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Draft copy of the official report of the 2nd Division

Draft copy of the official report of the 2nd Division, XXIII Corp's operations during Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Decateur, GA., 10 September 1864.

GLC08107

Roll of the High Council of Weber stake

Also contains rolls for 10/16.

GLC05756.077

Roll of the High Council of Weber stake

GLC05756.078

Roll of the High Council of Weber stake

Also contains rolls for 10/01, 10/13, & 12/28

GLC05756.079

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.013

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.014

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.015

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.016

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.019

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.020

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.021

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.017

[Roll of the High Council of Weber Stake]

GLC05756.018

A Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Printed by Zachariah Poulson. Stab-stitched and untrimmed, as issued.

GLC05777

Report of the Commssioner of Patents

GLC06745.212

[Delay of execution of John Arthur Bowen].

Countersigned by Secretary of State John Forsyth. Bowen, an enslaved person, had been convicted of an unspecified felony in the District of Columbia in November 1835, and sentenced to be hung on 26 February 1836. Because of "divers good and...

GLC02772

[List of stations of artillery, Army of the Potomac, noting armament of fort and batteries]

Cites the name or number of each station, noting the number of field, siege, and mortar guns. Lists batteries in a separate column. In a remarks column, sometimes indicates corps.

GLC02382.200

[The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper]

Deposition accusing Joseph Northrop and several others of an assault on Theyser while attempting to unlawfully search his inn for a runaway (possibly an enslaved person).

GLC02503.12

[Photograph of house of John Brown's widow]

Photograph of the house of John Brown's widow in California. Photograph taken by T. Major Edgecomb. Docket on verso in green ink states "After the execution of John Brown, his widow and several of her young children came to Red Bluff. Citizens...

GLC06806.02.02

Protection of Freedmen: Actual Condition of the Rebel States. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts ...

Title continues, "... on the bill to maintain the freedom of the inhabitants in the states declared in insurrection and rebellion by the proclamation of the President of July 1, 1862; delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 20, 1865."...

GLC02095.23

Particulars, and conditions of sale of a valuable freehold estate

"PARTICULARS, AND CONDITIONS OF SALE OF A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE . . . CONSISTING of a neat and substantial DWELLING-HOUSE and OFFICES, Late the Property of JOSHUA MAUGER, ESQ. deceased." Envelope docket: "Particulars of sale of Warborne, near...

GLC03902.328

Report of the Secretary of War

GLC06745.287

Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon President of the United States

Report of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman Peter W. Rodino during the 2nd session of the 93 congress. Report No. 93-1305. A table of contents appears on page 5.

GLC08445.09

Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions.

Speech given in the House of Representatives 8 & 9 June 1841. Printed at the Globe Office, Washington, D.C.

GLC00267.094

[Schedule of the terms of Payment]

Title derived from the docket.

GLC07937.05

[Petition of a free black to become a slave of a master of her choice]

Petitions for the right to choose her master. States that since she is "a free person of Africa descent" she is entitled to "choose a master for herself and two said children," and the "petitioner makes choice of J.S.H. Hossack to become her master...

GLC08955

Memorial to Congress, Adopted at a Meeting of Citizens at the Rooms of the Chamber of Commerce

Signed in print by William A. Booth as committee chair and twenty seven other New Yorkers. The memorial, printed a few months before the outbreak of the Civil War, was made in an effort to maintain peace. It appointed a committee that met on 26...

GLC08932

[Appointment of William Lacey in a corps of foot stationed in Africa]

Signed by George Germaine, First Viscount Sackville as Secretary of State for the Americas. Countersigned by John F. Hesse, Commissary General of Musters, and M. Lewis Secretary at War. Confirms the appointment of William Lacey as captain in a corps...

GLC01450.530

[Oath of Allegiance]

Signed by Ivy as Lieutenant Colonel of Artillery, PACS and witnessed by court clerk Charles Claiborne. With revenue stamp, dated and initialed by Claiborne. Printed document numbered 61. Partially printed.

GLC04522.04

The "Laws" of Kansas. Speech of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana.

Colfax, a United States Representative from Indiana, writes "The only relief possible, if Kansas is not promptly admitted as a State, which I hope may be effected, is in a change of the Administration and of the party that so recklessly misrules the...

GLC05116.15

Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address.

Draft of one of the opening sections of first State of the Union address. With collateral G.L. Rives Als fowarding draft to his sister, stating " the rest of the draft wad torn up, - so this is all there is of it."

