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20 March 1802
Austin, Jonathan Loring, 1748-1826
[Account]
List of transactions between Henry Knox and Jonathan Loring Austin by date, from 26 June to 11 September 1801.
GLC02437.10401
14 August 1806
Blagge, Samuel, fl. 1805-1806
List of transactions between Henry Knox and Samuel Blagge by date, for 29 November.
GLC02437.10402
8 July 1795
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
A financial account involving Henry Knox and Charles Barrett. Docket notes the account was settled with Charles Barrett on 8 July 1795. Written in Knox's hand, signed in text by Knox. Also signed by Charles Barrett.
GLC02437.10624
4 November 1719
Smith, Thomas, fl. 1719
[Contract]
Signed by Benjamin Alder. John Coney and John [Lavell] Junior signed as witnesses. Anthony Roddard signed as Justice of the Peace on 5 May 1722 at Boston, Massachusetts. Contract between Thomas Smith and Benjamin Alder. Involving a tract of land...
GLC02437.10630
8 November 1742
Waldo, Samuel, 1695-1759
Signed by Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. John Palmer and Charles [Proctor] signed as witnesses. J. Bradbury signed as Justice of the Peace on 25 January 1743. Indenture contract between Samuel Waldo and Benjamin Burton. Waldo grants 200 acres...
GLC02437.10634
August 30, 1861
Jones, Samuel, 1819-1887
to Pierre G.T. Beauregard
General Jones writes to Beauregard, commander of the First Corps, Army of the Potomac. Requests to take Lieutenant [J.J.?] Garnett, presently Second Lieutenant in the Washington Artillery, as his aid-de-camp. Writes, "I have no one on my staff or...
GLC02461.14
13 January 1865
Casey, Silas, 1807-1882
to Reuben E. Fenton
Recommending Hampden Waldron, a First Lieutenant on his staff, for promotion, with an autograph endorsement signed by Edwin D. Morgan, also supporting a promotion for Waldron.
GLC02462.02
6 September [1862?]
Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
to Frank A. Haskell
Orders Haskell and his troops to rendezvous with Gibbon and his men inside Washington. Dated to 9:30 PM. Signed as Brigadier General. Also mentions Sixth Wisconsin and General Hooker. Day and month given, but no year. Written some time between...
GLC02462.07
22 April 1862
Hays, Alexander, 1819-1864
to John W. Werell
Explaining why the muster rolls for his regiment have yet to reach Washington, and says he will now keep the rolls on him until Werell can reach him.
GLC02462.10
10 December 1862
Heintzelman, Samuel P., 1805-1880
to John C. Kelton
Has received an order requesting reports from all commanders under General Pope in the Army of Virginia, and states he will send his report soon.
GLC02462.11
25 March 1864
Morgan, George Washington, 1820-1893
[Certificate of service for Edwin Saunders]
Certifying that Captain Edwin Dean Saunders served on his staff.
GLC02462.14
11 August 1862
Sherman, Thomas W. (Thomas West), 1813-1879
to Adam Badeau
Orders Badeau, an attache on Sherman's staff, to New Orleans.
GLC02462.20
18 November 1874
Cushing, William Barker, 1842-1874
[Naval pass]
Issued from the Navy Yard. Pass for one ton of coal, private property of R. T. Hieston. Cushing signs as commander, one month before his death. Two names appear on verso (possibly signatures): John P. Cahill, watchman, and John O'Neill.
GLC02463.04
24 June 1864
McCook, Edward M., 1833-1909
to Washington Lafayette Elliott
General McCook, commander of 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, transmits a communication from a surgeon in charge of an unspecified Confederate hospital. Indicates he intends "to send it through by a bye road in rear of their pickets so as...
GLC02463.12
1853-1885
Confederate States of America. Generals
Confederate generals born in Virginia: 34 letters & docs [decimalized]
[decimalized 02461.01-02461.34]
GLC02461
7 November 1861
Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862
to unknown
State inferred from content. General Ashby reports, "Mr. Duke who has been arrested as a spy and upon his own evidence has done acts that will establish beyond doubt his felony... He is a dangerous person..." A pencil note at the bottom of the page...
GLC02461.01
14 May 1861
Beale, Richard Lee Tuberville, 1819-1893
to John Letcher
Requests that Letcher, Governor of Virginia, authorize the ordnance department to purchase guns for use in Captain T.S. Garnett's company. Mentions Colonel Ruggles (possibly Daniel Ruggles). Also signed on verso is a note signed by secretary P.F...
GLC02461.02
29 May 1861
Chilton, Robert Hall, 1816-1879
to Robert Seldon Garnett
Chilton writes to Colonel Garnett, Adjutant General of Virginia forces in Richmond, Virginia. Relates, "I have the honour, in consequence of appointment in Army of the Confederate States, to resign my commission as Colonel of Cavalry in the...
GLC02461.03
7 August 1861
Colston, Raleigh Edward, 1825-1896
to Henry Toole Clark
Written near Tanners Creek. Colston, Colonel of the 16th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Mentions that he previously sent his Quartermaster Lieutenant A. T. Culpeper (possibly Alexander T. Culpepper) to request a grant of muskets from Clark....
GLC02461.04
22 January 1862
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
to Lieutenant Colonel Cummings
Orders Cummings' regiment to focus all their work "on the breast work in front of my quarters." The works have been taking too long to finish, and Early demands that "the whole of your regiment fit for duty except the guard...get all the axes spades...
GLC02461.05
22 March 1853
Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863
to Robert McClelland
Floyd, a member of the Virginia state legislature, writes to McClelland, United States Secretary of the Interior. Recommends the appointment of General Douglas B. Layne for the post of Marshall of the Western District of Virginia. Writes, "He is at...
GLC02461.06
13 March 1865
Fry, Birkett Davenport, 1822-1891
to J. M. Otey
General Fry, in command of the Augusta District, writes to Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Otey (possibly John M. Otey), Assistant Adjutant General. Has just received a dispatch directing the extension of a courier line from Columbia to Winnsboro, South...
GLC02461.07
29 April 1861
Heth, Henry, 1825-1899
Randolph Harrison applies to Virginia Governor John Letcher for the position of Captain in the Quartermaster's Department of the State of Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel Heth endorses Harrison's request, from the Quartermaster General's Office in...
GLC02461.08
8 June 1862
Hill, Ambrose P., 1825-1865
to Robert Hall Chilton
General Hill writes to Colonel Chilton, Assistant Adjutant General serving under Robert E. Lee, to discuss an endorsement on an enclosed application [not present]. Hill desires a detail for the applicant as a clerk in the adjutant general's office of...
GLC02461.09
8 May 1861
Hunton, Eppa, 1822-1908
to Daniel Ruggles
Hunton informs General Ruggles: "I resigned my position of Brig Genl of Ma. and obtained the place of Col of active volunteers." Notes that General Robert E. Lee ordered him to report to General Cocke (possibly Philip St. George Cocke). Remarks, "I...
GLC02461.10
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