1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of George Henry Thomas]

Signed on image as Maj Gen., bust by Brady

GLC02136.12

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of John McAllister Schofield]

Sogned on image as Major General.

GLC02136.15

1865 ca.

Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Wade Hampton]

Signed on image. Gilt edges. Bust by C.M. Bell.

GLC02136.20

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of John A. Logan]

GLC02136.29

1842/10/08

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas W. Ward re: removal of goverment from Austin and archives

Signed as President of Texas. Refers to the removal of the government from Austin to Washington-on-the-Brazos, and the need to remove the archives, a removal that eventually led to the Texas "archives war."

GLC02145.02

1842/12/10

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript

Title: Clerical copy of letter to Thomas Smith & Eli Chandler re:archives

Instructions regarding removal of archives mentioning wagons and ways to hide their purpose. Also mentions threats made against moving the archives.

GLC02145.03

1842/12/10

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: moving Texas archives from Austin to Washington-on-the Brazos

Signed twice as President of Texas. Telling Ward of Smith's and Chandler's orders to remove the archives.

GLC02145.04

1844/01/22

Ogden, F.W., fl. 1844

Manuscript

Title: Collection of 3 items related to the Report to Texas House of Representatives] Decimalized

Clerical manuscript damaged with loss of text in margin. Authentic copy. (Docket misdates). Accompanied by two copies of the Ward broadside, "A Card," responding to Ogdin & Grammont report on archives, 1844/02/03, 33 x 20 cm. re: condition of archives w/ "A Card"

GLC02145.05

1843/01/04

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript

Title: to Texas House of Representatives re: complete summary of events in Archives War

Clerical copy, with docket "private property" on p. 4.

GLC02145.14

1857/10/02

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: dissatisfaction with present life and career

A very friendly and kindly letter written three months before his suicide. Mentions Ward's newborn son, personal matters, Jones' personal isolation and Texas politics.

GLC02145.15

1843/11/24

Mayfield, James S., fl. 1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: Sam Houston's declining popularity in East Texas

GLC02145.17

1842/10/17

Waples, Joseph, fl. 1842

Autograph document signed

Title: Authorizing James Shaw to take certain government supplies in Austin

Signed as chief clerk of the Texas Dept. of State. Also signed by N. C. Hamilton (War) and M. P. Woodhouse (Treasury), for same purpose of getting stationery and other official supplies.

GLC02145.26

1843/02/06

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas W. Ward re: asking Ward for Texas State Dept. parchment

GLC02145.31

1854/02/18

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: building a railroad through Texas

GLC02145.39

1856/03/13

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: attempts of Columbia to have Ward removed as U.S. Consul

GLC02145.40

1854/06/06

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: possible war with Spain

GLC02145.52

1854/07/12

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: granting leave of absense from his post in Panama

GLC02145.53

1855/01/10

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: inability to write

GLC02145.54

1866/10/06

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Thomas W. Ward collector of Customs at Corpus Christi

GLC02145.58

1869/10/23

Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Kearny re: telling Kearny to personally collect customs

Signed as Secretary of Treasury.

GLC02145.62

1844/01/30

Prentiss, Francis, fl. 1844

Document signed

Title: Obligation to pay Ross & Echington for horse bought from Ward

With separate docket and address leaves (25.0 x 20.1 cm).

GLC02145.77

1857/01/25

Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Col. Thomas Ward re: personal and business matters

Docketed.

GLC02145.78

1824/09/05

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Graham

Notes that apparent strife between Indians and whites in Arkansas has dissipated. Reports a conversation with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on the topic of establishing Indian agents, in which Calhoun asserted that he would not make any arrangements that did not follow "strict Construction of the Law." Discusses some personal business. Indicates that Graham's explanations to Calhoun regarding "the payment of the Osage annuities...has bee[n] quite Satisfactory." Reports that orders have been issued "to take the necessary steps in relation the hostile attitude of the Indians high up the…

GLC02146.04

1861 ca.

Lewis, R.A., fl. 1861

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Robert Anderson]

GLC02136.07

1865 ca.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: [Benjamin Franklin Butler]

Carte de visite signed on mount. Butler photographed in civilian clothing, 3/4 seated profile.

GLC02136.09