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1845
Texas Republic
Republic of Texas, Austin county election results re: annexation & constitution
Republic of Texas, Austin County election results on the question of annexation, sent to Edwin Waller as Chief Justice of the county.
GLC02582
18 January 1760
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
[French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge]
Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and...
GLC02587
29 December 1862
Meister, C., fl. 1862
[Manuscript Civil War map of Murfreesboro, Tennessee]
Shows Murfreesboro and the areas north and west of it, along with names of property owners. Drawn shortly before the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), providing evidence that General Braxton Bragg originally planned to attack the Union forces...
GLC02588
8 December 1875
Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895
to Hugh McCulloch
Kemper, Governor of Virginia, discusses Virginia's repayment of post-Civil War debt with McCulloch, former Secretary of the Treasury and a member of the London banking firm Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. Offended that McCulloch did not respond to his...
GLC02589
21 August 1865
Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816-1882
to Virginia Clay-Clopton
Clay, a former U.S. and Confederate Senator, writes to his wife while imprisoned at Fort Monroe. Informs her that, "The hardest part of my trial here has been my solicitude about you, my parents and other kindred, who, I feared, would be tortured by...
GLC02590
1836/11/18
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Authorization of Charles Harrison to borrow $50,000 on faith of Texas (c/s Rusk)
Countersigned by Thomas J. Rusk, as Secretary of State.
GLC02591
1787/09
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
The American Museum. [Vol. II, no. 3 (September 1787)]
Contains the first magazine printing of the United States Constitution on p. 276-284. Also contains an essay by Benjamin Franklin on "Information for those who would wish to remove to America. Also features political sketches, an address to...
GLC02593.01
11 February 1876
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
to Hamilton A. Hill
Urges that "the present is as favorable a time as we can expect for the agitation of the free trade question." Explains the importance of free trade and elimination of a protective tariff. Declares that "During the war the country went back to a...
GLC02595
November 1862-1865
Bettes, William H., fl. 1862-1865
[Collection of William H. Bettes, L company, 6th regiment, Ohio, cavalry] [decimalized]
This collection consists of fourteen letters written by William Henry Bettes. Eleven of these letters are written to Lodema Bettes, his wife, one letter is written to Charley Bettes, his son, one letter is written to Carrie Bettes, his daughter, and...
GLC02596
12 April 1861
Whiting, William H., 1824-1865
Memorandum of instructions for the troops tonight
Orders detailing preparations for a possible Union attack on Morris Island. Written at night on the same day the assault on Fort Sumter had begun. Part of the Confederate force for the assault on Fort Sumter was located on Morris Island.
GLC02600
13 April 1861
to David R. Jones
Retained draft in secretarial hand for Whitings own files of a letter detailing the surrender of Fort Sumter. Describing attack on fort, says soon "Anderson's position will be untenable." Worries about a naval attack by Union forces, "more than...
GLC02601
11 April 1861
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
to Edward Manigault
Requesting artillery supplies in case while taking Fort Sumter "a desperate battle" ensues. Written the day before the fort is attacked. Written as Colonel of the First Regiment Rifles of South Carolina on the day before Fort Sumter surrendered.
GLC02602
14 November 1863
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
to Joseph Wheeler
Confederate General Longstreet informs General Wheeler "Your dispatch for Col Sorrel is received- I desire you to cross Little River in pursuit if you have a decided success at Marysville, or if you see the probabilities of ours by crossing. If the...
GLC02603
21 September 1864
Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884
[Warrant to the Confederate Treasury Secretary to pay $4,850 in gold for "foreign intercourse"]
Partly printed document filled in by hand and signed by Benjamin as Confederate Secretary of State. Apparently intended for Confederate Agents in Europe.
GLC02604
22 November 1844
Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878
to Andrew Jackson
Concerns the statements of Abbot Lawrence criticizing James Polk's treatment of enslaved people. General Pillow, formerly Polk's law partner, defends Polk. Attests that Polk inherited his enslaved people, treats them well, and has never...
GLC02605
11 May 1805
Sevier, John, 1745-1815
[Affidavit of innocence]
Affidavit prepared for Tennessee Governor John Sevier as defendant in a case against Jenkin Whiteside. Co-signed by James Sevier as clerk that the contents of the affidavit were "sworn in Open Court." The case Jenkin Whiteside v. John Sevier revolved...
GLC02606
12 February 1864
Pleasonton, Alfred J., 1824-1897
to L. S. Perley
Major General Pleasanton transmits his autograph with a letter taken from a Confederate post office to Perley, Chairman of the Autograph Committee of the Soldier's Aid Society of Northern Ohio, for a benefit fair. Informs Perley that "It always...
GLC02607
1863-1866
Items pertaining to the Union League of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [decimalized]
GLC02608
9 February 1864
Rodes, Robert Emmett, 1829-1864
to Eugene Blackford
Confederate General Rodes thanks Major Blackford for a note and cake he sent through Captain Halsey. Writes that he arrived in Hanover Junction to protect Richmond, Virginia. Hopes "soon to be in my old place however with the Div: reassembled... I...
GLC02615
28 September 1863
Preston, William, 1816-1887
to Jefferson Davis
Signed by John Gallaher as an official copy (possibly John N. Gallaher, aide and assistant adjutant general to General Simon Bolivar Buckner). Preston writes to Confederate president Davis, recommending the appointment of Colonel Robert C. Trigg from...
GLC02616
12 July 1781
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
to Robert Morris
Major General Wayne discusses the campaign that led up to the Battle of Yorktown. Discusses forcing Lord Cornwallis to retreat, justifies his unorthodox tactics, and describes an amazing escape at the battle of Green Spring.
GLC02620
16 August 1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Samuel Hodgdon
Knox, Secretary of War, instructs Quartermaster General Hodgdon to send food, including chocolate, port wine, sherry, and coffee, to the hospital department in Pittsburgh.
GLC02621
11 January 1794
Sends a copy of a letter (not included) he sent to the Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and asks Hodgdon to comply its requests regarding public clothing from contractors for the present year. Signed as Secretary of War.
GLC02622
11 September 1793
to unknown
Knox signs as Secretary of War. Writes "The want of instructions to Harleman was indeed an omission- No more stores are to be sent to Georgia at present. The returns of Clothing forwarded to the frontiers is enclosed. You will please to return it...
GLC02623
26 June 1864
Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888
Confederate General Adams discusses a concentration of Union forces at Natchez, Vicksburg, and Memphis. Expects Davis, President of the Confederate States, to transfer troops from the Trans-Mississippi Department to Jackson, Mississippi. Discusses...
GLC02625
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