1840-1862

Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862

Header Record

Title: Miscellaneous receipts for purchases and land sale documents [Decimalized .01- .17]

As follows: 1) Thomson Gregory DS Receipt for Dr. Hull re: Muslin. n.d. 1 p. 2) Jas H. Starr DS Certifying land purchase of Edward C. Smithson, 7/6/1840. 2 p. 3) Receipt for Ward from Hyslop & Brother 1/29/1841. 1 p. + docket. 4) John Ford (Dr.). DS, Statement of account 8/28/1845. 1 p. + docket. 5) Receipt from T.W. House to T. W. Ward. 10/20/1845. 1 p. 6) Receipt 10/21/1845 for R. Lockart. 1 p. 7) Receipt for sugar and brandy from Rice & Nichols. 10/21/1845. 1 p. 8) Wm O. Thomas DS Receipt 10/21/1845. 1 p. 9) Receipt for calico from Rice & Nichols. 10/21…

GLC02145.80

1818-1852

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Header Record

Title: Collection of documents re: Indian agents, payments to tribes [decimalized .01-.20]

GLC02146

1 March 1829 - 1 June 1829

Graham, Richard, 1786-1858

Autograph document

Title: Abstract of Annuities paid to Indians by R Graham U.S. Indian Agent

A ledger sheet recording 1829 annuities paid to the Delaware, Peoria, Wea, Piankishaw, Haskaskia, and Kickapoo Indians between March 1, 1829 and June 1, 1829. Lists the amount, location of transaction, voucher number, from whom the funds came and to whom they were paid. Richard Graham's signature is found in the body of the ledger.

GLC02146.10

23 July 1862

Mallory, Stephen R., 1813-1873

Letter signed

Title: to Joseph Claybrook

Written on stationery of the Confederate Navy and signed by Secretary of Navy Mallory to Acting Midshipman Claybrook. Says the president has appointed him a midshipman in the Confederate Navy and he needs to respond if he accepts. Says if should accept, he should be ready to report before the Board of Officers. Is being assigned to the second class after his time in the third class. Docketed at bottom by George N. Hollins, flag officer, who said Claybrook reported to them in Mobile on 29 August. Document appears to have been framed. The paper behind the frame is a brighter hue of blue than…

GLC02149

1762-1939

Noyes, Thomas, 1754-1819

Header Record

Title: Thomas Noyes archive and collateral [Decimalized .01 - .56.03]

Collection contains Continental Army commissions papers, a company journal, a Continental Congress pamphlet, and family scrapbooks and genealogy.

GLC02150

26 August 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Document signed

Title: Commission of Thomas Noyes.

Assigns Noyes as Lieutenant of the Eleventh Company in the Second Regiment of the Brigade raised by the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Signed by Hancock as President of Congress and countersigned by Charles Thomson as Secretary.

GLC02150.01

January - July 1776

Stanton, Agustes, fl. 1776

Autograph manuscript

Title: A short journal of the transactions of Capt. Augustus Stanton's company.

Grey-blue paper boards, 12 mo. A delicate and tiny 5 page long record, fully entitled: "A short jornal [sic] of the Transactions of Capt. Agustus Stanton's Company. and their Marchings and Camping in the Service of this Colony." Includes specifics of daily life for the troops and their comings and goings. One highlight includes a description of skirmishing on the Pactuck River in April. 4 pages at the back list books. The journal was acquired later on by Thomas Noyes, whose handwritten note on the front pastedown (writen in a different hand than that of the journal writer) reads: "Tho.[…

GLC02150.02

1774

Continental Congress, 1774-1789

Pamphlet

Title: Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress.

Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing the Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an address to the people of Great Britin, a memorial to the inhabitants of the British-American Colonies, and an address to the inhabitants of Quebec. Published by order of the Congress.

GLC02150.03

December 4, 1776

Autograph document

Title: The names of those in Captain Arnold's company which crossed the North River Dec 4th, 1776

A list of the men in Captain Arnold's company who crossed the North River on December 4, 1776.

GLC02150.04

1863-1920

Noyes Family, 1863-1920

Header Record

Title: Two genealogical collateral books, plus genealogical scrapbook [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC02150.56

1907

Noyes, Charles P., 1842-1921

Book

Title: Noyes-Gilman ancestry.

Title continues "Being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife." Published in St. Paul, Minnesota by Gilliss Press (New York). Inscription on flyleaf reads "This Book is one of an Edition of Two Hundred Copies. Privately Printed. This Copy is No. 77 Presented to Mrs. Franklin B. Noyes. With the Compliments of the Author."

GLC02150.56.01

1900

Noyes, LaVerne W., fl. 1849-1900

Book

Title: Descendants of Reverend William Noyes

Direct line to LaVerne W. Noyes and Frances Adelia Noyes-Giffen. Allied families of Stanton, Sanford, Thompson, Holdredge, Saunders, Jessup, Rundle, Lockwood, Lord, Coddington, Fellows, Berry, Clarke, Studwell, and Ferris.

GLC02150.56.03

22 July 1862

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Hoffman

Writes to Colonel Hoffman about exchanging a Union prisoner, Lieutenant Adjutant D.T. Bowler of the 7th Iowa volunteers (the bearer of the letter) for a Confederate prisoner Lieutenant George T. Moorman held at Chicago. States that Bowler is on parole pending the release of Moorman, who should be send to the South by way of Memphis. Addresses Hoffman as the Superintendent of Prisoners of War.

