18 May 1864

Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions

Also with autograph endorsement signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. Recipient's copy of a telegram from Beauregard to Bragg. Beauregard had requested that General Hill be assigned to his department as a division commander. Bragg's endorsement denying the request appears on the verso. Bragg, backed by President Davis, for whom he now served as special military advisor, did not approve of Beauregard's request because of a prior feud between him and Hill, who remained on duty in the Charleston area. Written during Union General Benjamin Butler's…

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July 24, 1839

Dresser, Amos, 1812-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hiram Wilson

Dresser writes to Reverend Wilson who is expecting two enslaved people seeking emancipation in Canada through the underground railroad. He writes, "I rejoice in the privilege of handing over to you two more Daughters of affliction who can tell you their own tale of suffering. They are in pursuit of a home which I trust they will find in Queen Victoria's Dominions. The young girl is very quick... in almost any kind of business & with the right kind of training I hope may be brot to Christ & made useful in the world Perhaps you will want her in your family." He asks for the names of…

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20 April 1775

Fullam, Phinehas T., fl. 1775

Autograph document signed

Title: [Attesting to Battle of Concord]

Fullam apparently was a postrider for a Committee of Safety, who, like Paul Revere, was employed to spread the news of Lexington and Concord and bring reinforcements. Says he saw the Battle of Concord with his own eyes and that he confirms about 200 died on both sides. Says 1500 regulars with artillery are on the march and that he is "to inform all the Troops that are on their March to Resort there as fast as possible." Later Fullam served in the Massachusetts militia.

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28 October 1776

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Connecticut document ordering payment for guarding, moving & feeding Continental POW's]

Co-signed by Hartford mayor Thomas Seymour and Connecticut Treasurer John Lawrence. Countersigned by Moses Kimball on verso when he received payment and E. Plummer who audited the payment. Seymour and Ellsworth were members of the Connecticut Committee of Four, also called the Pay-Table, which handled finances for Connecticut during the Revolution. This document provides payment to Moses Kimball for the purchase of saltpetre. Also gives Kimball money to pay Prosper Whitmore for guarding, transporting, and feeding Continental prisoners.

GLC00873

19 August 1776

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for Cyprian Collins]

Signed by Ellsworth as member of Connecticut Pay-table Committee. To John Lawrence as Treasurer of Connecticut and co-signed by committee member Thomas Seymour. Receipt for Cyprian Collins for four pounds, four shillings for riding express from the Northern Army to Governor John Trumbull. Countersigned on verso by Cyprian Collins that he received the money. Also countersigned by E. Plummer, who audited the payment on 1 September 1777.

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6 May 1775

Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for Brigadier General Joseph Spencer]

Signed by Ellsworth as a member of the Connecticut Pay-table Committee. Co-signed with fellow members William Pitkin, Thomas Seymour, and Ezekiel Williams. To John Laurence, the Treasurer of Connecticut. Receipt is to pay Brigadier General Joseph Spencer 150 pounds, as he is paymaster of the First Company of the Second Regiment that is to be raised in Connecticut. Countersigned by Spencer on verso that he received the money. Marked that it was audited 13 May 1776.

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April 29, 1865

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsements of Confederate Generals Pierre G.T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston]

Autograph letter signed of Brigadier General Thomas Jordan to Pierre G.T. Beauregard endorsed three times by Beauregard. Also endorsed by General Joseph E. Johnston in pencil. Written on blue paper. Dated April 29, 1865

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September 28, 1832

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to O.A. Bowe

A personal letter about a trip to New England. Greeley discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. He compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy." He comments on his poverty, and asks Bowe to send him some papers from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some loss of text from a cut-out post mark.

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August 2, 1789

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathaniel Freeman

Adams criticizes the unexpected marriage of a mutual friend. He mentions the female population in Newbury-Port and other personal matters. He discusses the intended judiciary system and comments that it will take many alterations and additions before it is perfect.

GLC00881

11 June 1779

Broadside

Title: To the inhabitants of the United States of America

With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.

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30 July 1779

Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791

Document signed

Title: [Pay order receipt for Jonathan Dana]

Countersigned by Nathaniel Appleton, commissioner of the Continental Loan Office. Orders payment to Jonathan Dana of 18 dollars for interest on money borrowed by the United States. Marked as number 181. On verso there are two notes. One states pay the contents to Captain Simeon Samson, the other is signed by Simeon Samson and requests payment go to Captain Corbin Barr. Signed by Hopkinson as Treasurer of Loans and endorsed by Jonathan Dana on the verso.