GLC07999

[Oath of loyalty]

Aaron Jeffery's signed loyalty oath "to support, protect, and defend the Constitution... [including] with references to slaves." Written at "Office of Provost Marshall", Richmond, Va.

GLC01896.074

Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1849

Published by the Office of Printers to the Senate. Includes an introduction by Thomas Ewbank, Commissioner of Patents. Contains sections on financial and statistical aspects of the patent office, inventions and claims, examiners' and machinists'...

GLC08567

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, American Forest Conference [press bulletin]

The American Forest Conference brought together representatives from the lumbering, mining and grazing industries, railroad, and irrigation to discus forestry. Special attention was given to the proper use of forests by all fields, with responsible...

GLC00687.169

Pardon for Brian L. Butcher convicted of uninsured use of motor vehicle

GLC03934

Souvenir of the November 17th, 1951 meeting of the Lincoln Group of Boston

Features 'History in the Human Face" from "New Physiognomy" by Samuel R. Wells (1866)

GLC08880.134

[Docket referring to the division of members of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

GLC04379.02

Report of the Holden slave case, tried at the January term of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester, A.D. 1839.

Printed by Colton and Howland for the Board of Directors of the Holden Anti-Slavery Society. Discusses "the case of Commonwealth vs. Samuel Stratton, Samuel Foster, James E. Cheney, and Farnum White, Jun., who were charged in the indictment with a...

GLC06356

[Copy of the Probate of the Will of the Late Roper Dawson]

One copy of the probate and last will of Roper Dawson dated August 15, 1771. Outlines how his heirs, his wife Rachel, son George, and daughters Harriet and Charlotte will divide the estate upon his death. Appoints his wife and friends Augustus Van...

GLC01450.610.01

Managers of the House of Representatives Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

Group portrait of seven representatives who lead the impeachment trial. Imprint on recto "Managers of the House of Representatives of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1868, by Brady & Co., in the...

GLC05111.02.0160

Abstract of the returns of the fifth census, showing the number of free people, the number of slaves...

Title continues "...the federal or representative number, and the aggregate of each county of each state of the United States." 22nd Congress, 1st session, Doc no. 263. Printed by Duff Green, Washington, D.C.

GLC00267.008

[Blank Log of Ship's Battery]

Blank printed document from the Navy Department. To be filled out by the vessel's commander with a complete record of the ship's battery and all changes made.

GLC02254.16

Journal of the House of Representatives August 24, 1864

Full title is: "Journal of the House of Representatives August 24, 1864, Together with the Testimony Before the Committee on the Bill in Relation to Allowing Soldiers to Vote." Printed by Amos Hadley, State Printer in Concord. Creator is the Clerk of...

GLC08422

[Scrapbook of Maria Webb]

Bound collection of letters from leading abolitionists of the period, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among others.

GLC08360

Constitution or form of government of the state of Louisiana

Stab-stitched. The first printing of the first Louisiana constitution, the first constitution for any state west of the Mississippi. "The enabling act providing for calling a convention to frame a constitution for Louisiana was passed February 20...

GLC05482

[Notice of the auction of the estate of Thomas Flucker]

Copy of a printed adverstisement stating the Thomas Flucker's estate is to be auctioned off. TheSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has ordered that the estate be auctioned off, and Knox, as the estate's agent, is promoting this auction.

GLC02437.09235

[To the Committee of Inspection of the Sound of Wallingford]

Tomlinson requests that the committee pay Thomas Murring for the use of a horse for an express, by order of General David Wooster. Caleb Hall signs, certifying that "the Above Horse was Impressed for I could not Git a Horse any other way for the man...

GLC01450.609.08

A copy of Three Acts of Congress in favor of Silas Talbot

Title from docket. Includes acts for 10 October 1777, 14 November 1778, and 17 September 1779. The first act promotes Talbot to Major for his attempt to set fire to a British ship "and that he be recommended to General Washington for employment...

GLC02437.00656

[Accounts of John Winn, including rental of slaves]

Lists debits, credits and balances due for John Winn, for items including the rental and support of enslaved people.

GLC03434.49

[Sketches of various coats of arms]

One item consisting of sketches of various coats of arms. Front page contains one of lions and a male. Reverse side includes artwork of birds on the coat of arms.

