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7 May 1839
[Promisory note to Seth Hall for one dollar]
Promissory note to Seth Hall for one dollar. Signer may have the last name North, but it is hard to tell.
GLC02542.32.28
1763-1783
[Incomplete]
Fragment of a note or letter. The only legible words read "my Uncle of...Isiah Arnold Esq...Aged 83. born in...for Paul Collin...my Father James..."
GLC02542.32.29
16 June 1862
Ruggles, Daniel, 1810-1897
[Note to be telegramed to Pierre G. T. Beauregard]
Reports that "It is important to secure the plantation boats on both banks of the Mississippi. Shall I have it secure so as to prevent their destruction by the enemy?"
GLC04057.01
17 June 1862
Informs Beauregard that "Col. Shelby reports the Enemy in considerable force at Holly Springs." While the Western front was relatively quiet at this time, Holly Springs would be the site of a major battle in September.
GLC04057.02
Wonders whether or not he should "establish the Holly Springs repairing machinery at Newtown." While the Western front was relatively quiet at this time, Holly Springs would be the site of a major battle in September.
GLC04057.03
Requests railroad cars to move his forces and supplies.
GLC04057.04
19 January 1863
Maury, Dabney Herndon, 1822-1900
to Sterling Price
General Maury informs General Price he was disappointed that Price recently failed to visit Vicksburg. Reports on marching with General Lee (possibly Stephen Dill Lee). Relates that due to a railroad accident, the 35th Mississippi lost an estimated...
GLC05012.01
circa 1863-1890
Hall, Charles Bryan, 1840-?
[Print of General Dabney Herndon Maury]
Etched by Hall. Circa dates inferred based on the dates of some of Hall's other etchings. Depicts Herndon, a Confederate General, in military uniform.
GLC05012.02
1863
[Summary of the military service of Confederate Generals John Horace Forney and Dabney Herndon Maury]
A page removed from a biographical work.
GLC05012.03
2 October 1780
Chew, Joseph, fl. 1780
[Joseph Chew's discussion of a letter from Benedict Arnold]
The note, signed by Chew, explains how the accompanying letter (no longer present) was kept undercover, "This Letter was delivered as a Blank Sheet of Paper put over one or two newspapers - which by wetting with a Proper Composition made it Legible."...
GLC05533.02
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