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circa 1861-1865
Benecke, R., fl. 1862-1863
[The steamer Robert E. Lee]
"R. E. Lee" is handwritten on front, and "Steamer Robt. E. Lee" is written on back. Circa dates based on Civil War.
GLC05137.186
1868 [?]
Republican Party
Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt
re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."
GLC07722
14 April 1865
Wallach, William Douglas, 1812-1871
Evening star. [Vol. 25, no. 3782, (April 14, 1865)]
Includes an advertisement for "Our American Cousin" at Ford's New Theatre and an article on the decoration of Washington D.C. in celebration of General Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War. Half of the second sheet has been cut vertically and...
GLC00339.02
1864
Soldier's Dream of Peace
Civil War print of a soldier sleeping with a image of his dream above him. A poem is written below the print describing the dream. Labeled as a "presentation plate to the patrons of the Philadelphia Enquirer, 1865."
GLC08442.12
25 January 1870
Worth, Margaret, 1828-?
to Henry Jackson Hunt
By the daughter of General William Jenkins Worth. Had previously collected information regarding her father's military service, especially pertaining to the Mexican American War. Notes that she received a statement from Joseph E. Johnston....
GLC02382.101
May 1836
American Anti-Slavery Society
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 2, no. 17.
Includes an article on Phillis Wheatley.
GLC09084
25 May 1865
United States Sanitary Commission (1860-1870)
Soldier's journal. [Vol. 2, No. 14 (May 25, 1865)]
Includes articles relevant to soldiers upon their return home following service in the Civil War. Printed at Augur General Hospital.
GLC06107.01
8 June 1862
Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865
to John B. Marchand
Copy of a circular letter from the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ordering captains to "instruct the officers commanding Prize vessels to deliver to the ordnance officer of the nearest Navy Yard, all arms belonging to the service, immediately on...
GLC02680.12
1861/?/17
Garrett, John W., fl. 1861
To: Gov. Thomas Hicks.
Regarding Garrett's conversation with Lincoln: "Gentlemen, the salvation of the union depends upon your state. If Maryland...secedes, civil war is inevitable."
GLC07968
1861 ca.
[W. L. Evans]
Possibly a carte de visite of Evans, a Civil War soldier. Accompanied by a letter from Evans to Achsah Level dated 19 April 1861 (GLC06452.05.01).
GLC06452.05.02
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