9 March 1846

Anthony, Philip, 1800-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ford, Heath & Company

Anthony discusses the payment of interest on bonds and business ventures with Ford, Heath, & Company, a British firm. Explaining the economic situation in Arkansas, Anthony states "Liberal loans were made upon long times payable in installments with interest. Revulsions in the monetary world & other misshaps, brought about general distress in the community- debtors who had more regard for their pecuniary safety then their moral responsibility sold their lands, or if incumbered, abandoned them and ran off their slaves & other effects to Texas, thus leaving large sums due the…

GLC02210.01

30 September 1844

Pelham, William, 1803-1879

Map

Title: [Arkansas survey map depicting land claims]

Depicts a map of the Arkansas surveying district "shewing the extent of Public Survey's in said district on the 30th September 1844." Contains boundary lines, including the Cherokee and Choctaw line, the Louisiana Line, the Missouri line, and the Mississippi River. Little Rock appears roughly in the middle of this map.

GLC02210.02

December 1, 1862

Hardee, William J., 1815-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John A. Wharton

Discusses military matters. Wishes to know the strength of the army Wharton is fighting, says he cannot send General Wood's forces far away, and says his men will soon be prepared to fight. Address page contains a penciled endorsement signed by Wharton, sent to Wood, saying he is preparing to attack the enemy. Written shortly before the Battle of Murfreesboro and the Stones River Campaign.

GLC02213

circa 1864

Johnson, Adams Rankin, 1834-1922

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General John Hunt Morgan

General Johnson, who served in a cavalry unit under Morgan, writes, "We are all exceedingly anxious to be on the war path again, and next to yourself no one is more anxious to Show both the Yankees and our friends that there is Life in the old Band Yet." Refers to his improving health. Date previously inferred. Some text and Johnson's signature are cross-written. Says "You will be as much gratified have no doubt as I was to see Col°. Martin - his account of the arrangements made and the many probable features of success of your previous plans may cause you to regret more than ever that you…

GLC02214

23 December 1862

Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Walker

Remarks that he has been unable to fight any battles in his home state (Virginia), but has instead served in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Wishes that the French Emperor, Napoleon III, would speed mediation. Notes that his promotion has not altered him, as he still wears the same corduroy jacket, keeps his hair cut the same way, and shares the same feelings as before. Discusses his promotion, the Confederacy and fellow generals (including Earl Van Dorn, John Clifford Pemberton, William Loring, Franklin Gardner, Lloyd Tilghman, William Montague Browne, and Albert Rust). Says "...My…

GLC02215

18 December 1862

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Gibbs

General Pryor instructs, "Don't carry your troops to Blackwater Bridge in the morning. Hold them in readiness to join me at Franklin. The enemy threatens us seriously." Gibbs notes, in pencil, that he received this message at 9:30 pm. Possibly to Colonel George C. Gibbs of the 42nd North Carolina Infantry.

GLC02216

12 November 1863

Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Daniel S. Donelson

General Randolph, former Confederate Secretary of War, writes: "If the War Department recognized the disbanding of your regiment you were thereby put out of commission and your subsequent assignment to duty was invalid. But if the Regt is still kept on the books of the Adjutant General as an existing regiment I presume that your commission as 1st Lt and Adjutant is yet in force... I think it hardly worth your while to incur the trouble and expense of a visit to Richmond if your Representative in Congress will attend to your application..." A pencil note, added at a later date, suggests that…

GLC02217

13 April 1864

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John G. Walker

Discusses artillery, ammunition, commissions, assignments, and other military matters in the trans-Mississippi Department. Praises General Walker's command.

GLC02218

18 August 1864

Bryan, Gerry M., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John George Walker

Bryan, Assistant Adjutant General, writes from the Confederate Head Quarters of the Trans Mississippi Department on behalf of Department Commander Edmund Kirby Smith. Informs General Walker that Smith withdraws a previous order to make a public letter (3661) "in regard to crossing the Miss in command of your old Division."

GLC02219

April-May 1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of documents related to the surrender of the Army of Tennessee [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC02220

15 December 1823

Colvin, Richard, fl. 1823

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Wharton

Requests that Wharton, the Mayor of Philadelphia, prevent the exportation of specie to the East Indies, which has a negative effect on the prices "of Property, of Labour and of Work, and of Produce." Also discusses DeWitt Clinton's suitability as a presidential candidate for the election of 1824.

GLC02221

24 July 1861

Jay, John, 1817-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Jay, prominent abolitionist and grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot of the same name, argues "We have an agency at work for the abolition of slavery in the pending war more powerful than all the Conventions we could assemble. Every battle fought will teach our soldiers & the nation at large that slavery is the great cause of the war, that it is slavery which has brutalized & barbarized the South & that slavery must be abolished as our army advances as a military necessity." In a post script, notes that he is transmitting one of his recent addresses (not included). Torn on…

GLC02222

1 May 1864

Wickes, James H., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 15 announcing equal pay of troops]

Signed by Wickes as Captain and acting Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Edward Ward Hinks). Informs African American soldiers "By an act that has passed the Senate of the United States, and been favorably reported to the House of Representatives, you are to be paid hereafter as all other soldiers of the nation are paid. The General Commanding congratulates you upon this indication of a national appreciation of your worth as soldiers, and recognition of your rights as men." Issued by Captain Solon A. Carter, acting Assistant Adjutant General, based on Hinks' orders. Possibly…

GLC02223

31 August 1864

Pratt, William M., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 59 regarding the purchase of African Americans to serve in place of drafted persons]

