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to Joshua Mauger

[letter may be fragmentary or purposely anonymous.] Apprehension concerning Ireland and rumors of war with Spain.

GLC03902.126

to Joshua Mauger

The House of Commons expects the American War to be finished tomorrow.

GLC03902.127

to Joshua Mauger

News that one of their homeward bound ships was captured near the Cape of Good Hope by the French.

GLC03902.128

to Joshua Mauger

Mauger requested a copy of a letter printed in the newspaper. Copies of the paper can be obtained but with the letter cut out.

GLC03902.129

to Joshua Mauger

Regarding Spain's intention to declare war on England.

GLC03902.130

to Joshua Mauger

Admiral Collins is critically ill.

GLC03902.131

to Joshua Mauger

Admiral Collins died on Saturday. News of the exchange of officers and prisoners of war. Burgoyne's letter to his constituents is published in the paper.

GLC03902.132

to Joshua Mauger

His nephew left £ 150 with friends to pay back his debt to Joshua Mauger. "A great storm I find has arisen against our commander in chief and I hear he is likely to find it difficult to weather it."

GLC03902.133

to Joshua Mauger

Discusses the potential violence that may erupt during political campaigning.

GLC03902.134

to Joshua Mauger

He intends to overcharge Miss Durell for the time she spent at Mauger's because of the trouble she caused there.

GLC03902.135

to Joshua Mauger

Ned [Edward] is now captain of the "Speedy Pacquet", a government mail ship to the West Indies.

GLC03902.136

to Joshua Mauger

He has found the nectarine trees Mauger requested. Location is given as "Southton" - may be Southampton.

GLC03902.137

to Joshua Mauger

Edward's ship is leaving for New York. Phillip is expected to return to England next month. Encloses GLC03902.138.02.Written at Charing Cross train station in London

GLC03902.138.01

to Charles D'Auvergne

Concerning Phillip. Enclosed in GLC03902.138.01

GLC03902.138.02

to Joshua Mauger

He recommends Mauger quilt his house to guard against severe weather. A judgment against Commodore Johnson has awarded Captain Sutton £ 6,000. Written at Charing Cross train station in London

GLC03902.139

to Addie Frizielle

In this letter from 1944 Mrs. Roosevelt responded to one of her critics, Addie Frizielle, who worried about the desegregation of restrooms and forced social interaction between the races in the government's movement toward racial equality in some...

GLC09544.01

to Brother

author tells of his wife who is very sick.

GLC09302.030

[receipt for Woodson Johnson, paid in full]

GLC09302.031

[itemized receipt for Woodson Johnson]

paid by cash.

GLC09302.032

[Bill for an account that Woodson Johnson shares with William L. Pannil]

GLC09302.033

[list of Woodson Johnson's taxable property]

includes land and slaves, listed by name.

GLC09302.034

[note naming price for a slave girl]

GLC09302.035

[receipt for the purchase of a slave named John]

GLC09302.036

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. Mentions rumors that Stonewall Jackson has been taken prisoner in Washington or that he has conquered Washington. Talks of gifts sent from home (one especially exciting was a piece of cheese.) In return, he sends...

GLC02165.10

to John Reeser

Jones writes from headquarters, Camp White House. Wishes Reeser well. Reports that he is within twenty miles of Richmond, Virginia and his company is fighting off Confederate guerrilla parties. Describes a skirmish in which the Confederates...

GLC03523.43.02

to unknown

Signed G. J. H. Writes from Camp Alexandria. Thanks the recipient for the "interesting" letter he received. Mentions traveling 600 miles from Washington junction to Harpers Ferry, Virginia to Cumberland, Maryland by [train] cars. Describes the...

GLC03523.43.03

to John Reeser

Discusses arriving in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to look for work. Comments on the low wages in Washington and finding higher wages in Alexandria. Describes beginning work on Saturday repairing a bridge that the rebels tried burning. Reports that...

