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[Salaries for members of the Department of War]
February 4, 1795
Lewis, Samuel, fl. 1795
Lists the amount paid for the salaries of the members of the war department by quarter. Noted as written at the War Office.
GLC02437.06348
[Names of original owners of the Waldo patent]
1783-1815
List of names of those originally owning land in the Waldo patent, how much land they owned, and who now owns that land.
GLC02437.09290
Pardon of John W. Paxton, convicted of larceny.
19 June 1867
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Convicted of larceny; sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment. Pardoned after serving prison term for his good conduct and penitence. (c/s William H. Seward)
GLC01612
[Copy of a report of a meeting to choose a surveyor].
circa 1723
Hathaway, Thomas, fl. 1717-1726
Hathaway clerically signs for Richard Borden, John Akin, William Wood, Jacob Barker, and Isaac Smith. Benjamin Hammond is to lay out the general divisions of the uplands. John Akin is to assist him. Attested as a true copy and signed as Clerk of...
GLC02924.031
Pardon of J. Walton Hopkins, convicted of counterfeiting.
1850/10/15
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
Convicted of passing counterfeit coin. Pardoned after request from the jury and district attorney. (c/s W.S. Derrick) Pardon is framed with picture of President Fillmore.
GLC01986
[Recommendation of a leave of absence for Captain Benton]
February 15, 1783
Butler, Zebulon, 1731-1795
Colonel Butler recommends Benton, of the First Connecticut Regiment, for a leave of absence until 15 April 1783. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09645
Address to the Republican electors of the state of New York
6 April 1804
Tayler, John, fl. 1804
Address to the Republican electors of New York from the Committee of Publication and Correspondence reccomending Morgan Lewis over Aaron Burr to become the Governor of New York state. Docket on verso. Twelve names are printed on the bottom of the...
GLC05200
Carte de visite of a full seated view of Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
1861 ca.
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Same as 107. Graphite inscription on recto "Welles. Secy Navy." Graphite inscription on verso "Gideon Welles, Sec. of the Navy under Abr. Lincoln." Photographers imprint on verso: ""Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth...
GLC05111.02.0108
[List of salaries for the Department of War]
December 31, 1792
Lists the salaries of the members of the War Department for the months of October, November and December. Names include John Stagg Junior, R. J vanden Brock, Constant Freeman, Benjamin Bankson, Philip Audibert [Audebert], Nathan Jones, James B. Smith...
GLC02437.05769
Certificate of purchase of goods from Robert Livingston
1714/05/06
Collins, John, fl. 1711-1721
Collins certifies that he purchased cattle and pork from Robert Livingston for the use of Coll. Ingoldesby's company, and explains the financial terms of the purchase.
GLC03107.01077
[Photograph of Man Posing in Front of Tent]
1945
A photograph of a man leaning against a tent.
A post-it note included with the collection notes these "snaps" are miscellaneous photos of crew/camps/places in the Pacific.
GLC09620.277
Claims Under the Cherokee Treaty of 1835-36: Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting in Pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives, of April 26 1848, a copy of the repot of Messrs. Harden and Brewster, late commissioners...
16 May 1848
United States. Congress
appointed to the adjudicate claims arising under the Cherokee treaty of 1835-'6
GLC09885.02
"Order of Battle and Plan of Attach, Port Royal"
7 November 1861
Hand drawn ink sketch listing 17 ships and their positions, "Josiah Tattnall's Rebel squadron," the placement of Fort Beauregard and their 20 guns, the placement of Fort Walker and its 23 guns, and more.
GLC08382
[An inventory and appraisment of the estate of Humphry Jones]
circa 1684-1685
Price, Robert
Inventory of the estate of Humphry Jones, with appraisal values listed for all goods. Lists slaves, cattle, and household goods, each with a value listed in pounds. Appraised by Robert Price, Brancy Weeks, Jonathan Haslewood and Richard Parrott...
GLC03434.52
Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.
11 October 1878
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)
GLC02839
Return of the division of forces. no 20
1779-1780
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Lists the number of soldiers in the army, how they were divided by state, how many horses these men would require, how much feed the horses would require, and how much this feed would cost. Prepared by the office of the Quarter Master General...
