24 August 1777

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Comments on General John Stark and the Battle of Bennington ( 16 August 1777): "I don't think all History from Adam to this day, can produce such an instance, which an unequal number of raw undisciplind militia, have attack'd a Superor number of well disciplined regular Troops intrench in Lines- beat them out & gaind so complete a Victory [sic]--" Describes the celebration held in Boston following news of the victory, including liquor at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, drum and fife music on a balcony, brass field pieces, and two barrels of grog in the street. Gives an account of a new ship…

GLC02437.00639

25 August 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Written at "Derby, 7 Miles below Philadelphia" (possibly Darby, Pennsylvania). Reports that his troops had begun to march to the North River (the Hudson), but received a dispatch that British General William Howe was in the Chesapeake Bay. Believes Philadelphia to be Howe's target, and predicts he will approach Philadelphia via the Delaware River, not the Chesapeake Bay. Reports that American troops marched through Philadelphia 24 August: "their excellent appearance... astonished the Tories, who are very downcast in the Respectability of the army." Reports that he and General Nathanael…

GLC02437.00640

January 24, 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 29 (January 24, 1863)]

Report of casualties at Louisville. General conscription orders in English and French. Relief bill for soldiers' families. Militia bill. White with gray design with blue outline dots.

GLC06208.16

1 August 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 42 (August 1, 1863)]

Mississippi militia report. Repeats of exchange order and recompense act for soldiers' families. Letter from soldier is reprinted. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined in blue dots.

GLC06208.26

7 August 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 43 (August 7, 1863)]

Exchange order for captured soldiers. Reprinted notice to citizens, report of Mississippi militia, benefits for solders' families. Encouraging editorial. Acts of the Louisiana legislature. Slave ads. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined in blue dots.

GLC06208.27

15 August 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 44 (August 15, 1863)]

Reprinted exchange order, soldiers benefits for families, notice to citizens, and Mississippi militia report. Speech of Adolphus Olivier at the Louisiana House of Representatives. Fugitive slave ads. White and gray swirl pattern with a blue dotted outline.

GLC06208.28

22 August 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 45 (August 22, 1863)]

Reprinted orders. General order to abolish supernumerary officers and regulate regimental and battalion commissaries. New militia act. Report on Mexican militia and Confederacy. Diagonal gray and white design with floral pattern.

GLC06208.29

6 December 1776

Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Speaks of the importance of friendship and the value of his friendship with Knox. Promises to purchase goods for Henry Knox. Inquires as to how the "independant company" is faring in Boston. States that he was drafted into the continental army but got out of it by paying a fine of ten pounds. "Political affairs seem to wear a gloomy appearance at present," and he worries about the news he has received that Howe is in Philadelphia and the Congress is moving to Baltimore. Howe was not in Philadelphia at the time and the Congress would not flee to Baltimore until the next week.

GLC02437.00493

1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document

Title: Statement of the troops furnished by the following States, taken from actual returns of the army for the year 1776.

Lists numbers of both Continental Army soldiers and militia furnished by the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia for the year 1776. Also includes a conjectural estimate of militia employed in several states. Part of Knox's May 10, 1790 report to Congress. See also GLC02437.10586, .10466, .10468 and .10475.

GLC02437.10010

16 September 1864

Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Epperly

Writes that Governor Brown has furloughed the Georgia militia for 30 days. Reports that [General William T.] Sherman has ordered all the citizens out of Atlanta. Notes they are half way through a ten day armistice.

GLC02715.107

10 June 1778

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Reports that British Commissioners William Eden, First Baron Auckland, Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle, and Governor George Johnstone are meeting in Philadelphia to discuss conciliation with America. Declares, "Any offers they may make but of Independence, or a total withdraw of their Armies & Navies will be fruitless- I believe they will not make these offers ... " Asks where the soldiers from Massachusetts are, noting that Massachusetts' quotas of men have not arrived at Valley Forge.

GLC02437.00709

9 March 1863

Boham, Milledge L., 1813-1890

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Defends his decision to suspend an earlier state militia reserve call-up, saying that the untrained militia are inefficient and would be more valuable planting crops at home. Supports his opinion with extracts from telegrams sent to General Garlington by Miles and Orr.

