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Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views, No. 101 The Grand Canon of the Arkansas

GLC04183.100

to Monsieur Le Prefet

One letter addressed to Monsieur Le Prefet [in French] dated April 14, 1808.

GLC07688.02

[Tableau der Servicer Militairer]

One document dated July 15, 1825 detailing de Blois's military and civil service.

GLC07688.03

Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt

One print of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Black and white portrait depicts Roosevelt sitting.

GLC04675.38

Portrait of Herbert Hoover

One print of Herbert Hoover. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.39

Portrait of Calvin Coolidge

One print of Calvin Coolidge. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.40

Portrait of Warren G. Harding

One print of Warren G. Harding. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.41

Portrait of Woodrow Wilson

One print of Woodrow Wilson. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.42

Portrait of William H. Taft

One print of William H. Taft. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.43

Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt

One print of Theodore Roosevelt. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.44

Portrait of William McKinley

One print of William McKinley. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.45

Portrait of Benjamin Harrison

One print of Benjamin Harrison. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.46

Portrait of Grover Cleveland

One print of Grover Cleveland. Black and white bust.

GLC04675.47

Portrait of Chester A. Arthur

One print of Chester A. Arthur. Color bust.

GLC04675.48

Portrait of James A. Garfield

One print of James A. Garfield. Color bust.

GLC04675.49

Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes

One print of Rutherford B. Hayes. Color bust.

GLC04675.50

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

One print of Ulysses S. Grant. Black and white full portrait picturing Grant sitting.

GLC04675.51

Photograph of John R. Lakeman, 23rd regiment, Massachusetts, infantry

One photograph of John R. Lakeman, 23rd regiment, Massachusetts, infantry dated 1861-1908.

GLC03394.62

Portrait of Andrew Johnson

One print of Andrew Johnson. Color bust.

GLC04675.52

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

One print of Abraham Lincoln. Color bust.

GLC04675.53

Portrait of James Buchanan

One print of James Buchanan. Color bust.

GLC04675.54

Portrait of Franklin Pierce

One print of Franklin Pierce. Color bust.

GLC04675.55

Portrait of Millard Fillmore

One print of Millard Fillmore. Color bust.

GLC04675.56

George Washington's Farewell address [Decimilized .01-.02]

Two copies of Washington's farewell address ("Circular to the States") The first is an official secretarial manuscript. The second is a published printing of the address.

GLC08079

to George A. Reed

One ballot envelope addressed to George A. Reed from the Society of Engineers.

GLC10004.01.30

Watkins' Pacific Coast 1079, Cascade below the Vernal Fall

GLC04183.010

No. 323 Yosemite Valley, from 3,000 feet above the valley, California

GLC04183.059

California Yosemite Valley, 1192 Looking down the trail from the cap of liberty

GLC04183.046

The American Conflict, A History of The Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65

GLC10096

The Negro: A Selected List for School Libraries of Books by or About the Negro in Africa and America

GLC10098

World War II photograph album

GLC10093

Items from Lt. Rose Landsman

GLC10077

NASA photographic prints

GLC10131

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He currently camped in an area that is mostly swamp. does not think the Rebels will attack them soon. He wishes he could take all her burdens on himself.

GLC02744.161

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He does not think the enemy will have time to attack Newbern at present. He worries about her taking care of the house and the children all by herself. Insists she get a girl to help her.

GLC02744.162

to Bro Hold

He compares Sundays in the army to Sundays at home. He thinks especially of children on the Sabbath day and their connection to their parents. He thinks of how all soldiers are connected by the desire to see their loved ones again.

GLC02744.163

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He describes what he does on a daily basis. then describes her routine. calls her brave and self-sacrificing. He longs for a time when partings will be unknown.

GLC02744.171

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that they decided to have the troops grow vegetables for the use of the soldiers. He does not like the idea of planting the seeds himsehold. He might find a "good darkey and let him plant it..." Wonders if she misses "Factory Life."

GLC02744.175

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that he has sent her $615. He says Mr. Bissell ought to pay her more interest.

GLC02744.179

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes a daily log of his travels from Washington to Hatteras to Fort Monroe and then ends as they prepare to go to Yorktown.

GLC02744.181

Grants Burpee a leave of absence

Assistant Adjutant General grants Burpee a leave of absence for health reasons

GLC02744.246

Circular No. 17

Circular informing commanding officers to complete a blank form on the history between March 1, 1863 to September 30, 1863.

GLC02744.248

to Thomas H. Sullivan

He lists the countersigns by date and city.

GLC02745.021

General Orders No. 18

No officer or soldier can leave camp to visit Washington. All commanders with make weekly reports on the amount of ammunition. Payment for rations will be made only by the officers.

GLC02745.027

Legal Document

3 privates are officially sentenced for disobedience and drunkeness. Their punishments range from carrying 20 lb bags of sand and no food to witholding pay.

GLC02745.068

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes about his faith in God. He answers her questions regarding his trunk.

GLC02744.095

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He mentions that Chelsea is coming home. Talks about the whiskey ration that he says is usually unnecesary. Fortunately the officers in his regiment don't drink. Written in a camp near Falmouth

GLC02744.107

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that there has been nonstop fighting for three days.

GLC02744.108

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes that his horse had a narrow escape from a bullet. M.B Metcalf was seriously injured but will be well soon. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.111

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Martin Metcalf ended up dying. He was entrusted with carrying out his last request; mailing his bible to his family. Written in a camp near Falmouth

GLC02744.112

J.W. Thayer, Esq.

