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Bird's-eye View of North and South Carolina and Part of Georgia

From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War. Locations of cities, towns, and military posts are identified as well as locations of naval ships. "Drawn from nature and lithographed by John Bachmann." Includes a key stating the distances between...

GLC03525

Bird's-eye View of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Part of Florida

From the series: Panorama of the Seat of War. Shows the Mississippi River delta where the river flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Locations of cities, towns, and military posts are identified as well as locations of naval ships. "Drawn from nature...

GLC03526

[Collection of John B. Moore letters] [Decimalized .01- .30]

This collection of letters was written while John B. Moore taught school in Louisiana and Alabama. Eighteen letters are from John to his sister Mary Moore (2-3, 6-7, 9-11, 15-18, 20-22, 25-27, 29); three letters have notes to both Mary and brother...

GLC04191

[Portrait of Surgeon General John Moore]

Three quarter length standing portrait of Surgeon General Moore in dress uniform. With rubber stamp on verso, "C.M. Bell. 463 & 465 Penna. Ave. Washington, D.C." Moore wears his dress uniform complete with epaulets, belt buckle, sash, dress belt...

GLC04196.01

Genl. Jno. Moore, U.S.A. Brig Gen'l.

Cabinet card signed on mount: "Genl. Jno Moore, U.S.A. Brig. Genl." Red imprint of C.M. Moore, Washington. With faint blue stamp in upper right corner "John B. Moore, Office of Internal Records, Washington." Moore is dressed in his army uniform...

GLC04196.02

to Grady Porter

Carver, a celebrated agricultural chemist, requests peanut vines from Porter, a researcher from a peanut processing plant in Columbus, Georgia. In an attempt to assist Porter in peanut planting and diagnosing peanut disease, Carver states that...

GLC04207

[Pardon of Richard W. Davis for cruelly and inhumanly beating a Negro in Georgetown].

Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Asbury Dinkins. Pardoned by Jackson after serving his one-month prison sentence because Davis was unable to pay a fine of $10 and court costs, and on the recommendation of the judge and the district...

GLC04211

United States Commission of fish and fisheries. Part IV. Report of the Commissioner for 1875-1876.

Includes sections: A. "An Inquiry into the decrease of the Food-Fishes" and B. "The Propagation of Food-Fishes in the waters of the United States." Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. An extensive history of fisheries...

GLC04213

Statement on the Part of the United States, of the case... [Canadian boundary]

Concerning the dispute between the US and Britain over the border between Canada and Maine, which was arbitrated by the King of the Netherlands.

GLC04214

to Elizabeth M. Clymer

A one page note pasted in oblong direction on front pastedown of Barlow's Vision of Columbus. (The book is carried on inventory as GLC 4217.01.) Written as president of the Constitutional Convention. The Barlow book was printed in Hartford.

GLC04217

The Vision of Columbus; A Poem in Nine Books [part of GLC 4217]

Supplemental record for book holding a George Washington letter. USE WITH CARE. With a 12 page subscribers' list which includes George Washington, Lafayette, Franklin (6 copies), Thomas Paine, Louis XVI, many other prominent figures. This work was...

GLC04217.01

Statement Showing expenditures on account of Magnetic Telegraph

Details the amount of money drawn from the Treasury, expenditure, and the balance left for the magnetic telegraph. Morse signed as Superintendent of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph. Entire right edge of paper is damaged with paper loss.

GLC04234

to William Buntly

Discusses the military situation in the areas of Bowling Green and Nashville.

GLC04190.01

to William Buntly

Wants his brother and lawyers to collect money owed to him. Instructs William to send word about a court case in which the Buntly family is currently involved, mentioning that he thinks best that the case be tried although he entrusts William with...

GLC04190.02

to William Buntly

Discusses fighting at Vicksburg and smallpox in his regiment.

GLC04190.03

to Jacob Buntly

Predicts a battle soon at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Mentions smallpox.

GLC04190.04

to William Buntly

Discusses the battle at Port Hudson, Louisiana, and the burning of a federal gunboat.

GLC04190.05

to Jacob Buntly

Discusses personal affairs, his good health, and his wish for clothes.
Notes the Union will "will meet a sad fait for we have a bout 115 or 120 Guns on the Bank of the River" in addition to the Confederate fleet. Also mentions he has heard that...

GLC04190.06

to William Buntly

Predicts a battle soon with fleet of Admiral Farragut.

GLC04190.07

to William Buntly

Describes the battle at Ramen where he lost his clothes.

GLC04190.08

to William Buntly

Discusses the battle at Ramen (or Raimen).

GLC04190.09

[Reports on fighting at Vicksburg, Mississippi.]

Reports on fighting at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

GLC04190.10

to Jacob Buntly

Discusses his unit moving to Atlanta and back in two weeks.

GLC04190.11

[Collection of John B. Moore letters and a 37-page travel diary] [Decimalized .01- .06]

Covers the first few years of Moore's medical career before joining the army. Medical references, including a cholera epidemic in Laconia, Indiana (1) and diseases and medical treatments in England and Ireland (2, 5, 6). Written from Indiana, New...

GLC04192

to James Kelly [Decimalized .01- .03]

Writes to his brother-in-law about serving in the army in Florida. Refers to Seminole Indian chief Billy Bowlegs.

GLC04193