9 November 1871 circa

Ewing, Philemon, 1820-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucius Fairchild

Sends over property left to Fairchild in Thomas Ewing's will, Philomen's late father. Addressed to Fairchild in Madison, Wisconsin. The date looks like 1870, though the more likely date is 1871.

GLC03601.09

6 June 1861

Ewing, Charles, 1835-1883

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ewing

Writes to his father to inform him that William T. Sherman (Cump) is being promoted to Brigadier General of the three Battalion Regiments. States he will receive a captain's commission in the regular army. Stresses his desire to fight for the Union, "I know nothing more worthy of my ambition than to fight for the preservation of the Government that your Father suffered and fought to make." Asks for his father's approval before he accepts.

GLC03601.10

11 July 1856

Ewing, Hugh B., 1826-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ewing

Says he has been in Chicago on business and will leave soon. Describes Chicago as "dull," and the houses in the city as being, " ... the merest shells - which the north west wind, would blow into the Prairie, ... But the people, who are 'sand blind,' think them magnificent structures." Criticizes a client he was in Chicago to do business with.

GLC03601.11

20 August 1775

Rooke, Henry, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Rooke

Henry writes to his brother George in England. Mentions a mutual acquaintance named Whyte. States that he recently made several dispatches from Dresden "and have made a transition from the heavy phlegmatick German to the gay & mercurial Frenchman." States that he will review troops in France and attend the arrival of the Duke of Gloucester before travelling to Switzerland. Intends to enjoy the remainder of the season in Europe "if I am not recalled to assist with the Army in America, I find by the Gazettes that blood begins to flow there very plentifully: as the only determination of…

GLC03881.01

8 July 1777

Rooke, William, fl. 1777-1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Peg Rooke

Writes to Peg in care of Daniel Danoot, in Brussels, Belgium. States that upon his arrival in Geneva, two letters from Harry (possibly Henry Rooke) waited for him. Relates that Harry intends to travel to New York to serve as a volunteer, and assumes that he sails on either the man of war Experiment or a transport in it's convoy. Instructs Peg to keep unspecified tickets in safe custody, as Harry requested that they examine the tickets upon his return. Discusses the failure of his friends from Avignon to arrive, a ceremony, and Squire Frank's tenants. States that George III, King of…

GLC03881.02

circa 1775

Larrabee, Benjamin, 1740-1829

Document

Title: [Muster roll for Captain Benjamin Larrabee's Company]

Larrabee's company belonged to Colonel Reuben Fogg's regiment of militia. Includes a list of soldiers with either the notation "found himself" or "was found." One notation states "from ye 13 of November 1775."

GLC03983.02.02

1874

Johnson, Wilson, & Co. (publishers), fl. 1872-1878

Engraving

Title: W.T. Sherman

Engraving of General William T. Sherman in uniform holding a sword. Painted by Alonzo Chappel from a photograph by Gurney. Published by Johnson Wilson & Co, New York.

GLC04338.02

1790

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Header Record

Title: Collection of two documents related to Dycas's Hydrometer [Decimalized .01-.02]

Circular letter to customs officers regarding the use of Dycas's Hydrometer, accompanied by directions for using the device.

GLC08993

18 December 1790

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Letter signed

Title: to Custom Officers

Discussing Dycas's Hydrometer, a device to be used for assessing the proof of alcohol and spirits for taxation. The Hydrometer is enclosed, as well as intructions on its use. Discusses the use of the Hydrometer, the reasons for its neccesity, and the use of a simpler device as a substitute. Circular letter sent to numerous customs officers.

GLC08993.01

1790

Broadside

Title: Description of the Scale of accompanying Dycas's Hydrometer

Explains how to use and read Dycas's Hydrometer, a device invented to determine the strength of alcoholic beverages, so that the proper tax could be applied.

GLC08993.02

1782-1894

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Header Record

Title: Collection of items related to Elias Boudinot [Decimalized .01-.03]

A letter accompanied by an envelope and a book written by Elias Boudinot.

GLC08994

15 October 1782

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lewis Pintard

Relates news from New York, including the arrival of "a Packer" and news that "Charles Town was evacuated."

GLC08994.01

16 October 1782

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Envelope

Title: [Free Frank for a letter from Elias Boudinot to Lewis Pintard]

Free Frank is pasted inside GLC08994.03, a copy of Boudinot's "Journal or historical recollections of American events during the revolutionary war." It is adhered to the back of the title page.

GLC08994.02

1894

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Book

Title: Journal or historical recollections of American events during the revolutionary war

Boudinot's recollections of the American Revolution, with a number of anecdotes on the subject, and one hundred thirty-nine illustrations. Published by Frederick Bourguin. Only twenty-five large copies of the book were made, this one numbered copy twenty-four.

