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1861-1865
[Civil War era tintype of Eleazer L. Sarsons]
Pictures Sarsons from waist up, in a uniform with a knapsack slung over his back. He is hatless. GLC03953.18-.20 show Sarsons in different ranks, from private to captain.
GLC03953.20
1890
[Eleazer L. Sarsons]
Post Civil War era photograph of Sarsons standing in a hat and Civil War uniform. He is clearly much older than in the Civil War tintypes of him (see GLC03953.18-.20).
GLC03953.21
1865-1890
Lewis, A.A., fl. 1865-1890
[Eleazer L. Sarsons and his family]
Family portrait showing Sarsons and his wife, Etta (as reported by the Civil War pensions index), sitting in front, and their two children standing behind. The printed verso identifies the photograph as being made through an "Instantaneous Process...
GLC03953.22
[Photograph of Eleazer L. Sarsons]
Oval portrait showing a bearded Sarsons wearing a suit.
GLC03953.23
[Photograph of Etta Sarsons]
Oval portrait of the wife of Eleazer L. Sarsons, Etta (as reported by the Civil War pensions index).
GLC03953.24
28 March 1782
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
to Patrick Henry
General Rochambeau transmits a copy of a letter (not included) he wrote to the Marquis de Choisy (possibly Claude Gabriel Marquis de Choisy). States that the letter discussed Choisy's confusion regarding differentiation between freedmen and enslaved...
GLC04837.01
1781
[Print of General Jean Rochambeau on horseback]
GLC04837.02
12 July 1885
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to John Eaton
General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is...
GLC05485.02.01
circa 12 July 1885
Eaton, John, 1829-1906
[Description of a note from General Ulysses S. Grant]
General Eaton describes a note given to him by General Ulysses S. Grant (see GLC05485.02.01). States that Grant's note was written at Mt. McGregor, Wilton, New York. Asserts that General Grant handed him the note after they witnessed a sermon by D...
GLC05485.02.02
13 January 1873
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
[Check signed by Charles Sumner]
Check for $51.17 payable to Mr. Beckwith Huntly from the First National Bank, Washington, D.C. Signed by Sumner. Endorsed on verso. With US inter-revenue stamp.
GLC02095.32
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