14 June 1940

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

Typed letter signed

Title: to Arthur Barnett Spingarn

President Roosevelt discusses meeting Spingarn, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Praises the NAACP, stating "Organizations like yours are necessary safeguards in a democracy. You remind us constantly of our principles by calling our attention to our weaknesses and our deficiencies." Encourages governmental support from the African American community during World War II, stating "Negroes and all other Americans have a special stake in this struggle. The adversaries we oppose deny every common right held by the man in the street in America ... you…

GLC04477

19 September 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln endorsement on a letter from Samuel Holloway]

Letter written by Samuel Holloway to Abraham Lincoln requesting release of his son George W. Holloway, a prisoner of war. States that his son was induced to join the Confederate Army without his knowledge. He is now in the hospital and will not recover unless released. Conveys that his son repents his mistake and is ready to swear allegiance to the Union. Begs Lincoln to save his boy's life, offers to pay bond money, and also offers to be taken as a hostage in his son's place. Certification on third page dated 20 September 1864 states that George W. Holloway is between 16 and 17 years…

GLC04484

1862-1865

Manuscript

Title: Register of sick and wounded soldiers Ward H Armory Square Hospital

"Ward H" written on cover. First four pages contain bookkeeping notes from October 1862. Rest of the document contains lists of patients at the hospital from December 1862 through August 1865. The last few pages contain various notes. Each sick or wounded soldier is listed according to date admitted, name, rank, regiment, company, age, bed, result, discharge date, whence received, and the name of their disease or injury. Most patients were admitted for illnesses. Those with battle wounds come mostly in large groups, shortly after major nearby battles. In one month during the…

GLC04485

1860-1907

Header Record

Title: Collection of materials related to Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech 27 February 1860 [Decimalized]

GLC04471

1913

Painting

Title: Preliminary sketch for portrait of Cephas Brainerd to Eveline Brainerd

Bust portrait of Brainerd as a middle aged man with gray hair, wearing a suit. On unstretched canvas. Artist's signature is illegible.

GLC04471.12

1919

Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920

Book signed

Title: Conditions de paix. Conditions of peace. [In English and French]

The text of the Treaty of Versailles as presented by the Allied and Associated Powers at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919. Signed by Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuale Orlando, Gordon Auchincloss and Georges Clemenceau. Uncut edition with 5 folding maps. Full leather case binding removed and conserved separately.

GLC04472

3 June 1861

Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jonathan M. Bennett

"Stonewall" Jackson writes to Colonel Bennett to accept his offer to make him a brigadier General in the Confederate Army and put him in command of all troops in western Virginia. States, "The sooner it is done the better. Have me ordered at once: that Country is now bleeding at every pore." Docketed by Bennett.

GLC04473.01

8 July 1861

Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leroy P. Walker

"Stonewall" Jackson thanks Walker, the Secretary of War for appointing him as Brigadier General in the Confederate Army. Encloses the oath of office (not present). With endorsement on verso stating that Jackson has accepted the appointment.

GLC04473.02

1920/04/29

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Otto A. Rosalsky re: as Gov. of Mass., urging leniency for Bernard Manning

Written as Governor of Massachusetts (on stationery) to Judge Rosalsky, asking leniency for Bernard Manning of Northampton, his hometown. He attests to the character of Manning's family and asserts that "[i]t appears to me simply a case of a country boy going to a large city and ignoring the restraints of home life and giving himself over to the propensities of youth than the exhibition of criminal intent."

GLC04476

4 November 1866

McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gov. Charles J. Jenkins

Notifying Governor Jenkins of President Johnson's full pardon he granted the ex-Confederate General Lafayette McLaws and that he may resume the duties of court clerk in Richmond County.

GLC04479

September 14, 1849

Header Record

Title: Collection of two items related to Samuel F. B. Morse [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04480

1869/05/10

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Header Record

Title: The Joining of the rails [six albumen photographs of railroad] [decimalized]

GLC04481

10 May 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of railroad workers with the Central Pacific Railroad engine, "Jupiter"]

One photograph of railroad workers standing by the Central Pacific Railroad's engine "Jupiter," photographed by Andrew J. Russell, dated May 10, 1869. The image seems to have been taken the same day as the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined at Promontory Summit, Utah, to form the First Transcontinental Railroad. The CPRR's "Jupiter" would be one of the two engines to meet at the Golden Spike ceremony, which celebrated the project's completion (See GLC04881.03).

