circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Genl. Lee's Head Quarters

Image of stone house that served as Lee's Head Quarters at Gettysburg and surrounding grounds.

GLC03029.04

[1863]

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: "Bridge destroyed by the Rebels in July 2d."

Image of bridge at Hanover Junction prior to destruction by Confederates, with men visible atop bridge, and railroad tracks in foreground.

GLC03029.05

11 October 1776

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Autograph document signed

Title: [Orders to George Washington to blockade the Hudson River]

Orders to blockade and defend Mount Washington from the enemy without regard to expense. Allows Washington's appointment of a Deputy Commissary of Stores for the Army at New York. Docket not in Hancock's hand.

GLC00372.01

28 March 1776

Cooke, Nicholas, 1717-1782

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to George Washington

On behalf of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, Governor Cooke requests artillery pieces for the defense of the colony, as well as the return of artillery lent to the Continental Army in Cambridge for the seige of Boston. The British evacuated Boston on 17 March 1776. "On public service" written on address leaf.

GLC02437.00260

5 April 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Warren

Relays information from George Washington that the Massachusetts Provincial Congress had promised Washington 300 teams (of pack animals) to carry artillery and stores to New York, but only 40 have been delivered. Asks Warren to use his influence with the committee to have the rest of the teams delivered expeditiously. Warren had previously served as president of the provincial assembly.

GLC02437.00268

20 April 1776

Harrison, Robert H., 1745-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Transmits a letter originally to George Washington from a committee of the Continental Congress (not included) and asks Knox to go to New London, Connecticut to comply with its orders to work on its fortification and harbor. Requests a report after attending to the matter. Knox was then moving southward toward New York, planning coastal defenses against the British navy for Rhode Island and Connecticut in the process. Harrison was then a secretary to George Washington.

GLC02437.00274

24 April 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Writes that he curses "the man who first brought on this war only because it separates me from my Love." Mentions that he has received instructions from George Washington to inspect and fortify the local harbor in order to make it safe for Continental troops and the American navy (see GLC02437.00274). Comments on his meeting with Admiral Esek Hopkins and his son, John B. Hopkins, who was recently injured in a naval engagement with the British ship Glasgow. Gives a favorable impression of both, comparing Esek to the Dutch Admiral Van Tromp and proclaiming that John will become a "formidable…

GLC02437.00276

1901/07/25

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Mosby's lack of political influence; perhaps Senator John Daniel can assist Chapman in obtaining an appointment in the Philippines or as Supervisor of Forests.

GLC03921.05

1901/08/01

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

chides Chapman for not remaining in Washington to meet with Daniel personally: "[H]e endorsed your application and forwarded it, and got the reply of 'no vacancy.' But that is the stereo typed answer to all applications by mail….you must go in person…"

GLC03921.06

1904/09/10

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

upcoming elections, specifically mentioning Revercomb, Slemp, Hoge, Parker, and Roosevelt.

GLC03921.07

December 13, 1904

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Theodore Roosevelt

letter of introduction for Samuel Chapman.

GLC03921.08

1905/01/14

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

attempts to secure a position for Chapman in the Department of the Interior or under Agnew; enclosing a letter from Gen. Rucker.

GLC03921.09

1905/03/01

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

defending his actions with regard to finding Chapman a position; suggests that storekeeper may be the best position Agnew can offer.

GLC03921.10

May 16, 1905

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to William Taft

enclosing a letter from Col. Petit, with whom Chapman served in the Spanish American War.

GLC03921.11

1906/01/20

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

anxious to see Willie; no news about the Aborigines.

GLC03921.13

1906/05/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

McCabe's letter abusing Grant.

GLC03921.14

1906/05/14

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to: Joseph Bryan.

recent trip to Boston including a visit to Plymouth Rock; southern sentiments about forgiving the Yankees.

GLC03921.15

1906/05/22

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William A. Chapman

Willie's post-earthquake arrival in San Francisco; banquet given by the Middlesex Club in honor of Grant's birthday.

GLC03921.16

1906/06/07

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sam Chapman

issue of The Old Dominion Sun; letter from Willie from the "late city of San Francisco;" impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.17

1906/06/23

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

requesting news of San Francisco from Willie's friend; impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.18

16 March 1776

Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823

Autograph document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Notes that the men are supplied with small arms and requests carbines for the officers. Stevens had recently been appointed a captain in Knox's regiment of artillery. The British evacuated Boston the day after this letter was written.

GLC02437.00259

27 March 1776

Tracy, Nathaniel, 1751-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Arranges to have the bearer of the letter retrieve artillery from Framingham, Massachusetts. Tracy was a merchant who turned privateer during the Revolution.

GLC02437.00261

28 March 1776

Putnam, Israel, 1718-1790

Manuscript document signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Instructs Knox to withhold four pounds from the pay of a matross in his regiment named Henry Irvington. The money had previously been advanced to Irvington. Putnam was one of the original major generals appointed by the Continental Congress.

GLC02437.00262

29 March 1776

Crane, John, 1744-1805

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipts for money disbursements from Henry Knox to Major John Crane and Captain Thomas Pierce]

Two receipt entries signed by Crane and Thomas Pierce for pay distributions, but in neither Pierce's or Crane's hand. Crane and Pierce were under Knox's command. This document is the "loose receipt" referenced on page 18 of GLC02437.00258.

GLC02437.00263

circa March 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

Responds affectionately to a letter from Lucy asking what has become of him. Answers that he has not written because of how busy he has been (during the siege of Boston). Comments that the British are packing up and leaving Boston, and Knox expects to be in the town in 2-3 days, at which time he will also be able to visit her. He is uncertain where the British are going and in what state they will have left Boston, but states that "to New York my Dear Lucy [we] must prepare to follow them. As we are Citizens of the World any place will be our home & equally cheap." Copy.

GLC02437.00264