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30 August 1793
Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
to Alexandre Hauterive
Reports the seizure of three French deserters but is compelled to discharge them due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
GLC08457
1 September 1863
Graham, Harvey, 1827-?
to General John Alexander McClernand
Written from Benton Barracks, then on the outskirts of St. Louis. Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, recalls events that took place 22 May during Union operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Relates that he had been...
GLC08458.01
1888
Kurz & Allison
Siege of Vicksburg
Depicts the 13th, 15th, and 17th Corps, Army of the Tennessee, commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant, during the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Mississippi River serves as background. Notes that Grant was assisted by Admiral David Dixon...
GLC08458.02
18 September 1774
Hodge, Thomas, fl. 1774
[Transportation of convict to Virginia]
Assigns convict Thomas Morgan to serve a term of seven years beginning on 17 September 1774, the day the ship transporting him, the Taylor, arrives in Virginia.
GLC08459
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
30 September 1874
Kellogg, Willliam Pitt, 1831-1918
Address of Governor Kellogg to the people of the United States on the condition of affairs in Louisiana, with official facts and figures.
Reconstruction address as Republican governor of Louisiana defending his administration from charges of mismanagement.
GLC08462
September 1865
Jumbo, Pluto, fl. 1865
Black republican and office-holder's journal. [No. 4 (September 1865)]
Racist newssheet from New York, handwritten in dialect ridiculing republicanism, reconstruction and the freed slaves. Referring to President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies, states "De party must be up and stirring to head off Johnson's...
GLC08463
1868
Republican Party
Vote the Flag [Mississippi election ticket]
GLC08464
1 July 1842
McKerny, John, fl. 1842
[Permission for slaves to work for their own profit]
Legal document permitting his two slaves, Samuel and Andrew, to work for themselves or any other person on Saturdays.
GLC08465
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
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