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to George G. Meade

Pennsylvania governor Curtin responds to a letter from Major General Meade, commander of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Defends himself, saying that he did not intend to make General Cadwalader think that Meade had lost all confidence in General...

GLC04385.02

to Edwards Pierrepont

Desires "to prosecute Horace Greeley and the owner of the New York Tribune for the persistent effort of the last few weekes to incite assassins to murder me." Requests that J. B. Cutting and Mr. Brady find out who owns the Tribune.

GLC04452.01

to Edwards Pierrepoint

Clerical telegram requesting Pierrpont prosecute Horace Greeley for "persistent effort the last four (4) weeks to incite assassins to finish wheir work by murdering me." Asks him to "secure copies of all Tribunes published since the night after the...

GLC04452.02

to Edwards Pierrepont and J. B. Cutting

Clerical telegram stating Stanton has "proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley and Believe that I can establish a combination between him & others which may end in accomplishing my death as it did against Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward."...

GLC04452.03

to Stanley Matthews

Discusses his retirement from Chief Commander of the Army. Feels blessed that he is 63 years old and still healthy. Reviews his army services mentioning his interest in the trans-continental railroad and his command of the army west of the...

GLC04492.01

to Washington McLean

Encloses a letter from General William T. Sherman (see GLC04492.01). Relays that the first part of the letter reviews Sherman's services in the army. States that the remainder deals with General William Babcock Hazen, of whom McLean apparently...

GLC04492.02

to his brother John McKinley Gibson

A camp rumor states that Sherman gave up his campaign against Atlanta and is fortifying along the Chatahoochee. "But this is mere conjecture." Gibson goes on to offer offensive diversions to draw Sherman from Atlanta, such as massing Confederate...

GLC04501.023

to Captain J. W. Francis

A passionate letter in which Tobias refuses to comply with General Sheridan's orders to act as a commissioner of elections. He claims that supporters of negro voting rights are violating the U.S. Constitution, which he believes supports a "white...

GLC04501.099

to Edward P. Fry

Replies to Fry's letter stating that he will inform him of his partners' decisions as soon as he hears from them. Comments that he is convalescent and will probably pass through Philadelphia to New York soon. Advises that if a satisfactory...

GLC04503.02

to Edward P. Fry

Writes that he has just received word from his partners that a proprietor will contract to complete a telegraph line from Philadelphia to New York for $60,000 to be finished by 1 January 1845. Includes technical details about the line and how the...

GLC04503.03

To his wife

Marching orders, ammunitions, reporting to Burnside for naval expedition.

GLC04558.005

To his wife

Sleeping on open ground, commending wife's economy, speculating that Jackson has been allowed to cross over into Maryland to cut him off.

GLC04558.042

To his wife

On the march from Washington. Mentions he saw battle at South Mountain.

GLC04558.043

To his wife

Responds to his father who believes the rebels will be beaten sooner or later, talking about discharges and belief that a Binghampton lawyer in Washington can get them for $5, bemoaning his bad luck, mentions his bad grace about not getting promoted.

GLC04558.069

To his wife

Trying to comfort his wife, who was depressed by the death of a relation (Lucy who had died a year earlier). Expects marching orders soon.

GLC04558.100

To George Tillotson

Enclosed with GLC04558.122.01. Written by George Tillotson's sister Mary and her husband Edwin. Mary writes of her hard work and says Nelly [Nelson] was taken prisoner. Edwin's letter (beginning on p.2) complains of poor health (consumption) and...

GLC04558.122.02

To his wife

Various news; says he approves of a monument for daughter Lucy (deceased). With postscript "No News."

GLC04558.125

Pension record for George Tillotson

Describes his disabilty as typhoid fever resulting in swelling limbs.

GLC04558.201

[Diary of Samuel G. Gottshall] [Incomplete]

Leather bound manuscript signed. First entry is not logged down until 18 February 1864. On 25 March, he reports that General Ulysses Grant is visiting. Reports on the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Reports of heavy fighting from May...

