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1954
Kelpe, Omer H., 1905-1975
[Finances]
One document by Omer H. Kelpe dated 1954. A list of checks written by the Cole County War Veterans Service in January to April of 1954.
GLC10047.03.206
20 January 1944
Landau, Dorothy K., 1908-1992
to Daniel B. Landau
One letter addressed to Daniel Landau from Dorothy K. Landau dated January 20, 1944. Pertains to daily life in Corsicana, Texas. Provides updates of family and friends as well as asking where they will be living once the war is finished.
GLC09993.332
10 April 1862
Jackson, Henry, fl. 1861-1864
to Richard H. Jackson
Several gentlemen have assured him that they have written to Richard. He writes of what he has read in different newspapers about the war. He waiting for McClelland's advance on Richmond.
GLC07705.209
25 August 1864
Clark, B.S., fl. 1860-1664
to Ever Remmebered Cousin
He describes a fight that broke out after hearing a few shots over the picket lines. They were unprepared and had to pack up quickly. He wants a president that will end the war.
GLC07205.068
13 July 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Knox writes, "the shortness of your two last letters were not very agreable [sic] to me..." Discusses the Battle of Ticonderoga (2-6 July 1777): "We have received... news of the evacuation of Ticonderoga pregnant in my opinion with the most...
GLC02437.00622
4 December 1862
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 248 (December 4, 1862)]
"Late Northern Intelligence" features news from Washington, including Governor Yates of Illinois's complaints to the President, Native American prisoners, and the Confederate occupation of Fredericksburg. "The Yankee Estimate of General Lee"...
GLC05959.09.105
1848
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom:
First Boston edition, with an added letter from Hon. Martin Van Buren, a free soiler, and Rev. Joshua Leavitt. Opposes the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Delivered in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1848. Printed in Boston by J...
GLC00267.121
circa 1853
Hall, Henry B., 1808-1884
Franklin Pierce
One print of Franklin Pierce engraved by Henry Bryan Hall. Noted that this print was originally created for Rice and Hart's National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans.
GLC08878.1252
circa 1836
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
[Engraving of Elihu Yale]
One print of Elihu Yale printed in the American Literary Magazine. Engraving created from an original painting by Enoch Seeman. Print by Benson John Lossing.
GLC08878.1049
2 March 1863
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
to Daniel Wheelwright Gooch
General Butler writes to Gooch, United States Representative from Massachusetts (1857-1866 and 1873-1874). Encloses a testimony he gave before a committee on the conduct of war (enclosure not included). Thought he had previously returned the...
GLC02464.01
21 April 1861-1865
B., Maggie, fl. 1861-1865
to Joseph M. Maitland
A friend of Joseph's writes to him from Concord Seminary. Letter is faded and hard to read. Discusses details of a recent wedding she attended. Mentions her belief the war will soon end. Asks to be included in Joseph's wedding party when he marries...
GLC03523.10.190
28 August 1777
Gates, Horatio, 1727-1806
to Benjamin Lincoln
Reports to Continental General Lincoln about receiving a letter from George Washington concerning his (untrue) opinion that British Commander William Howe had gone to South Carolina, and adds his own hopes that New York will soon be in American...
GLC05564
circa 1861-1865
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Camp near French's Bridge, Chickahominy River, Virginia [stereocard]
Inscription on verso: "1861. War Views. 1865. No. 2340. Camp Near French's Bridges, Chickahominy River, Virginia. In the hollow in the foreground can be seen the mule teams and army wagons. The shelter tent camp and smoke from the numerous camp fires...
GLC05111.01.0843
Split stereocard of General Ulysses S. Grant
Image of General Ulysses S. Grant, looking away from the camera and to his left. Numeric notation on verso: "947." Inscription on verso: "General U. S. Grant. This photograph was taken just before the close of the war. It is the best photograph of...
GLC05111.01.1230
1861-1865 ca.
Fort Wagner, Morris Island
Series title but no Anthony imprint. Caption: "200 pdr. Parrott Gun in Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston." Shows artillerists posed around gun as if awaiting orders to load and fire. Although this card carries the "War Views" series...
GLC05137.096
Display of General Stanton's Official Dispatch of 17 January 1865
Image shows a young boy holding the American flag, and a man who has lost both hands, standing next to a display on wheels of General Stanton's dispatch. Photographers imprint on verso: "'Glory to the Union!--The Stars and Stripes Forever!' Stanton...
GLC05111.02.1355
3 November 1879
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
to A. C. Barstow
Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and...
GLC06009
6 December 1943
Weiner, Morris "Moe", 1909-1988
to Sylvia Weiner
Moe mentions that his Dad acknowledged their anniversary but did not elaborate. He will be going to a British American Circle meeting tonight.
GLC09414.0848
1864-1866
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
[Journal of General Henry Jackson Hunt]
First third of this journal is war date and primarily war-related: lists of corps, artillery returns, morning reports, etc. through 1865. Probably created principally in Virginia in 1864 and early 1865 (the Army of the Potomac was then engaged in...
GLC02382.205
31 August 1862
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight, 1809-1862
to Henry Wager Halleck
Written from the Willard Hotel. Mitchel writes to Halleck, commander in chief of the United States Army: "In obedience to the orders of the Secretary of War, I report to you for duty." Two bust engravings of Mitchel included as collateral.
GLC02456.19
Envelope
The envelope has a image of a man nailing the flag to a pole. The caption reads "Stand by our Flag! one shore and flood, As harbinger of peace and war, And palsied be the traitorous hand, That would it's field of glories mar."
GLC06627.03.115
16 October 1944
Benson, Eris B., 1922-1997
to Daddy and Mamma
One letter addressed to James Mervin and Anna Petty Benson from Eris B. Benson dated October 16, 1944. Pertains to finances, news from home of family and friends, war bonds, and about the church.
GLC09954.240
1796/03/07
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Treaty between the U.S. and the Dey & Regency of Algiers (c/s Timothy Pickering)
Signed as President and countersigned by Pickering as Secretary of State. English translation from the Arabic with clerical signatures for Vizier Hassan Bashan (the Dey of Algiers), Joseph Donaldson Jr. (American negotiator) and David Humphreys...
GLC02794.001
7 August 1861
J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 32 (August 7, 1861)]
A Second Few Days Sojourn with the Army of the Potomac, General Pillow's Proclamation, Distrust & Disaffection - Peace Meetings, Mr. Breckinridge on the Bill of Abominations, Probable Evacuation of newport, Confederate Prisoners of War at Washington.
GLC05959.56.038
[15 December-29 December 1890]
Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893
[to unknown]
re: letter fragment in which Hartsuff claims that nothing has changed, although a "burial party" has been sent out to bury dead Indians and his own hospital is full of wounded. Claims that General Miles has sent a Peace Party out to the Indians to...
GLC05201.017
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