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November 23, 1863
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884
to Joseph Totten
Clerically written from Washington, D.C. to General Totten, regarding plan for rebuilding bridges.
GLC00919.16
circa 1862
[Print of camp of H. W. Benham's engineering brigade]
GLC00919.18
1865 ca.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Brady carte de visite
GLC00919.20
June 12, 1865
to unknown
Recommendation of Elias W. Beach by Asstistant Adjutant General Channing Clapp with a note and endorsement by General Benham.
GLC00919.22
January 24, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley
Written by Adams in the last months of his presidency to the Quaker abolitionists Churchman and Lindley. Adams wrote in response to a letter and pamphlet that the two abolitionists had sent him. The pamphlet was by Quaker abolitionist Warner Mifflin...
GLC00921
February 18, 1865
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
to Jefferson Davis
Official report to the president, signed as Confederate secretary of war, tracing the state of the Confederacy's finances from 1861 to the present. Declares that the current abysmal state of the budget, and the consequent inability of the nation to...
GLC00915
March 8, 1788
Brearly, David, 1745-1790
to Jonathan Dayton
One future signer of the U.S. Constitution to another. Brearly (also: "Brearley"), writing as Chief Justice of New Jersey, sends Dayton, then a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a scale (not included) determined by the New Jersey legislature...
GLC00916
September 19, 1864
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Confederate governors
Circular letter in which Davis asks the Confederate governors to change the alien expulsion laws for mechanics and laborers. He wants to lift the requirements in many states that all aliens render military service or leave, instead permitting...
GLC00917
December 17, 1860
Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897
to Thomas J. Wharton
Harris, Governor of Tennessee, replies to a letter from Wharton, Mississippi's Commissioner to Tennessee. States that when Tennessee Representatives confer again, they will be pleased to meet with Wharton "as the Representative of a sister state...
GLC00918
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
E & H.T. Anthony Carte de visite
GLC00919.03
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
GLC00919.04
Warren, Gouverner K., 1830-1882
Carte de visite
GLC00919.05
February 1862
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (1810-1883)
GLC00919.07
Parke, John G., 1827-1900
GLC00919.08
Wright, Horatio G., 1820-1899
GLC00919.09
January 1, 1863
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
to friends at home
Includes a description of army life.
GLC00919.11
11 November 1864
Signature on verso of letter by George Percival
War date signature of George Meade on verso of letter by George Percival requesting the autograph.
GLC00919.17
Benjamin Franklin Butler carte de visite, in uniform
GLC00919.19
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
E & H.T. Anthony carte de visite in uniform
GLC00919.21
1858-1866
[Diaries of Elias W. Beach] [decimalized]
Seven diaries, including 5 covering the Civil War years. Diary 1 contains the years 1858 and 1861; diary 2 contains 1862; diary 3 contains 1863; diary 4 contains the years 1863-1864; diary 5 contains the rest of 1864; diary 6 contains 1865; and...
GLC00919.23
1861-1865 ca.
55 unidentified miscellaneous cartes de visite [decimalized]
Collection consists of 55 photographs, largely dating from the Civil War period, and primarily connected with the N.Y. Volunteer Engineers. The majority of the images are carte de visite portraits, although the collection also includes several...
GLC00919.24
1859-1921
[Collection of Elias W. Beach] [decimalized]
Contains documents related to Beach, who served in Company F of the 50th regiment, New York engineers. Includes 16 autograph letters or autograph notes signed, 8 autographs from military notables, a land contract, a typed genealogical document...
GLC00919.25
1865
General Benham's winter camp near Poplar Grove Church, Va., with photo of troops
Printed map, "Winter Camp, Detachment 50th N.Y.V. Engineers" Brevet Colonel I. Spalding Commanding, near Poplar Church, Virginia, Army of the Potomac, 1865. Has been partially hand colored. An original albumen photograph of soldiers with musical...