GLC04564.05

to Jedediah Smith

Informs his brother in Massachusetts that their brother Philetus has died of an inflammatory illness. Comments on family members and his finances. Says he has withdrawn from public life for he is tired of the ignorance of both Democrats and...

GLC04601.03

[Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Piracy around Cuba and Puerto Rico from the 18th Congress]

Printed report "Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to which was referred so much of the President's message, as relates to Piracies committed on the Commerce of the United States, in the neighborhood of the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico." Says the...

GLC04604.01

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Charles Stewart to Lieutenant Isaac Mayo, both of the U.S.S. Franklin. Notes Mayo will receive dispatches 1 & 2 for the Secretary of the Navy and State Department. Says he and Lt. Henry should proceed with them to Panama and from...

GLC04604.03

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain John Rodgers to Lt. Isaac Mayo. Mayo is ordered to proceed to Philadelphia and to wait there for further orders for the purpose of assisting the recruiting officer there in shipping and transporting new recruits to the ship "North...

GLC04604.04

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Southard as Secretary of the Navy to Lieutenant Mayo. Southard orders Mayo to return immediately to the U.S.S. North Carolina with all the recruits he has entered for the ship. Mayo was in Philadelphia.

GLC04604.05

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Southard as Secretary of the Navy to Lieutenant Mayo. Southard forwards Commodore Charles Stewart's opinion that Mayo needs to remain in the country for his trial. Says he is to apprise the Department of the Navy of his residence from time...

GLC04604.06

to Isaac Mayo

Southard as Secretary of the Navy asks Lieutenant Mayo to report to Captain James Banon, President of the Naval Court Martial, as a witness in the case of Charles Stewart. Stewart was being accused of convoying a foreign (British) ship into a...

GLC04604.08

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Captain Rodgers from the U.S.S. North Carolina in port at Port Mahon, Spain. After receiving the report of Dr. Washington, Rodgers grants Mayo a three month leave of absence because of impaired health. The leave begins 1 November 1826...

GLC04604.09

to Isaac Mayo

Marked Private. Captain Rodgers writes to Lieutenant Mayo who is in Annapolis, Maryland. Says Secretary of the Navy Southard is about to appoint a lieutenant to superintend the naval school just established on board the frigate "Guerriere" at Norfolk...

GLC04604.10

to Isaac Mayo

Secretary of the Navy Southard commands Lieutenant Mayo, who is in Annapolis, Maryland, to report to Commodore Banon for duty on board the frigate "Guerriere." Signed note on verso says an attack of bilious fever kept him from joining the ship. He...

GLC04604.11

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to First Lieutenant Mayo. Revokes previous order to join the frigate "Guerriere" (see GLC04604.11). Signed note on bottom of recto by Mayo says the order was revoked at his request.

GLC04604.12

to Isaac Mayo

Written by Secretary of the Navy Southard to Lieutenant Mayo. Says the order of 14 October 1828 for Mayo to report to a ship in Baltimore is revoked. Signed note by Mayo on recto says "at my request."

GLC04604.13

Collection of 2 documents pertaining to the United States militia system. See decimalized entries.

The French purchase of the Louisiana Territory from the Spanish outraged many Americans who feared having too strong a neighbor. In response to growing concerns from the western states, Jefferson, with Congressional approval, called for the state...

GLC04626

Report of the Committee Appointed on so much of the President's Message of the 15th December last...

Title continues: "As Related to the Militia Institution of the United States." Argues that when a 1792 Act (GLC01959) establishing a uniform militia is carried out by the states it will provide complete national defense. Not all states have carried...

GLC04626.02

[Richard Nixon photograph inscribed to Sue Taurog]

Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog, the wife of filmmaker Norman Taurog, and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows a portrait of Nixon from the chest up.

GLC04675.35.02

[Richard Nixon photograph inscribed to Norman Taurog]

Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows a portrait of Nixon sitting.

