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circa 1880
McDonald, M., fl. 1880
[Signed portrait of Schuyler Colfax]
Signed cabinet photograph of Schuyler Colfax in 3/4 bust profile as older man. Taken at McDonald studio.
GLC01120
12 January 1836
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
[Stephen Austin's Securing a loan from Louisiana]
Printed document signed on page 3 by Austin with possible later notations, for the Republic of Texas. Signed by William Christy, public notary, and lenders, including William Triplett and others. The first Texas loan. Reference information:...
GLC01121
30 May 1838
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Certifying entrance of William Buzby into service as a Texas soldier
Docketed.
GLC01122
February 23, 1813
Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833
to Timothy Bigelow
Written aboard U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), Boston Harbor. Expresses pleasure in hearing of a vote of appreciation for the Constitution's victory over the British frigate H.M.S. Java. "To merit and receive the appreciation of our Country is...
GLC01125
1793
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the...
GLC01125.02
circa 29 October 1843
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858
[General Order no. 8 regarding African Squadron vessels' procedure for obtaining supplies]
One letter written by Commodore Matthew Perry dated October 29, 1843. Contains orders that fresh provisions and medicaid aid must be approved by the commanding officers before given to members of the African Squadron. Signed on behalf of the...
GLC01126
13 April 1861
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892
[Copy of Crawford's notes regarding surrender of Fort Sumter]
Walker's "true copy" of Crawford and Seymour's first hand account of the meeting between Colonel Louis Wigfall and Major Robert Anderson, during which Fort Sumter was surrendered. Walker copied, in pencil, Crawford and Seymour's written account...
GLC01127.01
April 11, 1861
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
to Robert Anderson
Pencil copy of Beauregard's letter to Anderson demanding that Fort Sumter be surrendered and evacuated. Will permit that the flag "may be saluted by you upon taking it down." Page two contains pencil drawn copy of the watermark, and page three a...
GLC01127.02
13 May 1861
[Account of the surrender of Fort Sumter]
Firsthand account of the negotiations for the surrender of Fort Sumter. Details conversation between Major Robert Anderson and Captain Lee negotiating terms of surrender. Finishes Crawford's narrative begun in GLC01127.01. Recounts the...
GLC01127.03
1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Carte de visite by Brady, signed on mount
Signed on the mount "A. Lincoln" This image is O-49.
GLC00919.01
1864 ca.
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
Carte de visite of Ulysses S. Grant
GLC00919.02
1865 ca.
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-18884
Carte de visite by Charles D. Fredricks & Co.
GLC00919.06
October 7, 1862
Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
to friends at home
Provides descriptions of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and discusses army life. Written from "Camp Lesley, Near the Navy Yard," in Washington, D.C.
GLC00919.10
27 April 1863
[Draft orders and instructions for building bridges]
Clerically written on "Headquarters Engineer Brigade" letterhead, near Falmouth, Virginia.
GLC00919.12
29 April 1863
[Draft report on a failed bridge building assignment]
GLC00919.13
May 1, 1863
Benham, Henry Washington, 1813-1884
Draft of battle report on an engineering operation
Battle report on an engineering operation. Clerically written near Falmouth, Virginia.
GLC00919.14
October 5, 1863
to Francis Blair
Clerically written to General Blair. Discusses the plan for seizure of Charleston, South Carolina, to be presented to Lincoln camp at Rappahannock. Written from the Camp at Rappahannock, likely in Virginia.
GLC00919.15
November 23, 1863
to Joseph Totten
Clerically written from Washington, D.C. to General Totten, regarding plan for rebuilding bridges.
GLC00919.16
circa 1862
[Print of camp of H. W. Benham's engineering brigade]
GLC00919.18
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Brady carte de visite
GLC00919.20
June 12, 1865
to unknown
Recommendation of Elias W. Beach by Asstistant Adjutant General Channing Clapp with a note and endorsement by General Benham.
GLC00919.22
January 24, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to George Churchman and Jacob Lindley
Written by Adams in the last months of his presidency to the Quaker abolitionists Churchman and Lindley. Adams wrote in response to a letter and pamphlet that the two abolitionists had sent him. The pamphlet was by Quaker abolitionist Warner Mifflin...
GLC00921
February 18, 1865
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
to Jefferson Davis
Official report to the president, signed as Confederate secretary of war, tracing the state of the Confederacy's finances from 1861 to the present. Declares that the current abysmal state of the budget, and the consequent inability of the nation to...
GLC00915
March 8, 1788
Brearly, David, 1745-1790
to Jonathan Dayton
One future signer of the U.S. Constitution to another. Brearly (also: "Brearley"), writing as Chief Justice of New Jersey, sends Dayton, then a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, a scale (not included) determined by the New Jersey legislature...
GLC00916
September 19, 1864
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Confederate governors
Circular letter in which Davis asks the Confederate governors to change the alien expulsion laws for mechanics and laborers. He wants to lift the requirements in many states that all aliens render military service or leave, instead permitting...
