/25

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas S. Jesup

In a private letter, General Taylor writes to his superior, General Jesup, about plans for suppressing the Seminole Indians in the second Seminole War. Commends Jesup's plan to "forward the Indians & Negroes in question to Tampa" and then on to Fort Pike, especially because it will halt "any improper interference on the part of whites." Mentions recent murders near Fort Lauderdale and agrees that the Seminoles were the perpetrators and suggests that "they ought to be put to death in some way as a terror to others of their nation." Notes learning that Jesup had ascertained "the exact…

GLC05284

February 18, 1782

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Apologizes for not responding more quickly to Knox, but was waiting for the commissaries to obtain paper so he might prepare the military returns. Refers to the returns from October, November, and December, which he sent out in the beginning of January; says they were prepared together because of the paper shortage. Includes a "a return of all the ordnance and stores of every kind in the department," and describes the amount and type of supplies in their stores, including ammunition, carriages, mortars, and charcoal.

GLC02437.01356

1863/9/15

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Reports the Confederate evacuation of Forts Wagner and Gregg. Now believes he will be allowed to remain quartermaster. He has bought a colt and intends to raise her. Informs his mother that he sent home a 42 pound shell fired from a confederate gun.

GLC04662.044

1864/4/8

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

He encloses a rose [included] that he picked near his house. His express box arrived almost two months after being sent, "There has been time enough I suppose for it to have reached Constantinople." He likes his new nightshirts. However, the pants are light blue, the color of regimental officers. He needs dark blue pants, the color of the general staff. The steamer "Maple Leaf" was blown up by torpedoes. General Hatch has organized "Boat infantry" to search for any additional torpedoes. Walbridge draws a small picture of a torpedo recovered by this detail and describes its mechanisms…

GLC04662.064

[1864]

Photograph

Title: Powder magazine on the lines at Petersburg

The image shows four Union soldiers guarding a well-buried powder magazine. Numeric notation on image: "248." Inscription on verso: "Powder magazine on the lines." Numeric notation on verso: "248" and "31."

GLC05111.01.0977

1836/04/04

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Solomon Lincoln Esq.

Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits that should be put upon them;. also frankly discussing his ambiguous feelings about the issue of slavery. In part: "I would not undertake to say that the one hundred and one Germans of the compact on board the Mayflower, had all, or any of them, a conception of the consequences to the human race, of their emigration from Leyden; any more than…

GLC07868

February 29, 1780

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Estimate of arms ammunition & accoutrements for 30000 foot

Marked as a copy. Lists numbers of muskets, bayonets, scabbards, gun slings, cartridge boxes, worms, brushes and wires, screw drivers, among other items. Indicates this document is intended for "The board War and ordnance." Docketed as "Estimate of Arms &c for the Infantry - Campaign 1780."

GLC02437.10014

February 28, 1862

Clark, Hank S., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wash

Suggests that when writing him that he should send two letters each by different cables so that one is sure to arrive. Writes that while he is still sick with a cold he has improved significantly. He was wounded in a recent battle but does not think it will do any good to recount the details of the victory as Franklin has probably read about it in the papers. Writes that there are hundreds of civilians from the North who came to the battlefield to pick up shell fragments for mementos. Describes a thicket where a charge was made and how all of the trees, even small saplings, have musket ball…

GLC03523.42.08

1780/06/21

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to unknown re: gathering powder & lead for expedition against Indians

The document has water damage with losses to the text at center left, and with two small losses in the closing.

GLC04018

1839/08/19

Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862

Document signed

Title: Approving receipt for 25 pounds powder, 72 bars lead, 1 box percussion caps

Signed as Sec. of War for the Republic of Texas. The materials were intended for Capt. Bennett's Texas rangers.

GLC04123

no date

Renshaw, Richard T., 1822-1879

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Manual of marching maneuvers]

Hand bound notebook containing detailed instructions for marching maneuvers. In one half of the notebook, Renshaw has written out instructions for the loading, firing and inspection of arms. When flipped over, the other half of the notebook contains instructions for various maneuvers -- for example, sections titled "To Break into Column of Platoons from a halt" and "To change directions towards Guide." This side of the booklet also includes two unlabeled lists of men's names. Written in pen and pencil and sewn in the middle with black thread.

GLC02254.37

11 September

Autograph document

Title: [Envelope addressed to Henry B. Noyes and Mr. Phelps]

Envelope addressed to Henry B. Noyes and Mr. Phelps, Esquire. The address is in Chicago, Illinois, and a $.02 stamp of Washington's profile is included on the envelope.

GLC02150.46

February 9, 1939

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Article about the Noyes family]

Newspaper article from the Westerly Sun. It talks about the Noyes family and their influence in the area, especially in terms of property holding. The history dates back to Reverend James Noyes, who was the first pastor of the First Church of Christ in Stonington. It goes on to talk about his grandson, Thomas Noyes, who served in the American Revolution and later married his cousin Mary.

GLC02150.48

1927/01/07

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed document signed

Title: [Message to Congress on appropriations for the Disarmament Conference]

Typescript of Coolidge's message recommending a $75,000 appropriation to cover the continuing expenses of U.S. participation in the "Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference" in Geneva. Coolidge writes that he believes the U.S. delegates have played a useful role there.

GLC04904

1864/10 ca.

Photograph

Title: Federal soldiers and officers stand around the "Dictator," a massive rail mortar, Petersburg, Va. [October 1864 ca.]

The guns crew and officers stand around the "Dictator," mounted on a rail car. The two officers in the foreground are Colonel H.L. Abbot, First Connecticut Heavy Artillery, and General H.J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac. Captain F.A. Pratt is on the left. Captain E.C. Don is just behind Colonel Abott and Major T.S. Trumbell is just behind General Hunt on his left.

GLC05111.01.0534

1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Fort Darling [Drewry's Bluff, Va.] on the James River, gun emplacement with seige gun. [1865 ca.]

Numeric notation on verso: "XII 55" A Federal soldier poses behind a large artillery piece after that fort's capture. The canon sits on a swivelling carriage and faces out of the fort walls. On the left are stacked ammuntion boxes. Written at Fort Darling

GLC05111.01.0378

1756/08/20

Johnson, William, 1715-1774

Document signed

Title: to Jacob Glen re: calling militia to assemble 6 days after Montcalm took Oswego

"A Good firelock well fixed, a sword, or hatchet [and] forty rounds".

GLC07503

1870 ca.

Photograph

Title: "Gunnery model room."

Room with various displays of artillery guns and shells. British flags and buntings on the back wall and around the windows.

GLC05173.02

1870 ca.

Photograph

Title: "Inside of Armward."

Weapons room. Artillery guns in the center of the room. Rifles, gunbelts, and pouches hang on the walls. Sabers suspended from the ceiling, arranged like ceiling fans. The number "122" appears on the pouches. Signs on the wall read "Company H."

GLC05173.04

[n.d.]

McPherson, & Oliver, fl. 1864

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of "A Rebel dismounted Columbiad."

Penciled caption on verso, with additional inscriptions "306" and #7793." Image of a damaged cannon with the rear portion broken off and lying near several cannonballs and a ramrod.

GLC04596.02