circa 1862

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: Battle of Malvern Hill, Va. July 1st 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Mounted in folder. Caption under title says: "Charge of the 36th New York Volunteers, at the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st 1862, and Capture of the Colors of the 14th Regt. N.C. Infantry." Depicts two solid rows of Union troops in blue uniforms holding their ground against a Confederate charge. The Confederates, dressed in green, have turned around and are retreating in confusion. Their flag has fallen to the ground in the center of the picture. Several troops have blood from wounds.

GLC02881.36

circa 1863

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: The Siege of Charleston

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Caption under title says: "Bombardment of Fort Sumter, and batteries Wagner and Gregg, by the Union Batteries on Morris Island, under the command of General Gilmore. August 1863." Panoramic view of Charleston Harbor. Notes : Charleston, Fort Johnson, Swamp Angel, Castle Pinckney, Fort Ripley, Fort Sumter, Fort Gregg, Fort Wagner, and Fort Moultrie. Harbor is dominated by Union ironclads. Shows Union siege trenches being dug near Fort Wagner, where the 54th Massachusetts made their famous, but…

GLC02881.37

1776

Revolution

Book

Title: Journal of the House of Delegates of Virginia [with] At a General Assembly...

Owned by John Edmondson, presented to William R. Vanter by M.A. Miller. The second item documents the first session of the state House after independence. Both items printed by Alexander Purdie. Journal of session dominated by Thomas Jefferson in which major steps were taken in the areas of legal reform, land reform, and the disestablishment of religion. Acts of assembly including those relieving dissenters from supporting the established church.

GLC02882

5 January 1790

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Written by Knox as Secretary of War to Hodgdon as Commissary of Military Stores. Concerns invoices sent by Hodgdon and others. References Hodgdon's letters of 28, 29, and 31 December 1789. Says he is pressed for time and can only say that he will not allow payment for charges submitted by Captain Emes. Knox says Hodgdon can settle his own accounts with the Treasury better than he could. Is disappointed that some Philadelphia post notes, which Knox wanted to send to Hodgdon for remittance, have not arrived yet. Says he will answer his draft of 1000 dollars for Hodgdon's pay for 1787-1788. Says…

GLC02886

circa 1828

Ker, John, fl. 1828

Document signed

Title: [Petition of Antonio Vela]

Legal document by attorney John Ker who served as petitioner for Antonio Vela, a citizen of Louisiana, in the County Court of Adams County, Mississippi. The petition was showing the court "That on or about the first day of April 1828 he [Vela] was possessed of a certain negro man called Peter. That the said negro ran away about the time above mentioned." Says Peter was captured and jailed under the assumed name Harrison in Adams County. Claims that the Sheriff Horace Gridley sold Peter to Gabriel Winter for $380 to cover the cost of jail fees and other expenses after the time allowed by law…

GLC02887

3 December 1859

Holden, William Woods, 1818-1892

Pamphlet

Title: Tracts for the people. No. 1. Who were our friends in time of need?

Holden, editor of the Raleigh Standard, issues an extreme pro-slavery tract declaring, "Too much liberty, too much indulgence will be sure to injure both the slave and the master." Instructs slave owners to maintain strict discipline over their enslaved people: "It is a good rule, in the management of slaves or servants, to clothe well, feed well, and whip well, if whipping be needed." Condemns whites who trade and interact with blacks. Accuses blacks as having a large appetite for "finery" and "good living." Also asserts "The true condition of the African race is that of dependence on…

GLC02888

January 31, 1865

Ridgely, C. S., fl. 1865

Broadside signed

Title: [Notice for the enlistment and impressment of slaves into military service]

Captain Ridgely informs slave owner G. N. Jones that the "Confederate Government has made requisition on this State for five hundred Slaves ... by the enrollment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, approved February 17, 1864. Your appointment under this call is one able bodied male slaves [sic], between the ages of 18 and 50." States that the government will pay enslaved people the rate established in accordance with impressments and will furnish them with rations and clothing. Provides pay for the owner in the event of the enslaved persons death, escape, or illness. Reports…

GLC02889

13 December 1832

Hayne, Robert Y., 1791-1839

Broadside

Title: Columbia Telescope--Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832.

Prints the inaugural speech of South Carolina Governor Robert Y. Hayne. Proclaims the authority of states' rights during the Nullification crisis. " ... it is my fixed determination to assert and uphold the SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OF THE STATE, and to enforce by all the means that may be entrusted to my hands, her SOVEREIGN WILL. I recognize no ALLEGIANCE, as paramount to that which the citizens of South Carolina, owe to the State of their birth,"

GLC02890

1734-1737

Various

Header Record

Title: Collection of 31 documents relating to the establishment of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. See decimalized entries.

