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1860 ca.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Abraham Lincoln cartes-de-visite (2)
.1= Portrait: "Abe Lincoln/Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking/ W. Duke Son & co., NY. .2= President and Cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863).
GLC00732
1876, 1890
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
Collection of 3 legal documents with W.S. Hancock photograph [decimalized]
GLC00733
28 December 1876
[Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis]
Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W...
GLC00733.01
Hancock, George, 1819-1876
[Promissory note for $104]
Cosigned by Adaline Russell (possibly Hancock's sister). Payable to Thomas T. Turner, Trustee (see GLC00733.01). Drawn upon Lucas Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. The amounts owed to trusts Turner was in charge of are specified by Turner on the verso...
GLC00733.03
1861-1865 ca.
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Cabinet card portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock
Unsigned, identified on back
GLC00733.04
December 9, 1861
Van Valkenburgh, David H., ?-1862
to his father
Written at Camp Barry near Washington D.C. References his father's earlier letter. Says he has not written often because he knows the letters he writes to his wife are read by everyone. Is glad to hear that he might visit Washington. Wishes he could...
GLC00686.06
March 15, 1862
to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh
Written by David to his mother. Says he has not written lately because he knows the letters to his wife were "Common property with you all." Adds that he has marching orders and wanted to write "for when next and in what shape I shall turn up the...
GLC00686.07
June 4, 1865
Van Valkenburgh, Edward Porter, fl. 1865-1908
Written by Captain Edward Van Valkenburgh of the 107th New York regiment to his mother. Has not heard from her directly in some time, but has heard through his brother Robert that she is in good health. Says he has not written in a long time, but...
GLC00686.18
18 April 1865
Johnson, Joseph E., 1807-1891
[Draft of the surrender agreement between Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston]
Copy made, certified, and signed by Colonel Alexander Robert Chisolm, Confederate General Pierre T. Beauregard's aide-de-camp. Details the terms of the surrender of the Army of Tennessee.
GLC00689
11 January 1865
[Note allowing John Swisher to take the oath of 8 December 1863]
Lincoln autograph endorsement signed on a letter from Edward McPherson to President Lincoln requesting clemency for a man, dated 10 January 1865. Lincoln's endorsement reads, "Let this man, John Swisher take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 & be discharged...
GLC00693.03
May 20, 1844
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Barbara O'Sullivan Addicks
Thanks her for the copy she sent of her "pocket manual treating the Science of the French Language" ("An elementary practical book for learning to speak the French language, expressly adapted to the capacity of children. Tr. from the German of Doctor...
GLC00693.05
circa 1845-1847
Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924
Typed excerpts of compositions by Franklin Van Valkenburgh when he was 12
Not an original document; no date for typed excerpt. Contains 2 excerpts from compositions, one written when Frank was 10 in 1845, the other when he was 12 on 28 September 1847. First composition is about wishing. The second composition is titled...
GLC00686.01
November 12, 1848
Van Valkenburgh, Loty, fl. 1848
to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh
Written to Frank when he was 13 years old by his sister Loty who seems to be somewhere in the western part of the South. Frank is referred to as "Master" in the address. Frank is separated from his family (GLC00686.19 says he is at "the Academy") and...
GLC00686.02
January 31, 1849
Van Valkenburgh, Mary, fl. 1849
Incomplete letter from Mary to her 14-year-old brother Frank. References a "little letter" that Frank wrote to her. Writes about her life at school. Says most days are alike and comfortable. Asks him how "the Academy" is going. Asks for an update on...
GLC00686.03
1 June 1854
[Printed party invitation]
Franklin Van Valkenburgh's name is written in pencil at the bottom. An invitation for "A Cotillion Party." The party will begin in the assembly room of J.M. Brewster in Townsend (unknown state). The party is on 3 July 1854 at 4 p.m. Lists 8 committee...
GLC00686.04
March 14, 1861
Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit S., 1835-1885
to Mollie Van Valkenburgh
Written by Gerrit to his sister Mollie. Attempts to justify his decision, as a transplanted Northerner, to side with the South. Mixes support for his adopted home with love for the family he left in the North. References her letter of 12 February...
GLC00686.05
October 28, 1862
to his brother
Two handwritten copies of the same letter in the file. Says it has been a long time since he wrote, but not because he has not thought of his family in the North. Claims that "although we now belong to sections of our country which are engaged in an...