GLC04675.35.03

[Richard Nixon photograph inscribed to Norman Taurog]

Official White House photograph inscribed to Taurog and signed by Richard Nixon. Shows Richard and Pat Nixon in formal wear, walking arm in arm.

GLC04675.35.04

[Spiro Agnew photograph inscribed to Sue Taurog]

Inscribed to Taurog, the wife of filmmaker Norman Taurog, and signed by Agnew. Shows a portrait of Agnew from the chest up.

GLC04675.35.05

to Norman Taurog

Letter of transmittal indicating he is sending autographed photographs of President Jimmy Carter (see GLC04675.36.02). Written on White House stationary. Housed with photograph, GLC04675.36.02.

GLC04675.36.01

to William Heath

Written by Burgoyne, captured British General in charge of the Convention Army to Heath, American General in charge of the district where Convention Army is located. Says Heath made no objection to sending a person to Rhode Island to get money for...

GLC04764.45

to [George Washington?]

Written by Colonel Henley as the former commandant of the Prospect Hill barracks near Cambridge, Massachusetts, which housed the captured British Convention Army. Recipient is inferred from the title "your Excellency" used toward the end of the...

GLC04764.62

to William Phillips

Written by Heath as commander of the Convention Army, which consisted of British prisoners of war from the Saratoga campaign, to British General Phillips as the highest ranking officer with the Convention Army. References Phillips's letter from 29...

GLC04789.02

[Patent for Jacob Bromwell's improvement of the wheat fan, or winnowing machine]

Signed by James Monroe as President and countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Features paper seal and green ribbon. On separate page, Bromwell's written description of his improvement is signed...

GLC04823.01

James Monroe

Engraving of James Monroe, shown from waist up. Text beneath the image reads "Eng. by A.B. Durand, from the Painting by J. Vanderlyn in the City Hall New York." Features James Monroe's signature below the title. Text beneath signature reads "Entered...

GLC04823.04

[Speech delivered to the Great Central Fair of Buffalo]

Former President Fillmore notes historic inventions and developments, such as the rail road, steam engine, and telegraph, that have shaped Buffalo since the city's 1832 Centennial Celebration. Refers to the farewell addresses of Presidents George...

GLC04884.02

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes a report of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, an examination of the reports of several explored routes, railway memoranda, a letter of...

GLC04963.01

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes reports of Lieutenant E.G. Beckwith on the routes between the 38 and 41 parallels, reconnaissance from Puget Sound, a report of...

GLC04963.02

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." "A.C. Peale" inscribed in upper right corner of title page. Volume includes parts 1 through 4 (itinerary, topography, native Indian tribes, and...

GLC04963.03

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Imprint and stamp of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania on title page. Volume includes parts 5 (botany), 6 (zoology), and the appendices of the...

GLC04963.04

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes the report of Lieutenant R.S. Williamson regarding the routes in California to connect with the routes near the 35th and 32nd...

GLC04963.05

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Stamp of the Secretary of the United States Senate on title page. Volume includes the report of Lieutenant R.S. Williamson regarding the routes in...

GLC04963.06

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes the report of Lieutenant John G. Parke regarding the routes in California to connect with the routes near the 35th and 32nd parallels...

GLC04963.07

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes part one of a general report of the zoology along the Pacific railroad routes. Executive document no. 91. Large folio volume with...

GLC04963.08

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes part two of a general report of the zoology along the Pacific railroad routes. Executive document no. 78. Large folio volume with...

GLC04963.09

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes part three of a general report of the zoology along the Pacific railroad routes. Executive document no. 91. Large folio volume with...

GLC04963.10

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes a letter from Captain A.A. Humphreys to Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Lieutenant Warren's memoir relating to the creation of a map...

GLC04963.11

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-5...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." First of two volumes. Volume includes part one and the appendices of Washington Territory Governor Isaac I. Stevens' report on the route near the...

GLC04963.12.01

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-5...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Second of two volumes. Volume includes parts two (botany) and three (zoological) of Washington Territory Governor Isaac I. Stevens' report on the...

