14 May 1827

Moore, Thomas, fl. 1827

Document

Title: [Grant of guardianship to Henry Gibbons]

Copy of the court document of Laurens County, Georgia granting guardianship over minors David Brown Gibbons and Margaret Gibbons to Henry Gibbons. Charges Henry with managing the minors' estate, education, and upbringing. Moore signed as the court clerk.

GLC00658.05

1 March 1838

Gibson, Benjamin, fl. 1838

Document

Title: [Land indenture]

Countersigned by Thomas Thornton and Joseph Little. Copy of an indenture between Gibson of Randolph County and Little of Sumter County, Georgia. Certifies that Little paid $20 to Gibson for a tract of land in Cherokee County. Note on verso signed by Little dated 22 November 1841 is partially illegible but possibly deals with another sale of the land to Alexander M. Little.

GLC00658.06

18 April 1776

Hart, John, 1708-1780

Document signed

Title: [Certification of attendance]

Certifies that John Pope has attended the meeting of the New Jersey Committee of Safety in New Brunswick as a member. Authorizes payment of three pounds, 18 shillings for 13 days. Note on verso signed by Pope certifies he received payment. Examined and allowed by Jesse Hand and Silas Condict.

GLC00659

July 4, 1780

Dagworthy, Mary, fl. 1780

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Genl. Morris

Written as head of the Ladies Association of Trenton. Dagworthy asks Morris to subscribe to their campaign to raise funds in support of Continental soldiers. Her postscript notes some early contributors and gives the amounts of their contributions. Docketed. Addressee is possibly Mary White Morris, the wife of Robert Morris the financier.

GLC00660

30 April 1765

De be Abois, Joost, fl. 1765

Document signed

Title: [Indenture agreeing to transfer title to land]

Witnessed by Barent Jansen and Simon Boerum. Certified by Justice of the Peace John Lefferts. De be Abois, "of Brookland and in Kings County on Nassaw Island in the Province of New-york," a yeoman, and his wife, Marritie, agree to sell land to Johannes Johnsen. Boerum was Clerk of Kings County from 1750 until his death. In 1774 and 1775 he was a member of the Continental Congress. Signs with his mark.

GLC00661

January 14, 1863

Wise, Henry A., 1806-1876

Letter signed

Title: to Arnold Elzey

Retained copy of a letter to Elzey on which a pencil signature of Wise has been added by a secretary. General Wise (Confederate) describes a recent Union raid near White House, Virginia. He informs Major General Elzey, commander of the Department of Richmond, that during the raid, Union troops stole thirty cattle from William P. Taylor's farm. He discusses coordination with Colonel Tabb (possibly William B. Tabb) and Captain Wynn at locations such as Bush's Mill, N. Kent Court House, and the wharves at West Point in order to prevent further raids. He states "all the slaves of abandoned…

GLC00662

May 11, 1861

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Wynne, Hill and Glazebrook

The letter is regarding surveying the approaches to Richmond to establish lines of defense

GLC00663

May 19, 1862

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Document signed

Title: General orders, no. 44

General Beauregard's order rallying Confederate soldiers, in response to Benjamin F. Butler's infamous General Order number 28, signed by Smith as Assistant Adjutant General. Butler's order number 28, stating that New Orleans women showing contempt for Union soldiers will be treated as prostitutes is reprinted here, as well as Beauregard's words rallying the men to "drive back from our soil, those infamous invaders of our homes and disturbers of our family ties."

GLC00666

March 15, 1863

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel Robert Crooke Wood

Sherman writes to Assistant Surgeon General Wood (Sherman incorrectly addresses the letter to "C.R." Wood). Sherman writes about his armies' medical preparedness, commenting that they are well supplied with surgeons, medicines, medical supplies, and hospital accommodations. He extensively praises his Chief Surgeon, Dr. Charles McMillan. Sherman shows concern for soldiers wounded in the Vicksburg campaign. He writes from camp before Vicksburg.

GLC00667

February 19, 1867

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred H. Terry

William T. Sherman writes to Major General Terry about military and Indian matters on the Great Plains. He discusses the establishment of military posts in Montana, the distribution of military forces, the regulation of travel across the plains, and tactics used by and to be used against the Sioux, voicing his opinion that should the "Enemies of the Civilized races of man" attempt to escape across the Canadian border, "they may be pursued a reasonable distance." On the matter of crossing the border, he writes: "Still internation[inserted: al] country might be offended...If the Indians learn…

GLC00668

05 September 1864

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Endorsement (by Lee and Beauregard) of telegram from Gov. Zebulon B. Vance

Telegram from Raleigh, N.C. written in a clerical hand on stationery of the Southern Telegraph Company. Endorsed on verso by Beauregard and Lee. Vance was North Carolina governor.

