9 January 1789 circa

St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

Manuscript document

Title: [Treaty of Fort Harmar]

Fair copy of original treaty by Arthur St. Clair and several chiefs of the Six Nations.

GLC09057

12 March 1812

St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818

Book signed

Title: Narrative of the Manner in which the Campaign Against the Indians...

"Narrative of the Manner in which the Campaign Against the Indians [1791] was Conducted, under the Command of Major General St. Clair, together with his observations...and the Reports of the Committees appointed to Inquire into the Causes of the Failure thereof." Presentation copy of St. Clair's attempt to vindicate his bloody defeat at the hands of the Ohio Indians: Philadelphia: Aitken, 1812. 1st edition. Lengthy inscription speaks of congressional investigation into the failed campaign.

GLC09058

10 February 1784

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Treaty of Ft. Stanwix]

Extract from congressional minutes: "... General Schuyler...is hereby directed to expedite the return of the deputation from the late hostile tribes of Indians...that due notice shall be given them of the time and place where Congress will hold a meeting for setting a general treaty with the Indian Nations...In the mean time the Indian tribes may be assured of the protection of the United States so long as they continue in the peaceable disposition..."

GLC09059.01

30 November 1784

Printed document

Title: Hartford Connecticut Courant, and Weekly Intelligencer NW.

Covering the opening of the Treaty of Ft. Stanwix.

GLC09059.02

29 March 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to paymaster Joseph Howell

Authorizes two month's pay for two artillery companies, one infantry company, and an account of monies due to officers at West Point on 1 April 1790, stationed at St. Mary's River, Georgia.

GLC09060

15 November 1775

Scott, John Morin, 1730-1784

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Richard Varick [Incomplete]

"Every office shut up almost...All business stagnated, the City is half deserted for fear of a Bombardment - a new Congress elected - those for New York you will see by the Papers are changed for the better - all staunch Whigs now - How it is with the Convention I know not...Yesterday the new Congress was to meet but I believe they did not make a House...Nothing from t'other side of the water but a fearful looking for of wrath. Our Continental petition most probably condemned, the bulk of the nation (it is said) against us, and a bloody campaign next summer. But let us be prepared for the…

GLC09061

31 July 1850

Ewing, Philemon, 1820-1896

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William T. Sherman

Writes to Sherman in Washington D.C. about family matters. Wants Sherman to tell Ellen (Sherman's wife and Ewing's sister) that she cannot write too often. Mentions a nominee for Congress that he is confident will be elected, Col. Philadelph Van Trump, who was from Lancaster, Ohio. Addressed to "Dear Cump," Sherman's nickname. Docket in pencil, possibly added at a later date.

GLC03601.01

21 January 1778

Rooke, William, fl. 1777-1778

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dorothy Rooke

Writes to his sister, stating that he hopes an unspecified person (possibly Henry Rooke) has returned from America to England. Refers to battle between Generals William Howe and George Washington. Mentions confusing reports he has received concerning the battle. Discusses the possibility of Washington having been taken as a prisoner, and America's loss of troops during the battle. Discusses his travels through Italy viewing artistic masterpieces, including those of Correggio. States "tho' there are numbers of very capital performances there is at the same time a great deal of trash to…

GLC03881.03

27 August 1776- 1777

Rooke, Henry, fl. 1775-1783

Autograph manuscript

Title: [British soldier's journal detailing New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania engagements during the Revolutionary War]

Rooke, a British soldier, records various Revolutionary War events. Discusses the Battle of Long Island, during which he estimates 1,500 Americans were killed and 2,000 taken prisoner. Mentions the November 1776 British capture of Fort Lee, New Jersey. States that the fort was abandoned when his regiment arrived. Refers to General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River (December 1776). Discusses the British takeover of Philadelphia and deterrents regarding a British attack on Washington at Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania.

GLC03881.04

9 August 1862

Morgan, George Washington, 1820-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Andrew Johnson

Discusses Union victory by De Courcy's brigade on 6 August 1862. "It is rumored that Kentucky is to be invaded." Written to Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee.

GLC05045.01

1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan]

Carte de visite of George Washington Morgan. Mounted on paper 23 x 20 cm.