GLC00634.02.09
Passport for "Eagle" of John Sanders re: cessation of war, proclamation of peace
1783/02/06
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Printed document cosigned by American peace commissioners Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, mentioning the cessation of hostilities between Great Britain and the U.S., and asking for passage for the ship "Eagle" now at London and bound for Jamaica....
GLC06398
View of the harbor face of Fort Moultrie.
April 1861
Osborn's Gallery
Osborn imprint on verso. View of the harbor face of Fort Moultrie. The shot furnace is visible in the foreground, and Fort Sumter is visible in the distance to the right.
GLC04509.13
Collage of bust portraits of 101 Union generals
circa 1861-1865
Each portrait is numbered, and there is a key on the back of the card identifying each of the "Union Heroes." Graphite inscription on verso "21" "**Book." Identifying key imprinted on verso.
GLC05111.02.1380
Monthly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
25 October 1783
Cooper, Samuel, 1757-1840
List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in the corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the two captains, one is present and fit for duty, while the other is on the staff...
GLC02437.10175
[Certificate of the service of Lieutenant Colonel Carrington]
28 July 1784
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Knox certifies that [Edward] Carrington sold cannon to defray expenses of transporting arms and stores to establish a magazine near Richmond, Virginia, for the Southern states. Written in Dorchester, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
GLC02437.03032
to Pres. of the Convention of New Hampshire
January 23, 1777
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington pleads for the troops allotted to the state of New Hampshire and argues that "nothing but their [i.e., British] ignorance of our number protects us." The second leaf is not conjugate.
GLC00639.28
[List of officers of Colonel Samuel McClellan's regiment]
1777
Lists officers and their place of residence.
GLC01450.122
Petition re: reimbursement of 15 barrels of Powder
1695/02/13
Peyster, Abraham de, fl. 1768
15 Barrels of Gunpowder owned by de Peyster, while stored in the New York City magazine, were requisitioned by Jacob Leisler during his tenure at the head of the Provincial Government and never returned. De Peyster petitioned the Council in London...
GLC03107.00282
[Muster roll of Thomas Stanwix's regiment of foot]
October 24, 1709- December 23, 1709
Stanwix, Thomas, fl. 1670-1725
Possibly refers to Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar 24 January 1711- 7 August 1713. Signed by Stanwix, R. Bucknall, and Garvis Newton. Lists the names of soldiers in Stanwix's regiment, Captain John Caley's company.
GLC01450.446.02
[Bill of sale for seventeen bales of cotton]
January 11, 1861
Hill & Dorion, fl. 1861
Partially printed bill for cotton sold to Taber & Kimball for the account of Major John H. Bills. Bills was a founder of Bolivar, Tennessee. Taber & Kimball, a cotton brokerage in Memphis, was owned by northerners.
GLC03619.02.01
Weekly return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
18 October 1783
List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Lists people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains, one is present for duty, another is also present but sick, and the rest...
GLC02437.10171
to the Proprietors of the Town of Belfast
10 September 1806
Unsigned, but handwriting suggests the author is Henry Knox. Addressed to "Mr. Patterson and the other proprietors of Belfast" on page 2. Declares that he has learned that his survey and the Proprietors's survey of the town of Belfast differ....
GLC02437.08042
The Law of Retribution...
1776
Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813
The Law of Retribution; Or, A Serious Warning to Great Britain and her Colonies, founded on unquestionable examples of God's Temporal Vengeance against Tyrants, Slave-holders, and Oppressors. First edition, printed in London.
GLC09291
[Revocation of Cyrus Griffin's power of attorney][copy]
1774/08/12
Griffin, Cyrus, 1748-1810
Witnessed by Leroy Peachy, Samuel Griffin, and William Griffin. The power of attorney had been granted by Burges Ball and John Payne, and their wives, and pertained to the administration of land in Virginia. Also contains a copy of the identity...
GLC02923
[Untitled pencil sketch of troops forming a line of battle]
circa 1863
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
Pencil sketch of troops forming a line possibly for a charge. Ink transfer of Bachelder's handwriting on verso suggests this was laid into the Gettysburg sketchbook GLC02670.01 against his signature.
GLC02670.05
(House of Representatives.) . . . A bill to raise a tax for the support of the government.
