Circa 1862

Aldrich, H.B. (fl. 1862-)

Photograph

Title: Photograph of unidentified woman

Woman is sitting down and wearing an everyday dress.

GLC00653.15.3

Circa 1862

Aldrich, H.B. (fl. 1862-)

Photograph

Title: Photograph of unidentified girl

Girl is standing next to a table.

GLC00653.15.4

1783-1815

Unknown

Autograph document

Title: [Recipe for consumption]

GLC01450.600. 015

1 September 1863

Cobb, John (fl. 1863)

Document

Title: [Certificate of loyalty for a Missouri woman accused of spying for the Confederacy]

Written in Saint Francois County. Signed by Cobb, John A. Weber, Reinhart Laney, Elisha J. White, and Thomas Lang as citizens of Saint Francois County Missouri. The signees swear that they are personally acquainted with Catherine E. Murphy, a widow living in Farmington accused of spying for the Confederacy, and will vouch for her loyalty to the Union.

GLC01450.600.0001

1783-1815

Matkin, David (fl. ?-)

Autograph note signed

Title: [Request for 2 gallons of brandy]

GLC01450.600.039

circa 1784-1830

Rochard

Photograph

Title: [Glass plates of Macaulay family members]

As per written instructions on original packing boxes (order may differ): Catharine S. Macaulay [Graham] engraving, with birth and death dates Captain Gregorie (married Catharine Sophia Macaulay, daughter of Mrs. Catharine Macaulay) Mrs. David William Gregorie (Eleanor White) Charles Gregorie Professor James Gregorie (M.A. F.R.S., Inventor of the reflecting telescope) Mrs. C.H. White (Christine St. Barbe) George Gregorie David William Gregorie Note also lists Mrs. C.F. Gregorie (Henrietta Lawrence, married eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. D.M. Gregorie)

GLC01795.109

1 January 1918 - 29 April 1919

Osborn, Ella Jane (fl. 1918-1919)

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Diary of World War I army nurse Ella Jane Osborn] [word processed inventory available]

Ella Jane Osborn, originally from Wainscott, Long Island, New York, departed as an Army Nurse in January of 1918 and spent the majority of her assignment stationed near Toul and Nancy, in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, near the German border. She traveled extensively, spending time in London, Paris, Cannes, Blois Monte Carlo, Nice, and Antibes. She returned to New York by boat in March of 1919. Occasionally describes a particularly sad or touching death. Discusses in great detail the rumors and news she receives regarding Allied victories and defeats, and the negotiations of…

GLC06570

14 November 1862

Ewing, Addison Lee (fl. 1862-1879)

Autograph letter signed

Title: Addison Lee Ewing to his wife and the original letter from Mary

GLC03523.040.01

9 May 1864

Stevens, George T. (fl. 1864)

Autograph letter signed

Title: George T Stevens to his Sister Frances with the grave news that her husband George Davenport has been killed

Describes her husbands death stating that he was shot in the back of the head and died shortly after. Says that he could not go to him but sent a chaplain to bury him and have his grave marked. Hopes that God will be her strength.

GLC03523.09.02

Davenport Ormsbee, Frances (fl. 1860 - 1916)

Autograph letter signed

Title: A War Reminiscence by Frances B. Ormsbee

First a manuscript copy and then typed.

GLC03523.09.59

9 October 1901

Unknown

Autograph letter signed

Title: Claim for pension

GLC03131.15.15

26 October 1901

Unknown

Document signed

Title: Widow's Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.16

16 December 1901

Unknown

Document signed

Title: Widow's Pension Certificate

GLC03131.15.18

1 March 1901

Unknown

Autograph letter signed

Title: Rejected claim for widow's pension

GLC03131.15.19

21 February 1902

Unknown

Document signed

Title: Rejected claim for widow's pension

GLC03131.15.20

30 July 1903

Unknown

Document

Title: Circular regarding staff of the Bureau of Pensions

GLC03131.15.21

February 12, 1861

Goodwin, Sadie, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susie B. Goodwin

Writes to her sister about family news and the weather. Describes a visit made to her home by the Lincoln family. Speaks critically of Mrs. Lincoln's ability to control her son and remarks on the poor behavior of Tad, "Sonny" whom she feels is spoiled and uncontrolled. States that when the Lincoln family departed, Mr. Lincoln went to Washington while Mrs. Lincoln went to St. Louis to visit her sister. States that a crowd formed at the depot to see him off and that Lincoln made a brief speech. Informs that the Lincolns will meet up again in Indianapolis. Comments that an acquaintance…

