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1841/03/04 ca.
S. F. J. (Orator)
[Biographical oration on President William Henry Harrison, for election?]
Post-election day eulogy, delivered on the day of WHH's inauguration (?), per p.1. Signed with initials at end "S.F.J."
GLC08445.08
3 February 1864
Drake, George Bernard, 1838-1921
Regulations for the government of Negroes and plantations.
Issued by command of Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. Provides for the division of parishes, the establishment of schools for black children, forbids soldiers to visit plantations without written consent of their commanding officer, forbids...
GLC08446
1900 ca.
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
Photograph of Roosevelt [temp record]
GLC07002#92
13 May 1864
Martin, R.L., fl. 1864
to family
Mentions Grant's refusal of Lee's flag of truce, the weather, and taking Richmond within a month. On verso of printed poem "The Battle of Gettysburg" by G.P. Hardwick. Written at Camp Stoneman.
GLC08447
22 January 1862
Hickman, George, fl. 1862
[Letter on song sheet: "If I should fall in the glorious cause of liberty"]
Written on red, white and blue songsheet. Accompanied by two clippings.
GLC08448
14 December 1858
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
[Appointment of Representative John Sherman to Congress]
Partially printed document signed by Chase as Governor of Ohio. Certifies that Sherman was elected as a Representative in the 36th Congress of the United States from the 13th congressional district. Countersigned by A. P. Russell as Secretary of...
GLC08449
4 July 1863
Harding, William W., 1830-1889
The Philadelphia inquirer
Contains a map depicting events of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, along with various reports on the battle, which took place 1-3 July 1863, ending with a Union victory. Includes reports on the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which had...
GLC08451
9 November 1864
The World. [Vol. 5, no. 1367 (November 9, 1864)]
Reports on the re-election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Contains New York election results by county and reports from other states. Also makes reference to "Republican misrule." Prints an article on the capture of the pirate ship Florida by...
GLC08456
30 August 1793
Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
to Alexandre Hauterive
Reports the seizure of three French deserters but is compelled to discharge them due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
GLC08457
1 September 1863
Graham, Harvey, 1827-?
to General John Alexander McClernand
Written from Benton Barracks, then on the outskirts of St. Louis. Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 22nd Iowa Infantry Regiment, recalls events that took place 22 May during Union operations against Vicksburg, Mississippi. Relates that he had been...
GLC08458.01
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