circa 1860

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph note signed

Title: [Quotation of Charles Sumner on liberty]

Complete quotation reads: "For myself in a case of doubt I feel that I cannot go wrong when I lean to the side of Liberty."

GLC02095.25

5 September 1865

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph note signed

Title: [Quotation of Charles Sumner]

Complete quotation reads: "In the universe of God there are no accidents."

GLC02095.29

1 May 1863

Sleeper, Gilman E., 1830-?

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons as 1st Sergeant in Company C of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Printed document signed by Gilman E. Sleeper as lieutenant colonel of the regiment and Harvey F. Wiggin as lieutenant and acting adjutant. Docket on verso.

GLC03953.14

12 October 1865

Head, Nathaniel, 1828-1883

Autograph document signed

Title: [Recommendation for an appointment for Eleazer L. Sarsons and certification of his service in the New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry]

On the right hand side of the page, Lieutenant Colonel Parker recommends Sarsons for a lieutenancy in the colored regiment. On the right side Adjutant General Nathaniel Head, written from Concord, New Hampshire and dated 18 October 1765, recounts and attests to Sarson's service. Written on a blank account form.

GLC03953.15

17 February 1865

Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to 1st Lieutenant in Company A of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and Secretary of State Allen Tenney. Alfred Marland, Justice of the Peace, attests to Sarsons' taking of the oaths of allegience on 23 May 1865. With a red seal intact. Printed state seal on top section. Red pen with writing: "Duplicate" written across Gilmore and Tenney's signatures. Originally folded into eighths.

GLC03953.16

2 June 1865

Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867

Printed document signed

Title: [Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to Captain in Company F of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment]

Appointment of Eleazer L. Sarsons to Captain in Company F of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment. Partially printed document signed by New Hampshire Governor Joseph Gilmore and Secretary of State Benjamin Gerrish. Indicates that Sarsons took the oaths of allegiance and office on 17 June 1865. With a red seal intact. New Hampshire state sea on top section.

GLC03953.17

1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Civil War era tintype of [Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Civil War era tintype of Sarsons from waist up, in an infantry uniform with hat and rifle. GLC03953.18-.20 show Sarsons in different ranks, from private to captain.

GLC03953.19

1861-1865

Photograph

Title: [Civil War era tintype of Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Pictures Sarsons from waist up, in a uniform with a knapsack slung over his back. He is hatless. GLC03953.18-.20 show Sarsons in different ranks, from private to captain.

GLC03953.20

1890

Photograph

Title: [Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Post Civil War era photograph of Sarsons standing in a hat and Civil War uniform. He is clearly much older than in the Civil War tintypes of him (see GLC03953.18-.20).

GLC03953.21

1865-1890

Lewis, A.A., fl. 1865-1890

Photograph

Title: [Eleazer L. Sarsons and his family]

Family portrait showing Sarsons and his wife, Etta (as reported by the Civil War pensions index), sitting in front, and their two children standing behind. The printed verso identifies the photograph as being made through an "Instantaneous Process Used Exclusively by A.A. Lewis" at Richard's Block in Newport New Hampshire.

GLC03953.22

1865-1890

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Oval portrait showing a bearded Sarsons wearing a suit.

GLC03953.23

1865-1890

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Etta Sarsons]

Oval portrait of the wife of Eleazer L. Sarsons, Etta (as reported by the Civil War pensions index).

GLC03953.24

28 March 1782

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

Letter signed

Title: to Patrick Henry

General Rochambeau transmits a copy of a letter (not included) he wrote to the Marquis de Choisy (possibly Claude Gabriel Marquis de Choisy). States that the letter discussed Choisy's confusion regarding differentiation between freedmen and enslaved people serving in the army. Informs Henry that Choisy caused "all the negroes who were with the Legion ... to be taken up indiscriminately."

GLC04837.01

1781

Engraving

Title: [Print of General Jean Rochambeau on horseback]

GLC04837.02

12 July 1885

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph note

Title: to John Eaton

General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is in print. Accompanied by a description written by General Eaton (refer to GLC05485.02.02). Written in pencil.

GLC05485.02.01

circa 12 July 1885

Eaton, John, 1829-1906

Autograph note signed

Title: [Description of a note from General Ulysses S. Grant]

General Eaton describes a note given to him by General Ulysses S. Grant (see GLC05485.02.01). States that Grant's note was written at Mt. McGregor, Wilton, New York. Asserts that General Grant handed him the note after they witnessed a sermon by D. L. Newman, possibly titled "The pure in heart shall see God." Written in pencil.

GLC05485.02.02

1 January 1866

Winder, Richard Bayly, 1828-1894

Sketch

Title: [Drawing of a cell in Libby Prison]

The docket indicates that Winder drew this while imprisoned in Libby Prison after the Civil War. He had been held there for his role in the mistreatment of Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison.

GLC07271.06.03

1864

South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, 1827-1843

Printed document signed

Title: [One dollar bill issued by the South Carolina Rail Road]

The auditor's signature is illegible. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

GLC07271.07.02

17 February 1864

Keating, & Ball, fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Ten dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America]

Signatures illegible on the bill printed by Keating & Ball. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

GLC07271.07.03

17 February 1864

Keating, & Ball, fl. 1864

Printed document signed

Title: [Twenty dollar bill issued by the Confederate States of America]

One signature illegible, the other reads "D. Gill." The bill was printed by Keating & Ball. The money was in the wallet of Robert Bayly Winder, Captain and Assistant Quarter Master Confederate States of America (see GLC07271.07.01).

GLC07271.07.04

1 September 1874

Moore, Francis, fl. 1874

Document signed

Title: [Final statement of Philip G. Gains]

Signed by Moore as Captain of the 9th Cavalry. States that Gains, an African American Private in Company L of the 9th Cavalry, enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 November 1873, and is discharged by reason of special order no. 131. Reports that Gains was last paid by Major J. W. Nicholls, United States Paymaster.

GLC07334.02.01

11 September 1874

Carrs, J. N., fl. 1874

Document signed

Title: [Pay voucher of Philip G. Gains]

States that Gains, an African American private in Company L, 9th Cavalry, received money from J. W. Nicholls, United States Paymaster. Signed by [Carrs?] as a witness. Contains an "x" signifying Gains' signature.

GLC07334.02.02

15 January 1875

Clous, John Walter, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Final statement of Martin Sterling, 24th Infantry]

Signed by Clous as Captain of the 24th Infantry. States that Sterling, an African American Private in Company E, 24th Infantry Regiment, enlisted at Fort Griffin, Texas 15 January 1870, and is now discharged by reason of an expired term of service. States that Sterling was last paid by Major J. W. Nicholls, United States Paymaster.

GLC07334.03.01

15 January 1875

Schultz, John N., fl. 1875

Document signed

Title: [Pay voucher of Martin Sterling]

Signed by Chaplain Schultz as a witness. Lists the amount of pay received by Private Sterling, an African American serving in Company E, 24th Infantry Regiment. States that pay was received from J. W. Nicholls, United States Paymaster. An "x" signifies Sterling's signature.

GLC07334.03.02

15 November 1789

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that Ben, possibly Benjamin Hichborn, and Sam Gardner, will consider Knox's unspecified proposal. Reports that Captain Thomas Vose, who was overseeing affairs on Knox's Maine lands, was in town the previous week. Vose fears that a ship sailing from the St. George River was lost at sea. Adds that Knox's coachman, William, was on board. Notes that the people who live on Knox's land are late in their payments because of Brown's petition, and they will not make any payments as long as the petition's status is uncertain in the [General] Court. Encloses a letter from William Frost (not…

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