circa September 1945

Typed document

Title: Constitutional Changes To Be Proposed

One document entitled Constitutional Changes To Be Proposed circa September 1945. Regarding possible changes in the Japanese Government post surrender.

GLC09930.13.03

15 November 1945

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Typed document

Title: to Colonel Fulcher

One letter from Dever Spencer Byard to Colonel Fulcher dated November 15, 1945. Regarding legal representation and policy with occupying forces in Japan.

GLC09930.14.01

15 November 1945

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Typed letter

Title: to Colonel Fulcher

One letter from Dever Spencer Byard to Colonel Fulcher dated November 15, 1945. Regarding legal representation and policy with occupying forces in Japan. (Same as GLC09930.14.01)

GLC09930.14.02

26 November 1945

Typed document

Title: The Imperial Diet

One document entitled The Imperial Diet dated November 26, 1945. A list of the committees and members of the Diet.

GLC09930.15

December 1945

Typed document

Title: [Abolishment of Certain Political Parties, Associations, Societies and Other Organizations]

One document regarding the "Abolishment of Certain Political Parties, Associations, Societies and Other Organizations" dated December 1945. Includes policies of why organizations are to be disbanded as well as an appendix listing the organizations in question.

GLC09930.16

circa 1819

Renault, John Francis, fl. 1804

Engraving

Title: The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781

One engraving entitled The British surrendering their arms to Gen, Washington after their defeat at Yorktown Virginia October 1781 dated circa 1819. Features British officers on the right, with Cornwallis presenting his sword, and French and American officers, center and left, with George Washington holding his hat in his left hand. Officers identified, from left: "Lincoln, Rochambeau, Washington, Knox, De Lauzen, La Fayette, Tarleton, Cornwallis, Abercrombie, Chewton." Allegorical scene on the right, behind the British, showing discord, a female figure, wearing liberty cap and floating on…

GLC08878.1309

26 September 1945

Evert, fl. 1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to Frank B. White

One letter from Evert to Frank B. White dated September 26, 1945. Mentions being in Baltimore on the evening of VJ Day, and discusses the celebrations that took place. The letter was sent to Jean L. White on October 6, 1945. Evert writes, "I was in Baltimore on VJ day rather the evening the radio announced that Jap had agreed to surrender. I was coming back from my Mother's place on Long Island and we had stopped for dinner. The Greek chased everyone out of the place, except for a few of us service men, to secure the place. What a celebration took off in that city. Then of all times the…

GLC09855.277.02

1940-1958

Byard, Dever Spencer, 1908-1992

Header Record

Title: Government papers from the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard, father of Margaret Stearns [Decimalized .01-.75]

Collection of papers concerning the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard. This collection consists of 147 items. The main topics included in the collection are; the surrender of Japan and legal concerns of this surrender, Dever Spencer Byard's insurance and duty in the Navy reserves post war. Many of the documents were gathered and stapled together as documentation for either insurance documentation or reserve service documentation.

GLC09930

2 November 1781

Anderson, Alex, fl. 1781

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Anderson, a British Naval surgeon during the American Revolution, writes to his wife about naval engagements, his travel to the West Indies, her access to money, their correspondence, and his affection for her. Also discusses news of "the capitulation of Cornwallis" at Yorktown. Expresses his desire that "this winter will bring about a Peace. for it is every ones Opinion here, that America is lost to Great Brittain and must obtain its Independence."

GLC06282

17 August 1863

Gardner, Franklin, 1823-1873

Autograph document signed

Title: [Parole of General Frank Gardner and Lieutenant Alcee Dupre]

Paroles of honor signed by Gardner and Dupre as prisoners of war after the surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana on 9 July 1863. "We ... Officers of the Confederate Army, and prisoners of War, do hereby give this, our Parole of Honor, that we will not escape or attempt to escape from the building or premises, now occupied by us." Signed by Captain Eugene Tindale as a witness. Gardner was a Confederate major general.

GLC06310

21 May 1865

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. Copper

Sherman defends the terms of surrender he gave to General Joseph Johnston, discussing his "Memorandum" (i.e., Johnston's surrender agreement), and claiming the document was written "quickly." Sherman writes that "Sam [U.S. Grant] never saw or heard about it." He further notes that it was "a mere naked memorandum for the new President [Andrew Johnson] to manipulate and give me what I had a right to ask some definite idea of the status of the surrendered army." Sherman claims that he didn't think it would be publicized. Written in a camp near Alexandria, Virginia, on stationary marked "Head-…

GLC06334

9 April 1865

Broadside

Title: [Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]

Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years, conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch." Based on content and tone, this card probably pre-dates Lincoln's assassination.

