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Application to Mexican government re: Samuel May Williams (in Spanish)

Signed in Spanish, "Estevan." Asking that Williams become Austin's official secretary and stating his qualifications.

GLC01860.21

to the Duchess of Sutherland

Written as Queen, signed as "V R" for Victoria Regina. Mentions that Lord Carlisle has written the preface to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, "a book which is being increasingly read but I have not yet had time to read; did your brother...

GLC01587

A treaty...by...Virginia and Maryland with...the indians of the Six Nations

Stab-stitched, uncut. Printed by Benjamin Franklin. First edition. The treaty was signed in June 1744. it renews allianace between Iroquois and Great Britain at the outbreak of hte French and Indian war. Boyd 3; Curtis/Cambell 84; Evans 5416...

GLC01711

to C.W. Rugg

Describes his entrance into Richmond and the cheering which the Union flag received. Envelope with 3 cent (1861) pink stamp, postmarked.

GLC02034.01

to David Harris

Discusses his attempt to ascertain the fee that should be paid to Luther Martin, a lawyer, by comparing the case to others. States that as far as he can ascertain, the highest fee ever given to a "gentleman of the bar" by the Treasury was to...

GLC02505.19

to Fulwar Skipworth

Informs that he does not have any of his brother, Edward Livingston's money and that he has no involvement in his brother's business in France or anywhere else. States that though he has power of attorney he has never acted as such and has assigned...

GLC02505.30

to William North

Written by General Hamilton as commander of the Provisional Army to Brigadier General North. Says he has enclosed a letter from the Secretary of War that explains itself (the letter is not included here). Says he wishes to see North as soon he...

GLC02523

to Henry W. Halleck

Recommends Donn Piatt as a Judge Advocate to a particular military commission at Cincinnati.

GLC02490.10

to Mrs. Abner Read

Relays details of death of Lieutenant Commander Abner Read, who died while patrolling the Mississippi River in command of the USS New London. Blue stamp: "Exchanged by order Secretary Navy."

GLC02490.19

to Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Confederate Major General Maury writes to General Beauregard requesting that he make known what work the engineers should focus on first. Asks if the work above the city should be put off until the work at Bay Shore is completed. Informs, "At present...

GLC02461.21

to Wm. Morrison, Esq.

Davis instructs Morrison to send a copy of the Statutes at Large of the United States. Requests Morrisson to, "Put them at your lowest price as if I were present." Also requests a copy of Louisiana Senator Pierre Soule's speech on nonintervention...

GLC02467.12

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States

Done after a Mathew Brady photograph. Shows Lincoln surrounded by an emblematic border done by New York illustrator William Momberger. The images in the borders portray the defeat of the dragon "Secession," freed slaves, western emigration, rural...

GLC05239

to Jacob Burnett re: Jefferson inaugural, Napoleonic wars

GLC05242

First annual report of the educational commission for freedmen.

Printed by Prentiss & Deland. Discusses the Port Royal Experiment, in which former slaves successfully worked on land abandoned by plantation owners on islands off the coast of South Carolina. Includes a report of the committee of teachers sent to...

GLC06232.15

to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)

Discusses food shortages and insufficient supplies.

GLC06287.04

to Antonio Abarea [in Spanish]

Addresses the audience of Guadalajara on the day of the birth of Our Lady of [Loreto]. Discusses the English threat, the weakness of the Spanish crown, and the general situation of the Catholic religion in Mexico.

GLC06292

to Libby Custer

Writes to his wife four days after their fifth wedding anniversary. Discusses the heavy rain, a humorous incident in which Colonel Thomas B. Weir formally requested an hour and a half of leave, his relationship with Weir, and his health, the...

GLC06179

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

to Samuel J. May

Whittier writes to May, an ardent abolitionist: "Until connected with the Cause of Anti-Slavery I never knew what friendship was... engaged in this holy cause of Truth & Love, I have found high & pure hearts beating in perfect unison... No matter...

GLC05720

Message from the President of the United States...

Title continues, "... communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the mutiny on board the brig Creole, and the liberation of the slaves who were passengers in the said vessel." 27th Congress...

GLC05793

Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley, formerly a slave, yet more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln...

(title continues)... or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House. 371 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements. Published by G. W. Carleton & Co. Contains a print of Keckley opposite title page. Discusses her service to...

