1873

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1873 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

Most entires take place in Kittaning, Martindale or Parker Pennsylvania. A few are in New Castle, Deleware. Mainly discusses his job and the weather.On December 13th, he talks about the river rising within sight of the great flood of 1865.

GLC03347.13

1875

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1875 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Deleware and Pennsylvania. Talks mainly about his job with the railroad. But also mentions friends and family. Saw the Treasurer on February 1st. Notes that McClellan Welsh was out of turn.

GLC03347.15

1876

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1876 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Talks mainly about his job. Many entries feature the sentence: "In office all day." Mentions different plans for bridges.

GLC03347.16

1877

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1877 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries in Brownsville, Pennsylvania and Riverside, Maryland. Back used for accounting. He describes the weather at the beginning of each entry. There is a great deal of sickness mentioned between himself and others.

GLC03347.17

1878

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1878 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania and Deleware. Back used for accounting.Mentions weather, whther he has received any letters or has written any. The Episcopal church is also mentioned in several entries.

GLC03347.18

1879

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1879 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Kitanning and Bethlehem Pennsylvania. On May 23rd, he tells a story of how they accidentally set the chimney on fire. He tells another anecdote on July 5th in which someone's cat keeps killing the chickens so he poisoned a piece of beef with strychnine and put it in the cellar in the hopes the cat would get it.

GLC03347.19

1880

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1880 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland. Records his small journeys from town to town. We learn he likes to attend philosophical meetings and lectures as well as church. Back used for accounting.

GLC03347.20

1881

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1881 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mentions the details of his work frequently. Faithfully records the weather. Back is used for accounting.

GLC03347.21

1882

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1882 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Virginia and Maryland. Records the weather in each entry. Talks about contracts and different projects connected to his job. Very little information about his personal life.

GLC03347.22

1883

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1883 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Virginia. On April 12th, the clerk of the hotel he was staying in attempted suicide by overdosing on laudanum. He resisted efforts to save him. Back is used for accounting.

GLC03347.23

1884

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1884 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Discusses business, weather, planting. Written in pencil and purple ink.

GLC03347.24

1885

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1885 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Maryland, Deleware and Pennsylvania. Mentons the death of his Aunt Mary and her funeral on March 3rd. Mentions chores around the house. Talks of collegues and business.

GLC03347.25

1886

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1886 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland. The weather is recorded in most entries. Sister Lizzie is mentioned in several passages. Back is used for accounting. Writeen in purple ink.

GLC03347.26

1887

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1887 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland. Back used for accounting. Records the weather. Periodically records the events of his day.

GLC03347.27

1888

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1888 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All enries take place in Pennsylvania and New York. 2 newspaper clippings included: "Mechanics and Laboring Men" and "A November Reminder" both having to do with taxes. Recors the weather. Accounting in back.

GLC03347.28

1889

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Diary

Title: 1889 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

All entries take place in Pennsylvania and Deleware. On August 16th he mentions Hugh McKinney, a candidate for governer. J Duval Rodney died on Sept. 17 and his funeral was held the 29th. Back is used for accounting.

GLC03347.29

17 November 1848

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dear Sister

He is glad Tyler won the election. The city was illuminated in celebration. He once stayed with William S. Masey and his wife. Their uncle is in debt and he would like to help him.

GLC03347.30

1862

Hannegan, James D., 1862-1863

Diary

Title: [Diary of James Hannegan of the 5th Ohio Cavalry]

Diary is an autograph manuscript signed, neatly written in pencil, covering 1 January 1862-31 December 1862. Writes about the battle being raged at Fort Donelson in his entry of 15 February, reporting that the "citizens are in a terrible state of excitement in regard to the battle now raging at Fort Donelson. The news so far is favorable to the success of the Union forces & no doubt is entertained as to the ultimate result of the contest. This is regarded as the most important battle which has occurred during the war. The position itself is very important one." Adds in the entry for…

GLC04129.01

1863

Hannegan, James D., 1862-1863

Diary

Title: [Diary of James Hannegan of the 5th Ohio Cavalry]

Diary is an autograph manuscript signed, neatly written in pencil, covering 1 January 1863-15 March 1863. At the end of the book Hannegan includes some accounting pages. Enclosed within the diary is a bookmark depicting an eagle and a shield, with the phrase "Member of the Society of the Army of the Tenn. Cincinnati. Nov. 14th 1866." Also relates news of the Battle of Murfreesboro in his entry for 2 January, in which he has heard the rumor that Confederate General Braxton Bragg was defeated and taken prisoner by Union General William S. Rosecrans.

GLC04129.02

1862-1864

Pope, Albert, fl. 1861-1864

Diary

Title: Journal of the Southern campaign

The manuscript consists of 2 volumes (total 414 p.) Battle content on Antietam, Fredericksburg and Vicksburg. Also mentions contrabands and General Ambrose Burnside. Pope belonged to Co. I, 35th Massachusetts Volunteers.

GLC06266.01

18 March 1799

Document signed

Title: [Slavery]

Negro woman "Jane" seeks a writ of "Homine Replegiando" (asking the Court to return to freedom) against Edward Worrall.

GLC08356

4 April 1998

Thomas, Azim M., fl. 1998

Photograph

Title: [Image of children holding "I am somebody" posters]

"I am somebody." Image from Martin Luther King Memorial March, April 4, 1998, showing children carrying placards paraphrasing those carried by Memphis Sanitation Workers on the day King was assassinated.

GLC08359

24 November 1856

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gerrit Smith

Written right after his release from arrest in Lindenbille, Ohio: "All of our Family have now returned from Kansas, except my brother Frederick who was shot in cold blood a few hours before the battle of Osawattomie. We have not however given over the contest with slavery. . ."

GLC08361

1860-1865 circa

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Header Record

Title: [Soldier's archive] [Decimalized .01- .06]

Simon Mower Whistler, soldier's archive of Harrisburg, PA physician. With three war time diaries, manuscript memoirs, medical journal and watercolor of hospital ship "Connecticut."

GLC08362

circa 1852

Map

Title: [Slave Trade Map]

Depicting infamous African slave port of Lindi at the mouth of the Lindi River, terminus of East African Arab slave route.

GLC08363