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1861/09/05
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Col. A. C. Moore re: preparations for Battle of Cheat Mountain
Moore commanded the 29th Regiment of Va. Vols. The Battle of Cheat Mountain was Lee's first campaign of the war.
GLC01769
30 March 1795
Morris, Robert, 1734-1806
to Sylvanus Bourne
Delineates his plan to make a fortune selling, settling, and improving six million acres of American frontier land to be purchased by men and women in America and Europe seeking a new place to settle. Stresses the amount of money that shareholders...
GLC01773
29 November 1760
Livingston, Philip, 1716-1778
[Bill of sale for two enslaved women named Hannah and Jen]
Bill of sale for two enslaved women named Hannah and Jen. The sale documents Philip Livingston as the seller. Jen's age is listed as 24 years old. They were sold for 100 pounds in New York currency to Rieneer Van Giesen. Cosigned by his son Philip...
GLC01775
1845/01/10
Burnet, David G., fl. 1830-1870
to Thomas Ward re: Sam Burnet's retirement
GLC01776.01
1845/03/11
to Thomas Ward re: annexation of Texas
GLC01776.02
1845/11/19
to Col. Thomas Ward re: his tract of land in Texas
Ward was Commission of the General Land Office in Austin.
GLC01776.03
1843/12/31
Reily, James, fl. 1841-1846
to Col. Thomas Ward re: not expecting annexation of Texas to the U.S.
Marked "Private."
GLC01779
1843/09/23
Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857
to Thomas Ward re: location of seat of government & settlement of "archive war"
Written to Ward, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Rusk looks forward to a settlement of the archive war and the question of a capital.
GLC01780
1780/10/05
United States. Continental Congress.
Extract from minutes of Congress: concord with Russia on neutral shipping
Resolutions towards a commercial and diplomatic accord between the two nations.
GLC01781
February 6 1792
Ward, Artemas, 1727-1800
to Maria Ward
Written by Massachusetts Congressman Ward to his daughter Maria. Says he should write more often, but he is old and his hand shakes. Remarks that he finds the situation in Philadelphia is not to his liking saying "I can enjoy but little pleasure in...
GLC01782
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