29 April 1851

Pennington, J.W.C., fl. 1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Runaway slave]

A runaway slave in his own right, Pennington, while avoiding arrest in Liverpool, England, comments on the situation here in American and a fugitive slave case: "...My constant trouble of mind is the evils now pressing on my nation and people. What the end is to no eye human can forsee...[O]f the termination of the last Boston case - Thomas Sims has been given over to his claimant and has been taken back into Slavery. These cases are enough to break one's heart. It is difficult to see how the enormous evil and crime of Slavery can be carried to a greater extent. The whole land is full of…

GLC09088

27 September 1841

Carroll, Charles, fl. 1841

Broadside

Title: [Notice]

"Notice. I will give $5 for any one of my Servants who may be taken at or beyond Ellicott's Mills..."

GLC09089

circa 1868

Ku Klux Klan

Autograph letter signed

Title: To Davie Jeems

Threatening a Black office-holder. "Notice/To Jeems, Davie, you must be a good boy...at night I am a Ku Klux sent here to look after you and all the rest of the radicals and make you know your place. I have got my eye on you every day...[T]ell Platt Madison we have, a Box, For him and you. We nail all, radicals up in Boxes and send them away to KKK. There is 200 000 ded men returned to this country to make you and all the rest of the radicals good Democrats and vote right with the white people...no nigger is safe unless he joins the Democratic Club...give all your Friends timely warning…

GLC09090

1880

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Tribute to Lincoln]

His tribute to Lincoln; the original manuscript published in Osborn H. Oldroyd's "The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles," in 1882, [page 265]. "A great man: Tender of heart, strong of nerve, of boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. He could recieve [sic] counsel from a child and give counsel to a sage. The simple approached him with ease, and the learned approached him with deference. Take him for all in all, Abraham Lincoln was one of the noblest, wisest and best men I ever knew."

GLC09091

13 November 1867

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Printed document

Title: [General orders no. 99 concerning the establishment of an artillery school at Fort Monroe, Virginia]

Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, details the procedure for the establishment of an artillery school. Includes instructions pertaining to organization, duties of the staff, instruction, examination, and other details. Page three consists of a note handwritten in pencil. Pencil note mentions an 1849 order passed by General Scott (possibly Winfield Scott). Townsend served as a Union Brevet Brigadier General.

GLC02382.215

14 December 1885

Young, Charles B., fl. 1885-1890

Printed document signed

Title: [Receipt of payment from Henry Jackson Hunt]

Hunt pays Charles B. Young $45 for the tuition of his sons, Presley Craig Hunt and John Elliot Hunt, for the second quarter of the scholastic year. Young signs confirming receipt of payment.

GLC02382.223

4 November 1870

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Letter signed

Title: to Ambrose Thompson

Admiral Porter indicates that he has written to B.S. Oslon, the editor of the "Nautical Gazette," to introduce Thompson in hopes that Thompson's articles, which should be of interest to "members of Congress," will be published there. Year is illegible.

GLC03619.02.16

11 April 1866

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Discusses his upcoming bid for the Senate and political patronage.

GLC05891.14

14 July 1867

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Writes regarding the employment of White's daughter.

GLC05891.16

8 July 1874

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert G. White

Discusses the appointment of the local Post Master, which is under contention. Docketed in pencil.

GLC05891.17

24 December 1862

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 13 (December 24, 1862)]

A plea is made for pocket bibles for soldiers in "Pocket Bibles for the Soldiers Wanted." A soldier's letter describes the Pocotaligo fight to his family. "Army Correspondence" prints another soldier's letter describing incidents on Morris Island. "Secular News" section includes the death of General Gregg at Fredericksburg, General Foster at North Carolina, and General Floyd at Prestonburg. An article in the "Family Circle" column describes youth in Washington.

