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Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots [Decimalized .01-.03]
July to August 1863
Various
Three official copies or extracts from Army Headquarters relating to the New York City draft riots.
GLC08523
[Circular reporting troop mobilization to New York City]
30 July 1863
French, William Henry, 1815-1881
Official copy signed clerically by W[illiam].F.A. Torbert as adjutant and Albert Ordway and countersigned by J.H. Chase. Reports the march of the 20th Regiment Indiana Volunteers and the 1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers to New York City during...
GLC08523.01
[Extract of Special Orders, No. 202]
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
Partially printed document countersigned by W.F.A. Torbert with the clerical signature of S. Williams. Orders the senior officer accompanying troops to New York to telegraph the number of soldiers to the Chief Quartermaster General so he may provide...
GLC08523.02
[Circular coordinating transportation to New York City]
3 August 1863
Official copy signed clerically by W[illiam].F.A. Torbert as adjutant and Albert Ordway and countersigned by J.H. Chase.Orders all troops being sent to New York to report to Warrenton for transportation to that city. The regiments affected are the...
GLC08523.03
[Lottery ticket for the benefit of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures]
circa 1797
Ticket for a lottery to be held in Paterson, New Jersey, to benefit the "Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, erected by Virtue of an Act of the Legislature of the State of New-Jersey. -- Subject to a Deduction of 15 per Cent." Printed by...
GLC08524
to [Jefferson Davis]
February 10, 1864
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
Memminger, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, encloses an estimate (not included) of appropriations requested "to make purchases of Cotton and Tobacco to meet the engagements of the Government." Requests that Davis inform Congress of this action...
GLC08526
to Henry Walke
28 December 1862
Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891
Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondelet." Says Walke is not to let prisoners go to Vicksburg for any reason, nor to allow them any further communication with...
GLC08527
2 November 1862
Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondolet." Says he is sending coal down the river. Orders that army transport cannot have any of it. Says his calculations on...
GLC08528
[Civil War order to hold a court martial]
9 July 1863
Orders a Naval General Court Martial at Vicksburg aboard the steamer Choctaw on 10 July 1863. Indicates that the court will be composed of Captain H. Walke, lieutenant commodores James A. Greer, James W. Shirk, John G. Walker, and Frank M. Ramsey...
GLC08529
Review of Webster's speech on slavery.
1850
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Inscribed on cover to the Hon. William Foster. Printed by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC08530
Treaty of peace between the allied and associated powers [Versailles]
28 June 1919
Uncut. With fold-out maps. Signed on cover by Evan C. Mac Veagh. Contains Treaty of Versaille and League of Nations Covenant.
GLC08532
5 November 1862
Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as Commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondolet." Wants to have the tugboats in order so they can be ready for emergencies. Tells him to keep as few of them under...
GLC08533
to Thomas H. Patterson
11 November 1863
Lee, Samuel Phillips, 1812-1897
Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Lee as commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Congratulates Patterson on the capture of the blockade runners "Cornelia" and "R.E. Lee" (names of the ships...
GLC08534
The Funeral dirge of democracy [election campaign document]
1868
Republican Party
Republican election campaign document: song for ends of meetings. Dated 10-29-1868. Grant's campaign.
GLC08536
General orders no. 7
3 June 1863
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
Orders given by Confederate Brigadier General Wheeler for Wheeler's Calvary Corps. Promulgated by Assistant Adjutant General D. G. Reed. Divided into seven sections. Stresses accuracy of reports of enemy strength. Says they need to probe the enemy...
GLC08537
Southern prisoner's relief fund.
circa 1863
Southern Prisoner's Relief Fund Committee, fl. 1863
A London subscription to raise money to help Confederate prisoners of war interred in Northern prisons. "Horrible as war is in all its features, assuredly it has no greater horrors than the long agony of the poor captive who, when the feverish...
GLC08539
Modern "Democracy," the ally of slavery. Speech of Hon. M. W. Tappan of New Hampshire, in the House of Representatives, July 29, 1856.
29 July 1856
Tappan, Mason W. (Mason Weare), 1817-1886
Printed by Greeley & McElrath (the New York Tribune). Tappan, a United States Representative from New Hampshire, declares, "There is... but one hope left for Freedom in Kansas, and that the people of this country are about to avail themselves of....
GLC08541
A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865
1865
Swain, Leonard, 1821-1869
States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the...
GLC08542
[Receipt for the sale of three slaves]
13 July 1849
Peuse, James M., fl. 1849
Receipt for the sale of three slaves named Dolly, Sally and Martha, for the price of $475 in cash. Sold to Joseph Nuckold [?]. Signature illegible.
GLC08543
[Receipt for purchase of slave]
2 January 1863
Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863
Certifies receipt of $1900 from William R. and John Curtey[?] for a slave named Ward. Signed a day after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
GLC08544
[Tax form listing slaves, horses, etc.]
9 December 1839
Branche, W., fl. 1839
Tax form for Mr. Robert Shanks listing his property including at least two slaves. Lists the taxes that must be paid for each item. For Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
GLC08545
Think before you vote!
1864
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Union broadside to citizens of Michigan promoting Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson for President and Vice President. Denounces Democratic candidate General George McClellan. Ends with, "If the Union and government is not maintained, the nation is...
GLC08546
Life and Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Some of his Contemporaries
February 12, 1909
Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962
A publishing dummy in black wrappers containing 20 photographs (adhered) for "Life and Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Some of his Contemporaries" (for the Quill Club 2/12/1909).
GLC08548.01
Prisoners and paupers [criminal justice]
1893
Boies, Henry M., fl. 1893
Printed by Putnam.
GLC08549
Gazette of the United States. [No. 3 (April 18, 1789-April 22, 1789)]
18 April 1789-22 April 1789
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Issue describes Adams' s trip from Massachusetts to New York to assume the vice presidency and presidency of the Senate. Describes in detail his trip from Westchester into the city. Contains John Langdon's, president pro tempore of the Senate, speech...
GLC08553
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