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to Thomas Pringle

Requests extra tickets for an antislavery meeting. Both Reverend Campbell and Pringle were abolitionists. Written in the Kingsland neighborhood of London.

GLC00496.138

to Thomas Pringle

Confesses misplacing a paper. Encloses 3 pounds to help a child Pringle is sponsoring. Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist. Elder Campbell, a Seceder church preacher, was a founder of the Churches of Christ.

GLC00496.139

to Thomas Pinckney

Mentions the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Fears that the political climate in France will hinder mail delivery.

GLC00496.140

[Portrait of the poet Charles Churchill]

Sketch on album cover.

GLC00496.141

to Madame Baguet

Returns the book "Poesies de Reboul." Includes family news. Clipped autograph of J. Jefferson affixed to back of item.

GLC00496.142

Parson Brownlow's farewell address in view of his imprisonment by the rebels

Reprint of an editorial from Brownlow originally published in the "Knoxville Whig" after his indictment by a Confederate Grand Jury in Nashville.

GLC00496.143

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Giles Mumford as a solider under Lieutenant Colonel Meigs to his father Thomas Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. References his father's letter from August 26, 1777. Mentions that he sent 4 letters to him and that none of them have...

GLC00496.075.03

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Giles Mumford an American soldier in New York to his father, the Groton, Connecticut merchant Thomas Mumford. Says he has not received a line from his father since October 9, 1777. He is pleased that his mother and all his friends are...

GLC00496.075.05

to unknown

Discusses General Andrew Jackson's New Orleans victory. Mentions a bank bill has been kept by President James Madison for 6 days without a decision. Reports the loss of the frigate U.S.S. President on January 15, 1815.

GLC00496.080

to Richard Varick

Written by General Schuyler as commander of Northern Department to Captain Varick as deputy muster master general of the Northern army. Schuyler says he only received Varick's letter on July 27, 1776 yesterday afternoon. If cannot get certain...

GLC00496.082

Resolution: instructions to Washington to retaliate for cruelty

Docketed on p.2

GLC00496.091

[Collection of 8 items concerning Revolutionary War in NY] [Decimalized]

GLC00496.075

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Major General Parsons to Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. Says recent events are moving so fast that it they are the product of "a more prolific Brain than I find myself possesd of." Says while the nation is full of news he has...

GLC00496.075.01

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Giles Mumford as a soldier under Lieutenant Colonel Meigs to his father Thomas Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. References his father's letters from August 11, 1777 and August 13, 1777. Says he has not received his powder puff...

GLC00496.075.02

to Thomas Mumford

Written by General Parsons to Mumford, a Groton, Connecticut merchant. Thanks him for his letter on October 17, 1779. Thanks him for procuring a place for his son, but is against him going on the ship "Trumbull" with Captain Nicholson. Would rather...

GLC00496.075.06

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Parsons as a Major General in the Continental Army to Thomas Mumford, a merchant from Groton, Connecticut. Mumford was also the brother-in-law of Parsons's staff officer Silas Deane. Tells Mumford that he asked Mr. Lawrence (possibly John...

GLC00496.075.07

to Thomas Mumford

Written by Parsons as a Major General in Continental Army to Thomas Mumford, a merchant from Groton, Connecticut. Mumford was also the brother-in-law of Parsons's staff officer Silas Deane. Tells Mumford his son was waiting at home after having...

GLC00496.075.08

to Perkins Magra

Introduces Captain Don de Pinto, sent from the Marquis de Niza. Magra was Consul General at Tunis. Marquis de Niza headed a Portuguese squadron in the blockading of Valetta, Malta, 1798-1800.

GLC00496.077

to The Honorable Council of Safety of North Carolina

Describes Indian unrest in the frontier. Hopes to negotiate a treaty. Awaits instructions from the Council. Rutherford served as a general in the Revolution and in 1776 was successful in subduing the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina.

GLC00496.081

The fortunes of Nigel [incomplete]

Single page only with revisions. Sellers note on verso reveals source and location of remaining sheets.

GLC00496.083.01

to David Henshaw

Requests permission from Secretary of the Navy Henshaw to appoint Charles F. Cady a master's mate. Written on board the USS Poinsett.