GLC03523.43.09

to [Syrs] Glowner

Writes that he is in the hospital and that he would like to see him and the boys. Complains about not being able to rest and looking over Washington and seeing all the action. Discusses the presidential race between "old Abraham" [Abraham Lincoln]...

GLC03523.43.13

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Half length bust portrait. Wearing a black dress.

GLC09192.01

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a dark pattern dress.

GLC09192.02

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress. Same image as GLC09192.04.

GLC09192.03

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress. Same image as GLC09192.03.

GLC09192.04

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress.

GLC09192.05

Carte-de-visite of Mary Todd Lincoln

Brady imprint on verso. Full length bust portrait. Wearing a white pattern dress.

GLC09192.06

to Alice Egerton

An engraved portrait of Jackson with lock of his white hair.

GLC00548.02

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Talks of mutual acquaintances, (including a death, one in an "insane retreat" and one who goes down town and returns "pretty tight"), Christmas (when he hears a sermon by an African missionary on "what shall be done...

GLC02165.01

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Confesses that the people enjoying the winter, sleighing etc., makes him miss home and that he hopes he never sees fighting like that which has been going on in Kentucky. Also says the stormy winter inhibits drilling...

GLC02165.02

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Laments camp accommodations ("you are at Church listening to a good sermon while I am seated on a wash basin and writing on a Camp Kettle") and not being able to spend "the last Sunday in Brookfield that perhaps I...

GLC02165.03

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. Describes his time in New Orleans in the beginning of May, including the abuse from the natives, such as threats of the Yellow Jack. Also describes in good detail his regiment's role in the taking of New Orleans...

GLC02165.04

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. Mentions going into New Orleans and meeting many acquaintances from home, noting that the people "seemed to behave themselves very well." Wounded acquaintance, William, returns to service, and William, the writer...

GLC02165.05

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. Talks of the attempts of some (such as his friends Wilkinson and Johnson) to be discharged, and Sunday morning mandatory cleaning routines. Mentions General Ambrose Burnside will be reinforcing General George...

GLC02165.06

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. First mentions a skirmish near Lake Pontchartrain. Visits a nearby plantation, visiting its sugar house, and conversing with former enslaved people who say they would rather be there than in the camp. Describes...

GLC02165.07

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Hubbard to a friend. Talks of the departure of "Doctor" for whom Holly most likely works and whom Holly is sad to see go. A man comes along and asks for whiskey; describes his practices of "prescribing" whiskey. Comments that though...

GLC02165.08

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at an unkown location to a friend. First, he compares a soldier's occupation to a teacher's and observes that if he is paid no matter the amount of work he does, it is logical that he should be lazy. Is dubious whether they will defeat the...

GLC02165.09

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Parapet to a friend. Expresses boredom at the monotony of life. Describes an incident in which Confederate soldiers escorted under a flag of truce the wife of General John Bullock Clark, who had been taken prisoner, so that she could...

GLC02165.11

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Kearney to a friend. Talks in awe of a herd of 1500 cattle captured by forces to be eaten. Describes the quarters of Dr. Benedict, a friend, for whom Holley most likely works, in a former home of Confederates. Then, talks of the...

GLC02165.12

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Stevens to a friend. Criticizes the self-interest that seems to taint much of the war and harsh officers who are "inferior in every thing" who "curse and damn you;" however, when they do this, he threatens to report them and they stop...

GLC02165.13

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Camp Stevens to a friend. Talks of the good weather, and the effect that the rainy weather has on his moods. Laments his lack of exercise. Tells of drawing clothes, and his regiment's getting last picks. Discusses plans to break up his...

GLC02165.14

to Mary Ann Davis

Written at Vermilion Bayou to a friend. Describes reading Mary's letters on the march, and the expansive plantation of a Rebel General "Moota" (perhaps General Alfred Mouton), commenting "you can imagine how things will look here in a day or two, not...

GLC02165.15

to Mary Ann Davis

Written to a friend. Talks of a Colonel Merritt suspected of stealing from his regiment's mail, and a man accused of the same thing sent to Ship Island. Expresses hope for coming home in 11 months, but acceptance that, of course, he could die...

