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[Order to pay General Arthur St. Clair two pounds and seven pence]

Partially printed document in which Pennsylvania's Supreme Executive Council orders payment for one year's interest on St. Clair's depreciation certificate, due 10 April 1784. Signed by Irving as V.P. An autograph note on the verso signed by "I.S...

GLC01412.64.07

muster roll of Captain Jonathan Well's company

Includes distance each soldier has to travel. It is noted that some of the soldiers were discharged either in or near New York. Well's company was part of Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment.

GLC01412.64.08

[Pay roll for Captain Ephraim Chapin's Company]

Also signed by William Pynchon, who attests to the validity of this pay roll. Includes names, dates of engagement and discharge, rank, and amount of pay per soldier.

GLC01412.64.11

Prisoners in Worcester Goal

List of five prisoners in the Worcester, Massachusetts, jail. Also mentions reasons for imprisonment: two for not paying ministerial taxes, one for desertion, one as a prisoner of war, and one for threatening the life of another person in Worcester.

GLC01412.64.14

[Commission of Alexander Anderson as lieutenant of foot]

Countersigned by Secretary Charles [illegible]. Assigns Anderson to the New Jersey Regiment under Captain John [illegible]. Partially printed document. Signed as President of the Council (governor) and "Commander in Chief of the Province of Nova...

GLC01412.64.15

[Commission of James Des Pieres as lieutenant of foot for a regiment commanded by William Stanhope]

Countersigned by R. Arnold, authorized by the Secretary at War. Argyll's seal is completely worn off, and docket (on verso) is faded. Campbell signs as General and Commander in Chief of British forces in Spain.

GLC01412.66

[Commission of George Lord Livingston]

Possibly created by Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale and Secretary of State for Scotland under King Charles II. Signed "Lauderdaill." Appoints Livingston to be "captaine of that Company In Our Regiment of foote whereof the Earle of LinLithgow is...

GLC01412.67

Resolutions settling states' Revolutionary War debt

Printed broadside signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress.

GLC01414

Declaration of War against the United States and Britain [in Japanese]

Imperial rescript of the Declaration of War declared on the United States and Great Britain on the Japanese date 16th year of Showa, 12th month. " ... we, the emperor, have now declared war upon the United States of America and Great Britain. The...

GLC01415

[Congressional mourning ribbon]

Black ribbon with gold trim and fringes. There is a white rosette sewn on to the top with a gold sequence star and two sequence stars on the black part of the ribbon directle below the rosette. The entire ribbon is covered in black transparent silk...

GLC01423.01

[Special orders no. 14: appointment of Robert E. Lee as commander-in-chief]

On order of the secretary of war, General Lee is ordered to Richmond, and under the direction of the president, is charged with the "conduct of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy." Addressed from the Adjutant and Inspector Generals...

GLC01426

Valentine's bust of Gen. T.J. Jackson

Carte de visite vignette photograph of Valentine's bust of Jackson, with Valentine's copyright notice. Remnants of two cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC01442.06

Valentine's bust of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

Carte de visite vignette photograph of Edward V. Valentine's bust of James Ewell Brown Stuart, with Valentine's copyright notice dated 1866. Remnants of tax stamp on verso.

GLC01442.16

Confederate collection - Florida [decimalized]

[decimalized 01430.01-01430.05]

GLC01430

Items related to the capture of three men in Apalachicola, Florida. [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01430.05

An Act to provide for Mitigating or Remitting the Forefeitures and Penalties, accruing under the Revenue-Laws, in certain cases therin mentioned.

Places district judges in charge of all cases of fines, penalty of forfeiture, etc. Judges then report the cases to the Secretary of the Treasury. Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State, verified as a true copy.

GLC01431.01

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Carte de visite bust vignette portrait, signed on front. Lee is posed as a Union lieutenant, with mustache. With presentation on verso to Mrs. Caskie by Mary Custiss Lee ("M.C. Lee"). Reprinted by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01437

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.

GLC01438

[Carte de visite of Marty Custis Lee]

Vignette bust portrait signed on mount and inscribed on verso, "For Mrs. E.J. Caskie from her affecte. Mary Custis Lee." With reddened cheeks, lips, and added red flowers in her hand. Reprint by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01439

Collection of two documents written by Mary C. Lee [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC01440

[Parole bond for A. S. Jones]

Partly printed document. Parole bond for A. S. Jones, "a Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia, has permission to go to his home, and there remain undisturbed." Signer's name is illegible.

GLC01441

Collection of Civil War carte de visite photographs [decimalized]

Mostly post-war reprints and imprints. Various sizes. From the Caskie Family.

GLC01442

[Pierre T. G. Beauregard]

Carte de visite vignette portrait of Pierre G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893) in civilian clothing by Selden & Ennis

GLC01442.01

J.P. Benjamin

Carte de visite vignette photograph of an engraved portrait of Benjamin. No imprint. Benjamin has a slight smile.

