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24 December 1864
Commission for Captain Charles C. Morey.
Commission for Captain Charles C. Morey by J. Gregory Smith, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of Vermont."
GLC03523.18.63
January 1861 - December 1863
Averell, William W., 1832-1900
[Three William Averell Civil War diaries][Decimalized]
Accompanied by three war-era notes from 1862 and three pressed flowers, orginally contained in the diaries and now housed separately.
GLC06581
26 Febraury 1862-31 December 1862
[William Averell Civil War diary]
One of three of Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.01,.03). The entries are highly detailed with a great deal of battle content, particularly cavalry actions. Also contains content related to his conversations with military...
GLC06581.02
January 29, 1863-December 31, 1863
GLC06581.03
26 February 1844
Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893
to R.R. Ward, Esq.
On residual actions of the R.I. Dorr Rebellion. "That some rascality is to be attempted toward R. I. can scarce be doubted, but in what shape, we have no means of judging save for Burke's Resolution or Petition presented last week..."
GLC09094
13 March 1912
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to the Senate and the House
Inflation and the cost of living. "How far the system of cooperative organization which flourishes in various European countries may be adapted to our highly organized and individualistic social organization may perhaps only be determined by...
GLC09098
24 June 1861-16 April 1862
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
Collection of two items related to the Confederate President's House [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC09100
24 June 1861 - 8 July 1861
Letters referring to Contract for Rent of President's House.
Confederate Treasury Secretary Memminger, with William Cabell Rives of the Confederate Congress, to a Committee of the City of Richmond comprised of L.W. Glazebrook, N.B. Hill, and George K. Crutchfield. Correspondence leading to the creation of the...
GLC09100.01
6 June 1791
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
to Governor John Hancock
Regarding adjournment of the Massachusetts General Court. "...the Justices of the Court... will scarcely have time sufficient to recover from the fatigue, which they must necessarily undergo, in so long a Circuit, in the hottest season of the year,...
GLC09105
10 January 1834
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Charles J. Faulkner
Discusses divisions with Virginia, the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, and Andrew Jackson and the National Bank: "I have been called in the Enquirer 'the chief of Nullifiers' in Virginia--and yet I have not in 20 years changed my principles one...
GLC09111
22 November 1861
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
to his family
Writes about the trouble he is having using the $5 bills sent from Connecticut and requests no more be sent. Complains about Annapolis calling it a "one horse town" and assures his sister that he will not lose his heart here because he "doubt(s)...
GLC03603.035
23 November 1861
Writes about the good condition of his tent and its ability to keep him dry. Encloses a certificate that Daly will need to travel to Annapolis. One of the five pages is written on back of a letter from Colonel Thomas.
GLC03603.036
20 May 1862
Writes about his servant, formerly an enslaved man, selling his old horse, The Governor, for $100, of another officer having "the piles" which is apparently common among the men and that he is the one who is to seize the liquor sent to soldiers in...
GLC03603.108
June 23, 1862
Writes that he hopes to have a tailor in the company make his a coat if his family will send fabric. Is also excited that his company plans to raise up a band.
GLC03603.115
29 January 1863-31 December 1863
[Loose notes and pressed flowers inside William Averell's Civil War diaries] [Decimalized .01- .06]
Accompanied by three war-era notes from 1862 and three pressed flowers, originally contained in Union General Averell's Civil War-era diaries (see GLC06581.01-.03). One note a receipt from E. Owen & Son dated 26 December 1862, another on 1862 Army...
GLC06581.04
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