GLC02165.16

to Mary Ann Davis

Written from "Lakeport, La." to a friend. Talks of the visit of the wife of his friend, William Hoyt, whom he will be sad to see leave as he enjoys having a "respectable female friend to chat with." Talks of how he wants to leave the army--"what a...

GLC02165.17

to his sister

Writes that their father has been sick and their mother has the chills. He would like to visit his sister in Somerville but claims to be too bashful of coming within fifty yards of a female academy. Updates his sister on family and friends. Writes...

GLC02232.01

to his sister

Complains that letters from family in Memphis are few. Writes about his experience during a scouting expedition. Also mentions that the soldiers have been getting very good food because they are paying a nearby plantation cook to prepare food for...

GLC02232.02

to his sister

Written on Shelby Greys stationery. Writes that due to his health, he will not be able to visit Memphis until September. Will be leaving Randolph due to the lack of Yankees. Mentions that putting on a white shirt is a serious offense, as it...

GLC02232.03

to his sister

Complains that his sister doesn't write often enough. Writes that they are expecting to engage in fighting everyday, as there are a lot of yanks in the area. Inquires about Miss Belle Crawford, a sweetheart he wishes to see again.

GLC02232.04

to his sister

Ward writes that there has been heavy skirmishing and fighting is expected every hour (possibly referring to the First Battle of Corinth or the Siege of Corinth). He is getting tired of the war and hopes to get a furlough. Asks his sister and...

GLC02232.05

to his sister

Ward writes that they will be moving from Corinth soon, as the enemy is too close to the Tennessee River and Beauregard doesn't have room for strategic operations in Corinth. He complains of skirmishing with enemy pickets and being in the cold rain...

GLC02232.06

to his sister

He writes that they are encamped on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Expresses his hatred for the war and writes "if ever I get into another I want somebody to have me put in the lunatic asylum". Writes that he often wishes he were a negro with a good...

GLC02232.07

to his sister

Writes that he is unwell. Reports on some of the news at camp and home. His brother Sam, also known as "Marshall," is still detained in the hospital. Reports that it is likely that the men will be moving soon and has been assured by the officers...

GLC02232.08

to his sister

Writes that some letters he sent to his father were confiscated and later returned to him by General Grant. He laments that General Clarke has been reassigned and writes that "there was never a general so beloved by his troops." Explains that his...

GLC02232.09

to his sister

Writes that he has been on furlough for two months. The 4th and 5th Tennessee regiments have been consolidated and he is hopeful that he will be decommissioned as a result. He's sorry to learn that Mrs. Champlin and her daughters, are abolitionists...

GLC02232.10

to his sister

Writes that spending Christmas away from home will be difficult for him and he will miss his family. Discusses his celebration plans for the holidays. Explains that despite being away from home, he is able to visit his lady friends. Reports on...

GLC02232.11

to his sister

Describes the events leading up to and including his involvement in the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro). He reports that he and Marshall (his brother, also known as Sam) are alright but Captain [Thomas H.] Francis of company A suffered a foot...

GLC02232.12

to his sister

He describes the interior of his tent in detail including some of the books and newspapers sitting on his table. Ward tells his sister that he and his tent mate, Webber, have hired an old hotel cook at $40 per month to cook for them. Writes that he...

GLC02232.13

to his sister

Ward writes that he's heard from a member of his company, Dave Poston, who was wounded in Perryville. Also writes that he has gotten fatter and has never enjoyed better health. He reports that federal troops are constantly getting secesh families...

GLC02232.14

[Army Rations issued to the Engineer's Department]

Request for six days' worth of provisions for Masons;. Signed by a Joseph C. [Dellezenne]. Countersigned by John Lillie with note from Robert Matthews. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02023

[Return of provisions]

Return of provisions for one man. Signed by [Runals Forman] Countersigned by Samuel Shaw and John Buell with note from Thomas [Man]. Date and place writ from note.