GLC00917
December 17, 1860
Harris, Isham G., 1818-1897
to Thomas J. Wharton
Harris, Governor of Tennessee, replies to a letter from Wharton, Mississippi's Commissioner to Tennessee. States that when Tennessee Representatives confer again, they will be pleased to meet with Wharton "as the Representative of a sister state...
GLC00918
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
E & H.T. Anthony Carte de visite
GLC00919.03
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
GLC00919.04
Warren, Gouverner K., 1830-1882
Carte de visite
GLC00919.05
February 1862
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (1810-1883)
GLC00919.07
Parke, John G., 1827-1900
GLC00919.08
Wright, Horatio G., 1820-1899
GLC00919.09
January 1, 1863
Includes a description of army life.
GLC00919.11
11 November 1864
Signature on verso of letter by George Percival
War date signature of George Meade on verso of letter by George Percival requesting the autograph.
GLC00919.17
Benjamin Franklin Butler carte de visite, in uniform
GLC00919.19
Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894
E & H.T. Anthony carte de visite in uniform
GLC00919.21
1858-1866
[Diaries of Elias W. Beach] [decimalized]
Seven diaries, including 5 covering the Civil War years. Diary 1 contains the years 1858 and 1861; diary 2 contains 1862; diary 3 contains 1863; diary 4 contains the years 1863-1864; diary 5 contains the rest of 1864; diary 6 contains 1865; and...
GLC00919.23
1861-1865 ca.
55 unidentified miscellaneous cartes de visite [decimalized]
Collection consists of 55 photographs, largely dating from the Civil War period, and primarily connected with the N.Y. Volunteer Engineers. The majority of the images are carte de visite portraits, although the collection also includes several...
GLC00919.24
1859-1921
[Collection of Elias W. Beach] [decimalized]
Contains documents related to Beach, who served in Company F of the 50th regiment, New York engineers. Includes 16 autograph letters or autograph notes signed, 8 autographs from military notables, a land contract, a typed genealogical document...
GLC00919.25
General Benham's winter camp near Poplar Grove Church, Va., with photo of troops
Printed map, "Winter Camp, Detachment 50th N.Y.V. Engineers" Brevet Colonel I. Spalding Commanding, near Poplar Church, Virginia, Army of the Potomac, 1865. Has been partially hand colored. An original albumen photograph of soldiers with musical...
GLC00919.26
1787
M'Culloch, John, fl. 1787
Introduction to the History of America [first book printing of the Constitution]
Printed by Young & McCulloch. Student's textbook, heavily annotated. The Constitution appears in back with separate titlepage and pagination.
GLC00920
September 26, 1818
to Caesar Augustus Rodney
re: revolutions in South America, mentions memories of James Otis. Rodney had just returned from South America
GLC00922
September 21, 1789
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to James Bridge
Adams chronicles a trip to New York to visit the first United States Congress. Adams describes his interactions with a man named Atkins and another named Mr. Mayer in Newport. He also describes various passengers on the ship he took to New York. In...
GLC00958.05
September 11, 1794
Apologizes for delay in notifying Bridge that President Washington has appointed Adams minister to the Netherlands. Adams will not be able to attend to business Bridge had given him. Adams left much of his unfinished business to a former classmate at...
GLC00958.10
June 23, 1802
Adams wishes to become reacquainted with his old friend from Harvard. Adams provides an outline of his history abroad since he last wrote Bridge in September 1794. Discusses travel to Holland, England, and Prussia, while serving the Unites States...
GLC00958.11
July 12, 1801
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Elias Shipman & others
An important letter responding to their protest about the dismissal of Elizur Goodrich in favor of Samuel Bishop. Goodrich was a "midnight" appointee of Adams, two weeks before leaving office. An important letter defending the care with which he...
GLC00964
June 27, 1848
to David B. Campbell
Replies to Illinois Attorney General Campbell and discusses his unpopular stand on the Mexican War. Mentions a speech on internal improvements and another in support of Zachary Taylor that would constitute the close of his Congressional career....
GLC00965
June 13, 1861
to Simon Cameron
Writes to Secretary of War Cameron to express his desire to accept a fifth regiment from Michigan. He is referring to the 16th Michigan Volunteers, under Colonel T.B.W. Stockton. Lincoln seeks Cameron's approval of this action.
Basler, Roy P. The...
GLC00966
November 17, 1787
Adams covers several topics in this long letter to his Harvard classmate shortly after their graduation. He attended the ordination of Henry Ware, his first roomate at Harvard. While there, he has saw a number of their fellow classmates and learned...
GLC00958.01
October 20, 1788
Writes to his friend and former Harvard classmate, Bridge, about his health, law studies, and longing to see his female friends. Adams also reports that Townsend, who also studied law with Theophilus Parson, is spending the winter in South Carolina...
GLC00958.02
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