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[envelope addressed to Eleanor Hammond]

Envelopes addressed to Mrs. Eleanor Hammond, Wallace, Steuben County, New York

GLC09273.51

Bust portrait of Horace J. Hammond.

GLC09273.52

to C.C. Memminger

As Confederate Secretary of the Navy, to C. C. Memminger, Secretary of the Treasury, cancelling a requisition for nearly three million dollars "Captain Samuel Barron C. S. Navy, having returned to the treasury department the drafts drawn in his favor...

GLC09274

[2 ship's logs]

The HMS Antelope, on anti-slavery duty off the West African coast. Two ship's logs,"From 3rd Dec 1856 till 20th March 1859, Commanded by Lieutenant John Wm. Pike, Kept by Geo. E. G. Jackson, Master's Asst." Text and hand-drawn pencil sketches...

GLC09275

[Certification of authenticity of flag fragment]

Lt. Col. and Quartermaster of the U. S. Army 24th Corps certifies "That the accompanying is a fragment of the Rebel Flag that floated over the Capitol of the Confederacy in this city, and was taken by the troops of this command. The flag- made it is...

GLC09276.01

[three fragment of Confederate flag]

Three attached fragments of the last Confederate flag to fly over the Richmond Capitol.

GLC09276.02

to John Pegram

To Col. John Pegram, Chief of Staff, re orders for his cavalry near Lexington, Kentucky. "I sent out scouts to Shakertown & also Col. Duke's Regt. with orders to hold the enemy in check in case they were advancing until I could go to his assistance...

GLC09278

to Josiah Drummond

About an upcoming lecture tour by Frederick Douglass in Maine: "I have guaranteed him fifty dollars for this city-twenty five dollars in each of the other towns-I shall entertain him while here." To Josiah Drummond.

GLC09279

Proclamation to the People of Texas

Recruitment Broadside by Governor of Texas: "You require no appeal to animate your patriotism.... Then should every man be up and doing. If you want a speedy peace, you must be prepared to conquer it."

GLC09280

to Stevens

Mexican War naval and land operations while in command of the Cyane: "there is no hope whatever of a peace & we will have to conquer the whole country or form lines of occupation of what we already have taken."

GLC09281

to Mr. Clark

Conditions in Vera Cruz in the Mexican War: "the Guerillas are becoming more and more bold.… They have even sent word to the Col. that they are going to pay him a visit and that they shall hang him.... There is little prospect of peace. Santa Anna is...

GLC09282

to his mother

Lt. of 2nd Illinois Volunteers, re dining with former Mexican president General Santa Anna in Puebla: "His opinion of the war is this, he said he thought that the Mexican people would send for him again and as to peace there would be none."

GLC09283

to Sarah R. Golding

Capt. of 2nd U.S. Dragoons, Galveston, Texas writes about the opening of the Mexican War: "There will be ten thousand troops on the Rio Grande in two weeks....I shall go directly to Point Isabel and if not in the hands of the enemy shall land and...

GLC09284

to newspaper editor

Letter to newspaper editor, intended for publication, calling to prepare for coming Civil War: "With the old and the young, rifle practice should be the order of the day for we may have to meet the enemy abroad and at home.…the devil in the shape of...

GLC09285

To Jacob Gurby

Counsels a client on the best way to recover a slave: "If a Slave be brought from another state to the state of N York & there sold, such slave is by the laws of N York declared free. It is therefore of Moment to establish that the sale was made at...

GLC09286

to L. Jones

Cancelling a purchase of four young slaves on behalf of his adopted son, Andrew (Donelson) Jackson, Jr.: "If the negroes have not been bought and sent on…give yourself no further trouble on the subject.… I wish him now to attend to & manage his own...

GLC09288

Circular

Circular concerning the long delay in the payment of troops: "I know the character of the men of this army too well, to doubt that they can be excelled in patience under a disappointment occasioned by the necessities of the country, & not by the...

GLC09289

Muster Roll for the 10 Companies of the 34th Regt of Foot in the Service of the United Colonies 1775

2nd Massachusetts regiment. "Muster Roll" for the 10 Companies "of the 34th Reg't of Foot in the Service of the United Colonies 1775" [General John Thomas's 2nd Massachusetts Regiment, organized on April 23, 1775, drawn from members of the original...

GLC09290

The Law of Retribution...

The Law of Retribution; Or, A Serious Warning to Great Britain and her Colonies, founded on unquestionable examples of God's Temporal Vengeance against Tyrants, Slave-holders, and Oppressors. First edition, printed in London.

GLC09291

Susan B. Boomer Diary 1848-1858

Diary of a young woman who left Massachusetts to settle in Bristol, Illinois, with opinions on slavery, patriotism, the Compromise of 1850, and the Fugitive Slave Act. "I spent the night at Uncle James's. During the evening a fugitive slave was...

GLC09292

[Gov and people vs. Henry Laughton]

As Massachusetts Attorney General, authorizes the seizure of properties belonging to an absentee Tory, Henry Laughton, "late of Boston."

GLC09293

[Revolutionary war pay warrant for African American soldier]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Jupiter Stevens, for thirteen pounds, one shilling, and two pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, and docketed every year to 1789...

GLC09294

[Revolutionary war pay warrant for African American soldier]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Prince Duplex, for four pounds, seventeen shillings, and one pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, and by Duplex in full, and...

GLC09295

Message from the President of the United States ... Due under the Award of the Emperor of Russia, for Slaves and other private property carried away by the British Forces, in violation of the Treaty of Ghent

"Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo, Relating to the proceedings of the Joint Commission of Indemnities, Due under the Award of the...

GLC09296

to his brother

To his brother in Massachusetts, describing life in Augusta, Georgia:. " there is only one way for us and that is to adopt the David Crockett system & go ahead....The south is a fine place to make money.… The southern born fellows who reside in the...

GLC09297