1794

Stedman, Charles, fl. 1794

Header Record

Title: History of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war...

SABIN 91057. JCB II:372. HOWES S914. Bound with Clinton's "Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War." Includes 15 maps. According to Sabin, this is "generally considered the best contemporary account of the Revolution written from the British side." Stedman was a native of Philadelphia, a Loyalist who served as an officer under Howe, and later an examiner of Loyalist claims for the British government. He had first-hand knowledge of many of the campaigns and persons involved in the War. The maps accompanying this work are fine plans of the important Revolutionary engagements…

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16 June 1864

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph note signed

Title: to William Farrar Smith

Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, writes on Headquarters, Army of the Potomac stationery in Virginia near Petersburg. Written at 3:30 pm. Refers to a note he wrote at 2:00 pm, regarding the practicality of an attack on Petersburg led by General William Farrar Smith. Also wishes to know the strength and size of Smith's force. Written in pencil.

GLC04064

26 October 1864

Wright, Horatio G., 1820-1899

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louisa M. Bradford Wright

Major General Wright replies to a letter from his wife while "In the field," following the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. Mentions an enclosed dispatch (within the letter from his wife) from General Philip Sheridan. Referring to Sheridan's dispatch, writes, "It is highly colored, naturally enough perhaps, for he had come up from Winchester thro' the crowd of skulkers who had fled from the battle field! but when he arrived, the lines were forming, the retreat of all who would fight (and those who always run away...) had been arrested, and the preparations for an offensive movement had been…

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13 June 1781

Tilghman, Matthew, 1718-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Special Council for the Eastern Shore

Advises that he just heard that the new Maryland Eastern Shore Executive was established and was given the utmost power. Informs that the British fleet with Benedict Arnold aboard has been sited. Also mentions that the British army is south of the James River and reports briefly on fighting in South Carolina. States that he cannot speak of Assembly business because no one has a good plan to get more money.

GLC04066

30 August 1861

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wallace J. Ford

Camp Chase was located in Columbus, Ohio. Lieutenant Colonel Garfield replies to a letter from Ford, apparently serving as his personal secretary. Discusses buying a horse, stating "From what I have seen since I came into camp I am satisfied that I must have a much better horse than I at first intended- to be up front with the times- From what you say of the old horse he is just what I want... I know enough of the service to know that I must have a no 1 horse at whatever cost- So reckon the old horse mine." Instructs Ford regarding sale of a carriage and "Billy," perhaps another horse.…

GLC04069

11 April 1847

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Broadside

Title: Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]

"To the sensible town of Mexico. A Proclamation." States that Americans are not enemies of peaceful Mexicans and that they respect their religion. Discusses martial law and the power of the army to prosecute offenders. Also mentions that all food and supplies needed by the soldiers will be paid for in full, unlike the guerillas who have ransacked villages and stolen property. Adds that vendors will have the protection of the U.S. Army.

GLC04070

January 1799

Addison, Alexander, 1759-1807

Broadside

Title: Liberty of speech, and of the press: a charge to the grand juries of the county courts of the fifth circuit of the state of Pennsylvania

Article by Alexander Addison supporting the Sedition Act. Document is ripped along the side.

GLC04072

1807

Broadside

Title: Direct Tax

Broadside on New Hampshire taxation regarding the Louisiana Purchase. Concerns the cost of the Louisiana purchase, with a table showing the proportionate cost per county of the $15 million bill, and describing how the Embargo Act makes it difficult if not impossible to pay France without a special tax. The writer, "Americanus," also warns of the threat of European war.

GLC04073

1854

Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879

Print

Title: The County election [hand colored engraving, mezzotint and roulette by Sartain]

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1856

Bingham, George Caleb, 1811-1879

Print

Title: Stump Speaking

Text underneath image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Geo C. Bingham Esq. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York." Text underneath title reads, "This print from the original Painting by Geo. C. Bingham Esq. is respectfully Dedicated to the Friends of American Art, by the Publishers Goupil & Co."

GLC04075

25 June 1864

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Wood

Thanks Wood for sending a letter written by Secretary of State William H. Seward concerning a petition for government aid in constructing an overland international telegraph line. Remarks upon the rapid progress of the telegraph throughout the world and mentions the first telegraph message, chosen by 18 year old Annie Ellsworth, "What hath God wrought." Comments that although he had predicted the telegraph would go around the world, he did not expect to live to see it happen. Expresses satisfaction that though many have tried to improve upon his system, the "Morse System," is still used…

GLC04080

1 May 1862

Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893

Broadside

Title: Proclamation

Institutes "the administration of Law Martial" in New Orleans, two days after it was surrendered to the Union. Terms include respect for the United States flag, punishment for aiding Confederates, harsh treatment for crimes against Federal, prohibition of public gatherings. "The armies of the United States came here not to destroy but to make good, to restore order out of chaos, and the government of laws in place of the passions of men."

