1864 -1865

Header Record

Title: Southern churchman.

Religious newspaper. Vol. 30 #32 (8/26/1864; Prison camp), vol. 30 no. 46 (11/23/1864) and vol. 31 no. 8 (2/22/1865). Measures vary: First issue is 61 x 46.5 cm. while the two other issues measure 30.5 x 44 cm.

GLC05959.60

1863 -1864

Header Record

Title: Magnolia weekly.

GLC05959.61

19 November 1863

Brown, W.M., fl. 1863

Newspaper

Title: Central Presbyterian. [Vol. 8, no. 47, whole no. 412 (November 19, 1863)]

The South Sea Slaves, Things our Soldiers do not know, Religion in the Army, Chaplain of the 12th South Carolina Regiment.

GLC05959.62

30 November 1864

Newspaper

Title: Daily Virginia state journal. [Vol. 2, no. 829 (November 30, 1864)]

Peace proposal by Abraham Lincoln, Drinking and Battle of Piedmont, West Virginia, Confederate Blockade Runners, Halifax, Novia Scotia.

GLC05959.63

16 October 1862

Newspaper

Title: Christian Observer & Presbyterian Witness. [Vol. 41, no. 42 (October 16, 1862)]

The Second Battle at Corinth, Great Victory at Perryville.

GLC05959.64

1862-1864

Header Record

Title: Staunton spectator and general advertiser

4/1/1862, 12/9/1862; 2/3/1863, 12/15/1863; and 2/2/1864.

GLC05959.65

20 October 1864

Baker, Lewis & Co., fl. 1864

Newspaper

Title: The Daily register. [Vol. 2, no. 25 (October 20, 1864)]

Prints a speech of New York Governor Horatio Seymour in Philadelphia to the democratic meeting about why Abraham Lincoln should not be re-elected in the 1864 presidential election. Prints the democratic ticket of General George B. McClellan. This paper is extremely supportive of McClellan as the Democratic presidential candidate. Also includes an interview between Abraham Lincoln and "loyal Tennesseans." Gives an update on the whereabouts of Union General William T. Sherman's army and other war news.

GLC05959.66

November 21, 1863

Glassett, R.E., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: Old dominion. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (November 21, 1863)]

Sever Fighting in East Tennessee - General Longstreet Attacked by Gneral Burnside - A Battle Expected at Knoxville.

GLC05959.68

1 May 1863

Newspaper

Title: Norfolk union. [Vol. 2, no. 24 (May 1, 1863)]

Another Attack on Charleston, General Bragg shot by General Breckenridge in a recontre at Tullahoma, Official Confirmation of the Defeat of the Rebels in Missouri.

GLC05959.69

January 25, 1865

Newspaper

Title: Wheeling daily register. [Vol. 2, no. 103 (January 25, 1865)]

The Smithsonian Institute in Flames.

GLC05959.70

1861-1864

Header Record

Title: Daily express.

Vol. 11= 1861, vol. 12=1862, vol. 13=1863. One issue from 1862.

GLC05959.74

1862-1864

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Header Record

Title: Southern illustrated news

Weekly. Most issues 8 pages. Not published July 18, 1863 and Jan. 9, 1864. Issues include: Vol. 1 (1862-63) nos. 4-5, 9-15, 17-23, 25-35, 37-42; vol. 2 (1863) nos. 1-3, 6, 8-11, 13-14, 16, 20, 23, 25, vol. 3 (1863) nos. 2, 4, 7-17.

GLC05959.76

1864

Header Record

Title: The weekly express.

Vol. 12 nos. 28, 43 and 45. See related but distinct title Richmond Daily express, GLC 5959.74

GLC05959.77

7 March 1862

Bondurant & Elliot

Newspaper

Title: Daily Richmond whig. [Vol. 67, no. 56 (March 7, 1862)]

Page 1 and 2 have an image of the Viriginia state seal. Piece of 19th century paper adhered to the front page has the name "W. H. DeWitt." List of the acts passed by the Confederate Congress on front page. Page 2 has several columns of news from the Congress. Article on Confederate foreign relations which states "Negro slave labor, then, may safely be assumed to be essential to the successful production of cotton in the Confederate States. If the negro were withdrawn, or his status materially changed, the crop would soon dwindle into insignficance-for none but the negro can do the work, and…

GLC05959.78

27 October 1864

Bondurant & Elliot

Newspaper

Title: Daily Richmond whig [no volume and number (October 27, 1864)]

