July 1861

Whiting, William H., 1824-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Virginia

Expressing an appreciation for an offer of relief aid and lamenting the death of General Bernard Bee at First Manassas. "Two of the brave gentlemen who used to sit at your table went down on that terrible at the head of their brave men bravely dying for your home & theirs."

GLC08243

circa 1861-1862

Manuscript

Title: [Battle of First Manassas maps].

Battle map rendered by a Confederate veteran, identifying various landmarks and troop positions. Includes references to Union forces (Retreat of Hessian Cavalry after repulse"; "Retreat of the Grand Army of A. Lincoln, L.L.D.") and pasted-in newspaper cartoon of Lincoln, captioned by the author as "Rail Splitter day after the battle." With second map, drawn by a Union soldier, of northern positions during the battle.

GLC08244

1855-1859

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 3 letters written and received by Montgomery Meigs regarding the Capitol Dome]. Decimalized.

See descriptions in GLC08246.01-.03

GLC08246

07 July 1855

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A.H. Bowman

Justifies the use of an ornate molding of the Capitol Dome.

GLC08246.01

24 June 1858

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Letter signed

Title: to J. Glancy Jones

Meigs allays concerns over the Capitol Dome's stability: "There were plenty of people, who when Michel Angelo was building the Dome of St. Peter's thought it would never stand..." Jones was on the House Ways & Means Committee.

GLC08246.02

12 August 1859

Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montgomery Meigs

Franklin, the superintendent of construction, writes to Meigs regarding the construction costs of the Capitol Dome.

GLC08246.03

June 1864

Header Record

Title: [Collection of 3 letters regarding Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a Confederate parolee captured at Gettysburg]. Decimalized.

See descriptions in GLC08247.01-.03

GLC08247

17 June 1864

Meriweather, J.B., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Conrad Baker

Meriweather writes to Colonel Baker about the 7 March 1864 arrest of Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a parolee captured at Gettysburg, for disloyal conduct, including "using the most obscene and vulgar language towards the President...insulting the Flag...abusing some sick soldiers of the Union army...". Meriweather, the local provost marshal, asks that Williams be sent to Johnson's Island as a POW. Docketed up the chain of command to the commissary general of prisoners.

GLC08247.01

27 June 1864

Harlan, James, fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward M. Stanton

Senator Harlan requests that Secretary of War Stanton make sure the case of Lieutenant Frank Williams be given special consideration. He was captured at Gettysburg and provided information that prevented the escape of some other Confederates, Prompted, in part, by Andrew Carr's letter requesting Harlan aid in securing William's release (GLC08247.02).

GLC08247.03

26 April 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his wife

Discussing Sherman's order to cut civilian rations and expressing some sympathy for its impact on "secesh women": "it is hard for the authorities to see women starve." Analyzing the upcoming presidential election: "we hope to elect Lincoln again and then the rebs know their cause is gone." And broadly reflecting on the war: "[W]e hope that we will beat them...and that the old Union with all the Stars made brighter by the firey trial we have passed through...."

GLC08248

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

26 February 1891

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F.B. Sanborn

Acknowledging that his father, John Brown, sometimes offered remarks from the audience at religious assemblies, but refuting accounts that his father ever preached. Also discusses his brothers Jason's attempt to sell Sanborn's biography of their father.

GLC08250

29 April 1813

Blake, Thomas, fl. 1813

Document signed

Title: [Document attesting the free status of Richard Jackson].

One document dated April 29, 1813. Pertains to Richard Jackson, a freedperson. The form is partially printed and filled out by Thomas Blake as a character witness. It states, "the said Richard became free in or before the year 1800." Validated by New York City officials.

GLC08251

4 November 1814

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Letter signed

Title: to William B. Lewis

Requisitioning lead and powder prior to the Battle of New Orleans: "A few more attacks...will soon exhaust my supplies..."

GLC08252

25 May 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].

Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.

GLC08253

1861

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1861 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Autograph manuscript signed. Discusses his travels, the weather, and friends he visits; also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Mentions the arrival in New Castle, Delaware, of Brigadier General Lockwood on 8 October. Also declares that General Lockwood grants him a leave of absence on 19 December to go to Washington, D.C. Written partially in pencil.

