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1863/04/16
Morris, Joseph W., fl. 1862-1863
to: George M. Morris.
Joseph would like to know how Jesse felt when a letter from his wife got home before he did and how their mother reacted when she learned that he was married.
GLC06451.034
1861/12/07
Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862
to: "Dear Brothers."
Wilmor writes his brothers that Jo will send three likenesses for Wilmor's mother, for Susan, and for Elizabeth. Jesse said to tell George he is too busy drilling to write George back. Wilmor asks after the sheep and cows and gives news of family...
GLC06451.039
to: Susannah L. Morris; John Morris.
Morris writes to his sister about guard duty, and to his father [in a separate letter on the same leaf]. Wilmor tells his father that "this regiment has the most stri[n]gent laws of any in the brigade you must toe the mark or the guard house is your...
GLC06451.040
1862/02/27
to: Susannah L. Morris.
Wilmor conjectures that "we will come home when we leave here fore the rebles are getting whip[p]ed every where thay meet our boys." He ate at a table for the first time since leaving home, at the home of a "pritty little plump girl" he met near the...
GLC06451.042
1862/07/20
to: Mr. and Mrs. John Morris.
Wilmor has seen Charles several times and he is looking better though he was very sick. Doctor Whitssell has left with swamp fever and Wilmor hopes he has a bad case as he made men "that was not able to walk hardley" stand duty, saying they "wanted...
GLC06451.051
1861
Mason, Anna, fl. 1861
to: "Friend" Wilmor Morris.
Mason is going to school now. She goes to prayer meetings every Friday night and there are only nine or ten men now. Bill Stewart takes the girls home one by one while the rest wait inside. She hopes Wilmor will visit before running off with "that...
GLC06451.053
1861/10/22
Watson, J., fl. 1861
to: Wilmor W. Morris.
Watson considered writing earlier but explains "I know you get all the current news of your old haunts from the fair sex." He reports that conditions are improving, most of the "iron works, rolling mills, glass houses etc. have resumed operations,"...
GLC06451.054
1863/02/16
Miller, James, fl. 1863
Miller says if he could obtain a furlough for twenty days, he would be willing to "support old Abe in his war policy even to the freeing of the niggers." He tells Wilmor that he could "do almost any of the girls justice" including "my Mary as you...
GLC06451.058
1863/04/17
Miller's company is packed up and expects to move any time now but he is not sure of their destination. He suspects that Wilmor has fallen for the "the tender looks and pleasant actions of that blue eyed lass with the curls who lives in Wilkinsburgh...
GLC06451.062
[n.d.]
Wilson Brothers
[Unidentified]
Three quarter length seated portrait of a young woman in profile, facing proper left. White mount with gold border; Wilson Brothers imprint on verso.
GLC06391.15
Tilton, J.E., fl. 1862
Bonheur, Rosa.
Identified on verso. Three quarter length portrait of Bonheur standing next to a large cow. [Photograph from painting or engraving?] White mount with Tilton imprint on verso.
GLC06391.24
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
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
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Full length seated portrait of all three. White mount with red border.
GLC06391.32
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
1863
"Rebecca: A Slave Girl from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso. Vignette bust portrait of a young girl. White mount
GLC06391.39
J. Byerly & Son
With gold border; Bylerly imprint on verso. Oval seated half length portrait of an old woman. White mount
GLC06391.41
1861/10/10
Morris, Charles F., fl. 1861-1862
to: Susannah L. Morris
Charles is enjoying himself, stating "I hafe [have] a grate [great] [deal] of fune [fun] hear [here] and I hop [hope] you hafe [have] as much at home." He hopes that Susannah is still good friends with William and that George and Mage "will not fall...
GLC06451.005
1861/10/27
[in another hand] Charles seems content declaring "I have a fine time here." He is cooking for the company and they only drill for an hour a day now. He promises to send Elizabeth and his mother his likeness. George has told him that there are no...
GLC06451.007
1862/10/31
Morris, George, fl. 1862
George reports that their father is getting better and promises to write Joseph very soon. He sends word to Joseph that "his purty girl Miss E. Talor had a litt[l]e one by old Hicky."