GLC06056

6 July 1863

Newspaper

Title: The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 5 (July 6, 1863)]

Siege of Vicksburg. A Southerner surrenders for whiskey. Many articles illustrate Army - Navy Rivalry. Prints poem Hiawatha.

GLC06107.23

13 April 1865

Bondurant & Elliot

Newspaper

Title: The Richmond whig. [Vol. 1, no. 9 (April 13, 1865)]

Issue is dedicated to General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Prints the correspondence between General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant leading up to the surrender. Prints general orders. Includes articles on the fall of the Confederate capital at Richmond and lists the buildings destroyed by fire, who owned the buildings, and the cost of each property. Publishes an open letter to the people of Virginia from various senators in order to call an emergency session. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public…

GLC06107.26

13 May 1865

Sparrow, Edward, 1810-1882

Broadside

Title: To the people of the State of Louisiana

Announces that all the Confederate forces in the states east of the Mississippi River have been surrendered to the United States and that the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Richard Taylor are prisoners of war. States that the surrender of the Confederate forces in the states west of the Mississippi River must soon be made. Advises citizens not to form groups of military resistance as it will only result in further devastation.

GLC05987.44

18 August 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Tri-Weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 65 (August, 18, 1863)]

A rare postmarked issue with Civil War news, including a report of the surrender of Vicksburg. There is also an article advocating conscripting slaves to fight for the Confederacy and fugitive slave ads. Contains foreign news as well as news from around Texas and New Orleans. Reports on local elections. Cushing was the editor.

GLC06015

1781-1791

Manuscript document

Title: [Revolutionary War orderly book]

For New York garrison located at West Point, New Windsor, Peekskill, Dobbs Ferry and Philipsburg Manor. Contains orders from Washington, describes Cornwallis's defeat and surrender at Yorktown (although this garrison remained on the Hudson), news of the final peace settlement and resulting celebration. Includes copies of correspondence between high ranking officers and foreign diplomats and dignitaries. The book mentions or alludes to many important figures in the Revolution, including D'Estaing, Greene, Robert Howe, Lafayette, Marion, Pickens, Rawdon, Cornwallis, De Grasse, Rochambeau and…

GLC05969

January 14, 1862

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly South Carolinian. [Vol. 25, no. 6 (January 14, 1862)]

French Vessel Fired Into by Federals, From the Upper Potomac, Surrender of Vera Cruz.

GLC05959.46

May 1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of three documents related to the surrender of E. K. Smith] Decimalized

GLC05987.09

26 October 1781

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Responds to Hodgdon's letter about sending ordnance from Baltimore for the siege of Yorktown (see GLC02437.01249) and hopes news of Lord Cornwallis' surrender reached him before the ships set sail. Asks that the shell and shot be sent to Head of Elk, Maryland instead. Hodgdon was the commissary general of military stores appointed by the Board of War & Ordnance.

GLC02437.01263

29 September 1781

Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes from Camp High Hills that he hopes Knox is with General George Washington in Virginia, where "the prospect is so bright and the glory so great." Wished the Continental Army had attacked New York, which was planned before the decision to concentrate forces at Yorktown. Anticipates that Washington will force British General Cornwallis to surrender, ("pile his arms"). Talks in general about the difficulties of his Southern campaign. Inquires about family and friends.

GLC02437.01198

21 October 1781

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Communicates General George Washington's order that 100 swords confiscated from enemy forces at the surrender of Yorktown be sent to the regiment of Marquis Laval. Hand was an adjutant general under Washington.

GLC02437.01255

26 October 1781

Humphreys, David, 1752-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Communicates request from General George Washington that Knox forward him the return of ordnance and ordnance captured from the British in the siege of Yorktown. Washington intends to send the return with a letter to Congress. Colonel Humphreys was an aide to George Washington. GLC02437.10031 is Knox's copy of the report sent in response to this letter.

GLC02437.01265

9 May 1865

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Broadside

Title: Gen. Forrest to his troops.

Title from heading. Addressed to "soldiers." Details the fact that "the troops of this Department have been surrendered. ...That we are BEATEN is a self evident fact, and any further resistance on our part would be justly regarded as the very height of folly and rashness." Encourages full cooperation with the Federal authorities.

GLC07197

April 1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of General Robert E. Lee]

3/4 length bust portrait of Lee. Variant of Meredith p. 61 (which has full image). This photograph is one of the series which Brady took at Richmond after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

GLC07075