GLC02152

30 March 1798

Wolcott, Oliver, 1760-1833

Document signed

Title: [Public notice of amendment to an act for duties on stamped vellum, parchment, and paper]

Signed by Wolcott as Secretary of Treasury. Details amendments made to an act passed 6 July 1797 concerning duties on paper.

GLC02153

1778

Hartley, David, 1732-1785

Book signed

Title: Letters on the American War

A collection of letters sent to the mayor, wardens, and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. Letters related to American Revolution, called a "very alarming state of national affairs." Accuses great Britain of tyranical rule, urges recognition of American independance. John Almon- Kearseley-Dilly-Crutwell-Mullet imprint. Signed by Hartley on p. ii, and at the end of each letter, p. 32, 51, 68, and 92.

GLC02154

1861-1864

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Michael M. Miller, K company, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves] [decimalized]

Sergeant Michael Murray Miller of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves came from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Most of the letters are to his wife. Included in 206 item collection are 39 letters from his wife to him from Gettysburg and 13 other letters to and from relatives. According to William A. Frassanito, Early Photography at Gettysburg (1995), Miller's letters are the only large archive of a soldier from Gettysburg. Miller's correspondence was split by a descendent so that this collection has every other letter. The other half is privately held. Collection is partially cataloged up to…

GLC02155

1862-1865

Amsden, Edward W., fl. 1862-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Edward W. Amsden, D company, 3rd regiment, Ohio, cavalry] [Decimalized .01-.31]

Letters regarding fighting in Nashville, capturing Morgan's Men, cavalry.

GLC02156

1861-1865

Armstrong, George E., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of George E. Armstrong, A company, 165th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

Letters to his brother Charles Armstrong concerning battles in Louisiana, mention of enslaved people who worked on plantations, with two letters from friends mentioning George's death. Six documents from his service and ten pieces of ephemera.

GLC02157

1862-1863

Bartlett, George O., fl. 1862-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of George O. Bartlett, B battery, 1st regiment, Rhode Island, light artillery] [Decimalized .01-.21]

Bartlett came from Rice City, Rhode Island, and saw action at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. His spelling is poor but his writing is descriptive. The George O. Bartlett collection of Civil War correspondence contains letters and envelopes addressed primarily to his friend, Mr. Ira Andrews of Rice City, Rhode Island. Bartlett wrote most of his letters from Falmouth, Virginia and discusses fighting in the Fredericksburg Campaign (1862-1863) (.03, .04, .07, .13, .14). Of particular interest is the letter dated December 18, 1862 which vividly portrays his first foray into…

GLC02158

1861-1865

Blackman, James A., fl. 1861-1865

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Francis G. Blackman and James A. Blackman, C company, 7th regiment, Rhode Island, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.20]

The collection includes letters of brothers James A. and Francis G. Blackman from Gloucester, Rhode Island. Letters regarding campaigning in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and South Carolina. James A. Blackman served in the Rhode Island 7th Infantry. There is no regiment information available for Francis Blackman. The collection is organized chronologically.

GLC02159

1861-1862

Davis, William B., fl. 1861-1862

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William B. Davis, D company, 10th regiment, Connecticut, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.06]

All 6 of these letters are written from New Berne, North Carolina (written as "New Berne" or "Newberne"), to his sister back in Connecticut. Davis is wounded 8 February 1862 at Roanoke Island, and writes in detail of this battle and of his wound; but he is not discharged until October 1864, after serving his three years.

GLC02160

1862-1864

Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Nelson E. Dodge and John Blanchard, D company, 2nd regiment, Vermont, infantry] [decimalized]

Both Dodge and Blanchard were Privates from Barre, Vermont. Letters mention skirmishes, troop movements, camp life and difficulties in the Army of the Potomac. Includes photograph. Some letters to Esther Kinney. Inventory available.

GLC02162

1862-1863

Edwards, Oliver, 1835-1904

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters from Oliver Edwards, field and staff, 37th regiment, Massachusetts infantry, to his mother, Eunice Lombard Edwards [Decimalized .01-.15]

All letters are to his mother in Springfield, Massachusetts. Edwards discusses military topics, including concern for ill troops forced to sleep in a cold barn (GLC02163.03). He also comments on abolition, and apathy in the North (GLC02163.06). Furthermore, Edward's letters reveal his profound concern for the well-being of his family (Edwards was one of ten siblings born between the years of 1822 and 1839).

GLC02163

1862-1864

Holly, William H., ?-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of William H. Holly, E company, 12th regiment, Connecticut, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.17]

Written between January 1862 and May 1864 to a friend, Mary Ann Davis, first from Connecticut and then from various camps in Louisiana (Parapet, Hubbard, Kearney, and Stevens, as well as two regions - Lakeport and Vermilion Bayou). Describes the early Louisiana campaigns, including capture of New Orleans in letter of 27 May 1862, and capture at Cedar Creek, Virginia. Also discusses weather. Shows disillusionment with a private's life - the monotony, lack of individuality, respect - and often expresses desire to return home, though balanced by a sense of duty to country. Includes a number of…

GLC02165

1862-1864

Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Alfred Hughes] [decimalized .01-.114]

Letters to his wife Mary Hughes. Hughes, a doctor from Wheeling, Virginia, was detained at Camp Chase, Ohio, as a Confederate sympathizer. He and his wife, Mary, numbered their letters to know which ones were lost, stolen or censored. The collection includes his last will, news clippings relating to the war and prisoners of war.

GLC02166