1835

Thomas, William, ?-1836

Book signed

Title: The enemies of the Constitution discovered; or, an inquiry into the origin and tendency of popular violence...

(title continues)... containing a complete and circumstantial account of the unlawful proceedings at the City of Utica, October 21st, 1835; the dispersion of the State Anti-Slavery Convention by the agitators, the destruction of a democratic press and of the causes which led thereto. Together with a concise treatise on the practice of the court of His Honor Judge Lynch. Accompanied with numerous highly interesting and important documents. Published by Leavitt, Lord, & Co. Author (Thomas, according to Library of Congress) writes under the pseudonym "Defensor." Signed in pencil several…

GLC06232.04

1866

Pamphlet

Title: The New Orleans riot. Its official history.

Opens with the statement "It was no Riot- It was an Absolute Massacre by the Police- A Murder Perpetrated by the Mayor." Includes dispatches pertaining to the riot from Albert Voorhies, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; Andrew Herron, Louisiana Attorney General; President Andrew Johnson; Edward Davis Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General; Edwin McMasters Stanton, Secretary of War, and General Ulysses S. Grant, among others. Contains newspaper reports on the event from the New York Tribune and the New York Times. The final page contains a Tribune report stating "We must convince the SOUTH…

GLC06232.08

1845-1849

Porterfield, George A., 1822-1919

Diary

Title: Mexican War and post-war diary

Part one, crudely bound, includes vignettes about people Porterfield encountered, a pen and ink sketch of Rancho Buena Vista, and a rudimentary genealogy. Part two, unbound, begins in April 1848 and records his travels and activities after the war ends. Mentions being in love with Miss Ybarra and is saddened to leave. By September 1849 he has become the editor of the Gazette in Martinsburg and is studying to become a lawyer. He is relieved his wife, possibly Miss Ybarra, is enjoying living in the United States. Part three consists of a receipt, a list of deceased relatives, a note…

GLC06299

22 March 1865

French, George Z., fl. 1865

Newspaper

Title: Herald of the union. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (March 22, 1865)]

Union occupation newspaper with headline "News of the fall of Wilmington." Also: Postponement of the adjournment of the Confederate Congress, discussion of correspondence between General William T. Sherman and Confederate general Wade Hampton, reprint of an article by Horace Greeley on James Gordon Bennett, "Mrs. Lirripers Legacy," by Charles Dickens.

GLC06107.15

10 May 1862

Eastman, A. W., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Soldier's News-Letter

Edited by Eastman with editorial assistance by Charles Giles of Belfast, Maine. Soldiers' newspaper (Vol. 1, No. 1) reporting on capture of Forts Jackson and Philip, which led to the fall of New Orleans. Gives news of events in New Orleans since its fall. Report of drunken Union soldier mistakenly hurrahed for Jeff Davis and was thrown in jail. Other miscelleanous news tidbits throughout, mostly concerned with logisitical issues involving New Orleans. News extracts from the "New Orleans Bee" of 2 May 1862 and the "New Orleans Picayune" of 6 May 1862. List of dead from the 30th Massachusetts…

GLC06107.20

9 July 1864

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

Newspaper

Title: The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 6 (July 9, 1864)]

Begins with note from the paper stating they must now begin to refuse subscribers because of the exorbitant prices of paper. Notice from Confederate tax collector. Wallpaper has same pattern as GLC 5988.15, with a gray and green acorn pattern.

GLC05988.16

17 July 1862

Boyce, William Waters, 1818-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Judah P. Benjamin

Offers Benjamin a number of suggestions for Confederate foreign policy. Suggests that the Confederacy should "propose a peace to the Lincoln Government the terms of which should be peculiarly favourable to the North West and Pennsylvania." Expects "Lincoln would reject this tender, but the offer I think would do us good." Expects that "The tendency of this offer is to divide the North West and Pennsylvania from the rest of the North." If the peace offers "free navigation of the Mississippi" and other such concessions favoring the North West, this may help convince these areas that…

GLC06003

18 March 1826

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robley Dunglison

Mentions a draft in progress for the dispensary with proposed amendments for the University of Virginia. Inquires about a list of periodicals requested for annual renewal by the faculty.

