circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Measurements on "Office of Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, Architect" stationary]

Hand-drawn black ink, printed black ink, graphite, on wove paper.

GLC06343.003

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Sketches of an angel offering peace between two warriors and two seated figures]

Grid sketch of an angel standing between two warriors, one about to smote the other, offering them peace. Grid on one side of paper. Reverse side has two seated women back to back. Graphite on wove paper. Sculpture design sketch.

GLC06343.004

circa 1860

Anderson & Co.

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of Edward R. Archer]

Edward R. Archer. Carte de visite, vignette portra. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson & Co.).

GLC01896.183

circa 1860

Gault, S.W., fl. 1850-1860

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of W. S. Langhorne]

W. S. Langhorne, seated full portrait. Albumen print (Bermuda: S. W. Gault). Inscribed: "Your friend W.S. Langhorne"

GLC01896.184

circa 1860

Object

Title: [Three Virginia state uniform buttons]

Three Virginia state brass uniform buttons. [Manufactured by Waterbury Button Co. in Cheshire, CT]. Buttons bear the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably belonging to Edward R. Archer while in the service of the Confederate States [Virginia] Volunteer Navy.

GLC01896.202

circa 1860-1902

Ingersoll, Truman W., 1862-1922

Photograph

Title: [Collection of stereocards]

Collection of 61 stereocards received with Alexander Beckers' stereo viewers, GLC 5139.01 and .02. The subjects of the stereocards vary. There are 11 black and white photographic cards of views of London and England (#1-11), miscellaneous black and white photographic stereocards of various places such as Niagara Falls, Yosemite, Edinburgh, the Nile etc. (#12-28). The remainder of the cards are painted photographs. Many depict domestic scenes meant to teach a lesson (# 29-43) and were most likely all copyrighted by Truman W. Ingersoll as a few are printed with his copyright and all are…

GLC05139.03

April 21, 1859

Kagi, John, fl. 1859

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of couple]

Collateral photo accompanied with autograph letter signed (See GLC07235.01).

GLC07235.02

25 June 1858

Newspaper

Title: New-York Semi-weekly Tribune.

Printing Lincoln's House Divided Speech, given on June 16th, at the Republican State Convention: "...'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free..." Also reporting on laying of the Transatlantic telegraph cable.

GLC09085

July 1859

Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864

Pamphlet

Title: The Quarterly Law Journal, vol IV, No 3, [163] - 202.

Circuit court case of United States v. Amy, re: slave stealing letter written by her master. Arrested under Section 22 of the Act of Congress which provides that "Any person shall steal a letter from the mail, the offender shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned not less than two years..." The defense held that the word "person" as used in the Constitution of the United States to describe a citizen, did not apply to a slave, as defined in the Dred Scott Decision of 1857, and asked for a motion to dismiss. Although the judge hearing both cases was Roger B. Taney, chief justice of the Supreme…

GLC09087

29 April 1851

Pennington, J.W.C., fl. 1851

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Runaway slave]

A runaway slave in his own right, Pennington, while avoiding arrest in Liverpool, England, comments on the situation here in American and a fugitive slave case: "...My constant trouble of mind is the evils now pressing on my nation and people. What the end is to no eye human can forsee...[O]f the termination of the last Boston case - Thomas Sims has been given over to his claimant and has been taken back into Slavery. These cases are enough to break one's heart. It is difficult to see how the enormous evil and crime of Slavery can be carried to a greater extent. The whole land is full of…

GLC09088

27 September 1841

Carroll, Charles, fl. 1841

Broadside

Title: [Notice]

"Notice. I will give $5 for any one of my Servants who may be taken at or beyond Ellicott's Mills..."

GLC09089

circa 1844-1848

Ames Manufacturing Company

Object

Title: Sword of William E. Jones

Non-commissioned officer's sword, model 1840. Used at West Point and owned by William E. Jones. Inscribed "Ames &Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Mass." The Ames Manufacturing Company was founded in 1835 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The company manufactured small tools, cotton machinery, swords, and cannon; they contracted with the U.S. Government to provide several thousand guns for the War with Mexico in 1845. Ames produced more swords for the American military than any other company before or since.