GLC01442.02

Carte de visite seated portrait by C.R. Rees, published by Selden

Carte-de-visite of Jefferson Davis holding a cane, hat and leather gloves . The Rees & Co. imprint has a pasted label for Selden & Co. beneath.

GLC01442.03

[Jefferson Davis]

Carte-de-visite size vignette engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis.

GLC01442.04

["Stonewall" Jackson

Shows Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863) standing near a tent while cavalry are in formation.

GLC01442.05

Gen. A.S. Johnston

Carte de visite size vignette engraved portrait of a mustacioed Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) by Elias Dexter.

GLC01442.07

[Carte de visite, Joseph E. Johnston]

Half-length portrait in profile of Johnston wearing dark civilian clothing. With E. & H.T. Anthony imprint on verso.

GLC01442.08

[Henry "Light Horse" Lee]

Carte-de-visite of the painting of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee in uniform. Originally painted by Gilbert Stuart. Published by "The 'Lee' Photographic Gallery." Paul C. Nagel's The Lees of Virginia (1990) indicates it was said to have been painted...

GLC01442.09

[Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

This carte-de-visite appears to be based on an early photograph of Lee (refer to GLC05111.01.0580). Circa date previously assessed, based on the fact that carte de visites became popular in America in the 1860s. Depicts Lee as a young man with a...

GLC01442.10

[Robert E. Lee]

Base on an earlier photography by Vannerson & Jones. Shows about half of the original Vannerson image.

GLC01442.11

Carte de visite bust vignette portrait of [Rev. J.F. O'Neill]

Bust vignette portrait as identified from pencil note at top as "Rev. J. F. O'Neill." Imprint of J.N. Wilson, Photographer, of Savannah, Ga. Possibly a friend of the Kaskie Family.

GLC01442.12

[Carte de visite Leonidas Polk]

Carte de vsite size vignette engraved portrait of Gen. Polk in uniform.

GLC01442.13

Col. Mosby

Heavily retouched image of John Singleton Mosby in Colonel's uniform by an unknown photographer. Probably re-photographed. (Compare v. 1 p.601, William C. Davis, The Civil War Times Photographic History of the Civil War.)

GLC01442.14

[Carte-de visite portrait of J. E. B. Stuart]

E. & H.T. Anthony's carte de visite oval portrait photograph of a seated J. E. B. Stuart.

GLC01442.15

[Carte de visite photograph of Richard Taylor]

Half length portrait of Richard Taylor wearing civilian clothes. Published from a Brady negative by E. H.T. Anthony.

GLC01442.17

[unknown Confederate general]

Carte de visite of an unknown Confederate general with beard. Stars around collar of uniform. With pen strokes added to his beard and hair. Pencil note on back (cropped), "This is a very indifferent picture -- a poor trait of the original as the...

GLC01442.18

[Carte-de-visite of Rev. J.F. O'Neill]

Tentatively identified as Rev. J.F. O'Neill seated with a book.

GLC01442.19

[Unidentified civilian]

GLC01442.20

[Vignette of Robert E. Lee]

Vignette oval bust portrait of Lee as older man with a white beard. Lee is wearing the same suit as he was in April 1865 photos taken by Mathew Brady (refer to GLC00579.01 and .02). Verso indicates this carte de visite was created by E. S. Lumpkin...

GLC01443.01

Two amnesty oaths for Jones with pardon and related papers [Decimalized .01- .05]

P.B Jones took part in a rebellion against the government . He was later pardoned by President Andrew Johnson.
All documents have stamped signatures of important persons.

GLC01444

[Printed bills of sale of people enslaved by the Jones Family of Virginia][Decimalized .01-.05]

Collection of materials related to the Jones Family of Virginia dated 1841-1862. Consists of five documents related to the Jones family enslaving people in Virginia. With manuscript notes, signed by different people. Related to GLC01449.01.

GLC01445

[Confederate currency]

Confederate currency from the seventh issue. Contains 60 ten dollar bills, featuring an image of field artillery in the center with Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, Confederate Senator (1862-1865), in the lower right corner. Includes one 20 dollar...

GLC01446

Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia [Decimalized .01- .18]

Collection includes receipts, contracts, newspaper clippings, and accounting documentation for the Jones family of Virginia. Also includes two booklet editions of the Consitution and By-laws of the Hanover Dragoons, and a hiring contract for free...

GLC01447

Civil War soldier letters, possibly from the Jones Family [decimalized]

War date letters.

GLC01448

Jones family soldier letters [Decimalized .01 and .02]

Letters related to GLC01445 and possibly GLC01448.

GLC01449

collection on French & Indian, Revolutionary Wars, Missouri [decimalized]

[decimalized 01450.001-01450.911]

1 black and white bust engraving of Sir William Johnson Bar included.

Dated 1680-1863 (bulk:1750-90).

GLC01450

[Appointment of Samuel Nicholson as Commander of Frigate Deane]

Signed by Hancock as President of the Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress.

GLC01450.001

[Appointment of John Wheelwright as Commander of the privateer ship The Neptune]

Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, and John Avery.

GLC01450.002