GLC00496.084

[Scrapbook related to George Bernard Shaw]

Contains clippings, letters, and other documents related to the writer George Bernard Shaw. Includes a typed description of one letter contained within the scrapbook; the description states that Shaw wrote the letter for a graphologist. In the...

GLC00496.085

to William North

Written by von Steuben as a retired Revolution officer to William North as a gentleman farmer in upstate New York. North was von Steuben's aide-de-camp during the Revolution. Translation is in the collateral file. Apologizes for tardy response...

GLC00496.086

to William North

Written by von Steuben in retirement after the Revolution to William North as a gentleman farmer in upstate New York. North was von Steuben's aide-de-camp from 1779-1783. Von Steuben invites North to live in New York City for the winter while his...

GLC00496.087

to C.J. Nourse

The letter is regarding movement of soldiers and plans to cease recruiting. Taylor was a Colonel in the 1st Regimental Infantry. Nourse was a major in the Army.

GLC00496.089

Certified extract of the minutes of Congress re: committee to buy blankets

Appointing a committee to buy blankets &c for troops. Names of members at end

GLC00496.090

to William McGill

In the letter, declines invitation to speak about public affairs. Docket has the name Thomas D. McGill.

GLC00496.092

to Ronald

A letter of condolence. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery.

GLC00496.093

to Ronald

Regarding proposed memorial and funeral. Written on Osborne black-bordered stationery.

GLC00496.094

to Ronald

The letter is regarding funeral service and burial. Reminisces about deceased daughter and husband. Eulogizes Constance, recipient's mother. Written on black-bordered stationery

GLC00496.095

to Ronald

Reply to letter of condolence for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Expresses self-pity and adds an inspirational poem page 2. Sees this as a pilgrimage to inner strength. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery. Leopold, Queen Victoria's...

GLC00496.096

[Confederate States of America bond].

Endorsed by Confederate States of America Register of the Treasury Tyler. With engraved portrait of General Thomas J. Jackson. Bond no. 29246 for $1,000. Labelled "Loan."

GLC00468.10

to E. B. [Branch]

Falconer, an Officer in Command, requests transportation for 380 men to Goldsboro, North Carolina, from [Branch?], Assistant Quartermaster at Petersburg.

GLC00468.11

Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting Major General G. W. Morgan's report of the occupation of Cumberland Gap.

Report of General George W. Morgan's occupation of the Cumberland Gap forwarded by Secretary of War Stanton to the House of Representatives. Pages 1-7 consists of Morgan's report. Pages 8-19 consists of supporting correspondence. Dated from the...

GLC00267.289

[Message from the President to Congress communicating Nathaniel Bank's General Order number 23]

Banks' General Orders No. 23 being forwarded to Congress, by President Lincoln, with a note from Edwin Stanton. "In compliance with the resolution by the Senate of the 23rd instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with the...

GLC00267.294

Recollections of the early days of the national guard comprising the prominent events in the history of the famous seventh regiment New York militia

Published by J.M. Bradstreet & Son. Image of the regiment's seal opposite the title page. By "an ex-orderly sergeant" named John Mason. Publisher advertisement before the text says the manuscript, which had been disregarded for "two or three years...

GLC00267.296

Operations against Charleston

The report "Operations against Charleston," is only the first of several reports sent to the U.S. Senate in this bound volume. The others include: Operations in the Gulf Department, Trade Regulations, Battle of Cedar Mountain with testimony by...

GLC00267.301

Report of Major-General John Pope. Letter from the secretary of war, in answer to resolution of the House of 18th ultimo, transmitting copy of report of Major General John Pope.

Popes's report to the House of Representatives with accompanying documents and a foldout map. Concerns "the operations of the army of Virginia, while under his command." HED Doc. 81. Sabin 64116.

GLC00267.311

Review by the judge advocate general of the proceedings, findings, and sentence of a general court martial held in the City of Washington...

(title continues)... for the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter, of the United States Volunteers. Includes a record of Porter's court-martial.

GLC00267.312

The Story of one regiment: The Eleventh Maine infantry volunteers...

I Nevins 127, Dornbusch 73, Union bookshelf 136.

GLC00267.280

A Soldier's recollections: Leaves from the diary of a young Confederate...

