20 September 1781

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Announcement for reward for runaway "negro man servant" named Peter]

An announcement made by Bartlett, the second signer of the Declaration of Independence, regarding his runaway "Negro man servant Named Peter, aged about Twenty years, a short thick fellow, speaks good English, is pretty sensible and understands farming Business very well, had on when he went away a Brown homespun Coat a new pair of moose Leather Breeches & grey yarn Stockings." States that Peter ran away on 18 September 1781. Bartlett promises a reward for information or capture. He also notes that someone "for their own private advantage" has assisted Peter and that they will be…

GLC02816

August 29, 1864

Richardson, Hollon, 1835-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Professor Etooever

Considers Gettysburg as the "turning point of the war" due to the accidents of the enemy rather than their own abilities.

GLC02817

1780/03/16

United States. Continental Congress.

Manuscript document signed

Title: Act of Congress re: continuance of loan

Signed as secretary to Congress.

GLC02818

1860-1866

Louisiana. Legislature

Book

Title: Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana

Book is separated into the following sections: Acts passed by the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana at its Second Session. Held and begun in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 21st day of January, 1861. List of Acts and Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Louisiana, extra session of 1860. Acts passed by the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana at its first session, held and begun in the city of Baton Rouge, on the 25th of November, 1861. List of Acts and Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Louisiana, session of 1862. Acts passed by the first general assembly of…

GLC02819

27 June 1863

Swords, J. M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Daily Citizen. [June 27, 1863]

This document is a copy of The Daily Citizen issued during the siege of Vicksburg, in Vicksburg. Reports on a new phase of the war with a rebel offensive movement. The document is indecipherable in places due to blurry typeset. Printed on splotchy wallpaper with blue and green flowers, this pattern is evident on verso.

GLC02820

19 April 1865

Imboden, John D., 1823-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Jones

Writes as Brigadier General commanding the Confederate military prisons to Major General Samuel Jones as commander of the District of Florida regarding exchanging his brother, F.M. Imboden for a Union soldier, Captain Wilson French of the 17th Connecticut Volunteers. Informs Jones that his brother is confined at Johnson's Island and gives an account of his quest to have him exchanged for French. Denies that French should not be exchanged because he knows the country and is considered a dangerous man. Exerts his influence to gain his brother's freedom and threatens to go to higher…

GLC02824

2 June 1863

Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army]

Partially printed document appointing doctor Alfred Jones as assistant surgeon in the Provisional Confederate Army. Signed by Seddon as Confederate Secretary of War. A note at the bottom orders Jones to report to the medical director of the department to which he is assigned, and is signed by Samuel P. Moore as the Confederate Surgeon General. Apparently written after Jones had been paroled and exchanged after his capture at Fort Donelson. Written on Confederate States of America War Department Stationary.

GLC02825.01

17 June 1862

Pickett, W.D., fl. 1862

Autograph document signed

Title: Special order no. 70

Honorable discharge from the Confederate Army of doctor Alfred Jones, after his capture at Fort Donelson. Signed by Pickett as Assistant Adjutant General for General Hardee.

GLC02825.02

4 May 1865

Johnson, Richard W., 1827-1897

Endorsement signed

Title: [Oath of allegiance to the United States for Alfred Jones, with Richard Johnson endorsement]

Jones signs partially printed document, pledging his allegiance to the United States of America. Also signed by Jonathan Sargent, Assistant Provost Marshall, Department of the Cumberland. Endorsement on verso, authorizing Jones to practice medicine in Union-occupied Tennessee, signed by General Richard W. Johnson.

GLC02825.03

1 May 1865

Document

Title: [Internal revenue license to carry on business of physician for Alfred Jones]

Partially printed Internal Revenue License permitting Alfred Jones "to carry on the business of occupation of Physician." Valid for one year. Unsigned.

GLC02825.04

19 March 1862

Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Linton A. Stephens

Tells his brother not to worry about catching the mumps or measles. Says Linton might as well catch the mumps now, while it is so prevalent, and get it over with, since it can be easily and safely treated. Also mentions his plans to return home. Docket in pencil, recently added.

GLC02826

February 4, 1862-August 11, 1864

Tittle, George A., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: [Letters written by George A. Tittle while cruising the North Atlantic aboard the USS Kearsarge] [decimalized .01-.19]

Surgeon steward Tittle details the "Kearsarge's" 1862-1864 cruise, including her engagement with the CSS "Alabama." The USS "Kearsarge" eventually fought and sank the Confederate raider off the French coast on 19 June 1864. 19 letters divided into 2 folders.

GLC02828

24 December 1859-26 August 1864

Allen, George D., fl. 1859-1864

Header Record

Title: [Letters, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America] [decimalized .01-.18]

Written by the Allen brothers (Union naval officers) -- Joseph H., George D., and William B. -- to their sister Mary Mayberry with letters of William Oves and Frank McIntire. GLC02829.06 mentions the USS "Monitor." The Allen family was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Mayberry's name was found from various references in this collection. Her last name was made Mayberry because of a line in GLC02829.02 in reference to Mary having children: "I thought you and Brother Bill had made a whole regiment by this time..." Bill is referenced in several letters in this collection, but his full name…

GLC02829

1861-1865

O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John D. O'Connell, 14th regiment, US army, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .58.03]

Letters cover 1861-63, and are primarily written to Mary H. Perkins. Collection includes 57 letters, 4 color printed cards, and 1 color print portrait.

