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Agreement between Knox and Life Wilson. Wilson will take care of the saw mills, grist mills, locks, and canals in Warren County. Wilson is also in charge the employees of the these mills. They agree to split the shares of the grist mill. Knox...

GLC02437.07480

to Henry Knox

Notifies Knox he has reserved the best housing he could find for Knox's family during their visit to New York. Says he has sent Mr. Freeman to get money from Knox's account. Mentions that he is expecting Samuel Shaw to arrive later this month....

GLC02437.05650

to Henry Knox

Reports that the magazines for the month of February have been shipped on board the Lydia, under Captain Hall. Returns Thomas Moss's unpaid bill on Grimanney & Co. (GLC02437.00005). Encloses an order and Thomas Bralston's bill on Lane & Co. Has...

GLC02437.00008

to Robert Jr. and Peter Livingston re: suspicious of Peter Bard

Lawrence writes that Peter Bard has said that he will pay his account to Robert Jr. and Peter Livingston by the end of the month, if not in full, then at least the greater portion. He regards Bard with suspicion, however, and warns the Livingston's...

GLC03107.02547

to: "my dear children."

He has fallen behind in collecting the money he intended to send to them. He will start a job at a Road House tomorrow for $25 per month and lodging. A man is going to ask the government to either purchase his bridge or pay for using it. Laps and...

GLC05245.17

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One postcard from Shirley Seawell to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated 1973-1974. Seawell supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "How well history and the world judges if we allow three more years of this behavior and the lack of...

GLC09613.02.1038

A New Indian Policy--The Red Man's Rights in Jeopardy

One pamphlet entitled, "A New Indian Policy--The Red Man's Rights in Jeopardy" written by Samuel M. Brosius dated June 1902. Pertains to the history of indigineous peoples in North America, colonization by the Dutch and English and various treaty...

GLC10051.58

Engraving of Blanche Somerset, Baroness Arundell of Wardour

One engraving of Blanche Somerset, Baroness Arundell of Wardour dated 1836. Half portrait of Somerset.

GLC08878.1567

People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 46 (March 20, 1863)]

Secretary Seward's Plan for Restoring the Union.
An article describes a night's experience in a typical army camp, while another outlines the history of small pox. The remarks of Mr. Warren on a congressional bill are included. An article describes...

GLC05959.27.05

to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of "a return of Ordnance and Stores for the month of April." Discusses his receipt of a letter from a Mr. Cranch, who he supposes "is now completing the business in his line at Springfield, after which he will go to West Point...

GLC03432.020

to Eleanor Hammond

Received two letters from her last night, one dated 11/23/64 and the other 11/25/64. Happy she included four extra postage stamps in one of them. Leg is "almost well." Weather is "very warm." Has recovered from his cold. Beef for dinner tonight. If...

GLC09273.12

Chapel of the 50 Engineers NY Vols in front of Petersburg, Va. [Poplar Grove] 1865.

Title taken from inscription on verso. The well constructed chapel, with a ornamental Engineers Castle insignia mounted above the door, is on the left side of the image. Black men, women and children stand in front of nearby smaller wooden...

GLC05111.01.0529

to his parents, brother-in-law and sister

He write that he is now on the right wing not far from the Atlanta, Georgia railroad. Reports that during the night as they were moving they were attacked by Confederates who were severely "whipped for their tenacity that they may stick to Atlanta."...

GLC07460.091

Engraving of Martha Coffin Wright

One engraving of Martha Coffin Wright dated circa 1880. Bust portrait of Wright.

GLC08878.0986

Engraving of Emma Willard

One engraving of Emma Willard dated circa 1880. Profile portrait of Willard.

GLC08878.0887

to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Replies to Beauregard's forwarded report by William Echols of 20 April 1863. "I have directed Col. Shannon to call on two Divisions...for the month of May, which I hope will enable the Engineer to complete the works, as the cultivation of the...

GLC09216

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...

GLC00267.274

Gen'l. Butlers lookout on the Appomattox [River] near Broadway Landing, Bermuda Hundreds, VA. [1864 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Huge signal tower built by General Benjamin F. Butler with a signalmen standing on various levels and several men posed in front of it. Modern graphite inscription on mount suggests the photo was taken by J...

GLC05111.01.0109

[Poem praising John Augustine Washington]

Written in praise of Washington, who died 13 September 1861. States "No soldier of fortune, no seeker or pelf, No lover of glory and fame; But simply a man who was true to himself, The home where he'd dwelt and his name..."

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