14 December 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia tells him there are more packages on the way, and sympathizes over cigarette situation. She also mentions Mad.

GLC09414.0463

27 December 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia writes that she received eight letters from Moe and complains about the lack of cigarettes. She also spoke to her father and had supper at Mad's.

GLC09414.0476

28 December 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia reports that Hy called and promised to get Moe some cigarettes. She also responded to the letters she received from him.

GLC09414.0477

30 December 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia took her mother to the dentist, and went to Mad's for dinner. She also notes that Ben managed to get five packs of cigarettes and will send him some.

GLC09414.0479

3 January 1945

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia writes that she just purchased a new suit for $9.98, when it's impossible to get a deal on anything. Also she heard from her father about Alvin and gives Moe his address.

GLC09414.0482

5 January 1945

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia writes that she loved Moe's letters and that they will be sending cigarettes to him soon.

GLC09414.0483

January 13, 1945

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia mentions Ben, Bess M., and Hy, and talks about the difficulty of getting cigarettes.

GLC09414.0491

January 24, 1945

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia spoke to Hy, and remarks on the freezing weather. She also brings up the ever active subject of cigarettes.

GLC09414.0501

January 31, 1945

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia stood in line for cigarettes, then went to a union meeting.

GLC09414.0504

January 26, 1864

Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria

writing from onboard a ship. filled with interesting lines like "take a dutch man and saturate him with whiskey and lager and give him the everlasting pipe and he is a nice animal..."

GLC08311.10

31 March 1861

Coffen, Sallie, fl. 1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister Lizzie

No year: Everyone is well, though Father still smokes.She would like to come home in the Fall. She visited John recently. She mentions the Crocker boys.

GLC02740.63

January 24, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at home. Sylvia has just returned from the Draft Board, and has received an allotment check for two months for $60. This made her feel rich; and she is sending him $10. Says she is doing "okay" financially, not to worry. Says she is going to send him a Ronson lighter and some film for his camera.

GLC09414.0137

16 December 1862

Swisher, Daniel, fl. 1861-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Bishoff Jr.

Swisher has set up a house which has a fire place that he can use to cook. He suspects Bishoff has already heard about the battle of Fredericksburg, so he will not bother to give him all the particulars. His regiment fought for two days with artillery across the Rappahannock. Union men put a pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock. The Rebels were throwing shells as fast as they could in an attempt to knock the pontoon to pieces, but they could not get in range of it. His was the first Union Brigade was to advance through the town. Rebels shot at his regiment but it did not suffer as…

GLC03523.40.20

13 December 1864

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: House of Representatives, No. 280. A Bill To be entitled "An act to impose a duty on tobacco and an additional duty on cotton exported from the Confederate States."

stamp of record division

GLC06745.118

February 5, 1863

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled An act to provide an export duty on cotton and tobacco exported fromt he Confederate states to the ports or in the ships of any foreign country which has not recognized the independence of the confederate states

stamp of record division

GLC06745.040

19 June 1863

Gillette, Lee P., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Amos J. Harding

Asks Harding to purchase $5 worth of Smoking Tobacco for him. Only wants good Tobacco and thinks it is 75 cents per pound, but Harding should not pay more than that price. Tells Harding that he is the "judge of the article." Harding should send it by Express if he is not coming down to Pilot Knob anytime soon. Also asks Harding to go to Colonel Livingston's office and inquire for a circular from the Ordnance Department. Writes that any blanks on the circular left by Lieutenant McDonald could be filled by Colonel Livingston. Tells Harding to send the circular to him by mail. The second…

GLC02178.02

28 August 1762

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Burwell Bassett

In a humorous letter, chastizes Bassett, his brother-in-law, for not attending church. States "strange it is that you will be so blind to truth that the enlightening sounds of the Gospel can not reach your Ear, nor no Examples awaken you to a sense of Goodness ..." Discusses the condition of the tobacco crops, claiming that they are "assailed by every villainous worm that has had an existence since the days of Noah." Contains text loss and water stain. Address is included on a separate leaf.

GLC07545

February 16, 1865

Cook, George B., fl. 1845-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to sister

George B. Cook is writing in reply to his sister's letter from the 9th. He is well; hopes she is too. He got the box they sent through Mr. Bailey. He did not need tobacco, as it "is an article I have quit using." He sends the box home; asks her to give the piece of grape shot to Brother Harrison. The box will be at the Mocksville depot. "We had a little fight on the 17… the yanks charged our works with negroes. We drove them back after killing nearly all of them." Lost about 25 men, none of whom were in his company. "I can tell you the soldiers are the worst… I ever saw them. They all have…

GLC00653.22.16

23 August 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond describes an episode of racial discrimination at a show sponsored by the Camel cigarette company. He informs Estelle that he has had three exams in the past week. He also relays a lecture that he has had on the clothing and equipment of an officer.

GLC09120.095

February 27, 1865

Maury, William Lewis, 1813-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nan [Maury]

Comments that Mrs. Sinclair (widow of Confederate States Navy commander Arthur Sinclair) bears the loss of her husband well. Reports that a black woman who frequently stayed in Baltimore set fire to the house of her mistress, the wife of Confederate Admiral [Franklin] Buchanan. Discusses Buchanan's convalescence (Buchanan was wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864. He was exchanged the month this letter was written). Presumes the woman's friends put her up to the crime. Writes, "They seem to be expecting a fight soon on our right. Nothing positive from Sherman,…

GLC04572.32

February 27, 1781

Harrison, Richard, 1750-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Sends his greetings and joy at hearing that William Knox arrived safely back home. Mentions the market for tobacco and his newly established trading company, Harrison & Co.

GLC02437.00901

1860

W. Duke, Sons, & Co., fl. 1860

Photograph

Title: Abe Lincoln

(title continues) Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking.Printed by W. Duke Son & Co., NY.

GLC00732.01

1862

Photograph

Title: President and cabinet

Carte de visite of President Lincoln and his cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863). A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits in the middle. Surrounding him (from top, clockwise): Secretary of State William H. Seward; Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Postmaster General Montgomery Blair; Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Attorney General Edward Bates; Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith;

GLC00732.02

29 June 1866

Wait, Horatio L., 1836-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to darling Cherry

He mentions the large number of Spanish refugees. He also describes a place called the Passeio Publico where he goes to hear live music. Apparently the king goes there and smokes his cigar. Written in Lisbon Harbor

GLC08284.081

19 August 1864

Epperly, Christian M., 1837-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Epperly

Notes that there are many wounded and sick men in the regiment. Reports that the Yankees bombed his position for 15 minutes and then began to talk to them about trading tobacco for coffee. Says he heard a rumor that they will be allowed to return to Virginia.

GLC02715.105