GLC05045.02

23 November 1887

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Discusses equality of treatment for blacks in the South. Pleased that black lawyers are now allowed to practice, and says it "implies a wonderful revolution in the public sentiment of the Southern States." However, worries because some teachers of black students are paid less and seem disinterested. In some states laws state education must be equal, but the written law is not his only concern. States "Our wrongs are not so much now written in laws which all may see - but the hidden practices of a people who have not yet, abandoned the idea of Mastery and dominion over their fellow man."…

GLC08992

1861-1862

Norton, Levi W., fl. 1861-1862

Header Record

Title: Collection of 13 Civil War soldier letters [decimalized]

The collection consists of thirteen letters written by Levi W. Norton. Twelve of these letters are written to his wife, and one is addressed to his son, Fred. Norton was 41 years of age when he enlisted on 23 July 1861 at Staten Island, New York as a chaplain. He was commissioned into Field & Staff New York 72nd Infantry the following day. Norton was discharged on 20 April 1862 and died in 1900. The collection is accompanied by a newspaper, The Chautauqua Democrat, from Wednesday 25 September 1861. Selected highlights from the collection include: an explanation of a Bavarian…

GLC09006

19 June 1836

Bell, John, 1797-1869

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Field Flowers

Poem of several stanzas written by Bell and his wife but signed only by John Bell. According to pencil note on page two, the first half of the poem is in the hand of Mrs. Bell and the second half in the hand of John Bell. Poem begins, "Flowers of the field how must ye seem/Mans frailty to Paurtray/Blooming so fair in mornings beam/Passing at eve away." John Bell's written half begins, "O, what sad train of thought and feeling/So unlike all that's gay and pleasing,/Stealing oe'r my own fair one's bosom ..."

GLC09009

5 February 1777

Belcher, William, 1731-1801

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt for 300 pounds for Continental Army enlistment]

Partially printed document signed by Captain Belcher indicating his receipt of the money "for the additional Encouragement granted...for raising a Company in the Battalion to be commanded by Jedediah Huntington Colonel."

GLC01450.194.02

April 1775-13 January 1776

Appleton, Joseph, fl. 1740-1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Invoice of expenses for the Continental Army in Massachusetts]

Mostly for the use of his horse and cart to travel from Ipswich to Cambridge, Massachusetts around the beginning of the American Revolution. Calculations appear on the verso.

GLC01450.218.01

11 April 1776

Gould, James, fl. 1776

Autograph document signed

Title: [Requests for wages for Revolutionary War service in Cambridge, Massachusetts]

Also signed by William Peirce, Jonathan Whitney, Jacob Chamberlain, William Gibbs, John Barrett, and Phineas Chamberlain. Asks Captain Royel to pay Ensign James Gould the wages of the seven signatories for their service.

GLC01450.218.02

3 July 1776

Coombs, John, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: [Receipt pertaining to Captain John Coombs]

John Coombs signs the bottom of the receipt. States "Captn William Coombs [?] of John Coombs for ye use if ye Foart on Plumb Island."

GLC01450.459.04

15 July 1776

Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794

Document signed

Title: [Bill regarding Captain Wiggleworth]

Possibly Wiggleworth's receipt of payment for 25 days attendance on Fort Arnold, Plum Island, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.459.05

October 1776

Greenleaf, Jonathan, 1723-1807

Document signed

Title: [List of expenses related to the construction of a fort on Plum Island]

Lists expenses and materials needed for construction and maintenance of a fort on Plum Island, Massachusetts. Docket states that the fort was called "Fort Arnold." Lists expenses from June through October. Notes spikes, iron, material for chimney construction, hooks, a tiller, hinges, and staples, among various other items. Possibly created in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

GLC01450.459.06

4 October 1776

Horton, James, ?-1783

Document signed

Title: [List of expenses created by the committee for building the Fort and Plum Island]

Lists expenses for material such as timber, wooden boxes, wood, and an iron pot, among various other items. Includes the cost of employing persons (such as John Britt, Joseph Pilsbury, Enoch Coffin, and Daniel Horton, among others) in different aspects of fort construction.

GLC01450.459.07

circa 1776

Document signed

Title: [List of expenses for carriages for guns, a Fort at Salisbury, and the town barge of Newburyport]

Date inferred from other items in the collection. Includes three separate lists of expenses. The first lists the names of persons involved in the cost of carriages for the guns. The second lists persons and costs pertaining to a fort at Salisbury. The third cites individuals and costs pertaining to the town barge.

GLC01450.459.08

4 January 1779

Document signed

Title: [Muster roll for Brigadier General John Nixon's brigade]

Lists the soldiers of Nixon's brigade 4-5 January. The bottom section, created 7 January at King's Ferry, New York, contains a muster roll for Colonel Poor's (possibly Enoch Poor's) militia. Contains muster rolls for the regiments of Colonels Wood, Nixon (possibly Thomas Nixon), Putnam (possibly Rufus Putnam), and Greaton (possibly John Greaton).

GLC01450.553.02

6 September 1775

Patten, William, 1731-1796

Document signed

Title: [Muster roll for Colonel Drummon's Regiment]

Patten signs with various other sergeants, corporals, drum and fife, and privates, verifying their receipt of one month's pay. Drummon's Regiment was part of Captain Lewis's (possibly Morgan Lewis's) Company.

GLC01450.603.03

5 December 1775

Jonadab, fl. 1775

Document signed

Title: [Record of payment]

Lord signs with a mark, and James Littlefield signs as a witness. Lord pays Samuel [Cheff?] one pound, ten shillings, and six pence.

GLC01450.603.04