GLC05959.39.10

January 21, 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (January 21, 1863)]

"Army Correspondence" from the front in Green Pond, South Carolina describes conditions, particularly religious implications. "Baptists and the Struggle for Independence" published in the Christian Index wishes the Confederacy victory. A letter and an article describe the distribution of the paper to soldiers, and another article describes "The Piety of the Confederates." An editorial titled "A Perverse Generation" examines the separation from the U.S. government and rejoices to no longer be responsible for their acts. An article examines the proportion of soldiers who are religious. The…

GLC05959.39.11

February 12, 1865

Mayo, Ezekiel R., 1834-?

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Captain Mayo lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.177

February 26, 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Report of the stations of the batteries serving with artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Created near City Point. Shaffer, Captain commanding artillery reserve, lists commanding officers, guns, and station locations for several batteries. Includes a report of heavy guns, citing location of guns and caliber.

GLC02382.178

February 26, 1865

Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906

Document signed

Title: Positions of Batteries along Ninth Corps line

Possibly created in Virginia. Tidball signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding artillery brigade, 9th corps, Army of the Potomac. Lists positions, number of guns, and commanding officers of several batteries and corps.

GLC02382.179

February 26, 1865

Harn, William A., 1834-1889

Document signed

Title: to C. T. Bissell

Brevet Major signs as commander of an artillery brigade, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. Forwards a weekly report pertaining to stations of batteries under his command. Directs this report to Captain Bissell, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, Artillery Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Bissell was Hunt's aide-de-camp.

GLC02382.180

February 26, 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.181

February 26, 1865

Wainwright, Charles Sheils, 1826-1907

Document signed

Title: to C. E. Bissell

Wainwright signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding an artillery brigade, Army of the Potomac. Transmits a report listing commanding officers, position, number, and caliber of guns for eleven batteries to Bissell, Captain and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. Possibly intended for C. T. Bissell, aide-de-camp to General Henry Jackson Hunt. Probably created in Virginia.

GLC02382.182

February 26, 1865

Roder, John W., fl. 1865

Document signed

Title: to John A. Craig

Captain Roder, commanding artillery brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac reports the position of batteries in his command to Craig, Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Probably created in Virginia.

GLC02382.183

5 March 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.184

9 March 1865

Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906

Document signed

Title: Positions of Batteries on Ninth Corps line

Possibly created in Virginia. Tidball signs as Brevet Brigadier General commanding artillery brigade, 9th corps, Army of the Potomac. Lists positions, number of guns, and commanding officers of several batteries and corps. Accompanied by a fragmented wrapper, which is also docketed: "Stations of Artillery, and Field Returns / Army of the Potomac / Reports of Genl Tidball Majors Hazard, Ricketts & others, in reference to the condition of the forts in the line & Magazines& amts. of ammunition &c. in hand" Wrapper may have originally held .185 and other Hunt Collection returns.

GLC02382.185

10 March 1865

Allibone, Francis B., ?-1865

Document signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Allibone signs as captain and ordnance officer, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac. Requests ammunition from the artillery reserve for the use of several horse batteries from Hunt, Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac. Probably written in Virginia.

GLC02382.186

11 March 1865

Newbatt, Alfred, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: Report of ammunition in the train of the artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac.

Lieutenant Newbatt, ordnance officer, lists amounts of shot, shell, canister, and other ammunition.

GLC02382.187

12 March 1865

Hazard, John G., 1832-1897

Document signed

Title: to John A. Craig

Hazard, commanding an artillery brigade in the 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac, reports the positions of batteries in his command. Transmits his report to Craig, Assistant Adjutant General, Artillery Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Probably created in Virginia. Hazard was later promoted to Brevet Brigadier General.

GLC02382.188

12 March 1865

Shaffer, Calvin, fl. 1863-1865

Document signed

Title: [Field return, artillery reserve, Army of the Potomac]

Captain Shaffer lists numbers of officers and other enlisted men present for duty. Indicates casualties, guns, horses, etc. for several companies and batteries. At the bottom of the page, lists amounts of reserve ammunition.

GLC02382.189