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1845/02/05
Eastman, Charles G., fl. 1845
to J. T. Fields re: his poetry with copy of poem [Indian related]
Charles Eastman was a Sioux Indian, Dartmouth graduate and friend of Sitting Bull.
GLC08445.07
1828
Binns, John, 1772-1860
Monumental Inscriptions.
8 images of fictitious funeral monuments, each to a man executed by Jackson. The first six are for Tennessee militiamen executed in February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The last two are for John Woods, a mutineer...
GLC08460
25 June 1744
Raymond, Joshua, fl. 1744
To the sheriff of New London County
Arrest of a Native American named Ben Garrit for disturbing the peace. Requests the sheriff search for Garrit and bring him before Raymond or another of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace within the County of New London to be properly dealt with...
GLC08466
24 July 1863
Don't unchain the tiger!
Signed "A Democratic Workingman." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed...
GLC08467
Entfesselt der Tiger nicht! = Don't Unchain the Tiger! [in German]
Signed "Ein Demokratischer Urbeiter," "A Democratic Worker." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime...
GLC08468
circa 1780
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
[Notes from the Pennsylvania Executive Council regarding pardons, appointments, and appropriations of funds].
Wayne notes that on 6 January 1780, the Executive Council pardoned William Cassidy and Peter Swope, both of whom were "convicted of high treason--on condition that he serve as a soldier during the present war in one of the regiments of this State..."...
GLC08497
28 June 1854
Brown, E.W., fl. 1854
to John H. Stout
Writes to his brother. Mentions an outbreak of cholera, "Most of it however is found among emigrants some of the poor and dissipated of the towns also are suffering with it." Discusses the settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, "The...
GLC08507
1865 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth
Possibly from a Brady negative.
GLC08521
1863 [?]
Franklin Pierce Indian peace medal by S. Ellis and J. Wellson
7.5 cm in diameter.
GLC08619
1795/02/07
Herald, a gazette for the country. [Vol. 1, no. 72 (February 7, 1795)]
includes a printed treaty with Cherokee Indians.
GLC08622
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