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Southern recorder. [Vol. 45, no. 16 (April 19, 1864)]

Includes descriptions of Southern officials, including P. G. T. Beauregard as General, Robert E. Lee as General, Stonewall Jackson as General, and Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy. Battles of Shiloh and Murfreesboro. Excerpt from a...

GLC05959.10

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (January 21, 1863)]

"Army Correspondence" from the front in Green Pond, South Carolina describes conditions, particularly religious implications. "Baptists and the Struggle for Independence" published in the Christian Index wishes the Confederacy victory. A letter and...

GLC05959.39.11

to Galloway Cheston

Writes to his uncle about Baltimore at the beginning of the Civil War. Reports that someone from the bank has said the "run" has ended and people are depositing money again. Of the people that withdrew their money, he states "Great leniency ought to...

GLC03228.09

Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 34, no. 1 (November 24, 1863)]

General Steele's Course in Arkansas, Pursuit of Rebels under Faulkner.
A.J. Daugherty writes about various generals on their work in the Cumberland area. A letter from a Union solder to the Journal describes the ceremony of a flag presentation to the...

GLC05959.14.29

Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 43 (January 30, 1864)]

The front page is in French and the back page is in English. Includes announcement of Surgeons and Confederate Army, $600 Reward for Runaway Slave, Capt. Perrodin of the 10th Louisiana Regiment will Leave for Virginia and Deliver Letters to Soldiers...

GLC05959.15.03

Daily picayune. [Vol. 26, no. 199 (September 14, 1862)]

Extended articles on the Battle of Manassas and Surrender of Clarksville. Updates on the movements of armies in the North. Contains several poems and miscellaneous ads, including for dentistry, venereal diseases, and harnesses. Two major rips are...

GLC05959.16.01

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 24 (April 8, 1863)]

An untitled letter to the editor implores readers to truly examine the cause of the war with respect to the Bible. An article describes "Prayer-Meeting in Camp," while another examines the "Destitution of Preaching among the Soldiers." "Secular News"...

GLC05959.39.19

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 43 (August 3, 1864)]

An obituary memorializes "Captain W. P. Roebuck". Several articles condemns practices in the North -- "Northern Theology" criticizes the North for abandoning God as an ally in the War, and an article titled "Serfdom" equates serfdom to Yankee...

GLC05959.39.58

Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 79, no. 11, 208 (July 23, 1861)]

Battle of Bull Run, General Beauregard at Manassas, Great Battle in Virginia - Special Accounts from Manassas Junction.

GLC05959.44.10

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 66, whole no. 3721 (August 21, 1863)]

News from New Orleans and the North. A Northern view of intervention. Letter from Brownsville. Speech of Vice President Stephens. Lincoln's proclamation. To the preachers of the East Texas, Texas, and Rio Grande Conferences. The poor of Houston.

GLC05959.51.086

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 134, 3789 (January 27, 1864)]

News from Alexandria. Compliments to state troops. Yankee official account of the capture of Fort Esperanza. Letter to the editor criticizing charge on Fort Baxter. Education of disabled soldiers, children of deceased soldiers.

GLC05959.51.109

Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 184, whole no. 3848 (December 19, 1864)]

General Hood has routed Thomas at Franklin.

GLC05959.54.18

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 31 (August 17, 1864)]

Burning of Governor Letcher's house, The new law regulationg trade with the insurgent states, Killing off rebel generals.

GLC05959.50.26

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no.5 (March 15, 1865)]

Sheridan moving upon Lynchburg, President Linocln's inaugural message, Execution of a Yankee Spy.

GLC05959.50.52

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 101, whole no. 1398 (November 15, 1861)]

Great battle at Columbus - Confederate victorious - the forts taken. A communication from Colonel Parson's Regiment describes activity at Camp Herbert, near Hempstead. Official report of the capture of the steamer Fanny. Presidential request for a...

GLC05959.51.001

to George Wortham

Williams informs George Wortham that he has captured men who were trading across the lines and encloses a list of the articles seized (ranging from pork to pocket knives, hoopskirt, calico and spun cotton) and the five men captured.

GLC02233.55.01

Tri-weekly mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 845 (August 29, 1863)]

Continued Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Capture of U.S. Gunboats "Satelite" and "Reliance", The Federals Advancing Upon Richmond, The Heroism of Missouri, Treatment of Rebel Prisoners in Various Northern Camps.

GLC05959.44.30

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

This letter has three main focuses, the first is a letter of thanks for a note that Senator Bruce sent to a tenant of Thomas which he said was much appreciated and according to the tenant James H Osborne will be kept for the next generation. The...

GLC09400.050

to Hamuda Bassa re: introduction as American Consul

Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." Draft copy of letter with edits. "[T]he honor of presenting myself to your Excellency In the purpose of fulfilling the President's wishes."

GLC02794.075

to Hamuda Bassa re: the sovereign's refusal to meet with Lear

Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." Draft copy, with edits, of GLC 2794.080. "As George Davis Esq our Charge de Affairs at your Courts has informed me that . . . you refused to receive me a person authorized to transact any business of my...

GLC02794.079

to Hamuda Bassa re: the sovereign's refusal to meet with Lear

Final draft of GLC 2794.079 in a clerk's hand with Lear's signature. Written aboard the "U.S.S. Constitution." "As George Davis Esq our Charge d'Affairs at your Courts has informed me that . . . you refused to receive me a person authorized to...

GLC02794.080

to Tobias Lear: acknowledging receipt of letters, recognizes Lear's authority

Manuscript copy of letter in a clerk's hand. The Bey of Tunis writes: "as you are authorized by the President I am entirely disposed to hear from you an explanation of your wishes . . . ."

GLC02794.081

to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Mentions American Consul to Algiers, George Davis. Draft copy of GLC 2794.083. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.082

Copy of letter to Tobias Lear re: [?] [in Italian]

Signed by Tobias Lear (p. 2) on 2 September 1805, with a note: "a true copy from the Original." Manuscript copy of GLC 2794.082. Marked "Copia" in upper left-hand corner of the first page. Docketed on verso.

GLC02794.083

to Tobias Lear re: Bey's attempt to avoid hostilities with the U.S.

Manuscript copy of letter in a clerk's hand with copy signature. Bey writes: "you [Lear] are the sole person at this moment invested with the character & power of the President of your Government to treat with me on affairs relative to your Nation...

GLC02794.086