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18 November 1864
Villeneuve, Alexandre-Marie Ducrest de, 1813-1893
[to the commander of the C.S.S. Georgia] [in French]
No. 388. Mentions William Cullen, a member of the Georgia crew, who is actually a French deserter.
GLC04572.09
7 December 1863
Roze, Pierre Gustave, 1812-1882
Roze, a French rear admiral, authorizes repairs to be made on the C.S.S. Georgia. Specifies machinery, such as diving equipment, to be used in making the repairs.
GLC04572.11
1909/02/10
Mosby, John S., 1833-1916
to Sam Chapman
article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."
GLC03921.25
23 March 1919
Hopkins, Lawrence L., fl. 1918-1919
to Dr. A.W. Hopkins
Writes to his father with reactions to hometown news. Discusses the work the engineers have been doing in Camp d'Auvours. Includes a letter from his insurance company about a late payment (not included). Written on Knights of Columbus letterhead....
GLC07810.050
5 December 1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Rosalie Josephe Bacler de Leval
Says he cannot advance the sum she requests. Will accept her order payable in 30 days.
GLC02437.05986
22 March 1782
United States. Continental Congress.
[Resolve of Congress respecting the promotion of Knox to major general]
Signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress. Congress resolved to promote Henry Knox from brigadier general to major general. States that the promotion was granted on the recommendation of George Washington's letter of 31 October 1781 for...
GLC02437.01371
February 1783
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Provisions drawn for Henry Knox]
Lists stores received from Mr. [Robert ]Forsyth during the month of February.
GLC02437.01964
30 November 1864
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
to Louise Walbridge
Discusses the mild weather they have been having, anxiously awaiting news from Sherman's campaign in Georgia, news of other officers, wishes he could attend the winter parties. "[I]t is difficult for me to write a letter; my life is so monotonous...
GLC04663.53
4 September 1863
Sister Rosalie [a Roman Catholic nun?] arrives at Folly Island from Buffalo. The joys of soldiering, progress of the siege, death of a sergeant.
GLC04663.24
6 September 1861
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
to William F. Colcock
Telegraph asking about the health of his fiancee Emmeline Colcock, who was William F. Colcock's daughter. She died of typhoid fever two days later. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.
GLC08165.76
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