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to Eliakim P. Scammon

"…I know there is no enemy on my right worth marching for sixty miles for the last twenty (20) of that we will be bushwhacked then for the next thirty (3) it will be hot…." Dated Apl 1860

GLC02414.282

to James L. Botsford

"My scouts have returned they were at Peytona no enemy that they could hear of I destroyed & broke up all the ferry boats for five miles each way . . . . " Dated Mch 29 186 Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.292

to Eliakim P. Scammon

dated July 14 186

GLC02414.299

to James L. Botsford

"No news. Rebel scouts from Lewisburg and some of Thurmans men are reported as having been at Sewell on the 12th Cavalry have been coming in one at a time there now remains oout one Lt & seven (7) men missing It is reported two or three wounded..."...

GLC02414.337

to James L. Botsford

"Cook & Longdon have passes signed R Hastings...I regard them suspicious characters & upon close investigation am inclined to spies...." Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.343

to Eliakim P. Scammon

"Col Harris repulsed the Enemy at Beverly yesterday and is now pursuing him on the Huttonville road no particulars"

GLC02414.348

to James L. Botsford

"A man calling himself C Clark came into our lines this evening representing himself as a conscript rebel deserter but papers found on his person identify him as a Lieutenant of the 8th Va Cavalry. I believe him to be a spy of the most dangerous...

GLC02414.350

to James L. Botsford

GLC02414.353

Envelope from New Salem State Park, features profile picture of Lincoln

GLC08880.099

[Resignation as the Director and President of the Freedom Manufacturing Company]

Addressed to the companies Board of Directors. Accompanied by an (unrelated) engraving of Douglass by Augustus Robin of New York (see GLC08948.02).

GLC08948.01

[Note establishing rent for the President's house in Richmond]

Notes that rent for the Confederate President's House is to be paid at 6% annually based on the cost of the house, $42,894.97.

GLC09100.02

to the Commissary

Orders to issue a day's worth of rations to musicians in the New Hampshire line "detained at this post by the present storm." Endorsed by a man named Samuel, surname illegible.

GLC02437.01825

[Request for supplies]

Request for planks and boards to finish building barracks. Spells his name "Niven."

GLC02437.01911

[Request for provisions]

Request for provisions for men in a barge crew. Countersigned by Isaac Smith.

GLC02437.02500

[Receipt from Jonathan Burral, Esq.]

Duplicate of GLC02437.03345. Written from Salem, possibly in Massachusetts. Receipt from Jonathan Burral [possibly Burrall], Esq., Commissioner of Accompts [possibly Accounts], for 450 dollars with interest to be given to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.03344

[Receipt from Jonathan Burral, Esq.]

Copy of GLC02437.03344.

GLC02437.03345

[Certificate of commission]

Taylor, the Chief Clerk at the State Department, certifies that Caleb Swan's commission for the post of Paymaster was dated on 9 May 1792.

GLC02437.05520

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Ether Acton to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1936. The greeting card features two puppies playing with a ribbon on a package under a Christmas tree.

GLC09576.110

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Elsie Jahoda to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1936. The greeting card features Sailboat on a red field, and text reading, "Christmas Greetings."

GLC09576.111

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Vera to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1936. The Christmas card features a house and evergreen trees covered in snow.

GLC09576.137

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Fran to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1938. The Christmas card features a bus covered with snow. A crowd of people are climbing on the bus.

GLC09576.152

[Note]

Signature is not listed but appears to be in Knox's handwriting. Appears to be a note about account information involving Henry Knox and William Duer. Various numbers and notes are noted on docket page. Most likely a draft. Date was added later...

GLC02437.10618

Request for information [incomplete]

Asks if the recipient would "be so obliging as to inform me what time Genl Green superceeded [sic] Genl. Gates - it seems necessity to accertain [sic] it in order to the settleg of my deceased brothers affair - " Date written in previously inferred...

GLC02437.04488

[Order]

Requests two pairs of winter shoes for Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09856

[Order]

Requests a pair of boots for [Francis] Waldo Flucker.

GLC02437.09842

[Order]

States, "Please to supply Waldo F. Flucker with a pair of [tops]."

