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to Sarah Ogden

Writes from his camp near Hagerstown. Says his regiment left their camp at Waynesboro, [Pennsylvania], and marched "through pelting rain." They arrived just outside of Hagerstown last evening and found that the rebels were occupying the town....

GLC06559.149

to Sarah Ogden

Writes to his wife over a three day period, Sunday afternoon, Monday, and Tuesday morning.

Sunday afternoon: Writes that the men marched from Hagerstown, Maryland to their present site, "leaving there, last night about midnight, & halting on the...

GLC06559.150

to Sarah Ogden

Writes that his regiment has been selected for a term of duty lasting three months, unless they get an earlier discharge. Says his regiment was digging trenches "all last night," while ammunition was being distributed to the soldiers. Notes he is...

GLC06559.151

to Sarah Ogden

Writes a brief letter to his wife informing her they they just received marching orders to an unknown destination. Says there were "many exciting rumors in camp this afternoon," but there is no definite information as to where they will be traveling...

GLC06559.152

to Sarah Ogden

Writes to his wife from Camp Rest, near Greencastle. Writes that he is anxious to hear from home. Says he has become extremely homesick, and he cannot wait to return to his family. Notes his duty is completed, and he should be sent home soon...

GLC06559.153

[An aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition]

A Woman's Christian commission aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Hand engraved with the name "Sarah Morris Ogden" on the reverse.

GLC06559.155

[A pincushion]

Pincushion embroidered with flowers on the front and "EHO" on the reverse.

GLC06559.156

[Name tag]

Brass name tag stamped "E. H. Ogden, Riverton, New Jersey."

GLC06559.157

[Division of a fence between John Freeman and Nathaniel Wing]

Delineates the bounds of each man's fence and states that Freeman will make all the fence westward of said boundary and Wing will make the fence eastward. Noted as entered with the clerk on 1 November 1803.

GLC09028.08

[Contract for purchase of land between John Freeman and Richard Billings]

Signed by Billings and Gilead Manse [?]. Billings owes Freeman $1500 for the sale of a piece of land with a dwelling house and barn in Norfolk, Massachusetts.

GLC09028.09

[Pay receipt for John Freeman]

Baker signs as receiving payment from Freeman for milk and other items.

GLC09028.10

A list of the Grand Juror for County of Barnstable

Lists jurors names and home town. John Freeman is listed as foreman from Sandwich, Massachusetts.

GLC09028.11

[Receipt for payment of wages]

Received $7.60 for payment of "my Blak [sic] boy's wage..." Possibly Eldridge's African American slave or servant.

GLC09028.12

[Pay receipt]

Lowell promises to pay Benjamin Freeman $138 in three annual payments with interest. Paid dates and amounts listed on verso. Accepted by B.F. Freeman by his attorney Abneer Knowles.

GLC09028.13

[Bill of sale of a house]

Turner signs that he has received $45 payment from John Freeman for the sale of his house.

GLC09028.14

[Pay receipt]

Seaville promises to pay Watson Freeman $27.53 with interest.

GLC09028.15

[Pay receipt]

Bates paid $25 to Watson Freeman.

GLC09028.16

[Pay receipt]

Morris agrees to pay Watson Freeman $61.92 plus interest.

GLC09028.17

[Pay receipt]

Wise promises to pay Watson Freeman $75 with interest.

GLC09028.18

[Pay receipt]

Prince promises to pay Watson Freeman ten dollars on demand.

GLC09028.19

[Pay receipt]

Walker promises to pay $15 to Watson Freeman with interest. Marked on verso paid five dollars on 16 January 1845.

GLC09028.20

[Pay receipt]

Whitford promises to pay Benjamin Freeman $372.51 with interest. Signed as a witness by [Charles H.] Freeman.

GLC09028.22

[Pay receipt]

Mellen agrees to pay Watson Freeman $600 on demand with interest. Freeman signs on verso that he received $500 on 29 December 1837.

GLC09028.23

[Pay receipt]

Mellen agrees to pay Watson Freeman $700 on demand with interest. Freeman signs and dates on verso dates when he received payment.