GLC05839

The suppressed chapter of "life on the Mississippi"

Leaflet consisting of the suppressed chapter of Twain's book Life on the Mississippi, which was published in 1883. First edition. Marked as number 230 of 250 numbered copies of the first printing. Comparing Northern and Southern society, Twain...

GLC05847

to Bradford R. Wood

Bryant, editor of the New York Evening Post, replies to a letter from Wood, former Representative from New York. Discusses Black suffrage: "I utterly detest the narrow principles of that party which denied equal rights to any of our fellow men on...

GLC06631.01

to F. A. Angell

General Butler writes to Angell in Brooklyn, New York. "A mans right to self government is inherent and inalienable. It does not depend on the degree of his intelligence or on other accident. It is the correlative of self defence. Is the negro a...

GLC06660

An Address of the Congress to the Inhabitants of North America

An important statement of the Continental Congress (subscribed by Laurens, as President of Congress), concerning the origins of the Revolutionary War, the cruelty of the British, certainty of Independence, call to Arms, the resources of America;...

GLC06779

Circular re: no rations to freed slaves who refused to work

Signed by E.W. Hooper

GLC06727.04

Letters of Col. Mosby and John Tyler Jr.

Reprints a letter from Mosby to a former confederate comrade in reply to one urging him to support the democratic candidate in the presidential election of 1876, Samuel Tilden. Mosby writes that he will support Republicans Rutherford B. Hayes and...

GLC06076

[Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks]

A new version of Dixie printed on the back of a sheet of checks from the Bank of Virginia. Contains 9 stanzas. Some very virulent anti-Lincoln lines, including "Old Abe is good at stealing niggers." Note on upper right in pencil says "Printed at...

GLC05987.27

Decisions of cases in Virginia by the High Court of Chancery, with remarks upon decrees by the Court of Appeals, reversing some of those decisions.

Wythe's name is handwritten on title page as Chancellor of Virginia. Signed on inner front cover by James M. Whittle. Signed on title page by James Henry, 1795 (possibly the Virginia delegate to Continental Congress in 1780). Includes a multitude...

GLC05884

A report of the debates and proceedings of the convention of ... New York

Signed on p. 3 with Jefferson's coded initials "T.I." Compiled by L. H. Clarke. Published by J. Seymor. This Constitution expanded suffrage in New York. Debates include content on Negro suffrage and Missouri Compromise. Previously owned by John H...

GLC05887

to Ephraim Bemis

Writes to his parents to relay that he is in good health. Implores them to arrange for his release from his duty as a soldier, fearing that if he does not return home soon he will lose his trade. Also notes an Indian attack on Casco Fort. Written...

GLC07097

to Winthrop Sargent

Discusses Sargent's desire to be present at the next Congressional session, though the request was denied. Discusses the situation with the Indians in the Cincinnati region. States that "the poor Indians I believe are irrecvocably doomed by Fate to...

GLC02437.10314

to Andrew Hynes

Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: " A combined British and Spanish force, with 500 or 600 Indians made an attack by land and water on Fort Bowyer in Mobile Point, the battle was tremendous, and continued until about 12 OClock at night when...

GLC07983.01

to George Wortham

Ayers, searching for African-Americans with his cavalry, so far has "arrested but one negro...and he was not armed." Believes more are between Jamesville and Washington and will continue to search.

Excerpt: "…I have been driving faithfully all day...

GLC02233.41

Chaplain Brown of the "Rough Riders" preaching to the Regiment.

The men sit on the ground amidst scrubby, semi-tropical plants. The picture is shot as though from the congregation, so that the preacher and officers stand in the background.

GLC06449.08

Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" leaving Tampa, Fla., U. S. A. for Santiago.

A ship crowded with "Rough Riders" seen from a slight distance. A flag flies from its prow. In the foreground, a man is hitching (or unhitching) a boat from a pier. Note: This picture is a probable variant of no. 10: the same shot, taken from a...

GLC06449.09

The Yucatan carrying the Famous Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" to Cuba.

A boat shown in 3/4 orientation. The Rough Riders cover the deck, the boat roofs and the rigging.

GLC06449.10

Scene of the great Battle - the Hill, from below - San Juan, Cuba.

