4 December 1861

Lovell, Mansfield, 1822-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major General Lewis

General Lovell, in charge of Confederate defenses at New Orleans, writes to General Lewis (possibly John Lawson Lewis, of the Louisiana militia). Reports that he has placed two heavy guns in Lafayette Square, and hopes to place two more in the battery near the mint "for the purpose of instructing the volunteers in the heavy gun drill." Wants to coordinate plans with Lewis. Written on Confederate States of America, Head Quarters, Dept. 1 stationery.

GLC02410.01

1750-1820

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Header Record

Title: Henry Knox papers, including retained and received correspondence, &c. [Decimalized .00001 - .10737]

Letters and documents, written to or by Knox, who served as chief of Artillery during the Revolution, and then as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and in President Washington's first administration. The collection includes Knox's voluminous correspondence with luminaries like Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Benjamin Lincoln, Nathanael Greene, John and John Q. Adams, Hancock and Paine. It also includes his business and wartime correspondence, and the charming and affectionate letters between Knox and his wife, Lucy Flucker Knox. Much interesting business and personal…

GLC02437

10 February 1862

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

Broadside

Title: [Broadside warning against recruitment fraud]

Issued by Andrew as Governor of Massachusetts. Warns citizens against enticement into other state militias. Says "they can expect no aid from the authorities of Massachusetts in any embarrassments in which they may find themselves." Mentions some Massachusetts units that need replacements. Below the warning is a reprint of correspondence between Governor Andrew and the Baltimore headquarters of Major General John A. Dix, who was trying to deal with the problem of fraudulent enlistments. Image of the state seal of Massachusetts at the top of document.

GLC02251

December 30, 1860

Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863

Manuscript document signed

Title: Official copy of minutes of Constitutional Comm. re: establishing volunteer army

Written as clerk of the convention

GLC02273

December 30, 1860

Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863

Letter signed

Title: Official copy of minutes of Constitutional Comm. resolve (permanent army)

Written as clerk of the South Carolina Secession Convention.

GLC02274.01

5 January 1791

Bruce, Stephen, ?-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Bruce asks Secretary of War Knox for "some appointment under the general Government." He suggests a role in the new militia. "Free" stamped on address leaf with no signature.

GLC02437.04819

9 November 1791

Darke, William, 1736-1801

Autograph document signed

Title: to George Washington

Written from Fort Washington, near present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Battle report providing extensive details of the defeat of General [Arthur] St. Clair at the hands of the Miami Indians on the Northwest Frontier. Docketed by George Washington.

GLC02437.05233

28 October 1792

Allison, David, fl. 1785-1800

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that Mr. Reed brought news from "the falls of the Ohio." On his way to Allison's location, Reed met with Mr. Irwin, who reported that "five or six hundred Indians in the beginning of this month had appeared on the Frontiers of Cumberland and attacked a Station, the event of which I have not learned, that a party of the Militia about seven hundred pursued the Indians, overtook them, and a small skirmish ensued in which it is said about a Dozen Indians were killed the others dispersed in such manner they could not be pursued. I did not learn that any of the Militia were killed…

GLC02437.05671

June 1804

Civis, fl. 1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Caleb Strong

Written by "Civis," likely a pen name. Has enclosed a memoir about the state militia (not present). Explains briefly about the letter's content. Adds that he wished to have a member of the military present the letter to Governor Strong, but found he did not have the necessary connections to anyone who could see the Governor in person.

GLC02437.07867

8 September 1794

Ames, Fisher, 1758-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Recommends Captain Moses Wallah for an appointment to command in the national service of the military line. Lists Wallah's accomplishments, including the militia he raised in Boston, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.06199

December 4, 1786

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Washington

Refers to Washington's resignation as head of the Order of the Cincinnati. Describes a settlement he left after receiving a request to take command of the Massachusetts state militia, which was needed to suppress Shays' Rebellion. In response to a question from Washington, Lincoln discusses Shays' Rebellion in detail: the anger it is arousing, its causes, his expectation of bloodshed, the role of debt, and the rebellions current advantages. He writes that "In Short the want of industry economy & common honesty Seem to be the causes of the present commotions." Includes a postscript note…

GLC01478

30 June 1780

Avery, John, 1739-1806

Broadside

Title: [Massachusetts Order to recruit aid to fight against the British in New Jersey]

One broadside from Massachusetts calling for recruiters, officers and town selectmen who "are fired with love of Freedom and scorn to be Slaves" to fight against the British army in Morristown, New Jersey. Message printed by John Avery.

