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Papers Relative to Great Britain

Transcripts of letters from the U.S. Department of State, 1782-1793, relating to Great Britain. The final 32 pages are transcripts of letters written in French.

GLC08892

New York Slavery

"A Statement, Shewing the Aggregate Number of Persons in each of the Wards of the city of New York, and in each of the Counties in this State, including, however, no more than three-fifths of the whole number of slaves."

GLC08893

to Frederick Schuckhardt

General Sherman replies to a previous letter from Schuckhardt. Discusses assisting their mutual friend Joseph Grafton with recovering the body of his brother Captain James Ingersoll Grafton, who was killed the previous month in the Battle of...

GLC08895.02

The Constitution of the New-Jersey Society, for the Promoting of Abolition of Slavery...

GLC08896

Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States, Assembled in Philadelphia ...

GLC08897

Answers to questions included in a 14 June 1862 interrogation by Confederate President Jefferson Davis

General Beauregard answers questions Davis originally posed to Colonel W. P. Johnston regarding the 19 April-10 June Battle of Corinth, a Union victory. Beauregard includes both Davis's questions and his own replies. Mentions Generals Braxton Bragg...

GLC08898

Strategy to save Virginia

"The two armies are now too far apart unless we consent to give up Petersburg, and place the capital in jeopardy. If Genl Lee will fall back behind the Chickahominy, engaging the enemy so as to draw fire on him, Genl Beauregard can bring up fifteen...

GLC08899.01

Memorandum on strategy

"The forced reconnaissance of today has shown that it is not prudent, at this juncture, to send off to the North side James River, Ransom's Brigade, which constitutes over one third of the Infantry force at present available here."

GLC08899.02

to A. P. Mason

Writes to Colonel Mason about the shelling of Columbia, Tennessee and the situation of prisoners during the Tennessee Campaign: "I told him [Union General Edward Hatch] that we had no forces in the town excepting a skirmish line, that his fire has...

GLC08900

to James B. McPherson

Major General Hurlbut writes to Major General McPherson, commander of the Department of the Tennessee, about military strategy and organization. Counsels against consolidating "Memphis & Vicksburgh into the 'District of the Miss. River." Outlines...

GLC08901

to Henry W. Halleck

Discusses strategy to engage General Robert E. Lee's army. After much deliberation he decided "to attempt the movement by his right, throwing the whole army rapidly & secretly, across the Rappahannock at Banks ford & Fredericksburg & taking...

GLC08902

to Abraham Lincoln

Intensely vitriolic letter sent to President Lincoln shortly after his election: "God damn your god damned old Hellfired soul to hell god damn you...Now you God damned old Abolition son of a bitch God damn you..." Attached to a board with a...

GLC08904

to William B. Stone

Discusses debts and financial arrangements. Also comments on slaves being used as collateral: "We regret that you have had so much trouble with Keybird the lien on the Negroes is ample security for our debt." Hopkins Brothers was a commission firm...

GLC08905

to Jason Brown and others

Discusses the fighting between pro-slavey and anti-slavery activists in Kansas. Explains that "Events of the most stirring character are now passing within hearing distance...more than 200 shots have been fired within the past half hour, and within...

GLC08906

[Civil War diary of William R. Buchanan]

Diary of U. S. soldier covering the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga campaigns. The entries are sporadic near the beginning of the year but near-daily from March until December. On 3 July 1863, at Gettysburg, he writes: "at daylight...

GLC08910

[Pay and Muster roll with wages for former slaves]

Lists approximately 100 freedmen by name on the "Mdme. Rosts Hermitage Plantation, Parish St. Charles," Louisiana, who were under the charge of Federal officer Henry B. Fitch. Next to their names are their ages and wages. In some cases there are...

GLC08912

[Civil War letters of Grove Bell, a private in the Union Army] [decimalized]

This collection is a series of 15 letters and one printed poem from Private Grove Bell to a number of recipients, including his sister. The poem is dedicated to the Ladies of Portland, Connecticut, Bell's hometown. Private Bell enlisted in the 20th...

GLC08913

[Collection of Peter E. Rifenburgh and Louis Brooks, 128th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

This collection consists mostly of a series of letters from Private Peter E. Rifenburgh and Sergeant Louis Brooks of Clermont, New York. Private Rifenburgh enlisted in the Union army on August 12, 1862, when he was 19, in Germantown, New York. On...

GLC08914

List of Casualties in 6th Reg't Conn Vols 1st Brigade Morris' Island

Lists men in the regiment and details of their injuries. Additional casualties and their type (killed, wounded, taken prisoner) are marked in pink ink next to the names at later dates. Some of the casualties were from the siege of Fort Wagner...

GLC08915

to John Biddle

Indicates that the British attacked Washington, D.C., without any horses and may try to seize them wherever they land. Instructs Biddle to remove all horses from possible landing points for the British. The British had recently captured and...

GLC02978.02

[Committee of Defence authorization for Dr. Robert M. Patterson to lead a Corps of Field Engineers]

The committee, empowered by the General Committee of Philadelphia, made Patterson the chief engineer and organizer of the corps and charged them with "the Defence of the City and its Environs."

GLC02978.01

[Court depositions]

Depositions of various people concerning their acquaintances with the following men; William Lux, George Lux, Daniel Bowly, and William Russell. Includes the depositions of Richard Ridgely, Jacob Stergars, Jonathan Weily, Martin Eichelberger, Maria...

GLC03545.24.09

to James Gadsden

Introduces Mr. Robert Rose, who is hand delivering this letter, as a businessman connected with building the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, of which Gadsden is an advocate. Writes that if Gadsden is successful in securing a treaty with Mexico for...

GLC03587.05

to the women of New England

The New England Women's Auxiliary Association encourages women to assist in the efforts of the United States Sanitary Commission. Describing the organization, the Commission states, "It gives its aid whenever and wherever it is most needed...

GLC03619.01.01

[General Orders regarding a resolution to encourage enlistments in the regular army and volunteer forces]

Thomas, Adjutant General, issues orders intended to encourage military participation by offering payment to new and renewed enlistments and to those successful in recruiting new enlistments.

GLC03619.01.12