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[Two items relating to Joshua Abraham Norton, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States] [Decimalized]

Joshua Norton was an Englishman who came to America during the California Gold Rush of 1849 and proclaimed himself emperor of the United States. Mark Twain is said to have modeled the character of Huck Finn on Norton.

GLC02729

[Collection of Samuel H. Davis, A company, 35th regiment, Mississippi, infantry] [decimalized]

Most letters written to his wife, Dolly Davis. Letters describe the soldiers' poor health and living conditions in the camps. Briefly mentions the First Battle of Murfreesboro fought in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Draft transcripts available.

GLC02738

[Collection of Joseph Jones, F company, 79th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [Decimalized .001-.162]

Jones served in the 79th Illinois Vols. He was captured at the Battle of Franklin (November 1864). Transcripts available for letters GLC02739.001-GLC02739.087.

GLC02739

[Collection of Wilmot Thompson, C company, 1st regiment, Maine, sharpshooters] [Decimalized .01- .66]

Thompson served in the 1st Maine Sharpshooters and the 20th Maine Volunteers in Virginia. Includes forty-nine letters to his wife, Lizzie, with related personal papers, one account book (68 pages), and one wallet. The bulk of the material dates...

GLC02740

[Collection of George F. Thomson, field and staff, 38th regiment, Massachusetts, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .32]

Letters of an assistant surgeon in the 38th Massachusetts primarily written from Louisiana. Twenty-nine of the letters are written to his mother.

GLC02743

Abolitionists collection: 19 letters and documents [decimalized]

GLC02448

Annapolis Convention: 20 letters & docs [decimalized]

Annapolis Convention member: [decimalized 02450.01-02450.20]

GLC02450

American literary figures: 36 letters, quotes and documents [decimalized .01-.37]

Hopkinson was a congressman, jurist and author of the lyrics to "Hail Columbia!"

GLC02453

Civil War Generals: 13 letters & docs [decimalized]

[decimalized 02455.01-002455.13]

GLC02455

Civil War generals from border states: 33 letters and documents [decimalized]

[decimalized 02456.01-02456.33]

GLC02456

Civil War generals who sided against their birth states: 18 items [decimalized]

[decimalized 02457.01-.02457.18]

GLC02457

Foreign-born Civil War generals [Decimalized .01-.14]

Fourteen letters and documents from Civil War general born in foreign countries.

GLC02458

Civil War generals: 14 letters & docs [decimalized]

[decimalized 02459.01-02459.33]

GLC02459

[Collection of letters written to Fannie Schoonmaker from Patrick Higgins, K company, 56th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

The collection consists of ten letters written to a young lady named Fannie Schoonmaker, and one letter to an unknown recipient. Nine of the eleven letters, some of which predate the Civil War, are from Patrick Higgins. One letter is from David Reese...

GLC02164

[Collection of Witter H. Johnston, I company, 144th regiment, New York, infantry] [decimalized]

Letters written from South Carolina, Jacksonville, FL, and Washington. Includes 17 post-war items. Member of 144th NY Vols.

GLC02167

[Collection of two items, quotation signed by Dolley Madison and engraving] Decimalized

GLC02231

Letters with wife Nancy, to Rev. & Mrs Shiras [decimalized]

Letters by missionaries from north of the Missouri River, 38 miles north of Santee Mission in South Dakota, describing teaching English, arithmetic, and bible to Yankton Sioux Indians. The collection was written to Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Shiras of...

GLC02429

Selected western views [Yellowstone] [some with U.S. Dept. of Interior imprints]

21 large and 29 smaller photographic prints.

GLC02436

Henry Knox papers, including retained and received correspondence, &c. [Decimalized .00001 - .10737]

Letters and documents, written to or by Knox, who served as chief of Artillery during the Revolution, and then as Secretary of War under the Articles of Confederation and in President Washington's first administration. The collection includes Knox's...

GLC02437

[Collection of Henry S. Figures, F company, 4th regiment, Alabama, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .33]

Figures was a member of Law's Brigade, Longstreet Division, of the 4th Alabama Infantry. Letters mention prisoners from the "Star of the West," the Battles of Manassas, Yorktown, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, enslaved people, etc. Figures was...

GLC00653.01

[Deposition of Edwin M. Stanton and related legal documents] [decimalized]

Six documents relating to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's deposition as a defense witness in the case of John Benjamin (plaintiff) vs. Robert Murray and Jacob H. Perkins (defendants), being heard before the New York Supreme Court. The case, and...

GLC00720

[The Massacre of Chehaw indians by Georgia militia] [Decimalized .01- .06]

GLC00782.11

Fifteenth Amendment resolution [Decimalized GLC00788.01-GLC00788.02]

GLC00788

Collection of two items related to Abraham Lincoln and Lazarus Whitehead Powell [Decimalized]

GLC01011

Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]

Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.

GLC01233