December 11, 1863
Confederate States of America. Congress
stamp of record division
GLC06745.058
Surrender of Cornwallis
1845
Baillie, James S., fl. 1838-1855
Hand-colored lithograph showing Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. Several other American and British military leaders also appear. Names printed under lithrograph read: "Kosciuzko," "Steuben," "Laurens...
GLC02918.02
[Bill of sale]
4 April 1861
Horstmann Bros. & Co, fl. 1861
Receipt for Confederate uniform purchased by William E. Jones in Philadelphia. Includes fabric amounts, buttons, collar, etc., and costs. Verso contains handwritten supplies, such as trumpets, feathers, cord, etc. Printed receipt with details...
GLC02711.26
Proceedings at a council of war
1711/08/25
Council of War
The Council gives directions on how to use the "brass ordinances" sent from England, and addresses complaints of bad bread from Coll. Schuyler's regiment. They also give orders for the creation of a court to try crimes committed against the aritcles...
GLC03107.02105
[Pickett's certification of a list of ordnance and ordnance stores]
December 31, 1861
Pickett, George Edward, 1825-1875
Possibly created in Urbanna, Virginia. Colonel Pickett verifies an invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores he turned over to William C. Fleet, Captain of Company B, 55th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers. Lists ordnance and ordnance stores. Includes...
GLC02461.26
Purchase of a tract of land from Hugh Munro
1768/07/14
Van Valkenburgh, Jacob, fl. 1768
The document states that Jacob Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit Van Hoesen, and Abraham Wyngardt have purchased a tract of land near Kinderhook from Hugh Munro. Jacob Van Valkenburgh was the only one to sign. P.2 has 2 signed statements by Hugh Munro. The...
GLC03107.03169
[Memoirs of the Utah Expedition of 1858-1860].
circa 1865-1907
Moore, John, 1826-1907
Contains descriptions of Utah during the years he was stationed there. The date of composition has been inferred from the manuscript and Moore's death in 1907; the Civil War appears to be noted in the past tense.
GLC04194.42
[to the Chairman of the Board of Health]
12 September 1820
McComas, J.H., fl. 1820
Informs that he has received orders from the Commander in Chief to detail the necessary companies of infantry and artillery to assist the civil authority in enforcing the quarantine regulations for the city of Natchez. Signed as Brigadier General.
GLC04601.11
Weekly Return of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery
1 November 1783
List of the Massachusetts Corps of Artillery. Includes list people present in corp by rank and status, where they are on duty, who is on the staff, among others. Of the four captains listed, two are present for duty and the others are on the staff...
GLC02437.10179
[Petition of Antonio Vela]
circa 1828
Ker, John, fl. 1828
Legal document by attorney John Ker who served as petitioner for Antonio Vela, a citizen of Louisiana, in the County Court of Adams County, Mississippi. The petition was showing the court "That on or about the first day of April 1828 he [Vela] was...
GLC02887
Account of the making and mending of clothing
1763/11-1765/08
Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790
Docket reads: "Accts. of Joseph Elliott Enter'd 12th September 1768"
GLC03107.03002
Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.
1864
United States Sanitary Commission, 1860-1870
Disbound. Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S...
GLC00267.357
Removal of the Cherokees West of the Mississippi
27 August 1842
Harris, William A., fl. 1842
27th Congress 2nd Session Rep. No. 1098 House of Representatives
GLC03776.43
"List of Debts drawn out of my Leidger"
1726/03/10
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
List of debtors on the Manor and other towns in the vicinity.
GLC03107.01759
Listing of men of the Salvage Repair company
4 August 1943
This is a list of men by row in a photo which is not included.
GLC09414.1555
Return of the State of the Connecticut Regiment
22 October 1783
Swift, Heman, 1733-1814
Lists number of men according to availability and rank. Of those present and fit for duty, five are sergeants, three are corporals, one is a drum and fife soldier, thirty-four are privates, leaving the total aggregate to be forty-three. Watermarked...
GLC02437.10173
Address of the President of the United States
1916/08/29
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Regarding rights of railroad workers (8 hour days, overtime pay, etc.). Signed on page 8.
