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1899/10/14
Brinton, Christian, fl. 1899
Article: "The Churchman . . . The Dewey Arch" with picture of "The Dewey Arch and Approach From the South" on reverse side.
Excerpt from a magazine about the Dewey Arch.
GLC06343.277
circa 1866
McMillan, Charles, fl. 1866
to William T. Sherman
Writes an inscription to Major General Sherman on a blank flyleaf apparently removed from the "History of Julius Caesar" presenting this "brochure." Hopes that Sherman will be induced to write a similar history about the Civil War. " ... this...
GLC00955.01
6 October 1897
McLean, Nathaniel Collins, 1815-1905
[To historian John C. Ropes on the topic of the Battle of Second Manassas]
GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were originally bound together. Accompanied by a docketed wrapper. In a letter from 6 October, McLean, who was a Union General during the Civil War, responds to a letter from Ropes requesting reminisces of the August 1862...
GLC01740.05.01
15 April 1865
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Ulysses S. Grant & E.M. Stanton
Writes to General Grant and Secretary of War Stanton to report on his correspondence with General Johnston to arrange terms of surrender at Durham Station, North Carolina. He writes that he will accept the same terms that Grant gave Lee at Appomattox...
GLC04545.01
1863
A Few Scenes in the life of A "SOJER" in the Mass 44th
Illustrated Civil War diary by a soldier in the 44th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Written from camp at New Bern, North Carolina. Sketchbook illustrated with thirty-eight pencil editorial-type cartoon sketches satirizing the Northern press...
GLC08200
6 August 1781
Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829
[Certificate of pay] [In French]
Certificate to pay Mr. De Valnais, possibly Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul in America. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William...
GLC02437.01121
19 August 1781
Partially printed certificate to pay Valnais, Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William Knox....
GLC02437.01142
1852
Slave life! or Uncle Tom's Cabin
Poster for a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Starting 16 December 1852, the production is not "a mere Stage Version of the Tale, but a Play, in which free use has been made of [Stowe's] personages and most striking incidents." The broadside...
GLC05508.013.10
circa 1815-1860
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Sketches of hand, figures [two in oval] and decorative border
GLC06343.210b
[n.d.]
2 Sketches: Native America slaying man, female nude
GLC06343.370
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