GLC09209

12 March 1863

Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

Letter signed

Title: to Governor Milledge L. Bonham

Replies to Bonham's defense of 9 March 1863. "I was fully alive to the sacrifices and hardships which a call on your militia must entail, ...but at the same time, I have regarded the alternative consequences that might be involved without the presence here of every arms-bearing man your State can raise..."

GLC09210

3 January 1863

Bragg, Thomas, 1810-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Governor Milledge L. Bonham

Requests specific information on troops in South Carolina state militia service who are "subject to military duty under the Conscripts Acts," to counter assertions of preferential treatment published in other states' newspapers. With newspaper clipping.

GLC09211

12 October 1875

Manuscript document

Title: [Case history of the lawsuit over the "Mississippi Plan of 1875"]

Case history of a lawsuit over the "Mississippi Plan of 1875" brought against Gov. Adelbert Ames to prevent him from organizing two companies of "Colored Militia" to protect blacks during the 1875 election. The lawsuit charged that such "Troops kept in peace, in the fear or apprehension that a riot or insurrection will occur, or that the laws will be obstructed, are but a standing army" and thus illegal. The lawsuit was successful, and the Election Day violence was the worst in American history. Blacks were prevented from voting, effectively ending Reconstruction in Mississippi. Seven…

GLC09388

1814

Charles, William, 1776-1820

Print

Title: John Bull and the Baltimoreans

War of 1812. Portraying the repulsion of the Royal Army at Fort McHenry and the gallant performance of the American militia there. Phila: published and sold by William Charles.

GLC09390

1776

Edes, Benjamin, fl. 1776

Broadside

Title: [Revolutionary War enlistment broadside]

Revolutionary War broadside encouraging enlistments by assuring recruits that their term of service would be short, permissing payment in lieu of service, but also empowering the commanding officer of each Militia, or the local Committee of Safety, "to muster the militia, when and so often as they may respectively find it necessary, in order for the obtaining the Quota designed."

GLC09582

10 September 1850

Porter, J.C., fl. 1850

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as 3rd Sergeant L, M Company Conn Militia]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as 3rd Sergeant L, M Company Conn Militia Signed by J.C. Porter, esquire. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso. Printed by the "Press of Elihu Geer" in Hartford, Conneticut.

GLC02744.387

27 September 1853

Seymour, Thomas H. (Thomas Hart), 1807-1868

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as second lieutenant of the infantry "D" company of the fifth regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as second lieutenant of the infantry "D" company of the fifth regiment signed by Thomas H. Seymour as governor of Conneticut and John P.C. Mather as Conneticut Secretary of State. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.388

29 September 1854

Perry, Oliver H., fl. 1854

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as second lieutenant of the infantry "C" company of the 5th regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as second lieutenant of the infantry "C" company of the 5th regiment signed by Oliver H. Perry as Conneticut Secretary of State. Signature "Henry Dutton" on lefthand side of document. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.389

12 September 1855

Perry, Nehemiah D., 1827-1911

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of infantry "C" company of the fifth regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee asAppointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of infantry "C" company of the fifth regiment signed by Nehemiah D. Perry as Conneticut Secretary of State. Cosigned by William T. Minor as Governor of Conneticut. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.390

23 August 1858

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

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee adjutant lieutenant of the fifth regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as adjutant lieutenant of the fifth regiment. Signed by John Boyd as Conneticut Secretary of State. Cosigned by William A. Buckingham as Governor of Conneticut. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.391

1 August 1859

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

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of the fifth regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of the fifth regiment. Signed by John Boyd as Conneticut Secretary of State. Cosigned by William A. Buckingham as Governor of Conneticut. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.392

26 August 1861

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

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of artillery of the fifth regiment]

Appointment of Thomas F. Burpee as captain of artillery of the fifth regiment. Signed by James Hammond Trumbell as Conneticut Secretary of State. Cosigned by William A. Buckingham as Governor of Conneticut. Includes printed Conneticut seal. Docket on verso.

GLC02744.393

28 August 1861

Envelope

Title: [Envelope addressed to Captain Thomas F. Burpeem artillery leu a 5th Regt. Conn. Militiia]

Envelope addressed to Captain Thomas F. Burpeem artillery leu a 5th Regt. Conn. Militiia. Return address: Adjutant General's Office, Conneticticut, Official Business. Handwritten words in pencil across side of envelope: Lieut. Militia. Stamp has been cut off of envelope.

GLC02744.394