1847/03/06

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Document signed

Title: [Commission of Thomas A. Brady as first lieutenant in Marine Corps]

This document is a record of the commission of Thomas A. Brady as first lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Signed by JAmes K. Polk as President and countersigned by J. Mason as Secretary of the Navy. The document is set with engravings t the top and bottom of the page and accompanied by a paper seal on the bottom. Docketed on recto by L. B. Hardin. Attached to previously bound page with tape.

GLC04619.04

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady. [word processed inventory available]

Album with "A.A." initials embossed on front knob. Includes images of Lincoln, Mary Lincoln (2), Lincoln's Cabinet, generals, writers, emancipated people, prisoners of war, Confederate leaders, etc. Lacks one clasp. Due to album's fragility, pages removed from album 6/97 and boxed as album pages. 50 pages with four cartes per page, most labeled in a contemporary hand (and sometimes humorously, as in Jefferson Davis). Another copy of the New Orleans freed slaves is in GLB 75.

GLC04609

[1864 ca.]

Header Record

Title: Photographs of Atlanta and environs during occupation by Federal Troops

Unmounted photographs of Atlanta, Kennesaw, Resaca and environs during Union occupation in the Fall of 1864. Nos. 1 and 2 are a composite photograph of Kennesaw Mountain, taken shortly after the battle (illustrated in Voices of the Civil War: Atlanta, Time-Life, 1996, pp. 74-75).

GLC04610

24 March 1778

Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Nathanael Greene

In response to a query from General Greene, Biddle discusses the resolves of Congress relating to the regulation of the Quarter Master General's Department and their relationship to his duties as Commissary General of Forage. Several edits suggest this may be a retained draft. Signed with initials. Written at Moorhall, the magazine at Valley Forge.

GLC04611

1902/08/14

Buffington, Thomas Mitchell, 1855-1938

Typed letter signed

Title: to Theodore Roosevelt re: urging sale of buildings to benefit Cherokee Indians

Buffington writes the President to urge approval of an act to allow sale of buildings at Fort Gibson, owned by the Cherokee Nation, but occupied by various people. Was written while it was Cherokee Nation Territory.

GLC04612

1848

Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: Inventory of the effects of men late of "A" Co. 5th Infy who died in Mexico from the 1st Octo to 31st Decem 1847

Ruggles' endorsement certifying that the inventory is correct. Inventory lists names of the deceased, their dates of enlistment and death, causes of death, and effects. Date inferred from title.

GLC04613

1780s?

Wright, James, fl. 1780

Broadside

Title: James Wright, of Haverhill... [Merchant will not sell sugar due to slave labor]

Printed at Bury by P. Gedge, Agent to the Sun Fire Office.

GLC04614

2 January 1794

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Ross

Asks Ross for a loan of $450. Written the day after Jefferson resigned as Secretary of State. The loan may have been used to help pay off some of the debts Jefferson incurred while secretary or to help with a major building project he began at Monticello in the spring of 1794. Docketed by Ross, indicating that the money had been loaned in cash.

GLC04615

1881/05/03

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Victor Navarub re: letter of recommendation, exchanges with Mexico must grow

GLC04617

1812/09/02

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Endorsement signed

Title: to John Lyon

This document is a debit report to John Lyon from William Henry Harrison. James Taylor will be the agent to pay Lyon. The report is for the costs of furnishing a detatchment of Kentucky militia, under General WIlliam Henry Harrison's command, with various tools and supplies. Measurements of actual document are 25 x 20 cm. Docketed on verso.

GLC04619.03

1864

Matthews, James, Muscoe, 1822-?

Book

Title: The statutes at large of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America, from the institution of the government, February 8, 1861, to its termination, February 18, 1862, inclusive. Arranged in chronological order. Together with the Constitution for the provisional government, and the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States, and the treaties concluded by the Confederate States with Indian Tribes.

Published by R. M. Smith, printer to Congress. Muscoe is the editor. Includes acts, proclamations, treaties, and the Constitution of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Pages 289-394 contain treaties between the Confederate States and Native American Tribes. Includes an inserted plate bearing the initials and name of William Wood Crump, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States in 1864.