GLC06022

2 July 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]

Misspelled title in masthead: "Ctizen." This is a variant issue of the newspaper printed with the last half column re-set by Union soldiers after the occupied Vicksburg on July 4. See the original Confederate printing, GLC 5988.05, and the Union printing (with correct masthead), GLC 5959.20. Wallpaper has blue and brown pastoral family scene.

GLC06043

1733-1735

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Header Record

Title: New-York Weekly journal [decimalized]

GLC06108

1 May 1789

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Freeman

An amusing and friendly letter to his former Harvard classmate. Discusses their correspondence. Also discusses the visit to town of two young women (Miss Charlotte Geyer and Miss Breck) who Adams wishes to meet "under the shade of an amorous myrtle." Mentions a magazine and publishing by Geyer and other women. Also comments on his legal education and his study habits: "I have no reason to boast of my industry...mere professional books should claim but a small part of a student's application." Asks for a subscription to the Herald of Freedom.

GLC05902

1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Confederate newspaper collection [decimalized]

Confederate newspapers collection. First-hand accounts of the war by Confederate journalists in the field and soldiers at the front, soldiers' and officers' letters written home, general orders and military directives issued by the commanders on the battlefield. Many printed on different types of necessity paper, including one on "wallpaper." Most have excellent provenance, e.g., the Texas papers addressed to Bishop Gregg in Houston; others are deaccessioned from institutional collections (e.g., Tennessee Historical Society). From Fort Sumter to Lee's Surrender at Appomattox, covering both…

GLC05959

1862, 1864, 1865

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

Header Record

Title: Opelousas courier.

The paper was edited by Joel H. Sandoz and William H. Spencer during the first year of this run; by 1864, Sandoz had become chief editor. Sandoz had previously edited the Opelousas Gazette, the town's first paper. Each issue includes war communications and updates and instructions for specific troops. Ads cover war benefits, retail and legal notices, and employment needs and openings. Vol. 10 no. 14; vol. 11 nos. 42-43; vol. 12 nos. 23, 30, 36 and 43. (1862/3/8, 1864/1/23, 1864/1/30, 1864/11/5, 1864/12/24, 1865/2/4, 1865/3/25) 1861 issue is 4 pages; rest are 2 pages. After 1862, the…

GLC05959.15

1862

Lumsden, F.A., & G.W., fl. 1862

Header Record

Title: Daily picayune. (New Orleans, La.)

Vol. 26, nos.199 and 272. 4 p. each. 1862/09/14 and 1862/12/09. Volume 272 is printed on darker paper.

GLC05959.16

5 March 1862

M. Shannon & W.H. M'Cardle (publishers)

Newspaper

Title: Vicksburg weekly Whig. [ Vol. 24 no. 10 (March 5, 1862)]

Battle of Fort Donelson; Fayetteville, Ark. Ordered burned.

GLC05959.19

2 July 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: Daily citizen. [July 2, 1863]

The famous wallpaper issue with the "Note" added by Grant's soldiers in the last column. This issue has the banner title spelled correctly. (See also GLC 6043, the variant issue with misspelled masthead.) Docketed on verso, signed by Lt. Tom Custer, 1st Arkansas Colored Infantry. Note is written to "Charley," dated March 29, 1864. (Thomas M. Custer, formerly of the 124th Illinois, was recruiting for the 46th US Colored Troops. He joined the regiment as 1st Lieutenant in Jan. 1865. Copies of service files in collateral.) This is the rarest of all Vicksburg wallpaper editions, being the last…

GLC05959.20

1862

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892

Header Record

Title: Weekly standard.