GLC00670

June 7, 1894

Longstreet, James, 1821-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William J. Fowler

General Longstreet discusses the reconstruction policies of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson with Fowler, a judge in Boston, Massachusetts. He states "The independent action of President Johnson, was the error that lead the grave troubles that came to the south, and to the north afterwards. Had Congress been called in extra session after the surrender, affairs would have been arranged in a way that would have been, as promptly accepted as was the independence policy" of President Lincoln.

GLC00671

02 November 1839

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph document signed

Title: [Declaration in the case of John Kerr and Augustus Kerr v. Thomas Constant and Josiah Francis].

John and Augustus Kerr sued Constant and Francis for $522.55 they were owed. Lincoln, working as a lawyer with John T. Stuart, won judgment for $440.14 on November 26, 1839.

GLC00672

1864

Header Record

Title: Two pamphlets [decimalized]

GLC00676

1864

Mason, & Co., fl. 1864

Pamphlet

Title: Lincoln campaign songster.

Title page states songster is for the use of clubs and contains all the most popular songs. Miniature book with woodcut of Lincoln on paper cover and printer's advertisements on back cover. Intended for the 1864 presidential election. Uncut between pages 10 and 11.

GLC00676.01

1860

Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871

Pamphlet

Title: Republican campaign songster, for 1860.

Edited by Burleigh and published by H. Dayton. Original blue printed front wrapper (only), stab-stitched as issued. Intended for the 1860 Presidential election. Burleigh was a prominent New York journalist and social reformer.

GLC00676.02

30 April 1863

Curran, William, fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: The Opelousas Courier. [Vol. 11, no. 3 (April 30, 1863)]

On front, humorous soldiers' letters and descriptions. printed: "William Curran, Co. "D," Forty First Regt Mass Vols". On back, blue, brown, gray striped wallpaper pattern, number 289.

GLC00677

4 April 1864

Hughes, Thomas, fl. 1864

Newspaper

Title: Natchitoches union daily. [April 4, 1864]

Advertises Lincoln-Johnson election ticket, proclaims fervent unionist sentiment, local and international news. Light brown (wood grain) wallpaper (on back).

GLC00678

22 June 1776

Jay, John, 1745-1829

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Warrant for the arrest of the traitor John Campbell]

Cosigned by Gouverneur Morris and Philip Livingston. Authorizing the arrest of the Campbell for "treasonable conspiracies" and the seizure of his papers.

GLC00679

1855-1865

Header Record

Title: Two abolitionist letters and one newspaper [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC00680

June 23, 1855

Stearns, George L. (George Luther), 1809-1967

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Johnson

Stearns, an abolitionist, asks if Reverend Johnson would like him to join him on a trip to Niagara.

GLC00680.01

November 28, 1863

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Knight

William Lloyd Garrison informs Knight that he has "no autograph of the revered Wilberforce to send" but will instead send "one of George Thompson, whose long continued and wonderfully efficient labors in the cause of freedom and humanity you so fittingly eulogise."

GLC00680.02

23 June 1865

Newspaper

Title: Liberator. [Vol. 35, no. 25 (June 23, 1865)]

GLC00680.03

October 1751

Ross, George, 1730-1779

Document signed

Title: [Case of Dalton verses McClure]

Details a case in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, between Andrew Dalton and Robert McClure about a promissory note for payment. Dated "October term."

GLC00682

1843-1900 (bulk: 1861-65)

Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900

Header Record

Title: Collection of John McIntosh Kell [Decimalized .01-.21]

Kell was a member of the United States Navy from 1843 until 19 January, 1861, the day of Georgia's secession from the United States. He served in the Confederate Navy for the duration of the Civil War, commanded the C.S.S. Savannah, and was made a captain for his work as First Lieutenant under Captain Raphael Semmes on the C.S.S. Alabama. In 1886, he became the Adjutant General of Georgia. In 1900, the year of his death, he published a book, "Recollections of a Naval Life; Including the Cruises of the Confederate Steamers Sumter and Alabama."

GLC00684