GLC02711.09

June 1845

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885

Pamphlet signed

Title: Official register of the officers and cadets of the U.S. Military Academy.

Includes a letter from Secretary of War William L. Marcy, lists of academic and military staff, and cadets listed in order of merit in their respective classes. William E. Jones ranks 10 in the fourth class. Also includes roll of the cadets arranged according to merit; Jones ranks 81st. Written at the U.S. Military Academy and aigned by McDowell on unnumbered page 15. The Academic Staff includes Gustavus W. Smith, William S. Rosecrans and E.P. Scammon, among others (p. 3); the Military Staff includes Irvin McDowell, Adjutant of the Academy and Secretary of the Academic Board (p.4). Among…

GLC02711.12

30 August 1845

Jones, William E., 1824-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to R. C. Jones

Describes the winding up of their encampment with a magnificent ball. Encourages his brother to be a conscientious college student.

GLC02711.13

June 1846

Burton, Henry Stanton, fl. 1816-1869

Pamphlet signed

Title: Official register of the officers and cadets of the U.S. Military Academy.

As with GLC02711.12, this pamphlet includes many famous names. The Academic Staff includes Gustavus W. Smith, William S. Rosecrans, E.P. Scammon, and future general Henry S. Burton, whose signature appears on the back cover. Among the famous cadets listed are George B. McClellan (merit rank #2 in the First Class, conduct rank #62), Thomas J. Jackson (merit rank #17 in the First Class; conduct rank #24), Ambrose P. Hill (merit rank #12 in the Second Class, conduct rank #96), and Andrew J. Donelson (Andrew Jackson's nephew). Written at the U.S. Military Academy.

GLC02711.14

22 October 1851

Jones, William E., 1824-1864

Document signed

Title: to Sergeant Thomas James

Lists nine recruits at a bounty of two dollars per recruit. Postscript by Sergent Thomas James upon receipt of W.E. Jones's eighteen dollars.

GLC02711.15

29 September 1860

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Charleston mercury. [Vol. 55, no. 10, 973 (September 29, 1860)]

Fusion in New York, The Irrepressible Conflict, The Tragic End of the Filibuster, General William Walker, Meeting in Abbeville.

GLC05959.43.01

15 November 1860

Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863

Newspaper

Title: Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 55, no. 11, 011 (November 15, 1860)]

News from Mexico, What Senator toombs Says, Resolve of Governor Brown of Georgia.

GLC05959.44.01

January 27, 1857

Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876

Printed letter signed

Title: to William E. Jones

Acceptance of Jones's resignation to take effect 26 January 1857. Printed with handwritten insertions and signature. On stationery of the Office of the Adjutant General of the United States.

GLC02711.22

9 March 1857

Jones, William E., 1824-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: Contract with Henry H. Sibley, witnessed by H. P. Brewster.

Henry H. Sibley and William E. Jones agree that Jones will be the sole agent in the manufacture and sale of Sibley's patented "Improved Conical Tent." Contract states agreement.

GLC02711.23

1 April 1857

Jones, William E., 1824-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Captain Duncan

Requests the Board of Officers to examine his "horse equipage."

GLC02711.24

26 November 1859

Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry A. Wise

To the governor of Virginia. Letter of introduction for William E. Jones in his effort to sell tents.

GLC02711.25

1859/01/01-1859/12/24

Harpers Weekly

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 3, no. 105 (January 1, 1859) - no. 156 (December 24, 1859)] [bound]

GLC01733.01

22 October 1851

Jones, William E., 1824-1864

Document signed

Title: to Peter W. Johnstone

Lists nine recruits at a bounty of $2.25 per recruit. Postscript by Johnstone, Justice of the Peace, in St. Louis, Missouri.

GLC02711.16

19 December 1852

Dunn, Jane B. R., 1807-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William E. Jones

Refers to the deaths of "Pink"; cousin Minerva Henderson, who died of consumption; Jimmy Robinson; and the rumor of the murders of two local families by robbers. Also reports various local weddings. Addressed to Liet. William E. Jones, Fort Merrill, Texas.

GLC02711.17