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7 July 1863
Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863)
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 800 (July 7, 1863)]
The Battle of Gettysburg, Manuevers near Harrisburg, Rebel Cavalry Within Five Miles of Washington.
GLC05959.43.17
15 July 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 807 (July 15, 1863)]
From General Lee's Army, Official Report of the Attack on Milliken's Bend, A.H. Stephens on a Mission to Washington, his Mission rejected (correspondence between Stephens & Davis.)
GLC05959.43.22
20 January 1862
Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879)
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 119, whole no. 3499 (January 20, 1862)]
Letter from Brigadier General Floyd to the army. News and gossip from Washington. Minutes from the City Council. Fighting with the Indians. Editorial and news on General Hebert. News from Pensacola and the latest bombardment.
GLC05959.51.018
30 November 1864
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 176, whole no. 3840 (November 30, 1864)]
Interesting from New Orleans, Typhoid fever very bad in Washington, Fighting in the Valley.
GLC05959.54.11
21 December 1864
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 185, whole no. 3849 (December 21, 1864)]
Message by Governor Brown of Georgia, Confederate Congress Proceedings, Attempt to Assassinate General Grant, Yankees Preparing Peace Propositions for South, Reports of a Late Washington Dispatch - Speakership of the 39th U.S. Congress, Resignations...
GLC05959.54.19
7 August 1861
Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 32 (August 7, 1861)]
A Second Few Days Sojourn with the Army of the Potomac, General Pillow's Proclamation, Distrust & Disaffection - Peace Meetings, Mr. Breckinridge on the Bill of Abominations, Probable Evacuation of newport, Confederate Prisoners of War at Washington.
GLC05959.56.038
3 May 1864
Smith, Bailey & Co.,
The Sentinel. [Vol. 1, no. (May 3, 1864)]
The President's message to the Senate and House of Representatives concernign the issue of paper currency, Telegraphic News - Special dispatch that the enemy has fallen back from Big Black, Banks defeated a second time, General Price captures wagons...
GLC05959.57.09
2 September 1861
William Lloyd and Co.
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 159 (September 2, 1861)]
General Beauregard's official report of the Battle of Bull Run on the 18th of July, Capture of Fort Hatteras, Important movement about Washington.
GLC05959.72.003
24 September 1861
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 14, no. 178 (September 24, 1861)]
Shooting of 400 mutineers in Washington, Arrest of Maryland senators.
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3 February 1864
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 17, no. 275 (February 3, 1864)]
Dispatch from Colonel Gordon, Yankee prisoners, gunboat "Smith Briggs" captured, telegraph from General Beauregard - enemy re-shelling Fort Sumter, Report Ex-Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia arrested, Yankees evacuate Corinth, Army corps of the...
GLC05959.72.050
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 55 (May 3, 1864)]
Evacuation of Washington, North Carolina by Yankees, The victory of Plymouth.
GLC05959.72.097
9 August 1861
A.F. Crutchfield & Co. (fl. 1861)
Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 189, whole no. 3730 (August 9, 1861)]
Accounts of the Yankee Army in Washington - Their Outrages - The Manassas Panic, Unprecedented Barbarism - Burning of Hampton by the Vandals, The Battle of Manassas Plains - General Scott Insane on Flank Movements.
GLC05959.74.08
3 January 1861
Nixon, J. O. (fl. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal...
GLC05960.02.02
4 January 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 261 (January 4, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Only has first 2 pages of a usual full 8 page issue. Front page article titled "No Compromise," rejects the compromise efforts of Henry Winter Davis in Washington. Article titled "The State Conventions," gives updates on...
GLC05960.02.03
25 February 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 305 (February 25, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Article on University of Louisiana. Description of the New Orleans celebration of George Washington's birthday takes up three quarters of the front page. Describes an "Imposing Military Display." Short item on arrival...
GLC05960.02.06
25 April 1861
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 45 (April 25, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Front page is filled with military notices and advertisements for men to volunteer for various units. Copy of Robert Anderson's dispatch to Secretary of War Simon Cameron after the fall of Fort Sumter. Telegraphed updates...
GLC05960.02.12
21 September 1907
Army and Navy Register Publishing Company (1879-1948)
Army and Navy Register [Vol. 42, no. 1449 (September 21, 1907)]
Most of this issue it taken up with an obituary of Rear Admiral John G. Walker titled "Death of Rear Admiral Walker." It includes a large photograph of Walker in his dress uniform with a very large mustache. Obit says his ashes will be buried in...
