circa 1860-1920

Header Record

Title: Collection of photographs and other items related to John B. Moore [Decimalized .01-.13]

Additional Moore-Kelly photographs from the early twentieth century are in GLC 4197.

GLC04196

circa 1860s

Photograph

Title: [Daguerreotype bust portrait of man with sideburns, elegantly dressed]

Apparently a friend or relative of John B. Moore with a poetic inscription pasted into the back of the case (between the daguerreotype and the back): "To Dr Moore / No never shall my soul forget/ The friend I found so cordial hearted / Dear Dear shall be the day we met / And dear shall be the day we parted."

GLC04196.09

circa 1860s

Photograph

Title: [Half-length portrait of man holding an elegant walking stick]

Half-length portrait of a well-dressed younger man holding an elegant walking stick. Unknown identification.

GLC04196.10

circa 1861-1865

Object

Title: [Belt buckle of John B. Moore]

Brass belt buckle engraved with American eagle holding arrows and an olive branch in its talons, with "E pluribus unum" on a banner coming out of its beak, on a starry field. The buckle appears in GLC 4196.01, Moore's photograph in dress uniform.

GLC04196.11

1861-1862

Kelly, James R., fl. 1861-1862

Header Record

Title: [Collection of James R. Kelly, K company, 14th regiment, Indiana, infantry] [Decimalized .01-.42]

The Captain James R. Kelly collection of Civil War correspondence contains 42 items. Kelly served with Company K of the 14th Regiment Indiana Volunteers from 1861 until his death on 8 May 1862. He saw action at Cheat Mountain and in the Shenandoah Valley. Captain Kelly's papers include letters to his wife Mary (#1-3, 8-24), living in Bloomington, Indiana, and inventories of the possessions of dead soldiers from his company (#4-8). Mary Kelly wrote letters (#25-34) to her mother, sister and daughter, Sisy. Item #36 is a post-war manuscript, probably written by Sisy Kelly. The collection also…

GLC04197

circa 1860s

Photograph

Title: [Tintype of Mary Kelly]

39. Tintype of Mary Kelly. 1868-1869. ca.

GLC04197.39

circa 1860s

Photograph

Title: [Kelly family photographs, four in one case]

Four family member portraits in a single thermo-plastic case. Tintype of Mary Kelly and tintype of Sissy Kelly. Ambrotype of James Kelly and ambrotype of their son. Case closed dimensions 9.8 x 15.2 cm. Case open dimensions (with images showing) 19.6 x 15.2 cm.

GLC04197.40

1828

Livingston, Edward, 1764-1836

Book

Title: A system of penal law for the United States of America ...

Title continues, "consisting of a Code of crimes and punishments; a Code of procedure in criminal cases; a Code of prison discipline; and a Book of definitions. Prepared and presented to the House of Representatives of the United States, by Edward Livingston." Printed by Gales & Seaton, Washington. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. First edition. Important legal work for the development of penal reform. Each section is paginated separately.

GLC04165

1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Sherman and his Generals

One image entitled, "Sherman and his Generals," taken by Mathew Brady dated 1865. Image is of General Sherman and his generals taken shortly after the end of the war. The label beneath the image identifies the men and their ranks. They are from left to right: Oliver O. Howard, John A. Logan, William B. Hazen, William T. Sherman, Jefferson C. Davis, Henry W. Slocum, Joseph A. Mower, and Francis P. Blair, Jr.

GLC04172

1864

Bacon & Company (San Francisco, Calif.)

Map

Title: Bacon's Large Print War Map Showing 50 Miles round Washington and Richmond

Shows major towns, waterways, and railroads. Concentric circles with intervals of ten miles each surround both Washington and Richmond. A red line shows General Ulysses S. Grant's route from Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Virginia, and a blue line shows General Robert E. Lee's movements. Crossed swords along the routes indicate battle sites.

GLC04175

March 1842

King, Samuel Ward, 1786-1851

Broadside

Title: [A proclamation by Samuel Ward King]

Contains a brief introduction by King as Governor, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Includes a reprinted letter by President John Tyler stating that he cannot get involved (by raising a militia) with rising tensions in Rhode Island unless there is an actual insurrection. Also includes a reprinted letter from John Whipple discussing the People's Constitution (Dorr's constitution) and the "legal constitution" of Rhode Island.

