30 August 1861

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Broadside

Title: Fremont's proclamation

Issued from Headquarters of the Western Department. Fremont, department commander, declares martial law over the state of Missouri to counteract "the total insecurity of life, and the devastation of property by bands murderers and marauders, who infest nearly every county in the State and avail themselves of the public misfortunes and the vicinity of a hostile force to gratify private and neighborhood vengeance." Fremont issues a second proclamation on the same day, reminding the military that severe action mandated by the new law should be limited, and confined to few cases. Followed by…

GLC02654

10 March 1862

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George B. McClellan

Celebrates Union victory at the Battle of Pea Ridge, a major battle in the Trans-Mississippi. Relates that "The Army of the Southwest, under Genl Curtis, after three days hard fighting near Sugar Creek, Ark, has gained a most glorious victory over the combined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price & McIntosh." The Union army managed to repulse the attack, despite having been surprised by the Confederates. The Confederates are forced to leave Arkansas. McCulloch and McCintosh were killed during the battle. Claims that "Our loss in killed & wounded estimated at one thousand; that of…

GLC02655

1902/01/20

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Document signed

Title: Contract for payment to members of the Cherokee nation (cos. Thomas Buffington)

Signed by Buffington at Tahlequah, Indian Territory, for the Cherokee Nation and approved by Roosevelt at Washington. "Executive Mansion" has been struck and "White House" typed-in. Approving Act of the Cherokee National Council for expenses.

GLC02657

12 August 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to pardon of George Creager alias George Williams].

GLC02660

February 2, 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to affix the seal of the United States to the envelope of a letter addressed to Kamehameha V, King of the Hawaiian Islands]

Partially printed document directs the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to a condolence letter addressed to Kamehameha V for the death of King Kamehameha IV, his brother. Kamehameha IV had sought closer ties with the United States. Kamehameha V was the last of the direct line of Hawaiian Kings, following his death the kingship became elective.

GLC02661

22 June 1865

Bailey, D.C., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary E. Bailey

States that he is grateful and thanks God that he and his family have been safe from sickness and harm. Reports that a part of his regiment is in Madison and will probably be there for some time. He hopes that if he is to stay long somewhere, it is in a town that he is familiar with. Gives instructions on plowing around the potato crop, killing weeds, and shoeing his horses. He is being kept in a camp near Tennally Town, Washington D.C. to defend the city while the Lincoln assassination trials are going on. Reports that all the testimony from the trial has been taken. Hopes that the…

GLC02664

11 July - August 1863

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketchbook

Title: [Sketchbook with drawings and notes on the Gettysburg campaign] [word processed inventory available]

Signed by Bachelder on the first blank page, "Jno. B Bachelder, Print Publisher, no. 123 Washington St. Boston." Drawings, pencil and watercolor sketches, and notes on the Gettysburg campaign. Includes sketches of Hanover Junction, PA, 11 July 1863; Rock Ridge Devil's Den Round Top, 23 July 1863; Gen. Meade's Headquarters, 19 August 1863; and Fair Oaks, 31 May 1862, but possibly drawn later. Other sketches include houses, fields, and the road into Gettysburg. 11 drawings total, many blank pages, some pages removed. Bound in black book marked "Sketch Book."

GLC02670.01

5 August 1869

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document

Title: [Land deed for Sioux Indian Trust Lands]

Signed clerically. Also signed by L . Bunnitt as Secretary and M. Granger as Recorder of the General Land Office. Certifies that David S. Salisbury has paid for a tract of land from the Sioux Indian Trust lands. Marked no. 849.

GLC02671

1861-1864

Adjutant General's Office

Book

Title: General orders affecting the volunteer force. Adjutant General's office

The volume contains 3 years of the General Orders, for the years 1861, 1862, and 1863. Published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. An index for each year is included. Inscriptions for Lt. Col. Barton at Fort Richardson, Virginia in November 1864 are included on front and back covers. Barton was the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 22nd Army Corps. General Orders No. 1, dated January 2, 1863, is included announcing the Emancipation Proclamation. It is signed in print by Abraham Lincoln. Charts and graphs throughout, including some folded charts. Number of pages in the…

GLC02676

1918-1921 ca.

Dawes, Charles G., 1865-1951

Header Record

Title: Letters to his mother in the American Expeditionary Force, with Pershing [Decimalized .01- .79]

Dawes joined the AEF in France to monitor finances, based upon a recommendation of the Secretary of Treasury. Most of the letters are to his mother. Postwar letters are mostly from Chicago, where he was President then Chairman of a bank, and then from Washington where he served in the Treasury Dept. Bureau of Finance under Harding. The final folders include materials which may in fact have been enclosed by Dawes with letters to his mother. Additional Dawes materials are in GLC 1601 and GLC 4048.

GLC02679

24 November 1794

Webster, Noah, 1758-1843

Newspaper

Title: Herald: a gazette for the country. [Volume I, no. 50 (November 27, 1794)]

Prints President George Washington's proclamation regarding establishment of the United States Mint. Includes land for sale ads and an article about the French National Convention.

