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1941-1945
unknown, fl. 1941-1945
[Photograph of military officers lined up]
One undated black and white photograph of military officers wearing American fiber helmets lined up at Tuskegee Army Air Field.
GLC09645.095
10 May 1782
Noailles, Louis Marie, vicomte de, 1756-1804
to Henry Knox
Written by the Count de Noailles, the well known French officer under Lafayette during the American Revolution to Major General Knox. Hopes Knox received a letter he directed from Boston. Hoped to see him this spring, but says fate has kept him in...
GLC02437.01415
1861-1877
Virtue & Yorston, fl. 1865
Washington' Headquarters Near Newburgh
One engraving entitled "Washington's Head Quarters Near Newburgh" circa 1861-1877. Depicts a view of Washington's Head Quarters Newburgh, New York. In the forefront of the painting three soliders relax near the bank of the Hudson River. In the...
GLC08878.0055
4 April 1794
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...
GLC08076
1696/11/19
Shaw, William, fl. 1681-1697
Receipt of payment
Livingston, following orders from Joseph van Cortlandt, paid Shaw for his services as "gunner in the fort at Albany before the Revolution."
GLC03107.00346
27 March 1776
Tracy, Nathaniel, 1751-1796
Arranges to have the bearer of the letter retrieve artillery from Framingham, Massachusetts. Tracy was a merchant who turned privateer during the Revolution.
GLC02437.00261
12 January 1788
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
to Samuel Huntington
Written by Franklin, signer of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, as President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania to Huntington as Governor of Connecticut, three days after Connecticut ratified the Constitution. Writes in...
GLC07485.01
1865
[Indian Peace Medal containing the image of Andrew Johnson]
One side of this medal contains the bust of President Andrew Johnson. The reverse side contains an engraving of a Native American and an American colonist shaking hands while standing in front of an altar. George Washington's bust stands on top of...
GLC01993.02
May-June 1932
The Society of American Military Engineers, fl. 1932
The Military Engineer
GLC04546.157
circa 1861-1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on patriotic card
Small cameo sized albumen prints of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington appear side by side in ovals decorated with stars. The Union shield appears below the photographs. An American eagle holding a scroll perches over two American flags above...
GLC05111.02.0031
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