GLC02437.02024

[Letter authorizing Major Samuel Shaw to borrow money]

Written and signed for General Knox in a secretarial hand. Certifies that Major Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide-de-camp, is authorized to borrow one thousand Spanish milled dollars (also known as Spanish dollars) on behalf of General Knox and his wife. The...

GLC02437.02224

Preliminary statement on legislation referring to the future development of atomic energy

Apparently issued by the Association of Manhattan District Scientists in conjunction with GLC03152.03. The Association states, "It has been established beyond doubt that the atomic bomb, because of its tremendous destructive power and the...

GLC03152.04

[To staff members of Columbia University, S.A.M. Laboratories, Division 1]

Dunning, a physicist working on the Manhattan Project, tenders his resignation as Director of Division I (at the Nash building, where Columbia University's Substitute or Special Alloy Metals Laboratory was located). Writes, "The work to which we are...

GLC03152.07

Harold Urey, scientist, dies at 87; war foe's work led to H-bomb [incomplete]

Written by Browne, a noted journalist, for the New York Times. Contains only the first page of the article. Discusses Urey's achievements, including his receipt of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of heavy hydrogen. Describes...

GLC03152.08

[Photograph of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project]

Depicts Drs. Irving Kaplan, Francis Bonner, Ernest O. Lawrence, and [Robert] Harrison together looking at an open volume on the table before them.

GLC03152.09

to brother

Is glad that Franklin is doing well and is "so nicely situated" as reported in his last letter. Thinks that it must be "pleasant in the extreme" for him now that the war is at an end. Writes about all those that have suffered and sacrificed and are...

GLC03523.42.59

to Franklin W. Fuller

Writes that he has found a way to get the two land warrants for Franklin. Asks if he has any reliable information concerning Timothy Johns. Tells him to respond as when he receives the letter.

GLC03523.42.60

to her brother and sister

Writes that they are starting for Cleveland, Ohio today and had a good visit. Their father's appetite is not as good as it was at home. Mother thinks that he is doing good business canning fruit. Mother has not been feeling well during the trip but...

GLC03523.42.61

to F. W. Fuller

Writes that he has received his letter. States that it would bring him great pleasure to meet with the "old boys of the 74." He will try and met them if it is possible.

GLC03523.42.62

to her brother

Written at Granby. Starts the letter by stating that no important events have taken place since she last wrote and that the world is "jogging on about the same pace." They are all glad that he is well and they have heard rumors of another battle. She...

GLC03523.42.63

to brother

Letter is signed by "Nat." Is sorry for not having written to him as letter writing isn't the writer's "business;" and the writer has had many "domestic duties" to attend to. Writes that despite this the writer and their family think, discuss, and...

GLC03523.42.64

to Mary

Written at camp near Stephenson, Alabama. Thanks her for continuing to write to him while he is at war. Writes that Lieutenant Heuburt [?] returned but he has yet to see him. He has still not received some of her letters and is disappointed. He is...

GLC03523.42.65

[insurance checks to Franklin W. Fuller]

Three insurance checks issued to Franklin Fuller. Two from Aetna Life Insurance and one from Connecticut General Life Insurance. The fourth document is a check from the United States Military Rail Road for passage for Franklin Fuller.

GLC03523.42.66

[Contract]

The document appears to be a teacher's contract between teachers and the director of a school. The contract applies to the townships of Eckford, Clarendon, and Fredonia, Michigan. The contract is between Franklin W. Fuller and the school districts...

GLC03523.42.67

to guards and pickets

A pass for Sergeant Franklin W. Fuller to pass through Bulls Gap and return on business for the ordnance office of the division.

GLC03523.42.68

to Anna

Written at the headquarters of the 2nd Division 4th AL [Alabama?]. Mr. Monroe [?] got two teams ready for him and he wants to use them. He will call them away to the city. Tells the Sergeant to go along with them.

GLC03523.42.69

[Diary of Franklin W. Fuller]

January: Writes of the cold weather. Perry received his discharge papers. The weather ranges from pleasant to rainy and cold. Has played in parades.

