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[1861-1865]
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
"Ne[illegible] Hd Qr with Band."
Image shows an unidentified regimental band gathered outside a winter camp.
GLC03029.43
1873
Watkins, Carleton E.
Two photographs
Photograph of a painting of a steam ship. Group portrait of four unidentified whites and three Indians
GLC03030.01
circa 1863-1865
Hoyt, Frank A. (fl. 1863-1865)
[Manuscript drawing of the camp of the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment]
Shows the various buildings and structures in camp, including barracks, a sawmill, barns, and a steam furnace. The buildings are numbered and there is a corresponding legend on the verso. Drawn in pencil with a colored flag. The regiment operated...
GLC03050
1861
Hardee, William Joseph (1815-1873)
Rifle and Infantry Tactics, Revised and Improved
Written by Confederate Brigadier General Hardee. Fifth Edition copy of volume 1 (first published in 1855). Printed in the "First Year of the Confederacy" by S.H. Goetzel & Co. This book was the standard instructional manual for the U.S. Army when it...
GLC03071
15 January 1861
Curtin, Andrew Gregg (1815-1894)
Daily telegraph --- extra. Inaugural address of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin
Broadside of inaugural address of newly-elected Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, who would serve through the Civil War. Top of the broadside says "Daily Telegraph --- Extra," which is probably a reference to the "Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph," based...
GLC03086
1693/08/22
Harwood, Jacob (fl. 1686-1695)
to Robert Livingston re: Harwood's business dealings with Thomas Dongan
Harwood recounts the difficulties in causing former Governor Dongan to pay his debts. Dongan was indebted to Harwood, and when Harwood decided to take legal action, Dongan bribed two clerks to withhold Harwood's petition from the council of the...
GLC03107.00235
1693/09/20
to Robert Livingston re: business conditions in London
Harwood writes about the lack of confidence in London, referring to a market where the values of "Freight is high, Insurance high & all the Commodities here low." Harwood is of the opinion that the market will restablize with the return of King...
GLC03107.00236
1723/06/13
Unknown
"The Whole Debt of the Colony"
Docketed on verso.
GLC03107.01514
1725/07/08
Van Horne, Johanna
to Robert Livingston re: slow trade
Joanna apoligizes for her father's poor returns on flour, and notes how slow trade the trade is. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01655
1712/06/12
Lords of Trade
to Governor Hunter re: decision to reprimand the Assembly
The Justices wrote the letter in response to a dispute between the Councill and the Assembly of New York regarding the "amending of money Bills." In the letter, the Justices find in favor of the Councill, as they charge the Assembly with "a...
GLC03107.00917
1714/04/05
Schuyler, Phillip
to Robert Livingston re: falling prices of provisions
Schuyler informs Livingston that Hugh Saills will pay him a visit in order to tell him what has happened to his sloop. Schuyler also mentions that the prices of provisions have fallen, and that Livingston's bellows remain unsold. Docketed on address...
GLC03107.01057
1717
"Proposal of ways & means to raise 12000 [pounds] to pay the Debts of the . . .
. . . Government." List of various ways to raise money, including printing more money, and raising and creating taxes.
GLC03107.01157
circa 1863
Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)
The minstrel boy
Sheet music, including music and lyrics for two verses of the song "The Minstrel Boy." Printed in Baltimore for J. Carr.
GLC05874
17 March 1777
Whipple, William (1730-1785)
to Josiah Bartlett
Discusses Continental troop movements, specifically regarding Fort Ticonderoga and New Jersey. Also, rising cost of living and collapsing currency, taxation, Franklin's reception at Versailles, and New Hampshire politics.
GLC05878
11 June 1781
Morris, Robert (1734-1806)
to William Whipple
Discusses the state of financial affairs and the need for a national bank to stop depreciation of the currency and reduced powers of the government. Writes that he "must apply or support to Gentlemen of your Character and Zeal for the service of...
GLC05898
2 December 1859
Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
Martyrdom of John Brown
Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...
GLC05925.02
1803
Murray, John, Jr. (fl. 1803)
[To the Citizens of the United States of America].
Agreed upon at a meeting of Quakers on March 1, 1803 in New York City and issued by the clerk to the meeting, John Murray, Jr. The pamphlet attacks alcohol consumption, taverns, theatres, horse racing, cockfighting, and duels. Printed by Isaac...
GLC05943
1833
Gouge, William M.
A Short history of paper money and banking in the United States, including an account of provincial and continental paper-money.
Title continues: "To which is prefixed an inquiry into the principles of the system, with considerations of its effects on morals and happiness. The whole intended as a plain exposition of the way in which paper money and money corporations, affect...
GLC05953
6 November 1851
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1788-1879)
to Caroline Gilman
Apologizes for the publisher's loss of Gilman's portrait that Hale had borrowed for the printing of her book, "Women's record" (New York, 1853).
GLC05955
10 November 1862
Turner, Joseph Addison
The Countryman. [Vol. 3, no. 7 (November 10, 1862)]
The Evil Effects of Dancing.
GLC05959.02.05
10 December 1862
Clisby, Joseph (fl. 1862)
Macon daily telegraph. [no. 881 (December 10, 1862)]
Subjects include Confederate War Debt, Lincoln's Emancipation Policy, Article on Compensated Emancipation. Includes general advertisements and land sale advertisements.
GLC05959.04
July 1861
Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865)
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 19, no. 7 (July, 1861)]
Negro Mechanics, Reform Under Our New Government, Supplies Stopped - Let Us Make Our Own, The Richmond Factory. An editorial criticizes the Yankees for not seeing the value of Southern agriculture, particularly the supply and demand of food in terms...
GLC05959.11.02
January 1862
Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 1 (January, 1862)]
The Private Soldier, Financial Crash in the North, Their Loss of National Position by the Craven Surrender of Mason & Slidell. A shift in agriculture requires corn to be an important Southern crop, while another editorial suggested that provisions be...
GLC05959.11.03
24 December 1863
Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863)
Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 942 (December 24, 1863)]
The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
GLC05959.44.32
1 May 1863
Cushing, Edward H. (1829-1879)
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 20, whole no. 3673 (May 1, 1863)]
Letters from the Rangers, Brownville, Galveston. Editorial on depreciation of currency. Louisiana army.
GLC05959.51.068
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