GLC00883

02 March 1791

United States. Congress

Broadside

Title: An act: to incorporate the Bank of the United States [Supplement]

Setting date for beginning stock subscription. Unsigned

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03 March 1791

United States Mint

Broadside

Title: Resolution to establish the United States Mint

Printed broadside

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May 15, 1865

Roddey, Philip Dale, 1820-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William H. Hatch

Roddey, a Confederate Brigadier General, writes regarding disbanding troops and securing paroles. With an unsigned pencil note on verso probably written by General Hatch.

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May 14, 1865

Smith, Thomas B., 1838-1923

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Letter addressed to "Dear Col." Smith, a Confederate brigadier general, writes as a prisoner of war in Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts. "I have applied this morning to the Sect. of War to take the Oath of Allegiance. I think the cause for which we have so long contended perfectly hopeless ... I don't think there is anything to be gained by staying longer in prison." He states that he would like the recipient to accompany him to Tennessee if he so decides.

GLC00887

September 1, 1851

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Gibson

Letter written by Captain Sherman from the Subsistence Office, St. Louis, Missouri, to Commissary General of the United States Army George Gibson. He encloses summary statements for August (not included), and notes that sums advanced to him from Santa Fe for coming expenses will be inadequate. He states " ... the mail from Santa Fe brought me notices of drafts, at one day's sight, for the sum of $14,950.00 ... It is utterly impossible to foresee the wants of service in New Mexico ... Judging alone from the past, I think I should have on hand constantly about twenty thousand dollars ... " He…

GLC00889

March 8, 1814

Boggs, Francis, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel Fisher

Boggs wrote this letter as a United States seaman being held as a prisoner of war on a British ship during the War of 1812. He comments on the war and asks for assistance in getting released. He discusses the miseries of the prisoners' situation over the last fifteen months, being forced to work with enslaved individuals in service of the British government and having to impress men for service in the British armed forces. He asks for aid for their families, and notes that the two prisoners with him are named Parker Wilcox and William Fox. Fisher is identified as a major.

GLC00890

December 5, 1791

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Secretary of Treasury on the subject of manufactures

Howes H123. Disbound and boxed. One of Hamilton's most important reports as Secretary of Treasury, to justify his system of tariffs.

GLC00891

August 4, 1791

Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Johnston

Letter written by Laurens, former Continental Congressman and diplomat, in retirement attempting to restore his properties ravaged by the Revolution. He replies to Johnston, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, about a request for papers. States that he asked a friend to search through the remains of his papers from the Revolutionary War to find what Johnston requested. The papers in question concerned a letter of administration of Johnston, the King's Warrant, and payment transactions with Peter Elmsely. He writes that most of his papers were destroyed by the British in 1780 during the…

GLC00892

December 23, 1932

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: Memorandum for D. Basil O'Connor

Roosevelt advises in humor that the Knickerbocker Ice Company has a cold storage plant in Brooklyn that O'Connor can rent, commenting that "After visits from your old friends like Gus and Meyer and Julian, a night spent in the cooler will restore you to health." He states that he promised Gus a place in the cabinet to take him off O'Connor's hands and remarks, "You should give me a medal for this." He humorously mentions that the difference between him and O'Connor, "Certain contacts make you so hot that you need to sit on a cake of ice; in my case I have a longing to take a Turkish bath!"…

GLC00894

19 August 1844

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Document signed

Title: General Order no. 17, re: Texas question and possibility of more service

Docketed. Directed to the African Squadron; received on Oct. 19.

GLC00896

February 25, 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Letter signed

Title: to Howell Cobb

Addressed to Cobb as President of Congress. Nominates Henry T. Ellet as Post Master, Judah P. Benjamin as Attorney General, and Stephen R. Mallory as Navy Secretary.

GLC00897

05 May 1865

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Manuscript document

Title: [Official copy of Henry W. Halleck's General Order No. 6]

Halleck lays down the law for "all persons found in arms against the authority of the United States" in Virginia and North Carolina less than one month after the surrender at Appomattox. Headed: "Head Quarters, Military Division of the James, Richmond, Va."; marked at bottom left as an "Official copy." Manuscript on blue paper, signed by, and possibly in the hand of, Assistant Adjutant General J. C. Kelton.

GLC00898.01

24 April 1863

Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864

Newspaper

Title: The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 23 (April 24, 1863)]

Union occupation newspaper published by Opelousa. Telegrams describe changing conditions of who is winning the battle in Jackson. Poem dedicated to the Union Army and Navy. Fugitive slave ad. Gray floral and tile pattern on wallpaper verso.

GLC00899

14-15 July 1863

Ackert, Charles J., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Port Hudson Freeman. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 14-15, 1863)]

Necessity newspaper printed on pinkish brown scrap paper by Union soldiers. "First federal edition" printed on one side dated 14 July 1863. The other side is dated 15 July and is marked volume 1, no. 1. Reports on the victory at the battle at Vicksburg, the possession of Fort Hudson.

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