1860/07

Photograph

Title: National guard encampment, man and son

Same as GLC 5137.247. Writing on back in same hands as GLC 5137.247 but not the same note. "National Guard, Bethlehem, Pa., July 1860" "Leddy & son during camp of the [illegible] National Guard." On a plain, cream colored mount.

GLC05137.251

11 May 1784

Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susa Street

Regrets he was not there for his mother's last illness and thanks Street for the care given to her. Is himself elderly and advises against his friends and relatives coming to Georgia, as "they may sicken soon & die." If he envies anyone, "it is him who content with a little, enjoys that little without anxiety, loves God, & has his delight in Jesus Christ, looks forward with pleasing expectation of the glory that shall scarcely shall be revealed; that lyes down to sleep, indifferent whether he awakes in this or in the other world." Sends his blessing to his relations. Hall was a…

GLC05243

1865 ca.

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Pamphlet

Title: "Nelly's Hospital" reprinted by U.S. Sanitary Commission for "our young folks"

Fiction.

GLC06896

1800/10/18

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Jennings re: on education and teachers

"It will always give me great pleasure to maintain a friendly intercourse with the instructors of youth in every part of the United States. I consider their occupation as next to that of parents in forming the public mind." Jennings was principal of the New London (CT) Academy

GLC06906

1820-1879

Gilpin, Sarah Lydia, 1802-1894

Header Record

Title: [Diaries and journals of Sarah Lydia Gilpin] [word processed inventory available]

Diary of a woman who was a close friend of Sophie Du Pont. Writings span with gaps, 1820-21, 1863-72, 1874-75, 1879. Diaries are written from Wilmington, Delaware and New York City. The author of the later diaries corresponded with Admiral S.F. Du Pont, among other people. Usual topics include household events, weather, her reading, church meetings, family, financial and parties. Noteworthy topics include the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln Assassination, aid for free blacks. Abolition sentiment is evident in a 21 January 1865 entry "brought an appeal for aid for the poor negroes liberated by…

GLC06846

1784/07/14

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Tench Tilghman re: requesting employment for his nephew, Corbin

Washington writes on behalf of his nephew, Corbin Washington, who "is inclined to enter into a Mercantile walk of life." Washington says he knows little of Corbin but asks his former aide Tilghman "if it would be convenient for you to take him into your counting House, and immediately under your eye...." Tilghman died later this year.

GLC06769

1845/11/25

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Letcher re: Houston's retirement and first born son

Concerning Houston's desire for a life of happy domesticity in retirement, "to pass the remainder of my earthly existence" with his wife ("she gets all the credit for my good actions, and I have to endure all the censure of my bad ones.") and first-born son ("he will do for pioneer").

GLC06774

1850/01/01-15

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Bates re: schoolroom experiences; opinion re: the "Christmas Religion"

Written while employed as a young school teacher in Northeast Ohio. Includes accounts of two altercations with disobedient schoolboys.

GLC06786

31 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: discharge of jailed Confederate conscript

The soldier was a nephew of Lincoln's aquaintance, John Tipton, who has "Lost one brother, and another crippled for life, in our service"

GLC07107

1812/03/04

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas B. Adams

Signed with his initial "A." Adams discusses family matters, his declining a seat on the Supreme Court. He expects war with Great Britain: "All the information that we receive from the United States... indicates a disposition and measures leading to War. As far as these may consist in preparations and in raising of a force sufficient to give weight to our claims... it gives me pleasure to see them. But I cannot reconcile myself to the idea of a War... which can only promote the purposes of France that is forced upon us by the stupid obstinancy of the British Cabinet." Adams also predicts…

GLC07118

1890 ca.

Smith and Buck

Photograph

Title: [Cabinet card of Mrs. Harriet Chapman]

Shows Mrs. Chapman, daughter of Lincoln's cousin Dennis Hanks, at about age 72. Provenance notes in pencil on back.

