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[envelope]

Jenks noted that this envelope previously contained quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores during the quarter ending in September 1863.

GLC02750.232

[address card of Captain Benjamin W. Richards]

GLC02750.327

[address card of Major Thomas M. Vincent]

GLC02750.328

[Receipt of payment received by Captain Ethan A. Jenks for transporting blankets and clothing for soldiers]

GLC02750.261

P.S.

I send to all those with you as to you yourself my sincerest remembrance. Write to me at the following address.

GLC02766.065

to Jacob Bailey

A note from Robert Bailey to Jacob Bailey asking to be sent molassas.

GLC02669.052

[notes on terra cotta fountain of two children]

One of the most charming designs in the Exhibition is the fountain of Terra Cotta representing two children standing under a spread umbrella above which the jet of water plays....
Autograph note, probably ca. 1876 and accompanied by #19, upon which...

GLC02673.18

[Pass for baggage carrier]

A note permitting passage of a luggage barrier signed by Captain William.

GLC02669.029

[Robert Snell bill]

A bill of Robert Snell that he is to pay in cash to Sweat.

GLC02669.071

[Notes on barley and oat distribution]

This note is believed to be a record of barley and oat rations given out to soldiers.

GLC02669.069

[Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]

Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60....
JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.

GLC02673.17

[Dedication note transmitted within GLC02682.01]

Unsigned note states "Mr. Cushing has the honor to place in the hands of the President the accompanying supplementary volume, which completes the set of documents in the matter of the claims of the Hudson's Bay Company against the United States."

GLC02682.02

to Mrs. James Pillinghart

Sophie and baggage, keys paper and propeller Saturday afternoon addressed.

GLC02745.092

to Wilmot Thompson

From J.B. Crall and Co.

GLC02740.58

Empty-Reads Reports of June

GLC02745.034

[Calling card signed by Sherman]

Possibly created while Sherman served as Commander in Chief of the United States, 1869-1883. On verso, contains a note written in pencil and initialed by Sherman. Sherman writes, "Dear Hoxie- I would like very much to see you and [Green?]- either...

GLC02878.04.08

to John M. Cuyler

Suggesting that contrabands, formerly enslaved people who had escaped to the Union army, be tasked with collecting corpses. "It is suggested that Contrabands be Employed to bring down & put in the waggons the dead bodies which, Emit these foul...

GLC04511

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

Rare envelope.

GLC04546.017

to Harvey L. Brown

GLC04546.018

to James Hastie

Written by Radama I "the Great," the first king of Madagascar, to Hastie, the British agent to his court. Document is in Radama's language, probably Malagasy, and is translated and transcribed by Hastie above Radama's words. He is inviting Hastie to...

GLC04466.02

to Edwin M. Stanton re: allowing a soldier to apply for leave to go home to vote

In full; "Sec of War please give this man the proper directions to apply for leave to go home to vote. Oct. 22, 1864. A. Lincoln." (Election of 1864.)

GLC04618

to David Hartley

Signed in text in the opening of the note and written in the third-person: "Dr. Franklin presents..." Sarcastically explains British methods for taxing the American colonies. Date from docket.

GLC04632

to Joseph Whiting re: orders to pay Bull's bill

Bull requests that Whiting make a payment to Capt. Andrew Bolcher on the account of Robert Livingston.

GLC03107.00183

to Robert Livingston re: Livingston's repayment

Governor Fletcher writes that "the first order I signed after my returne from Albany was for your mony," and in return expects that Livingston will be sending horses to Fletcher. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.00223

Note re: debts still owed on Col. Hamilton's name

Accounts for the balance of Col. Hamilton's bill.

GLC03107.00260

[Envelope addressed to C. H. Carter]

Addressed to Carter at Waterbury, Connecticut. Stamped with free frank in Washington, D.C.

GLC03895.01

[to Mrs. Stanley Brown]

Addressed to Brown at Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York. Stamped South Pass, California.

GLC03895.04

Address leaf sent to Robert Livingston, Jr. at New York

With note on address leaf requesting a cask of nails.

GLC03107.03741

Payment of 60 pounds to Robert Livingston, Jr.

