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26 November 1895
Unknown
To F. B. Noyes
Letter to F. B. Noyes from someone whose first name is William but whose last name is too difficult to read. It talks about Nathaniel Greene's heirs selling several things to Sanford Noyes.
GLC02150.36
n.d.
[Crest]
Small crest on a piece of glossy paper.
GLC02150.39
21 October 1865 - 11 July 1910
Noyes, William Wallace (1846-1910)
[Series of documents regarding the genealogy of William Wallace Noyes]
Various documents regarding the Civil War Service, pension, marriages, and death of William Wallace Noyes. All are photocopies of the original documents.
GLC02150.41
22 April - 4 December 1891
Willard, Joseph (fl. 1891)
[Divorce decree]
Form certifying the divorce between Adaline E. Merrill and Frank H. Merrill. It is filled out at two different times; on April 22, the reason for the divorce ("gross, wanton, and cruel neglect") is given and the terms of the divorce, including...
GLC02150.41.04
3 June 1899
Davidson, W. (fl. 1899)
Certificate of Marriage No. 25
Copy of a marriage certificate between William Wallace Noyes and Addie E. Vincent Merrill. At the time, he was 53, and she was 37. It was a second marriage for both of them.
GLC02150.41.06
[Postcard of Latimer Lighthouse)
Postcard of the Latimer Lighthouse in Stonington, Connecticut. There are no dates and messages written on it.
GLC02150.47
31 August 1899
[Short biographies]
Short biographies about several early prominent members of Stonington, including William Chesebrough, Thomas Minor, Walter Palmer, and Thomas Stanton.
GLC02150.49
[Short poem]
Short poem taking up both sides of the piece of paper. The sides are numbered one and two.
The poem repeatedly refers to someone named 'Maggie'
GLC02150.50
26 May 1918
William Coddington [picture]
Short obituary for Charles H. P. Babcock, who had been influential in the financial and trade industries, especially in his role as head of Babcock and Milnor. The is also a small announcement for the time of the funeral service, as well as an...
GLC02150.54
24 November 1885
Brasure, John W. (fl. 1885-1891)
[Burial Card for John B. Stonehouse]
Burial card with advertisement for John W. Brasure, undertaker, on verso.
GLC00368.06.01
28 November 1885
Ford, S. T. (fl. 1885)
Interesting Biographical Sketch by Rev. S.T. Ford
Newspaper clipping of an obituary for John B. Stonehouse given by the Reverend S.T. Ford. Newspaper reprints words said at the funeral, "General, we shall be lonesome without you."
GLC00368.06.02
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Worship of the North
Depicts Lincoln in front of an altar with a black idol sitting on a platform with the words "Chicago Platform" on it. A sheet hanging from the platform says "The end justifies the means." Shows a white person being sacrificed in front of it. Henry...
GLC00493.01
Searching for arms
Depicts arrogant Northern soldiers rummaging for weapons through the house of a Southern sympathizer. A woman is holding her scared daughter in the right foreground. The two women are in nightgowns and have wrapped themselves in a curtain to cover...
GLC00493.05
Enlistment of Sickles Brigade
Shows the duplicitous agents of Daniel Sickles recruiting the brigade he raised and equipped himself at considerable expense. A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a "Colonel Sickle's Brigade"...
GLC00493.06
Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C.
Depicts the treacherous route into Charleston Harbor with several sunken ships. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.
GLC00493.10
Making clothes for the boys in the army
Depicts three women sitting in a crowded bedchamber, engaged in the entire process of making clothing. On the far left, a woman wearing a bonnet spins the raw material into thread. The thread is then woven into cloth by the woman working the loom. On...
GLC00493.11
Return of a raiding party from Pennsylvania
Depicts the booty of a very successful Confederate cavalry raid. Shows soldiers driving dozens of captured cattle and pigs. A wagon train, possibly full of pilfered goods, snakes in the background. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of...
GLC00493.13
Valiant men "Dat Fite Mit Siegel"
Depicts a house being plundered and burned while a woman kneels, begging Federal officers to spare her children from the flames. The officers appear haughty and indifferent to her pleas. The threat of sexual violation is implicit as an officer with a...
GLC00493.14
Tracks of the armies
Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is...
GLC00493.15
Formation of guerrilla bands
Foreground depicts an angry figure trying to convince a farmer, who has had his homestead destroyed by Union forces, to take revenge by joining a guerrilla band in the background. The farmer sits with his wife and son among the ruins of what appears...
GLC00493.16
Jennison's Jayhawkers
Depicts a group of Union guerillas, known as Jayhawkers, attacking a Southern homestead. During the war, the Jayhawkers were the Seventh Kansas Calvary commanded by Colonel Charles R. Jennison. A man rides off with a woman on his horse amidst a scene...
GLC00493.17
Smuggling medicine into the South
Depicts a boat laden with medical supplies being unloaded quickly by a group of men, both civilian and military. A gentleman, perhaps a doctor, climbs down from his perch in a tree, presumably from whence he has been waiting for the shipment to...
GLC00493.18
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon
Depicts a pastor and members of his congregation presenting church bells to be used to create weapons of war. The officer who accepts the bells removes his hat in recognition of the reverence of the occasion. Slaves perform the work of lifting the...
GLC00493.19
Albert S. Johnston crossing the desert to join the Southern army
Depicts Albert Sidney Johnston in the right foreground, dressed in deerskin garb with a Native American guide and a ragtag group of men following behind. Like many other Confederate leaders, Johnston was serving in the United States army when war...
GLC00493.20
Gen'l Stuart's raid to the White House
Depicts Confederate cavalrymen under the command of General J.E.B. Stuart descending upon the Federal line only to find one Hezekiah Skinflint, a sutler who had provided provisions, in this case "ale and lager," to the soldiers. Many Southerners held...
GLC00493.21
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