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1865 ca.
Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant seated with Ely Parker and staff
GLC07554
1862/01/07
Cole, Henry, fl. 1858-1862
to Ezekel Dubois re: slave turning in master to Union troops
"We heer that the 59 regement has got a rebel prisner they fetcht him in Last night they told us that one of his own nigers came to the rigement and tod them that his master was a captin in the rebel army..." Also describes Washington D.C. and the...
GLC07612
1862/12/17
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863
to Jubal A. Early re: preventing enemy from crossing river
Four days after Fredericksburg. Trimmed and lined, with green staining.
GLC07604
1861/10/05
Buckland, R.P., fl. 1861
To Arms! Fellow Citizens of Northern Ohio.... [Union recuiting broadside]
Union recruiting broadside. "Kentucky appeals to us to come toher relief. Her cause is out cause!..." Alludes to the defense of Fort Stephenson by Kentuckians in 1813. Signed in type by Lt. Col. R. P. Buckland, recruiting for the 72d Ohio. Severely...
GLC07605
1840/09
Printed fundraising document for the Amistad captives
"Here are thirty men taken out of the midst of a heathen nation in the interior of Africa, and in the providence of God thrown on the shores of New England. If they should be delivered from the fangs of wicked oppressors, (for which many prayers...
GLC07606
1863/07/03
Butler, Edward, fl. 1863
to "Dear Cousin" re: campaign details of Cherokee Confederate Col. Stand Watie
"The Federal and the Pens and the Negroes have Changed the name of Fort Gibson on the last Scout Col. Stand Waity toke Gen Ross prisoner."
GLC07607
1849/08/25
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Nahum Capen re: lauds Capen's "Republic of the United States"
Davis also praises a book, "Republic of the United States" and calls for free trade of social, intellectual and moral advancements.
GLC07608
1818/08/04
Gelar, Jose, fl. 1818
Petition of freeman wrongly enslaved by Samuel P. Hargrove
"The Petition of Jose Gelar respectfully showeth that he is a native of the Island of Cuba,... and by birth a freeman..."
GLC07609
1864/05/03
Fenn, Austin, fl. 1864
re: response to rebel threats of shooting black prisoners of war
Incomplete letter from Corporal 10th VT., Co. H.: "...[O]ur Generals sent them word that every Black Prisoner they [the Confederates] shot they would pick out A rebel Prisoner...that had owned the most slaves and shoot him."
GLC07610
1863/05/21
Black, Isaac, fl. 1863
to William Black
"I want to let you know How our Black Solgiers gets on There is two Rigmts already in Active Service they are Down on the Rebels they bring in Prisners Every Day they say that They will fight to the last for their Liberty." Also describes the...
GLC07611
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