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1849/01/25
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]
US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.
GLC08430.03
March 13, 1837
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
to Samuel Joseph May
Invites May to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Lynn, Massachusetts. Indicates that "Stanton, Garrison, Loring, Sewall, everybody wishes thee to be with us on the occasion." Mentions a Missouri statement from years...
GLC00979
8 November 1767-1785
Sylvester, Deborah, fl. 1760-1785
Collection of items belonging to Deborah Sylvester [Decimalized .01-.02.08]
GLC01144
16 July 1863
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Recipient's copy of a telegram in the hand of the telegrapher on stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Says that he asked Governor David Tod [of Ohio] to contact Scammon about sending two new regiments to protect the Kanawha Division. Asks if...
GLC01907
1862/12/10
Van Cleve, Horatio P., 1809-1891
to Joseph Wheeler re: flag of truce for captured Union soldiers, surgeons
Clerical docket on verso.
GLC02015
12 May 1861
Tate, Jeremiah M., fl. 1829-1877
to his sister
Written in pencil on two different pieces of paper. Mentions joining Stonewall Jackson. Writes, "your brother till the Yanks keithes me."
GLC02082.01
October 19, 1847
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to R. C. Wood
Writes to his son-in-law, a U.S. Army surgeon in Baltimore, about the presidential campaign, with doubt about his chances. In regard to the congressional debate over slavery, expresses his hope that a compromise will be achieved, since the outcome...
GLC00529.05
1 March 1869
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
to Henry Knox Craig
McClellan writes to Craig, a brevet general who previously served as chief of ordnance. Discusses the appointment of Hunt's son to Annapolis Naval Academy. Asks if he should write to Admiral David Dixon Porter or Ulysses S. Grant to secure the...
GLC02382.063
10 February 1782
Aboville, Francois Marie, comte de, 1730-1817
to Henry Knox [in French]
Discusses abandoned cannon in Virginia. Writes at the urging of the Comte de Rochambeau, who is sure Knox was unaware of them. (See GLC02437.01365, Knox's response, written in English.)
GLC02437.01350
31 August 1782
Carthy, Daniel, fl. 1780-1782
Return of Quartermaster General's stores on hand at West Point 31 August 1782
Lists land transportation, water transportation, camp equipment, etc.
GLC02437.10508
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