GLC04963.12.02

to Andrew Johnson

Discusses Union victory by De Courcy's brigade on 6 August 1862. "It is rumored that Kentucky is to be invaded." Written to Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee.

GLC05045.01

[Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan]

Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan. Mounted on paper 23 x 20 cm.

GLC05045.02

The Chugg Water Journal [Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1849)]

Handwritten first issue of a Fort Laramie newspaper. Introduces the self-described "largest paper printed at Fort Laramie" with the goal of keeping "our friends and fellow exiles, up with the spirit of the age" and promoting political and...

GLC05067.01

[Peace treaty with Winnebago Native Americans]

Serving as President of the United States, John Quincy Adams certifies that Naw-kaw, a Winnebago chief, smoked the peace pipe with him in Washington, D.C. Countersigned by Peter Buell Porter, Secretary of War. Reports that Adams has full confidence...

GLC05120.01

General Nathaniel P. Banks

Bust portait.

GLC05135.002

Silas Casey

Bust portrait.

GLC05135.006

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]

White mount with black border. "Meserve 72 Feb. 23. 1861. F[illegible], V 55" penciled on verso. Seated full length view. [O-51.]

GLC05136.02

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]

White mount. "Honest Abe" penciled on verso. Seated full length view similar to image #2. [O-53].

GLC05136.03

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, bust view]

Black mount. "15 cts." Penciled on verso. Bust view. [O-55].

GLC05136.04

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, bust view]

White mount with blue border. "1200" penciled on verso. Bust view. Same image as #4. [O-55].

GLC05136.05

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]

White mount. Seated, full length view of a contemplative Lincoln. Same image as # 7. [O-60].

GLC05136.06

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]

White mount with orange border. Seated, full length view of a contemplative Lincoln. Same image as #6. [O-60].

GLC05136.07

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, seated full length view]

White mount with gold border. Seated, full length view. [O-73].

GLC05136.08

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, standing three quarter view]

White mount with gold border. Standing, three-quarter view. [O-86].

GLC05136.09

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, standing three quarter view]

White mount with gold border. Standing, three-quarter view. Lighter, retouched version of image #9, with white background. [O-86].

GLC05136.10

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, bust view]

White mount. Oval photo of engraving showing bust view. Lincoln's image on the five dollar bill is derived from this portrait. Related to image #13. [O-92 variant].

GLC05136.12

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, half length seated view]

White mount. Half length seated view. Lincoln's image on the five dollar bill is derived from this portrait. Related to image #12. [O-92 variant].

GLC05136.13

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, vignette bust view]

White mount. Vignette bust view photographed on the balcony at the White House. [O-112].

GLC05136.15

[Mary Todd Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]

White mount with orange border. Three-quarter length standing view of Mary Todd Lincoln in her inaugural gown. Same image as #17, though slightly darker.

GLC05136.16

[Mary Todd Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]

White mount. Three-quarter length standing view of Mary Todd Lincoln in her inaugural gown. Same image as # 16, though slightly lighter.

GLC05136.17

[Mary Lincoln, carte de visite, seated, half-length]

White mount with purple border. Seated, half length view of Mary Lincoln facing proper right.

GLC05136.18

[Abraham Lincoln, stereo card, seated full length view]

Black mount. Inscription on verso: "Stereo made from two matching carte photos, the originals are from Sid Strober's collection. Copy made by Fred Lightfoot, 1952." Seated, full length view of Lincoln with hat on the table beside him. [O-52].

GLC05136.33

"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States"

Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Anthony's Prominent Portraits, #2968. Half length, seated view of Lincoln, with pink tinted face, hands, and chair. [O-84 variant]

GLC05136.34

[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated half length view]

Yellow mount with printed inscription "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Half length, seated view of Lincoln without pink tinting. Similar to image #34.

GLC05136.35

"Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"

Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.

GLC05136.36

"Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States"

Yellow mount with printed inscription: "American & Foreign Portrait Gallery." Inscription in ink on verso: "Meserve no. 92, probably by Brady." Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard...