GLC00919.26
September 26, 1818
to Caesar Augustus Rodney
re: revolutions in South America, mentions memories of James Otis. Rodney had just returned from South America
GLC00922
June 27, 1848
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to David B. Campbell
Replies to Illinois Attorney General Campbell and discusses his unpopular stand on the Mexican War. Mentions a speech on internal improvements and another in support of Zachary Taylor that would constitute the close of his Congressional career....
GLC00965
June 13, 1861
to Simon Cameron
Writes to Secretary of War Cameron to express his desire to accept a fifth regiment from Michigan. He is referring to the 16th Michigan Volunteers, under Colonel T.B.W. Stockton. Lincoln seeks Cameron's approval of this action.
Basler, Roy P. The...
GLC00966
November 17, 1787
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to James Bridge
Adams covers several topics in this long letter to his Harvard classmate shortly after their graduation. He attended the ordination of Henry Ware, his first roomate at Harvard. While there, he has saw a number of their fellow classmates and learned...
GLC00958.01
1864-1865
Pratt, Oliver D., fl. 1863-1864
[Diary of Oliver D. Pratt]
Autograph manuscript signed. Military content about war in Virginia. Written in pencil. Dated October 1, 1864-June 24, 1865,
GLC01003.02
1863-1865
[Collection of letters from Oliver D. Pratt to his brother Albert S. Pratt] [Decimalized .01-.12]
Includes nine dated autograph letters signed, and three undated or fragmentary autograph letters (two are signed). Pratt served in Col. L, 1st Battalion, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry. Includes fighting in Charleston, South Carolina, and Petersburg...
GLC01003.03
1862
Smith, Horace A., fl. 1862
[Diary of Horace A. Smith, 3rd NY Cavalry]
Autograph manuscript signed. Smith served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd NY Cavalry, "Van Allen's Regiment." Diary kept in ink and pencil with later pencil pagination. Includes ink drawings of Camp layouts at Poolesveille, Md. and Harpers Ferry...
GLC01004
Williams, Seth, 1822-1866
5th Corps original field orders of the last campaign
Retained letterpress copies of over 200 original field directives pasted into a bound manuscript. Copies are of the original orders sent to the 5th Corps, or V Corps, Army of the Potomac. Almost all orders were issued by General Meade and almost...
GLC01005
February-May 1864
Allen, George Walter, 1842-1912
[Diary aboard the U.S.S. Nantucket]
Allen was an officer on the USS "Nantucket" during and before the bombardment of Fort Sumter. The diary appears to have been written within days of the actions. Includes manuscript pencil and ink "Sketch of Charleston Harbor and fortifications," and...
GLC01006
17 February 1782
Traille, Peter, fl. 1782
[British Royal Artillery Return of Stores Issued for Service of the Post at the Quarter House]
Requests that George Wray, Commissary to the Royal Artillery, send supplies listed to Simon Fraser. A note signed by Fraser confirms his receipt of the items. Title taken in part from docket.
GLC01450.154
31 October 1780
[Account of supplies used by the Royal Artillery in Charleston, South Carolina in October 1780]
Lists ordnance, building supplies, and smithery, wagon-making, repair, and laboratory supplies, the service for which they were needed and the quantities expended.
GLC01450.155
December 1781
Wray, George, fl. 1772-1793
[Account of artillery stores released to James Boyd]
Signed by Wray as Commissary to the Royal Artillery. Boyd is described as "Matross in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Indicates that the supplies lists were for "the New Work on Hadress Point."
GLC01450.156
12 September 1779
[Penobscot Expedition: Approval of request to retrieve Americans in enemy territory]
Written by an unknown commander during the Revolutionary War giving permission to Thomas Nutting and Charles Hutchings to raise a party to "fetch off the families of the friends of America" at "Majabagaduce" (now Castine, Maine). They are given...
GLC01450.159
7 June 1777
Barnard, John, fl. 1777-1780
Receipt to John Chanioard
Captain Barnard, a commander of a company of Continental soldiers, wrote that he received 120 pounds from Captain Edward Ellis of Middletown to pay soldiers recently enlisted in the Continental Army. Barnard says he is in Samuel Wyllys's regiment. A...