I Nevins 126, Coulter 311 cites the first edition. 2nd Maryland Infantry Also published in London, Bombay, and Calcutta

GLC00267.281

Proceedings in the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the Act of the State of Maryland appropriating seven thousand dollars for the families of those belonging to the sixth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers, who were killed or disabled by wounds received in the riot at Baltimore April 19th, 1861.

Published by Wright and Potter. Includes Massachusetts Mayor John Albion Andrew's statement requesting the Maryland General Assembly to inform the Massachusetts General Court of action taken regarding relief of Massachusetts soldiers slain or...

GLC00267.282

History of the thirty-fifth regiment, Massachusetts volunteers, 1862-1865

I Nevins 129, Dornbusch 305, Union bookshelf 150.

GLC00267.283

A History of Massachusetts in the Civil War

Written by Schouler as the former Adjutant General of Massachusetts. Two volume history. First volume published 1868, second volume 1871. First volume has 670 pages and the second volume has 711 pages. First volume published by E.P. Dutton & Co...

GLC00267.284

Annual report of the Adjutant-General, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with reports from the Quartermaster-General, Surgeon-General, Commissary-General, and Master of Ordnance

Adjutant General Schouler submitted his report along with the reports of the Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, Commissary General, and Master of Ordnance to Massachusetts Governor John A. Andrew. All the reports contain an update on the...

GLC00267.285

[General orders number 20, congratulating soldiers for their performance in the Battle of Vicksburg]

McPherson, Commander of the 17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, declares: "With tireless energy, with sleepless vigilance, by night and by day, with battery and with rifle pit, with trench and mine, you made your sure approaches, until overcome...

GLC00267.286

Record. Twenty-second Michigan infantry, Civil War 1861-1865

Volume 22 of the Michigan Adjutant General Reports. Illustrated.

GLC00267.287

Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865. Volume II Official reports...

Second edition.

GLC00267.288

Nashville. The decisive battle of the rebellion

Address delivered before the annual meeting of the New-York Historical Society by Major General dePeyster. Part of a paragraph on page 4 is crossed out, but still legible. Also a sentence on page 6 is crossed out, but still legible. Gives an...

GLC00267.290

History of the ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers in the war...

I Nevins 123, Dornbusch 36.

GLC00267.291

History of the eighteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, 1864-5

I Nevins 121, Dornbusch 76

GLC00267.292

New Jersey troops in the Gettysburg campaign

Title continues, "from June 5 to July 31, 1863." "To the memory of the gallant Jerseymen who sacrificed their lives at the battle of Gettysburg for the maintenance of the Union this book is reverently dedicated." Inscription inside cover: "Butler...

GLC00267.293

History of the sixtieth regiment New York State volunteers

Full title is: "History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York state volunteers, From the Commencement of its Organization in July, 1861, to its Public Reception at Ogdensburgh as a Veteran Command, January 7th, 1864." Written by Eddy, the chaplain of...

GLC00267.295

Three years in the Sixth Corps

Full title is: "Three years in the Sixth Corps. A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April 1865." Published by D. Van Nostrand in New York. Printed by Weed, Parsons and Company at 18...

GLC00267.297

Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg

Spine title: New York at Gettysburg. Monuments commission report for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company. Written in accordance with a New York state act "to provide for designating the positions and movements...

GLC00267.298

Reminiscences 1861-1865: Lawson Harrill, Captain Company I, 56th Regiment N.C.

Dornbusch 834. Rare North Carolina regimental history with action in WV, NC and Va.

GLC00267.299

McCook's brigade at the assault upon Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864

Written by James, the former Captain of the 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later Brevet Major United States Volunteers. The 52nd Ohio was in the 14th Corps. Fold out black and white map of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia on 27 June 1864, which marks...

GLC00267.300

History of the one hundred and twenty-fifth regiment Pennsylvania volunteers...

I Nevins 144, Dornbusch 304, Nicholson 409. Written by The Regimental Committee. Illustrated.

GLC00267.302

The Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh. History of the regiment

Dornbusch 216. Second edition, enlarged with chapter on escapes from Confederate prisons

GLC00267.303

History of the corn exchange regiment, 118th Pennsylvania volunteers....

