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1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Grotto Geyser, Fire Hole Basin

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 298.

GLC03095.88

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Extinct Hot Spring, East Fork of the Yellowstone River

Hot Spring Series. Negative number 305.

GLC03095.89

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Point of Rocks, On the Beaver Head

No series assigned. Negative number 308.

GLC03095.90

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Beaver Head Can[y]on

No series assigned. Negative number 310.

GLC03095.91

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: Beaver Head Can[y]on

No series or negative number assigned.

GLC03095.92

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: [View of a stockade with several men gathered at entrance gate]

Negative number 347.

GLC03095.93

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: [Group portrait of five Native American men]

No series assigned. Negative number 349.

GLC03095.94

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: [Group of five Native American women with young girl and baby]

No series assigned. Negative number 350.

GLC03095.95

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: [View of uncovered teepee frame with three Native Americans inside]

No series assigned. Negative number 351.

GLC03095.96

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: [View of open teepee with seven Native Americans inside]

No series assigned. Negative number 361.

GLC03095.97

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: The Odometer

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 307.

GLC03095.98

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Photograph

Title: The Elk

Yellowstone Series, 1871. Negative number 304.

GLC03095.99

2 September 1861

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Letter

Title: to Silas Stringham

Welles, Secretary of the Navy, congratulates Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, for the Squadron's August 1861 capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina. Declares "The successful result thus far of an expedition projected with great care and the occupation of the positions commanding the most important inlet on the Coast of North Carolina, will be attended with consequences that can scarcely be over-estimated. This brilliant achievement, accomplished without the loss of a man on your part, or injury to any one in the Federal Service, has…

GLC03097.02

24 December 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Regarding African American troops in Missouri]

President Lincoln states that commissioners are "to appraise negroes in Missouri." Mentions that he was previously unaware of General Order No. 135 issued in mid-November 1863 by General John McAllister Schofield, in command of the Department of Missouri. That order had authorized the enlistment of enslaved people, without consent of their owners, and with compensation promised to loyalist slaveholders.

GLC03096

8 September 1861

Stringham, Silas Horton, 1797-1876

Letter signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Written at Fortress Monroe. Stringham, Flag Officer and Commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, writes to Mercer, Captain of the Wabash, flagship of the Squadron. Reports, "It affords me pleasure to be the medium for forwarding to you a copy of the Hon. Sec. of the Navy congratulations on our recent victory at Forts Hatteras & Clark. You will please have it read to the Officers and crew." Gideon Welles served as Secretary of the Navy 1861-1869. In August 1861 General Benjamin Franklin Butler's army joined force with Stringham's Squadron, capturing Forts Hatteras and Clark,…

GLC03097.01

28 August 1861

Bulkley, James Henry, 1834-?

Autograph document signed

Title: to Samuel Mercer

Bulkley, Captain's Clerk on board the Wabash, reports to Mercer, commander of the Wabash. Records details of the 28 and 29 August capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, located on the Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. Reports times when firing occurred, details related to the actions of other ships in the squadron, and orders received. The Wabash was the flagship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, commanded by Silas Horton Stringham.

GLC03097.03