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to Sir (George Ladd)

She says she is too young to marry. She wants his picture so she can see if he really is good-looking.

GLC03057.06

to Mrs. Abbott

He writes on the death of her son, George Abbott. He praises him and gives somes of the details surrounding his death. Everyone loved him as a brother.

GLC03057.07

to Celicia Paul

Paul tells Celicia that he enjoys writing to her and that he thinks of her often. He says that he wanted to get a picture taken to send to her, but the paymaster has been held back and he does not have any money to pay for a photograph. Paul then...

GLC03058.10

to Anne Brown Adams

One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen." Written at Charleston Jail

GLC03007.56.01

to Norman Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Norman Ross dated March 6, 1898. Discusses the death of his father and their relationship. Acknowledges that they are strangers but, due to her closeness to his father, feels that they in fact know each other...

GLC03007.56.02

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated January 28, 1895. Discussing his health and thanking him for the help he has given them over the years. Discusses mutual acquaintances and a friend's bad marriage and possible visits...

GLC03007.56.07

to Alexander Milton Ross

One unsigned letter to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 27, 1881. Discussed finances and the difficulty of earning money as a woman and mother.

GLC03007.56.14

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 30, 1892. Thanking him for a photograph of her father and discussing her sister Annie's hard life and marriage. [Last page appears to be missing]

GLC03007.56.18

to Alexander Milton Thompson

One letter from George B. Bill to Alexander Milton Thompson dated December 31, 1877. Letter written to John Brown's "Secretary of the Treasury" under his promised government.

GLC03007.56.20

[Extract from a letter from Henry Thompson]

One undated extract of a letter from Henry Thompson to an unknown recipient. The extract discusses his wife's health.

GLC03007.56.22

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated January 21, 1897.

GLC03007.56.23

Payroll timesheet

One undated document. A printed payroll document with notations on the back.

GLC03007.56.27

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated May 24, 1892.

GLC03007.56.30

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada dated November 12, 1894.

GLC03007.56.31

Envelope to Alexander Milton Ross

One undated envelope addressed to Alexander Milton Ross at his home in Toronto, Canada.

GLC03007.56.32

[Report of a meeting held at the town house].

George Badcock and Henry Tucker have asked the township's permission to build a grist mill. After examining the records of the township and on consultation with Benjamin Hammond's survey, it is determined that title to the land is clear. Attested as...

GLC02924.045

[Meeting notes]

Three different notes on meetings, the first date is illegible.

GLC02924.049

Sale of Land

GLC02924.061

Reciept

Assets gained in grandfathers will

GLC02924.063

Land sale

GLC02924.068

Land Grant

GLC02924.071

Extracts from deeds

GLC02924.072

to Mr. Kennard

Saint-Gaudens discusses the inscription on a monument honoring Robert Gould Shaw with Kennard (possibly Martin P. Kennard, a Boston abolitionist and political reformer). Encloses a letter (not included) from Edward Atkinson, treasurer of the Shaw...

GLC02928.03

[Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument]

Includes hand written corrections. Describes the Shaw monument as a tribute to the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, organized in Boston and reviewed by Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew 18 May 1863. Includes extracts from Andrew...

GLC02928.05

[Request for Dr. Robert M. Patterson to continue building a fortification]

Asks Patterson, the chief engineer of the Corps of Field Engineers, to "direct & continue the operations on the heights next of Schuylkill [River] without delay.

GLC02978.07