GLC09028.24

[Pay receipt]

Received of Watson Freeman $337.66 "being the full amount of execution in favour of Seth Fuller against David T. Brigham taken out of Court of Common Pleas" on 16 August 1837. Signed by Charles Henry for Samuel D. Parker, Attorney of Seth Fuller.

GLC09028.25

[Pay receipt]

Mellen agrees to pay Watson Freeman $600 on demand with interest. Freeman signs and dates on verso when he received payment.

GLC09028.26

[Pay receipt]

Leonard agrees to pay Watson Freeman $30.

GLC09028.27

[Pay receipt]

Belcher borrowed $25 from Freeman and signs to pay back on demand.

GLC09028.28

[Pay receipt]

Loving promises to pay Freeman $100 or the equivalent value in housekeeping at fair cash prices.

GLC09028.29

[Pay receipt]

Andrews promises to pay Freeman $35 on demand with interest.

GLC09028.30

[Pay receipt]

Lincoln promises to pay Freeman $35.41 on demand with interest.

GLC09028.31

[Pay receipt]

Mitchell signs to pay Freeman $10 with interest.

GLC09028.32

[Pay receipt]

Fessender promises to pay Watson Freeman $25 on demand.

GLC09028.21

[Pay receipt]

Promises to pay Watson Freeman $213.

GLC09028.33

[Pay receipt]

Signs that he owes Watson Freeman $25.

GLC09028.34

[Receipt for bail money paid]

John Knight was arrested by E. Rugg on 26 October 1850. The unknown creator (possibly Watson Freeman) paid bail and "got him away from the mob."

GLC09028.35

Architect Clark's Wife Dead.

Obituary of a Mrs. Edward Clark, a member of the Freeman family and probably a relative of Watson Freeman.

GLC09028.36

Your scrap brought it down

Government Printing Office # O-471454. Conservation Poster by Zudor showing showing a German Heinkel HE-111 bomber spinning out of control engulfed by fire streaming from both engines; enemy bomber succumbed to bullets or flak made from recycled...

GLC09520.05

The United Nations : for peace and world progress : the United Nations promotes international cooperation ...

Government Printing Office O-755361. United Nations organizational chart and illustrations of its goals.

GLC09520.15

Do with less so they'll have enough

OWI No. 37. Government Printing Office. Color poster of soldier, Thomas J. Murray, smiling and holding a large metal cup. The soldier wears a helmet and an olive-colored shirt.

GLC09520.19

American junior red cross

GLC09520.06

The present with a future/war bonds

In this poster by by artist Adolph Dehn, Santa Claus flies his sleigh delivering war bonds.

GLC09520.07

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-- : remember Dec. 7th!

Government printing Office O-491977. OWI No. 14. Quotes Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Shows a tattered, torn U.S. flag flies at half-staff as dark smoke billows in the background. Allen Russell Saalburg (1899-1987), artist.

GLC09520.08

For peace and security/buy bonds

WFD 67 - A. Government printing office # O-668763. Image by Linn Ball depicting the Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.

GLC09520.09

Ours -- to fight for / freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

OWI No. 47. Government Printing Office O-511888. A large color poster of four Norman Rockwell paintings for the Saturday Evening Post that depict four American freedoms. In clockwise order, top to bottom, the images are: a man standing up to speak...

GLC09520.10

O'er the ramparts we watch/United States Army Air Force

Image by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982) depicting a young man with dark hair stands in the clouds, holding a large rocket-shaped bomb. He wears a brown leather bomber jacket and a silver I.D. bracelet. Small images of military airplanes fly in...

GLC09520.11

Fuel fights!/Save your share

Government Printing Office # O-554712. Image of an eagle bearing label "Fight Waste!" on his back is at the right bottom corner of poster. Text reads: "Fuel fights! / save your share / 1. keep temperature at 65 F./2. don't heat unused rooms. /3...

GLC09520.12

Charter of the United Nations

Government Printing Office O-673788. Publication 2472

GLC09520.13

Strong in Strength of the Lord/we who fight in the People's cause/will never stop until that cause is won

Government Printing Office # O-488341. Full-color poster with a illustration of three hands holding a monkey wrench, a rifle, and a wrench. O.W.I. Poster No. 8, illustrated by David Stone Martin.
The quote is from a 1942 speech by U. S. Vice...

