January 5,1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses letter he received from his brother. Is concerned about movements forced on his family in order to escape union troops, as well as the defense of their homes. Charles was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. Richard was his father.

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January 9,1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Hutson is "sad to hear about the breaking up of our home & the giving up of our country" in South Carolina. His family has moved to Barnwell, South Carolina, but he advises them to move again if the union advances further. Comments that Kenshaw's old brigade has been sent to join General William J. Hardee, and that John C. Haskell's 7th South Carolina regiment was on its way to South Carolina. Hutson is anxious to protect his home state. Discusses a possible furlough. Reports that a Union attack on Wilmington, Virginia, failed, but troops from Hutson's army have been sent there to…

GLC08165.68

16 March 1865

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard W. Hutson

Discusses suffering in the south during the Civil War. He is getting along well in the army. He heard about the occupation of Orangeburg, South Carolina, but took longer to find out whether or not their family had left. Discusses correspondence (or a lack of) with various family members. He has heard that William T. Sherman has left their county and moved to the east. He has not changed location since his last letter. Calls the Union troops "lawless wretches" and hopes "the negroes have proved true and faithful." He would not be surprised if Richmond was lost. Discusses the Confederacy…

GLC08165.69

November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: Provision return for the Canadian refugee drawing at West Point

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

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November 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [List of Canadian refugees drawing provision at Newburgh and West Point]

Lists men by military denomination, number of men in each denomination and rations issued. Countersigned by John Lillie.

GLC02437.02812

10 April 1783

Hand, Edward, 1744-1802

Autograph document signed

Title: to Benjamin Walker

Document written by General Hand to Lieutenant Colonel Walker as an aide-de-camp to General von Steuben. Says the bearer of this letter, a Mr. Victor, late an ensign in General Hazen's regiment waits on Walker to draw provisions as a Canadian refugee in distress. Claims Victor has not drawn provisions since February. Walker has written and signed a note on page 2 which commands the contractors to issue provisions to Victor as a refugee and to include them on the abstract for 9 March. A note written and signed by Doughty as Fort Major of West Point and dated 13 April says that General Knox…

GLC02437.02080

17 July 1783

Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for army rations issued]

Provision return for rations issued to three men from Colonel Antill's regiment. Lieutenant Wright's company in the ordinance department. Return also includes 2 women. The 5 people were issued 26 rations from 17-20 July. Signed by both Lieutenant Wright and Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Docket signed by a William Burrows stating that contractors delivered the rations.

GLC02437.02299

October 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for Canadians refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

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September 1783

Merlet, H., fl. 1783

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Provision return for the Canadian refugees]

Lists men by military denomination with issued rations.

GLC02437.02590

3 May 1863

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister Ella

Reports a skirmish with the rebels where one Union soldier was lost. Two companies from his regiment were ordered out after two soldiers had been discovered dead two miles from camp. Seven men, thought to have been responsible for the murders were detained but later released when their innocence was proven. The letter is continued on the evening of May 5th. Writes that refugees from Kinston, North Carolina reported that rebels have left, possibly to Suffolk. Reports that his health is fine. Written at Batchelder's Creek.

GLC02016.031

13 June 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 101 (June 13, 1862)]

Subjects include the Battle of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, Army Correspondent Evacuation of the West after the Fall of Fort Pillow, Liberty's Inaugural Address to the Young Confederacy, The Report on the Death of Turner Ashby. Advertisements for Confederate bonds, food, book-binding, land, and other miscellaneous goods. Print is fading where archival tape has been used. Large tears in paper throughout issue.

GLC05959.09.029

18 June 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 105 (June 18, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Corinth, The New Orleans True Delta, The names of six men to be shot by Butler, Butler's Order Respecting the Ladies of New Orleans, and general Army Movements. Runaway slave notice is posted on upper secton of second page. Advertisements for goods and services throughout issue. Document is creased in the middle of the page and is held together with archival tape.

GLC05959.09.032

25 June 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 111 (June 25, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Yorktown, The Destruction of the Virginia and Mississippi, and the Defeat of General Curtis by General Hindman at the Battle of Pea Ridge. Advertisements for food, goods, and other miscellaneous services. There are military post orders which include a curfew for slaves and free people of color. Pages are bound together. Archival tape is used throughout the issue.

GLC05959.09.037

26 June 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 112 (June 26, 1862)]

Subjects include the Evacuation of Cumberland Gap, Kentucky, a Letter by Governor Brown on the Invasion, and a Guerrilla Raid on General J.E.B. Stuart. Advertisements for land, food, and other miscellaneous goods and services. Notice for a runaway slave on second page. Chart listing escaped federal prisoners on second page. Pages are bound together and certain segments of the document have archival tape.