GLC07088.02

24 November 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mathilda M. Rhett

Thanks her for her letter and updates her on current events of the Civil War. "Much is to be done & yet our invaders have everything their own way. It will not be so always & our turn will come some day. They have complete control of the waters, our inland seas furnish them with every facility for savaging our coast, which will delight them to do." Writes that he misses his wife and mentions his children.

GLC07157

16 April 1776

Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823

Autograph letter

Title: to his brother [incomplete]

Writes to his brother about the shipment of goods, family matters, and a difficult boy working as his clerk, named Johnny. Discusses legal issues pertaining to the division of a land patent in Kinderhook, New York. Incomplete and not signed. Possibly a retained copy. Henry had a brother named Peter Van Schaack, who is possibly the recipient of this letter.

GLC07160.02

1861/06/17

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan re: use of steamboats to carry troops down Mississippi

GLC07060.01

1864/05/02

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Wilson re: requesting promotions for Generals Ingalls, Rucker and Allen

GLC07060.02

1863/04/07

McCauly, Jefferson, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to master re: slave inquiring about health of wife and other family members

Written on blue paper by a slave (probably traveling with Confederate officer) to his master. Location name is illegible

GLC07049

[1850 ca.]

Meigs, John R., fl. 1850-1864

Header Record

Title: Family Archive [Decimalized .01- .75]

Includes Lincoln and Johnson DS, photographs, ALS, commissions, and hand drawn maps.

GLC07059

1874/09/23

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas W. Cook re: advice to boy in school on honesty

Fatherly response to autograph request of Cook's son: "I advise him that he always keep on such (good) terms with his parents that he can, at all times tell them nothing but "The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."; with 2/26/1877 letter from President's secretary, with envelope.

GLC07190

1787/06/03

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses being deeply involved in family life for the past six months, during which time his daughter was born. Discusses his service as his correspondent's lawyer and mentions an issue his correspondent had with Edmund Randolph. His correspondent, possibly James Madison, was a member of the Constitutional Convention, who was engaged in work to "bind the states together by the strongest ties, and to commit their interests to the direction of one common head." Monroe hopes for a successful outcome at the convention.

GLC07198

1856/12/10

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to brother and sister Adair re: concern for his son Owen

Written while on the run from authorities after Pottawatomie massacre: "Owen (my son) is I trust somewhere on the way from Iowa; but I have a good deal of anxiety about him, as I learn that I was hotly pursued even in Iowa. I can only say that God has miraculously preserved and spared us." Docketed.

GLC07229

1791/08/02

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Philip Mazzei] re: Monticello and family; debts

A lengthy discussion of debts, currency, interest bearing certificates and the assumption of state debts by the Federal Government. Mentions Mr. Blair, Edmund Randloph, Mr. Foster, George Nicholls. Jefferson offers to forgive the debt of Mr. Berrons in exchange for books equal to the amount of the debt. Closes the letter with mention of family and announces that he is a grandfather.

GLC07540

1799/09/22

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Washington re: death of brother Charles, Samuel's father

"By this event, you have become the guardian of your mother; and... the father, of your father's family; and by care, industry & sobriety will endeavor I hope to merit the appellation of one."

GLC07530

1912/12/08

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Constance Von Stumm re: condolence letter to daughter of deceased friend

Mentions "movement for honesty and fair dealing in American life".

GLC07528

1839/06/19

Brown, John, 1800-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Brown and children re: his homecoming

"I have left no stone unturned to place my affairs in a more settled & comfortable shape, & now should I after all my labour & sacrifice of boddy & mind, be compelled to return a verry poor man, how will my family receive me."

GLC07617

1771/05/20-25

Document

Title: The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Quaker conduct]

Letter to the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere guiding Quaker conduct. The letter warns against overuse of credit, "[f]or by these Practices, many inncocent Wives and Children have been inevitably and unexpectedly involved in ruinous and deplorable Circumstances." Written in the fifth Quaker month.

GLC07628