1861-1877

Wellstood, William, 1819-1900

Engraving

Title: [Portraits of Notable People]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Stephen Arnold Douglas, Benjamin Franklin Wade, William Pitt Fessenden, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, John Cabell Breckenridge, and Henry Winter Davis. Engraved by William Wellstood.

GLC08878.0114

1815-1860

J.T., Reading, & Co. (photographer), fl. 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [carte de visite, street scene]

White mount. Street scene with mourning bunting on flag pole and several African Americans gathered in the street. Two signs below the flag read "Republican. Lincoln Lives." And "Union & Liberty," respectively.

GLC05136.22

20 May 1880

Turner, J. Milton, 1840-1915

Autograph document signed

Title: [Circular Letter re: Statement of support for the Nomination of Blanche Kelso Bruce as Vice President]

Turner and Bell are addressing the Republican Party with the intention of putting forth Blanche Kelso Bruce as a nominee for the Vice Presidency of the United States at the upcoming Chicago Convention. The two then discuss his consistent record as a Republican Senator in the south an area that the Republicans have been losing control over, as well as the fact that the population in the south is becoming disenfranchised. The two bring up his loyalty to the Republican Party, as well as his responsible conduct as a Senator. The statement also mentions the numbers of republican voters in…

GLC09400.133

23 April 1880

Tapley, James, fl. 1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Tapley is asking for the Land notices after they are published in Jackson to advertise to Republicans.

GLC09400.138

14 December 1878

Townsend, Jas B., fl. 1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Townsend is writing to Senator Bruce asking his support in making sure that the current candidate for sheriff in his county J.H. Campbell, also the incumbent does not get confirmed. He starts the letter by telling the Senator that he was the "first White Man in my County that voted an Open Republican Ticket" and that as a result he was "ostracized, and even Burnt in Effigy upon the streets in my town" by the "present incumbent of the Post Office of this Place"

GLC09400.147

14 April 1877

Redpath, James, 1833-1891

Broadside

Title: A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian

This broadside is titled "A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian" and is summarized at the top in a paragraph "The President's Policy Discussed by a Radical Republican - Duty Of The Colored People - No Further Allegiance due to the Republican Party - Why the Blacks should join the Democratic Party" The main part of the broadside is a detailed step by step argument of why African Americans should join the Democratic party. It is all a reaction to President Hayes policies that the author feels have abandoned the African Americans and will not help them. The author James…

GLC09400.007

11 December 1876

Hancock, W.W., fl. 1876-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hancock is writing to Senator Bruce about the situation of the country, specifically the last election in which Hayes was elected president. Hancock mentions being beaten by Seagleton because republicans were "not voting in some of the Counties through fear of personal safety"

GLC09400.198

February 27, 1875

Webster, E.A., 1849-?

Newspaper

Title: The free citizen. [Vol. 1, no. 29 (February 27, 1875)]

Includes a fictional romance, articles on freedmen and southern culture, a message from a local grange hall, several reports of a scientific nature, and advertisements. Extremely fragile, and torn along several creases. "Richard Gadson" is written in pencil at the top of the first page.

GLC05959.40.01

February 17, 1868

Manuscript document signed

Title: to H. B. Anthony

"The undersigned request that a meeting of republican Senators be called for to consider pending political questions." Relating to impeachment proceedings of President Andrew Johnson, signed by W. P. Fessenden and 28 other Senators.

GLC09037

February 6, 1863

Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Damuth

Worried that his sister is sick with diphtheria. Many of the men in camp are sick, and the first man in Damuth's company has died. Damuth's friend Jesse has been vaccinated for small pox and complains of feeling unwell. Comments on a black servant who does the cooking - "a good fellow but is an exception to his race." Complains about division in the North between Republicans and pacifist Democrats.

GLC03523.14.12

3 November 1973

Collins, Charles C., fl. 1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Charles C. Collins to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 3, 1973. Collins supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Lists grievances with administration. Also advises Congressmen to "back off from the nomination of Gerald Ford" and suggests, "Nixon is going to go down. Let's not let him take out country -- or the Republican Party -- down with him."

GLC09613.02.0557

31 December 1973

Maechem, George, fl. 1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from George Maechem and Mary Maechem to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated December 31, 1973. The Maechems support the impeachment of President Nixon. They are concerned about the survival of the Republican party and write, "If we can see little difference between continued inaction and explicit approval of the countless crimes, frauds, and assorted misdeeds committed by this president."

