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to Henry Knox

Lieutenant Pratt discusses making preparations for his men to march to Fort Pitt (see GLC02437.04010). Complains at length that he will receive only one month's pay without subsistence, and that the "Old Soldiers" under his orders were not included...

GLC02437.04013

The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [American Revolution]

Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland: "The sufferings of our brethren in America... have principally arisen from that confusion and distress which are inseparable from war..."; and another...

GLC07635

Reports of the Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief.

Includes reports submitted to President Abraham Lincoln by Stanton, Secretary of War, and Halleck, General-in-Chief. Stanton states "The colored troops have been allowed no bounty, and, under the construction given by the department, they can only...

GLC00267.325

People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 31 (December 3, 1863)]

Suffering of Soldiers in Bragg's Army, Chickamauga a Month After the Fight.
An editorial deplores the practice of kidnapping free white men for conscription. A brief article describes the desolation of harvest and land near Richmond. Governor Vance...

GLC05959.27.18

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by William Price, an officer of the police, and Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for one lieutenant police officer for the garrison of West Point for the month of August 1783. A total of 93 rations were...

GLC02437.02358

[Photograph negative of a group]

One photograph negative of a group dated circa 1940. Features a group of three women and one man standing in a field their backs are to the camera.

GLC10047.02.832

[Article about the Noyes family]

Newspaper article from the Westerly Sun. It talks about the Noyes family and their influence in the area, especially in terms of property holding. The history dates back to Reverend James Noyes, who was the first pastor of the First Church of Christ...

GLC02150.48

The Pursuit of Excellence: Education and the Future of America

One pamphlet entitled, "The Pursuit of Excellence: Education and the Future of America," dated 1958. Item is a report prepared on education reform in the United States. Identifies issues within the system, different approaches to subjects taught in...

GLC09640.244

to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Robert A. Winemiller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated December 5, 1942. Robert tells Leonard of an eighty mile hike he will be participating in. He notes "Still no women!" Fuzz thinks that his and Dotty's relationship is ending, which...

GLC09611.026

Male Call: Contor Map

One comic entitled Male Call by Milton Caniff sent by Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated October 22, 1944. Features four panels of women in fancy dresses posing. In the last panel it comments "You mean you...

GLC09611.351.02

[Photograph of four African Americans at Prince Hall Shriners event]

One undated black and white photograph of four African Americans. Image is of two men in military uniforms sitting with two women at a table. There are names written on the bottom edge identifying the individuals (from left to right) as Glen, Kaye...

GLC09724.11

to Marquis de Lafayette

Knox has only received a short note from Lafayette (on recommendations for the Society of the Cincinnati), since last June. Believes it is due to the suspension of packets between France and America, as Count de Moustier, the French minister to...

GLC02437.04071

to Lucy Knox

Year and day cited, but no month. Month inferred based on content. Recently visited posts in the Highlands (New York) with General Nathanael Greene. Notes that "Mr. Wm. continues yet quiet in his quarters, but we have still reason to think he...

GLC02437.00679

to Henry Knox

Places an order for religious books, providing money in advance and relying on Knox's honor to offer a fair price. Williams was a graduate of Harvard University and a Reverend. Books ordered include: Cruden's "Concordance," Dr Dodd's "common place...

GLC02437.00084

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Clarence T. Griep to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated January 1, 1974. Griep supports the impeachment of President Nixon. He mentions a growing disillusionment about the Nixon administration and writes, "It is becoming...

GLC09613.02.0582

Fortifications and munitions, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]

The image shows large fortifications with stocks of munitions and a cannon in the background. Inscription on image: "Photographic History." Numeric notations on verso: "339" and "297." Inscription on verso: "[Wa]r Views. [Interior view of Ft. J...

GLC05111.01.1258

to R. West

References his mother's and Mary's letters. Says he is finally in Shanghai "after one of the hardest passages I ever made, to, or from, the Indies." Says their sails froze to the mast in January and they could barely get them set. Goes on to describe...

GLC03836.03

to Charles Everett

Announces the arrival of the Treaty of Ghent in Washington, D.C., which ended the War of 1812, and favorably assesses it as "perfectly honorable to the UStates." Also comments that the Battle of New Orleans "gives its men a splendour which will...

GLC05568

to Sebastian Bauman

Encloses an account of the cannons and other ordnance Major Bauman is to bring down to the Chesapeake from Baltimore. Coordination with other ordnance vessels will be organized by George Washington and another General [Mordecai] Gist. Also discusses...

GLC02437.01170