GLC01495

1776-1792

Sawyer, William, 1753-1817

Header Record

Title: Account book and deed pertaining to William Sawyer [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01626

9 May 1861

Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Richard G. Fain Commissary General of the Provisional Force of Tennessee Volunteers]

Signed by Harris as Governor of Tennessee. Gives Fain the rank of Colonel of Cavalry. With red seal intact. Harris was a Confederate sympathizer who maneuvered his state into the Confederacy.

GLC01629

October 22, 1780

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant of Berkeley Co.

Manuscript letter signed by Jefferson as governor of Virginia, ordering the Lieutenant of Berkeley County to mobilize a quarter of the county militia. The letter also discusses the arrival of British troops.

GLC01636

December 3, 1755

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Hunter

With autograph free frank. Franklin says that "By our late Act I am engag'd in the Disposition of the 60,000 pounds," money given to him by the Pennsylvania legislature to raise a militia for defense of the state's borders during the French and Indian war. He then asks about "a train of artillery, arms, etc." arriving in Virginia. A personal letter.

GLC01656

October 27, 1776

Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804

Letter signed

Title: to Elias Dayton

Letter written by Major General Schuyler as commander of the Northern Department, to Colonel Elias Dayton of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment. Sent by Schuyler when Dayton's regiment was marching north from Schenectady. Dayton's troops were being sent to the Mohawk Valley to defend the residents from Tory and Indian assaults during the vicious partisan fighting in upstate New York. Says that based on intelligence from General Nicholas Herkimer, his regiment will probably have to march back to the German Flatts, an area near the mouth of the West Canada Creek in New York, unless militia can be sent…

GLC01580

November 26, 1794

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Knox orders Hodgdon, the Superintendent of Military Stores of the United States Army, to send clothing for the militia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The military was then engaged in the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Letter written from the War Department.

GLC01613.05

May 3, 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Philip St. George Cocke

Signed two weeks after Lee left the service of the U.S. Army. The letter from Lee to Cocke discusses mustering the first Virginia regiments to defend state.

GLC01564

May 10, 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Philip St. George Cocke

Lee writes to Cocke discussing early training of the newly recruited Virginia regiments. Letter signed three weeks after leaving the service of the U.S. Army.

GLC01565

8 June 1782

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ruddock

Written from "Head Quarters." Shaw writes to Ruddock, the Field Commissary of Military Stores for Fishkill, that General Henry Knox wants Ruddock to send Colonel George Reid, commanding officer at Albany, "twenty thousand musket cartridges for the use of the troops under his command." On the verso is an "Extract of a Letter" from Colonel Reid (spelled Ried), addressed to General Washington, and written in a different hand. This letter informs Washington that they are "almost Distitute of Cartriges in this Quarter - the few that are on Hand, are much too small, being made for the Militia…

GLC02437.01445

7 April 1782

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Congratulates Knox on his promotion to Major General of the United States Army. Fears his own promotion may fall through. Explains that his appointment is determined by the state of Virginia, and he will only receive a promotion "as a compliment from the state with the approbation of a majority of the officers." Must remain in his current circumstances until he finds out, but is suspicious about the principles on which promotions are determined.

GLC02437.01381

October 29, 1782

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Warrant for release of Abraham Bell]

The first part of this note, on the first page, is written on behalf of Knox in the secretarial hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp. The note describes the circumstances of Abraham Bell, formerly of New York State, who has been captured as a prisoner of war by a militia group (Knox mentions that Bell has "been indicative of his intention of leaving the enemy," suggesting he was a loyalist). After being captured, Bell was taken ill and sent to the hospital. While largely recovered, Bell fears he would get worse if sent back to prison, so has applied to Knox to be given to the custody…

GLC02437.01661

19 November 1781

Carrington, Edward, 1749-1810

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Thomas Nelson

Refers to a letter he forwarded to Nelson from General George Washington regarding a shipment of military stores to be deposited at Westham. If unable to find storage there, he was to ask Nelson for help finding storage in Richmond. Comments he waited several days to see Nelson but must now depart to attend to the General Affairs Division. Introduces Captain Singleton as the person Nelson should now contact regarding this matter. They will need about twenty men "as a guard and fatigue: which I shall be happy he could be furnished with, as early as they can be procured from the militia, or…

GLC02437.01291

4 January 1782

Davies, William, fl. 1781-1782

Manuscript letter

Title: to Edward Carrington

Marked "copy." Writes to Colonel Edward Carrington regarding movement of military stores to Richmond or Westham, Virginia. Advises that "Westham is a very unsafe place & Richmond much worse. An Easterly wind is a fair wind for the Enemy's shipping to run up the river, it generally brings rain which prevents the militia from turning out so readily, and of course [lessens?] the opposition; besides it swells the River in such a manner that there is no moving against it: and if you have your stores at Richmond or Manchester, the same objections apply, with the additional risk from the want…

GLC02437.01325