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to Jabez True

Hamlin informs True that he will probably not be nominated for county Sheriff. Discusses the political caucus debating nominations. Hamlin and others support True's candidacy, but believe that the "nomination for Shff for our county" will probably go...

GLC01429

Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]

[decimalized 01430.01-01430.05]

GLC01430

to John Milton

Garner (possibly Gardner), Assistant Adjutant General, writes from Head Quarters of the Department of Alabama and West Florida, near Pensacola. He replies to a letter from Milton, Governor of Florida, and relates that his commanding general, Braxton...

GLC01430.02

Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01430.05

An Act to provide for Mitigating or Remitting the Forefeitures and Penalties, accruing under the Revenue-Laws, in certain cases therin mentioned.

Places district judges in charge of all cases of fines, penalty of forfeiture, etc. Judges then report the cases to the Secretary of the Treasury. Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State, verified as a true copy.

GLC01431.01

to Ellen Caskie

Returns photographs that he has signed. He tells her to never hesitate to ask him for more. He thanks her for keeping his name out of the papers and requests that she "... ask the editors of the Despatch & Inquirer to cease quarelling over my name."...

GLC01434

to Mrs. R. E. Lee

Letter sent in the care of Colonel Hill Carter to his wife at Shirly, near Petersburg, Va. Free franked field cover addressed to Mrs. R. E. Lee

GLC01436

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Carte de visite bust vignette portrait, signed on front. Lee is posed as a Union lieutenant, with mustache. With presentation on verso to Mrs. Caskie by Mary Custiss Lee ("M.C. Lee"). Reprinted by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01437

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.

GLC01438

[Carte de visite of Marty Custis Lee]

Vignette bust portrait signed on mount and inscribed on verso, "For Mrs. E.J. Caskie from her affecte. Mary Custis Lee." With reddened cheeks, lips, and added red flowers in her hand. Reprint by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01439

Collection of two documents written by Mary C. Lee [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01440

to Norvell Caskie

Mary writes of her husband Robert E. Lee's sudden illness. "He has taken very suddenly & alarmingly ill after a day of rather harrassing mental fatigue but is now better & the Dr. gives us good hope he will soon be well again though he is still...

GLC01440.01

to Norvell Caskie

She updates Caskie on her husband Robert E. Lee's illness. " ... Dr. Madison says that the Genl has neither paralysis or apoplexy but is suffering from tension of the nerves of the head connected with his former illness." She advises that in case...

GLC01440.02

Collection of Civil War carte de visite photographs [decimalized]

Mostly post-war reprints and imprints. Various sizes. From the Caskie Family.

GLC01442

[Pierre T. G. Beauregard]

Carte de visite vignette portrait of Pierre G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893) in civilian clothing by Selden & Ennis

GLC01442.01

J.P. Benjamin

Carte de visite vignette photograph of an engraved portrait of Benjamin. No imprint. Benjamin has a slight smile.

GLC01442.02

Carte de visite seated portrait by C.R. Rees, published by Selden

Carte-de-visite of Jefferson Davis holding a cane, hat and leather gloves . The Rees & Co. imprint has a pasted label for Selden & Co. beneath.

GLC01442.03

[Jefferson Davis]

Carte-de-visite size vignette engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis.

GLC01442.04

["Stonewall" Jackson

Shows Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863) standing near a tent while cavalry are in formation.

GLC01442.05

Gen. A.S. Johnston

Carte de visite size vignette engraved portrait of a mustacioed Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) by Elias Dexter.

GLC01442.07

[Carte de visite, Joseph E. Johnston]

Half-length portrait in profile of Johnston wearing dark civilian clothing. With E. & H.T. Anthony imprint on verso.

GLC01442.08

[Henry "Light Horse" Lee]

Carte-de-visite of the painting of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee in uniform. Originally painted by Gilbert Stuart. Published by "The 'Lee' Photographic Gallery." Paul C. Nagel's The Lees of Virginia (1990) indicates it was said to have been painted...

GLC01442.09

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

This carte-de-visite appears to be based on an early photograph of Lee (refer to GLC05111.01.0580). Circa date previously assessed, based on the fact that carte de visites became popular in America in the 1860s. Depicts Lee as a young man with a...

GLC01442.10

Report of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the opinions of the judges thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford. December term, 1856.

One copy of the Supreme Court decision of the Dred Scott case dated 1857. Item is a first edition printed by Cornelius Wendell.

GLC01259

Photo album with 39 carte de visite Civil War photos, including Brigham Young

With fore-edge painting. Includes views of Jim Bridger, Brigham Young, Ute and Shoshone Indians. Album presented "By the Boys" [troops] at Camp Douglas, to their commanding officer, Capt. E.B. Grimes, Q.M. Includes a few Washington DC scenes at end...