GLC08994.03

1826

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Manuscript

Title: The Creek and Cherokee lands of Georgia and Alabama

Contemporary copy likely written by a staff member of a speech regarding removal that Benton delivered to the Senate. Argues that tribal chiefs should be given "gratuities" to convince them to sign treateis and clarifies troubles in negotiations resulting from confusion over the border between Georgia and Alabama. Manuscript is pasted into a book that also contains a typed transcription of the speech. Book is 29 x 22 cm. Document states that the document is "The original autograph manuscript," however this is unlikely, both because the manuscript is written in the third person, and…

GLC08995

1865

Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Amendments of the Constitution, submitted to the consideration of the American people.

Argues for constitutional amendments to abolish slavery, establish universal citizenship and prosecute treason. Issued during the ratification process of the Thirteenth Amendment proposes a number of amendments, and discusses them in context of constitutional theory and Civil War history. The Thirteenth Amendment would soon be ratified, followed by the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, which would be similar to some of the ideas put forward in this pamphlet. Published by the Loyal Publication Society, which published over one hundred pamphlets on various political topics during the Civil War…

GLC08996

1844

Gibbons, James Sloan, 1815-1892

Broadsheet

Title: Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory

Urges Northerners to vote for the Whig ticket, and oppose the Democrats, who favor the annexation of Texas. Argues that annexation is planned only to increase slavery and the power of the slave states. Texas is large and suitable for slavery and thus annexing it "would encircle Africa with slave-ships, and under the stimulus of insatiable avarice, penetrate farther into the interior of the devoted country." Annexation would also lead to war with Mexico. Argues slavery can be defeated steadily through the vote, and urges Northerners to show their increased support of abolition and vote…

GLC08997

February 1850

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Printed document

Title: [Circular letter urging opposition to the expansion of slavery]

Circular letter from the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society urging opposition to the expansion of slavery. Addressed "To each Friend of Liberty in the United States." Urges readers to write to Congress in opposition to slavery, and demand slavery be barred from any new territiories. Encloses pettitions for the reader and acquantainces to sign. Signed in print by the "Executive Committee of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society," composed of Arthur Tappan, S.S. Jocelyn, William Jay, Lewis Tappan, William E. Whiting, Luther Lee, Christopher Rush, George Whipple, William…

GLC08998

1871

Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906

Pamphlet

Title: An appeal to the women of the United States by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee

Urges women to demand equal rights for themselves, including the franchise, argues that the Constitution gaurantees equal rights to women, and offers a "Decleration and Pledge" for supporters of women's suffrage. Letter also states ways in which women should fight for the vote. Says the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee has been set up to coordinate these efforts, and makes an appeal for donations. Published by Case, Lockwood & Brainard. Written by the Committee of the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, with Isabella Beecher Hooker as President, and…

GLC08999

1894

Democratic Party (Ga.)

Broadside

Title: Colored Voters Read

One broadside entitled, "Colored Voters Read," dated 1894 printed by Georgia's Democratic Party. Asks the question, "What Evidence have the Negroes of this State that Schools will be provided for their Children in case the Third Party gets into Power?" Details and compares taxes paid toward school funds between black and white people. Concludes that "...in the matter of schools alone the negro received more than three times as much money, as he pays in to the Public Treasurer from all sources."

GLC09000

November 1835

Pamphlet

Title: The Anti-Slavery Record, Volume 1, Number 11.

Cover engraving depicts Amos Dresser being caned. Lead article addresses his martyrdom.

GLC09001

1868

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Frederick Douglass quotation]

"For myself, I ask nothing I would not freely grant to all men." Signed and dated 1868. On lined paper with reproduced photograph of Douglass.

GLC09002

post 1865

Broadside

Title: Slavery Days.

Printing of an anti-slavery poem written from the perspective of an older male slave who is close to dying. The first verse reads, "I am thinking now to day of the years that's pass'd away, When they tied me up in bondage long ago, In old Virginia State, it was there we separate, And it filled my heart with misery and woe; They took away my boy, he was his mother's joy, From a baby in the cradle we him raised, And they put us far apart, and it broke the old man's heart, In those agonising cruel slavery days."

GLC09003

9 February 1863

Gordon, Thomas M., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Edward Brown

Gordon, a Confederate soldier, begins his letter by stating he greatly misses his home and friends. Says that he has been attending church and receiving some comfort from religion. Writes about a man from his regiment who deserted and is now sentenced to be executed by firing squad. States that he ministered to the soldier and read to him from the Bible. "Twelve men from the Regt. will be detailed to perform the execution ... I hope that I will not be one the number he has a wife and two children she came to see him a few days ago." Adds that the man wanted his wife to stay to see him…

GLC09004

8 March 1864

Featherston, Winfield Scott, 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas M. Jack

Addressed to Jack as the Assistant Adjutant General to General Polk. Confederate Brigadier General Featherston requests bayonets for his troops. States that he has heard there are bayonets on hand but that they were not issued because it would take some labor to fit the bayonets to guns. Questions the wisdom of this. "We owe our success on many well fought battlefields to the use of the Bayonet. The Yankeys will not stand a charge when we have Bayonets; they might do so, if they knew we were without them." Marked on verso as forwarded 22 March 1864. With signed endorsement by Jack on…

GLC09005