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1863/03/21
Pedan, Samuel L., fl. 1863
to: Wilmor W. Morris.
Lieutenant Pedan is glad to hear that a mutual friend, probably one of Wilmor's brothers [John?], is safe at home and wishes them both well.
GLC06451.060
1863/04/15
McAtee, James, fl. 1863
to: "Sir" [Wilmor Morris?]
McAtee's company is packed with eight days worth of rations to leave soon, he thinks for Harpers Ferry but he is uncertain. He sends news of a friend, Bitner, and hopes to be paid soon though it seems unlikely. Written at Camp Blair
GLC06451.061
1863/04/17
Miller, James, fl. 1863
Miller's company is packed up and expects to move any time now but he is not sure of their destination. He suspects that Wilmor has fallen for the "the tender looks and pleasant actions of that blue eyed lass with the curls who lives in Wilkinsburgh...
GLC06451.062
21 January 1847
Bryan, Matt, fl. 1847
to W. Williamson
Bryan writes, "I brought the subject of the decree in Washburn v. Washburn before the Court - The Ch: Just: [Chief Justice] says that the Jeffs[?] have a right to sell the Negroes under the decree in as much as they are to be delivered to them & they...
GLC06451.065
1863/02/06
Bates, Henry, fl. 1863
to: "Dear Friend."
Bates wonders how his friend is doing. He has been working in a "wollen" factory for about three months. He reports that "there is great excitement here on the soil question."
GLC06451.066
circa March 12, 1860
Morris Family
to: W.A. Hamilton.
GLC06451.067
[date illegible]
GLC06451.068
[n.d.]
to: Charles F. Morris.
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GLC06451.069
10 January 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Has just received her letter and assures her "my heart is yours although my Country demands my poor pittance to endevor to rescue her from barbarity." Feels this barbarity, exemplified by Indians slaughtering innocents, enslaved people killing their...
GLC02437.00517
January 12 - March 24, 1777
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
[Artillery record book]
Book of records for Knox's artillery regiment. Contains inventories of artillery, notes regarding regimental activities and some daily entries. Samuel Shaw created the book, which dates between 12 January 1777 and 24 March 1777. The first page...
GLC02437.00518
23 January 1777
Ingersoll, Jonathon, ?-1823
to William Knox
Promises Knox he will deliver letters to various people for him. Expresses his happiness on hearing that Knox had safely made the trip to Boston. Worries about Mrs. Knox, and comments on Knox's philosophy that "What is is best."
GLC02437.00523
Stringer, Samuel, 1734-1817
Discusses letters of his which have been lost in the mail. States he will be unable to come to Boston. Privately informs Knox "that I am heartily tired of the service, from Fatigue, or from Principle," and promises to provide more details later....
GLC02437.00524
30 January 1777
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
to Henry Knox
Recommends a young officer named Ebenezer Finley to Knox's artillery corps Finley is "intimately acquainted with those branches of knowledge with are connected with the Science of war." Is currently a third lieutenant in another artillery group, but...
GLC02437.00525
circa January 1777
[Invoice of payments to Henry Knox from the Unites States] [incomplete]
List of payments made to Knox by the United States between November 1775 and January 1777. Includes dates payments were made, what they were for, how much they were for, and who actually gave the money to Knox. Figures include pay for Knox and his...
GLC02437.00527
12 January 1777 - 3 February 1777
[Invoice of payments from Henry Knox to Jotham Drury]
Lists cash paid by Knox to Drury in order to pay soldiers. Dates are listed for each payment, which total nine hundred and eighty dollars.
GLC02437.00528
1 February 1777
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
[Appointment of James Mackinson to First Lieutenant] [Fragment]
Partially printed document appointing James Mackinson a first Lieutenant. Attested by Charles Thomson as secretary. The top of the document, which contained Mackinson's name, has been lost. The name is found on the docket.
GLC02437.00529
17 January 1777
Sundry accounts to General Knox
Date from docket. Apparently a quartermaster's account. Includes a list of named captains under Knox, including A[lexander] Hamilton, and corresponding figures (possibly their pay or money allotted for their use for supplies, etc). A note in Samuel...
GLC02437.10011
22 January 1822
Gay, Ebenezer, 1771-1842
to Aaron Hobart
Discusses his "claim before the Commrs under the Florida Treaty," possibly referring to the Adams-Onis Treaty. Seeks Hobart's assistance, mentioning that he will compensate Hobart with the commissions of the estate in return. Notes that a...
GLC06313.04.141
1898
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Rough Riders on Parade
A procession of mounted men, taken from slightly to the left of a direct frontal perspective. Written at Camp Wikoff.
GLC06449.01
1861
to: George Morris
GLC06451.070
1861/12
to: George Morris.
GLC06451.071
1862/04/24
image of McClellan on horseback.
GLC06451.072
1862/10
GLC06451.073
[1860s]/03/31
GLC06451.074
circa April 18, 1860
GLC06451.075
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