He writes she must have learned from the paper that the army has moved.speculates that McClellan could have destroyed the Rebels after the battle of Antietam, but he stopped to recruit, thus giving the Rebels time to regroup.

GLC02744.115

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He writes about getting settled in the tenement. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.123

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He talks about not feeling well and reassures his wife that he will be fine and not to worry. He says he's not sure what it would be like to be out of camp and be home. Written in camp opposite Fredericksburg

GLC02744.131

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Second page contains only address for future mail.

The 21st is five miles from where he is and he will be going in the morning. describes the weather. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia

GLC02744.143

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Details capture of Confederate battery and shares his views on the course of the war.

GLC02744.147

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

He does not think the enemy will attack them here as they have 30 thousand men and a lot of artillery. Thanks her for her letter and the children's letters.

GLC02744.148

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Details his own soldiers having a conversation across the river with Confederate soldiers. Written in a camp near Suffolk, Virginia

GLC02744.150

to Charley Burpee

He is very glad to hear he is well. Tells him to love mother.

GLC02744.186

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

Original version of 190. Written at Drewry's Bluff battlefield.

GLC02744.191

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

Glad god is taking care of his family. He writes that the papers do not give an accurate account of the fight. They aren't even mentioned.

GLC02744.194

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

copy of 199

GLC02744.200

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

The clerk informs Mrs. Burpee that her husband has been wounded by a sharpshooter.

Copy

GLC02744.204

to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

Original of 204.

GLC02744.205

Receipt of Adeline M. Burpee

She paid $8.90 for fees on the estate of Thomas Burpee.

GLC02744.208

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

He writes he received her letter regarding her husband's possessions. He will do his best. He must decide what to do with his horse. He sends his condolences.

GLC02744.211

2nd mail receipt her husbands possessions

This is for one box

GLC02744.213

In Memory of Some of the Gallant Dead of this Army...

A catalogue of redoubts and batteries that will be named after dead soldiers

GLC02744.215

to Mrs. Thomas Burpee

He is concerned because he has not heard from her. He encloses the key for his carpet bag. Everything else is in the hands of Mr. Gallup.

GLC02744.221

to Thomas W. Thayer

Thayer asks Buckingham to give Mrs. Burpee his kindest and regards and say that he had nothing but the utmost respect for her husband from the time he entered the service.

GLC02744.223

General Orders No. 31

He believes that after 23 days of hardship the tides are turning once again. Renewed expressions of confidence and thanks.

GLC02744.228

to Thomas F. Burpee

He requests that Burpee send the commissioned officers to their office as his company will be designated Rifle C. J 5th Reg.

GLC02744.240

General Orders, No. 254

How to organize the volunteers that must be accepted and enrolled.

GLC02744.242

Invoice of Ordinance and Ordinance Stores

Copy of 252.

GLC02744.253

partial letter or diary entry

Describes a kind of tension that has come between two friends on account of a marriage.

GLC02744.258

partial letter or diary entry

He talks about the kind of drills they are doing.

GLC02744.260

1 print

Features lady liberty balancing the scales of justice above Ft. Sumter

GLC02744.263

Superior Court envelope

for Col. Thomas Burpee, April and May 1861

GLC02744.266

to Friends

very faded. Ends with a poem and 2 circles that look as if they were made of hair.

GLC02744.268

Obituary for Thomas F. Burpee

Died before he could find out about his promotion.

GLC02744.275

unidentified woman in dress

Most likely Adeline Burpee.

GLC02744.276

to Parents

Informs his parents about how the family is doing

GLC02744.281

Selected for the Afflicted

Includes note at the bottom saying that mother has been sick with the mumps.

GLC02744.283

envelope with picture of Camp Huntington

5th Regiment., Conn. on front

GLC02744.290

Comrades of the Gallant 21st Conn.

Reunion piece on the regiment and all the people they lost.

GLC02744.292

to Thomas Burpee

Mostly illegible scribbles. In a different hand, probably his mother, writes Charley loves his father very much.

GLC02744.297

to Cousin

He writes that he would like to see a cotton field. He talks about how his school will be "examined" on Friday.

GLC02744.304

to Lucien

He tells him to help his mother and take care of Charlie.

GLC02744.306

I Want to be an Angel

poem

GLC02744.328

Buckingham and Union-7,000 to 10,000 Majorit
Copperheadism on its Last Legs

2 articles: inevitable triumph and the victories along the way

GLC02744.331

3 Calling Cards for the Hammonds

One for Lucy, one for Hiram and one stating when Mrs.Hammond will be home.

GLC02744.333

to Charles Burpee

The date stamped on envelope s January 27th, 1926, but in red someone wrote, Rockville 1860.

GLC02744.338

Scratch paper

Used for accounting or as a ledger.

GLC02744.340

to Rev. and Dear Brother

He arrived home and found all things well, is enclosing something for his daughter.

GLC02744.345

Legal Summons for unidentified person

A general court will assemble at the Brainard Hotel and this person's presence is required.

GLC02744.347

Ledger

includes Burpee

GLC02744.348

Grand is thy march eternal years

Grand all the planets in their spheres/But man is mortal! full of fears/He lives to die...

GLC02744.351

Recollections of Members of the Twenty-First

The twenty-first remembers the what happened with Dr. David Wright.

GLC02744.357

to Charles Burpee

He writes that he was not on guard the night that Dr. David Wright may have tried to escape.

GLC02744.358

to unknown

Copy of 360.

GLC02744.361

to Enoch Q. Fellows

He is trying to gain favor so he can be appointed post chaplain.

GLC02745.009