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1865
View from Fort Moultrie
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C., looking N.E."
GLC05137.094
1861-1865 ca.
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "View from Fort Moultrie, looking East." Brick walled fort with cannon. Beach outside fort.
GLC05137.095
Fort Wagner, Morris Island
Series title but no Anthony imprint. Caption: "200 pdr. Parrott Gun in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston." Shows artillerists posed around gun as if awaiting orders to load and fire. Although this card carries the "War Views" series...
GLC05137.096
Stockade on Morris Island, S.C
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Stockade on Morris Island, S. C., where the Rebel prisoners were placed under fire, in retaliation for placing Union Prioners under fire at Charleston."
GLC05137.097
Fort Putnam, on Morris Island, near Charleston
Series title but no Anthony imprint. Shows two soldiers lounging on a pyramid of cannonballs. Cannon, ammunition, boxes of supplies and defensive walls also visible. Although this card carries the "War Views" series title there is no identification...
GLC05137.098
Interior View of Fort Putnam, Morris Island, S. C
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher.
GLC05137.099
Interior View of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S. C
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Interior View of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harobr, S. C. Showing the Sally port."
GLC05137.100
Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Caption: "Ruins of the North Eastern Depot, Charleston, S. C. Blown up at the time of the evacuation by the Rebels." Soldiers posed on skeleton of a building.
GLC05137.101
Vendue Range, Charleston, S. C
E. & H. T. Anthony, publisher. Ruins of buildings, wooden plank sidewalks and a large building with columns which once would have been very elegant. [Similar image to 5137.106.]
GLC05137.102
1929/03/04
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Inaugural Address of President Herbert Hoover
Takes the opportunity to express "simply and directly" his "opinions...on matters of present importance." Discusses national progress, especially since World War I; the failures of the criminal justice system and his general strategy to...
GLC05612
18 February 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to William A. Newell
Discusses New Jersey Governor Newell's advocacy of Colonel James T. Hatfield, who was being considered for appointment to brigadier general. Comments that Newell's support for Hatfield is unquestioned, remarking that Newell would only support the...
GLC05616
7 July 1863
[Printed draft call for troops from New York]
Calling for 1767 troops to fulfill the first part of the draft quota for the 29th District of New York. Partially printed document filled-out by Lincoln. Signed seven days before the New York draft riots. With dough seal.
GLC05617
3 May 1864
to John P. Usher
Discussing the Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, President Lincoln informs Usher, Secretary of the Interior, "it is now quite certain that a large number of our colored soldiers, with their white officers, were, by the rebel force, massacred after...
GLC05620
5 April 1778
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
to Richard H. Lee
Warning Lee that he is being accused of aiding Tory schemes to "discard" Washington. Knows these accusations are false since Lee would never "attempt any thing not evidently calculated to serve the cause of Whiggism." Also expresses disgust at the...
GLC05626
1959/02/11
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
[Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy to the National Rural Electric Cooperation Association]
Speech given in Washington, D.C. on the topic of rural electrification. Advocates continuing the development of electricity championed by Senator George W. Norris during the New Deal. Argues that electric power will be central to America's...
GLC05628
1861/03/16
Transmittal of a proposed amendment to protect slavery (c/s Seward)
Sending a proposed amendment to Governor to John Downey of California. "I transmit an authenticated copy of a Joint Resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States, adopted by Congress and approved on the 2d of March, 1861, by James...
GLC05631
7 January 1840
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
[Orders for transport of the Amistad captives]
Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State. President Van Buren writes to Norris Wilcox, Marshal of the District of Connecticut. States: "The Marshal of the United States for the District of Connecticut will deliver over to Lieutenant John...
GLC05636.01
30 October 1839
Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840
to William S. Holabird
The body of the letter appears to be clerically written; the signature has been clipped and someone has written "Felix Grundy" in a different hand beneath. Grundy, Attorney General of the United States, informs Holabird, District Attorney of...
GLC05636.03
1775/07/24
United States. Continental Congress.
to George Washington re: reply to Washington's report to Congress (copy)
Authorizing Washington to make various appointments; mentions the Indian problem, etc. Lacking final pargaraph.