GLC00686.08
October 26, 1863
Van Valkenburgh, Jacob, 1795-1879
Written by Frank's father, J. Van Valkenburgh, to Frank. Says he sent 6 barrels of apples by train to Milwaukee for him and other family members. Declares that he picked 16 barrels by hand from his orchard. Also sent several barrels of better apples...
GLC00686.09
May 5, 1864
Written by Gerrit, a transplanted Northerner fighting for the South, to his mother Mary. Begins by asking "Can the years that have passed since I saw you last - can the position that I have taken in this Civil War, have alienated me entirely from...
GLC00686.10
June 10, 1864
Written by Gerrit to his mother Mary. References her letter of 22 May 1864. Is very happy about his mother's letter and says he has thought about her often. Says there is a big difference between them and that he is "a Southerner in word in thought &...
GLC00686.11
June 3, 1865
On stationery headed: "Waldo, Ody & Van, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law." Written by Frank to his mother Mary. Says he has not neglected her, but has been busy moving, house cleaning, attending fairs and courts, as well as dealing with visitors...
GLC00686.17
June 10, 1865
to his wife
Date written in pencil at the top of recto as "June 10 1865?" Content of GLC00686.22 and GLC00686.24 suggest this date might be accurate. Signed twice by Frank, once in pen and once in pencil. Written aboard a ship on his way to Pine Bluff, Arkansas...
GLC00686.19
June 11, 1865
Written part in pen, part in pencil. Reports on conditions in the South after the Civil War. Frank was travelling to Arkansas to help his twin brother Gerrit who was in trouble with the law. Says he knows he wrote recently, but since he is stuck in...
GLC00686.20
July 1, 1865
Unsigned. Letter is apparently missing the ending. Written on Waldo, Ody & Van law firm stationery. Written by Frank to his mother. Says he just arrived back from assisting his twin brother Gerrit. It was a two-day stay with 20 days of travelling...
GLC00686.21
July 3, 1865
to J. Van Valkenburgh
On Waldo, Ody & Van law firm stationery. Written by Frank to his father in Michigan. Says he received his father's letter of 28 June 1865 with the $50 for Libbie. Says they fed 850 returned soldiers last night and are consequently tired. Sends along...
GLC00686.22
August 18, 1865
Written by Gerrit to his mother Mary. Says he loves and thinks often of his relatives in the North. Mentions that his brother Frank has already written about his release from the prison. Says the charges against him were false. Since he has been in...
GLC00686.24
March 28, 1866
Gerrit writes to his mother Mary, declaring that he wrote two or three weeks ago, but he knows many of his letters do not make it, so he is writing again. Reports that he has recovered from his bout of Erysipelas and that he weighs more now than he...
GLC00686.25
July 22, 1901
to Faith Van Valkenburgh
Unsigned, with a short postcript hand-written on p. 3. Several corrections made in pen throughout. Written on letter head of Van Valkenburgh's own law firm. Written by Frank to his sister Faith in Buffalo, New York. A funny letter with many puns...
GLC00686.27
October 22, 1905
to Edward Porter Van Valkenburgh
Written on stationary of the law office of Frank B. Van Valkenburgh. Provides some family history for his brother Captain Edward Porter Van Valkenburgh. Gives a run down of Edward's Civil War service: enrolled 18 September 1861. Made a 1st Lieutenant...
GLC00686.28
July 3, 1909
to Dr. W. H. Merritt
Written on stationary of the law office of Frank B. Van Valkenburgh. Written to Dr. Merritt, the Chairman of the Norwalk, Ohio Centennial Committee. Is flattered that he would receive an invitation to be present at the "Norwalk Home Coming Week...
GLC00686.29
1900-1929
Unknown
to Frank Van Valkenburgh
Illegible signature at end of letter. Pencil note at the bottom of the letter says it is Garrit [likely Gerrit] S. Van Valkenburgh, but it is too obscure to be certain. Pokes fun at his brother for such a bad letter to him. Says it is cold and that...
GLC00686.30
Robins and Robbins
Poem on two typed pages. The type is green instead of black. Size in the extent is for the larger sheet. The smaller sheet is 13.8 x 21.6 cm. Two stanzas on the smaller sheet and two longer stanzas on the the bigger sheet. Pencil note says the poem...
GLC00686.31
1815-1860
Written by Mary to her brother Frank. Reports that their parents are well. It appears that Frank is an editor a newspaper from the content of this letter. She asks him to send a copy to several friends. Updates him on family and friends. Says the...