GLC04481.02

10 May 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Last Rail and Driving Last Spike

One photograph entitled, "Last Rail and Driving Last Spike," taken by Andrew J. Russell dated May 10, 1869. Image is of the 'Ceremony of the Last Spike,' which celebrated the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad at the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. The bright golden spike used to lay the last rail is visible near the center of the photograph, held by a man whose face is blurred. The CPRR's engine "Jupiter" and the UPRR's No. 119 are on either side of the image, about to meet in the ceremony. A crowd stands around watching the proceedings. A man has…

GLC04481.03

10 May 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: U.P.R.R. at Junction

One albument print entitled, "U.P.R.R. at Junction," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Image is of officers of the Union Pacific Railroad assembled at Promontory Point. Taken just minutes before the ceremony to celebrate the joining of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads. Among those in the center of the front row are Thomas C. Durant, Vice President; Reverend Dr. John Todd, who was to deliver the benediction at the ceremony; Miss Minerva Earll; Mrs. Samuel Reed; John Duff, Director; Sidney Dillon, Director; Silas Seymour, Consulting Engineer; Grenville M. Dodge, Chief Engineer; and…

GLC04481.04

10 May 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Laying Last Rail

One group portrait entitled, "Laying Last Rail," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Image is of Union Pacific Railroad officers at the ceremony of the laying of the last rail at Promontory Point, Utah. For more photographs from the Promontory ceremony, see GLC04481.01 - .06.

GLC04481.05

10 May 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph

Title: Clerical Excursionists at Laramie City

One albumen print entitled, "Clerical Excurtionists at Laramie City," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Photograph captures a group of people posing outside of Union Pacific Railroad cars.

GLC04481.06

1861/02/01

Texas

Broadside

Title: An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the state of Texas...

Addressed to James Loving on verso. With collateral tintype of unidentified man.

GLC04482

1860/12/20

South Carolina

Broadside

Title: An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina....

Dated 1860, but printed 1861.

GLC04483

9 January 1865

Martin, James G., 1819-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

General Martin offers to serve on President Davis's personal staff. Briefly explains that his two years of administrative experience on the "military affairs of North Carolina, justify the expectation that I might succeed on a larger scale." Davis's autograph endorsement, signed with initials, appears on the verso "Brig Genl J. G. Martin tender of services for administrative duty. J. D."

GLC04486

April 23, 1864

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Manuscript document signed

Title: to his troops

By order of Braxton Bragg, Beauregard assumes command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, and lists the names of his personal staff: First Lieutenants A.R. Chisholm (Beauregard's aide-de-camp) and A. J. Toutant; Captains John M. Otey and Robert Ferry; Majors Henry Bryan and Giles B. Cooke; Colonel D. B. Harris; Majors E. Willis and F. Malloy; and Surgeon S. Choppin.

GLC04487

8 March 1864

Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Sidney Thrasher

Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee, replies to a letter from Thrasher, superintendent of the Confederate Press Association. Plans to send a communication to General Ulysses S. Grant accompanied by Thrasher's previous letter pertaining to a flag of truce. Mentions Mrs. Johnston's praise of John and Mrs. Thrasher.

GLC04488

1774/10/20

United States. Continental Congress.

Broadside

Title: The Association Agreed with the Grand American Congress... [non-importation]

One of 3 known copies

GLC04489

1885

Photograph

Title: Portraits of North American Indians

Photographs of Native Americans: Indian delegation photographs of War chiefs, war dance groups, married couples, children, etc. Images from 1858-1884.

GLC04490

1862

Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883

Book signed

Title: Reports of the naval engagements on the Mississippi River

Title continues as: "resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the City of New Orleans, and the destruction of the rebel naval flotilla." Printed by the Government Printing Office. This first edition copy was owned by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus V. Fox, who signed the first page "Compliments of G.V. Fox." Contains a detailed folded-up map (38.2 x 31.5 cm) titled "General Sketch of Approaches to New Orleans From the Charts of the U.S. Coast Survey." Contains 45 reports by different officers (from several lieutenants up to Admiral Farragut) involved in the…

GLC04608