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Archive of Confederate general & family, primarily pre- and post-war re: plantation, slaves, military maneuvers, reconstruction. [decimalized]

Randall Lee Gibson and Family archive, divided into two sections: Randall Lee Gibson correspondence (.001-.039 and .025B) and Gibson family correspondence (.040-.105). The collection contains letters, military documents, financial documents...

GLC04501

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-4...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes a report of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, an examination of the reports of several explored routes, railway memoranda, a letter of...

GLC04963.01

War and Emancipation A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn N.Y. On Thursday, November 21, 1861.

JB00072

[Photograph of African-American soldiers at Fort Belvoir, Virginia during World War II]

One group photograph of a platoon of African American soldiers at the Fort Belvoir Engineer Replacement Training Center (ERTC) in Virginia dated approximately 1940-1944. Identified at the center of the photograph is Lieutenant D.N. Clain.

GLC09967.02

Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Secretary of War, in 1853-6...

Title continues "according to Acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854." Volume includes a letter from Captain A.A. Humphreys to Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Lieutenant Warren's memoir relating to the creation of a map...

GLC04963.11

[Copy of an act to suspend the opening of certain streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the War of 1812]

Suspends an act issued on 1 April 1811 authorizing the opening of streets through the Navy Yard in the Philadelphia districts of Moyamensing and Passyunk. The suspension will last for either six years or until the construction of war ships for the...

GLC01450.700

Veto Message On H.R. 9870 An Act To Provide For The Immediate Payment Of World War Adjusted-Service Certificates

One pamphlet entitled, "Veto Message On H.R. 9870 An Act To Provide For The Immediate Payment Of World War Adjusted-Service Certificates," dated January 24, 1936. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech is concerned with his veto of an act to...

GLC09693.22

Government papers from the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard, father of Margaret Stearns [Decimalized .01-.75]

Collection of papers concerning the World War II service of Dever Spencer Byard. This collection consists of 147 items. The main topics included in the collection are; the surrender of Japan and legal concerns of this surrender, Dever Spencer Byard's...

GLC09930