February 25, 1865

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph document signed

Title: to Philip H. Sheridan

Marked cipher at top and copied on verso. Writes to Major General Sheridan at Winchester, Virginia about General William T. Sherman's movements. "General Sherman's movements will depend on the amount of opposition he meets from the enemy." Feels much of the danger has passed. Informs that Sherman is aiming to join with General John Schofield around Goldsboro. Instructs Sheridan on how he may be able to find Sherman, either "moving from Goldsboro towards Raleigh or engaging the enemy strongly posted at one or the other of their places with railroad communications opened from his Army to…

GLC05734

January 31, 1881

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. W. Kimball

Advice to naval officer headed to the Far East.

GLC05736

1839/07/30

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas G. Morgan

A detailed personal letter of condolence for the death of Bedford Morgan during the second Seminole War, written to Morgan's brother, Judge Morgan of Baton Rouge, at the insistence of their sister, Ann Gibbes Barker. Explains the circumstances of Morgan's death, as one of eighteen killed on a mission to trade with the Seminole Indians. Claims that the surprise attack and murders by the Seminoles violated a recent peace agreement made with General Macomb at Fort King. Describes the Seminoles as "the most evil & treacherous savages that ever existed."

GLC05737

26 August 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: on George W. Randolph

Davis's endorsement, written on blank leaf of Secretary of War Randolph's letter, discusses doing justice to General John B. Magruder and the recommendation that he be given a command in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Randolph's letter (the first two pages), dated 26 August 1862, defends Magruder against charges of drunkenness and incompetence during the Peninsula Campaign: "He must be acquitted on 'incompetence' altho on more than one occasion he may have erred." On Confederate States of America, War Department stationery.

GLC05740

7 May 1855

Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Tyler

Written to his son. Attacks the racial and religious prejudices of the Know-Nothing Party, stating, "a secret society whose only avowed object is religious persecution, cannot endure." Mentions John Selden, Law, Colonel May, and Vanderbilt. He does not know why the address he delivered at Baltimore has not yet appeared in print. John Tyler was President of the United States from 1841 to 1845.

GLC05741

1839-1856

Bowen, John T., fl. 1801-1856

Print

Title: [Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]

Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.

GLC05742.02

17 April 1865

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Schoolcraft

Fears that President Johnson "will not feel as much kindness toward the South." Also, plans to meet to debate slavery. The letter was written three days after President Lincoln's assassination.

GLC05743

5 August 1861

Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Joseph Hardee

Confederate Brigadier General Pillow informs General Hardee that a courier he formerly sent had been captured and taken as a prisoner, thus previous messages intended for Hardee and General McCulloch (possibly Ben McCulloch) had not been transmitted. Writes "It is essential that our forces be united before we advance far into the Interior- At Ironton there is a force, as I am informed of about 3000 men & they are fortifying their position in that neighborhood probably on Cedar Creek - There is also a force of 4 or 5 thousand men at Cape Giradeau in my rout and which I must dislodge…

GLC05744

14 May 1843

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Letter signed

Title: to Roger Jones

Writes to the Adjutant General of the Army about plans for an expedition to Oklahoma between the Santa Fe trail and the Red River, to be led by Colonel Davenport. Hopes to obtain "valuable information in regard to a district of country but perfectly known" and to exert "a salutary influence among the prairie Indians, by a respectable demonstration of force along the frontier." Also mentions reports that a group of Texans plan to attack a caravan of Santa Fe traders.

GLC05746

November 7, 1864

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

Manuscript document

Title: to Edward Richard Sprigg Canby

Written in the clerical hand of C. Christensen, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General of the Military Division of West Mississippi. Marked as a true copy. "Cipher" is written at the top. Sherman, commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, reports that Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard has left Georgia and shifted to Florence, Alabama, threatening to invade Tennessee. Informs Canby, commander of the Military Division of West Mississippi, "We are already for him there and I have still an army with which to go on- I have destroyed Atlanta and marched south- Be…

GLC05747

10 May 1878

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Greenleaf Whittier

Garrison replies to a letter from Whittier, the Quaker poet and abolitionist. Discusses the deaths of other abolitionists. Whittier had informed Garrison of the death of Captain Jonathan Walker, a fellow abolitionist. Laments Walker's death, describing him as "a kind-hearted, honest, unsophisticated man, who, for attempting to aid certain slaves to escape from their taskmasters, bore with martyr-like fortitude and serenity the penalty burnt into his living flesh by the decree of a court acting in accordance with the provisions of the Slave Code." Notes that the "SS" which was burnt on…

