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to A. E. Barr & Co.

Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered...

GLC02925.02

to Henry C. Deming

Informs that he will gladly present his share of payment for a proposed compliment to a "most deserving friend Burr." Written to Deming as the Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut.

GLC02925.06

to Thomas H. Seymour

Cushing, former United States Representative, states that he proposes to leave soon for Hartford, Connecticut (possibly to campaign prior to the 1860 Presidential election). Cushing served as a U.S. congressman from Massachusetts (1835-1842) and as a...

GLC02925.07

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Deming, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, transmits a copied letter (included on pages two and three of this document) to Burr, who previously served as Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. Informs Burr that he previously sent the...

GLC02925.09

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Dix, postmaster of the City of New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Dix served as a U.S. senator from New York...

GLC02925.10

to Henry Champion Deming

Responds to a previous letter from Deming, Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, in which Deming requested a donation to honor Alfred Edmund Burr, Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. Expresses enthusiasm in providing a testimonial for Burr...

GLC02925.12

to Alfred Burr

Remarks, " ... my conviction that this is preeminently the time, possibly the only time, for an earnest & successful effort to overthrow sectionalism in the Northern States." Marked private at top.

GLC02925.15

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Van Buren, a Democratic party leader from New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "the Democrats of New York &...

GLC02925.21

to Alfred Edmund Burr

Wood, Mayor of New York City, informs Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, that he will be able to speak at a political convention preceding the 1860 Presidential election. Written on New York Mayor's Office...

GLC02925.24

Items related to the creation of the Robert Gould Shaw Monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens [Decimalized .01-.06]

GLC02928

Galveston entrance, Texas, from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache superintendant of the survery of the coast of the United States

Map of the Galveston entrance in Texas from 1853. Sailing directions written on righthand side of document, including information about tides. Harbor shown is the Gulf of Mexico. Includes compass. Scale noted on bottom. Triangulation by R.H...

GLC02941

to Samuel Hooper

Written from camp near Damstown. Banks, commanding a division, Army of the Potomac, replies to a note from Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Relates that he has been busy organizing his staff, and will soon make...

GLC02944.01

to Samuel Hooper

Banks, commander of the Military District of Washington, Army of the Potomac, writes to Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Discusses the court martial of Lt. Goodrich (possibly the son of John Goodrich, former Representative...

GLC02944.02

to Peter Wager

Buchanan writes as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Discusses a possible mistake regarding the price of wine he ordered from Wager. Writes, "We have nothing new here except what you see in the papers. I think a deeper & stronger feeling...

GLC02949

Items pertaining to John Augustine Washington [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC02953

Columbian centinel and Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 32, No. 37 (January 8, 1800)]

Includes a report from James Craik and Elisha C. Dick, physicians from Alexandria, Virginia, present at the 14 December 1799 death of George Washington. Contains a detailed description of funeral honors dedicated to Washington by the inhabitants of...

GLC02960

The Texas cook book.... [first Texas cookbook]

Edited by the Lady's Association of the First Presbyterian Church. Standard fare plus some ethnic dishes. With 60 interleaved manuscript recipes.

GLC02936

Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay....

One of the first accounts of Texas written in English. Printed by G.F. Hopkins and Sons. First edition, first issue, printed without appendix. Graff 1494, Howes S1137.

GLC02937

[Sale of land to Archibald Hotchkiss]

Sale of land document from John Davidson to Archibald Hotchkiss. Handwritten note in pencil on top of document: "Galveston Bay: Texas Land co. 450." Docket on verso.

GLC02938

County map of the state of Texas

County map of Texas from 1887. Colored in pink and green. Includes a smaller map of the "plan of Galveston and vicinity." Page numbers on top of map are 64 and 65. Published by Wm Bradley & Bros.

GLC02942

Documents regarding the Deschapelles plantation in Louisiana during and after Reconstruction [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC02943

to John Brown Dillon

Harrison offers his opinion to Dillon, who is publishing a pamphlet on the subject of slavery: "our Union is a Union of Sovereign Independent States &... in every particular where power is not expressly surrendered by that instrument to the General...

GLC02946

to James H. Wilson

Celebratory discussion of union victories in the South. Sherman writes that he "knocked the daylight through Georgia," that General Wilson and General George H. Thomas gave confederate Generals "Hood & Forest a taste of what they have to Expect by...

GLC02947

to Thomas Bocock

Text written for Davis by his private secretary, Burton Harrison. Indicates he is sending a communication from the Secretary of the Navy (not included) related to the budget for prosecuting the Civil War. "I herewith transmit to the House of...

GLC02950

[Chapman v. Pinson].

Robert Chapman, a member of a ship's company of about 30 years of age, had accused the master, Maxammilian Pinson, of denying him his wages. Deposition taken by Endecott as Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Endecott was governor of the...

GLC02952