GLC06963
Monthly return of the Massachusetts Corp of Artillery
26 September 1783
Burbeck, Henry, 1754-1848
Signed by Captain Burbeck and Samuel Cooper, Adjutant. Lists numbers of officers present for duty, sick present, sick absent, etc. Includes notes for men on extra duty, on command, sick absent, on furlough, and in confinement. Also contains a list...
GLC02437.10144
[Paper doilie of Saint Rose of de Lima]
Circa June 13, 1865
Maison, Basset, ?
One paper doilie of Saint Rose de Lima dated June 13. It contains the saint's portrait on the front, as well as, being addressed to "Ms. Stauffer." Reverse side contains biography of Saint Rose written in French. Also includes Stauffer's note asking...
GLC07713.02.09
11 October 1783
Lists the number of men by rank and availability. Watermarked with a crest and "F. Notramy (?) 1780.
GLC02437.10164
December 20, 1783
List of men according to rank and status. Signed by Samuel Cooper Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.
GLC02437.10193
Journal of the State Convention of South Carolina
1852
South Carolina
"Urgent need of... if action is to be averted that would work ruinous injuries to the Indian."
GLC07715
[Autobiographical account of Safford, Governor of Arizona] [Incomplete]
circa 1871
Safford, A.P.K. (Anson Peasley Keeler), 1830-1891
Cites his birth as 1828 in Hyde Park, Vermont, to Joseph W. Safford and Dyanthia P. Little. Reports on his early childhood, including a move to Illinois. States that after his parents' deaths, he placed his little sister in school and sought his...
GLC02666
Plan of the investment and attack of York in Virginia [from Life of Washington]
1781, reprint Philadelphia 1807
Plate IX. Shows Yorktown. Published by C. P. Wayne; engraved by Francis Shallus.
GLC04760.02
[Objections of officers of the 20th Regiment to conditions under the Articles of Convention]
10 November 1777
Rollinson, J., fl. 1777
Document by the Captains, Subalterns, and staff of the 20th Regiment of Foot asserts that the Americans need to follow through on the stipulations in the Articles of Convention, which delineated the conditions of surrender after the Battle of...
GLC04764.40
to the Presidency of Weber Stake of Zion
1877-1900
Petition from members of the third Ward complaining that the meeting house is "very inconvenient." Includes 41 signatures.
GLC05756.068
[Assessment of value of the Prosper, a British ship]
18 November 1775
Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792
Laurens, Roger Smith, and Edward Blake obey orders of the South Carolina Provincial Congress in assessing the value the Prosper, which had been seized for service by the colonies. The men state that the ship is worth 2,000 pounds and recommend that...
GLC03942
[Copy of military discharge of Lucius T. Stanley]
5 June 1865
Buttrick, Edward K., fl. 1862-1865
Discharges Stanley upon the expiration of his term of service in the 107th New York Volunteers, where he spent two years first as a clerk and later as an assistant topographical engineer. Made in accordance with Special Orders No. 43. Written near...
GLC02710.45.01
GLC02710.45.02
Weekly return of the Massachusetts corps of artillery
15 November 1783
Lists number of men by rank, status and duty. Watermarked. Signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant, and Henry Burbeck, Captain.
GLC02437.10188
[Recommendation of a leave of absence for Sergeant Kneeland]
January 26, 1783
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
Captain Patten recommends [Kneeland?] for a twenty-five day leave of absence. Directs his recommendation to Major General Henry Knox.
GLC02437.09622
The letters of President Lincoln on questions of national policy.
1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Reprint of six letters by Lincoln: June 13, 1863, to an Albany, New York Committee, discussing his interpretation of the writ of habeas corpus in the Vallandigham case; February 3, 1862 and October 13, 1862, to General George McClellan on the...
GLC01969
[Letter of address to the town of Granby]
February 1, 1787
Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Honored with their application from the day before. Writes that he sympathizes too much with "the distresses of those unhappy men" who have risen against the government not to try to avoid reclaiming them without bloodshed. Has tried to avoid firing...
GLC02437.03439
View of damage on the interior of Fort Sumter .
Osborn imprint on verso. View of damage on the interior of Fort Sumter by the Iron Clad Battery.
GLC04509.39
1711/08/28
The Council asks that accounts be made for the victualling of soldiers, the Commissioners procure as many carpenters as possible, provisions be delivered to soldiers and Indians with great speed, and surgeons be instructed to tend to casualties...