GLC03804.43
1865/05/06
Harper, James, 1795-1869
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 9, no. 436 (May 6, 1865)]
Includes articles on the late President Lincoln's funeral and various engravings of scenes of the funeral in New York. ALso includes scenes from the funeral procession in Washington D.C., Lincoln in his deathbed, and other assassination related...
GLC08426
1849/01/25
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]
US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.
GLC08430.03
1857/10/14
Daily Illinois state journal. [Vol. 10, no. 75 (October 14, 1857)]
Announcement of a mass convention against the 'National Administration.' The death notice of Washington Park Custis (last member of George Washington's family and father-in-law to R. E. Lee.). Front page includes an add for law firm of (Abraham)...
GLC08430.07
19 April 1862
Adair, George Washington, 1823-1899
Southern confederacy [Vol. 3, no. 57 (April 19, 1863)]
Published by Adair and J. Henry Smith (1820-1897). B.C. Smith is the associate editor. Tag line below masthead says "The Public Good Before Private Advantage." Masthead vignette depicts an industrialized Southern Confederacy. Announces the beginning...
GLC08492
12 September 1850
Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877)
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)]
With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Brooks on the Wilmot Proviso," articles on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. and the Texas Boundary Bill, and miscellaneous other...
GLC08875.31
6 July 1775
Hall, Samuel (1740-1807)
New England Chronicle: or the Essex Gazette
New England Chronicle: or the Essex Gazette, with the news: "Cambridge, July 6. Last Sabbath came to Town from Philadelphia, his Excellency George Washington, Esq; appointed, by the Continental Congress, General and Commander in Chief of the American...
GLC09377
7 February 1862
Cincinnati Gazette
[Detailed report of Union Victory at Fort Henry, Tenn.]
Detailed report of Union victory at Fort Henry, Tenn. Includes three clippings: "Union Flag Planted on Tennsesse Soil;" "Rebel Scouts Captured-Occupation at Romeny;" and "Our Troops in Pursuit of the Rebel Refugees from Fort Henry-The Rebel Troops...
GLC07687.182
11 July 1960
Fay, Elton C., (fl. 1960)
[B-70 Held Perfect Plane For Spy Role]
A newspaper clipping from the Washington Times Herald on July 11, 1960. The first article, "B-70 Held Perfect Plane for Spy Role," describes the proposed B-70 bomber plane and explains the disagreement over whether or not to fund the construction of...
GLC09565.03
9 May 1968
United Democrats for Humphrey
Victory '68: News From United Democrats for Humphrey (9 May 1969)
The first issue of a weekly newsletter published by the United Democrats for Humphrey. It includes quotes from Vice President Humphrey, as well as information on his standing in the polls, who has endorsed him, and what his wife, Muriel, is like.
GLC09565.06
16 May 1968
Victory '68: News From United Democrats for Humphrey (16 May 1969)
The second issue of a weekly newsletter published by the United Democrats for Humphrey. Includes accounts of his victories at state conventions, his comments to the United Autoworker Convention, and the responses of columnists and pollsters to his...
GLC09565.07
23 May 1968
Victory '68: News From United Democrats for Humphrey (23 May 1969)
The third issue of a weekly newsletter published by the United Democrats for Humphrey, with headlines about Humphrey's standing in the Gallup Poll, his endorsements by columnists and political figures, and his campaign strategy developments.
GLC09565.08
30 May 1968
Victory '68: News From United Democrats for Humphrey (30 May 1969)
The fourth issue of a weekly newsletter published by the United Democrats for Humphrey. It has information about Humphrey's lead with delegates and in the Louis Harris poll, about his visit to his South Dakota hometown, and about Robert Kennedy's...
GLC09565.09
29 July 1968
Victory '68: News from United Democrats for Humphrey (29 July 1968)
The 29 July issue of the Victory '68 newsletter advocating the election of Vice Presient Hubert Humphrey to the presidency. It contains Humphrey's stances on and recent action involving aid to farmers, urban regeneration, gun control, and the draft...
GLC09565.11
6 March 1893
Unknown
How the Treasury is Robbed and No Load in that Barrel
Article discusses the problem they have on their hands with the duplication of bonds and treasury notes. Currently there is no method of preventions and they've had to pay millions in redemption. The other side talks about taxes and how farmers are...
