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J. Henry Flitner writes a letter to his sister to tell her that he has safely make it to New York from Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. It appears that J. H. Flitner goes by his middle name, Henry, based on his signature on this letter.

GLC02669.101

Union counter attack during Pickett's charge, Gettysburg. July 3, 1863

Pencil and watercolor sketch. Landscape of battlefield from above showing men during Pickett's charge. Unfinished with vivid blues and greens. Title is written in pencil on verso. Possibly cut from sketchbook GLC02670.01.

GLC02670.03

[Pencil sketch. Man on boulders]

GLC02673.03

[Pencil and watercolor. Scenic]

GLC02673.04

[Pencil and ink wash. Glen Onoko]

GLC02673.07

[Pencil and ink. Lake View Hotel]

The hotel building and carriages are cut and pasted from a comtemporary print; JBB has supplied the background. Signed

GLC02673.11

[Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel in the distance]

note on verso: "Do not charge Mr. Bacthelder [sic] my Hotel Bill. J.W.G."

GLC02673.15

[Pencil and ink wash. Mauchunk Pennsylvania from Booth Mountain]

GLC02673.16

[Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]

Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60....
JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.

GLC02673.17

[watercolor. Marsh Creek]

Hoffman's Dam. Shows a fisherman

GLC02673.20

[watercolor. panoramic view of #28 showing American flag and outbuildings]

Hall & Spaulding. note on verso. Frontier flavor

GLC02673.29

[pencil and brown watercolor. Waterfall with fir tree and visitors]

with unfinished pencil sketch of a woman in bed on verso

GLC02673.30

[Military or soldier's decorative alphabet with Civil War scenes within each letter. Wood engraving. 12 letters]

GLC02673.33

to John B. Marchand

Thanks Marchand for agreeing to deliver her letters to her husband, Thomas J. Page. Worries because "I have seen in the papers most discouraging accounts of the Steamers intended for the Paraguay expedition," but hopes everything goes well. The...

GLC02680.07

to John B. Marchand

Copy of a circular letter from the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ordering captains to "instruct the officers commanding Prize vessels to deliver to the ordnance officer of the nearest Navy Yard, all arms belonging to the service, immediately on...

GLC02680.12

[Military discharge for Joseph Steele for disability]

Printed form filled out with the handwritten emendations of Dorr, discharging Steele from service due to a disability. Dorr was a surgeon on the United States Volunteers Medical Staff. Private Steele was a gunsmith with the 104th Rgt. NY Volunteers.

GLC02680.13

to John B. Marchand

Smith, the Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, writes to confirm the enlistment of Julius Manheim, apparently one of Marchand's men. Encloses papers [not present] pertaining to Manheim. Forwarded on to Farragut, with his...

GLC02680.29

to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, discusses the furlough of Private Sherrin of the 2nd Massachusetts (Banks appealed for Sherrin's furlough on behalf of Hooper, and the furlough was denied). Mentions many...

GLC02689

Pardon of Miller A. Wright (c/s Seward)?

Pardoned for "serving as a Colonel in the Army of the so-called Confederate States of America."

GLC02691.03

Document re: purchase of cotton from Augustus Wright by agent Hanson Risley

Signed by Lincoln on page 3; countersigned by Hanson A. Risley as special agent and by Green Adams as government purchasing agent. "I, Hanson A. Risley, Agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the Government of the...

GLC02691.04

to Miller A. Wright

Further problems getting troops there, because of the "difficulty between the Pres [Davis] & Genl [Brown]. It is to be hoped however, the country will not be permitted to suffer by a disagreement between these two distinguished gentlemen, both worthy...

GLC02691.11.013

[to Miller A. Wright]

Written from Headquarters, Military Post, Atlanta, Georgia. Lee informs the recipient of the letter [probably Miller] that he can receive his pay at the post at which he is stationed.

GLC02691.11.042

to Miller A. Wright

Miller's assistance is needed for a military matter.

GLC02691.11.051

to Mary Audenreid

Writes to the widow of his aide-de-camp during the Civil War, Joseph Crain Audenreid, listing their theater and opera engagements. "I supposed you have in mind ... that on Saturday next you & I are to hear [Adelina] Pattie in the matinee 2PM."...

GLC02692

Index of General Orders, Adjutant General's Office, 1876

Published by the Government Printing Office. Contains military orders 1-114 for 1876, including forms for use of supplies, promotions, and designation of offices. The spine and cover of this book have separated in several places. Among notables...

GLC02693