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circa 1870
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
[Carte-de-visite of Charles Sumner]
Portrait photograph of Sumner as a middle-aged man. Signed by Sumner along the base of the image. Photographer is unknown.
GLC02095.41
7 January 1865
Renton, Benjamin, fl. 1865
[Notice of transportation furnished for Private Frank Lloyd, Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]
Renton, Assistant Quartermaster, informs the United States Army Paymaster General that he has provided transportation to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, for Private Frank Lloyd. States that Lloyd is on a leave of absence granted by General Benjamin...
GLC06133.02
circa 1863
[Civil War era newspaper clippings]
Four newspaper clippings possibly contained within the 1863 diary of Calvin Symmes Mixter (refer to GLC06583.02), a Civil War soldier. No publication information is included. The first clipping contains Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin's poem "Ode to...
GLC06583.05
16 March 1874
Hymns and music at the funeral services of Charles Sumner.
Held at King's Chapel, Boston, 16 March 1874.
GLC02095.35
January 1884
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Tiffany and Co.
Requesting a contribution of $5,000 towards completing the base of the Statue of Liberty. "You will no doubt deplore with us the marked indifference of the citizens of New York to the munificent gift of the French People to the People of the United...
GLC08978
October 21, 1861
Ripley, James Wolfe, 1794-1870
to James Woodruff
States that Woodruff's proposal to furnish a light three pounder cannon is not advisable and will not be accepted because they already have a lighter field artillery piece in use, the bronze mountain and the prairie howitzer. Written from the...
GLC00337.01
22 October 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Endorsement by Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott]
Lincoln requests that Lieutenant General Scott see James Woodruff of the Ordnance Office to consider whether to purchase the guns proposed in the letter from Woodruff to J. W. Ripley in GLC 337.01. Scott signs that he agrees with Brigadier General...
GLC00337.02
20 April 1818
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
[Act in addition to another act prohibiting the importation of slaves]
Passed by Congress and approved by the President. Outlines the ban on importing slaves, the forfeiture of ships built for such a purpose, and the penalties for involvement in the slave trade. The act being added to prohibited the importation of...
GLC08946
23 June 1834
Williams, Henry, fl. 1834
to Arthur Waring
An appeal by Williams, on behalf of "the Colourd Citizens of N.Y.," to "the good Colourd Citizens of Washington" for help "in the great and noble under taking to save our paper the Liberator." Explains that the paper is $1,000 in debt, which must be...
GLC08947
2 October 1858
Bailey, Gamaliel, 1807-1859
to unknown
Request for help in keeping the Abolitionist newspaper National Era in business. Competition has greatly reduced the papers circulation, and it is in danger of folding. Will not take charity or aid from Congress, so only greater circulation can...
GLC08956
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