GLC03107.02107
A Map of the United States of North America
1796/01/01
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Handcolored. Each sheet is 66 cm high. The map shows the northwest territory outside the Union. A portion of Louisiana is included.
GLC04318
to Robert Livingston re: fear of theft of Livingston's slave
1723/03/10
Van Horne, Cornelius, fl. 1721-1737
Original copy of GLC03107.01.01553, and contains some additional information regarding trade of provisions. Docketed on address leaf.
GLC03107.01554
Receipt of payment from Robert Livingston of Clermont
1719/08/19
Inglis, Thomas, fl. 1719
Also contains receipts of payment signed by Samuell Johnson, L[amer] Burg, and Gilbert Livingston. All bear the date 19 August 1719.
GLC03107.01307
[Photograph of the gravestone of the Wait Family]
1916
Hornby and Freiberg (photographers), fl. 1861-1925
One undated photograph of the Wait Family gravestone. Text on gravestone details dated that the stone was erected and lettering in Latin.
GLC08284.003
[Speech of the Hon. Samuel Shellabarger of Ohio].
January 8,1866
Shellabarger, Samuel, 1817-1896
Speech on Reconstruction. Signed, with the number of copies requested, by Senators Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, William Windon, Thaddeus Stevens, and others.
GLC08227
Description of the Scale of accompanying Dycas's Hydrometer
1790
Explains how to use and read Dycas's Hydrometer, a device invented to determine the strength of alcoholic beverages, so that the proper tax could be applied.
GLC08993.02
Lithograph of Frederick Douglass
circa 1872-1874
Currier & Ives
Circa dates based on several sources, indicating Currier and Ives' location at 125 Nassau St. between 1872 and 1874.
GLC08630.03
to body of High Council of Ogden City
December 31, 1888
Waldram, Cnaria, fl. 1888
Henry Rose has left and sold land that did not belong to him. This is proof of his guilt in the matter awaiting the court's decision.
GLC05756.044
[Appointment of William Eustis as Secretary of War]
March 7, 1809
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Signed by President Madison and countersigned by Secretary of State Robert Smith. Accompanied by attached seal. William Eustis served from 7 March 1809 to 13 January 1813.
GLC02767
1 piece of cloth
circa 1861-1864
Capt A. Comstock witten in black
GLC02744.265
A Book of Records
1837
Harwood, Ebenezer, fl. 1837
Includes marriages, births, and deaths.
GLC02744.278
[Copy of Crawford's notes regarding surrender of Fort Sumter]
13 April 1861
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1829-1892
Walker's "true copy" of Crawford and Seymour's first hand account of the meeting between Colonel Louis Wigfall and Major Robert Anderson, during which Fort Sumter was surrendered. Walker copied, in pencil, Crawford and Seymour's written account...
GLC01127.01
Copy of... resolution approving appointment of Beauregard by Pickens
1861/04/08
Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863
Written as clerk of the South Carolina secession convention.
GLC02284
Letterbook of outgoing correspondence with memoirs of military
1878-1892
Lansing, Edwin Y., fl. 1878-1892
Containing pressed copies of Lansing's letters and an account of his military career, pp. 73-78 (5/19/1882). These include military letters as clerk in the Depot Quarter Master Dept (1870s), business letters and family letters to his brother Abraham...
GLC00768.02
Receipt of payment from Robert Livingston [of Clermont]
1719/08/11
Parsons, Richard, fl. 1719
Also contains receipts of payment singed by Egbert van Borssons, 17 August 1711; John van der heul, 10 August 1719; James Jenkins, 10 August 1719; and Phillip Schuyler, 11 August 1719.
GLC03107.01308
Narative of the procedings of Joseph Doneldson esq. the agent of the United States
3 September 1795
O'Brien, Richard, fl. 1795
GLC07937.02.02
Sitting view of Lincoln's first Secretary of War
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Graphite inscription on verso "Cameron." Photographers imprint on verso "Published by E.Anthony 501 Broadway, N.Y. from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Manufacturer of Photographic Almbums. Snyder, Black & Sturn, N.Y."
GLC05111.02.0074
To the people of the town of Smithfield
March 15, 1843
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Smith writes "At the recent Town Meeting, you again refused to elect men for Commissioners of Excise, who are willing to license dram-selling. You did right... dram-drinking is morally wrong."