GLC02695

1861-1883

McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Dr. Thomas A. McParlin][Decimalized .01-.48]

Includes personal and professional letters and documents to and from Dr. Thomas A. McParlin, medical director of the Army of Virginia and the army of the Potomac during the Civil War. Among the individuals represented in this archive are Secretary of War Simon Cameron, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, generals George Meade, George D. Ruggles, John Pope, Rufus Ingalls, noted reformer Dorothea Dix, and numerous Civil War medical officers. Documents include wartime and post-war items. Of particular interest is a lengthy (40 page) manuscript report, prepared by McParlin for General William A.…

GLC02649

18 December 1874

Fagan, James Fleming, 1828-1893

Document signed

Title: [Authorization for payment of a Posse Comitatus]

Also signed by Andy McDavid and J.H. Lauderback. James Churchill and J.W. Harrul signed as clerks. John Speaker signed as a witness. Fagan, as the U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, authorizes J.H. Lauderback to hire Andy McDavid to enact several arrests as a member of his Posse Comitatus. McDavid hired to arrest persons in the Indian Nation for murder, assault with intent to kill, open liquor, selling liquor, and larceny. McDavid details his travels through parts of Texas and Arkansas to perform arrests. Successful arrests include Polly Blackcoat and Andrew Jackson,…

GLC02656

circa 1871

Safford, A.P.K. (Anson Peasley Keeler), 1830-1891

Manuscript document

Title: [Autobiographical account of Safford, Governor of Arizona] [Incomplete]

Cites his birth as 1828 in Hyde Park, Vermont, to Joseph W. Safford and Dyanthia P. Little. Reports on his early childhood, including a move to Illinois. States that after his parents' deaths, he placed his little sister in school and sought his fortune gold mining in California, where he studied extensively in his spare time and was elected to the legislature of California in 1857. After working as a politician and business man, he pursued his fortune in the Nevada silver mines. Reports being appointed United States Surveyor General for Nevada in 1869, and Governor of the Arizona…

GLC02666

25 May 1691

Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Constables of Roxbury

Summons the constables to bring in William Wally on the complaint of Winnifred Chick. Also requires the constables to bring in at the same time Benjamin Daws, Jacob Parker, and John Goose to appear as witnesses. A note on verso in Sewall's hand states that "Walen" denied the charge. Signed as Assistant.

GLC02678

July 25, 1861

Jones, Samuel, 1819-1887

Autograph note

Title: A congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run

Confederate general Samuel Jones has written "For the 8th Rgt. Ga. Volunteers" on the verso of a copy of a congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run, actually requesting this to be read to the troops. The address has been secretarially signed by Johnston and Beauregard, and by Thomas G. Rhett as assistant adjutant general. Beauregard declares "One week ago a countless host of men organized into an Army with all the appointments which modern art and practiced skill could devise…

GLC02691.07

22 July 1861

Wright, Augustus Romaldus, 1813-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Augustus did not send Asa, an enslaved person, to Miller, as he did not want Miller to be "better off in attendants than the other soldiers." Rather, he sold him to Dr. Colb, along with Asa's wife and Martha. Augustus gives Miller a word of advice: "The humble shall be exalted-don't think of yourself more highly than you ought to think." He gives Miller information about other soldiers from Rome, and promises that he will do everything in his power to improve Miller's own situation. Discusses the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run), which took place the previous day: "Yesterday we had a…

GLC02691.11.011

17 June 1848

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Quotation for Miss Saltonstall]

Poetically compares human actions to nature. "The passions were like sounds of nature, only heard in her solitude! Our senses may captivate us with beauty but in absence we can forget . . ." Inscribed to Miss Saltonstall.

GLC03010.01

February 13, 1873

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Borie

Writes, "Hearing of your illness, I, some days ago, wrote to Mrs. Borie asking if she and you would not come down and spend a few days, or as long as you pleased, and recuperate and get well again. But before the mail went out I rec'd [sic] your letter in relation to Mr. Gibson [?], and concluded there was vitality enough left to resist the impertinence of a man writing to another's wife as to his health and condition. I did not send the letter to Mrs. Borie, so you need not upbraid her with corresponding with gentlemen, without authority. But if you do not take good care of yourself, and…

GLC03018