[1866]/11/30

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: Newton.

He sends word that he requires $30 for new clothing, and that he lives in a strange region where "farmers don't raise any crops and when they do it is only corn and [even that is] worm eaten."

GLC07164.65

[1875]/12/16

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

He sends news of an attack by Indians, and mentions that he has gotten a job as a packer in a mule pack train.

GLC07164.66

[1877]/07/16

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

Having started as a cattle driver, he tells of how he became bored with the job and became a farm hand on a ranch. He sends his experience of traveling through northern Utah, where he witnessed settlements of English and Swedes living.

GLC07164.67

[1877]/08/26

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

He sends his beliefs of a possible revolution brought on by the poor against the railroad monopolies. He decided that he may try his hand at mining at Balloontime National Park.

GLC07164.68

[1877]/08/26

Neafie, Theodore F., fl. 1861-1877

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

He sends news that he has decided that he likes Hamilton, and may soon go out poisoning wolves to sell their fur. He claims that if the Nez Indian attempt to raid again, he will join a volunteer company to prevent their attack .

GLC07164.69

February 17, 1881

Purvis, Robert, 1810-1898

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Wendell P. Garrison

Answers questions about William Lloyd Garrison. Comments on his 1833 trip to England, at which time "he was indicted for a libel, by several of the persecutors, of Miss." Explains how he, Lewis Tappan, and others helped Garrison escape apprehension and make the trip. Also comments on Nathaniel Jocelyn's 1833 portrait of Garrison, which was thought "by all his friends, as a most excellent likeness" and subsequently used to make engravings. Mentions the publication of the Liberator. Notes that he recollects Tappan making a statement at an 1833 convention, probably the Anti-Slavery…

GLC08944

1749/03/08

Pepperrell, William, 1696-1759

Autograph document signed

Title: [Bill for a trip]

A bill for expenses incurred during a trip, totaling thirteen pounds, eight shillings.

GLC01541.04.02

1862/08/05

Ames, Joseph, 1816-1872

Photograph

Title: [James T. Brady]

Photograph of a portrait painting of Brady by Joseph Ames held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

GLC01822.03

February 16, 1885

Parker, Ely S., 1828-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Bryant

Parker, a Seneca Indian, tells Bryant that he concurs with his ideas on the "Coke Bill." In regard to the treatment of Indians, he comments that "There are so many covert as well [as] open schemes to undermine the Indians of every vestige of the few rights remaining to them that it is a herculean task to follow them let alone battling with them." Thanks Bryant for organizing an Indian Association to protect their interests. Also comments on temporary aspect of names among the Iroquois, indicating that his old name "Hasanoanda" is no longer spoken or even remembered since his own…

GLC05190.01

1873/12/19-28

Thomas, W. N., fl. 1873

Manuscript document

Title: [1873 Army Letters and Telegrams]

The retained copy book record of army officers' letters and telegraphs concerning the affairs of the Twentieth Infantry. Discusses the removal of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, which is being hampered by white men who trade with the tribe, specifically a lawyer named Lee. To ease the removal the army has captured Indians in a series of raids, including a chief named Big Hawk and seventy three of his men. One letter asserts that the best time to launch a raid is during a feast. Also deals with rations for the troops. Most of the letters were composed by W. N. Thomas, with a signature at the…

GLC05731.02

1945 circa

Henley, Raymond D., fl. 1945-1953

Photograph album

Title: [Photograph album of Raymond D. Henley]

Album of World War II marine. Brown leather album cover bound with leather tie and printed with "Photo-Log U.S. Navy." First few pages are for listing autographs of friends but only two lines are filled in. Many photos are of various women. Many photos are missing from the photo corners.

GLC06567.05

1945 circa

Henley, Raymond D., fl. 1945-1953

Photograph album

Title: [Photograph album of Raymond D. Henley]

Album of World War II marine. Maroon leather album bound with string tie. Includes many images of marines, some in China. Only a few pages of the album are filled.

GLC06567.06

1945 ca.

