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1857/08/10
Pickens, R.B., fl. 1857
to Isham G. Bailey
Summons Bailey to appear at the office of E.H. Steger to pay a debt owed to H.H. Hunt.
GLC04522.05
1867/02/22
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
To: Major General E.O.C. Ord
Letter to Ord discussing his post-war [Reconstruction] duties, the deployment of troops in Arkansas and out west to fight in the war with the Sioux: "General Grant has answered me emphatically that he cannot give me more troops. And balancing all the...
GLC08012.05
1867/03/12
Letter to Ord discussing Ord's difficult and undesirous post-war [Reconstruction] duties in Arkansas, and the approaching war out west against the Sioux and other Indians: "...In case you become military Governor of Mississippi & Arkansas with...
GLC08012.06
1867/03/16
Letter to Ord advising Ord on his difficult and undesirous post-war [Reconstruction] command in Arkansas and Misssissippi: "...your new command...will be excedingly vexatious, more especially, as now you have in addition to military duties civil...
GLC08012.07
1867/10/31
Letter to Ord about conflicts past and present: "...I hope the worst is past...what with Indians, Negroes etc., etc., Ex Rebels we all seem doomed during one life time to constant war. Like the Eel, we must get used to it..." "Headquarters Military...
GLC08012.08
4 September 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Expresses surprise that the Continental Army has no knowledge of British General William Howe's location. Thinks it's possible, but unlikely, Howe intends to sail for Boston. Comments on the Battle of Bennington and the performance of General John...
GLC02437.00647
18 September 1777
Jackson declares, "...I am sure if we exert ourselves to the Southward & Northward as we ought to do that this Campaign will nearly bring the War to a Close, and establish our Independence." Reports he has heard news that Generals Horatio Gates...
GLC02437.00650
10 October 1777 - 17 September 1779
A copy of Three Acts of Congress in favor of Silas Talbot
Title from docket. Includes acts for 10 October 1777, 14 November 1778, and 17 September 1779. The first act promotes Talbot to Major for his attempt to set fire to a British ship "and that he be recommended to General Washington for employment...
GLC02437.00656
circa 27-29 October 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
[Response to queries from Headquarters]
In the hand of Samuel Shaw. Knox expresses his opinion against a general attack on the British. Writes, "It requires the best discipline, the firmest spirit, and good officers, to storm works or to make an impression on British troops. Not that I...
GLC02437.00660
26 November 1777
to George Washington
Penned by Samuel Shaw, with post-script in Knox's hand. Knox answers the question: "... whether it would be advisable to attack the enemies redoubts and the City of Philadelphia by way of storm ... " Knox writes, "I exceedingly lament my want of...
GLC02437.00667
27 November 1777
Colonel Jackson writes, "Are you dead or alive- one post after another, and not a line from you-its a Mo since I saw your hand writi'g." Describes his attempts to enlist soldiers. Asks if George Washington would approve if he enlists British...
GLC02437.00668
1 December 1777
Offers his opinion as to "the position proper for Winter Quarters." Argues that winter quarters are "indispensably necessary" for Continental troops. Suggests that quarters be established at a distance from the British (who occupy Philadelphia)....
GLC02437.00669
3 December 1777
Offers Washington his sentiments "upon the advisability of a Winter Campaign and practicability of an attack upon Philadelphia with the aid of a considerable body of Militia asembled [sic] at an appointed time and place ... I think a Winters Campaign...
GLC02437.00671
1863
Emerick, J. H., fl. 1861-1865
Wallet dairy.
10 almanac and preface pages + 120 diary pages + 30 memoranda and account pages. Entries include details of working life, war news. NB. No entries from June 22 - July 10. Emerick was ill during this period, with "symptoms of typhus." (Entry for...
GLC06738.03
1865
Pocket diary
14 prefatory and almanac pages + 170 diary pages + 32 memoranda and account pages. NB. Missing: pages for December 15 -31. No entries: August 28 - September 1; September 3 - 17; September 24 - October 13; October 16 - November 11; November 15 -...
GLC06738.05
1865 June
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Military Telegraph Operators in Richmond.
Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan; positive by Alex Gardner, 511 Seventh Street, Washington. 11 men grouped between pine trees in front of two tents. Seven of the men sit on chairs, while four stand behind them. A small dog occupies a director's stool at...
