4 November 1861

Van Nuys, Samuel Watson, 1841-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Parents

Written at Camp Elkwater.

GLC07687.001

24 November 1861

Van Nuys, Samuel Watson, 1841-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Little Brother Charlie

GLC07687.002

17 March 1865

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Describes "St. Patrick's Day in the morning." Mentions that there is a great deal of sport in camp. Reports that they are having a review by General George Gordon Meade, Major General Horatio Gouverneur Wright, and Senator Henry Wilson from Massachusetts, so he has no time to write. Letter written on preprinted letterhead: "Headquarters Second Regiment Vermont Infantry, Sixth Corps."

GLC03523.18.53

2 August 1859

Ellis, J. J., fl. 1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James B. McPherson

Invites McPherson to go sailing to "Acatraz...this young Gibralter." McPherson was in charge of the erection of fortifications on Alcatraz island. Date inferred.

GLC03746.03.02

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

Print

Title: A Lull in the Fight

Marked "Plate 34." A scene behind the breastworks. Officers and men are grouped about the guns, while some of the latter are playing cards, cooking, and amusing themselves generally. In the center of the picture a squad of prisoners is seen coming in from the front under guard. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.7 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents.

GLC02199.34

2 April 1864

Morey, Charles C., fl. 1830-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to parents

Requests that his parents collect his town bounty from the town treasury. Encourages them to move and open a store in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Also includes a quote from David Crocket: "be sure you are right then go ahead." Comments on the weather and a recent horse race. Mentions the resignation of Colonel James H. Walbridge and new commander Lieutenant Colonel Stone. Pre-printed letterhead reads: Headquarters - Second Vermont Infantry, Sixth Corps.

GLC03523.18.06

20 November 1861

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his family

Thanks his family for sending him $5 and describes his meal expenses. Requests coffee from home and his skating cap. Also mentions "franking" soldiers letters for them.

GLC03603.034

January 28, 1862

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his family

Mentions the boredom and laziness of being aboard the ship. The men pass time between meals by playing checkers and reading. Writes that Captain Harland has shared that he believes General Burnside is attempting to join the division with another group of "loyal men" on land. Harland believes that the time the division is spending on board the two boats is meant to give the other group of soldiers a chance to organize and prepare for their arrival. Written on board the ship "H. J. Brookman," in Hatteras Inlet.

GLC03603.070

14 August 1861

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller writes to his wife: "...i do not touch any kind of strong drink play no cards have nothing to do with any women in fact have not spent one cent... i have to day Been in the army seven weeks and have never Received one Black mark..."

GLC02155.004

5 January 1862

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Written at Camp Pierpont to his wife. Discusses the difficulty of obtaining wood and the possibility of acquiring a small sheet iron stove. Complains that soldiers from New York receive more press than the Pennsylvania troops: "...i see your Sunday New Yorkers or Porter guards as they are called there wants a Barracks to live in if they come here we will give them a Barracks and some thing else to do than Box and Play Ball in the dimond [sic], not that i Blame the Soldiers themselves, But every Paper and letter that comes from there is filled with their doings [while] the men from there who…

GLC02155.027

11 May 1859

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charley

Says it seems like Charley is having fun at Columbia (South Carolina College) but hopes he is studying. Wishes he could be there for the spring months and see the Tournament. Talks of country living and that he is physically but not mentally active. Reports that he went to Pocotaligo, S.C. and saw William Gilmore Simms. Mentions friends Townsend and Longstreet. Asks Charley to sell his bed furniture. William Gilmore Simms was a popular romance author from South Carolina. Hutson graduated from South Carolina College in 1859.

GLC08165.07

8 November 1797

Pemberton, Ebenezer, fl. 1747-1810

Manuscript note signed

Title: [Order]

Requests a pair of "handsome shoes" for dancing and a pair of boots. Based on GLC02437.09831.01-GLC02437.09839 documents and notes, request is likely for Francis or Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09835

February 3 - March 7, 1772

Wright, & Gill, fl. 1753-1798

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Invoices]

Invoices of goods ordered and bought by Henry Knox to be shipped to Boston. Consists of various types of stationery, sealing wax, brushes, toys, telescopes, chests, and others.

GLC02437.10370

17 June 1807

Copeland, Moses, fl. 1786-1807

Manuscript document

Title: [Inventory]

List of the real estate and personal effects of the late Henry Knox. Items include land plots, their acreage, to whom mortgaged (Artemas Ward, for one), and everything on them. Household effects, listed in detail room-by-room, include furniture (looking glasses, beds, piano, billiard table, "12 painted flag bottom'd chairs," etc.), utensils and tools, books (more than 1500 volumes), maps and charts, various miscellaneous items (guns, a telescope, a microscope, two magic lanterns, and two "patent copying presses"), livestock and vehicles. There are also approximately two dozen individuals…

GLC02437.10405

1969

Streeter, Thomas W. (Thomas Winthrop), 1883-1965

Book

Title: The celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter...