GLC02437.09831.01

[Order]

Requests a pair of shoes for Thomas Flucker.

GLC02437.09839

[Receipt]

Appears to be a statement on Thomas Flucker's account and a tuition bill with Ebenezer Pemberton from 26 July 1798 to 9 November 1799. Pemberton signed he received payment at the bottom of the document.

GLC02437.09854

[Request]

Places an order to have a pair of shoes made for Thomas Flucker. Year of creation unknown.

GLC02437.09929

to Henry Knox

Signed in text as "Genl. Hazen." Discusses difficulties in reaching a final settlement for his military affairs and gives detailed information related to his struggle to reach a settlement. Mentions others involved, including [William] Duer and...

GLC02437.04431

[Receipt for tuition]

Receipt for the tuition of Henry Knox's daughter for learning French. Docketed by Henry Knox.

GLC02437.03598

to Mr. [Sheafs?]

A note from Knox requesting wine. Writes, "Please to deliver the bearer the quart of the same wine as the last sent." The addressee name appears to be Mr. [Sheafs?].

GLC02437.06084

to Cordelia Williams

Postcard from the Rairoad Retirement Board to Cordelia Williams sent to acknowledge the receipt of an application for death benefits of LeRoi Williams. It also asks that if her address has changed to send the postcard back with the new address.

GLC09587.310

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Pauline "Pat" Addison to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1932. The greeting card features a man helping a woman out of a carriage in the snow. A National Tuberculosis Association Christmas seal is adhered to the envelope.

GLC09576.031

to Paul H. Lobik

One greeting card from Sadie Johnson to Paul H. Lobik dated December 21, 1932. The greeting card features a house and forest covered in snow beneath a full moon. A National Tuberculosis Association Christmas seal is adhered to the envelope.

GLC09576.032

to Cordelia Williams

Telegram from Boyd Coab to Cordelia Williams. There are two purple stars stamped in the middle. It says "I regret to inform you of the death of your son 'Leroi S Willliams' 0809260 Air Corps 100th Fighter Squaron 332nd Fighter Group." It says the...

GLC09587.402

to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One V-mail from Richard C. Miller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated December 11, 1943. The Christmas greeting features a cartoon of a group of people standing and sitting as if taking a photograph. One man is sitting on the floor unwrapping a gift. It...

GLC09611.170

[Blank Postcard]

One blank postcard dated circa 1940's based on a 1880's portrait of Frederick Douglass. Printed on the rear of the postcard is the text, "Frederick Douglass1818-1895 Born a slaveon the eastern shore of Maryland, but ran away to become a great anti...

GLC07926.02

[First day issue stamp of Booker T. Washington]

First day issue envelope with stamp from the "Famous Americans Series." Both stamp and envelope feature the printed likeness of Booker T. Washington. Envelope cancelled at Tuskegee on 7 April 1940. Sent to Alice J. Cutright Kaine from Portia...

GLC05508.255.03

to Henry C. Rives

States that he does not have an autograph of the late President Lincoln that he can send.

GLC05603.01.11

to Norris Howes

Note sending his autograph. On stationary of the Boston Athletic Association.

GLC05603.01.15

to Mrs. Edward H. Odgen

GLC06559.161

to Mrs. Edward Odgen

Year not visible.

GLC06559.167

to Mrs. Edward Odgen

Year not visible.

GLC06559.168

to Mrs. Edward Odgen

Year not visible.

GLC06559.169

Envelope addressed to Joseph Curtis of Hamilton, Ohio

Curtis was the uncle of Joseph B. Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Indicates a date of August 30, though no year is included. Firm of Shafer, Curtis & Patten is written at the bottom of the envelope.

GLC00653.09.21

to Alexander Catlin Twining

An envelope addressed to Alexander C. Twining in New Haven, Conneticut from the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. The envelope is unaccompanied by contents. 121.757 was written on the back of the envelope. Both bottom corners are torn as is the...

GLC07242.03

to Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Regarding a conversation with Jefferson Davis on the possibility of capturing Washington, D.C.

GLC08238.02

Rooms of the Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair, Under Lindell Hotel, St. Loius, MO

dark yellow

GLC08413.01

Union

features George Washington on a horse

GLC08413.09