GLC06738.07
1862
Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873
[Print of George Clinton]
Depicts General George Clinton standing next to a bayonet, cannon, and cannon balls. Another soldier stands in the background, with his back to Clinton. The backdrop appears to portray the Hudson River Valley. A printed notation states "From the...
GLC01450.623.02
13 April 1783
Barry, John, 1745-1803
[Certificate of discharge for Jonathan Mury]
Barry, Captain of the frigate Alliance, states that Mury served on board the ship 6 December 1781- 13 April 1783. Discharges Mury, stating that he is eligible for prize money. Contains several dockets.
GLC01450.655.01
28 August 1777
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Reprimands Henry for not writing sooner. Notes that she sent a letter to Henry with Captain Randall. Asks Henry to intervene on behalf of Captain Bliss regarding an unspecified matter. Writes, "It is very strange that you mention nothing to me of...
GLC02437.00642
Notes that Captain Randall is not leaving as soon as she expected, thus she can add more lines to her letter, a continuation of GLC02437.00642. Writes, "I forgot to tell you how much I am mortified at having received an epistle from you wrote upon...
GLC02437.00643
February 1777- August 1777
[George Measam's invoice]
Lists accounts with several officers. Includes the account of a transaction with James Mease, Clothier General, located in Philadelphia. A note at the bottom of the page indicates that Measam removed to Springfield, Massachusetts in 1778. Top of...
GLC02437.00644
1 September 1777
to Lucy Knox
Reports that the British have landed at Head of Elk, Maryland (present day Elkton), twenty miles from Knox's location. Writes, "...we shall remain here a few days and if they will not come to us we shall go to them... it is suppos'd the enemy intend...
GLC02437.00646
13 September 1777
Written at "Camp near Schuylkill." Opens with various declarations of how he misses her, including "War nor none of its concomitant Horrors is sufficient to put my Lucy from my mind..." Reports of a recent engagement with the enemy, the Battle of...
GLC02437.00648
Worries that her letters might fall into enemy hands. Reports that she and their daughter, Lucy, are in good health. Beseeches Henry to send for her. Notes that she has forwarded "six or seven letters" to Henry.
GLC02437.00651
3 October 1777
to Henry Jackson
Reports that nothing has changed since 23 September, when he previously wrote, and that the British still have possession of Philadelphia. Relates that the Delaware frigate was recently lost to the British. Recently received militia reinforcement....
GLC02437.00653
16 September 1777 - 16 October 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
[Account of the campaign of September and October 1777]
Later copy. Possibly created by William Knox, General Henry Knox's brother. Contains a report of the 20 September Battle of Paoli. Mentions Generals Knox, Green (possibly Nathanael Greene), and Alexander McDougall. In an entry for 28 September...
GLC02437.00654
6 October 1777
Written from Artillery Park Camp, 25 miles from Philadelphia. Notes that he would have written more details earlier, but "the success of the enterprise depended upon secrecy...." Gives an account of the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777), in...
GLC02437.00655
12 October 1777
Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796
to Horatio Gates
Later copy. Copied 23 May 1860 for Joseph Willard, Esq., by George [H.?] Moore. Stewart, aide-de-camp to General Gates, offers an account of the Battle of Germantown. Mentions Generals Anthony Wayne, John Sullivan, Nathanael Greene, Edward Stevens...
GLC02437.00657
29 September 1777-18 October 1779
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Memo of payments for General Nathanael Greene, relative to camp expenses]
Among others items, lists chickens, milk, butter, onions, potatoes, and a black horse. On verso, contains what may be a partial address to General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00658
29 October 1777
Discusses the attack by Hessian Colonel Count Carl von Donop against a redoubt at Red Bank, the site of Fort Mercer, along the Delaware River below Camden, New Jersey. Notes that Colonel Greene, from Rhode Island, defended the redoubt, and even...
GLC02437.00661
3 November 1777
Knox worries because Lucy has not recently written to him. Reports receipt of a letter from "Harry," (Colonel Henry Jackson, also in Boston). Expresses discontent regarding the high price of goods Jackson reported in Boston. Refers to the...
GLC02437.00662
7 November 1777
Latham, Thomas, fl. 1777
to Thomas Flucker
Written at St. Dunstan's Hill. Latham, apparently a merchant, promises to send sherry to Flucker in Knightsbridge, London. Also apologizes for his previous blunder in the transaction. Docket in Shaw's hand.
