23 November 1776

Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1749-1786

Manuscript document

Title: [Account from Jonathan Pollard to Henry Knox]

Account for money owed Pollard for goods including flint, postage, and rum. Details of the account identical to GLC02437.00492.

GLC02437.00491

23 November 1776

Pollard, Jonathan, fl. 1749-1786

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Account from Jonathan Pollard to Henry Knox]

Account for money owed Pollard for goods including flint, postage, and rum. Details of the account identical to GLC02437.00491.

GLC02437.00492

6 December 1776

Waldo, Jonathon, fl. 1721-1779

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Knox

Speaks of the importance of friendship and the value of his friendship with Knox. Promises to purchase goods for Henry Knox. Inquires as to how the "independant company" is faring in Boston. States that he was drafted into the continental army but got out of it by paying a fine of ten pounds. "Political affairs seem to wear a gloomy appearance at present," and he worries about the news he has received that Howe is in Philadelphia and the Congress is moving to Baltimore. Howe was not in Philadelphia at the time and the Congress would not flee to Baltimore until the next week.

GLC02437.00493

8 December 1776

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lucy Knox

States that the army has been forced to flee, and the Americans are currently "making a stand on the side of the Delaware toward Philadelphia." Hopes to soon face the enemy again. Expresses his love for her, and continues to advise her to travel to Boston with his brother. Composed at Trenton Ferry. In three days the Americans will cross the Delaware as they continue to dodge the British, only to recross on Christmas Day in order to launch a surprise attack on the British.

GLC02437.00494

26 December 1776

Dana, William, 1745-1809

Manuscript document signed

Title: An Account of Clothing drawn out of the Continental Store in December 1775 for the recruits of the year 1776 for Coll Knox's Regt

Lists dates and value of clothing drawn out. Signed by Dana as an Artillery Captain. Docket reads: "Drawn out of the Stores by Lt Wm Stevens."

GLC02437.00496

circa 1838

West Point Military Academy

Pamphlet

Title: Composition of Armies

Contains sections concerning strategy, marches, battle, position, convoys, castrametation, military reconnaissance, and "Indian warfare." Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07. Top half of pages 3 and 4 missing.

GLC05707.06

1838

Bailey, J.W., fl. 1838

Pamphlet

Title: Chemical Notes, on Gunpowder and its Materials

Bailey is listed on title page as Acting Professor of Chemistry. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

GLC05707.07

1841

Knowlton, Miner, fl. 1841

Pamphlet

Title: Notes on Gunpowder, Percussion, Powder, Cannon and Projectiles

Includes detailed schematic diagrams and sectional views of cannons, blast furnaces, projectiles, etc. Knowlton is listed on title page as Instructor of Artillery in the US Military Academy. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Handwritten note inserted between pages six and seven states, "This belonged to my grandfather Charles Geddings Rogers when a cadet at West Point." Not bound with GLC05707.01-.07 but housed in same box. Possibly owned by Henry W. Halleck, who owned the other seven bound textbooks decimalized with this group.

GLC05707.08

7 December 1861

Simpson, R.H., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 2 (December 7, 1861)]

Brief news reports and witty remarks from several sources. Ads for sewing machines and other services, some in French. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.01

21 December 1861

Simpson, R.H., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 4 (December 21, 1861)]

Reports deaths of soldiers. Christmas editorial. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.02

4 January 1862

Simpson, R.H., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 6 (January 4, 1862)]

Brief notices about local events. Some ads in French. Printed on gray necessity paper.

GLC06208.03

29 January 1862

Simpson, R.H., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 7 (January 29, 1862)]

Brief local notices. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.04

15 February 1862

Simpson, R.H., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 9 (February 15, 1862)]

An editorial concerning Senator John Moore's bill for cotton planters' relief. Correspondence with the Attorney General. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.05

18 October 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 15 (October 18, 1862)]

An account of the battle between Rosecrans and Price. An act resolves military law by the Confederacy. Fugitive slave ads. Printed on yellow necessity paper.

GLC06208.06

1 November 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 17 (November 1, 1862)]

Exemption Bill outlines people exempt from military service. Local news items. Printed on floral pink and white pattern with green outlining dots.

GLC06208.07

8 November 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 18 (November 8, 1862)]

General Braxton Bragg's proclamation to the people of the Northwest, announcing the motives of the Confederate army as they move in that direction. Editorial examines the Yankee war debt. Printed on gray and brownish floral diamond pattern.

GLC06208.08

15 November 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 19 (November 15, 1862)]

Major-General R. Taylor assures inhabitants of St. Martin, St. Mary, and Lafayette counties that their residences and possessions will be safe with him there. Some ads in French. Proclamation by Lincoln regarding conscription. Gray and brownish floral diamond pattern.

GLC06208.09

22 November 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 20 (November 22, 1862)]

Printed Butler's proclamation no. 91 of Nov. 9. (Not the "Women about town" order), confiscating all property in the District of Lafourche. Same pattern as no. 8, gray and brownish floral diamond pattern, very faded.

GLC06208.10

13 December 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 23 (December 13, 1862)]

Reports havoc by the 290 steamer off the cape of the Delaware. Notices about extortionists, military hospitals, firewood. Faded gray and white design with blue dotted outline.

GLC06208.11

20 December 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 24 (December 20, 1862)]

Editorials on the need for foreign intervention in the war, potential blockades, and the removal of Butler. Green and white rose-shaped floral pattern.

GLC06208.12

27 December 1862

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 25 (December 27, 1862)]

Editorial examines the emancipation proclamation and its effect on the South, as well as discussing battlefronts. Multi-color floral and leaf pattern, with green, rose, and purple rose buds.

GLC06208.13

3 January 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 26 (January 3, 1863)]

General conscription orders both in English and in French, and an editorial examines Gov. Moore's message on same topic. Editorial criticizes Harper's Weekly commentary. Blue and light tan colors in broad floral design.

GLC06208.14

17 January 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 28 (January 17, 1863)].

Attacks emancipation proclamation. Local women working to relieve soldiers. Attack of gunboat Cotten. Overlapping circles pattern printed in gray-blue and light tan.

GLC06208.15

24 January 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 29 (January 24, 1863)]

Report of casualties at Louisville. General conscription orders in English and French. Relief bill for soldiers' families. Militia bill. White with gray design with blue outline dots.

GLC06208.16

4 July 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 4, no. 40 (July 4, 1863)]

New tax bill; act to establish Confederate flag; exchange order of Confederate soldiers; report of the recapture of Plaquemine, Brashear City; notice from Confederate postmaster general, in French and English. Gray and white swirl pattern outlined in blue dots.

GLC06208.17