The paper gives regular reports of the latest war news. Advertisements include runaway slave notices and slaves for sale; retail, real estate, and other items for sale; conscription substitutes wanted; lost items; and market reports. Telegraphic news is also included. Obituaries are printed, as are notices of deserters. Many issues contain minutes of the North Carolina Legislature or Acts and Resolutions of the North Carolina General Assembly. Most issues contain fugitive slave and negro for sale ads. (1862/9/17, 1862/12/17, 1862/12/24, and 1862/12/31)

GLC05959.22

15 June 1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Miller

Encloses his editorial entitled "The People's Constitution" (see GLC05757.01) and requests that they print it on Friday. Ends with patriotic fervor: "But every man must be true to the Constitution. There must be no compromise." A note at the bottom asks to be remembered to Low & Millard. Millard, Low, & Miller published the Daily Express. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over suffrage rights in Rhode Island.

GLC05757.02

25 June 1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Millard, Low, & Miller

Governor Dorr encloses a proclamation and general order (see GLC05757.04 and GLC05757.05) to be published "without delay" in the Daily Express, the Herald, or some other paper. Rejects the insinuation in an editorial in the Express that he might be persuaded to abandon the People's Constitution. Discusses suffrage, comments "I know of no way to abrogate it, except by a majority of the whole People," and asks: "Has the Express abandoned the cause of the People." Millard, Low, & Miller published the Daily Express. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over…

GLC05757.03

25 June 1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Autograph document signed

Title: General Orders

Governor Dorr sent this order with a letter (see GLC05757.03) to Millard, Low, & Miller, publishers of the Daily Express. Orders the mobilization of volunteer forces. "It has become the duty of all our citizenship who believe that the People are sovereign, and have a right to make and alter their forms of government, now to sustain by all necessary means, the Constitution adopted by the People of this State, and the Government elected under the same." Several edits. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over suffrage rights in Rhode Island.

GLC05757.05

27 August 1842

Simons, William, 1785-1845

Broadside

Title: Republican Herald--Extra. Governor Morton's Letter.

An extra from a Rhode Island newspaper, published by Simons, that prints a letter from the former governor of Massachusetts, Marcus Morton. Morton declares that the circumstances in Rhode Island (relating to the Dorr Rebellion) are of national concern. States the Whig Government almost unanimously supports the old Charter government and the Democratic newspapers support the new Constitution. Although he asserts his neutrality, the letter clearly sides with Dorr and his supporters.

GLC05757.06

1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Autograph document signed

Title: [Thomas Dorr's response to Whig accusations during the Dorr Rebellion]

Written in the third person and signed "Gov. Dorr" at the top of the page. Responds to accusations in Whig newspapers that he is "one of the most pusillanimous cowards in existence" and is "about to descend upon Rhode Island with a military force." Compares Dorr to Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. Dorr, then an illegitimate governor, led the Dorr Rebellion over suffrage rights in Rhode Island. Pencilled note on the verso indicates the document is written in Dorr's hand.

GLC05757.07

25 November 1786

Higginson, Stephen, 1743-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes that since his last letter, the loan for raising men to oppose the Indians has been offered, and it has been debated for several days. The reference to "Indians" is code for the troops being raised to suppress Shays's Rebellion. Explains different positions on the subject. Mentions that Shays' Rebellion has factored into the discussion. Seems to think they will, in a few days, have the money necessary for enlisting the men. Encloses a newspaper article about the doings of the General Court (not present). Also discusses how well the government seems to be functioning. Recipient…

GLC02437.03343

1 January 1794

Harwood, Richard, fl. 1791-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Makes inquiries about the value of the estate in the District of Maine. Heard its value has gone up considerably and that timber is being shipped as far away as Virginia. Believes Knox made a good profit on the lands and wants to know what Knox raised from his wife's portion of the estate. Says that it was his wife's "intention to have conveyed her share to you as proposed by Mrs. Knox, but every American we have consulted & particularly one Gentleman who has a large Estate in the same Neighbourhood say it wou'd be folly in the extreme to part with so valuable an Estate for such a…

GLC02437.06017

2 December 1801

Hoskins, Henry, fl. 1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he is forwarding him 507 copies of the advertisement Knox sent him. Notes the copies were printed on the best paper he had. Also includes the price of the copies.

GLC02437.07688