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1862/04/14
Morris, Charles F., fl. 1861-1862
to: Susannah L. Morris.
Charles reports that they fought last Friday and "whip[ped] the rebells and took 25 prisoners" which they sent to Washington.
GLC06451.009
27 December 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Commission of Henry Knox to Brigadier General of Artillery]
Congressional appointment for Knox to the newly created rank of Brigadier General of Artillery. "We, resposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a...
GLC02437.00500
[18 December] 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
A plan for the establishment of a Corps of Continental Artillery, Magazines, Laboratories &c
Argues that "a well regulated...well disciplined" and well supplied artillery is the most important factor in modern war, and has recently proved decisive in Europe. The British rely on artillery, and feels America should copy them. States the most...
GLC02437.00505
15 March 1777
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
Account of Money delivered by Capt. Lt. Treat to the Officers of Artillery for recruiting, agreeable to their Receipts
An account of the money paid to officers in Knox's artillery regiment, totalling 7,145 dollars. States that the money came from General Knox.
GLC02437.00509
[n.d.]
J.E., Tilton, & Co., 1851-1878
Lowell, James Russell.
Tilton imprint on recto. Identified in ink on verso. Vignette half length seated portrait, holding cane. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.19
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
[Unidentified]
From negative in Brady's Natioal Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Vignette bust portrait of a woman. [Photograph from painting or engraving?] White mount with gold border .
GLC06391.27
D. Appleton & Company, fl. 1861-1880
Bryant, W[illia]m Cullen.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. ; Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait of Bryant as an old man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.33
1864
Paxson, Chas., fl. 1863-1864
"Our Protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso.Portrait of three children wrapped in what appear to be flags. White mount
GLC06391.38
From a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Half length seated portrait of a middle aged man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.45
1861/10/06
to: George M. Morris.
There was a fight and the men had to march 6 miles only to "drill quick" back to cross the "Chane Bridge." He tells his mother and brother that he is going to enlist for 15 years if they approve "for I like to sold[i]er."
GLC06451.004
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