GLC04161

1834

Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854

Pamphlet signed

Title: [An address to the people of Rhode Island...]

Title continues: "from the Convention assembled at Providence, on the 22d day of February, and again on the 12th day of March, 1834, to promote the establishment of a State Constitution." First and only edition, printed by Cranston & Hammond, with manuscript corrections in Dorr's hand. Inscribed to by Dorr to Reverend C. W. Upham.

GLC04162

1682

Grotius, Hugo, fl. 1682

Book

Title: The Most excellent Hugo Grotius...his three books treating the rights of war...

GLC04163

1789

Kirby, Ephraim, ?-1804

Book

Title: Reports of cases adjudged in the Superior Court of the state of Connecticut..

First published law reports for Connecticut and the second for the United States. The preface demonstrates the importance of a reporting system to the development of American law. References: Evans 21914, Wallace, "Reports" p. 751.

GLC04164

1796

Pennsylvania

Book

Title: A Compilation of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania relative to the poor...

Printed by Zachariah Poulson. Printed with Ordinances for the poor. Sabin 60002, Evans 30277. Bookplate of Robert C. Bouck on front pastedown.

GLC04167

1774

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813

Pamphlet

Title: A Declaration of the people's natural right to share in the legislature...

GLC04168

1781

Carver, Jonathan, fl. 1781

Book

Title: Travels through the interior parts of North America... [Third edition]

GLC04169

1825-1833

Manuscript document

Title: Texas. Draft of brief on behalf of Union Land Company & Trinity Land Company

Anonymous draft of a brief for the Union Land Company and the Trinity Land Company, on behalf of Lorenzo de Zavala, David G. Burnet and Joseph Vehlein.

GLC04170

1833

Holley, Mary A., fl. 1833

Book

Title: Texas. Observations, historical, geographical and descriptive...[First Edition]

Full title: "Texas. Observation, Historical, geographical and descriptive in a series of letter, written during a visit to Austin's colony, with a view to a permanent settlement in that country...." 12mo. First book in English entirely on Texas. Signed on front papers "Rd Higgins, Jr." and "F. M. Green, 1929." There are also pencil notes inside the back cover. Holley was a cousin of Stephen Austin. Letters nos. I-V (pp. 5-51) relate to her trip from New Orleans to Bolivar while letters VI-XII (pp. 51-131) describe history, geography, climate, etc. References: Howes H593, Jenkins, "…

GLC04171

1826

Finley, Anthony, fl. 1826

Map

Title: A New American atlas... [fifteen copper-plate engraved maps]

Anthony Finley publisher and putative compiler. Folio volume. Includes maps of the United States ("Map of the United States Constructed," New York, Ohio, Missouri, and the different regions of America. Period hand-color.

GLC04173

1857

Wells, John G., 1821-1880

Map

Title: Well's new map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas

This is a fold out map contained within a book measuring 14.5 x 9 cm. When unfolded, the full title displayed on the map is "Well's New Railroad and Township Map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas from the latest Government Surveys." Contains a large image of Missouri, indicating border states. Depicts different counties in color.

GLC04174

1776

Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805

Map

Title: A topographical description of such parts of North America... [with] Map

With "A Map of the Middle British Colonies in North America... 1776." Not in Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, but 41 (Sayer & Bennett, American Military Pocket Atlas, no.3) is based on these maps.

GLC04176

29 April 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document signed

Title: [President Abraham Lincoln appoints William W. Ross as an agent for the Pottowatomie Indians in Kansas]

Countersigned by Caleb Blood Smith, Secretary of the Interior. Features embossed seal of the Department of the Interior.

GLC04206

9 August 1931

Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943

Autograph letter signed

Title: 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 wilted vines are acceptable. Requests that Porter bring the vines next time he travels to Tuskegee. Comments on the large quantity of rain Tuskegee recently received. Written on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute stationery, with an envelope containing the printed return address of the Director, Research and Experiment Station, Tuskegee…

GLC04207

1 November 1836

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: [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 attorney that he was a fit subject for clemency.

GLC04211