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circa 1880
McDonald, M., fl. 1880
[Signed portrait of Schuyler Colfax]
Signed cabinet photograph of Schuyler Colfax in 3/4 bust profile as older man. Taken at McDonald studio.
GLC01120
12 January 1836
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
[Stephen Austin's Securing a loan from Louisiana]
Printed document signed on page 3 by Austin with possible later notations, for the Republic of Texas. Signed by William Christy, public notary, and lenders, including William Triplett and others. The first Texas loan. Reference information:...
GLC01121
30 May 1838
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Certifying entrance of William Buzby into service as a Texas soldier
Docketed.
GLC01122
February 23, 1813
Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833
to Timothy Bigelow
Written aboard U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), Boston Harbor. Expresses pleasure in hearing of a vote of appreciation for the Constitution's victory over the British frigate H.M.S. Java. "To merit and receive the appreciation of our Country is...
GLC01125
1793
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the...
GLC01125.02
circa 29 October 1843
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
[General Order no. 8 regarding African Squadron vessels' procedure for obtaining supplies]
One letter written by Commodore Matthew Perry dated October 29, 1843. Contains orders that fresh provisions and medicaid aid must be approved by the commanding officers before given to members of the African Squadron. Signed on behalf of the...
GLC01126
13 April 1861
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892
[Copy of Crawford's notes regarding surrender of Fort Sumter]
Walker's "true copy" of Crawford and Seymour's first hand account of the meeting between Colonel Louis Wigfall and Major Robert Anderson, during which Fort Sumter was surrendered. Walker copied, in pencil, Crawford and Seymour's written account...
GLC01127.01
April 11, 1861
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
to Robert Anderson
Pencil copy of Beauregard's letter to Anderson demanding that Fort Sumter be surrendered and evacuated. Will permit that the flag "may be saluted by you upon taking it down." Page two contains pencil drawn copy of the watermark, and page three a...
GLC01127.02
13 May 1861
[Account of the surrender of Fort Sumter]
Firsthand account of the negotiations for the surrender of Fort Sumter. Details conversation between Major Robert Anderson and Captain Lee negotiating terms of surrender. Finishes Crawford's narrative begun in GLC01127.01. Recounts the...
GLC01127.03
1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Carte de visite by Brady, signed on mount
Signed on the mount "A. Lincoln" This image is O-49.
GLC00919.01
1864 ca.
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant
GLC00919.02
1865 ca.
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884
Carte de visite by Charles D. Fredricks & Co.
GLC00919.06
October 7, 1862
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
to friends at home
Provides descriptions of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and discusses army life. Written from "Camp Lesley, Near the Navy Yard," in Washington, D.C.
GLC00919.10
27 April 1863
[Draft orders and instructions for building bridges]
Clerically written on "Headquarters Engineer Brigade" letterhead, near Falmouth, Virginia.
GLC00919.12
29 April 1863
[Draft report on a failed bridge building assignment]
GLC00919.13
May 1, 1863
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884
Draft of battle report on an engineering operation
Battle report on an engineering operation. Clerically written near Falmouth, Virginia.
GLC00919.14
October 5, 1863
to Francis Blair
Clerically written to General Blair. Discusses the plan for seizure of Charleston, South Carolina, to be presented to Lincoln camp at Rappahannock. Written from the Camp at Rappahannock, likely in Virginia.
GLC00919.15
November 23, 1863
to Joseph Totten
Clerically written from Washington, D.C. to General Totten, regarding plan for rebuilding bridges.
GLC00919.16
circa 1862
[Print of camp of H. W. Benham's engineering brigade]
GLC00919.18
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Brady carte de visite
GLC00919.20
June 12, 1865
to unknown
Recommendation of Elias W. Beach by Asstistant Adjutant General Channing Clapp with a note and endorsement by General Benham.
GLC00919.22
January 24, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley
Written by Adams in the last months of his presidency to the Quaker abolitionists Churchman and Lindley. Adams wrote in response to a letter and pamphlet that the two abolitionists had sent him. The pamphlet was by Quaker abolitionist Warner Mifflin...
GLC00921
February 18, 1865
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
to Jefferson Davis
Official report to the president, signed as Confederate secretary of war, tracing the state of the Confederacy's finances from 1861 to the present. Declares that the current abysmal state of the budget, and the consequent inability of the nation to...
GLC00915
March 8, 1788
Brearly, David, 1745-1790
to Jonathan Dayton
One future signer of the U.S. Constitution to another. Brearly (also: "Brearley"), writing as Chief Justice of New Jersey, sends Dayton, then a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a scale (not included) determined by the New Jersey legislature...
GLC00916
September 19, 1864
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Confederate governors
Circular letter in which Davis asks the Confederate governors to change the alien expulsion laws for mechanics and laborers. He wants to lift the requirements in many states that all aliens render military service or leave, instead permitting...
GLC00917
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