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1863/9/5
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
to mother
He writes of the capture of a small group a confederates, the bombardment on Fort Wagner and the siege of Charleston. Also discusses the whereabouts of friends.
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1863/9/15
Reports the Confederate evacuation of Forts Wagner and Gregg. Now believes he will be allowed to remain quartermaster. He has bought a colt and intends to raise her. Informs his mother that he sent home a 42 pound shell fired from a confederate gun...
GLC04662.044
1863/9/25
A tent mate is ill. He hopes to be paid soon. He writes a list of clothing items he wishes to have sent to him. A corporal is promoted to 1st Lieutenant because he brought the colors back from the attack on Fort Wagner [7/14/1863]. "I like the...
GLC04662.045
1864/1/2
His "boy" Isaac, who is nineteen years old, wants an education. He can read and write a little and "is quite a mathematician." He requests a first grade reader, a geography book, and an arithmetic book for Isaac's education. He was not approved...
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1864/2/29
Describes the fighting near Lake City [Battle of Olustee or Ocean Pond, 2/20/1864] as quite severe: over 1700 killed, wounded, and missing. He comments: "The negro troops did very well except the 8th U.S. Colored Troops, which is a new regiment...
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1864/9/4
They have received word of the capture of Atlanta. His train and depot were inspected and Col. Howard said, "he never before saw a depot in as good order..." Grant's army has taken possession of the Weldon railroad. He is trying to find a...
GLC04662.077
1907/06/04
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Sam Chapman
Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...
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1909/02/10
article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."
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[1861-1865]
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
"Negro Group on Aikins [Aiken's] Farm, The Residue of 65 Slaves. Farm 3000 acres."
Group of twelve African Americans (including men, women, and children), and three white soldiers: one on horseback behind the group, and two visible to the left. Written near Petersburg, Virginia.
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1866
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Speeches by Charles Sumner [Decimalized 496.088.01-.02]
Two speeches by Sumner.
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8 November 1767-1785
Sylvester, Deborah, fl. 1760-1785
[Deborah Sylvester's Journal]
Most entries are recorded in Scituate, Massachusetts. Records accounts and thoughts as well as biblical readings, sermons and family births and deaths. On 19 April 1775, states "the Regulars march out of Bouston and march to Lexington whare the...
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11 December 1801
Smith, Calvin, 1768-1840
to Jedediah Smith
Begins by saying how happy he is to know Jedediah is alive. Tries to convince him to move to the Mississippi territory where the soil is so much more fertile than the stony ground of Massachusetts. Describes in detail all the advantages he would...
GLC04601.02
17 March 1743
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 744 (March 17, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Address from House of Lords to King George II and His Majesty's reply. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured...
GLC06670.009
24 March 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 745 (March 24, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.
GLC06670.010
7 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 747 (April 7, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Extracts from the journal of the House of Commons published. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Extract of a letter regarding book burning and religious...
GLC06670.011
14 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 748 (April 14, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.
GLC06670.012
21 April 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 749 (April 21, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Letter to the House of Lords from the prince of Orange and Nassau regarding his promotion to Lieutenant General. Letter from the magistrates of Edinburg to their representative...
GLC06670.013
12 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 752 (May 12, 1743)]
Includes a comprenhensive overview of political affairs in Europe from the January 1743 issue of the "Gentleman's Magazine." Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of...
GLC06670.014
19 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 753 (May 19, 1743)]
Includes an interview with Count Zinzendorff regarding the Law under Gospel Dispensation and religious conversion. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the...
GLC06670.015
26 May 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 754 (May 26, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. "David's Lamentation on the Death of Saul and Jonathan," a seventeen verse poem based on 2 Samuel 1, 17-27, printed. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section...
GLC06670.016
2 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 755 (June 2, 1743)]
GLC06670.017
9 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 756 (June 9, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Address of the Synod of Philadelphia printed and directed to George Thomas, Lieutenant Governor and Commander in chief of...
GLC06670.018
16 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 757 (June 16, 1743)]
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23 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 758 (June 23, 1743)]
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30 June 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 759 (June 30, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Announces the death of the Dutchess of Buckingham. Prints the speech by King George II ending the Sessions of Parliament. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4....
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7 July 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 760 (July 7, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Continuation of critique of Count Zinzendorff's interview from issue number 753. Section reserved for announcing the...
GLC06670.022
14 July 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 761 (July 14, 1743)]
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21 July 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 762 (July 21, 1743)]
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28 July 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 763 (July 28, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Announces the death of Don Joseph de Campillo, Prime Minister of Spain, from an epileptic seizure. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for...
GLC06670.025
4 August 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 764 (August 4, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Announces the death of England's Princess Teresa Benedictina Maria Barbara of smallpox, and her sister's contraction of the same disease. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2...
GLC06670.026
11 August 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 765 (August 11, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. News of a young woman convicted of wearing men's clothing and passing herself as a sailor. Adds that she was a dextrous...
GLC06670.027
18 August 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 766 (August 18, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Printing of a letter from Prince Charles of Lorraine to the Queen of Hungary regarding military maneuvers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved...
GLC06670.028
26 August 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 767 (August 26, 1743)]
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1 September 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 768 (September 1, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers, especially from Prague and the Hague. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 5 and 6. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of...
GLC06670.030
8 September 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 769 (September 8, 1743)]
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15 September 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 770 (September 15, 1743)]
GLC06670.032
22 September 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 771 (September 22, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers, including extracts from letters regarding a recent battle between the British and French armies. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing...
GLC06670.033
29 September 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 772 (September 29, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Published letter from Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII to the Circle of Swabia regarding the removal of his troops from the French army. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3...
GLC06670.034
6 October 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 773 (October 6, 1743)]
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13 October 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 774 (October 13, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Copy of Commodore Charles Knowles' manifesto to the Spaniards when he came upon the coast of Caracas published. Section...
GLC06670.036
10 November 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 778 (November 10, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of New Jersey Governor Lewis Morris to that state's assembly and their reply. Section reserved for announcing...
GLC06670.037
16 November 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 779 (November 16, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of New Jersey Governor Lewis Morris to that state's assembly. Section reserved for announcing the indentured...
GLC06670.038
24 November 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 780 (November 24, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of New York Colonial Governor George Clinton to that state's assembly. Section reserved for announcing the...
GLC06670.039
15 December 1743
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 783 (December 15, 1743)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Printed speech of Pennsylvania Royal Governor George Thomas to that state's assembly and their reply. Section reserved for...
GLC06670.040
1 January 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 838 (January 1, 1745)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships....
GLC06670.041
8 January 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 839 (January 8, 1745)]
Signed by Mary Sandwith and Margaret Child. Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Article from the representative of the king's council of New Jersey continued from issue number 837 regarding new bills and policies....
GLC06670.042
15 January 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 840 (January 15, 1745)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.
GLC06670.043
22 January 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 841 (January 22, 1745)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Order of King George III to the Governor of Jamaica regarding the laws of the Island of Ratan and the rights of its inhabitants. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4....
GLC06670.044
29 January 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 842 (January 29, 1745)]
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5 February 1745
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 843 (February 5, 1745)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.
GLC06670.046
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