GLC04340

May 13, 1882

Astor, John Jacob, 1822-1890

Document signed

Title: [Indenture between John Jacob Astor and two railroad companies]

Signed by Astor, his wife, Charlotte Augusta, and Cornelius Vanderbilt as the Vice President of both railroad companies. Edwin F. Carey signed as a witness. Land indenture between Astor and his wife and the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad Company and the New York Central and Hudson River Rail Road Company. Involves land in Westchester County, New York. With illustration of the location of the land on page 300. Stamped Book 232, Page 289-300.

GLC04341

1671

Ogilby, John, fl. 1671

Book

Title: America. [first edition with 56 maps. large paper copy]

With numerous fold-out maps of the New World, including: NY (opp. p. 187), Va. (opp. p.192), Va to Fla. (opp. p. 213).

GLC04342

14 August 1775

Laurens, John, 1754-1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Laurens

Written by Laurens as a law student at Middle Temple in London to an unknown recipient. Says he can get this and maybe another letter through without it being intercepted by British government officials. Writes extensively on his opinions of the revolution in America. Says "there does not seem to me, to be Virtue enough in this Country to save it - the Ambition of a few, and their deep laid Schemes for establishing arbitrary power, will cut her off from her Strength and Support, and effect a total Separation of the Colonies from the Mother Country." Says he has read the recipient's's and his…

GLC04343.01

16 March 1775

Laurens, John, 1754-1782

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Laurens

Written by John Laurens as a law student at Middle Temple in London to his father Henry Laurens as a member of the First Provincial Congress of South Carolina. Has time to write because Mr. Curling is detained. Says he is sending the fourth number of the Parliamentary Register and other papers. Says Mr. Simmons is returning to America with Curling, but that their friend Dean's health keeps him from making the voyage. Says a letter from him will work wonders. Says some friends have inquired about Henry's health. Mentions that his friend Mr. Taylor has said "that the present Dispute between…

GLC04343.02

1770

Pittman, Philip, fl. 1770-1772

Book

Title: The Present state of the European settlements on the Mississippi [1st ed.]

First book in English concerning the Illinois region. By Captain Philip Pittman.

GLC04344.01

1772/03/20

Pittman, Philip, fl. 1770-1772

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: his book and asking recipient to forward books from Madras India

GLC04344.02

1880 ca.

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: Albumen of Ulysses S. Grant

GLC04345

April 1869

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph album

Title: Union Pacific Railroad. Photographical. Illustrations.

One photograph album entitled, "Union Pacific Railroad. Photographical. Illustrations," taken by Andrew J. Russell dated April 1869. Consists of 50 albumen photographs of views along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Sacrament, California. Contains an annotated table of contents, giving a brief description of each view; its peculiarities, characteristics, and connection with the different points on the road." Published by Authority of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.

GLC04348

circa 1868

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902

Photograph album

Title: Views of the American West

One photograph album entitled, "Views of the American West," taken by Andrew J. Russell. Consists of 30 albumen prints, each with a typed caption below each photograph. Photographs capture scenes of the developing American West and emphasize the expansion of infrastructural technologies into the natural landscape. Views of railroads, bridges, factories, and towns predominate, many of which are framed by surrounding mountains, cliffs, rivers, canyons, and other natural elements. Many photos prominently feature Mormon settlements in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, with particular attention…

GLC04349

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Fortifications near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of a group of fortifications near Yorktown, including one upon which six men and an artillery piece are situated. The photograph is faded with age. Graphite inscription on verso: "Dupe. Fortifications near." Numeric notation on verso: "496." Photographer's imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony & Co, New York. Negatives by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1173

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery defending Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of fortifications built to house the water battery which defended Yorktown. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery." Numeric notation on verso: "501." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony & Co, New York. Negatives by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1174

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Water Battery at Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of the fortifications constructed to house the water battery at Yorktown, VA. Several men are visible, as are numerous ships across the bay. Graphite inscription on verso: "Water Battery at." Numeric notation on verso: "503." Publishers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co., Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1176

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Wagon Train near Yorktown, Va. [split stereocard]

Image is of over three dozen uncovered, unhitched and unladen wagons. Graphite inscription on verso: "Wagon Train. 4." Numeric notation on verso: "505." Publisher's imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co., New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington."Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1178

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Great Siege Train at Yorktown [split stereocard]

Image of hundreds of soldiers and dozens of artillery pieces in formation, with Yorktown in the distance. Graphite inscription on verso: "Great Siege Train at. 2." Numeric notation on verso: "506." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & H T Anthony & Co, New York. Negative by Brady & Co, Washington." Written near Yorktown, Virginia

GLC05111.01.1179