GLC05959.09.038

17 July 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 129 (July 17, 1862)]

An article titled, "The Negro Regiment of South Carolina: Explanation of Gen. Hunter" prints correspondence between Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and Major General D. Hunter regarding a report that Hunter has mustered a regiment of fugitive slaves. Another article, "General Grant has Ordered all Confederate Families to Leave Memphis". Includes accounts of proceedings in the U.S. Senate, troop movements and battle reports, advertisements, and local news.

GLC05959.09.050

20 February 1863

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (February 20, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on "General Beauregard Urges Charlestonians to Evacuate", "Great Speech of Honorable C.L. Vallandigham entitled 'Upon the War'", and "Forrest Drives the Yankees from Franklin". This newspaper is badly ripped all across and in several pieces.

GLC05959.09.142

1 April 1863

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 41 (April 1, 1863)]

"Maryland's Crisis, A political Outline, by W. Jefferson Buchanan" summarizes a pamphlet which argues that Maryland was "predestined to become the victim of Yankee insolence and outrage." "Another Victory at Vicksburg! One Gunboat Sunk, One Disabled, and Two Driven Back" includes two army dispatches giving details of the battle, signed by "Nestor". "The City Burned & Evacuated by the Abolitionists" refers to events at Pensacola.

GLC05959.09.163

January 16, 1886

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander M. Ross

One lettera ddressed to Alexander M. Ross from Anne Brown Adams dated January 16, 1886. Mentions hardships of motherhood and awaiting word from a publisher to printpapers that she spent. Thanks him for suggesting soda as a remedy for her sore throat. Expects that he was happy to see his "refugees." This may refer to people he aided with seeking emancipation.

GLC03007.13

2 July 1804

Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813

Manuscript document

Title: [Opinion on the inheritence of Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate]

Written in two hands. The first section, apparently in Knox's hand, outlines the lines of ownership and inheritance related to Mrs. Hannah Flucker's estate: declares that upon the death of Mrs. Hannah Flucker (the mother of Lucy Knox), half of the estate went to the Captain Thomas Flucker (Lucy's brother) and his heirs, one quarter went to Mrs. Hannah Urquhart Harwood (Lucy's sister) and her heirs, and one quarter went to Lucy. The writer would like to know whether Mrs. Harwood and the heirs of Captain Flucker (who died in 1784) can claim their inheritance, since Harwood and Flucker left…

GLC02437.07868

4 June 1864

Burch, James Anderson, 1829-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Wortham

Burch asks Wortham to send Lea's petition from last winter as the latest one is missing. Lea has a large, helpless family and Burch wishes to send him home to support them. Burch reports that a truce boat came yesterday for the friends of those who went with the Yankees and will return in a few days. Excerpt: "I have no news of importance a truce boat came up yesterday for the friends of those who went with the Yankees who they said they heard at Newbern was suffering the commander at Newbern sent for them they did not carry off any person but said they will come again in a few days. All…

GLC02233.44

10 June 1864

Van Hook, John C., 1831-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Wortham

Van Hook has just learned that two hundred Union soldiers have landed at Bath and he is certain that they can be captured and their boats sunk. He asks Wortham to send his battery, two companies of infantry, and his company of cavalry to assist in this operation. Excerpt: "…a party of Yankees no. two hundred have landed at [Bath?] taking off citizens they have taken two good & loyal citizens. Their gunboats two at least is laying in the river & have been for several days they can be sunk without a doubt. I wish you to join me & send your battery & two Companies of…

GLC02233.45

22 May 1777

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Discusses their recent exchange, noting that he had not received some of her letters due to the postman's mistake. Expresses how much he misses her, emphasizing that nothing but an obligation to his country could separate them. Mentions the threat posed by General John Burgoyne, stating that Lucy, in Boston, should "get a House in the Country as a Retreat." Can not assure Lucy regarding a possible visit due to the danger of the roads and the uncertainty of his location. In closing, notes "I shall always make it a rule to write you by the post, and expect the same from you."

GLC02437.00599

12 November 1821

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Smith Thompson

Transmits a pardon (not included) for Thomas Bryant made on condition of his leaving the country. Thompson was Secretary of the Navy.

GLC08916

20 September 1847

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Matilda Mason

Responds to a previous letter from Matie, possibly a relative by marriage. Mentions mutual acquaintances, including a fellow soldier named Rhett. Relates that he occupies a suite of apartments belonging to Senora Santa Anna (wife of former Mexican leader Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna) at the National Palace. Discusses Senora Santa Anna's flowers at length. Supposes Mexico City's "principal people have fled..." Discusses characteristics and the layout of the city, including the position of the National Palace and museums. States that Bankhead (possibly Charles Bankhead) serves as the…

GLC08894

February 13, 1833

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Appalachicola Tribe of Indians

Concerns the cession and removal from the Appalachicola Indians' Florida land and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by James Gadsen, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and John Blunt with the Appalachicola leaders on 11 October 1831 (and ratified on 13 February 1833).

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