Four riders in a landscape of rough vegetation and scrubby trees. Two, immediately visible on dark horses, form a line from the left front to right midground of the picture. Two more, paler and harder to see, form an opposing diagonal.

GLC06449.13

"A near view of the house and villa taken in the first charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan; they came from the right."

Shows one soldier with rifle and shovel in the foreground, and a house situated atop a hill. Two Rough Riders appear in the middleground. Image noticeably retouched on the bottom left.

GLC07002.51

To: Col. Andrew Haynes

Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: "I stop the mail to state the glorious news, that Fort Bowyer is safe, the British and allies severely drubbed..."

GLC07983.02

"One of the machine guns in the roughrider's trenches."

Title from inscription on verso. Image shows six men in a trench, all facing away from the camera. Machine gun visible beside second man from right. Ink and white paint have been applied to lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.48

"9th Infantry firing from Trenches on San Juan Hill, Sunday the 10th of July."

Rear view of approximately ten armed soldiers in a trench. Stamp of photographer on back; ink and white paint on lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.49

to William Knox

Rants about not receiving any letters from Knox. Discusses in detail the "fatal Catastrophe of our Navy," commanded by Benedict Arnold, on Lake Champlain, as well as subsequent activities around Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga, including the...

GLC02437.00477

Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860.

Published in New York City by Ross & Tousey. In closing, Smith writes, "The morals and manners of a church should be such, as to realize our highest conceptions of human dignity... Church of Peterboro! Be true to your own God at the approaching...

GLC04717.07

to Mary Magie

The regiment has moved to Louisville. He and a few other officers have taken possession of a building to use as their quarters. The contraband cook is practicing his spelling. He received a letter detailing Eddy's illness. He wants his son...

GLC05241.07

to mother

His "boy" Isaac, who is nineteen years old, wants an education. He can read and write a little and "is quite a mathematician." He requests a first grade reader, a geography book, and an arithmetic book for Isaac's education. He was not approved...

GLC04662.053

To the Liberty Party

Discusses the Liberty Party's objectives, including the foremost goal of overthrowing slavery. Analyzes modification and expansion of party objectives, regarding issues such as banks, tariffs, and association with slaveholders.

GLC04717.30

Spain. --- Cuba.

Discusses Spain's history of slaveholding and the role of other nations to end slavery in Cuba.

GLC04717.64

Speech...House of Delegates of Virginia, on the abolition of slavery

Second edition. Argues the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 was unconstitiutional in Ohio due to Northwest ordinance.

GLC07035

to Thomas Grant re: soldiers' reasons for enlistment

from Union soldier in Company D, 100th Pa.: "Soldiers say they never enlisted to fight for the freedom of the slaves and if they make this a war to eradicate slavery they will throw down their arms contrabands...I would drive them all into the sea...

GLC07227

An act to secure freedom to all persons within the Territories

GLC07864

Authority to affix the seal...to treat...on...suppression of African slave trade

GLC07751

To whom it may concern.

Offers a collection of documents related to the controversy surrounding the sale of the Friar Lands in the Philippines in circa 1902. Has shown these letters to R. W. G. Vail of the Roosevelt Memorial House, who has told him the collection would...

GLC01625.06

[Certificate of emancipation for Priscilla a negro woman]

Certificate stating that Benjamin West, a free negro, has bought the freedom of Priscilla, who will be his wife. "Benjamin West a free negro having purchased a negrowoman named Priscilla...Do hereby liberate and emancipate the said negrowoman...

GLC03434.04

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

wants to know if he has received her application.

GLC09400.380

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

asks for an appointment as a clerk, counter or copyist.

GLC09400.381

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

praises Bruce: "whites will approve of your action and I am sure the colored people will not forget you when I tell them who had the power to prevent and did prevent a democrat defeating a republican."

GLC09400.397

to Uncle Frye

In Boston they were presented with a flag by the Hon. R.C Winthrop. In New York they were invited to the 5th Avenue Hotel where they heard James G. Brady speak and were presented with another flag. They also passed through Philadelphia, Baltimore and...

GLC07205.080

Minority Occupancy and Housing Values

One pamphlet dated October 14, 1957 entitled, "Minority Occupancy and Housing Values," printed by the Baltimore Urban League. Raises issues of housing in non-white neighborhoods; costs of houses rising while analyzing the change of occupancy by race...