GLC04717.58
[Extract from the deed of division of lands]
February 6, 1765
Freeman, Enoch, 1706-1788
Apparently addressed to Jedidiah Preble. Outlines the lands being given to Thomas Flucker on behalf of his wife, Hannah Waldo Flucker, as she is an heir to her father Brigadier Samuel Waldo's estate.
GLC02437.09023
Proof of slave ownership
March 29, 1865
Proof of ownership by Joshua Johnson for the slave Thomas Johnson.
GLC09130.02
[Photograph of group of friends in a wooded area]
1970
Bleicher, Kevin, fl. 1970
One undated black and white photograph taken by Kevin Bleicher. Image is of a girl (from GLC09650.273) sitting on a log. Two other young people are also climbing on the log in a wooded area.
GLC09650.274
Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield.
1856
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
Removed from previous binding. "If Whitfield is to be ousted because he was not elected in pursuance of any valid law, upon what principle can Reeder be put in by this House, when in his case there was neither law nor votes... It is the principle of...
GLC00267.383
Proclamation of Peace [Printed by John Hayes]
1783/04/12
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Tall, narrow broadside dated from Baltimore, April 12. "1783" has been added in roughly contemporary ink. A docket on verso has been obscured by age and modern restoration (possibly including bleaching). Apparently, the only recorded copy of the...
GLC02122
[Box of photographs of marines in World War II]
circa 1945
Henley, Raymond D., fl. 1945-1953
Snapshots and negatives of Raymond D. Henley, a marine in World War II. Includes images of marines in training and at leisure, the devastation of battle areas, the wounded and the dead, Japanese P.O.W's, and some of friends and family.
GLC06567.08
Section of Many Miles of French Field Kitchens
1914-1918
Keystone View Company
In this photo is a field kitchen with many men and tents. The system to get food to the men on the front was advanced and systematic, with thousands of rations having to get to the front each day.
GLC09584.129
Notes on the State of Virginia (George Washington's copy)
12 November 1794
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Signed by Washington on the title page. The book is the second American edition of Notes on the State of Virginia, published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia, with original worn sheep binding. Jefferson's book not only covered geography of Virginia...
GLC04389
Group of 5 officers posed in front of tent
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
The three officers in the front are seated and the two in back are standing. For most of the men, rank insignia is obscured, however the man on the appears to be a major. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation: "XXIV 441"
GLC05111.01.0451
Search of title of William and Caroline Remington
March 25, 1859 - February 1861
Prevost, James Charles, 1810-1891
Partially printed document showing the leased properties owned by William and Caroline Remington in Baltimore. Includes the names of the various renters, the lease dates, the addresses, and the cost. On paper printed with Pennington & Read...
GLC03545.24.24
to Collectors of the Customs of the United States
1 October 1803
Circular letter discussing certificates issued to protect American seamen from impressment. Also asking for reports on the other "outrages committed by the cruisers of the belligerent powers." Signed as Secretary of State.
GLC03494
To the Inhabitants of the 12th Congressional District of Massachusetts
1837/03/20
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
GLC07693.02
American Republican Town Nominations. "Beware of Foreign Influence"
circa 1845
American Republican Party of Kingston
Nativist Election broadside, with large eagle, by the American Republican Party of Kingston attacking Roman Catholic immigrants. "Beware of Foreign Influence" is attributed to Washington's Farewell Address. Prints the address of John Young as...
GLC07450
[Oath of loyalty to the King of England]
30 November 1776
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
Partially printed document signed by New York's Royal Governor William Tryon. Certifies Daniel Rogers as having subscribed to the proclamation offering a pardon to any rebels who came forward and took an oath of allegiance to the king. The...
GLC01450.412.01
(House, no. 21.) . . . Joint resolutions expressing opinion of Congress in relation to the conduct of certain citizens of Louisiana within the lines, and in the presence of the enemy.
January 13, 1863
GLC06745.030
[Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates]
February 4, 1926
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
One typed document created by William H. Taft dated February 4, 1926. Pertains to the debate of slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Two lines inserted in Taft's hand on page 14 and numerous other corrections. Signed and dated by...
GLC01488
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