GLC05136.49

[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated bust portrait]

Gray mount. Numbered "H59" and "28016 Abraham Lincoln" on recto. Seated bust portrait of Lincoln with spiky haircut. Modern photograph of E. & H. T. Anthony stereocard. [O-103 C and D].

GLC05136.50

[Abraham Lincoln, stereocard, seated half length]

Black pressure-sensitive adhesive mount. Half length seated portrait of Lincoln. Modern transparent image of stereocard on plastic.

GLC05136.51

[carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family]

Carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family containing eleven photographs (#i-xi) and one engraving (#xii).

i. "Death bed of Lincoln." Photo of engraving showing Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, and other political figures gathered...

GLC05136.52

[British spy report]

Reports on George Knox "formerly a Capt. in the Continental Army" who had resigned his commission in April 1780 and resumed farming in Newark. Informs that Knox turned himself over to loyalist refugees at Bergen and sought to join the British...

GLC05224.01

Rutherford B. Hayes

Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes. Hayes is facing towards his right, looking diagonally left. Appears to be wearing a three-piece suit, with the vest unbuttoned and a black tie, mostly hidden by his beard. Mounted to a backerboard (9.9 x 22.3 cm)....

GLC00118.01.02

to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson writes to tell Bill that he and his brother, Henry, enlisted in the Army in August and have been fighting the Dakota Indians. He graphically describes the dead left by the Dakota attacks on settlers, including a German family and a...

GLC00203.01

to William Jackson

He discusses the cold weather and the regiment's need to build their own winter quarters. He grumbles about the hardships of the soldier's life (food, work, etc.) and writes about how much the regiment has walked since August, boasting that he is...

GLC00203.02

to William Jackson

He discusses the possible summer plans for the regiment, including why he thinks that Chief Little Crow will not follow through on his promised summer attack. He believes that his regiment will stay with Gen. Sibley, since they have learned how to...

GLC00203.03

to William Jackson

In his letter, Edwin Jackson mentions that his brother, Henry, is getting a discharge due to his poor health; Edwin hopes this discharge will be processed soon. He discusses the school for Indian prisoners, describing it first as an expensive folly...

GLC00203.04

to William Jackson

In the letter, he recounts his visit to a photographer in St. Anthony who has yet to send him his photos after two months; this has sorely "vexed" him. He talks about the trip the regiment is about to make to Devils Lake in the northern Dakota...

GLC00203.05

to William Jackson

He informs his brother to send mail to Fort Abercrombie so it will reach him on the plains. His brother, Henry, will get his discharge within the next few days. Written at Camp Pope.

GLC00203.06

to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson mentions four fights with Indians in the Dakota Territory and the army's destruction of their abandoned supplies. He complains of the bad water and hard marching, but assures his brother of his continued health. He tells of the birth of...

GLC00203.07.01

to William Jackson

The extra scrap, dated the next day, contains a post script mentioning that he received a letter from Harry and "they are all well." A separate post script from GLC00203.07.01.

GLC00203.07.02

to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson describes troop movements across the plains to Fort Thompson, and writes about the cold and stormy weather, which has caused the soldiers to nickname the march the "Moscow Expedition." He discusses the food he's eaten (salt pork and...

GLC00203.08

to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson has not heard from Bill, he repeats much of what he said in #8 about the "Moscow Expedition"; he talks about the large amount of clothing that he wore during that time and about how his regiment found 3,000 freezing Indians at Fort...

GLC00203.09

to William Jackson

Edwin Jackson thinks and hopes that the troops will be sent to the South in place of the Minnesota 1st. He implores Bill to get everyone he knows to vote for Lincoln, as he is "stubborn" and the only candidate who can end the war. He waxes poetic on...

GLC00203.10

Photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota.

One photograph of Fort Snelling and the Valley of the Minnesota. A small black & white image, printed by Whitney's Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota. Originally with a letter (see GLC00203.10) by Edwin Jackson, a Private in Company D. of the 6th Minnesota...

GLC00203.10.01