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6 January 1776-30 March 1776
[An account of Cash Receiv'd for my Comp'y at Sundry times]
Lists amounts received and days received for Colonel William Burbeck and Colonel Henry Knox.
GLC02437.00239
5 January 1776
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Capt. Bayler
Apologizes for taking Bayler's horse for his brother, William Knox. Had Knox known he would have been away so long, he would not have taken it. Knox was then organizing the transport of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.00240
12 January 1776
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804
to Henry Knox
Certifies that a Lieutenant Gray "has rode Cannon Seven Miles." Refers to the artillery transport from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts that Knox was overseeing. Contemporary secretarial signature.
GLC02437.00241
14 January 1776
to Mr. Swart
Discusses the movement of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Cambridge, Massachusetts, specifically between Blandford and Springfield, Massachusetts. Updates arrangements for the assistance Swart was supplying.
GLC02437.00242
12 December 1775-16 January 1776
[Account of cash paid the officers under Henry Knox's command]
Lists officers, the amount of cash allotted to them, and the date allotted. Written from Knox's headquarters to Lieutenant Colonel of the Artillery William Burbeck and signed by him.
GLC02437.00243
20 January 1776
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
Provides a letter of introduction for a man named Mr. Pollard, and asks a Knox to give him an office of some sort. Possibly, Jonathan Pollard, who became a quartermaster for Knox.
GLC02437.00244
23 June 1861
Stemple, David Jr., fl. 1861
to cousin [Lydia A. Bishoff]
He reports that he is still "right side up," in good health, and working for 13 dollars a month. He mentions that A.J. is also still well and "was on last Sunday as full of mischief as ever." Stemple then encloses some of A.J.'s own words in the...
GLC03523.40.02
20 March 1900
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901
to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown
Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US...
GLC04546.001b
1862-1920s
Photographs of circus performers, including Tom Thumb, circus set-up, etc. (# 1-14, 16)
Three carte de visites, two of Tom Thumb and wife. Twelve cabinet cards featuring various circus performers, most wearing street clothes.
GLC05508.068.01
Three 20th century 8 x 10 prints of midway and carnival acts
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GLC05508.068.02
1865/05/20
Allen, Robert, fl. 1865
to: A[lba] M. Tucker [Parkersburg, W.Va.]
In entirety: "The route has changed. Return."
GLC07642.09
Tucker, Ada M., fl. 1862-1865
[Unidentified newspaper.]
Newspaper clipping reprinting the telegrams described above in items 3-9. Reprints are followed by brief criticism of the extreme secrecy surrounding the transportation of Davis.
GLC07642.11
May 1865
[Albumen of Ada M. Tucker and his staff]
Oval photograph of Union officer (probably Ada M. Tucker) surrounded by his staff in Louisville, Ky. White mount with pencil inscription "15" on verso.
GLC07642.12
1865/06/02
to: A[lba] M. Tucker
transportation of troops via steamboat or rail. Copy of letter printed on wove paper.
GLC07642.13
1865/12/08
Tucker, Alba M., fl. 1865-1887
[summary of Tucker's military service]
printed summary of Tucker's military service from his enlistment in 1862 to the time he was mustered out in 1865.
GLC07642.14
1884/03/10
Data for The Biographical Dictionary of the Railway Officials of America
printed sheet of data for Tucker's sketch in The Biographical Dictionary of the Railway Officials of America.
GLC07642.15
1887/12/15
Data for the second volume of The Biographical Dictionary of the Railway Officials of America.
printed sheet of data for Tucker's sketch in second volume of The Biographical Dictionary of the Railway Officials of America.
GLC07642.16
1900/02/08
Cleveland Leader.
Newspaper clipping containing obituary of Alva [sic] M. Tucker.
GLC07642.18
17 August 1865
Lenthall, John, fl. 1865
to Richard T. Renshaw
The Chief of the Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair writes to Renshaw in response to a letter "enclosing charters with schooners 'Farland' and 'Montevue'." Asks Renshaw to communicate with Commandant Berrien about "barges belonging to the...
GLC02254.30
6 January 1866
Smith, A.N., fl. 1866
Smith writes to Renshaw with orders to discharge Colonel Wallace Wilson of the 1st Colored Brigade,"he having originally enlisted for one year." The order also extends to "any other Contrabands on board the 'Agawam'." Forwarded by Commodore Joseph...
GLC02254.31
circa 1864
McKeever, Edwin, fl. 1864
"To all whom it may concern"
Writes that although he had no order from R.T. Renshaw to burn a bridge at Little Washington, North Carolina, orders from Captain Graham led McKeever to "unhesitatingly say that I understood him to direct me to burn the Bridge." Signed by Mckeever...
GLC02254.36
6 February 1776
Harrison, Robert H., 1745-1790
Informs Knox that William Cowley has been granted permission for a military discharge by George Washington. Asks Knox to issue the discharge and have Captain Burbeck pay his wages. Harrison was then a secretary to George Washington.
GLC02437.00248
10 February 1776
Payne, Benjamin, 1728-1782
to the Respective Committees of Inspection of the Several Towns on the Road Between Hartford and Cambridge
Also signed by Samuel Wadsworth and George Smith, all on behalf of the Committee of Inspection for the Town of Hartford. Indicates that the bearer of this letter will have two brass artillery pieces to be delivered to George Washington in Cambridge...
GLC02437.00250
28 May 1864
Smith, Melancton, 1810-1893
Responds to news of broken boilers in Renshaw's vessels and asks if Renshaw can "not make the repairs on one with your own workmen." Desires to send the U.S.S. Miami, currently under Renshaw's command, to Hatteras Inlet. Inquires about the...
GLC02254.19
8 June 1864
[General order to be read aloud by the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Miami]
General order to read letter from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. A transcription of Welles' letter, a response to Smith's report of the action at the Battle of Albermarle is attached. Welles "congratulates all of the Officers and Men of the...
GLC02254.20
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