GLC02891

30 June 1775

Benson, Robert, fl. 1775

Autograph document signed

Title: [Appointment of Alexander McDougall as Colonel of First New York regiment]

Written by Benson as Secretary of New York Provincial Congress. After Congress resumed its consideration of the arrangement of regiments, it made the New York Regiment the First Regiment. It also unanimously approved Alexander McDougall as colonel for the regiment.

GLC02892

8 September 1787

Clinton, George, 1739-1812

Document signed

Title: Proclamation

Signed as Governor of New York State offering a reward of $1000 for the capture of arsonists in New York City. Includes official seal.

GLC02893

25 May 1792

Clymer, George, 1739-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward Hand

Sends General Hand copies of the excise law, an explanatory letter from the treasury department, a license form, and a copy of a "bill raising money for the protection of the Frontiers" (none included). Discusses the Whiskey Rebellion, relaying Alexander Hamilton's sentiments "that the government will face the opposition with all the necessary spirit."

GLC02894

1790/04/13

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Document signed

Title: Marriage certificate of Louis Guillaume Otto & Miss de Crevecoeur

In Latin and French, witnessed by numerous people. Signed by Jefferson (serving then as Secretary of State). Also signed by Members of Congress Jeremiah Wadsworth, Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., NYS Supreme Court Justice Richard Morris, Vice Consul of France Antoine R.C.M. DelaForest [sic?] and wife (?), with John and Susanna Kean, Philip Livingston, John Trumbull. A. Frances de Crevecoeur was daughter to the famous author.

GLC02895

January 31, 1889

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Heram Hitchcock

States that they must begin at once for Carnegie Hall to be ready by next winter. Remarks that the location of the hall should not be below 56th Street. Discusses other financial and real estate arrangements for building Carnegie Hall. Written on 5 West Fifty-first Street, New York, stationery.

GLC02896

February 24, 1826

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Levett Harris

Discusses the debt of John Payne Todd.

GLC02898

1813/07/03

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Mathew Carey.

Clark had published a history of the United States. Adams also provides suggestions for the next edition. Accompanied by a slip of paper in Adams's hand reading "Philadelphia," (probably removed from the address leaf).

GLC02900

September 1863

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Pamphlet signed

Title: Report of Operations of the Third Division, Twentieth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Maj. Gen. P.H. Sheridan, U.S. Vol's, Commanding

A detailed report covering the Battle of Chickamauga. Signed at conclusion by Sheridan as major general commanding.

GLC02901

1862/05/23

Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gen. John Stewart

Written as General, a few months after his transfer from Confederate South Eastern defenses. (Name is correctly Stewart.)

GLC02903

19 November 1846

Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Latta

Reports on the Battle of Monterey and admits that his romantic ideas of war have been replaced with the harsh realities of battle and death. Writes that all accounts in the newspapers are wrong and that the report written by General Zachary Taylor is probably the most incorrect account circulating. Discusses the embedded journalists and how the Autocrat of Russia never had so loyal a "set of toadies."

GLC02905

14 October 1846

Kingsbury, Daniel M., 1811-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. A. B. Kingsbury

Writes to his mother about the Battle of Monterrey and describes the casualties. Mentions supervising Mexican prisoners who are burying the American dead.

GLC02906

26 September 1794

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Hodgdon

Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton asks Superintendent of Military Stores Samuel Hodgdon to check a return for military stores at New London, Virginia, that had been sent to him by Virginia Governor Henry Lee.

GLC02908.01

1893 ca.

Photograph

Title: Post-war photographs of Gettysburg, Antietam and Chancellorsville

GLC02912.01

1866 ca.

Photograph

Title: [Abraham Lincoln]

Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)

GLC02912.02.01

1870s

Header Record

Title: Portraits of circus performers

Portrait subjects include Capt. Jack Bassett, Major and Mrs. Ray (ca. 1891), Miss Millie La Mar, Lalloo, and Prince Nicholi ("The Little Russian Prince"). Photographers include Wendt of Boonton, N.J.; Obermuller and Kern of New York; and Eisenmann, also of New York. Previously identified as photographs of "circus freaks."

GLC02912.02.02

1860-1865

Book

Title: Collection of one book and pamphlets on Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01-.09]

Includes one paperback book entitled "Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln" and eight eulogy pamphlets.

GLC02913