GLC09613.02.0607

3 October 1860

Storer, George W., fl. 1860

Letter signed

Title: to Mary Storer

One letter addressed to Mary Storer from George W. Storer dated Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, October 3, 1860. Describes his sightings of noted politicians staying at his hotel such as President Fillmore, congressmen, and others; visiting with friends; expresses wanting to visit Central Park, and Greenwood Cemetery. Mentions that on his way back from Brooklyn in a omnibus they were stopped by a police officer because there "was about thirty thousand 'Wide Awakes'" that were parading with banners and torches. Also attached as a note expressing his wishes to buy a place in New York.

GLC09833

29 October 1973

Curran, John F., fl. 1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from John F. Curran to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 29, 1973. Curran, a registered Republican, supports the impeachment of President Nixon. He writes, "I do believe, having talked to many of the other Republicans in my area, that my views reflect perhaps on a milder basis those expressed by the vast majority."

GLC09613.02.0741

29 October 1973

Wrather, Joan, fl. 1973

Typed letter signed

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Joan Wrather to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 29, 1973. Wrather supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Mentions the credibility of the legislators who are involved in the impeachment.

GLC09613.02.0743

18 July 1974

Gartrell, Gregory Jr., fl. 1974

Typed letter signed

Title: to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Gregory Gartrell Jr. to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated July 18, 1974. Gartrell Jr., a registered Republican voter and supporter of Nixon expresses that he can no longer support the president.

GLC09613.02.0754

20 September 1863

Tillotson, Edwin, fl. 1861-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: To George Tillotson

Enclosed with GLC04558.122.01. Written by George Tillotson's sister Mary and her husband Edwin. Mary writes of her hard work and says Nelly [Nelson] was taken prisoner. Edwin's letter (beginning on p.2) complains of poor health (consumption) and answers GWT (punctuation regularized): "I can scarcely believe you serious in your accusation against abolitionists as the cause of the war. It was the slave masters who first made opinions on slavery [into] political tests, and demanded 'soundness on the [illegible]' of every man north or south who asked office at Washington. It was they who…

GLC04558.122.02

21 November 1863

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: To his wife

Hopes for furlough; talks about presidential election "I dont suppose for a moment that any soldier would go home and vote a Copperhead ticket, and on the other hand, I wouldnt vote a republican ticket just merely because it was republican but I should most assuredly vote for the Union, and those that would maintain it, let the principle appear under any name whatsoever." Jokes about appearance.

GLC04558.124

21 September 1864

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Farm advice; mustering out in one month's time. Politics: predicts Lincoln will win; eludes to soldiers support of Lincoln; Copperheads (democrats) are worse than sessionists. Has a cold. Written at Fort Powhatan .

GLC04558.162

7 March 1863

Coit, George O., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his mother and brother

Describes the smoothness of the New Jersey Railroad ride as a byproduct of the flat and uninteresting country. He is on his way to visit his brother, Charles, and suggests that his mother and sister follow suit. He describes attending a Union meeting at Cooper Institute with Mr. Edwards while in New York. The speaker, Colonel Baird of Brooklyn, addressed a large crowd who were very excited by the strong Union/abolitionist sentiment. He also describes seeing a play and eating oysters with his uncle.

GLC03603.203

15 March 1822

Sampson, Zabdiel, 1781-1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Notes a town meeting in which republican town officers were re-elected over opposition from local federalists. Discusses the county convention, the appropriations bill, and payment owed to a Mr. Morton for capturing a barge (see GLC06313.165). Thanks Hobart for his work getting amendments to "Mr. Holmes' Bill."

GLC06313.04.171

8 October 1865

McSherry, Eliza, 1829-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry F. McSherry

Written by Eliza to her brother Henry. References receiving his letter from the Cape of Good Hope. Is glad he is well and tells him his future "is in the hands of God, ask him to direct you, and it will all be right." Updates him on family and friends, telling him their brother Willie is now back home. Says "while the whole world has almost stood still you have been carried around to the other side of it. tho to us they have been nearly the same, I think you did well to enter the Navy when you did. you certainly could not have been doing anything better during the last four or five years and…

GLC03523.21.43

1856

Broadside

Title: Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South

Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating between enslaved and freedpeople. Published by the Rocky Mountain Club of Springfield, Ohio. Printed by C. F. Bradley.

GLC06143.25

1857-1864 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Owen Lovejoy]

Signed carte-de-visite of Radical Republican congressman Owen Lovejoy from Illinois. Lovejoy's Princeton, Ill. homestead was an important Underground Railroad station.

GLC09410

25 April 1861

Boham, Milledge L., 1813-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis W. Pickens

To SC Gov. F.W. Pickens, re the warm welcome of SC troops in Richmond and the occupation of Annapolis by "20,000 black Republican troops." Brig. Gen. Bonham says Virginia "is rather poorly provided for the great fight which is before her. Lee has just taken command and may bring things right."

GLC09308