Contains an image of the Virginia state seal. Not a complete copy, missing pages 1 and 2. Copy of General Jubal Early's address to his troops and an editoral lauding its contents. From Northern newspapers, reports on Ulysses Grant's campaign against Richmond. News item predicts that Wilmington, North Carolina will soon be attacked. 3 column report from the Whig's own correspondant on "The Seven Months' Campaign against Richmond Considered as a Whole." Update on affairs in Missouri. News of a free black, age 14, killed when he fell attempting to "steal a ride on the Camp Lee train." Short…

GLC05959.79

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: The daily richmond enquirer

Vol. 36 nos. 201 [sic?], 100, 96 [sic?]; vol. 37 nos. 27, 30, 158 and 179. Last issue has no volume/issue. 11/29/1862, 11/30/1863, 3/24/1864, 6/28/1864, 7/1/1864, 12/10/1864, 1/11/1865 and 1/27/1865. See also Richmond Weekly Enquirer, GLC 5959.73, and Richmond Enquirer Extra Edition, GLC 5959.81.

GLC05959.80

1861

Header Record

Title: Daily true delta.

Amongst the typical foreign and local news and advertisements, the front page of this paper contains two very interesting secession-related items. A women in Charleston Owned the table used for signing the Declaration of Independence of the United States. When asked for permission to use the table for signing the Order of Secession, she replied that she would rather burn the table to ashes. Citizens of Richmond, Virginia wanted to borrow a city cannon to fire in salut of South Carolina's sovereignty. Governor Letcher refused in the interest of non-partisan politics. A small article on…

GLC05960.01

November 23, 1864

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Header Record

Title: New Orleans daily crescent [mixed with Daily true delta]

14 issues, decimalized. Includes some issues of the "Daily True Delta." See GLC05960.02.01-.14

GLC05960.02

1860

Thayer & Eldridge (Boston, Mass.), fl. 1860

Pamphlet

Title: [Republican song book]

From the 1860 Presidential campaign. Published by Thayer & Eldridge, Boston. Original salmon colored wrappers, illustrated with woodcut portrait of Lincoln.

GLC05963

1808

Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846

Header Record

Title: The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament.

First edition in contemporary blue paper boards with paper spine label. Illustrations fold out, including the infamous woodcut of a slave ship filled with people (volume two, following page 110). Volume one contains 572 pages, volume two contains 592 pages. Printed by R. Taylor and Co., for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. Clarkson dedicates the book to British Parliamentary notables devoted to the abolition of slavery.

GLC05965

4 May 1883

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

Document signed

Title: [Contract between The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of Shamokin, Pennsylvania and Thomas Alva Edison]

Also signed by members of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., William H. Dougherty, President; John Mullen, Treasurer; and William Beury, Secretary. Signed as a witness by A. Robertson. Agreement to electrify the town of Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Edison agrees to furnish the town with a central station plant and a system of pole lines for $19,209. Details the payment arrangements. Notes dated 15 October 1883 and 25 October 1883 on pages two and three detail information on payments still due and payments made on the account.

GLC05971

14 April 1827

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William DeKoven

Discusses the fur trade, particularly the current rates for fox and otter pelts, and the outlook of the business. Written from the office of the American Fur Company.

GLC05972

12 June 1796

Whitney, Eli, 1765-1825

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Timothy Pitkin

Whitney, noted for his invention of the cotton gin, informs Connecticut State Senator Pitkin that Whitney's business partner, Phineas Miller, will soon arrive in New Haven. Refers to an enclosed letter for [John?] Wordsworth (not included), requesting letters of introduction for Wordsworth's acquaintances in Europe. Requests that Pitkin bring Wordsworth's letters of introduction to New Haven.

GLC05973

18 August 1777

Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Page

Written by Rittenhouse, a well-known astronomer and instrument maker, as Pennsylvania state treasurer to Page as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. References Page's letter of 25 March 1777. Thanks him sending his observations on the eclipse of the sun and the transit of Mercury. Says he is going to do a write up of the eclipse and needs Williamsburg, Virginia's (where Page wrote from) true longitude. Says next eclipse of the sun in June will be total. Discusses in detail the angle of observation for an eclipse and the path of Venus. Says he will send something to Page for publication since…

GLC05974

24 April 1864

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee

General Lee offers condolence to his son Rooney on the death of his wife, Charlotte Wickham, from tuberculosis. Although Lee mourns her death, he maintains that "we cannot indulge in grief however mournful yet pleasing." Lee experienced a series of profound personal loss during the war; along with the death of his daughter-in-law, his daughter Annie and two of his grandchildren also died. But Lee's dedication to duty remained firm, and was demonstrated in his advice to his bereaved son. He urged Rooney to return to his brigade, reminding him that "Our Country demands all our thoughts, all…

GLC05979