GLC05748

February 11, 1786

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Thomas Jefferson]

Regrets that Colonel Humphries will be leaving Monday because her admiration for him and their friendship has grown over his stay. She believes that the two American Secretaries of Legation are worthy of more distinguished stations because "in Europe every being is estimated, and every country valued in proportion to their show & splendor." Expresses her wish to return to America and a private life. "I am really surfeited with Europe, and most heartily long for the rural cottage, the purer & honester manners of my native land." Begins discussing the appointment of a minister and…

GLC05749

June 28, 1863

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert E. Lee

Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General, writes to Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. Referring to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, he writes "Whilst with the President last night I recd your letter of the 23rd inst." Relates that Davis had not yet heard of a plan to organize troops at Culpeper Court House under General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard. He informs Lee of a large Union force, some of whom are "in the vicinity of the White House & the remainder at Yorktown." Refers to recent damage the Union exacted on Hanover, Virginia, two days after…

GLC05751

December 31, 1861

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

General Johnston writes to General Beauregard, commander of the Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia. He writes "Is the W. arts near enough to Weir's house to be concerned in pulling to pieces the out houses? I heard thro' Major Boyle that soldiers carrying off...doors &c evidently for their own new quarters." Possibly referring to General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, he states "Genl Trimble's brigade is nearest- & most probably furnished the culprits- I have desired him to get a guard at the house, & to have a search made for the missing materials." Mentions that "a place…

GLC05752

1799/12/05

Goorich, Elizur, fl. 1799-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Twining re: lawsuit, business

Possibly on business related to Yale's President Dwight?

GLC05754.01

1800/04

Goorich, Elizur, fl. 1799-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Twining re: dismissal of Secretary of State

Dated Tuesday morning. Date inferred from recipient's docket. "We were yesterday morning astonished by the dismissal of the Secretary of State. It has been long known that there was not union in the Cabinet."

GLC05754.03

1800/04/04

Goorich, Elizur, fl. 1799-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Twining re: treaty talks between the United States and France

GLC05754.04

1800/11/07

Goorich, Elizur, fl. 1799-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Twining re: finances

GLC05754.14

1809/09/08

Goorich, Elizur, fl. 1799-1809

Document signed

Title: Document empowering Stephen Twining & Peter Tomlinson to administer estate

Printed document signed as Justice of the Peace for the estate of Russel Tomlinson. Clerk's docket on verso.

GLC05754.15

1900-1902

Sherzer, Edwin B., fl. 1900-1902

Header Record

Title: [Collections of 129 items concerning the Alaska gold rush] [decimalized]

Writes to his wife Clara about his experiences during the Alaska gold rush, many of the letters from Nome.

GLC05755

1878-1899

Header Record

Title: Mormon Church archive of 72 letters & documents re: church court proceedings [decimalized]

156 letters and documents plus 14 bound notebooks containing minutes of the high council meetings of Weber Stake, North Ogden, Utah. Regarding Mormons tried for apostasy, attending a house of ill fame; criticizing Brigham Young and Joseph Smith and tithing; quarrels with a bishop, etc. [14 notebooks separated 11/97 for conservation as .02] Bound manuscript housed in Primary: Range 3A, Shelf 1-7.

GLC05756

1842-1843

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Header Record

Title: Thomas Dorr papers, relating to Dorr's rebellion [decimalized]

GLC05757

circa 16 June 1842

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Autograph manuscript

Title: The People's Constitution

Editorial by Governor Dorr maintaining the importance of supporting the People's Constitution in Rhode Island, even though they failed to take the arsenal on 18 May 1842. Argues that any state would defend itself and its constitution if they were attacked by those who wished to overthrow the government. "So if the People's Constitution in Rhode Island have been rightfully adopted, and put in operation by the election & action of its Legislative, or other departments, is still a valid subsisting instrument, and has not been disposed of by the fate of arms, by the respiration of officers…

GLC05757.01

11 March 1900

Gates, Mary C. Bishop, ?-1905

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Gospel Heralds

The hymn, based on Luke 10:1, implores God to send messengers of His grace to those who are lost in sin and to those with broken hearts.

GLC05508.106

24 December 1848

Hale, Artemas, fl. 1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Hale heard a sermon by Mr. Allen and thinks the man should have followed up his preaching by urging people to live a religious life as evidence of their faith. He also discusses the session of Congress between the end of December and the 4th of March. He wishes his wife a Merry Christmas.

GLC05508.119