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Title: [Mourning ribbon]

Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."

GLC08500.03

1862 ca.

Autograph letter signed

Title: Letter from union soldier including 11th Massachusetts Regt. Patriotic cover with battle of Williamsburg, Va

GLC08502

25 February 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the Confederate President to the Confederate Congress]

State of the Union-like address to the Confederate Congress made in accordance with a constitutional provision. Admits that since the start of the Civil War they had "been so exposed as recently to encounter serious disasters." Discusses their limited manufacturing capability, arms procurement in Europe, the humiliating "surrender at Roanoke Island," and exaggerated "losses at Fort Donelson." Also discusses problems with the short enlistment periods occasioned by the popular belief that the war would not be long. Praises the financial system. Mentions reports being prepared by several…

GLC08503

1 October 1860

Burbank, Robert I., fl. 1860

Printed document

Title: [Announcement for a Republican demonstration scheduled to be held 16 October 1860]

Circular inviting Republican organizations to attend a "wide-awake" demonstration and torch-light procession. Instructs participants to inform Burbank, Chief Marshal of Boston, of the "number of men you can parade ... the list of your officers, and the names of other organizations in your vicinity ... " Lists the names of participants in the Ward and County Committee, and in the State Committee. Refers to the event as a wide-awake occasion. Printed on Republican Head-Quarters stationery. Docketed in pencil. Contains discoloration in the lower left corner.

GLC08504

1834/06/10

Thayer, Elisha, 1785-1860

Letter signed

Title: to Isaac Hill

Regrets that almost all the mail received in the town has been anti-Jackson, and that much of the town is against the President.

GLC08505

28 June 1854

Brown, E.W., fl. 1854

Letter signed

Title: to John H. Stout

Writes to his brother. Mentions an outbreak of cholera, "Most of it however is found among emigrants some of the poor and dissipated of the towns also are suffering with it." Discusses the settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, "The settlement of the Kansas & Nebraska territorys is taking place very rapidly. Great numbers of people are crossing over and selecting for themselves homes." Talks of the condition of the soil and land from Missouri to the coast in terms of cultivation. Thinks that a town nearby, Fort Leavenworth, will develop into a large city and mentions they…

GLC08507

13 June 1863

Clapp, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leicy M. Clapp

Clapp, a Union soldier, writes from camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousin in Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. Describes the battle of Vicksburg to Miss Clapp, stating that the city is surrounded, and that there are gunboats in the Mississippi River. Writes "the rebels agreed to surrender if we wold let three men go that is in there but Gen Grant says he is a going to have the whole of them..." Reports that Confederate soldiers in the city "have nothing to eat but ground peas and a little cow meat i think they will get sick of it bfore long but they are gritty dogs..."…

GLC08508

March 12,1865

Letter

Title: [Union soldier's letter] [incomplete]

Discusses Sherman's march.

GLC08509

6 February 1863

Giraud, Pierre, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Giraud

Written by a Union sailor on the USS "Montauk" to his parents in New York City. Tells them that since his last letter he has been in two major engagements at Fort McCallester on the Big Ogeechee River where they tried to capture the CSS "Nashville." Says it was handled badly. Blames his commander, Captain Worden, who is "pleasant" but "excitable." Claims that "If we win a Fight in this ship it will be more by good luck than good management." Reports that he worked the guns on both occasions and "made some splendid shots" at the fort from 1,780 yards away. Says his captain said he is one of…

GLC08510

6 December 1863

Walhert, Christian, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Union soldier's letter]

Discusses completion of the Capitol. Accompanied by patriotic stationery envelope.

GLC08511

1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Salt print portrait of Montgomery Dent Corse]

Medium large oval format photograph. Depicts Dent as three-star General. Verso shows same image, but with ink added to his facial features.

GLC08512

1862-1863

Great Britain. Parliament. Boston Port.

Pamphlet

Title: Three acts pertaining to Great Britain, the United States, and suppression of the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC08514

9 November 1860

Milliken, N.J., fl. 1853-1860

Newspaper

Title: Ontario Republican times [Vol. 9, no. 339 (November 9, 1860)]

Cover includes articles covering a railroad robbery, a story about two young people falling in love aboard the steamer Ocean, and the papacy, among others. On page two, large headlines declare, "Lincoln and Hamlin Elected! THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATION, ALL FOR FREEDOM!" Discusses the Presidential election of Abraham Lincoln (with Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President) in detail. Includes a diagram depicting a pyramid of Republican support based on electoral votes and majorities by state. Includes a list of grand and petit jurors, advertisements, special notices, miracles cures, etc.

GLC08515

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Richmond Daily Dispath, Philadelphia Inquirer (2) and NY Tribune [decimalized]

GLC08516

7 November 1864

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV, no. 7360 (November 7, 1864)]

Announces the defeat of Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Tennessee River. Many articles detail news about the upcoming presidential election of 1864 including an article on guaranteeing a free and peaceful election. Includes other Civil War and election news, news from Europe, and articles on the Congressional election in Indiana.

GLC08516.01

15 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6535 (March 15, 1862)]

Merrimac, Manassas, New Madrid, Ky. map

GLC08516.02

1864/12/05

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 27, no. 134 (December 5, 1864)]

GLC08516.03

14 September 1863

Harding, William W., 1830-1889

Newspaper

Title: Philadelphia inquirer. [September 14, 1893]

Capture of Fort Smith and other army news.

GLC08516.04

3 November 1864

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Written by Rear Admiral Dahlgren as on the USS "Harvest Moon" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Tells Patterson to bring in the "USS Dai Ching" inside the blockade when weather permits. Also wants Lieutenant Commander Chaplin to report to him. Morris Island, South Carolina.

GLC08517

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of John Adolph Dahlgren]

Admiral Dahlgren poses standing next to a cannon.

GLC08518

9 February 1863

Gordon, S.W., fl. 1846-1871

Letter signed

Title: to Thomas H. Patterson

Circular letter signed by Captain Gordon as commander of the USS "Powhatan" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Says he has been ordered by the admiral to remind all commanding officers off Charleston of General Order No. 11. Says at the beginning of every month they need to start sending to the commander in chief "a statement in tabular form of the number of contrabands onboard, their rates and the time and terms of their enlistment." Written while aboard the USS "Powhatan".

GLC08519

23 September 1862

Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869

Newspaper

Title: The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)]

Contains a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on first page and more coverage on page four. Also includes news about the Civil War, guerillas in Missouri, the defeat of General Bragg's rear guard in Kentucky, the battle of Iuka, and news from Europe.

GLC08520