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[Two letters to Thomas T. Craven] [Decimalized .01 and .02]

GLC00815

Collection of George Wortham [Decimalized .01-.56]

The majority of this collection consists of correspondence and other documents directed to Captain George "Granville Greys" Wortham from other military personnel. These materials discuss recruitment of personnel and unrest within the Confederate army...

GLC02233

"An Inventory of Goods & Chattles Now in Posession of Peter Bain"

Items on the inventory include enslaved people, horses, cows, sheep, a wagon, and a loom. Some of the items are noted to have been sold to Robert Livingston, Jr.

GLC03107.03461

to George Clinton

Signed by Jay as President of Congress to Clinton as the Governor of New York. Closing in Jay's hand. Circular letter. Congress is informing the country that the British are reinforcing themselves. Says 7,000 troops are coming from Europe and another...

GLC03709

to Thomas Hancock

Hancock writes to his uncle. He mentions people he has met in London, as well as the death of Admiral Edward Boscawen before they had a chance to meet. He asks to be allowed to stay to see the coronation of George III. Hancock reports a rumor that...

GLC03637

A tour of duty in California; including a description of the gold region: and an account of the voyage around cape Horn...

Title continues "with notices of lower California, the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and the principal events attending the conquest of the Californias." California scenes include a quicksilver mine, California capital Monterey, the Sacramento River, and...

GLC04708

to George Besore

Schneck asks for $300 to send a slave's wife and three children to Africa. The husband must also purchase his freedom for $1,500, but the Society is trying to raise money to assist in the transport itself. Written on behalf of the Colonization...

GLC04743

to Friedrich Riedesel [in French]

Written by British General Burgoyne as he is marching southward through New York to General Baron Riedesel commander of the German troops with Burgoyne. Letter is in French with partial translation in seller's description in collateral file. Updates...

GLC04761

Receipt of pardon form. [N. B. Forrest]

Partially printed receipt of pardon form sent by William H. Seward to Nathan B. Forrest along with his pardon. Forrest, as per the specifications of the pardon, returns the completed form to Seward.

GLC04977.02

Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest].

GLC04977.03

to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon

Forrest accepts the conditions of his presidential pardon and amnesty oath, with all the conditions specified. Certified at bottom by Isaac Morrison, U.S. Commander for the District of West Tenn.

GLC04978

Orders re: naming all officers and soldiers of Fort William Henry as freemen

Due to regulations preventing all but free men from carrying on as tradesmen in the colonies, many soldiers and officers of his Majesty's Armies had deserted their posts due to want of food and clothing. In an effort to convey gratitude and maintain...

GLC03107.00675

to Alida Livingston re: French and Indian attacks

John reiterates much of what he wrote in an earlier letter to his father. He describes the persistent fear of French and Indian attacks, and states his desire to purchase either Capt. Wimes' or Ingolesbey's Commission so that he may move closer to...

GLC03107.00928

Report on the United States and Mexican boundary Survey...

House Executive Document no. 135 (25th Congress, 1st Session). Two volumes printed in three, with 5 maps and charts, 346 plates and numerous lithographic illustrations. Report comissioned by the Secretary of Interior; survey conducted by William H...

GLC04249

[Authority to affix the seal to a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship Indians].

Lincoln authorizes a treaty with the Shoshonee Goship (Goshute) Bands of Indians dated October 12, 1863. The treaty was made at Tuilla Valley, Utah Territory. Brigadier General P. Edward Connor, commander of the military district of Utah, and...

GLC04328

to the Deputy Governor and Council of Massachusetts

Livingston explains the money he spent on furnishing Captian Bull's army and the Indians accompanying him, and asks for reimbursement from the Treasurer.

GLC03107.02028

Proposition to the Commissioners of Albany with an answer

The Sachems report that they are resolved not to let a priest or French man live among them, and state that they are returning to their castles for security. They also complain of the lack of security offered by the English, and request more arms...

GLC03107.02076

Examination of an Onondaga Indian

The Onondaga Indian relates news he heard from a Seneca that a company of Indians were discussing plans to attack the 5 Nations. He also states that 2 nations of Indians from Maryland have all been killed by a pestilential disease. P.2 contains an...

GLC03107.02091

"The Camp at the Wood Creek Reviewed with an account of the Forces Built . . .

. . . Between Albany and said Camp, and of the Forces Posted there in order for the Expedition against Canada and how they are Subsisted." The Review relates a number of concerns regarding the expedition to reduce Canada. The soldiers are described...

GLC03107.02096

to the Governor of Canada re: policy with the 5 Nations

Thomas Dongan reprimands the Governor of Canada for inviting Indians of the 5 Nations to Cadarachqui in Canada, and warns the Governor not to allow his Christian Indians across the border to lure the 5 Nations away. P.2 and 3 contain a proposition...

GLC03107.01985

Massacre at Schenechtady [in Dutch]

GLC03107.01990

Proposition to the 5 Nations

The Governor consents to renew the covenant chain with the 5 Nations, and hopes that the Indians will begin to convert to Christianity. He also expects that the 5 Nations voice resentment over the misdeeds of the Eastern Indians, and send out...

GLC03107.02153

To the People of the state of Louisiana

Pro-secession broadside issued by Confederate General Richard Taylor, F.H. Hatch, R.A. Hunter, and Emile Lasere, as the Committee on the part of the Louisiana Delegation at Charleston and Baltimore. Discusses preserving the sovereignty of Louisiana...

GLC05987.28

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate,...

(title continues)... copies of correspondence relative to the negroes taken on board the schooner Amistad. Contains reports and correspondence created by John Forsyth, Secretary of State, the Chevalier de Argaiz (envoy extraordinary and minister...

GLC05794

Africans taken in the Amistad: message from the President of the United States transmitting...

... (title continues) the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d ultimo, in relation to the Africans taken in the vessel called the Amistad, &c. Includes correspondence between John Forsyth (Secretary of...

GLC05795.01