GLC07713.02.12

Report of the Joint select committee appointed to investigate the condition and treatment of prisoners of war.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.010

Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, on the subject of abolition petitions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 7, 1839.

Printed by Gales and Seaton. Stab-stitched. Clay argues, "The liberty of the descendants of Africa in the United States is incompatible with the safety and liberty of the European descendants. Their slavery forms an exception... to the general...

GLC00267.370

To the voters of the Counties of Oswego and Madison

Complains that he was nominated for a Congressional seat, a position he did not seek. Assures he will not resign, but will perform his duty, pursuing abolition from his position. Includes his political creed, asserting that slavery is not in the...

GLC04717.36

[Report of Service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862]

The report sent to General William A. Hammond on 2 May 1863 (see GLC02649.02). Written mostly in a narrative form the report, with some charts, maps and other media included, provides a detailed and dramatic history of medical procedures and services...

GLC02649.01

Requisition of a quarter cask of spirits

Requisition of a quarter cask of spirits

GLC08136

[Certification of an act of sale]

Partially printed document from the Consulate of the Republic of Texas in which Bryan, as "Consul for the Republic of Texas, for the port of New Orleans, State of Louisiana" certifies that William Richardson signed an annexed act of sale (not...

GLC06623.05

Engraving of Bust of Washington Irving

One undated engraving of a bust of Washington Irving. Bust by Bell Hughes of Irving. Irving's signature is below the image.

GLC08878.0325

Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio

protesting Against the action of the United States military authorities in the expulsion of certain members of the Lousiana Legislature. 6 copies

GLC09400.569

A Plan of the town of Newport

Companion print and detail of #3103.02, the chart of Rhode Island. Not in Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution.

GLC03103.03

Certificate of Tests

A certificate of tests reveals results of various burning experiments within Fireproof Buildings, with a list of accredited architects and other witnesses.

GLC00687.157

Lithograph of the Death of Johnson

Currier & Ives Print: Lithograph of the Death of Johnson

GLC08630.02

[Certificate of amnesty]

Signed by Augustin as a United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Also signed by Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles, who swears an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States following the Civil War. Deschapelles...

GLC02943.01

Tabulation of expenses of Canada Expedition

The total tabulation of the expenses of the Canada Expedition, including "incidents" and sundrys disbursed. On the bottom of the page there is a NS by Robert Livingston stating that this is a copy of an original document from 15 August 1691.

GLC03107.00195

[Photograph of a statue of a military official]

One undated black-and-white photograph of a statue of a military official.

GLC09860.287

[Photograph of a front entrance of a temple]

One undated black-and-white photograph of an entrance of a temple.

GLC09860.579

[Summary of Law of Self-Defense]

One typed document pertaining to a copy of "Law of Self-Defense" by Frederic S. Baum and Joan Baum dated 1970. Details expected publication date, brief summary of the book's contents and Frederic Baum's occupation as a Librarian of the New York...

GLC09640.132.02

Survey of a farm of Harman Livingston

The document gives a full list of the boundaries of Harman Livingston's farm.

GLC03107.04484

[List of prices of bank stock]

List of bank stock prices. Note about the progression of the prices.

GLC02437.08468

An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837.

Inscribed on front cover: "John Connell Esq. from John Quincy Adams" Discusses the history of the independence movement; finding support from the Declaration of Independence; attacking nullification and states rights; condemning slavery; supporting...

GLC00506

Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States

Eight articles express severe pro-Union sentiments. First article calls for unconditional surrender. Second article calls for one hundred "arch traitors" to be delievered up and hung. Third article calls for record of names of traitors so they can be...

GLC08057

[Claims of the state of Nevada]

Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the...

GLC00267.242

Patents of the Manor of Livingston

"1 a Patent of Confirmation of the Mannor 43 other papers relating to the Manr.
Sent down with John Ten Eyck to Mr. Duane to Examine them this 30 day of June 1762."

GLC03107.02993

Rear view of a line of cannons

The image shows the back of a line of cannons with soldiers clustered around each cannon. There is a large pole near the center of the image and officers are lined up on either side of it. Inscription on verso: "Gardner." Numeric notation on verso:...