(title continues)... Morristown, New Jersey sold by order of the trustees. Volume seven of a seven volume collection, plus index. Includes: transportation and communications, economics, education, sports, western hemisphere and the Pacific, literature and the arts, first separate account of New Jersey, social history, reference works. Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (affiliated with Sotheby & Co. in London). Public auction 21 and 22 October. Contains images of items in the collection. Pages numbered 2768-3001.

GLC03261.07

2 August 1774

Manuscript document

Title: [Bill for items purchased]

List of items purchased. These include a card table, a pot, a baking pan, 1 case of gin, 2 house bells, a tureen, a chest, a set of knives, among other things. The total comes to £97.16.6. Signed on verso saying "Recd. for Mr. Jos. Russell S. Clap." Possibly written by Samuel Shaw.

GLC02437.08368

February 24, 1779

Lamb, James, fl. 1746-1822

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt of William Knox]

Receipt for one "back Gammon Table" for £24 bought from James Lamb.

GLC02437.08469

14 September 1875

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis G. Fine

Expresses his disgust at being nominated for Comptroller of New York State. Feels that he was forced into it by his friends. Compares the nomination to a prison sentence. Informs him that he wanted to retire to Florida with his children and have some peace. Then says that he should not complain because the people want him and they have always been good to him. Mentions being disappointed that he had to cancel a fishing trip with Judge Stilwell.

GLC03225.03

30 October 1849

Manuscript document

Title: The Chugg Water Journal [Vol. 1, no. 3 (October 30, 1849)]

Handwritten third issue of the self-described "largest paper printed at Fort Laramie." Comments on submitted, and in most cases, rejected, articles. Discusses the problems of their "Polemical Editor." Contains a letter pertaining to agriculture and precious metals, another on poetry, and a note on hunting. Reports on a fire at the juvenile infirmary. Written at Fort Laramie

GLC05067.02

January 28, 1778

Keith, J., fl. 1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: Extract from General Orders

Written by Keith as Deputy Adjunct General. Says there have been complaints of captured British Convention Army officers playing billiards at a house in the center of Cambridge at late hours. Says General William Heath, commander of the district where the Convention Army is situated, does not have a problem with their "innocent diversions" but with the late hours that they partake them. Says all officers are to be in barracks at 9 p.m. unless for a very special occasion and not without a pass. Says obedience to this order is expected and that patrols will be stepped up. Marked "No. 59."

GLC04764.61

10 June 1863

Ticknor, Horace L., 1836-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to father, mother, brother and sisters

Ticknor writes to his family from camp on Stone River, Tennessee. Reports on the successful battle of Stone River that took place on 31 December 1862. Praises Union General William S. Rosecrans. Comments he is waiting to hear good news from Union General Ulysses S. Grant and his troops in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Informs that General William Rosecrans has between 50,000 and 75,000 troops ready to move. Mentions they were ordered to put seven days rations in their knapsacks and be ready to march at a moment's notice. Says they drill a little, play ball, pitch quarters and lounge. Expresses…

GLC03523.30.10

January 20, 1863

Chancee, R., fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph M. Maitland

Addresses letter "Kind Friend," reporting that he has just gone sleighing and "enjoyed it with much delight." Reports that Mr. Mast, possibly his uncle, is at home "his soldiering days are over, and the cry of battle is heard by him no more." Signs the letter, "from your most ever time friend."

GLC03523.10.058

18 December 1863

Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Damuth

Writes to his sister about the men enlisting in the Veteran Corp. They are mostly older soldiers who will go home to recruit. Discusses the strangeness of seeing some men, who have already served three years, re-enlisting while others pay to get out of the draft and "rob thear wives and children." Describes all the fun soldiers have, running foot races and wrestling ("the Officers indulge in it as well as the men").

GLC03523.14.46

13 August 1853

Mast, Elhanan M., fl. 1837-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Joseph M. Maitland

Writes from Ohio Wesleyan University to his "Respected Nephew," reporting that a few of his students are sick, but things are well overall. Details that he has recieved a letter from his father as well as "Brother Joshua's paper." Describes playing ball and taking a walk by a spring with some of his students. Asks that he give his "best respects" to [Grier], possibly Joseph's brother William Grier Maitland.

GLC03523.10.004

February 19, 1863

Parrott, Henry C., fl. 1861-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sophia Parrott

All the rain has made the roads very muddy and nearly impassable. He expects to paid soon. He was playing ball with the other men but paused to write.

GLC03858.02.08