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1900
Five issues of The Atlantic Monthly magazine, 1900 [Decemilized .01-.05]
Five issues of The Atlantic Monthly from 1900. Issues from February, August, September, November and December.
GLC09887
29 November 1652
Winslow, John
A Deed Appointed to be Recorded.
Known as the Dartmouth Purchase, this land became the town of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Wasamequin and his son Wamsutta sold the land to Winslow, William Bradford, Myles Standish, Thomas Southworth, John Cooke, and their associates, the Purchasers...
GLC02924.002
18 April 1758
Moore, Joshua (fl. 1758)
[Report on the fitness for military service in the French and Indian War of Elijah Gifford].
"I have considered the case of Elijah Gifford and finding him deaf of one of his ears (as he saith) which (in my opinion) may render him an unfit person to serve his King or Country in this present expedition; becaus his hearing being depraved."
GLC02924.044
9 October 1859
Lyon, Nathaniel (1818-1861)
Untitled
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 December 1759
Richardson, John
Richardson, a medical officer, to Thomas Adams in Albany, a lengthy and detailed description of the Indians and the English armies as he travels up the Hudson through New York. "I accidentally met with Brigadier General Gage…who was traveling the...
GLC09239
4 October 1829
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
to John Coffee
To John Coffee, General in the Tennessee state militia. During first year of his administration, Jackson forecasts his support for removal of the southeastern Indians, which would be made public in his message to Congress in 1830 and would result in...
GLC09361
19 December 1878
Rhodes, Francis, (fl. 1878)
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
Rhodes wants to form an Indian Agency, and is asking Senator Bruce how to go about it he would also like a position as Sergeant at arms for the Noar's Committee.
GLC09400.040
Various
[Humphrey Campaign Materials and essay, "An Indian In Spite of Myself"] [Decimalized .01- .19]
This collection consists of 19 items primarly concerning the Hubert Humphrey 1968 campaign. There are five newsletters from the 1968 Hubert Humphrey campaign. Six campaign press releases concerning Humphrey's views and promoting him for President...
GLC09565
ca. 1932
Osuna, J.J., (fl. 1901-1905)
An Indian in Spite of Myself
A six-page essay, in which the author, J.J. Osuna, describes his move from Puerto Rico to the U.S. to attend the Carlisle Indian School in 1901. He writes about how sad he was to leave his mother, about the journey over, and about the school itself...
GLC09565.18
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