October 24, 1777

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Persifor Frazer

Wonders why Frazer has not written him for some time, and says he is now healthier and has returned to service. At the time Frazer was a British prisoner.

GLC01450.457.08

July 19, 1778

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Persifor Frazer

"I have escaped the clutches of old death with great difficulty." Is still weak but "I shall return to you soon" and resume active duty.

GLC01450.457.09

July 25, 1777

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Persifor Frazer

Was sick in Brunswick for three weeks, then Philadelphia, but is now better. Asks Frazer to take care of various duties with regard to the company.

GLC01450.457.10

circa 1778

Johnston, Francis, 1749-1815

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Persifor Frazer

Discusses American troop movements, including those of General Gates and Comte d'Estaing. Asks Frazer to send Andrew, since he is in need of a good waiter.

GLC01450.457.11

February 17, 1769

Grant, Robert, 1762-1843

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to John Manners, Marquis of Granby

Petitioning Granby for a post as a carpenter in Quebec "in the room of Mr. Butler." He has just served as a carpenter for the army. Bottom states "Ordered to be recommended to the Master General" and is signed in an illegible hand.

GLC01450.556.04

January 31, 1826

Clay, J., fl. 1826

Letter signed

Title: to David Murphy

GLC01450.600.011

October 4, 1846

Grady, J.H., fl. 1846

Autograph note signed

Title: to Mrs. Murphy

GLC01450.600.013

1783-1815

Unknown

Autograph note signed

Title: to Mr. Murphy

GLC01450.600.014

July 31, 1805

Unknown

Autograph note

Title: to unknown

GLC01450.600.018

1783-1815

Brown, A. Henry, fl. 1783-1815

Autograph note

Title: to David Murphy

GLC01450.600.019

September 27, 1818

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph note signed

Title: to William Madkins

GLC01450.600.024

April 30, 1820

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the independent electors of the county of St. Genevieve

GLC01450.600.058

July 16, 1812

Ficat, G.H., fl. 1812

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Murphy

GLC01450.600.059

July 31, 1820

Saniffs, Geoff, fl. 1820

Autograph letter

Title: to Brother Murphy

GLC01450.600.063

1796

Dawson, George, fl. 1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Verification of age and other identifying information for George Dawson. Noted as an "exact copy" on the document.

GLC01450.612.03

1860 June

Ayres, George B., fl. 1860-1867

Photograph

Title: Platinum print of beardless Abraham Lincoln

With ink inscription on verso: "Copyright Geo. B. Ayres, Phila." Ostendorf 26. Hesler negative printed by Ayres

GLC04200

1733

Popple, Henry, fl. 1773

Map

Title: A Map of the British Empire in America... [index sheet, with 20 plates]

Large engraved map composed in sheets. Streeter Sale 676.

GLC04526

1863

Kimball, Myron H., fl. 1863-1865

Photograph

Title: [Carte-de-visite of emancipated children, Isaac and Rosa]

One carte-de-visite entitled,"Issac & Rosa, Slave Children from New Orleans," dated 1863 printed by Kimball. Imprint on image details that the children were emancipated by George H. Hanks. Image consists of two children holding hands. This item would have been sold to raise funds for the education of freed people.

GLC05111.02.1051

1859 circa

Object

Title: [Twenty Star American "Abolitionist Flag"]

Large American cotton flag with only 20 stars. Fragile. The flag consists of 9 alternating red or white cloth strips sewn together with 20 somewhat irregular stars. The blue field is mottled and the flag has staining. The flag is identified as an "Abolitionist Flag" because it drops the slave states from the star field. (Measurements are approximate.) Discovered in Andover, Ohio, and may have been made there. Thought to show support for abolitionists like Brown.

GLC05762

1864

Photograph

Title: Truth, Sojourner.

Printed inscription on recto: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." Blue two-cent tax stamp and pencil inscription "11902" on verso. Full length standing portrait with walking stick. White mount with gold border.

GLC06391.20

1863 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: The President's dedication address at Gettysburg

Printed by Miller & Mathews. Contains textual variations indicative of a very early printing of the Gettysburg Address.

GLC06811

1852/08/23

Broadside

Title: $2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves

Broadside advertising four runaway slaves and their characteristics, offering more compensation if captured in a free state. (With losses to text.)

GLC07238

1863

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Book signed

Title: Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg

GLC07743.01

circa 1863

Broadside

Title: [Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]

Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words "U. S. Regt. Colored Troops." On the other side, African Americans walk into a public school. The Union man stands on a Confederate flag, while a slave tears the flag in half. A broken set of shackles lay in the foreground. On verso, a printed statement declares "All SLAVES were made FREEMEN BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,…

GLC08249

6 November 1917 circa

N. Y. State Woman Suffrage Party

Broadside

Title: How to vote for woman suffrage amendment, election day, November 6th, 1917

Instructs voters which box to check on the ballot in order to vote in favor ammending the New York State Constitution to allow women the right to vote.

GLC08961