I Nevins 144, Dornbusch (Penn) 289, Union bookshelf 200, Nicholson 408, Wilkinson 9104

GLC00267.304

Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865

I Nevins 166, Dornbusch (reference)

GLC00267.305

History of the Hampton Battery F. Independent Pennsylvania light artillery

I Nevins 70, Dornbusch 24

GLC00267.306

The lost cause; a new southern history of the war of the confederates

Written by Pollard, the former editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy published by E.B. Treat & Co. in New York. Sticker at bottom of title...

GLC00267.307

The first year of the war

Written by Pollard, the editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Second edition copy printed in New York by Charles B. Richardson at 594 and 596 Broadway. Title...

GLC00267.308

The second year of the war

Written by Pollard, the editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy printed by Charles B. Richardson in New York at 596 Broadway. This book, along...

GLC00267.309

Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, ...

Title continues: "gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his...

GLC00267.310

Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic national committee. The success of the Democracy essential for the preservation of the Union and the protection of the integrity of the Constitution.

Compiled to disprove the "unprecedented charges against the Democratic candidate..." Selections are from the works of Democratic leaders "who represent the uniform and united opinions of the Democracy, North and South..." Includes the Missouri...

GLC00267.197

Invasion at Harper's Ferry

Congressional report on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Report investigated the plans and motives of the raiders, and concluded no legislation should be made to try prevent similar occurrences in the future. Includes a "Journal" of the...

GLC00267.206

Speech of J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, on the election of speaker, and the progress of anti-slaveryism.

Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 10, 1859. Printed by Lemuel Towers. Contains the initials "A.B.N." written in pen on the front cover. Curry writes, "...the ideas, the principles, the politics of the Republican party are...

GLC00267.211

The case of the United States, laid before the Tribunal of arbitration convened at Geneva under the provisions of the treaty between the United States of America and Her Majesty the queen of Great Britain, concluded at Washington, May 8, 1871.

The United States' case in arbitration against Great Britain regarding the "Alabama Claims." The United States sought compensation from Great Britain because the British supplied commerce raiding ships, including the "Alabama," to the Confederacy....

GLC00267.221

Politics in Ohio. Senator Chase's letter to Hon. A. P. Edgerton.

Also titled "Baltimore Democracy and Independent Democracy." In closing, Chase indicates his wish "...that the Ohio Democracy might maintain firmly and fearlessly their own noble creed; and that, hereafter, the action of the Ohio Democracy might...

GLC00267.192

The proceedings of two meetings, held in Boston, on the 7th & 14th July, to protest against the nomination of Gen. Scott, for the Presidency, and to recommend Hon. Daniel Webster for that office.

Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer. Henry Williams (possibly the former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts) served as chairman of the proceedings. May have previously been bound in a larger volume.

GLC00267.193

Facts and considerations for the democracy of the Empire State.

Pamphlet promoting James Langdon Curtis as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. Contains a print of Curtis between pages eight and nine. Contains extracts from various newspapers discussing Curtis's potential candidacy. Published in...

GLC00267.194

Know nothingism, or the American Party. By Franklin.

Published by E. W. Hinks and Company. Describes the Know-Nothing, or American Party.

GLC00267.195

Official proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, held in Cincinnati, June 2-6 1856. Published by order of the convention.

Describes in great detail each day's proceedings. Includes a list of delagates from every state, amendments, the minutes for all of the meetings and others. Published by the Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, by the order of the...

GLC00267.196

Words of counsel to men of business. By a man of business.

"The object of this little tract- simply and intelligibly written- is to show reflecting men, and especially citizens of Pennsylvania and the North, why they should vote for Mr. Buchanan as President of the United States." Contains a stamp of New...

GLC00267.198

The fearful issue to be decided in November next! Shall the Constitution and the Union stand or fall?

Pamphlet attacking John C. Fremont's presidential candidacy, and in support of James Buchanan. Accuses Fremont and many of his supporters of fostering disunion through abolition and sectionalism. Full title "The fearful issue to be decided in...

GLC00267.199

Read and reflect!

Pro-Democrat pamphlet attacking John Frémont. Lists fifteen charges against the Republican party led by Frémont. "Let every lover of his country remember that during the present Congress...the Republican (Frémont) party have voted to violate the...

