30 August 1856

Clephane, Lewis, 1824-1897

Broadside

Title: To the opponents of slavery extension.

The Congressional Republican Committee calls on Republicans to spread literature against the extension of slavery. Lists documents and prices which the Republican Association will furnish upon request. Clephane was Secretary of the Association, and Benjamin Wade was Chairman.

GLC02142

1842/10/08

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas W. Ward re: removal of goverment from Austin and archives

Signed as President of Texas. Refers to the removal of the government from Austin to Washington-on-the-Brazos, and the need to remove the archives, a removal that eventually led to the Texas "archives war."

GLC02145.02

1842/12/10

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript

Title: Clerical copy of letter to Thomas Smith & Eli Chandler re:archives

Instructions regarding removal of archives mentioning wagons and ways to hide their purpose. Also mentions threats made against moving the archives.

GLC02145.03

1842/12/10

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: moving Texas archives from Austin to Washington-on-the Brazos

Signed twice as President of Texas. Telling Ward of Smith's and Chandler's orders to remove the archives.

GLC02145.04

1844/01/22

Ogden, F.W., fl. 1844

Manuscript

Title: Collection of 3 items related to the Report to Texas House of Representatives] Decimalized

Clerical manuscript damaged with loss of text in margin. Authentic copy. (Docket misdates). Accompanied by two copies of the Ward broadside, "A Card," responding to Ogdin & Grammont report on archives, 1844/02/03, 33 x 20 cm. re: condition of archives w/ "A Card"

GLC02145.05

1843/01/04

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript

Title: to Texas House of Representatives re: complete summary of events in Archives War

Clerical copy, with docket "private property" on p. 4.

GLC02145.14

1857/10/02

Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: dissatisfaction with present life and career

A very friendly and kindly letter written three months before his suicide. Mentions Ward's newborn son, personal matters, Jones' personal isolation and Texas politics.

GLC02145.15

1843/11/24

Mayfield, James S., fl. 1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ward re: Sam Houston's declining popularity in East Texas

GLC02145.17

December 15-16, 1864

Broadside

Title: Battle of Nashville

Six stanza poem dramatizing the action at the Battle of Nashville. Each stanza has a heading: "The Preparation," "The Night Scene," "The Prelude," "The Second Day," The Chief," and "The Charge." The stanza titled "The Chief," is the shortest and is an overwrought description of Union Major General George H. Thomas: "Serene and steady as a Polar Star / Whose light no clouds can quench nor billows mar / But shines while tempests lash the deep below, / Thomas surveyed the turbid storm of war / Firm as Gibraltar in the whirlwind's's jar, / And gazed and watched to strike the final blow. / With…

GLC02135

1860-1895 ca.

Header Record

Title: Carte de visites of Civil War generals [decimalized]

GLC02136

1864 ca.

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant

Signed as Lieutenant General.

GLC02136.01

1864 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Philip Henry Sheridan]

Bust portrait of Union General Philip Sheridan. Signed on image.

GLC02136.03

1886 August 24

Kuhn Bros., fl. 1886

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman]

Signed on mount and verso. On mount of the West End Gallery, St. Louis, Mo., inscribed on verso to "Dr. Thomas T. Mirror, Seattle, W[ashington]. T[erritory]." on 1886 August 24.

GLC02136.04

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Quincy Adams Gillmore]

Signed on mount, 3/4 standing by Anthony from Brady.

GLC02136.05

1865 ca.

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of George Gordon Mead]

Meade, the hero of Gettysburg. Signed on image, bust by Brady

GLC02136.06

1861 ca.

Lewis, R.A., fl. 1861

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Robert Anderson]

GLC02136.07

26 May 1869

Rees, R.A., fl. 1869

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of P.G.T. Beauregard]

Signed on image & verso 3/4 bust by R.A.Rees, Richmond. Inscribed to Miss C. M. J. Kearn, New Orleans, 1869 May 26.

GLC02136.08

1865 ca.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: [Benjamin Franklin Butler]

Carte de visite signed on mount. Butler photographed in civilian clothing, 3/4 seated profile.

GLC02136.09

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite of Henry Wager Halleck]

Signed on mount. 3/4 standing by Brady.

GLC02136.10

1865 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: Major General John Sedgwick

Signed carte de visite of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick

GLC02136.13

1865 Nov 11

Warren Post Office Block

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks]

Inscribed by Banks to L. J. Cist (see GLC 749 Lincoln ALS to same for the Mississippi Sanitary Commission). Dated in another hand from the same time. With two cents revenue stamp on verso.

GLC02136.14

1865 ca.

Pach Bros.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Horace Porter]

With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Brevet General Horace Porter, of Pennsylvania. Medal of Honor - Chickamauga."

GLC02136.17

1865 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of William W. Averell]

Signed on mount, 3/4 seated in civilian clothing. With short biographical description on verso. Inscription on verso reads: "Maj. Gen. W.W. Averill. He led the advance on Manassass of Gen. McClellan. Took part in the famous Stoneman's Raid toward Richmond. Maj. Gen. for gallant services at Moorfield, Va."

GLC02136.18

January 18, 1899

Dupont, Aime, fl. 1899

Photograph signed

Title: [Cabinet photograph of Joseph Wheeler]

Seated in military jacket and fake boots worn over his civilian clothing. Signed "A. Dupont" on negative.

GLC02136.19

1865 ca.

Charles D. Fredricks & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Alfred P Rockwell]

Inscribed to Capt. Tidball.

GLC02136.21