GLC02685

27 September 1862

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, discusses the furlough of Private Sherrin of the 2nd Massachusetts (Banks appealed for Sherrin's furlough on behalf of Hooper, and the furlough was denied). Mentions many mutual acquaintances, including Mr. Whittemore, Mr. Haver, and Colonel Lincoln, who taught Banks to love sherry. Comments on Civil War leadership: "What the Country most needs is a change. Not in men Nor in measures, but in the management of affairs- It is not important that we are better or worse in the way we are going- The country requires a…

GLC02689

September 19, 1861

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Isaac Trimble

General Beauregard, commanding the Confederate Army of the Potomac, writes to General Trimble, commander of forces located at Evansport, Virginia. He states "It is more than probable that either another naval expedition is contemplated by the Federalists or a landing on the Eastern shore of Virginia, but not of the importance you contemplate for McClellan is aware that we could neutralize his expedition by a bold move across the Potomac & then on to Washington! which would be at our mercy. We can afford to lose even Richmond but they cannot. Washington and Maryland..." He instructs…

GLC02690

1858-1900

Wright, Family, fl. 1858-1900

Header Record

Title: Augustus R. & Miller Wright archive: Confederate turncoat [partially decimalized .01-.12]

This collection comprises personal and military correspondence relating to U.S., and later Confederate, congressman Augustus Wright and his son Miller, both Southerners with Unionist sympathies. Topics include battles (including First Manassas), conflicts between Jefferson Davis and Governor Joseph Brown, wounded soldiers and prisoners of war, conscription, peace negotiations, Confederate surrender, and Lincoln's assassination. The collection includes a number of orders by Robert E. Lee's son George Washington Custis Lee, Miller's commanding officer for much of the war. Augustus Romaldus…

GLC02691

5 November 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Miller A. Wright (c/s Seward)?

Pardoned for "serving as a Colonel in the Army of the so-called Confederate States of America."

GLC02691.03

1864/11/17

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Document re: purchase of cotton from Augustus Wright by agent Hanson Risley

Signed by Lincoln on page 3; countersigned by Hanson A. Risley as special agent and by Green Adams as government purchasing agent. "I, Hanson A. Risley, Agent for the purchase of products of insurrectionary States, on behalf of the Government of the United States ... do hereby certify that I have agreed to purchase from Augustus R. Wright of the State of Georgia, Five Hundred Bales of Cotton, more or less, deposited and stored at or near Rome... I therefore request safe conduct for the said Augustus R. Wright and his means of transportation and said Cotton from Rome, Georgia, within the lines…

GLC02691.04

1889/01/14

Sherman, John, 1823-1900

Autograph letter signed

Title: to M. A. Wright re: possibility of appointing southerners to Benjamin Harrison's cabinet

On Senate stationery. Senator Sherman does not feel at liberty "to advise Gen Harrison as to his cabinet," but hopes he will include some Southerners. John Sherman (1823-1900), William Tecumseh's brother was a prominent US Senator from Ohio (1861-1877). He also served as Secretary of the Treasury (1877-1881) and Secretary of State (1890-1898). Sherman writes: "Your letter is received enclosing that of Governor Brown, which I now return to you…I do not feel at liberty to advise Gen Harrison as to his Cabinet unless he should desire my opinion. I have hopes that he would select one or two…

GLC02691.10

19 February 1883

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Audenreid

Writes to the widow of his aide-de-camp during the Civil War, Joseph Crain Audenreid, listing their theater and opera engagements. "I supposed you have in mind ... that on Saturday next you & I are to hear [Adelina] Pattie in the matinee 2PM." "Tonight you & I go to 'Faust' ... Wednesday - Wm. Tell - Thursday - Don Giovanni - Friday - Rigoletto, Saturday - Traviata ... " Written on stationery of Headquarters of the Army of the United States.

GLC02692

1877

United States. Army

Book

Title: Index of General Orders, Adjutant General's Office, 1876

Published by the Government Printing Office. Contains military orders 1-114 for 1876, including forms for use of supplies, promotions, and designation of offices. The spine and cover of this book have separated in several places. Among notables mentioned are George A. Custer, Thomas Custer, W.T. Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan, etc.

GLC02693

14 April 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to to the Secretary of State to to affix the seal of the United States to the pardon of Auguste Heisler].

GLC02694

February 12, 1861

Goodwin, Sadie, fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susie B. Goodwin

Writes to her sister about family news and the weather. Describes a visit made to her home by the Lincoln family. Speaks critically of Mrs. Lincoln's ability to control her son and remarks on the poor behavior of Tad, "Sonny" whom she feels is spoiled and uncontrolled. States that when the Lincoln family departed, Mr. Lincoln went to Washington while Mrs. Lincoln went to St. Louis to visit her sister. States that a crowd formed at the depot to see him off and that Lincoln made a brief speech. Informs that the Lincolns will meet up again in Indianapolis. Comments that an acquaintance…

GLC02695

1826

Wirt, William, 1772-1834

Pamphlet signed

Title: Discourse on the lives and characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Speech delivered by Wirt as Attorney General to the House of Representatives on 19 October 1826. Printed by Gales & Seaton. Inscribed in pencil by Wirt to Mr. James. Written shortly after the death of Jefferson and Adams.

GLC02697

1791/07/07

Greenway, James, fl. 1756

Manuscript document signed

Title: Contract with state of Virginia to trade with Cherokee Indians

Signed by Greenway and Barclay McGhee as merchants contracting to trade with the Cherokee Indians

GLC02638

2 April 1819

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Autograph document signed

Title: [Requirement to take an oath for public service]

Serving as Governor of the Missouri Territory, Clark discusses the requirement that oaths shall be taken, enabling individuals to serve in the post of Justice of the Peace and in other public offices. Appoints John Ruland Clark of Lincoln County to administer oaths.

GLC02639

1836/06/18

Jesup, Thomas S., 1788-1860

Letter signed

Title: to Winfield Scott

General Jesup writes to General Scott to defend his military actions in Florida during the second Seminole War, which violated Scott's planned campaign. Written in a disrespectful tone, he remarks that "I am not a boy to be lectured by you." Indicates that he will appeal to President Jackson. This was the beginning of a feud that ultimately led to Jesup's dismissal.

GLC02640