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2 June 1864
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
To his wife
Describe marches and the break up of the brigade. Sends his wife his new address and cautions her not to work too hard.
GLC04558.137
6 June 1864
Writes news of the fighting at Cold Harbor and lists the fate of friends. "I take this opportunity of leting [sic] you know that I am still among the living, but still I have to acknowledge that life here at present is very uncertain."
GLC04558.138
1 July 1864
Faint; written in pencil. Charging a confederate line; advice to his wife about breeding a horse.
GLC04558.144
June 28, 1864
Tillotson, Georgiana, fl. 1856-1920
To her father George Tillotson
Writes that she can't write very well yet as she has only been practicing for about four weeks. Describes her studies at school and wishes her father were home.
GLC04558.145.01
4 July 1864
To his daughter Georgiana Tillotson
Compliments Georgiana on her writing and thanks her for the letter. Encourages her to keep practicing her lessons: "If . . . you wish to improve in any thing, always strive to do what you do do , well."
GLC04558.145.02
29 July 1864
Advises his wife on how to cope with a long drought and offers some remedies for her illness. Details a letter from Louisa, encloses a recipe for condensed milk with a request for a sample. Still has not been paid. Written in a camp near...
GLC04558.150
11 August 1864
Warns his wife of a reoccurring dream in which he is taken prisoner and recounts occasions when his dreams have come true. Page 4 is addressed to his daughter "Dollie". Encourages her to improve herself. Tells her of the dangers of camp life...
GLC04558.154.01
31 July 1864
Writes that she has been sick and therefore unable to write. Updates her father on family members and wishes that her father were home.
GLC04558.154.02
18 August 1864
A flash flood prevented GWT from joining his regiment at the front and swept away many people's belongings. 40 bodies were found after the flood. One sutler offered a $3000 reward for the return of his cash box. After the regiment returned, their...
GLC04558.156
28 August 1864
Relieved from the trenches by the 10th Corps. New camp is in wooded area; picket duty becomes fun; corporal arrested for exchanging papers with rebel pickets. Georgiana's illness continue.
GLC04558.158
4 September 1864
Continued on Sept. 6. Promoted to first sergeant, regiment moves to Fort Powhattan. Expresses his views on blacks. "I think you must have been delightfully entertained by the "darkies" to form so favorable an opinion of them. I declare you are...
GLC04558.159
26 March 1918
Stewart, Charles, 1890-1921
to Rebecca Pickering Walker
Written on stationery of the Office of the Naval Records and Library of the Navy Department. Signed by Stewart as Superintendent of the Naval Records and Library to Walker as the wife of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Stewart reports that John...
GLC03804.44
3 April 1918
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948
to Francis Pickering Walker Thomas
Written on stationery of the Navy Department. Signed by Daniels as the Secretary of the Navy to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Daniels says that he is acting on the suggestion of her mother by nominating her to act as a family...
GLC03804.45
10 May 1920
Staunton, Sidney A., fl. 1867-1920
1 page cover letter written and signed by Rear Admiral Staunton, a former colleague and friend of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker, to Walker's widow Rebecca. Followed by 3 pages of typed reminiscences by Staunton. Cover letter says that he is...
GLC03804.49
27 April 1853
Darbee, L. & Son, fl. 1853
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)]
Includes the conclusion of a preview of a work soon to be published called "The Narrative of Solomon Northrop, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery in Washington City, in 1844, and Rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation, near the...
GLC06069.02
10 April 1918
Wakeman, Samuel Wiley, fl. 1917-1929
Written on the stationery of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.'s Fore River Plant. Signed by Wakeman as the General Manager of the shipyard to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Says he has been informed that she will...
GLC03804.46
10 September 1918
Written on the stationery of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd.'s Fore River Plant. Signed by Wakeman as the General Manager of the shipyard to the daughter of the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. Tells Walker's daughter that the USS...
GLC03804.47
circa 1918
Walker
Document giving a description of the destroyer USS "Walker" -- named after the late Rear Admiral John G. Walker. It is noted that the ship was 314 feet long, was launched on 14 September 1918 at Fore River, Massachusetts, and that the family sponsor...
GLC03804.48
6 June 1860
West, Lewis H., 1829-?
to R. West
References his mother's and Mary's letters. Says he is finally in Shanghai "after one of the hardest passages I ever made, to, or from, the Indies." Says their sails froze to the mast in January and they could barely get them set. Goes on to describe...
GLC03836.03
16 July 1861
Signed twice by West. A follow up letter to GLC03836.08. Says his ship will resupply at Hampton Roads and then cruise between there and Cape Hatteras. Hopes that "we shall do our duty more efficiently than we have so far, as the blockade we...
GLC03836.09
4 January 1858
Hammond, Amos, fl. 1858
[Receipt of payment for a slave named Delia]
Allen J. Poole pays eight hundred dollars for "a negro girl named Delia about fourteen years old..." Signed and sealed by John M. [Dovey?]. Signed by Hammond as Notary Public. Cosigned by N. I. Hammond. Includes an A. W. Hammond, Notary Public...
GLC06261.01.02
23 November 1822
Saunders, Judith Foster, 1772-1841
to Aaron Hobart
Asking Hobart to vote for Colonel William Beach for the office of Collector of the town of Gloucester. Refers to Beach as "a near relation and friend" of Hobart's. Signed with the names of both Beach and Saunders, but appears to be written in the...
GLC06313.04.199
21 December 1822
Hobart, Nathaniel, 1758-1838
Describes the allotment of a widow's dower. "The Gentlemen appointed to set off the widows dower...have executed that business, they have set off 1 acre...on the West side of the lot..." Also relates family news.
GLC06313.04.209
5 September 1864
Has been busy surveying St. Catherine's bar, which has been little explored. Describes what he discovered while surveying. Says he discovered a channel into the harbor, so he can quickly secure his ship now. Praises Farragut's actions at Mobile...
GLC03836.72
7 September 1864
to Harriet Moore
References her previous letter. Says he has been busy surveying St. Catherine's bar. Says he has found a channel. Praises Farragut's recent victories around Mobile. In reference to the 1864 presidential election says "I should certainly go for 'Old...
GLC03836.73
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