GLC09520.14

Enlist in a proud profession!/Join the U.S. cadet nurse corps

Illustrated by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson. Caption in blue box at bottom: "A lifetime education-- free! If you can qualify". "For information, go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y."
Image of a woman in a...

GLC09520.16

Attack Attack Attack/buy war bonds

WSS 697-B. O-497775. Government Printing Office. Illustrated by Ferdinand Warren.

GLC09520.17

Till we meet again/buy war bonds

Wss 645-A. Government Printing Office No. O-491739. Illustrated by Joseph Hirsch depicting a smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole. Approved with a stamp on the verso for distribution to schools by the Deputy...

GLC09520.18

Housewives! Save waste fats for explosives!

Wartime conservation poster by Walter Richards. "SAVE WASTE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES!." Left side of the poster shows fat pouring down from a kitchen skillet to an artillery piece manned by three helmeted soldiers. Blue and red lettering reads:...

GLC09520.20

Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds.

OWI No. 44. Government Printing Office O-510257. From the Four Freedoms series. From an painting in the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. A man stands to speak at a town meeting. A folded document is in his pocket. He wears a worn bomber...

GLC09520.21

Ours... to fight for/freedom from want

OWI No. 45. Government Printing Office O-511886. Based on Norman Rockwell's painting "Thanksgiving Dinner" This poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a...

GLC09520.22

The Atlantic Charter

All-lettered poster in black & white. Text of the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Title and heading at top. Two columns of text below in italics.

GLC09520.23

Don't fall for enemy propaganda

Color lithograph by artist Jack Betts. Warns of enemy propaganda against the U.S. Government, the Allies, Catholics, Jews and Protestants during World War II. Poster depicts the face of a man wearing a hat flanked by caricatures in green of Hitler...

GLC09520.24

For gunpowder/save waste fats

Government Printing Office # O-533197.

GLC09520.25

I'm Counting on You!

OWI No. 78. Government Printing Office # O-534057. Poster depicts Uncle Sam in stars and stripes top hat holds his finger to his mouth in a "hushing" gesture. Illustrated by Leon Helguera.

GLC09520.26

Is your trip necessary?

OWI No. 73. Government Printing Office # O-533555. Black & white photograph of a bus or train car which is overcrowded with passengers. Many of the passengers are servicemen in uniform. The rest are civilian men, women, and children.

GLC09520.27

For freedom's sake/buy war bonds

WSS 789-A. OWI - 35. Government Printing Office # O-514158. A small color poster by artist John Atherton (1900-1952) promoting war bonds. In the foreground is an image of the Concord Minute Man statue (a sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Concord...

GLC09520.28

Where our men are fighting/our food is fighting

Government Printing Office # O-506016. In the foreground, a crate of food is dropping via parachute. In the background are parachuting men.

GLC09520.29

United/United Nations fight for freedom

OWI No. 79. Government Printing Office # O-534058. Flags of the member nations of the United Nations wave amidst smoke of a bombardment, with military airplanes, ships and tanks in background.

GLC09520.30

Save freedom of worship/buy war bonds

OWI No. 43. Government Printing Office O-510256. From the Four Freedoms series. Based on a painting form the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands...

GLC09520.31

to Lile Miller

Complains that some of his fellows have obtained a furlough, while he has not. Discusses Mr. Frey, a sutler, and the sutler store. In a post script, notes that he enclosed a song (not included) with this letter.

GLC02155.101

to Lile Miller

Writes, "... the different Regts keep the People that live around here, they come into camp and gather up all the Bread meat an coffee the Boys do not make use of which is not a little, they are generally women and children, and I must say I should...

GLC02155.102

to Lile Miller

Thinks Lieutenant Kitzmiller will be able to obtain a leave of absence. Discusses the complicated process of obtaining a furlough, noting that the request ultimately has to meet the approval of General [Samuel] Heintzelman.

GLC02155.103

to Lile Miller

Received a letter from his father, who is also in the service. Notes that he has one year left to serve, but his father's time will be up soon. Discusses his wife's upcoming trip to Columbia (possibly Columbia, Pennsylvania). Pages one and two of the...

GLC02155.104

to John Bryant

Requests Bryant sends 40 of his best French Arms with cartouch boxes and gun [worms] to Captain Edward Miller's recruits in Connecticut. Notes to take triplicate receipts upon delivery.