Henley, Raymond D., fl. 1945-1953

Photograph

Title: [8 photographs of World War II marines]

Photos of Raymond D. Henley, a marine in World War II. Includes images of a Japanese primary school, Okinawa, dead Japanese, Henley's platoon, and a victory parade at Henley's hometown. In one folder.

GLC06567.09

n.d.

Bickwell, W. H. W., fl. 1850-1865

Print

Title: [Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Print of a pen and ink drawing of Lincoln from the waist up without a beard. Issued to the members of the Bibliophile Society.

GLC08879.01.03

1858/06/15

Print

Title: [Print of pen and ink drawing of Lincoln delivering a speech]

A date of June 15, 1858 is written in pencil. Print is signed Watt.

GLC08879.01.05

February 17, 1865

Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Lieutenant in Company A of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and Secretary of State Allen Tenney. Alfred Marland, Justice of the Peace, attests to Sarsons' taking of the oaths of allegience on 23 May 1865. With a red seal intact. Printed state seal on top section. Red pen with writing: "Duplicate" written across Gilmore and Tenney's signatures. Originally folded into eighths.

GLC03953.16

1920 ca.

Photograph

Title: Grandpa and his precious granddaughter "Zip"

"Grandpa & his precious Granddaughter 'Zip,'" identified on back as Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford. Twentieth century paper print of seated old man and a little girl holding a kitten.

GLC04196.06

1920 ca.

Photograph

Title: [John Moore and granddaughter Mary Md. Moore]

Twentieth century paper print of Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford [sic?] seated on porch steps, the little girl barefoot. Purple stamp on verso "[illegible] B. Moore" (illegible due to abrasion).

GLC04196.07

February 27, 1875

Webster, E.A., 1849-?

Newspaper

Title: The free citizen. [Vol. 1, no. 29 (February 27, 1875)]

Includes a fictional romance, articles on freedmen and southern culture, a message from a local grange hall, several reports of a scientific nature, and advertisements. Extremely fragile, and torn along several creases. "Richard Gadson" is written in pencil at the top of the first page.

GLC05959.40.01

February 17, 1864

Keating, & Ball, fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Ten dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America]

Signatures illegible on the bill printed by Keating & Ball. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

GLC07271.07.03

February 17, 1864

Keating, & Ball, fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Twenty dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America]

One signature illegible, the other reads "D. Gill." The bill was printed by Keating & Ball. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

GLC07271.07.04

February 27, 1863

Hoyt, Albert H., 1826-1915

Document signed

Title: [Reciept of payment for one private servant]

Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Joseph C. Oliver as Captain of Company E, 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Oliver confirms that he received payment (possibly for the service of a servant William Pane) from Major M. Vedder, also an army paymaster. Describes Pane's physical characteristics. "Vedder" is written in blue crayon above docket. This document is partially printed.

GLC08474.03

February 6, 1863

Gates, George, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Morris Surry

Union soldier reports on his capture as a spy, his escape, and fighting at Vicksburg, with a hand drawn map of the surrounding area. "I was taken prisoner near Jackson...ase a spie...I bribed a rebel Capt that youst to live in Chicago and got a sute of thayer clothes and the countersigne so that it enabled me to get out of thauer Pickets and I walked Ten miles and come to our Pickets... reported to Gen Sherman and he told me I had better lay still for a month or so and he wase a gayen to comence the assault in the morning and so I told him I would report to my Co and I have been with them…

GLC08988

February 7, 1848

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Document

Title: General orders: No. 47

Signed by H.L. Scott. Acquittal of Luz Bega, a Mexican, for enticing soldiers to desert.

GLC00911.63

1869/07

Hine, L.A., fl. 1867-1869

Pamphlet

Title: Hine's quarterly: devoved [sic] to political, financial, labor, land and moral reforms [Vol. 1, no. 3 (July 1869)]

Discusses the "new danger", referring to the emergence of financial tycoons such as Commodore Vanderbilt and the concentration of wealth and power amongst a few. Also discusses other issues such as the elimination of land monopoly and opposition to income tax. The pagination is a continuation of a previous issue. Number of pages reflects numbered pages, not the number of physical pages.

GLC01265.36