GLC06451.015
1861-1865
Jeffery, ?
"A Chance of War"
Short story re: "a romance connected with the Master" that takes place during the Civil War "...at the time our [Federal] troops were endeavouring to surround Stonewall Jackson and prevent his falling back towards Richmond."
GLC01896.149
[Draft letter]
Re: "It is a quaint perhaps a true saying, that women bear misfortunes better than men…."
GLC01896.153
Jeffery, Annie, fl. 1890-1900
to [Edward R. Archer]
Discusses family members health and the house, and Edward's gift ["cuft buttons"] to Aaron Jeffery. Annie lets little Virginia Archer write some to Edward which shows up as messy scribbling on pages 2 and 3. That which is legible reads: "I love you...
GLC01896.135
1865/07/04
Anderson & Co.
[Carte de visite of unidentified woman]
Unidentified woman. Carte de visite, vignette portrait. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson & Co.).
GLC01896.181
1864/5/29
Disderi, Andre, 1819-1894
[Carte de visite of two unidentified women]
Domestic set piece, two unidentified women [one standing behind one sitting] with pastoral background studying books. Albumen print (Paris: Disderi, Photographe de S. M. L'Empereur"). Inscribed: "For M. Archer with our kind remembrance. London May...
GLC01896.185
1861-1877
Whitaker & Co.
Unidentified woman, vignette portrait. Albumen print (Philadelphia: Whitaker & Co.). Inscribed: "20019".
GLC01896.191
[Carte de visite of Ella Taylor Waring]
Ella Taylor Waring, vignette portrait, hand coloured and outlined in ink. Albumen print (Pollock). Inscribed: "Mrs. Ella Taylor Waring Mrs. Thos. W. Waring]
GLC01896.192
02 April 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Todd Lincoln.
Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.
GLC08090
13 July 1864
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 40 (July 13, 1864)]
Several letters to the editor on page 1 mark conversions and religious undertakings for soldiers. An editorial proclaims Jesus "Christ as a Reformer." An article examines the revolutionary heroine "Molly Stark," compared to brave Civil War women....
GLC05959.39.57
18-19 March 1863
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
to B. H. Smith
Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to Smith to forward a complaint letter from a woman named Laura Ruffner, who asked for interference in the matter of coal property. This letter is written on a portion of a page of Ruffner's...
GLC02414.053
1 April 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 23 (April 1, 1863)]
"'Heavenly Recognition' Again" responds to an article in the previous issue. An article written by a woman describes the local "Flowers." An article encourages the "Support of Ministers." Part of an editorial titled "Our Olio" states that slaves have...
GLC05959.39.18
22 April 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 26 (April 22, 1863)]
An untitled discourse by Rev. J.F. Morrall includes his views on the needs of the armies. "To the Poor Boys" laments the difficulties faced by poor boys in a world where wealth is value. "Hospital for Women" advertises a new hospital for women in...
GLC05959.39.21
6 May 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 28 (May 6, 1863)]
"Beautiful Passages" examines different excerpts from works of literature about change, including day to night, life to death, and summer to fall. Letters to the editor make suggestions about how to distribute the paper to soldiers. A woman writes an...
GLC05959.39.23
24 June 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (June 24, 1863)]
"Rev. A.E. Dickinson's Annual Report to the General Association of Virginia" discusses plans to send out further evangelists and take care of churches at home. "Army Correspondence" prints a lengthy letter by Chaplain 1st South Carolina Volunteers...
GLC05959.39.28
12 August 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 41 (August 12, 1863)]
A "Letter from Gen. Johnston's Army" in Mississippi details the army's movements and the personal religious experiences of the writer. Reactions to the "Union of Columbia, Bethel, and Salem Associations" from the last issue. An article titled...
GLC05959.39.33
23 December 1863
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 12 (December 23, 1863)]
Letters to the editor address situations at the writers' locations, including Jackson Hospital in Richmond and Sullivan's Island, amongst other places. An article describes the "Patriotism of Southern Women" and their efforts to support the war cause...