GLC00267.200

Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist?

Printed at the American Patriot office. Additional title: "The agitation of slavery. Who commenced and who can end it? Buchanan and Fillmore compared from the record."

GLC00267.201

James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends.

Attacks Buchanan as a Southern supporter using letters and speeches from Buchanan himself and his supporters. Includes editor headings as charges against Buchanan, such as "Mr. Buchanan in favor of seizing Cuba" "If you can't buy Cuba, steal it" and...

GLC00267.202

An Appeal for the Union. Letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker

Printed by John F. Trow. An appeal for James Buchanan for President.

GLC00267.203

The Presidency: a reply to the letter of Hon. Rufus Choate to the Whig Committee of Maine.

Printed by John P. Jewett and Company. A pro-Fremont campaign document. Supports John C. Frémont in the Presidential election. Criticizes Millard Fillmore.

GLC00267.204

A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ...

Title continues, " ... Including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also, a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches...

GLC00267.205

Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, together with his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, in relation to John Brown.

Campaign pamphlet for John A. Andrew while running as Republican for Governor of Massachusetts. Contains campaign speeches, the party platform, transcript of Andrew's testimony before the Senate regarding John Brown, and a defense of an attack on...

GLC00267.207

Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York

Reprinting of the correspondence of a dispute between Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York. Miller attacks the Association for implying in its "Manifesto" that Smith supported the violence at Harpers Ferry. Says that...

GLC00267.208

Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall

Speeches and letters condemning John Brown and his raid, and preaching an end to sectionalism. Prints speeches given by Massachusetts governor Levi Lincoln, Edward Everett and Caleb Cushing during a meeting in Boston. Also contains related letters...

GLC00267.209

Slavery.

Printed by John A. Norton. Claims that Anglo Saxon and African races can only coexist "in their present relative condition, but in no other way." Calls for free labor to gradually and permanently overtake slavery, but does not advocate slavery's...

GLC00267.210

Public life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.

Tells John Brown's life in heroic terms, praising him as a hero and a martyr. Same book as GLC08581.05.

GLC00267.212

Reminiscences of Old John Brown

An account of John Brown's time in Kansas, based largely on George W. Brown's recollections. Title page states "The Truth at Last. History Corrected...Thrilling Incidents of Border Life in Kansas." Attempts to be fair, "neither am i laboring to...

GLC00267.213

John Brown 1800-1859: A biography fifty years after

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, the Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts.

GLC00267.214

The Capture and execution of John Brown: A tale of martyrdom

Avey gives an eye witness account. Printed by the Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois.

GLC00267.215

The Democratic Party in ante-bellum North Carolina, 1835-1861

Part of the James Sprunt Historical Studies series

GLC00267.216

The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey

GLC00267.217

Battle fields and camp fires

I. Nevins 21, III Dornbusch 1366.

GLC00267.218

The history of civil war in America

Two volume history of the Civil War, the first volume published during the war. Claims to be "a full and impartial account of the origin and progress of the rebellion." Book is "Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and numerous steel engravings of...

GLC00267.219

The war between the Union and the Confederacy and its lost opportunities

Howes O2aa, Dornbusch (Alabama) 53, I Nevins 139.

GLC00267.220

The Golden Hour.

Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...

GLC00267.249

The Engineer battalion in the Civil War (Occasional papers no. 44)

Revised and rewritten by John W. N. Schulz. Illus. Dornbusch II 1628

GLC00267.254

Letter of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, relative to the purchase of extracts of coffee for the use of the troops

Report submitted to the Senate by Secretary of War Cameron extols the advantages of Professor H.A. Tilden's coffee extract, apparently a synthetic or ersatz coffee and condensed milk mixture. Claims "[t]he coffee and sugar ration for 100,000 men for...

GLC00267.255

General T.T. Garrard and others : letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to Resolution of the House of 18th instant, transmitting papers relative to the claim of T.T. Garrard and others for the destruction of their salt and works, by order of General Buell, in 1862.

House Executive Document (HED) No. 29 of the 1st Session of the 38th Congress. Copies of letters, reports, depositions, and other statements pertaining to General Don Carlos Buell's destruction of the salt works in Goose Creek, Kentucky on 21...

GLC00267.258