1841/05/07

Bryan, William, fl. 1836-1846

Document signed

Title: [Certification of an act of sale for Texas land]

Partially printed document in which George Trembley of New Orleans, Louisiana, attests to selling 640 acres of Texas land to Edward T. Jackson for $325. The land had originally been granted to John Miller for service in the Texas Revolution and sold by him to Jackson on 12 December 1837. Signed by Trembley on the bottom and witnessed by Ant. Doriscourt and A. Austin. The certification of the sale by Bryan, acting as consul for the Republic of Texas, for the port of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, appears on the verso.

GLC06623.06

1839/01/11

Bunton, John Wheeler, 1807-1879

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification that Jefferson George was issued and obeyed a summons from the state of Texas]

George was to "appear before the Committee of Investigation of the House of Representatives...in the case...wherein the Republic of Texas" was involved. Indicates that Jefferson obeyed the summons and was entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. Signed by Bunton, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, as chairman of the Committee of Investigation. Also signed and approved by John M. Hansford, the Speaker of the House.

GLC06623.07

1829/06/29

Dallas, George Mifflin, 1792-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nicholas Biddle

Mifflin, then United States district attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, discusses the protocol regarding enclosed draft notices (not included) issued to men named Mr. Moore and a Mr. Picket with Biddle, the President of the Bank of the United States.

GLC06623.08

1836/02/06

Forbes, John, 1797-1880

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment of $100 for closing land offices in Texas]

Forbes attests to receiving $100 from Arthur Henrie, "receiver of the public Monies at Nacogdoches...for closing the land offices." Some arithmetic appears on the verso.

GLC06623.09

1840/11/08

Hall, John W., 1786-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Promise to pay $306.32 for "value Received"]

Payment to be made to "Thomas P. Shapard or bearer."

GLC06623.10

1838/09/24

Heard, William J.E., 1801-1874

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment of administrator for the estate of the late Robert Cunningham]

Acting in his capacity as probate judge, Heard appoints Bazil G. Ijams the administrator of Cunningham's estate. Written four days before Heard was elected chief justice of Colorado County, Texas.

GLC06623.11

18 November 1834

Johnson, Francis W., 1799-1884

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account of Major Harman Runnell]

Lists expenses related to room, board, and clothing. A note at the bottom indicates that Johnson accepted payment.

GLC06623.12

1836

Header Record

Title: Collection of fifteen documents signed by eleven of the signers of 1836 Texas Declaration of Independence [Decimalized GLC06624.01-.15]

Most documents pertain to land or legal matters in Texas in the 1830s and 1840s.

GLC06624

1836/06

Stapp, Elijah, 1738-1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Rusk re: asking for help in supporting his family, rallying for Texas

Also, "getting men to rally to the standard and fight the battles of Texas."

GLC06625

1843/10/18

Thurmond, Alfred Sturgis, 1816-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary A. Willis

Writing from inside the walls of the "Castle of Perote" (Perote Prison), Thurman informs Willis that her husband, O.R. Willis, has died. Praises her deceased husband as a "Patriot and a Gentleman," telling her that he "was highly esteemed" and his "Death was much Lamented by this crowd." Indicates that he and others in the prison are in good health but have no idea when they will be released. Dejected, he comments twice on how his family has forsaken him by not responding to his letters. Comments that he still has affection for them and asks her to communicate his love to his…

GLC06626

July 1861- July 1865

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters between a Union soldier and family in New York and New Jersey [decimalized .01-.03]

Collection includes 48 letters and envelopes; also includes 4 photos and 124 envelopes with patriotic covers.

GLC06627

circa 1861-1865

Various

Header Record

Title: to Adolphus Crans [Decimalized .01- .22]

Collection includes 22 signed letters and envelopes.

GLC06627.02

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Album of patriotic covers and envelopes

Envelopes (patriotic covers) with various Union cartoons. Some unusual images.

GLC06627.03

circa 1861-1865

Alberger, William C., 1837-1925

Scrapbook

Title: [Collection of William C. Alberger, 49th regiment, New York, infantry] [word processed inventory available] [Decimalized .01- .08]

Collection features a bound scrapbook and various documents relating to the military and civilian life of William C. Alberger. An inventory exists for the documents separated from the scrapbook, which are housed in a folder with the scrapbook. These items may have once been in the scrapbook as well. The collection contains two broadsides discussing the recruitment of African American troops, two cards inviting Alberger to attend military dinners, and correspondence from Buffalo Sheriff R. H. Best to Alberger regarding suppression of city riots and attendance at an Independence Day…

GLC06628

[1870 ca.]

Header Record

Title: Custer and Rosecrans items from the Alberger Collection

Visiting card of G. A. Custer / U.S.C.C. An army circular issued by Major General Rosecrans to the Army of Cumberland re: congratulations for victory over rebels of Tennessee.

GLC06628.01

6 March 1865

William, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his brother

Discusses camp life and playing baseball.

GLC06630

1866/02/25

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Header Record

Title: Letters and poems of Bryant and Holmes [Decimalized .01-.07]

GLC06631

February 23, 1866

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bradford R. Wood

Bryant, editor of the New York Evening Post, replies to a letter from Wood, former Representative from New York. Discusses Black suffrage: "I utterly detest the narrow principles of that party which denied equal rights to any of our fellow men on account of race. The right of suffrage is the due of the negro as well as of the white man... But it does not follow from this, that we may employ any means we choose in conferring this right." Regarding Black suffrage, advocates the opinions of Trumbull and Fessenden (probably Senators Lyman Trumbull and William Pitt Fessenden) as opposed to the…

GLC06631.01

January 21, 1878

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Last lines of Bryant's poem Thanatopsis]

"So live, that when thy summons comes to join/ The innumerable caravan which moves/ To that mysterious realm where each shall take/ His chamber in the silent halls of Death,/ Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night,/ Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed/ By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave/ Like one who wraps the draping of his couch/ About him and lied down to pleasant dreams." Copied 12 January 1878; originally written between the years of 1811 and 1821.

GLC06631.02

18 May 1878

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Verse from William Cullen Bryant's poem, The Battlefield]

Verse from Bryant's poem, "Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again/The eternal years of God are here. But Error, wounded, writhed in pain/And dies amid his worshippers." Signed and dated, New York, May 18th, 1878.

GLC06631.03

1892 March 18

Photograph signed

Title: Oliver Wendell Holmes

GLC06631.04

1891/03/13

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown re" appreciative letter to a reader

GLC06631.05

18 May 1891

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Autograph quotation signed

Title: The Chambered nautilus.

The last seven lines of his poem on immortality.

GLC06631.06

15 May 1888

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Autograph quotation signed

Title: Union and liberty.

This is the next to the last stanza of his poem on divine protection for humanity.

GLC06631.07

9 February 1781

Bee, Thomas, 1725-1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Bee writes as a Continental Congressman from South Carolina with news of the American victory in the state (most likely the Battle of Cowpens, 17 January 1781). Also informs that the troops are very low on supplies. Mentions that Benedict Arnold is in Virginia, that Hessians are at Charleston and that North Carolina has been unresponsive to appeals for aid. Also mentions British General Charles Cornwallis and gives an update on other troop movements and events.

GLC06633