GLC02691.12.02
30 April 1898
Smith, Michael Hoke (1855-1931)
Map of the World Showing the Points at Which the War is In Progress
Map shows the miles between ports found in locations such as Japan, San Francisco, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde, Liverpool, New York, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, and the Phillipines. Lists the names of all the ships in the fleet at the...
GLC02691.12.08
13 September 1921
The New York Herald
The New York Herald, Tuesday, September 13, 1921.
This document is a newspaper that was found stuffed in the frame of 05860.01 when that document was being removed from the mount and frame. It is a newspaper from a 1921 release of The New York Herald. Topics covered include international economic...
GLC05860.02
29 November 1861
Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, publishers
Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 19 (November 29, 1861)]
Subjects include Lord Lyons and the capture of the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell, admission of Missouri to the Confederacy, 11 November 1861 proclamation from the governor to the volunteer militia companies of the state. This issue...
GLC05959.01.01
1 December 1861
Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (December 1, 1861)]
Subjects include the advancing of General Price, Proclamation by Gov. Brown urging Georgians to fight, Affairs in Pensacola. This issue includes a story on a prisoner of war, Major Vodges, taken at the battle of Santa Rosa Island, and the account of...
GLC05959.01.02
3 December 1861
Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 22 (December 3, 1861)]
Subjects include proclamation by Gov. Brown urging Georgians to fight, Evacuation of Tybee, Our Defenses on Islands. This issue contains fragments of local war news stories, including information about the Richmond Dispatch, a report of the burial of...
GLC05959.01.03
5 December 1861
Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 24 (December 5, 1861)]
Gen. Bragg's congratulatory order. This issue reports the results of the electoral college electing Jefferson Davis and Alexander H. Stephens as president and vice president of the Confederacy. Various reports describe the state of war events at...
GLC05959.01.04
6 December 1861
Daily federal union. [Vol. 4, no. 25 (December 6, 1861)]
Proclamation by Joseph E. Brown. The capture of Montgomery and the surrounding of Siegel occupy the front page of this issue. Separate reports from Tennessee, Pensacola, and the Mississippi River detail war events. The Ladies Relief Society of...
GLC05959.01.05
29 September 1862
Turner, Joseph Addison
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 1(September 29, 1862)]
Secretary Seward on the object of the war, Southern National Anthem (p.6)
GLC05959.02.01
6 October 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (October 6, 1862)]
McClellan's Strategic Move
GLC05959.02.02
13 October 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 3 (October 13, 1862)]
Southern Pluck
GLC05959.02.03
3 November 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 6 (November 3, 1862)]
Wry comment on a recent reference to "By Order of Gen. Beauregard," "Another Glorious Victory" - the establishment of a Southern publishing house in Georgia.
GLC05959.02.04
10 November 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 7 (November 10, 1862)]
The Evil Effects of Dancing.
GLC05959.02.05
17 November 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 8 (November 17, 1862)]
Article regarding the law against educating Negroes.
GLC05959.02.06
8 December 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 11 (December 8, 1862)]
The Reign of Terror (criticizing Governor Brown), Seizure (opposing state seizure of public property), What Mr. Stephens Said on Raising New Crops.
GLC05959.02.07
15 December 1862
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 12 (December 15, 1862)]
Governments New Function, The Effects of Seizure, Confederate Constitution.
GLC05959.02.08
10 January 1865
The Countryman. [Vol. 20, no. 2 (January 10, 1865)]
President Jefferson Davis & the Press.
GLC05959.02.09
11 July 1861
Gilbert, Thomas (fl. 1861-1864)
Daily sun. [Vol. 6, no. 297 (July 11, 1861)]
Governor Moore issues a Proclamation calling for 3,000 Volunteers, Secession in California, The Reinforcement of Ft. Pickens, The Engagement near Martinsburg, The Skirmish Near Newport News, Adjutant-Gen. of Virginia Issues Orders to Commanders to...
GLC05959.03.01
13 July 1861
Daily sun. [Vol. 6, no. 299 (July 13, 1861)]
Subjects include the Georgia Constitution, Interesting War News, McClellan Reports the Southerners Strongly Entrenched Two Miles From His Camp, The Engagement Near Martinsburg, Price's Captured Off Cedar Keys. The majority of this issue is taken up...
GLC05959.03.02
4 November 1861
Daily sun. [Vol. 7, no. 89 (November 4, 1861)]
Subjects include Georgia Constitution, Beauregard's General Orders, Death of Sam Houston Reported. In an effort to dispel fiction from fact, this issue includes a very detailed account of the battles of Leesburg and Manassas. A list of cotton...
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