GLC00686.32
15 November 1854
[Framed daguerreotype portrait of Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh]
1/9th plate daguerreotype of clean-shaven man. Date from seller, who found date behind frame. In brown case with elaborate scroll-work with gilt edges and red interior. On the paper lining of the recessed case bed are two pencil inscriptions, one...
GLC00686.33
circa 1850-1860
[Framed tintype portrait of Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh]
1/9th plate tintype in green oval velvet case, gilt around frame, portrait of clean-shaven man in suit, inscribed on inside cover "F. B. Van Valkenburgh."
GLC00686.34
[Framed daguerreotype portrait of Edward Porter Van Valkenburgh]
1/6th plate daguerreotype of clean-shaven man in suit. Square leather covered wooden frame with border, star and scrollwork design on back. Photo surrounded by gilt oval.
GLC00686.35
20 April 1867
[Framed ambrotype portrait of Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh]
1/6th plate ambrotype of bearded man with mustache in suit, wearing cap. Square leather-covered, possibly wooden frame, picture surrounded by gilt oval, back of frame has intricate scrollwork and oval design, while photo has 3-dimensional effect...
GLC00686.36
circa 1860-1870
Van Valkenburgh, Robert B., 1821-1888
[Plaster bust of Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh]
Lifesize gilded plaster bust of Robert with a few areas of gilt loss.
GLC00686.37
1858-1909
Powell, George May, 1835-1905
Papers of George May Powell [decimalized]
The George May Powell collection contains personal and family correspondence. Also included are business papers relating to his Thirteenth Amendment anti-slavery photograph, his inventions, and his publications; a diary, letters, and essays...
GLC00687
April 18, 1865
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
to Joseph E. Johnston
Writes that he arrived at camp and found half of his command had left during the night because they believed the entire army was to be surrendered. His men informed him they heard this from high ranking officers as well as from Union forces who said...
GLC00688
March 31, 1864
Memminger, Christopher G., 1803-1888
to Henry W. Allen
Memminger, Treasurer of the Confederacy, declines a request from Allen, Governor of Louisiana, to "purchase five millions of treasury notes with the Bonds of the State of Louisiana." States that an act passed 17 February 1864 reduced the value of...
GLC00690
October 3, 1933
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
to Bruce Barton
Comments on retirement: "A smoking President receives enough pipes to last a life time. Likewise fishing tackle. It is the only endowment he gets, except a troubled soul." Also mentions that "The country is going sour on the New Deal." Expresses...
GLC00691
18 May 1796
United States. Department of the Treasury
Letter from the Secretary of Treasury [re: budget of 1796]
Entirely printed. Stitched pamphlet. Signed in type by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as Secretary of Treasury. Wm Smith was Chairman of the Committee of Ways & Means
GLC00692
1818-1865
Collection of letters of presidents [decimalized]
[decimalized 00693.01-00693.05]
GLC00693
April 3, 1823
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Lewis Brantz
Discusses his recommendation of Mr. Haessler, probably Ferdinand R. Hässler who was the first supervisor of the Survey of the Coast, to Virginia Governor James Pleasant. Recipient noted in a different hand. Formerly pasted with a printed label....
GLC00693.01
October 29, 1848
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
to unknown
Replies very graciously to a request for an autograph. Addressee's name has been cut-out of page. Taylor signed as Major General, United States Army.
GLC00693.02
May 12, 1818
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to William Tudor
Adams, in retirement, writes to Tudor, who was clerk of Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts. Says he wants to make Tudor laugh. Sends Tudor a copy of Jemmibullero's (probably Samuel Waterhouse) "The Song of the Drunkard," which is not included...
GLC00693.04
10 September 1864
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 15 (September 10, 1864)]
Notice of special orders from the Enrolling Office in the Parish of St. Landry requiring all African American men between the ages of 18 and 50 to report themselves immediately for military enrollment. Planters and enslavers who have not "reported...
GLC00694
May 4, 1877
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to John Sherman
Mentions changes to the New York City Customs House. Writes on the behalf of an H. H. Smith, a weigher and also a brother-in-law of John Rawlins, a close personal friend of Grant and former Union General. Explains that Smith's "record has always...
GLC00695
September 24, 1842
to George N. Briggs
Declines an invitation to a Cattle Show and fair, citing age, his inability to attend public functions, and previous engagements. Hopes to soon meet Briggs in Washington, D.C., "under better auspices than those which have overshadowed us since...
GLC00655.03
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