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30 March 1774
Flucker, Thomas, 1719-1783
[Map of land]
A drawn map of land, likely located in Maine, deeded to Francis Waldo from Thomas and Hannah Flucker. Shows lakes, rivers, and boundary lines. Date taken from docket.
GLC02437.10645
4 July 1781
Storers, Christian, fl. 1781
[Sketch of land]
Charles Miller signed the docket on 2 November 1801. A sketch of Christian Storers' surveyed land lying in "Waldowborough" [Waldoborough, Maine]. Includes written information regarding boundary lines and a drawn compass showing cardinal directions...
GLC02437.10646
10 April 1788
Hodgdon, Alexander, fl. 1788
to the Sherriff of Lincoln County
Partially printed document with information written in by hand. A tax collection on the heirs of Brigadier General [Samuel] Waldo in the amount of £94 and 15 shillings and 10 pence.
GLC02437.10647
circa 1796-1806
Gleason, John, fl. 1796-1811
A sketch of land surveyed by John Gleason. Cover 50,000 acres of land likely located in Maine. Shows a pond and various land marks in water colors and has a partially colored border.
GLC02437.10650
circa 1784-1806
A drawn map of lands near the Penobscot River in Maine. Land is noted as belonging to the heirs of Brigadier [General Samuel] Waldo. Lakes and rivers are noted in blue water color. Includes a drawn compass showing cardinal directions.
GLC02437.10652
circa 1790
Noted as a copy. Drawn sketch of a plan for the northwestern part of the Waldo Patent located in Maine. Depicts county lines and the northern and western boundaries of the Waldo Patent. Date was added later in pencil.
GLC02437.10666
11 December 1865
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Monthly return of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
Monthly return for November 1865.
GLC02016.113
1 January 1866
Monthly return for December 1865.
GLC02016.114
30 May 1863
Buyers, John, fl. 1862-1863
Invoice of camp and garrison equipage
An invoice of camp and garrison equipage delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania. Also signed by Thomas Birmingham as received by Captain Buyers.
GLC02016.117
28 November 1865
Smith, John, fl. 1865
Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores
Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores turned over to Heber Painter.
GLC02016.119
July 1862
Freedley, Samuel, fl. 1862
Invoice of clothing, camp and garrison equipage
A list of clothing delivered by Lieutenant Samuel Freedley to Captain John Buyers. The docket indicates that this is the first invoice of the quarter for "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
GLC02016.121
Includes a list of camp and garrison equipment delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham. The invoice is also signed by Thomas Birmingham as received.
GLC02016.123
27 February 1863
Anderson, W., fl. 1863
Orders for leave of absence
Captain John Buyers is granted a leave of absence to attend to urgent private business. A second note states that due to lack of transportation on the date of 27 February, 1863, the leave of absence will take into affect on March 4, 1863. The...
GLC02016.125
28 May 1863
Invoice of tents
Includes a list of tent equipment delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant [Angello] Jackson of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Also signed by Lieutenant Jackson as received.
GLC02016.126
August 1807
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
[Fragment]
Unsigned fragment. "It would be dishonourable, and might be ruinous if without a redress of our wrongs war did not promptly follow the expiration of the embargo. No other alternative is left to our choice. Every other expedient has been tried and...
GLC09135
GLC02016.128
Invoice of arms and accoutrements
Refers to seventy-two Austrian rifles delivered by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Also signed by Lieutenant Birmingham as received.
GLC02016.129
Refers to the delivery of seventy-two Austrian rifles by Captain John Buyers to Lieutenant Thomas Birmingham of "I" Company, 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Also signed by Lieutenant Birmingham as received.
GLC02016.131
21 June 1865
Rogers, Alva Z., fl. 1865
Invoice of equipment transferred from Lieutenant Alva Z. Rogers to Lieutenant Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
GLC02016.133
31 March 1865
Birmingham, Thomas, fl. 1865
Invoice of clothing camp and garrison equipage
Invoice of equipment ransferred from Lieutenant Alva Z. Rogers to Lieutenant Heber Painter.
GLC02016.134
31 May 1865
Hested, Joseph, fl. 1865
Invoice of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage
Includes a list of articles transferred by Lieutenant Joseph Hested to Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
GLC02016.136
27 July 1865
Includes a list of articles transferred by Lieutenant Joseph Hested to Heber Painter.
GLC02016.137
Clay, Cecil, fl. 1842-1866
Invoice for 625 rounds of EB cartridges turned over to Heber Painter by Colonel Cecil Clay.
GLC02016.139.01
13 January 1866
Invoice for contents turned over to Heber Painter by Colonel Cecil Clay.
GLC02016.140
30 September 1865
Monthly return for the month ending September 30, 1865.
GLC02016.141
30 June 1865
Quarterly return of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for the second quarter, ending June 30, 1865, for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter. Written in Manchester neighborhood of Richmond
GLC02016.143
1861-1865
Includes returns for the fourth quarter for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
GLC02016.145
26 June 1848
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Proceedings of a Board of Survey
Signed by Major Francis Lee. "Lt. U.S. Grant, Commissary & Regimental Quartermaster, 4th Infantry, had deposited in the trunk of Capt Gore, 4th Infantry, for safe keeping, the sum of $1,000 public money...and the trunk [was] stolen...[N]o blame can...