Signed by Pratt, Aide-de-Camp (possibly to Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). Relates the story of John H. Irish, a recruiting agent, who attempted to bribe officers to allow him to cite previously enlisted men in order to satisfy recruiting quotas for Yates County, New York. States that Irish furthermore intended to sell the names to a recruiting agent in New Jersey, committing a double instance of fraud. Irish is portrayed as "a fair sample of a good portion of the Recruiting Agents who are now sent out from the Northern States, to purchase colored men to do the fighting for them to…

GLC02224.01

1 September 1864

Pratt, William M., fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [General orders no. 60 regarding the recruitment of African American soldiers]

Signed by Pratt as Aide-de-Camp (possibly of Brigadier General Innes Newton Palmer). States that some officers "procure negroes and send them to particular agents, receiving from them pecuniary reward." Orders that commanding officers must send "all white and black refugees that come to their lines" to the provost marshal of their respective district. Affirms that other officers and soldiers should not be involved with recruiting unless instructed, and that recruiting agents must attend to their assignments in a legitimate matter. Declares "No more instances of the complicity of officers…

GLC02224.02

26 August 1852

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Newspaper

Title: Commonwealth. extra. [(August 26, 1852)]

Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and perpetuated in those states who have entered the Union as free (or have since outlawed slavery) is injust.

GLC02226

20 February 1862

Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863

Broadside

Title: [Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries spoke to Foote about his views toward the town's safety and property. Says "neither in their persons nor in their property, shall they suffer molestation by me or the naval force under my command." Goes on to say that "At the same time I require that all military stores and army equipments, shall be surrendered ... and farther, that no secession flag…

GLC02227

February 5, 1857

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T. S. Whitney

Wishes to know if he will be put on trial in Kansas, since the time set for his treason trial is approaching, and he must return if a trial takes place. Conviction of another free state man, despite little evidence. Hears there is a warrant for him, and worries if he returns he may be unfairly convicted on new charges, so he may not come regardless. Promises that if there is a trial and he does not attend, he will send money to help Whitney.

GLC02228

24 September 1854

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jeremiah S. Black

Informs Black of the cholera epidemic in Pittsburgh, and warns him not to return to the city until it has abated. States a hundred people a day are dying. Jeremiah S. Black was chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and later U.S. attorney general and Secretary of State. Excerpt:  "The cholera has been more fatal since I wrote to you, the reported deaths on Thursday and Friday being each day a hundred or over. Saturday there was some abatement there not being over fifty - and yesterday about forty. But there is no reason to believe that a decided improvement has taken place……

GLC02229

24 May 1861

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [John Sherman?]

General McDowell introduces an officer. The Seller's Description states that this letter was "from a small collection of correspondence addressed to John Sherman, who had just become a U.S. Senator from Ohio at this date." Says "Permit me to introduce Captain R. S. Granger ... The Captain is in a position to need your aid, and as his case is a very important one as involving a great principle and as bearing on the way existing hostilities are to be prosecuted, I have assumed you might find it of sufficient interest to claim your consideration."

GLC02230

1861-1864

Ward, Edward K., 1837-1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Edward Ward, 4th regiment, Tennessee, infantry] [decimalized]

The collection consists of thirty-four letters written by Edward K. Ward to his sister Elmira Ward. Edward enlisted in Company A of the 4th Tennessee as a Second Lieutenant. He writes of his experiences at Murfreesboro, Shiloh, Nashville, Chattanooga, Seminary Ridge, and Atlanta, where he was killed. The collection is accompanied by an oil painting of Ward and a collection of carte-de-visites of Ward family members and acquaintances. Also making a frequent appearance in the correspondence is Edward's brother Samuel Marshall Ward (often referred to as "Marshall"). Marshall Ward enlisted…

GLC02232

1831-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of George Wortham [Decimalized .01-.56]

The majority of this collection consists of correspondence and other documents directed to Captain George "Granville Greys" Wortham from other military personnel. These materials discuss recruitment of personnel and unrest within the Confederate army, court martial proceedings and punishment for crimes such as desertion and theft, and day-to-day movements and communications of the army. The collection also includes documents signed by Wortham, including letters to his father. Some materials lend particular insight into Confederate views of African-Americans. One correspondent writes of his…

GLC02233

1860-1917

Hall, Edward H., fl. 1860-1917

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Edward H. Hall, A company, 1st battalion, Maryland, cavalry] [decimalized]

The Edward H. Hall Papers consist predominantly of Hall's correspondence to his mother, father, and sister during his service as a private in the 1st Maryland Cavalry, C.S.A. Hall was captured and held at Point Lookout, Md., from 1864-1865; most of the correspondence held here dates from his years of internment as a POW. The collection also contains one pre-war letter, and several post-war items pertaining to reunions of Hall's regiment. More detailed inventory available.

GLC02234

21 November 1863

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Wheeler

Longstreet, commander of the Department of East Tennessee, writes to Wheeler, commanding a cavalry corps in the Army of Tennessee. In the midst of the Knoxville Campaign, writes "Col. [Ligons?] force should execute the move to the right of the enemy force... The force that joins Col Ligons will move to the enemys rear and catch him should he try to escape. If the information that you have is such as to warrant your move you may sit out... You will leave one brigade..." Written in pencil.

GLC02235

February 3, 1865

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert M. T. Hunter

Writes as a prisoner of war and requests Confederate Senator Hunter's help in getting out of prison. " ... McLean has called upon me to-day, with the generous proffer of an endeavour to procure my release. Will you contribute to that object? I am anxious beyond expression to return to my dear, beloved South; and if it be possible that you can do anything in this behalf, you will infinitely oblige." Written from Fort Lafayette, New York. Many pencil notes on verso. Pryor, Confederate soldier from Virginia, was confined on 29 November 1864 at Fort Lafayette, Virginia and paroled on 15…

GLC02236