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1865 ca.

Chalmers, James R., fl. 1865

Photograph signed

Title: Wartime carte de visite of Confederate Brig. Gen. signed on mount

GLC03916

1861/04

Header Record

Title: Fort Sumter & Charleston, SC - 9 Confederate stereoviews by Osborn & Durbec

GLC03919

1813/10/31

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Brent

Pleas with Brent to pay his troops. Explains the troops' destitute situation and his fears that they may be left without pay throughout the winter. Also discusses the location and plans of various army regiments. Brent was the Army's Paymaster General. Written shortly after the U.S. victory at the Battle of the Thames. Written at Fort George

GLC03925

1826/09/05

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard K. Call

Attempts to reconcile a quarrel between General Call and Colonel Joseph M. White before it becomes violent. Two black and white full length seated engravings of Andrew Jackson included.

GLC03926

1801/02/20

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: election of Jefferson as President

Offering his congratulations "on the election of Mr. Jefferson." The correct date is February (not July).

GLC03931

1843/12/18

McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles W. Brewster re: agreeing to speak on Indians at meeting in NH

Written as former Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for speaking at a meeting of the Portsmouth, N.H., Atheneum.

GLC03935

1810/02/08

Butler, Pierce, 1744-1822

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F.D. Petit de Villers

Laments the death of one of his sons.

GLC03938

1775/12/19

Johnson, William S., 1727-1819

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Directive to the Sheriff of New Haven County to summon Mark Leavenworth to the County Court]

Leavenworth was needed for a child support case, which is explained in detail.

GLC03940

1785/09/06

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Letter signed

Title: to President of N.H. re: sending journals, inadequate representation of NH

Writtn as Sec. of Congress

GLC03944

1850/03/06

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Letter signed

Title: to Henry Martindale re: special counsel to Indians

GLC03948

1777/03/24

Warren, James, 1726-1808

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Elbridge Gerry

Warren indicates that he has recently written "a long letter to Mr. Adams" that communicated all consequential information, so this letter is written out of friendship rather than to provide intelligence. Comments on the arrival of a French officer, who did not receive a proper welcome because of he arrived on a Sunday. Notes "Impatience for the Arrival of the ships from France destined to" Boston. Discusses concern over matters in the House regarding the army and the embargo, lamenting the venal spirit that he views as destroying patriotism during the American Revolution.…

GLC03962

1865 February

Hoag & Quick (photographer)

Photograph signed

Title: [Philip Henry Sheridan]

Oval print of Sheridan in uniform.

GLC03978

1791/03/03

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: An Act making farther Provision for the Collection of the Duties by Law imposed on Teas, and to prolong the Term for the Payment of the Duties on Wines.

Act of Congress regulating duties on tea and wine. Signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State.

GLC03981

[1815]

Book

Title: Treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic Majesty and the United States...

Small quarto. Printed by R.G. Clarke. First official English printing. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the War of 1812. Signed on 24 December 1814. Malloy p. 613.

GLC03985.18

1859/09/01

Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anna Maria Fitzhugh

Writes to his godmother about fighting the Comanche Indians in Oklahoma. Notes his successful recovery from a "severe ordeal." Comments that "Indian warfare is not the most glorious in the world, hard fighting after riding miles and miles through the hot sun...and getting but little if any, glory." He does enjoy the life apart from the warfare. Comments on the hunting and fishing, and his horses (one a captured Comanche pony). Indicates that he will soon go to Camp Cooper, 115 miles south of Camp Radziminski, from where he writes this letter.

GLC03986

1865 August

Vannerson & Jones

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Fitzhugh Lee]

Pictured with a very full beard, in full Confederate uniform. Edges have been trimmed. With a series of notes on verso which include: "Given me by Gen'l Lee -- Aug. 65." (The writer confused Lee's.)

GLC03987