Collection Search

Wallet diary.

Diary contains detailed accounts of weather, appointments, etc.
In the entries for December 24 and following, Emerick records his final arrangements to leave for the South and his journey to join his regiment.

GLC06738.01

Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1864-1865

Pages numbered 383 - 664
In this volume, the author describes efforts to help freed slaves. 21 January 1865: "…brought an appeal for aid for the poor Negroes liberated by Sherman who are suffering in great need of everything. It is a gigantic...

GLC06846.04

Diary of Sarah Gilpin

Pages numbered 857 - 1139

GLC06846.06

Sarah Lydia Gilpin Diary 1867-1868

Pages numbered 1444 - 1675
Note: Last page not numbered
August 21, 1867: The author records this date as "my birthday and my dear father's death-day."

GLC06846.07

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1868

56 p. numbered 1676 - 1732
32 p. blank
103 p. Unnumbered diary pages

GLC06846.08

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1869-1870

Pages numbered 193 - 433

GLC06846.09

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1871

Pages numbered 646 - 862

GLC06846.10

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1872

Pages numbered 863 - 1095

GLC06846.11

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1874

Pages numbered 1817 - 2032

GLC06846.12

Diary of Sarah Lydia Gilpin 1879

Pages numbered 4020 - 5087
Note: Break in numbering. 4099 followed by 5000

GLC06846.13

Colored engraving of Thomas Jefferson

GLC07869.02

to: Wife, Daughters & Son.

Marked "No 1"; seemingly first letter sent to family while on post. Reports on news about Sherman & Charleston having fallen.

GLC06734.001

to: Mary [Armstrong, his wife].

Reporting on his arrival at the headquarters of the 9th Corps.

GLC06734.002

to: Wife.

Reports that he is now at the front, describes conditions at front & shells bursting in air around him, spreads news of capture of Wilmington.

GLC06734.003

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes being under enemy fire, ill health due to cold.

GLC06734.004

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes how he felt being under fire.

GLC06734.005

to: [?wife?].

GLC06734.006

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Reports on rumor that Sherman has been defeated, hopes it isn't true, talks about great number of dead and burial procedures, remarks on slavery as the sin of the South.

GLC06734.007

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Discusses his commanders & their religiosity, his preaching & religious ministering at the camp.

GLC06734.008

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly...

GLC06734.009

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Reports various rumors about Sheridan's maneuvers. Also reports on nearby black uprising: "Our allies, the darkies, are evidently burning out their beloved Masters…"

GLC06734.010

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes army medic routines & ambulances, describes desolation of landscape due to war.

GLC06734.011

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Reports on troop maneuvers, Sheridan's whereabouts, etc.

GLC06734.012

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes wounding of his troops, & ministering to soldiers.

GLC06734.013

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes the death of soldiers, his inspection of their graveyards.

GLC06734.014

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Reports on rumors that "Sherman, & Schoield, and Sheridan are working up, & Grant has Lee by the throat." Also describes in detail his work as a Chaplain & what it consists of.

GLC06734.015

to: Mary [Armstrong].

"I keep no diary of events, so I guess I had better send my diary home in the form of letters."

GLC06734.016

to: Mary [Armstrong]

Describes battle in detail. Also: "…The good news from Sheridan was read to the boys at inspection in the form of a dispatch from Gen. Grant. It was received with loud cheers. Surely the end draws nigh…"

GLC06734.017

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes impending battle plans .

GLC06734.018

to: Mary [Armstrong].

Describes feeling of impending battle. In part: "…Everything is quiet this morning, but it may be the calm before the storm. Sheridan is here, & his wonderful cavalry are not far off…"

GLC06734.019

to: Mary [Armstrong]

Describes widespread desertion by Confederate troops, intra-troop Confederate violence.

GLC06734.020

to: Mary [Armstrong]

GLC06734.021

to Henry J. Raymond

Writes to the editor of the New York Times and Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Union [Republican] Party. Urges Raymond to collaborate with the New York Young Men's Republican Union, which had sponsored and published Lincoln's...

GLC05303.01

The Address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the Principles of the Republica Party, ...

Title continues, " ... Delivered at Cooper Institute, February 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union, with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd, Members of the Board of Control." Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers...

GLC05303.02

to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that Joshua Willis (as the heir of Revolutionary War veteran James Willis) has been issued a land warrant. Written from the Department of War.

GLC06313.04.098

to Aaron Hobart

Encloses "a copy of the Journal of the Federal Convention," in accord with a congressional resolution issued on 19 January 1820. Written from the Department of State.

GLC06313.04.099

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.027

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. Letter mentions constricting business due to administration activity.

GLC00976.028

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. The letter mentions protecting the bank by constricting loans.

GLC00976.029

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. re: denying access to Commissioner of Pensions, in LS of 1/6/1833

GLC00976.030

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. Marked "Private" mentioning Jackson's not allowing custom house receipts to the Bank.

GLC00976.031

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.032

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.033

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. Letter mentions a personal note.

GLC00976.034

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.035

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. Letter mentions reducing "paper" in the office.

GLC00976.036

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.037

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.038

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY.

GLC00976.039

to William B. Rochester

Written as President of the Bank of the United States to William B. Rochester, who intended to establish a new branch of the bank in Buffalo, NY. The letter mentions closing the Buffalo branch of the Bank.

GLC00976.040