5 August 1902

Miller, Clara M. fl. 1901-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin B. Sherzer

GLC05755.125

18 August 1902

Miller, Clara M. fl. 1901-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin B. Sherzer

GLC05755.126

22 August 1902

Miller, Clara M. fl. 1901-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin B. Sherzer

GLC05755.127

18 September 1902

Miller, Clara M. fl. 1901-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin B. Sherzer

Accompanied by an article on Dr. W.B. Palmore

GLC05755.128

23 September 1902

Miller, Clara M. fl. 1901-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin B. Sherzer

Accompanied by visiting notice for George L. Wageley for Collection of Revenue and clipping on Mt. Vernon Anniversary mentioning Dr. John J. Miller [illegible].

GLC05755.129

26 March 1879

Tachmyrtis (doctor), fl. 1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

A letter to Senator Bruce who was a member of the Education and Labor committee, from Dr. Tachmyrtis in regards to a positing on the Woodruff Scientific Expedition.

GLC09400.015

February 27, 1787

Moriarty, John, fl. 1785-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Describes his current difficulties in business and the amount of money he lost during the last War. Asks for a position within the army that is being raised and sent to the Ohio region.

GLC02437.03472

February 17, 1834

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Chilton

A very long letter to Chilton, a Kentucky congressman, in which Harrison recounts his experiences in the wars in the Northwest Territory. Voices his support for Chilton's proposal to extend the pension laws to veterans of the Indian Wars in the northwest, describing those conflicts as a continuation of the American Revolution. Reviews General Anthony Wayne's campaign in Ohio from 1793-1795 (Harrison served as his aide-de-camp). Describes the hardships faced by soldiers, and issues relating to recruitment, pay, and casualties. Recounts, at length, the careers and hardships of two…

GLC05300

February 27, 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Notes on a conversation with John Morgan]

Recounts a conversation he had with Morgan that day, about a letter Morgan wrote regarding an incident in the Northwest Territories. Writes that he informed Morgan he must take action and have the matter investigated, due to his office. The incident apparently pertained to General [Arthur] St. Clair, the late General [William] Butler, fighting with the Indians, and a possible Court Martial or Court of Inquiry.

GLC02437.05327

February 7, 1792- February 8, 1792

Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Contains two letters. The first, written on 7 February 1792, declares that he was informed by General [Benjamin] Lincoln that Lincoln has no openings under him and so will be unable to hire Peirce's son at present. However, he will keep him in mind for any future openings. Peirce's son, who is the bearer of the letter, intends to set up trade connections between Philadelphia and Boston. He also brings Knox a document from Henry Jackson related to their attempts to purchase land. Peirce discusses Jackson's attempts to get the legislature to approve the canal building project. The second…

GLC02437.05310

February 17, 1788

Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Encloses a letter to be forwarded to General [Arthur] St. Clair. Had assumed he would meet St. Clair in New York and that an Indian treaty would be negotiated by St. Clair in April. Plans to remain in Boston until the meeting of the Ohio Company, to be held in March at Providence, Rhode Island. Refers to Ohio Company business, mentioning Captain [Thomas] Hutchins. Mentions the majority by which the United States Constitution was passed in Massachusetts.

GLC02437.03799

February 17, 1781

Craig, Isaac, 1742-1826

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Indent of Ordnance Stores Necessary at this Post in Addition to those at Present here in Case any Offensive Operations are Intended from this Place Against the Enemys Posts Westward

Lists artillery supplies and stores. Written at Fort Pitt, which is current day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

GLC02437.00894

February 6, 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Newspaper

Title: Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1104 (February 6, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Discusses the futile but worthwhile attempt to find a northwest passage to the East Indies through Hudson Bay. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.130

February 17, 1773

McClure, David, 1748-1820

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes about his good health and safe return from Indian country. Mentions that he has not received a letter from Knox. Asks Knox to "convey the inclos'd by some safe Conveyance," possibly in reference to a book order. M'Clure sent Knox a letter from Fort Pitt on 20 August 1772, (see GLC02437.00015) indicating that he was going to serve as missionary to the Delaware Indians in a town on the Muskingum River in Ohio. M'Clure spells his name Maccluer.

GLC02437.00032

circa 1864

Whitney's Gallery

Photograph

Title: Photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota.

One photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota. A small black & white image, printed by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally with a letter (see GLC00203.10) by Edwin Jackson, a Private in Company D. of the 6th Minnesota Volunteers during the Civil War.

GLC00203.10.01

14 July 1777

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter

Title: to Henry Knox

Discusses the Continental evacuation of Ticonderoga: "My God, what a Stroke we have met with in Loss of Ticonderoga- after all the trouble, pains, & expense the Continent has been at in Fortifyg [sic] that Post, to think we should be obliged to give it up without fire'g a gun- is too much..." Predicts that because of the loss, "there will be nothing but Scalp'g & [Butcher'g] our back settlements..." Reports on the capture of The Fox, a British ship. Mentions the capture of British General Richard Prescott, and hopes for the exchange of Prescott for General [Charles] Lee.