GLC03107.03742

[Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Charles G. Leland (possibly the noted author, journalist, and folklorist).

GLC04640

[one side of a Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Mrs. Hugh Davids.

GLC04641

[Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission envelope]

Includes a printed scene depicting a wounded Union soldier in the foreground and a United States Sanitary Commission horse-drawn wagon in the background. Addressed to Joseph Reese Fry, who served as an organizer of the Union League of Philadelphia...

GLC04642

[Envelope containing one thirty-cent Great Central Fair postage stamp]

Addressed to Charles H. Hart.

GLC04645

[Telegram message for Samuel Morse's coachman]

Note to be relayed to Morse's coachman informing that he will be arriving on the five o'clock train tonight. Written on stationery of the New York, Albany & Buffalo Telegraph Co. Gold envelope is printed with "Morse's American Telegraph, New-York...

GLC04650.01

to Henry Colman

Invites Reverend Colman to dinner. Written in the third person.

GLC04675.10

to unknown re: sending his autograph

GLC04675.14

to A. H. Allen re: "I can not furnish you the autographs which you desire"

GLC04675.16

to J. H. Hodges

He answers a request concerning Dr. Sturgeon's post office. Written on a half sheet of paper. With offset from an engraving on the front, and a rubber stamp signature of previous owner on verso.

GLC04675.18

[Telegram regarding Louisiana's secession from the Union]

Reporter's retained copy to "Times" (possibly The New York Times). "Louisiana passed ordinance secession by a vote of 113 to 17 at Two oclock PM." Written on American Telegraph Company stationery and sent by "Hooper."

GLC01867.01

[Telegram announcing the surrender of Fort Sumter, South Carolina]

Possibly transmitted for publication in the New York Times. Referring to General Robert Anderson, Commander of Fort Sumter, the telegram states "Fort Sumter has hoisted The White Flag. Anderson is coming up to the City." Written on stationery of...

GLC01867.02

[Telegram to New York Times]

Telegram sent to the New York Times during the second week of the Civil War. Says "News bad Norfolk All Vessels & Part Navy Yard Destroyed." Reports that the ships "Pennsylvania," "Delaware," "Plymouth," "Columbia," and "Merrimac" were destroyed as...

GLC01867.03

to Eliakim P. Scammon

States that Union General Henry W. Halleck reported that the captured dispatches between Confederate President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee shows that there is no rebel force left between Lee's Army and Richmond, Virginia. Orders that...

GLC01903

to Eliakim P. Scammon

Recipient's copy of a telegram in the hand of the telegrapher on stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Says that he asked Governor David Tod [of Ohio] to contact Scammon about sending two new regiments to protect the Kanawha Division. Asks if...

GLC01907

to unknown

Discharging a boy volunteer upon the refund of bounty money.

GLC01630

[Envelope addressed to Major Vincent]

A free franked envelope (War Department stationery) signed as Secretary of War, allowing the bearer, Major Vincent, to see the Board of Inquiry into Lincoln's assassination.

GLC02256

Civil war patriotic envelope with cartoon: A Rebel attack on Pickin's

GLC08674

to Seth Williams

Written in pencil, on note stationery. Union General Hancock, commanding the Middle Military Division and the Department of West Virginia, informs General Williams "I have possession of the two guns, making 20 in all." Note written several days after...

GLC00731.02

[Loring allows public funds to pay for Dr. Quintard's journey to Richmond]

Possibly served as a military pass. Loring, commander of the Army of the Northwest, writes: "Dr. Quintard is going to Richmond on business, he will be permitted to go & return at the public charge" (possibly refers to Dr. Charles Todd Quintard).

GLC02459.23

to unknown

Requests that Mr. Capley be paid the market price for 4,100 shingles.

GLC02450.13

[John S. Mosby's safe conduct pass for William L. Yurk, 5th Michigan Cavalry].

An undated safe conduct pass, signed by Mosby as "Major, CSA." "This prisoner captured by my command in Loudon Co VA. has been sent to the Federal lines." On the verso is the certified promise of William L. Yurk (5th Michigan Cavalry) not to take up...

GLC02461.23