GLC01450.161
1776-1778
Marching orders and military fine reciepts for Asa and Charles Hamant [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC01450.162
1777-1783
Elmer, Ebenezer, 1752-1843
Two letters by Ebenezer Elmer [Decimalized .01-.02]
Written at Camp Middlebrook. Dated June 20, 1777 - May 12, 1783.
GLC01450.165
1775-1781
[List of New Hampshire military expenses]
The state of New Hampshire pays residents of Cornish "for public services done in the late War for which they have received no pay." Lists the names of colonels, captains, privates, and others. Also cites the reason for various expenses, such as...
GLC01450.166
31 August 1786
Oliver, Joseph, fl. 1786
to Thomas Bowlby
Witnessed and co-signed by attorneys William Truelove and A. Vikers, saying proper stamps were provided for the document. This Legal document gives Oliver's power of attorney to Bowlby, an attorney in Philadelphia. Oliver was previously in an...
GLC01450.167
11 May 1780
Wyllys, George, 1710-1796
[Resolution of the Connecticut Assembly to pay Amos Mead]
States that Mead advanced Lieutenant James Hughes two hundred dollars Continental currency to raise a company for the defense of Greenwich. The next year Hughes defected to the enemy, leaving Mead with only a promissory receipt. The assembly...
GLC01450.169.02
circa 1783
Lodge, John, fl. 1783
View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775
Marked that it is engraved by Lodge, but drawn by a Mr. Millar. Engraved for Edward Barnard's book "New Complete & Authentic History of England," which was published in 1783. Shows the bombardment, from both land and sea, of Charles Town. The town...
GLC01450.169.05
1707/05/12
Church, Benjamin, 1639-1718
[Sworn statement of Robert Grandee attesting to a fight between Joseph Tabor and an unnamed Indian]
Signed by Grandee and witnessed by Church and another person, "J Byfield." The scuffle occurred in Grandee's home. Grandee restrained Tabor to protect the Indian and the Indian ran off. Possibly a legal document.
GLC01450.170.02
18 June 1744
Leonard, Samuel, fl. 1744
[Warrant for the impressment of George Knap]
Pursuant to a warrant from Colonel George Leonard, on behalf of Governor "Shierly," Knap is to appear at Captain Leonard's dwelling in Raynham on the morning of 20 June, completely outfitted for military service and prepared "to proceed on his...
GLC01450.173.02
7 February 1745
Philipps, Caleb, fl. 1745
[Account of officers' pay per week and per month for an expedition to Cape Breton]
Lists officers, how many there were, and the corresponding accounts. The last line notes that their was a "Bounty to each Centinel & a Blanket."
GLC01450.174
21 May 1745
Tisdale, Henry, fl. 1740-1745
[List of supplies]
Mostly guns and food items listed.
GLC01450.175.01
1 June 1756
Bowen, Thomas, fl. 1756-1757
[Order to raise a company and inspect arms in in Rehoboth, Massachusetts]
Partially printed document ordering Captain Nathaniel Bliss to raise a company of soldiers and review the towns stock of munitions. He is also to make sure his men are equipped and the town Select Men informed if munitions are needed. An autograph...
GLC01450.177
20 February 1776
Delwan, Samuel, fl. 1776
[Bond to pay Peter Boson for boarding cannon guards during the Ameircan Revolution]
Payment from the Provisional Congress to Boson for boarding six guards in Captain Selwan's company for give days while they guarded the canon at "near Kings Brig." The six guards are listed.
GLC01450.183.01
7 May 1777
Ellsworth, Oliver, 1745-1807
[Note to pay James Rice]
To Johnathan Lawrence, Treasurer of Connecticut. Written by Ellsworth as a member of the Pay-Table Committee, which was responsible for Connecticut's finances during the Revolution. Receipt says to pay slightly over 51 pounds to James Rice by the...
GLC01450.183.02
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