GLC02437.00624

February 21, 1850

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George W. Crawford

To Secretary of War George W. Crawford, asking assistance in obtaining promotion. "I do not hesitate to say that I can furnish ample proof, from every Officer under whom I have served, of as much service as any Officer of my grade could have rendered. I shared a full part in every action (Save one) of the late war against Mexico. Before, and since the war I have constantly served on the Frontier. It is true that I have been breveted twice for services during the late war. But brevets have been given in such promiscuous profusion, that this is an empty requital, which confers neither fame nor…

GLC09254

1867-1869

Thompson, Samuel K., fl. 1867-1869

Diary

Title: [Diary of Samuel K. Thompson]

Officer diary of a Civil War veteran who had served as lieutenant in the 54th U.S. Colored Infantry during the war. The three diaries were written during service in one of four "buffalo soldier" regiments created after the war, comprising African-American volunteers and white commissioned officers, to occupy the South during Reconstruction and to man frontier forts on the Plains. Each diary includes additional notes and small newspaper clippings and a copy of his will (written April 1867). They provide great insight into the early history of one of the most celebrated "colored" regiments of…

GLC09357

12 October 1709

Belcher, Andrew, fl. 1709

Autograph document

Title: 1709 Province Massts. Bay, to Sundry Charges accruing from the Intended Expedition to Canada, Dr.

A list of charges accrued in preparation for an expidition into Canada. Debit report notes charges such as ammunition, building of barracks, clothing, various food supplies, and vessels to travel in. Brief docket on verso notes the date 12 October 1709.

GLC01450.612.04

1957

Smith, Karl, fl. 1938-1959

Map

Title: A Map of the United States 1492-1783

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1957. The map features the United States as it was from 1492-1783. It includes the borders of the new states at the close of the American Revolution in green. In yellow, is the land not held by the United States. Also listed on the map are locations of Native American tribes in red. The ocean of the map features illustrations of labeled period ships and sea monsters. Within the map are illustrations of Native American tribes and animals. In the area of Canada there are five early flags…

GLC09861.01

1958

Smith, Karl, fl. 1938-1959

Map

Title: A Map of the United States 1784-1844

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1958. The map features the United States as it was from 1784-1844. It includes the borders after the Louisiana Purchase in green. In yellow is the land not held by the United States. The date of a state's entry into the United States is featured under their name. The ocean of the map features illustrations of labeled period ships. Within the map are illustrations of Native American tribes, events, and animals. In the area of Canada there are two versions of the United States flag as…

GLC09861.02

1959

Smith, Karl, fl. 1938-1959

Map

Title: A Map of the United States 1845-1866

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1959. The map features the United States as it was from 1845-1866. It includes the borders after the Civil War outlined in green. Shaded in green are territories held by the United States that have not entered the union by 1866. The map also includes the future boundaries of the states. If a state entered the union during the date range of the map the year is listed under the name of the state. For states that seceded during the Civil War the date of reentrance into the union is in red…

GLC09861.03

1959

Smith, Karl, fl. 1938-1959

Map

Title: A Map of the United States 1867-1960

One map illustrated by Karl Smith and published by Linweave Quality Papers, and Chicago Paper Company dated 1959. The map features the United States as it was from 1867-1960. It includes the borders of the United States in 1960. Shaded in green are the lower forty-eight state. In the Gulf of Mexico are insets of Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, The Philippines, Samoa Islands, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands, The Panama Canal and Alaska. If a state entered the union during the date range of the map the year is listed under the name of the state. The ocean of the map features…

GLC09861.04

22 April 1799

Smith, Israel, 1763-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jedediah Smith

Writes to his brother in Boston that he was overjoyed to receive his letter as he never expected to hear from him since it has been 24 years. Gives information on how they can get letters back and forth to each other. Informs that he has a wife and three daughters. Discusses the Mississippi territory where he lives favorably and says he will not return to the cold of New England as it is easier to make a living here. Describes the fertile land and the crops that can be grown. Gives love to his family.

GLC04601.01

11 May 1810

Monett, Samuel, fl. 1810

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Williams

Writes to Williams in Ohio that he arrived in Natchez 6 May after a voyage of three weeks and five days. Mentions that he contracted dysentery on the trip but is okay. Reports that there is no produce for sale at the market and that there are 100 or 200 boats trying to sell their cargo. Lists some prices for goods. Observes that the country seems wealthy and there are many enslaved people. He will continue to the settlement of Red Lick near Port Gibson on Cole's Creek. Updates Williams on his relation Mr. Cochran, who lives near Bayou Pierre and is well. Gives regards to family and…

GLC04601.05