GLC04081

28 September 1888

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Oliver Sarony

Encloses a check for a photograph taken by Sarony. Sherman calls the photograph "exactly right" and says he will have it framed to place with photos of General Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan.

GLC04084

February 3, 1854

Stuart, James Ewell Brown, 1833-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Archibald Stuart

Complains to his father that Congress does not adequately support the military. Written as a student at West Point, states that the military appropriations bill may not pass, and upset military spending is always the first place the "watch-dogs of the Treasury" make financial cut backs.

GLC04086

1861

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of Raphael Semmes]

Shown in civilian clothing. Taken in Nassau, Bahamas with arm on flag. Publisher imprint on verso.

GLC04089

1861

Pamphlet

Title: The battle of Fort Sumter and first victory of the Southern troops

Details the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter. Though no author is listed, the accounts are "compiled chiefly from the detailed reports of the Charleston Press." South Carolina state flag, and one of the state mottoes, "Animis Opibusque Parati," Latin for "Prepared in mind and resources," printed on cover. Printed by Evans & Cogswell. Original paper wrappers.

GLC04090

1864

Wenderoth, & Taylor, fl. 1861-1864

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of Abraham Lincoln]

With three-cent cancelled tax stamp on the back. Possibly a contemporary copy?

GLC04091

20 April 1865

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Broadside

Title: [Lincoln assassination reward poster]

Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000). Gives a brief physical description of Booth and his accomplices.

GLC04092

4 May 1493

Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503

Broadside

Title: [Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of lands discovered by Columbus]

Broadside entitled "Copia de la bula del decreto y concession q[ue] hizo el papa / Alexandro sexto al Rey y la Reyna nuestros senores de las Indias conforme al capitu." A unique copy of the second version possibly printed at Valladolio, by Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba. Title in Spanish and text in Latin. This document is often known as the Doctrine of Discovery and established a demarcation line one hundred leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands and assigned Spain the exclusive right to acquire territorial possessions and to trade in all lands west of that line. All others were…

GLC04093

4 April 1865

Venable, Charles S., 1827-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lieutenant Horn

Venable, aid to General Robert E. Lee, instructs Horn to destroy a bridge and make his way to Amelia Court House.

GLC04095

1756

Book

Title: Several conferences between... the Quakers...and.. the six Indian nations

GLC04098

1757

B. Franklin and D. Hall (Firm)

Pamphlet

Title: Minutes of conferences, held with the Indians, at Harris's Ferry...

Printed by Franklin and Hall. Treaty negotations were held March - May, 1757.

GLC04100

17 August 1863

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lorenzo Thomas

Chamberlain, Colonel of the 20th Regiment, Maine Volunteers, reports his address as Brunswick, Maine to Thomas, Adjutant General, United States. Encloses a required certificate from his surgeon (not included). Writes, "On the 29th of July 1863 I was ordered to report for medical treatment & surgeon R. O. Abbott USA at Washington, upon whose certificate of disability I had leave of absence for fifteen days dated Aug 4th 1863." Is incapable of joining his regiment.

GLC04179

1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Officers of Saint Andrew's Society, Washington, D.C., 1865.

One group portrait entitled, "Officers of the St. Andrew Society," photographed by Alexander Gardner dated 1865. The men photographed are, from left to right: Joseph P. Wilson, Alexander Gardner, WM. R. Smith, Fred B. McGuire, T. W. Spence, David Knox, and John Reekie. Their roles within the society are listed on the label below the image.

GLC04186

1843-1848

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Header Record

Title: [Collection of John B. Moore letters] [Decimalized .01- .30]

This collection of letters was written while John B. Moore taught school in Louisiana and Alabama. Eighteen letters are from John to his sister Mary Moore (2-3, 6-7, 9-11, 15-18, 20-22, 25-27, 29); three letters have notes to both Mary and brother Richard Moore on the same letter (2, 16, 18). Other correspondence involves brother Robert E. Moore (2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 23, 28), and father Garrett Moore (19, 24), with two letters from Irish cousins (12, 14). In these letters he quits teaching school to enter medical school; his brother Robert E. Moore begins teaching on John's contract in…

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