GLC05111.01.1147

[Affirmation of manumission of Nancy Joyce]

Affirmation of manumission of Nancy Joyce by former slave holder Ignatus Davis on November 8, 1803

JB00583

Fifth Annual Report of the General Agent of the Board of National Popular Education, With the Constitution of the Board

JB00171

Account of Abraham Mitchel of Philadelphia

Docket notes that this an "account of what skins Br[other] Peter had of Ab. Mitchel, 1751"

GLC03107.02724

Account of the Excise of Albany

Account of finances for the County of Albany for the year 25 March 1687 to 25 March 1688.

GLC03107.00145

[Copy of three bills of sale]

William Knox signs on his own behalf and on behalf of his brother Henry Knox. Copy of three bills of exchange drawn by William Knox, and owed to Henry Knox from London associates. On page two Henry Knox endorses (William Knox signs on behalf of...

GLC02437.04704

Battle of Camden--Death of De Kalb

One engraving entitled "Battle of Camden-Death of De Kalb" dated 1857. Depicts the death of Revolutionary War hero Johann DeKalb during the Battle of Camden, August 16, 1780. DeKalb was mortally wounded after his horse was shot from under him...

GLC08878.0071

Estimate of the objects of application.

Lists itemized costs and subscriptions relating to the establishment of the University of Virginia. Enclosed with his letter to Cabell (GLC 4108.01).

GLC04108.02

[List of Appointments of Major Generals]

List of Major General appointments that include Alexander Hamilton as Inspector General of the Army, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Knox, Henry Lee, among others.

GLC02437.07350

[Inventory of various tracts of land]

Briefly describes each tract of land from Thomas Flucker's estate, including information on the acreage of each tract. Date added later in pencil.

GLC02437.05586

[Certificate of service and of disability].

"This is to certify that the bearer, John Williams, has served in the New Jersey Regiment [illegible] the command of Col. McDonald and Serjent in Capn Draytons Company and in the service has lost the use of [illegible] thumb. Given under my hand and...

GLC02498.04

Department of the Navy Bureau of Navigation: Continuous Service Certificate

The typewritten service record of Thomas Barwiss Hagstoz Askin, Jr., bound in a green case and containing some signatures. Askin's service record includes awards, recognitions, the passage of his GED, promotions, and the names of ships he served on.

GLC09555.02

[Grievances of the Regiment of Artillery]

Directed to General Henry Knox and others chosen to present grievances of the Massachusetts Line before Congress. "...we the subscribers have been appointed by the Regiment of Artillery to lay before the Committee chosen to represent to Congress the...

GLC02437.10060

Statement of Account of Arthur Ruhl

One typed statement dated Moscow, Russia, November 9, 1922 entitled, "Statement of Account of Arthur Ruhl." Includes account ranging from October to November 1922 of expenses and salaries. Noted that Finance and Accounting Division authorized the...

GLC09761.19

Resolution of the Justices of Albany

Resolution states that all inhabitants of Albany are required to break up the snow on any roads or paths leading in and out of city. Document is "A True Copy."

GLC03107.00893

[View of parapet of Fort Sanders]

Looking southeast, University of Tennessee in background.

GLC07000.32

Plan of the Siege of Savannah...

Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 76.

GLC04316

Child of Satan, Child of God

Paperback copy of Atkins' book and book plate.

GLC05508.024.04

[Issue of twenty pounds of beef]

Order to issue twenty pounds of beef for General Knox.

GLC02437.02331

Defense of the State of Georgia

27th Congress 2nd Session Doc. No. 229 House of Represenatives

GLC03776.31

[Print of a painting of Abraham Lincoln]

Profile view of Lincoln's head and shoulders. Depicted without a beard. Copyrighted and printed by R.L. Parkinson from a painting by Louis Bonhajo. With text at bottom entitled, "Lincoln's First Nomination - May 1860." The text describes how...

GLC08879.01.02

Apraisment of negros

Listing the values of nine enslaved people, all worth between ten and sixty dollars. Title from docket.

GLC03434.23

Account of the Excise of Albany

Account sheet of excise money collected by Robert Livingston from 11 August 1688 to 11 March 1692.

GLC03107.00157

[Alphabetical member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from. A tally on the back shows that there were 323 members, and also mentions the number that are living in other states, removed but accounted for, dead, in France, or in the...

GLC04379.19

Office of the Register of Copyrights

Whistler deposited a book in the office titled; Reminiscences of the United States-Hospital Service in the Civil War.

GLC08284.123

[Record of eight rations of provisions]

Orders to provide eight days' worth of provisions for a man. Countersigned by John Doughty and endorsed by John Truman.

GLC02437.01843