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Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers

Pennsylvania recruitment broadside published by recruitment officer Captain P.S. Tinen of the 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Printed in blue and red ink by King & Baird at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Dominated by the image of an...

GLC02193

[Oil painting of General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback overlooking a battlefield]

Depicts Grant writing in a notebook while overlooking a battlefield. Several Confederate soldiers lay dead and dying in the foreground. Other Union leaders confer on horseback. Completed in black, white, gray, and brown. Signed by the artist in...

GLC02201

Oil portrait of Confederate officer Edward K. Ward

Unsigned painting in original oval gold painted frame. Measurements given include frame.

GLC02232.35

[Broadside warning against recruitment fraud]

Issued by Andrew as Governor of Massachusetts. Warns citizens against enticement into other state militias. Says "they can expect no aid from the authorities of Massachusetts in any embarrassments in which they may find themselves." Mentions some...

GLC02251

to Flora Cooke Stuart

Stuart, Commander of Cavalry Corps, Army of North Virginia, writes to his wife from Wigwam (possibly in Virginia). Mentions mutual acquaintances and family members. Took a moonlight ride with Fontaine and Garnett (possibly Colonel Edmond Fontaine...

GLC02334.02

Gen. M'Clellan Says this is an Artillery War!

Artillery recruitment broadside for the 7th Rhode Island Artillery. Dominated by a striking, crisp image of an eagle with a banner in its beak. The banner says "The Constitution Must Be Maintained." Says the artillery is the "Right Arm of the...

GLC02420

[Return]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Return for a regiment of Connecticut foot soldiers. Lists men by company, rank, and present status. Countersigned by Heman Swift. Noted as printed in Philadelphia...

GLC02437.10543

to Thomas Caute Reynolds

Marked "private." General Price writes to Reynolds, Governor of Missouri. Assures Reynolds that he has received no further news than that which he transmitted the previous day (docket indicates that the 'news' Price refers to possibly pertains to a...

GLC02461.28

Document opposing Supreme Court decision (Chisholm v. Georgia) that a state may be sued

Signed by George Wyllys and Docketed by Samuel Huntington.
Dated the second Thursday in October, i.e., the 10th.

GLC03763.02

to Joseph Lovell

Confederate Major General Lovell writes to his son concerning his belief that the Emancipation Proclamation would create dissension in the North and ultimately aid the Confederacy. "I think Lincoln's proclamation will produce dissensions and trouble...

GLC03790

[Call for a convention of bankers in order to effect resumption of specie payments].

Also signed by George Newbold and Cornelius W. Lawrence. This circular letter addressing the Panic of 1837, invites bankers "in the several states" to meet on 27 November in New York City "for the purpose of conferring on the time when specie...

GLC03805.01

Macon daily telegraph. [no. 881 (December 10, 1862)]

Subjects include Confederate War Debt, Lincoln's Emancipation Policy, Article on Compensated Emancipation. Includes general advertisements and land sale advertisements.

GLC05959.04

Savannah republican. [necessity newspaper]

Vol. 61 no. 671 and vol. 65 no. 85. Dated 11/20/1862 and 4/14/1865. The latter issue is printed on brown wastepaper. Topics include Fredericksburg, St. Alban's raiders, suffering in Petersburg, Jefferson Davis's flight.

GLC05959.06

Daily constitutionalist. [Vol. 20, no. 109 (May 10, 1863)

Details of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Yankee Strength in the Field, Rebels Recapture Tupelo. Includes "An Act To provide for the funding, and further issue of Treasury Notes." There are several general advertisements as well as land sales.

GLC05959.08

The Daily register. [Vol. 2, no. 25 (October 20, 1864)]

Prints a speech of New York Governor Horatio Seymour in Philadelphia to the democratic meeting about why Abraham Lincoln should not be re-elected in the 1864 presidential election. Prints the democratic ticket of General George B. McClellan. This...

GLC05959.66

to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses building missions in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. Also mentions soldiers in the stockade and checking on the families of troops.

GLC06287.08

New-York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6,081 (October 20, 1860)]

Discusses the upcoming presidential election of 1860. Severely criticizes President James Buchanan, stating "Mr. Buchanan has failed in all things." Among many others topics, includes reports on the activities of local and national politicians, a...

GLC08726.09

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone

Grand Canon of the Yellowstone. Photograph of river running through two mountain ridges. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.22

[The Grand Canon of the Yellowstone]

"The Grand Canon of the Yellowstone" is written in pencil on the back of the photograph. The photograph depicts a river running through two mountains. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.23

[Lower Falls, Yellowstone]

"Lower Falls, Yellowstone" is written in pencil on the back of the photograph. The photograph depicts a waterfall spilling through two mountains. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.24

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone.

Upper Falls of the Yellowstone. The photograph depicts a wide view of a waterfall spilling through a forested area. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.25

[Fire Hole River Yellowstone Park.]

"Fire Hole River Yellowstone Park." is written in pencil on the back of the photograph. The picture depicts a river running through a forested area. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.26

Garden Of The God's, Colo.

Garden Of The God's, Colo. The picture depicts two large rock structures in an open valley with mountains in the distance. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.27

Appropriation for Indian Tribes

38th Congress 1st Session Ex. Doc No 96 House of representatives

GLC03776.05

Appropriation for Shawnees

40th Congress 1st Session Ex. Doc No 3 House of representatives

GLC03776.07