GLC03347.01

1862

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1862 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Autograph manuscript signed. Mostly written in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C., though some entries are written in Delaware. Comments on the weather and his work as a clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Written partially in pencil.

GLC03347.02

1863

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1863 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Autograph manuscript; no signature. Written partially in pencil. Mostly written in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. Comments on the weather and his work as a clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Frequently mentions news he has heard of battles and troop movement; for example, in his entry on 1 July, he writes, "No news of importance. Confederates show some signs of falling back in Penna. towards the Maryland Line. No special news from Vicksburg and Port Hudson. There are indications however, that both Gen'ls Grant and Banks…

GLC03347.03

1864

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1864 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Autograph manuscript; no signature. Written partially in pencil. Mostly written in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. Comments on the weather and his work as a clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Mentions news he has heard of battles and troop movement. Also relates his surprise at being appointed Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain on 25 July. He took his new post in early August.

GLC03347.04

1865

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1865 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Autograph manuscript; no signature. Written partially in pencil. Mostly written in Georgetown and the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., though some entries are written in Delaware. Comments on the weather and his work as a clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Mentions news he has heard of battles and troop movement. Discusses his resignation from his position on 1 December.

GLC03347.05

1874

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1874 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Entries take place in Pennsylvania, Deleware and Georgetown, Washington D.C. Seems to focus more on friends and family than previous diaries. Describes the funeral of a Mr. Taylor on April 8th.

GLC03347.14

15 November 1775- 11 March 1776

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Book

Title: Orderly book of Stephen Kemble

Lieutenant Colonel Kemble, an American Loyalist related by marriage to Thomas Gage, served as chief of intelligence under William Howe and (briefly) Henry Clinton. He eventually gave up his position to Major John Andre. Locations include Boston, Halifax, New York, White Plains, and Philadelphia, among others. The books, kept in British Army headquarters, record information relating to the occupation of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, as well as the battles of White Plains and Monmouth, and the captures of Fort Washington and Lee. Kemble recorded not only copies of Howe's and Clinton's…

GLC06668.01

12 March 1776- 29 June 1776

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Book

Title: Orderly book of Stephen Kemble

Lieutenant Colonel Kemble, an American Loyalist related by marriage to Thomas Gage, served as chief of intelligence under William Howe and (briefly) Henry Clinton. He eventually gave up his position to Major John Andre. Locations include Boston, Halifax, New York, White Plains, and Philadelphia, among others. The books, kept in British Army headquarters, record information relating to the occupation of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, as well as the battles of White Plains and Monmouth, and the captures of Fort Washington and Lee. Kemble recorded not only copies of Howe's and Clinton's…

GLC06668.02

October 6, 1776- January 20, 1777

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Book

Title: Orderly book of Stephen Kemble

Lieutenant Colonel Kemble, an American Loyalist related by marriage to Thomas Gage, served as chief of intelligence under William Howe and (briefly) Henry Clinton. He eventually gave up his position to Major John Andre. Locations include Boston, Halifax, New York, White Plains, and Philadelphia, among others. The books, kept in British Army headquarters, record information relating to the occupation of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, as well as the battles of White Plains and Monmouth, and the captures of Fort Washington and Lee. Kemble recorded not only copies of Howe's and Clinton's…

GLC06668.03

20 June 1777- 19 November 1777

Kemble, Stephen, 1740-1822

Book

Title: Orderly book of Stephen Kemble

Lieutenant Colonel Kemble, an American Loyalist related by marriage to Thomas Gage, served as chief of intelligence under William Howe and (briefly) Henry Clinton. He eventually gave up his position to Major John Andre. Locations include Boston, Halifax, New York, White Plains, and Philadelphia, among others. The books, kept in British Army headquarters, record information relating to the occupation of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, as well as the battles of White Plains and Monmouth, and the captures of Fort Washington and Lee. Kemble recorded not only copies of Howe's and Clinton's…

GLC06668.04