GLC02830

1865-1866

O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866

Header Record

Title: [Civil War diaries of John D. O'Connell]

Three autograph manuscript diaries, two of which are signed. The first volume, covering 1865, is approximately 86 pages, totally written in ink; also features additional printed pages with calendars, stamp rates, and other information. Signed "O'Connell" at top of title page. The other two volumes cover January-June 1866 and July-December 1866 respectively. The January-June volume consists of approximately 85 pages and is largely written in ink; the July-December volume is partially written in pencil and partially in ink, and is approximately 98 pages. The January-June volume is signed "…

GLC02830.58

1862/11/09-1865/07

Alden, William H., 1844-?

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William H. Alden, F company, 6th regiment, Iowa, cavalry] [Decimalized .01- .53]

Forty eight long letters written while on the Sully Expedition to put down the Sioux uprising, under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. Private Alden, a seventeen year old Iowan, wrote this first-hand account mostly to his family. He discusses hand to hand combat with Indians, rescuing immigrants on the overland trail, gold mining, the capture of a Sioux chief's feathered head dress, and the wounding and death of a soldier. The Sully Expedition, led by Alfred Sully (son of the famous painter Thomas Sully), was the largest military campaign against the Plains Indians up to this date, and marked…

GLC02831

1864-1865

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph album

Title: Photographic Views of Sherman's campaign [photograph album]

Mounted in a slightly later album book, rebacked.

GLC02833

1795/10/24

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Book

Title: Message of the President... to Congress relative to France and Great Britain

Compiled by Jefferson as Secretary of State, mostly relating to the Genet Affair. Printed for Matthew Carey.

GLC02835

27 April 1870

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Frank Hardy]

This document commutes the sentence of Frank Hardy, who was convicted of first degree murder. Frank Hardy was to be hanged on 6 May 1870, and on 27 April 1870 Rutherford B. Hayes altered his sentence to life imprisonment. Hayes signed as governor of Ohio. Sealed in mylar, dimensions of the document and the mylar are 45.5 x 37.1 cm.

GLC02843

circa 1802

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Paperwork for the case Richard Cromwell v. John Shotts]

One letter from Roger Brooke Taney representing an enslaver, Richard Cromwell who complained that John Shotts had assaulted Joe, a man enslaved by Taney, on October 28, 1802 in Frederick County, Maryland. Taney claimed that Shotts "with force of arms to wit swords[,] Knives, Cudgels, shovels[,] clubs and fists upon a certain Negro man named Joe the slave of him the said Richard Cromwell an assault did make ... and there beat wound and evilly treat [him]." Goes on to claim that Joe was unable to work for 20 days. Also claims that Shotts' actions damaged the peace, government, and dignity of…

GLC02844

1 April 1884

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: State of New York

Pardons commuting 30 Sing Sing convicts' prison sentences due to good conduct, signed by New York Governor Grover Cleveland.

GLC02846

24 July 1862

Sawtelle, Charles Greene, 1834-1913

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Perley P. Pitkin

General order instructs Pitkin to send "a competent person" to meet "five hundred contrabands" and bring them rations. "Contrabands" were freed enslaved people employed by the Union army. Written as Captain. Written at Harrison's Landing, Virginia.

GLC02849

18 December 1861

Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Edward Davis Townsend]

Addressed to "the Adjutant General of the United States." Encloses letters and report [not included] of Provost Marshal Major Beard of the New York Volunteers. Beard delivered the letters to Sherman's headquarters while Sherman was absent on a reconnaissance. Refers to a seized vessel.

GLC02851

January 14, 1814

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Reverend Colman

Adams in retirement to Colman (also called Coleman by Abigail Adams in GLC 2515), a minister in a neighboring Massachusetts town. References various works of literature and says Spencer's Fairy Queen is a work of genius. Jokingly says his life has become wrapped up in books, "I have the Vanity to claim a distant remote kindred to the Family of Searches ... But this drop of Searches blood has drawn up on me a flood of Volumes from all quarters." Says his granddaughter is reading to him from "Tuckers Vision," a book Colman loaned Adams.

GLC02852

27 February 1785

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Francis Mercer

Monroe, a member of the Confederation Congress, informs Mercer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, that a secretary will soon be appointed to assist John Adams as Minister to Great Britain. States that James McHenry, also a member of the Confederation Congress, has not mentioned a nomination for this position. Informs that the Indian Commissioner, a friend of Mercer's, presented himself before Congress. States that there are many important issues before Congress, including propositions for raising men and the regulation of commerce. Informs Mercer of his participation on a…

GLC02861