GLC05959.39.44
13 January 1864
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 14 (January 13, 1864)]
"A Defiant Memphis Woman" transcribes a letter from a woman encourages readers to examine allegiance to a proposed national Thanksgiving day to celebrate Union successes. An article titled "Consanguineous Marriages" examines inbred marriages and...
GLC05959.39.45
20 January 1864
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 15 (January 20, 1864)]
In "A Methodist Minister Hunting Snakes," a story is told of a Methodist minister visiting slaves in their cabins and discovers how one woman has learned to read the Bible and to gather snakes with another slave. "Why do we Write?" discusses the...
GLC05959.39.46
3 February 1864
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 17 (February 3, 1864)]
The S.S. and Colportage Board of the South Carolina State Convention published a statement of operations, announced by a letter titled "To the Baptist Churches and Congregations in S.C." An article titled "On Foreign Missions" includes brief reports...
GLC05959.39.48
23 March 1864
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 34 (March 23, 1864)]
An army correspondent writes about being "Lost in an Alabama Cave." "The Bible" writes about the Bible as the only word of God. "The Way of Transgressors" uses an example from the latest raid on Richmond to prove the superiority of the South....
GLC05959.39.50
6 July 1864
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 39 (July 6, 1864)]
"A Manifesto on Peace" is reprinted from the Richmond Sentinel. "Religion in the Confederate Army," reprinted from the Richmond Eunquirer, details minutes of the annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia, including reports of...
GLC05959.39.56
7 April 1863
Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 82, no. 11, 722 (April 7, 1863)]
Affairs in the West, Latest from Vicksburg, From Bragg's Army, Report of the Royal Wedding of Prince of Wales & Alexandra of Denmark.
GLC05959.43.11
22 January [1870]
Lee, John F., 1813-1884
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Lee requests Hunt's presence, but notes "The stage [inserted: U. S. mail coach] is slow, & regulated on the plan of Sumner's civil rights bill. (crowded with niggers) You might be wanting in some gallant attentions to a colored lady, & be legislated...
GLC02382.083
21 December 1869
Worth, Margaret, 1828-?
By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Missed Hunt on his last visit. Has spent long hours in a sick room (possibly the room of her mother, Margaret Stafford Worth, who died in 1869). Mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, Robert E. Lee...
GLC02382.100
January 1864
Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 22, no. 1 (January, 1864)]
Cotton at Home and Abroad, The Wounded as Overseers of Plantations While Owners are Gone, Farmers Not Extortioners. An editorial upholds the freedom of the press, while another encourages farmers not to hoard provisions, and another implies that...
GLC05959.11.07
circa 1861-1863
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Free Negroes in Hayti
One print entitled, "Free Negroes in Hayti" by Adalbert John Volck dated approximately 1861-1863. Volck's illustration is a caricature of Haitians. To raise money for the Confederacy, he has satirized Black Haitians as savages who sacrifice their...
GLC00493.27
11 February [1871]
Declares of courts and commissions organized by Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War 1862-1868, "Couldn't he organize courts & commissions to convict! They would have hung their own innocent mothers." Discussing Senator Charles Sumner, writes "Isn't...
GLC02382.085
18 February 1871
Requests information from Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's heroic crossing of the pedregal (a lava field) during the Mexican American war. This inquiry is for Emily V. Mason, who is writing a pictorial school book on the life of Lee. Mentions...
GLC02382.086
June 3, 1870 circa
Mason, Emily Virginia, 1815-1909
Year inferred from content. Thanks Hunt for offering her information, possibly related to her book on the life of Robert E. Lee. Mentions General Cooper (possibly Samuel Cooper), Lee's wife, her friend Mary Randolph Custis Lee, and General [Dunn?]...
GLC02382.087
24 April [1871]
Year inferred from content. Mason has received Hunt's account of Robert E. Lee's passage through the pedegral (a lava field), during the Mexican American War. Intends to obtain more information on Lee from McClellan, whom Lee served with in Mexico...
GLC02382.088
18 March 1871
Mentions Emily Virginia Mason's biography of Robert E. Lee, for which Hunt supplied information. Discusses a compromise of Hunt's integrity, apparently regarding fabrications published about Hunt's false involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. States...
GLC02382.089
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