6 December 1862

Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jefferson Davis

General Polk writes to Davis, President of the Confederate States (and Polk's former roommate at West Point). Recommends Captain E. M. [Rucker?] for promotion to Colonel of Cavalry. Notes that Rucker has a command of that post, but lacks the commission.

GLC02460.12

22 June 1862

Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897

Autograph document signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Discusses various troop movements in Mississippi. States "General Van Dorn orders Breckinridges Corps and Six Thousand men from my Command forward to Vicksburg. General Villipigue telegraphs that his command is independent. He has all my armed troops, and calls on me to defend the Memphis and Tenn Rail Road route!" It is reported that "Holly Springs is reoccupied by the Enemy and that General Sherman has twenty five thousand men at Grand Junction." Verso states that the letter was telegramed to General Bragg. For the next year Vicksburg would be a heavily contested city.

GLC02460.13

circa 28 November 1861

Stewart, Alexander Peter, 1821-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Johnson Pillow

Possibly written in 1861. Written in Columbus (possibly Kentucky). General Stewart asks General Pillow to transmit a letter written to him (Stewart) from the Secretary of War. Discusses details pertaining to his command. Reports that a company led by Captain J. W. Stewart (possibly John W. Stewart) at Island No. 10 has not received pay for several months. Requests that Pillow direct the paymaster to pay J. W. Stewart's troops.

GLC02460.14

18 August 1836

Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Commanding Officer of the Boston recruiting station

Discusses Benjamin Harris' appointment as a "Seaman for the South Sea Surveying and exploring expedition." Requests that Harris be paid for "three months ... when he appears on board the receiving ship." States that he received orders regarding Harris from Captain Catesby Jones.

GLC02460.15

17 December 1864

Taylor, Richard, 1826-1879

Endorsement signed

Title: [Naval defense of Mobile, Alabama]

Reports that if Mobile, Alabama is to be successfully defended, one officer, either naval or military, must have command of all the defenses. Mentions vessels and a torpedo boat in the harbor. This note is on the verso of a secretarial letter in the name of Major General Dabney H. Maury, dated 15 December 1864 from Mobile, to Lieutenant Colonel W. M. Levy in Meridian, Mississippi. Maury's letter informs that the torpedo boat has not yet gone out to attack the enemy and that he has applied repeatedly to Commodore Ebenezer Farrand to have an officer from the navy take command of the boat.…

GLC02460.16

22 June 1862

Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the senior officer in command of the troops in the vicinity of Grenada

Written by Confederate Major General Van Dorn at the Headquarters of the Department of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana. Says before he left Tupelo he was authorized to order any portion of his command, including the corps of General Breckenridge, to his department should circumstances render it necessary. Reports that a fleet with transports and about 10,000 men are now under sail for Vicksburg. Wants 6,000 men with 10 days rations under a suitable officer sent to him. Presumes that the enemy will reach Vicksburg on Tuesday next. Wants him to take measures to have the detachment…

GLC02460.17

14 March 1864

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Wheeler, commanding Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee, writes to Bragg, overseeing Confederate military operations from Richmond, Virginia. Replies to correspondence from Bragg. Discusses the establishment of a military court: "... I must first acknowledge my indebtedness to you for the kindness you have shown in evincing such an interest in our behalf. The court will be of great service to us and will aid much in enforcing discipline." Reports that Major Hugh M. King (formerly quartermaster on General John K. Jackson's staff and Captain of the fifth Georgia Infantry) has been serving as…

GLC02460.18

13 December 1863

Whiting, William Henry Chase, 1824-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Zebulon Baird Vance

General Whiting informs Vance, Governor of North Carolina "I have received with much regret this morning the letter of Capt McBride to you- regret that any officer of this command should have so far forgotten himself both as citizen & as soldier as to write to the chief magistrate of his state a communication of such insolence." Relates that General [Milbret?] will be instructed to reprimand McBride at once. States "Inspt Genl will prepare charges against him for... disrespectful conduct to the government of N. C. based on this letter which is insolent in the extreme. Capt McB will be…

GLC02460.19

1 June 1864

Wright, Marcus Joseph, 1831-1922

Autograph letter signed

Title: to General [Wayne]

Possibly to General Henry Constantine Wayne, Adjutant General of Georgia (1860-1865). Wright, commanding the district of Atlanta, reports: "I have sent an officer of my staff out this morning to find out something about the outrages mentioned in your note. I am exceedingly anxious to bring these men to punishment, but have no mounted force whatever at my disposal." Further discusses the unspecified outrages, and suggests asking General Johnston (possibly Joseph E. Johnston) "to have those dismounted & straggling cavalry men sent across the river." Written on Headquarters Post, Atlanta.

GLC02460.20

16 July 1861

Zollicoffer, Felix K., 1812-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Johnson Pillow

General Zollicoffer asks if Pillow, in Memphis, can transmit an artillery company to his division. Reports that the only company left in the division is led by Captain Ross at Fort Henry and Dover (Tennessee). Ross's company is without equipment.

GLC02460.21

1802

United States Mint

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President re: number of coins minted in 1801

Shaw & Shoemaker 3348

GLC02447

2 January 1835

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Todd Lytle, Henry Hubbard, Ratliff Boon, and Henry A. P. Muhlenberg

Benton, a United States Senator from Missouri, writes to Congressmen Lytle, Hubbard, Boon, and Muhlenberg. Transmits a letter declining the nomination of the Mississippi State Convention for Vice Presidency of the United States. Remarks that the copy is for newspaper publication. Date is obscured by text loss, and is estimated based on content.