GLC09640.012

"Haynsworth Dissenting (On Civil Rights)

One pamphlet entitled, "Haynsworth Dissenting (On Civil Rights)" dated 1969 by Roy Wilkins. Wilkins argues that Clement F. Haynsworth's segreationist attitudes disqualifies him from being on the Supreme Court. This is due to his opinions that upheld...

GLC09640.182

New South [Vol. 21, No. 2, Spring 1966]

One issue of "New South" printed by the Southern Regional Council dated 1966. Contains essays pertaining to politics, protests, discrimination, and inequality in the south.

GLC09640.276

Let the South Alone, Mr. Roosevelt

Author is upset at Roosevelt's attempts to put Black people in office in the South. He says Roosevelt has only succeeded in widening the gap between Black and White people and should stay out of the South. Second page includes advertisements and...

GLC02691.12.11

Slaves of Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton, Hilton, Head, S.C

[Green 3¢ tax stamp on verso.] Group of emancipated enslaved people sitting in yard. With buildings visible in background.

GLC05140.01.01

Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton's House, Hilton Head, S.C

Freedwoman and standing in foreground. Another freedwoman sits on the step to the house. A group of military officers stand to the right of the house.

GLC05140.01.02

Rebel Gen. T. F. Drayton's House, Hilton Head, S.C

A face with open gate in front of a large house. A freedwoman leans on the left hand side of the gate with her hands on her hips. A white civilian man leans on the right side of the gate with his arms crossed. A group of military men stand in the...

GLC05140.01.03

Wm. Elliott's House, Hilton Head, S.C

Several men posed around a Cape style house. There is a freedwoman leaning against the stoop.

GLC05140.01.04

Nursery at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C

A freedman, several freewomen and many children in front of a cabin. A white man peeks through cabin door. [Green 3¢tax stamp on verso.]

GLC05140.01.05

Live Oak & Palmetto trees at Elliott's, Hilton Head, S.C

Four military men posed around a house. One man leaning on tree in foreground, two men leaning against the side of the house and one man seated on the stoop.

GLC05140.01.06

Negro Cabin, Hopkinson's, Edisto Island, S.C

Freedwoman doing laundry near a cabin. Freedman holding baby toward left of photograph. [Green 3¢ tax stamp on verso.]

GLC05140.01.07

View from Seabrook's Mansion, Edisto Island, S.C. United States Steamer Pocahontas in the Distance."

In the foreground, a freedwoman holding a long stick stands in front of a dock. White, puffy material on the ground may be cotton.

GLC05140.01.08

Signal Station, Hilton Head, S.C. 1863

Beach House with men positioned on the roof. [Green 3¢ tax stamp on verso.]

GLC05140.01.09

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles, Port Royal, S.C

Sentry with bayonet stands near artillery gun. Another soldier wearing a greatcoat sits by the gun reading a letter.

GLC05140.01.10

Signal Plant Fort Pulaski, Ga

Two men seated on either side of a large plant. The plant has a large stake or stalk rising from its center. Photograph taken in rear of house.

GLC05140.01.11

Martello Tower, Tyber Island, Ga. Built in 1537, by the Spanish

Photograph shows a large square building made of stone. Also shows fortifications and soldiers. [Green tax 3¢ stamp on verso.]

GLC05140.01.12

Pivot gun & Crew, U.S. Ship Pocahontas, Edisto Ricer, S.C. April, 1862

Thirty-three sailors on deck of ship standing around pivot gun. The tracks that allow the gun to move are visible on the deck

GLC05140.01.13

Mortar U.S. Schooner C.P. Williams, Port Royal, S.C

An officer leans against the mortar gun with the rest of the crew posed in back of the gun. Two infantry drummer boys stand to the left, behind the gun

GLC05140.01.14

Contrabands aboard U. S. Ship Vermont, Port Royal, S.C

Many contraband men in naval looking uniforms on deck of ship. Shoes are very prominent on those seated in the front row. Note the second man from the left in the first row. To either side of him are the bare feet of the man behind him. [Green 3¢...

GLC05140.01.15

Deck of U.S. ship Wabash, Port Royal Harbor, S.C. May, 1863

Officers and crew of the ship pose near the back of the ship. The ship's rigging occupies the foreground.