GLC05637
1788/03/03
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Henry Knox re: congratulations on acceptance of Constitution by Massachusetts
Severely faded on p. 1 right margin (from water damage). Also, opposition in remaining states and predicting revolution in France. Accompanied by provenance note of John F. Smith. This document had been removed from Gen. Knox's papers by his...
GLC05638
8 July 1864
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to William T. Coggeshall
Explains his resignation as Secretary of the Treasury in President Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. States of himself "No man has labored more earnestly than I have to promote the welfare of the country, and I cannot see on looking back how I would have...
GLC05639
1839/04/04
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Benjamin F. Butler
Praising his cabinet, recalling fight against the Bank of the United States, "the combined money-power & all its corrupting influence." Also discusses "sacred relations" after joining the church. Mentions his nephew A.J. Donelson.
GLC05613
1 January 1842
to Maunsel White
Jackson writes from Hermitage, his estate. Thanks White for a recent present of "sugar, syrup & oranges," characterizing the oranges as "the finest I ever saw." Expresses relief that White's family escaped a dreadful disease that swept through New...
GLC05614
17 May 1862
Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall", 1824-1863
to Richard S. Ewell
Notes Ewell's "crossing the mountains in consequence of Shields having done so." Also requests that General George H. Stewart and his men be returned to Jackson as soon as possible. This movement along the Shenandoah Valley was part of a larger set...
GLC05615
27 January 1907
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
to Ruth Patton
Writes to his mother regarding his time at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mentions his grades and discusses having purchased books on tactics that he plans on reading during his trip home. Letterhead imprint reads 1909 (Patton's...
GLC05618
15 August 1863
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Ulysses S. Grant
Sherman writes to thank General Grant for the promotion to Brigadier General of the regular army (from Major General of Volunteers). He writes: "I know that I owe this to you, and beg to acknowledge it, and to add that I value the commission far less...
GLC05619
1861-1863
Correspondence between Virgil Hickox and Illinois Senator Stephen Arnold Douglas regarding the Democratic Party [Decimalized .01-.04]
GLC05621
7 May 1945
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
[Mimeographed victory message]
Mimeograph message to Combined and British Chiefs of Staff marked urgent, "The mission of the Allied forces was fulfilled at 0241, local time, May 7th, 1945." On stationary from SHAEF Forward Staff Message Control.
GLC05622.01
1944/12/22
Mimeograph re: "The enemy is making his supreme effort to break out"
Mimeograph.
GLC05622.02
May 8, 1945
Mimeograph re: details of German surrender ceremony to Montgomery
GLC05622.03
1945/05/08
Mimeograph re: "Victory order of the Day" with typed signature, [via T.J. Davis]
GLC05622.04
1945/05/08-1945/05/10
Davis, T. J., fl. 1945
Congratulatory messages to Gen. Eisenhower 5/8/45, 5/10/45 with updated farewell [Decimalized .01- .03]
Three items either coming from the hand of Davis or given to him. 1). Reports congratulations from King George, 1 p.; 2). Reports congratulations from Truman, Sec. of War, Navy, Admirals King and Nimitz, Netherlands and Canada, 3 p.; 3). Updated...
GLC05622.05
11 November 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to George Gordon Meade
Grant, Commander in Chief of the United States Army, writes to Meade, Commander of the Army of the Potomac, during the Union's operations against Petersburg. States that Confederate forces are moving on General Terry's (possibly Alfred Howe Terry's)...
GLC05623
4 September 1779
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
to Catherine Greene
Written by Major General Greene to his wife Catherine. Says she must be away or he would have received a letter from her. Says her last letter was very melancholy. Believes she would not leave him under this impression for a month if she feels...
GLC05624
1828/11/23
to Thomas Butler
Celebrating his inevitable election over John Quincy Adams, "A triumph of the virtue of the people over the corrupting influence of executive patronage." Promises "my best exertions...to promote the interest & prosperity, of the whole union." Until...