GLC02448.01

21 February 1862

Lovejoy, Owen, 1811-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin D. Morgan

Lovejoy, a United States Representative from Illinois, writes to Morgan, Governor of New York. Recommends J. H. Bolles for a position in the 53rd New York Regiment of D'Epineuil Zouaves. Notes that Bolles is a citizen of New York City, and is "a very worthy young gentleman & in every respect well qualified for the position."

GLC02448.09

7 April 1862

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Owen Lovejoy

Sumner, a United States Senator, writes to Lovejoy, a Representative from Illinois. Writes, "Here is Senate Bill 230, which you desired. We shall send you the Freedom Bill, & trust to your good votes & Providence." In a post script, notes that Trumbull will be speaking for emancipation (possibly referring to Lyman Trumbull, a Senator from Illinois who later co-sponsored the Thirteenth Amendment). Year based on content.

GLC02448.15

19 September 1775

Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Trumbull

Written by General Arnold as commander of one of the two columns marching on Canada (General Philip Schuyler's forces in New York being the other) to Trumbull as Commissary General of Purchases to George Washington's army at Cambridge. In August 1775 Arnold had convinced Washington to give him a command to march through the Maine wilderness to Quebec. This letter references the good weather at the start of his journey northward, by ship, from the coastal town of Newburyport to Maine. Thanks him for his letter he sent by Mr. Thomas. Says he has added to his army's provisions. Wishes him…

GLC02451

circa 1890-1899

Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908

Autograph quotation signed

Title: Verse one of poem "Maryland, my Maryland"

On stationary printed "United States Senate, Washington, D.C." Date is also printed "189_" but exact year is not filled in.

GLC02453.03

1881/06/27

Ingalls, John James, fl. 1881

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Opportunity [poem signed]

Written on the verso of stationery of the Wilmer Hotel, Anniston, Ala.

GLC02453.20

1765-1874

Various

Header Record

Title: Abolitionists collection: 19 letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC02448

26 June 1847

Birney, James Gillespie, 1792-1857

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joshua Leavitt

Birney, an abolitionist, writes to Leavitt, a reformer and minister in Boston. Has been asked to write columns for the Herald, a newspaper, and is allowed by the editor to freely express his opinions. Notes that Dr. Bailey (possibly Gamaliel Bailey) will not agree with what he has written. Writes, "I have but little faith in the constancy of some who stand prominent in this vicinity as abolitionists. I would not be surprised if some went off to the Democratic party before long." Remarks that Mr. Chase also contributes to the Herald (possibly referring to Salmon Portland Chase). In a…

GLC02448.02

29 April 1858

Burritt, Elihu, 1810-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Reverend Dr. Murray

Recalls receiving a letter from Murray regarding the Cleveland Emancipation Convention one year before. Transmits a circular (GLC 2448.03.02), an account of the organization of the National Compensation Emancipation Society. Asks Murray to read the circular and attempt to "connect yourself with the movement more directly." Invites Murray to speak at the Society's first annual meeting, to be held 12 May 1858 in New York. Also informs Murray he has been nominated as Vice President of the Society for New Jersey, noting that the Society hopes to have a Vice President from every state in the…

GLC02448.03.01

1 August 1791-2 January 1792

Carter, Robert, 1728-1804

Document signed

Title: [Manumission of a slave]

Appears to be a copy dated 2 January 1792, of a document written on 1 August 1791. Note at bottom signed by Thomas Edwards on 2 January 1792 says "An extract from the Deed recorded in the Northumberland District Court." Document says that Carter was using the 1782 Virginia emancipation act to "emancipate from slavery Sampson at Aquarius in Frederick County aged twentyone years."

GLC02448.04

23 August 1851

Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written from "White Hall," Clay's estate. Clay, an emancipationist, replies to a letter from an unspecified recipient. Possibly discussing his run for Governor as an anti-slavery candidate in 1851, writes, "The number of votes cast for the anti-slavery candidates is small- I believe my vote is about thirty five hundred... The causes of my small vote are the inherent difficulties of the movement; Old party organization, and the violent misrepresentations by the Whig party of my views." Declares, "...slavery is the disturbing cause of old partyism everywhere... the time is near if not now-…

GLC02448.05

4 December 1847

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Ricketson

Accepts Ricketson's invitation to lecture before the New Bedford Lyceum, if his health permits. Exclaims, "Would that U could be an attendant at your anti-slavery meetings, to be held to-day and to-morrow in your place!" Notes that his friend, the bearer of this note, H. C. Wright (possibly Henry C. Wright) will be at the meetings.

GLC02448.06

17 January 1861

Higginson, Thomas W., 1823-1911

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Higginson, a militant abolitionist, discusses an upcoming meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society: "About the defence of W. P. there is of course no question. All plans for the defence of the meeting must depend on the wish of the Society- they both may prefer to take non-resistant grounds, or rely on the police alone. And at any rate I am opposed to excusing the city & state authorities from the work which is their business. Only we should make such arrangements in advance as will protect the meeting if they do not." W. P. refers to abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

GLC02448.07

30 Jaunary 1835

Lovejoy, Elijah P., 1802-1837

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Mason Peck

Lovejoy, an abolitionist, writes to Peck, a reverend in St. Louis. Requests Peck to stop sending copies of the "Pioneer," a paper containing criticism of Lovejoy. Docket is faded.

GLC02448.08