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Diaries while serving in the Union Army Telegraph Corps [photos in .02 for cons] [decimalized .01-.09]

1861-1865

Emerick, J. H., fl. 1861-1865

Diaries housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.

GLC06738

Large albumen photographs taken by Memphis photographer Taft

1863-1864

Taft, J. W., fl. 1863-1864

Photographs taken from life by Memphis photographer Taft, beginning with Admiral Porter's flagship U.S.S. Blackhawk, also the U.S.S. Tyler, U.S. Navy gun Bat Brown, the Memphis & St. Louis packet boat "The City of Alton," the U.S.S. Fawn, the U.S...

GLC06739

Photograph

Photograph album of British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle

1864

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

General U. S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor and City Point in 1864. Album of Large photographs all taken in the field by Mathew Brady's studio. The album was assembled by British General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, who was sent...

GLC06740

to Matthew Buckle re: requesting meeting to prevent war between Cherokee peoples

1839/06/24

Ross, John, 1790-1866

Attempting to stop war between two Cherokee tribes.

GLC06741.01

Letter signed

to the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation re: invitation to the national convention

1839/07/02

Guess, George, fl. 1839

Written by George Guess, Tobacco Wile, David Melton, and Looney Price on behalf of the Old Settlers.

GLC06741.03

Letter

to Cols. Waitie, Drew, and McIntosh re: "defence of the Indian County"

1862/04/01

GLC06741.04

to John T. McKenzie re: Chickasaw women; prospect of marriage

1865/02/03

Hamilton, James, fl. 1865

"...I envy you not when I think of my charming little Chickasaw--a perfect paragon of beauty and excellence...the Queen of the forest....I think by properly managing the affair I can lur Miss Mattie into a marriage contract and thus complete my fame...

GLC06741.05

Manuscript document

Proposals to engage waggons and teams to assist in the removal of the...

1837/06/06

[title continued] Chickasaw Indians west of the Mississippi. With table containing list of names and numbers of horse/ox teams.

GLC06741.06

Document signed

Tally of Indians moving from Little Rock to Fort Towson

1837 ca.

Skello, J.M., fl. 1837

Covers the period of May 4th through July 16th, with separate total for teamsters rations.

GLC06741.07

Manuscript document signed

Account of Vanderslice's expenditures during Chickasaw emigration

1837/07/01-1838/01/13

Vanderslice, D., fl. 1837-1838

Vanderslice was Assisant Superintendent and Conductor in the emigration of the Chickasaw Indians.

GLC06741.08

Document signed

Certification re: delivery of 175 Chickasaw Indians and their belongings

1838/02/20

Vanderslice, D., fl. 1837-1838

Delivered via the ship "Itasca."

GLC06741.09

to Benjamin Rush re: support for US in War of 1812

1812/07/07

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Writing from retirement, Adams writes to his friend Rush on a variety of topics, especially the War of 1812. This letter was written one month after the United States declared war on Great Britain. "I believe with you that Wars are the natural and...

GLC06742

Broadsheet

Boston evening post. Supplement [printing Boston Port Act]

1774/05/16

Great Britain. Parliament. Boston Port.

Slight text loss to newspaper banner at top.

GLC06743

Broadside

New York Journal. Supplement. "Last Night arrived an Express..."

1775/06/24

Reprints an eyewitness account of the battle of Bunker Hill. Printed by John Holt.

GLC06744

Confederate imprints: mostly handbills and pamphlets, mostly Confederate laws [decimalized]

1861-1865

GLC06745

John Hancock and British Revolutionary letters [decimalized]

1775-1782

GLC06746

to unknown re: relaying Gage's opinion that 32,000 troops are needed

1775/07/17

North, Frederick, 1732-1792

Relaying Gage's opinion that 32,000 troops are needed to suppress to suppress the rebellion in North America Written in Bushy Park.

GLC06746.01

to unknown re: ship construction in Philadelphia

1775/09/17

Montague, John, fl. 1775

Signed "Sandwich." Montague was Earl of Sandwich.

GLC06746.02

to unknown re: Burgoyne and Carleton

1776/02/23

Germain, George Sackvile, Viscount Sackville, 1716-1785

Germaine was Viscount Sackville.

GLC06746.03

Autograph note signed

Promissory note to Ms. Margaret Tidmarsh for 300 pounds

1782/12/24

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

GLC06746.04

to Edmund Pendleton re: Russo-Turkish fighting, Adams & Jay [incomplete]

1784/02/29

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Incomplete and damaged letter. Oblong. Mentions departure of John Adams and John Jay for London.

GLC06748

Typed document signed

re: U.S. Civil Service commission recommendation

1891/05/21

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Signed as "acting President"

GLC06883

Autograph endorsement signed

re: war with Indians in Oregon

1878/07/03

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Apparently a fragment or a note on a docketing panel. "This is no war with Indians in the region familiar to Texas Jack, but far away Oregon in a country well known to the troops serving there." Some loss to letters.

GLC06887

to Edwin M. Stanton, re: W.T. Sherman promotion to Major General

1862/04/13

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Requests that W.T. Sherman be promoted to Major General because he was "in the thickest of the fight both days, having three horses killed under him and being wounded twice" at the Battle of Shiloh

GLC06884