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1864/6/12

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

Thinks that all the rebel forces have not arrived yet. Some fighting has been going on while he writes the letter. Written at Big Shanty Camp.

GLC06268.12

1864/6/21

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

Still after the rebels. It is the 44th day they have been after them. Describes the fighting.

GLC06268.13

1864/8/16

Stuart, F.W., fl. 1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: James Stuart.

Asks him to tell her if he has enough clothing. If he does not, she will get a box of clothing and send it to him. Hopes he does not work with the regiment anymore.

GLC06268.14

1864/8/18

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

Describes the men that he is caring for in the hospital. Written at the Cumberland Hospital.

GLC06268.15

1864/11/6

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

Will probably be headed to Savannah, Georgia soon. It will take 30 to 40 days.

GLC06268.16

1864/11/19

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to his wife]

Writes about what everybody is doing while he is writing the letter. What the rebels are up to.

GLC06268.17

1865/1/19

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: his father.

He is in favor of abolishing slavery. Writes about slavery in the South.

GLC06268.18

1865/5/20

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

He can see the White House from where he is camping. Expects to be in Ohio soon.

GLC06268.19

1868/6/21

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: his brother.

Reminds brother of the last letter he sent. Puts emphasis on the fact that he is not angry with his brother.

GLC06268.20

1869/3/7

Stuart, James, fl. 1862-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: his brother.

Mentions that it has been a while since he has heard from his brother. Writes about past times.

GLC06268.21

1862/1/31

Wensel, Kessiah, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: F. W. Stuart.

Hopes the person feels better after reading the letter. Wants the person to write back. Small weather report.

GLC06268.23

February 16, 1862

Williams, George M., fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

He describes how he saluted to the (day) light in a prayer of gratitude for living to see another night and that his wife would be "watched tenderly" in his absence. He says he witnessed the impressive funeral of O.J. Wise, who was killed on Roanoke Island, points out that it did the dead man no good. He hopes that he will be able to arrange for her to visit, and asks her to write as soon as she is well enough. Transcript available.

GLC06582.04

February 7, 1775

Troutbeck, John, fl. 1755-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Reaffirms their friendship and hopes to see him in the future. Expects Knox to write to him before he leaves London, and after he leaves, to record everything noteworthy that occurs and send that to Troutbeck when he returns. Mentions visiting the House of Commons and hearing debates on the law of England. Praises the oratory of Edmund Burke, possibly in reference to his speech on "Conciliation with America." Has heard that Americans relish news of war, but asks how they will react to the coming news concerning peace under the "scandalous terms" that permit Spanish and French trade in…

GLC02437.00192

[1861/04/17 ca.]

Osborn & Durbec

Photograph

Title: "No. 2."

View of the Iron Clad Battery at Morris Island from the rear.

GLC03919.01

1861/03/23

Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over to the South and on Sumter, where a stalemate is underway. There is an illustration of a steam boat. The issue also contains a number of chapters from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in their earliest American publication. The story is accompanied by a number of illustrations by John McLenan.

GLC04661.05

1864/[08/17]

Riddle, A.J., fl. 1864-1883

Photograph

Title: "…North End of Andersonville Prison, Ga."

Image composed of two mounted albumen prints, with ink and paint embellishments. With Century Co. stamp and various inscriptions.

GLC06999.35

1915/09/24

Scott & O'Shaughnessy, Inc.

Document

Title: Catalog of An Important Collection of Fine and Rare Photographs.

Auction catalog from which Neville Franklin Dragoo purchased this collection (lots #200, 212, and 215).

GLC06999.39

[n.d.]

Unknown

Sketch

Title: [sketch of a skull and crow atop a Confederate flag]

Ink sketch of a skull and crow atop a Confederate flag.

GLC06999.40

[n.d.]

Manuscript

Title: [List]

Inventory of the collection by a previous owner.

GLC06999.41

1825 circa

Harrison, Mary S., 1809-1842

Object

Title: [Hair sample]

Unknown brown hair sample in a light blue envelope stamped "Made in France for the White House." Originally from the sentiment book of Mary S. Harrison, GLC07732.02.

GLC07732.03