GLC05140.01.16

Forward Pivot Gun, 200 lb Rifle. U.S. ship Wabash

Naval officers and infantry officers facing each other on the deck in front of an artillery gun. Two other naval officers and three seamen pose around the gun. On the left. a infantryman feigns a charge with his bayonet.

GLC05140.01.17

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

is anxious about her position and asks the senator to stop in and see her.

GLC09400.556

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

asks for whiskey and cigars. writes that Bruce must enter the lists at Chicago and he cannot afford not to appear.

GLC09400.544

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Wells, a member of Congress is willing to call Secretary of the Interior in reference to her application and do everything he can on her behalf.

GLC09400.545

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

reminds him to go to the Treasury to have her reinstated.

GLC09400.550

Harlem Housing

One pamphlet entitled, "Harlem Housing," published by the Citizens Housing Council of New York dated 1939. The document was prepared with the Committee on Inter-Racial Problems in Housing Citizens' Housing Council in New York. Text analyzes living...

GLC09640.042

NAACP Annual Report for 1941

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1941." Content in item: national defense, armed forces, educational and legal defense, segregation and discrimination, lynching, government branches, scholarships, memorials, and finances of NAACP.

GLC09640.123.01

NAACP Annual Report for 1941

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP Annual Report for 1941." Content in item: national defense, armed forces, educational and legal defense, segregation and discrimination, lynching, government branches, scholarships, memorials, and finances of NAACP.

GLC09640.123.02

[Certificate of manumission signed by Frederick County clerk, William Ritchie]

One certificate from William Ritchie dated Frederick County Court, May 7, 1807 addressed to the State of Maryland. Grants freedom to a formerly enslaved woman Jenny Maynard. States that this was drafted by Henry Maynard who granted her manumission...

GLC09775

Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP

One pamphlet entitled, "Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP," dated January 1975. Displays the efforts of the Citizens' Council (White Citizens Council) to disparage the NAACP's efforts for civil rights. Pages are split in two columns; The Lie and...

GLC09640.141.01

Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP

One pamphlet entitled, "Truth versus Ugly Lies about the NAACP," dated January 1975. Displays the efforts of the Citizens' Council (White Citizens Council) to disparage the NAACP's efforts for civil rights. Pages are split in two columns; The Lie and...

GLC09640.141.02

progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958

One pamphlet entitled "progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958," dated July 1959. Summarizes the organization's yearly efforts, details legislative matters, grassroot efforts, economic status of African Americans, housing, branding the...

GLC09640.143.01

progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958

One pamphlet entitled "progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958," dated July 1959. Summarizes the organization's yearly efforts, details legislative matters, grassroot efforts, economic status of African Americans, housing, branding the...

GLC09640.143.02

report for 1962: The March to Freedom

One pamphlet entitled "report for 1962: The March to Freedom," dated July 1962. Content consists of updates on desegregation in Northern schools, housing discrimination, voter registration, finances, politics and religion.

GLC09640.153

Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." published in November 1955. Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in...

GLC09640.156.01

Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in employment, housing, voter...

GLC09640.156.02

Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in employment, housing, voter...

GLC09640.156.03

[Photograph of Police Fighting with CORE Demonstrators on Triborough Bridge, New York]

One photograph entitled, "New York," taken by United Press International dated March 7, 1964. Image is of police removing Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrators from New York's Triborough Bridge. Seen in the background are cars in traffic...

GLC09733.04

Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge

One photograph entitled, "Civil Rights Demonstrators Block Bridge," taken by Associated Press dated March 7, 1964. Image is of five demonstrators from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sitting in the middle of the road blocking the Manhattan...

GLC09733.05

Picket Governors Office

One photograph entitled, "Picket Governors Office," taken by the Associated Press dated May 18, 1964. Image is of protesters with signs of New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's office. Protestors march behind a police line holding/wearing signs...

GLC09733.07

In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963.

One pamphlet entitled, "In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963," dated 1964. The report for 1963 highlights: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Medgar Evers's funeral and activism; integrated classrooms; briefing on a convention; religion...

GLC09640.157.01

In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963," dated 1964. The report for 1963 highlights: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Medgar Evers's funeral and activism; integrated classrooms; briefing on a convention; religion...

GLC09640.157.02