GLC02437.00664
14 November 1777
Expresses his love for Lucy. Describes the British capture of Fort Mifflin, on the Delaware River near Philadelphia. Relates that Mifflin withstood fire for fifty days. Laments the loss of Captain Treat (Samuel Treat), who was hit by a cannonball...
GLC02437.00665
25 November 1777
Knox writes, "I am unhappy to the last degree that you should suppose in the least that my affection for you is diminish [sic]- my God knows how much I suffer for your sake how much anxiety I go thro this you may rely upon my dearest Love that I have...
GLC02437.00666
Expresses his love for her as a follow up to a letter from the previous day. Writes, " ... is there nothing in this world that would satisfy [Lucy] but deserting the camp in which I am engag'd and render my self eternally infamous ... by resigning...
GLC02437.00672
circa 1870-1906
Tidball, John C. (John Caldwell), 1825-1906
Collection of items pertaining to John C. Tidball [Decimalized .01-.03]
Date inferred based in Tidball's service as Commander of the District of Alaska.
GLC04041
1865/05/22
[Receipt]
Receipt for goods bought at Toof, Phillips & Cirode. Includes items such as sugar, tea, rice, candles, oysters, brandy, and rum.
GLC04522.06
Orme, William W., 1832-1866
Agreement of registry
Signed by Orme and Isham G. Bailey; and by John C. Holland as a witness. Approved by C.C. Washburne as major general commanding and by his AAG, Major [W.H. Mayer?], brevet brigadier general. Bailey registers his plantation in an agreement made with...
GLC04522.07
1867/01/01
Bailey, Isham G., fl. 1867
[Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Alie Bailey]
Alie Bailey is to receive half of the corn, cotton, and fodder cultivated in return for providing all the work necessary to keep up the farm, assisting in putting up fences, and cultivating forty acres of cotton and corn. Amongst other things...
GLC04522.09
[Sharecropper's contract between Isham Bailey and freedman Jack Bailey]
Signed by Isham G. Bailey and by Jack Bailey, with his mark; countersigned by Justice of the Peace A.B. Conly. Jack Bailey's responsibilities include cultivating seventy acres of land, furnishing one mule, provide for himself, family and hired hands...
GLC04522.10
1875/09/20
Gibson, D.E., fl. 1875
to Doctor Bailey
Asks for advice regarding the use of hot springs as a treatment for an "disease of the womb" from which his patient is suffering.
GLC04522.12
1872/01/10
Fox, Joseph O., fl. 1872
To Doctor Bailey
Writes that he is unable to repay his debt. Offers to sell Doctor Bailey a part of his lot if he is not able to repay his debt in four to six months. Also offers to sell Dr. Bailey his horse and rockaway at a lower price than they are worth.
GLC04522.13
1875/09/17
Baily, N.Y., fl. 1875
To sister Bettie
Writes that the Hot Springs delegation left this morning. Discusses family and friends. Mentions a mechanism referred to as the "double acting, self-adjusting refrigerator" which creates a sound similiar to that of a large steamboat.
GLC04522.14
1880/12/29
Bailey, Birdie, fl. 1880
To her father
Discusses Christmas, the marriage of friends and the assassination of Dr. Lind.
GLC04522.15
1865/10/20
Stewart, W.T., fl. 1865
[Land deed]
Land deed between W. T. Stewart and John W. Goodwin for a plot of land in the town of La Grange, Fayette County, Tennessee. Witnessed by Clarence A. Chaires and D.W. Cox. With extensive docketing on verso. With six revenue stamps.
GLC04522.16
1864
14 prefatory and almanac pages + 121 diary pages + 37 memoranda and account pages. Entries throughout, plus notes. Summary of selected entries 1. 01/04/64. Resignation of General Stoneman. Also, "Reconnaissance to Shenandoah Valley has returned not...
GLC06738.04
1864 August
Military Telegraph Operators at City Point.
Caption: Photographer. 7 men in two rows, 2 standing and 5 seated, grouped between two pine trees in front of two tents. The man furthest right in the picture sits on an upended suitcase and leans against a fence; the man to his right sits in a...
GLC06738.06
Group of 12 men in front of tents, among pine trees.
Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan; Positive by Alex Gardner. 8 seated men, 4 standing in the background. Possible variant of # 7, though some figures appear different. Positive IDs possible for: 1. Dennis Doren. 6. James Caldwell.
GLC06738.08
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