GLC05627
1963/11/22
Dow Jones News Service, fl. 1963
[Dow Jones News Service ticker tape from the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated]
The fifteen sheets start at 9:00 am and conclude at 4:59 pm. Spans the entire day of Kennedy's assassination including his arrival in Dallas, the swearing in of Lyndon Johnson and the search and capture of Lee Harvey Oswald. Arranged chronologically.
GLC05629
21 April 1798
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Describes his journey from Paris to Bordeaux, where he waits to return to America. Writes with a vein of humor. Mentions that two wheels broke on the journey, but says such a fact does not need to be communicated to the Secretary of State, so the...
GLC05632
1785
Varlo, Charles, fl. 1725-1795
A New System of Husbandry from Many Years of Experience. . .
Title continues, ". . . with tables shewing the expence and profit of each crop : ... also many chosen receipts in physic and surgery, for the human species, and others for the cure of all sorts of cattle, to which are annexed a few hints humbly...
GLC05633
1821
Northwest Boundary: with 4 letters, printed report and folding map
Fixing the Northwest boundary between the U.S. and Canada, as far as Oregon Territory. Including complete record of American and British exploration parties. Manuscript book accompanied by map (#8) and 7 other items,starting with early...
GLC05634
1829-1853
Papers related to the Amistad mutiny [Decimalized .01-.59]
This collection contains the papers of William S. Holabird, who served as United States District Attorney for the state of Connecticut during the Amistad trial. These materials include a letter of Judge Andrew T. Judson which suggests executive...
GLC05636
April-June 1840
Holabird, William S., 1794-1855
[Brief from the Circuit Court regarding the Amistad case]
Referring to Lieutenant Thomas R. Gedney, includes information pertaining to the Amistad case: "Gidney & others v. The Amistad Negroes. Circuit court U.S." Considers four principle points: "shall the vessel, & the blacks, be restored to the Spanish...
GLC05636.02
1886 ca.
Lum, Dyer D., 1840-1893
A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886
Volume containing 8 titles, all concerning the riot, explosion, trial, appeals, and executions stemming from the 1886 Chicago Riot. There is a pencil verse opposite the first pamphlet's titlepage, quoting Charles Mackay's "Eternal Justice" and the...
GLC05640
1923/12/22
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Gertrude Ely
Notes that he shares Ely's "impatience and amusement" with the Molly Pitcher Club. Discusses attempts to alter the Volstead law and his personal opposition to prohibition. But because of his belief in popular government he must respect the law....
GLC07319
2 May 1828
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
[Patent for Silas Hyde's improvements in the bedstead]
Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Docketed and signed by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with bright red ribbon.
GLC07324
13 June 1848
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
[Patent for Jordan L. Mott's improvement in the process of chilling castings]
Signed by Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents. Mott's written description of his improvement is signed by Edward Lewis and M. D. Van Doren as witnesses. Contains a one-page diagram of Mott's...
GLC07325
17 June 1926
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
[Presidential commutation for Arthur Franzblau, convicted of mail fraud 24 February 1924 in New York]
Arthur Franzblau was convicted of using the mails in a scheme to defraud in the U.S. District Court of Southern New York and sentenced to one year in the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He appealed to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on 2...
GLC07326
29 May 1835
[Patent for Nathan Currier's improvements in a machine designed to excavate and remove earth]
Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by [Adam?] Birkins as Acting Secretary of State, and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Sealed and bound with mauve ribbon.
GLC07327
16 August 1808
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[Patent for John Templeman's improvement in the chain bridge]
Signed by Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Caesar Augustus Rodney as Attorney General. Templeman's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Corcoran and John Oto as witnesses. The...
GLC07328
13 August 1868
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pardon of Leonhart F. Reik, convicted of a violation of Internal Revenue laws.
Convicted of violating Internal Revenue laws; sentenced to pay a $1000 fine and to be imprisoned until fine is paid. Pardoned after spending some months in prison and proving entirely unable to pay the fine due to poverty, and by recommendation of...
GLC07329
15 July 1816
Madison, James, 1751-1836
[Patent for Schuyler Fisher's improvement in the Hatter's Plank Kettle]
Signed by Madison as President. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State and Richard Rush as Attorney General. Fisher's written description of his invention is signed by Samuel Fisher and Aston Peren as witnesses.
GLC07330
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