GLC09136
23 June 1862
Hartranft, John F., fl. 1862
to Quartermaster General Hale
"All quiet in front! No enemy here to fight. Our transportation will not allow us to go into the interior of the state to hunt them up: we want to go to Richmond. In the grand review of our Corps de Armee by Genl. Burnside, the 51st was the largest...
GLC09137
9 October 1859
Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861
to Dr. George Work
Abolitionist and future Union Brigadier General writes of tension in "Bleeding Kansas." "I was stationed here about a year ago, after leaving California. I have marched about 450 miles in reaching here...we were ordered...to protect the emigrants...
GLC09138
8 January 1865
Houghton, M., fl. 1865
to a family member
"[Nashville is] under the control of our guns from the forts and batteries...I saw 3 or 4 dead Rebs still lying on the ground unburied and some that had been buried with some parts still visible above the ground...the point B.F. is where the greatest...
GLC09139
December 1862
Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1821-1896
to Secretary of War James Seddon and various Confederate generals
Seven retained telegrams to Union General John G. Foster's expedition towards Goldsboro, NC. "I have no cavalry with a view to the navigation of the Mississippi from New Orleans upwards, sails to-day from the North River, near the State Prison, to...
GLC09140
4 September 1839
Noble, Patrick, fl. 1839
to George R. Gilman, Governor of Georgia
Letter about the crisis over fugitive slaves and the landmark Supreme Court case, Prigg vs. Pennsylvania, which determined that states were not required to enforce slave laws of other states. From South Carolina Gov. Patrick Noble to Gov. of Georgia...
GLC09141.01
27 July 1872
Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875
to John W. Frughs
Writes shortly after being nominated as Grant's Vice President. "I find your note and the Platform of 'The Young Men's Continental League' ...I have long hoped and believed that the people inhabiting the North American Continent will be united under...
GLC09142
25 July 1865
McGuiness, John, fl. 1865
to Heber Painter
A form letter stating that the return for ordnance and ordnance stores pertaining to I Company 58th Pennsylvania, has been reviewed and referred to the Secon Auditor. Includes a copy of Circular No. 42, from the Ordnance Office which provides advise...
GLC02016.155
13 September 1865
A partially printed form letter from the Quartemaster General's office stating that the return of quartermaster's stores for the month of July, 1865 will be examined and forwarded onto the Third Auditor of the Treasury for settlement. The stamped...
GLC02016.156
December 1865
Includes returns for the fourth quarter ending in December 1865 for Company I, 58th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by 1st Lieutenant Heber Painter.
GLC02016.146
28 January 1866
Quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores
Includes returns for I Company 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry for the first quarter, 1866.
GLC02016.148
31 December 1865
Abstract of articles
Includes articles received from officers at Louisa Court House, Virginia in the month ending December 1865 by Heber Painter. The docket indicates that the document was retained.
GLC02016.149.01
31 January 1866
Includes articles transferred to Border Colonel George B. Cadwallader at Richmond, Virginia in the month ending on the 31 January,1866, by Lieutenant Heber Painter, Appointed Provost Marshal.
GLC02016.150
Abstract of materials
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the third quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.152
Includes materials expended or consumed in I Company, 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry during the fourth quarter, 1865.
GLC02016.153
20 January 1866
Receipt for issues
Includes issues for Springfield rifles, bayonnets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items.
GLC02016.159
27 January 1866
Ramsay, George Douglas, 1802-1882
Includes issues for muskets, cartridges, and waist belts among other items. Written at Camp Cadwalader.
GLC02016.160
19 February 1869
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
to James M. Shute
"I almost despair of securing any financial legislation this season, thought we shall try to pass a bill legalizing Gold Contracts and also declaring the 5.20 Bonds and greenbacks are ultimately payable in Gold...The late decision of the Supreme...
GLC09143
4 March 1803
Gazette of the United States [Marbury vs. Madison]
Landmark Supreme Court decision reported in the Gazette of the United States. "The Chief Justice this day declared the opinion of the court...on the motion of Mr. G. Lee for a rule to shew cause why a Madamus should not issue to compel James Madison...
GLC09144
22 May 1815
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Mrs. J. Sargent Murray
"By glancing my eye on a passage or two in your brother's history of his use, in multitude of instances during two years, of the 'eau medicinale' d'Husson, I noticed the precision of description which I should expect from Govr. Sargent, and which is...
GLC09145
20 March 1864
Breese, Kidder Randolph, 1831-1881
Orders
Ordering the "officer in charge of Picket Tug" to relay Porter's order to the fleet: "Keep the tug as close to the falls as possible and a bright lookout for anything up the bend. Blow one whistle if you see a vessel coming down. Examine all...
GLC09146
10 June 1861
Wayne, Henry C., fl. 1861
About a Union rally by Baptists and Methodists. "The leaders of these two systems, are either designing demagogues, or ignorant enthusiasts...The President [Jefferson Davis] has proclaimed next Thursday as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer...
GLC09147
circa 1862
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to David D. Porter
During Arkansas expedition. "admiral Porter As soon as General Steele reports in the Continental, will fire a Gun and run down the Gaines's Landing at the rate of ten miles the hour Sherman."
GLC09148
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