February: Describes the weather and notes that they were ordered to be ready to march with eight...

GLC03523.42.70

to John Reeser

Writes to a friend. Discusses working four miles from Delaware City and having beer and sweet cakes. Enjoys living in Delaware City and going out every Saturday night. Comments "they are the old time democrats true to the union and they think...

GLC03523.43.01

to John Reeser

Writes Reeser asking for help on the farm and offers to pay him. Request that he plough and sow the clover and purchase phosphate for areas without manure. Inquires about the news of the day and about his neighbors. Mentions not knowing when he...

GLC03523.43.04

to John Reeser

Writes to Reeser wishing him well. States they will be heading to Richmond, Virginia. Comments on the boys being in good health and ready to fight the Confederates. Mentions hearing General Ambrose E. Burnside being defeated along the Potomac....

GLC03523.43.05

to John Reeser

Describes fighting another hard battle. States, "the Army never fought So hard befor thair wos so men killed and wonded and missen in our Rege- thair is 40 men left in the three Compene and some of them wos wounded but some wore out by hard marches...

GLC03523.43.06

to John Reeser

Describes the camp being nice and seeing the Potomac River. Reports seeing plenty of rebels that "are hard looking fases some of them are very neare naked and as dirty as hogs…" Mentions being able to wash every week and having a "sporting horse he...

GLC03523.43.07

to John Reeser

Comments on deserters being shot. Describes a deserter being led through camp behind his coffin, allowed to speak a few words, and "his leges wos tide up and kneeled becide his coffen and then thair wos twelve men shot at him…" Reports that two...

GLC03523.43.08

to Mary

Apologizes for not writing sooner. Mentions being homesick and Sundays being lonesome. Writes about a visit with Edwin and having a "clean meal" and eating beef steak, butter, apple sauce, and coffee. Inquires after Mary's farm. Describes his...

GLC03523.43.10

to John Reeser

Talks of being on picket every third day and having both drill company and brigade drill daily. Mentions that reentry is good and that they have 57 men on the roll compared to 17. Complains about another man named Jacob not paying them the local...

GLC03523.43.11

to John Reeser

Writes to John Reeser from Company B. Describes being about ten miles from fighting and hearing the soldiers firing at each other all the time. Comments that the rebels are "firing at our pickits every nights." Describes taking a man prisoner while...

GLC03523.43.12

to John Reeser

Writes from the White Horse Motel in Philadelphia. Informs Reeser that he will be in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and wants Reeser to meet him. Plans on traveling home with Reeser. Talks of taking the stage home if Reeser is unavailable. Mentions...

GLC03523.43.14

to John Reeser

Comments on being ill today and not working. Writes that he is working for Construction Corpse Smith's Gang. Describes working at a carpenter business making $2.75 per day with boarding and good quarters. Mentions that they receive $5.00 when...

GLC03523.43.15

to John Reeser

Apologizes for not writing sooner, and for Si not writing. Mentions that Si is unhappy here because he doesn't have a girl yet but he is looking at two or three and will soon be all right. Writes that many of his friends have quit and moved away....

GLC03523.43.16

to John Reeser

Discusses putting Lincoln in for four more years. Inquires if Reeser received his letter requesting gloves and if so for Reeser to send him the gloves along with ten dollars. Tells him that he is out of money and won't get paid for another month....

GLC03523.43.17

to unknown

Comments that he is doing well other than a bad cold that he caught on the boat. Describes being at the old dismounted camp where the regimental property is. Reports that Company B is about six miles away on picket duty and that he will be out as...

GLC03523.43.18

to Mary Reeser

Mentions that he received the ten dollars that Reeser sent him. Reports that Dan has not joined the Company yet and that he is at the dismounted camp on the other side of the river. Inquires after a pair of boots that he requested the "old man"...

GLC03523.43.19

to Mary H. Benedict

Apologizes for taking so long to write back. Mentions that he is sick and has been for about ten days but believes that he will get better. Inquires after her singing and and asks how George is coming along with his melodies. Wishes that he could...

GLC03523.43.20