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13 May 1864
Crutch--Extra.
"Glorious News." Broadside extra printing of Union soldiers' hospital newspaper reporting the capture of General Johnson's division by Winfield S. Hancock.
GLC06107.03
1865/04/03
Grant's Petersburg progress. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 3, 1865)]
First issue. Whimsical and humorous newspaper published by soldiers. Includes story about a newly imposed dog tax in Illinois.
GLC06107.05
22 March 1865
French, George Z., fl. 1865
Herald of the union. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (March 22, 1865)]
Union occupation newspaper with headline "News of the fall of Wilmington." Also: Postponement of the adjournment of the Confederate Congress, discussion of correspondence between General William T. Sherman and Confederate general Wade Hampton...
GLC06107.15
14 July 1863
Port Hudson freeman. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 14, 1863)]
Reports on the Surrender of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Printed by Union troops the day Port Hudson was captured. States that Mrs. Vallandinham had gone insane but her "nervous system was severely shocked." Also includes a very moving report from a...
GLC06107.17
6 July 1863
The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 5 (July 6, 1863)]
Siege of Vicksburg. A Southerner surrenders for whiskey. Many articles illustrate Army - Navy Rivalry. Prints poem Hiawatha.
GLC06107.23
13 April 1865
Bondurant & Elliot
The Richmond whig. [Vol. 1, no. 9 (April 13, 1865)]
Issue is dedicated to General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Prints the correspondence between General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant leading up to the surrender. Prints general orders. Includes articles on the fall of the Confederate...
GLC06107.26
5 September 1863
Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862
New south. [Vol.1, no. 52 (September 5, 1863)]
Union occupation newspaper. Contains a sarcastic poem titled "Farewell to the South," disparaging views of Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, a list of "Loyal Generals" who support abolition and "unconditionally sustain the President and his...
GLC06107.29
23 April 1861
Herald extra
Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Discusses a town meeting held in Calais' Horton's Hall, where "The vast assemblage was animated by...
GLC06107.40
6 September 1780
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
to James Duane
Hamilton, aide-de-camp to Washington, expresses his disgust with General Horatio Gates' disastrous defeat and consequent flight from the Battle of Camden, South Carolina on 16 August 1780. Gates retired in disgrace after Camden, but was cleared two...
GLC06671
10 April 1826
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Indiana land grant to Samuel Cook]
Countersigned by George W. Graham, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Partially printed document granting Cook eighty acres in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
GLC06418.04
17 July 1780
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807
[William Ellery's copy of Rochambeau's response to the address of the General Assembly of Rhode Island].
Expresses France's dedication to providing military aid to the American Revolution, and the deference of French troops to George Washington's command. Rochambeau arrived in Rhode Island on July 10. Written on a faded, pale greenish paper. The version...
GLC06421
1796/06/12
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to David Humphreys re: defending actions as president, longing for retirement
Marked private by Washington. Written to his former secretary, towards the end of his second administration, concerning his perseverance despite attacks upon him. "...the Gazette (which I presume will accompany the dispatches) will give you a...
GLC06434
9 May 1860
Duley, Enoch M., 1773-1864
$200 Reward!
Offered for "my boy Manuel," a runaway slave described as 35 years old and enterprising. Includes a physical description: "He has a shrewd expression of the eye, and has a scar on one of his thighs occasioned from a burn, is well dressed and has in...
GLC06377.01
1783/02/06
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Passport for "Eagle" of John Sanders re: cessation of war, proclamation of peace
Printed document cosigned by American peace commissioners Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, mentioning the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and the U.S., and asking for passage for the ship "Eagle" now at London and bound for Jamaica....
GLC06398
circa 23 October 1855
E.C.K. Garvey & Co., fl. 1855
Constitution! The people of the Kansas Territory are requested to assemble...
Broadside announcing a public discussion on the proposed Kansas Constitution, on wove paper, with a vignette of the Federal Eagle, "Constitution! The People of the Kansas territory Are requested to assemble at the following times and places, to...
GLC06409.01
2 June 1911
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to C. H. Betts
Responds to criticism from Betts over an article Roosevelt wrote in The Outlook denouncing the New York Court of Appeals for their decision to rule the workmen's compensation act unconstitutional. States that their conduct was, " ... a most flagrant...
GLC06422
1837/04/05
to Gerrit Smith
Political situation, Gag Rule, opposition to slavery. "The condition of the African race in this Union has ever been to me subject of deep concern... I have felt an anxious wish that slavery might be abolished... throughout the Union and throughout...
GLC06315
1882/06/01
Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882
My Case [poem]
Faded ink. "For Saturday's Star." A poem justifying his assassination of President Garfield. "I executed / the Divine command. And Garfield did remove / to save my party / and my country / from the bitter fate of war...." The fifth page has had...
GLC06319
1839/10
Brown, Fenner, 1791-1869
[Memorial to Rhode Island Assembly attacking the Banks]
Appeal to Rhode Island Assembly, complaining of the banks' refusal to pay its debts, or pay for its currency. Calls to "abolish the whole system of banks at once." Signed in type by Brown, White, "and 4 others."
GLC06305
circa 1880
Willard, Mary B., fl. 1880
Why the W.C.T.U. seeks the ballot.
Willard explains why the Women's Christian Temperance Union seeks suffrage for women.
GLC06306.02
9 October 1804
Hobart, Benjamin, 1781-1877
to Aaron Hobart
Mentions that he owes several people money, including the shoemaker, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Tobor, and asks his nephew to act as his representative in the matter. Also sends a receipt in this letter "for what [he] paid Dr. West for the postage of the...
GLC06313.04.001
1810/02/10
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Caesar A. Rodney re: Napoleonic wars, general decline of public morality
A petition concerning the depreciation of Continental Currency and its effects on N.J.'s citizens. Written in Monticello
GLC06322
7 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to John J. Crittenden
Lincoln heard that Crittenden was going to write letters in support of Stephen Douglas for the Senate and Thomas L. Harris for the House of Representatives. Lincoln thinks this action would not be in Crittenden's character and asks him to pursue a...
GLC06324
December 1859
Wentworth, William, fl. 1859
Brown hung
Calling town meeting at Wentworth Hall on 9 December to discuss the hanging of John Brown. "All (not excluding the ladies) are invited to attend." William Wentworth was the chairman of the event.
GLC06354
9 April 1847
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
[General orders no. 101 regarding the trial of a free African American man]
Isaac Kirk, referred to as "a free man of color" and "a resident and citizen of the United States," is charged with, convicted of, and sentenced to hang for the rape of Maria Antonias Gallegas, a Mexican woman. Duplicate of GLC00911.02.
GLC06366.02
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