GLC03432.066

[special orders no. 156]

The letter reads "Special Orders No. 156." Miller is to be assigned to a new command.

GLC02691.11.044

to Miller A. Wright

Unnumbered special order. Military assignment.

GLC02691.11.047

to parents

Received their letter last night. "It is hot enough to roast a nigger alive out here." Everyone has sat down under a row of pine or cedar trees for shade or has created improvised shade with tree branches. It looks "like the town hall when they have...

GLC09355.003

to parents

Has received two letters from them since he last wrote. Has not had time to write because "we have been on a continued move." Has been here for three days, but "expect to move every moment." It is impossible to know where they are going. Is now "a...

GLC09355.007

to parents

Received a letter from home on Saturday. Is frustrated that he has not received what he wanted, but blames it on his experience in the army where he has been trained to obey every order without question or delay. "This kind of life makes a great...

GLC09355.017

[Newbury Seminary Commencement Program]

GLC02181.75

[Army and Navy Union of Wesleyan Signup Circular]

GLC02181.76

[Army and Navy Union of Wesleyan Circular with Member List]

GLC02181.77

[Vermont Conference Seminary Annual Bulletin]

GLC02181.78

[Wesleyan University Class of 1869 Sophomore Exhibition]

GLC02181.79

[Wesleyan University Final Exam Schedule]

GLC02181.80

[Wesleyan University Class Day Schedule]

GLC02181.81

[Wesleyan University Flyer for Rice Prize]

GLC02181.82

[Wesleyan University Flyer for Commencement]

GLC02181.83

[Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College Commencment Flyer]

GLC02181.84

[Wesleyan University Class of 1869 Reunion Flyer]

GLC02181.85

[Wesleyan University Class of 1869 Fundraising Flyer]

GLC02181.86

[Psi Upsilon Update for 1876-1877]

GLC02181.87

to Miller A. Wright

With the letter, Augustus leaves $15 for transportation home, and some miscellaneous details.

GLC02691.11.021

to General John B. Floyd

Formal notice of the discharge of Private Miller A. Wright. Also signed by the same Major John B. Willcoyer (see # 19).

GLC02691.11.022

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus made arrangements for Miller to keep a pistol. He fears that Grandma Richardson died the day he was writing. At home, they are planting corn.

GLC02691.11.023

[special orders no. 38]

Special Orders No. 38. George H. Lester is relieved from the duties of "Judge Advocate of the Genl Court-Martial" and Miller Wright is appointed in his place.

GLC02691.11.024

[special orders no. 40]

"Extract." Special Orders No. 40. Lieutenant Miller A Wright is relieved of military duty in the 38th Georgia Infantry as a result of his sickness.

GLC02691.11.025

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus sent Alie [a private in the army-see No. 34] to Miller's company, and his mother sent him a ham.

GLC02691.11.026

to [sir]

E.B. Lewis requests the assistance of the recipient of the letter in attaining a discharge for a close relation by the name of Joshua. The recipient is probably Augustus or Miller.

GLC02691.11.027

to Miller A. Wright

Soldier asking for Miller's assistance in circumventing some of the military bureaucracy in attaining a furlough.
Written at Camp Winden Hospital.

GLC02691.11.028

to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. Flora is playfully upset with Miller for not writing recently, charging that she wrote to him last, and that it was several weeks ago that she sent the letter in question. However, she quickly darkens the tone of her prose. Flora is...

GLC02691.11.029

to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. Flora tells Miller that she now has her own excuse for not writing recently. She has been looking after a dying man who has been staying at the house for some time. She is especially sorry that the man has not been religious of late, and...

GLC02691.11.030

to Miller A. Wright

Letter from a provost marshal requesting that Miller bring his father to the officer's house for breakfast the following morning at 5:12. Written at a Military Post in Atlanta.

GLC02691.11.031

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus sends Miller a large sum of money for the purpose of settling his finances back home.

GLC02691.11.035

to Miller A. Wright

Augustus warns Miller about the promotion process in the military. He urges Miller to make sure that he will be better qualified than other officers, for even if some were of lower rank, they could still be promoted over his head. To this end, he...

GLC02691.11.037