GLC01261

Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the Fourth of March, 1861.

Lincoln focuses on increasing his support in the North while attempting to not further alienate the South. He references four important documents: Henry Clay's 1850 Speech on compromise, Webster's reply to Hayne, Andrew Jackson's proclamation...

GLC01264

[Patent for Abraham Lincoln's improvement in buoying vessels over shoals]

Patent granted to Lincoln for inventing "a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over...

GLC01304

Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln

Delivered before Congress in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Printed by the Government Printing Office. With "Correspondence Relating to the Memorial Address," printed beginning on page 73.

GLC01306

to unknown

"The President told me today that the sentenced of Harry C. Fuller would stand suspended 'till I could have a hearing for him. I shall save him." Apparently a fragment from a longer letter.

GLC01308.01

[Orlando Kellogg]

Brady Studios carte de visite of Orlando Kellogg.

GLC01308.02

to George Washington Wright

Walker writes to Wright, former California Representative, introducing Henry P. Watkins as an agent for the Sonora Enterprise. Intending to combine southern California with Sonora, Mexico, Walker requests that Wright assist Watkins in this enterprise...

GLC01358.01

to Fitz-John Porter

Johnston, at the time of this letter was a representative from Virginia, refuses to contribute to a memorial for George Armstrong Custer. Letter written on Congressional stationery.

GLC01359

Acts passed at the first session of the seventh Congress...

Blue boards (as issued?) with extensive doodles and inscriptions made by the clerks of Orange County, NY

GLC01360

Lincoln, the Man of the People

Signed and dated poem by Markham. Document states that this poem was chosen to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC in 1922. President Warren G. Harding delivered the address and the author read his poem. "Up from...

GLC01367

General order no. 94

Written by order of General Sherman but signed by J. H. Hammond as Adjutant General. Assigns Brigadier General Jacob Gartner Lauman commander of 6th Brigade. Provides for the garrisoning of Fort Pickering by three regiments of regulars and one or...

GLC01258

[Ulysses S. Grant, Julia and Jesse Grant at City Point, Va.]

Original negative ca. April 1865, discovered in the 1890s by Meserve, 79 Leonard Street, NYC and published. This is a Meserve print. This was likely reprinted in the 1940s. Inscription on verso indicates the photo was taken when Lincoln visited, just...

GLC01260

The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

GLC01262

Civil war loyalty pamphlets [41] (Bulk, 1861-1869)

Disbound pamphlets including Loyal Publ. Society Tracts nos. 7, 27, 29, 34, 36, 37 and 40, arguments of E. Pierrepont at Surratt's trial (1867), etc.

GLC01265

[Last verse of the Battle Hymn of the Republic]

Beginning "In the Beauty of the lillies...."

GLC01266.01

Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas

One book entitled, "Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas" dated 1860. Item is a printing of the speeches between Abraham Lincoln and Stepehen Douglas from June 1858 to October 1858. Speech topics covered...

GLC01301

Letter fragment and carte de visite [decimalized]

GLC01308

Framed carte de visite and clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant [Decimalized .01-.02]

Carte de visite and clipped signature of General Grant framed together, in a frame 32 x 21 cm.

GLC01320

Letter of Judah P. Benjamin and his portrait [Decimalized .01-.02]

A letter from Confederate Secretary of War Judah P. Benjamin to North Carolina Governor Henry T. Clark and a portrait of Benjamin.

GLC01353

to John L. O'Sullivan

Van Buren praises O'Sullivan for the discretion and talent he has displayed in covering news as editor of the newspaper, "The New York Morning News." He states, "Its general aspect is precisely what I desire to see in a Newspaper ... " Letter written...

GLC01357

Printed land bond of the Independence Loan Fund for the Republic of Sonoma

GLC01358.02

Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.

First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in...

GLC01361

[Cased tintype of unidentified Indian]

Cased photograph depicts a posed full-length image of a Native American youth holding a ceremonial spear decorated with feathers. To the left is a headdress decorated with buffalo horns. Studio backdrop. Case is intact.

GLC01363

[Cased tintype of unidentified Indian in ceremonial garb]

Cased image depicts a 3/4 length seated portrait of a Native American facing the camera. His hair is shaven into a mohawk hairstyle. Hinged case is missing the lid.

GLC01364

Curley: General Custer's scout and only survivor of that horrible massacre.

A cabinet card of George Custer's scout, Curley, the lone survivor of the battle of Little Big Horn.

GLC01365

Articles of the Roxborough Express Horse Company

Contains 19 articles discussing the organization and function of the Roxborough Express Horse Company, including appointment of officers and responsibilities of members. Outlines the purpose of the company: "recovering Horses stolen within our...

GLC01366