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to Henry Knox

Notes that he should have replied sooner to Knox's last letter, but wanted to consult [Gouverneur] Morris (Ogden's brother-in-law) first. Laments the poor state of their funds. Notes that Mrs. Ogden is ill. Written at Delaware Works, located in what...

GLC02437.04405

to Henry Knox

Lieutenant Price discusses the state of ordnance and provisions at his post. Notes, "We have been badly supplyed [sic] here with Provisions- have been out three Days at a time- and all the salt meat we have drawn has been to bad that it was merely...

GLC02437.10494

to Thomas Randall

References Randall's letter from 16 June (GLC02437.05001) and discusses specific financial notes. Also mentions $5,000 worth of drafts that William Duer has received. Says he does not want to inconvenience Randall and that Duer will make...

GLC02437.05005

to Thomas Randall

Discusses a business transaction (likely a debt) involving himself, Thomas Randall, and Mr. [William] Crammond. Notes he is in the process of securing the payment on the demand. Appears to discuss possible discounts and notes his house was used as...

GLC02437.06304

to Lucretia Bingham

They are attached to McDowell's Corps and will advance soon to cooperate with McClellan's army. The one year enlistments of two Indiana regiments have expired and the regiments have been sent back to Washington. Direct his letters to "Geo. T...

GLC03607.03

to Ann Conger

Writes to his wife that he has walked 120 miles in four days and still has another 130 miles to go into the mountains. His feet are sore but he feels great. Describes sleeping on the ground and the arduous journey ahead of him. The included...

GLC04672.04

to: Drazilla Churchill.

Churchill received his pay, but has no money left to send to his mother after paying his clothing bill. He believes he may get furlough sometime over the summer. If he does, he would like his mother "to arrange things so to kepe me thair for I am...

GLC03859.17

"To all whom it may concern"

Writes that although he had no order from R.T. Renshaw to burn a bridge at Little Washington, North Carolina, orders from Captain Graham led McKeever to "unhesitatingly say that I understood him to direct me to burn the Bridge." Signed by Mckeever...

GLC02254.36

to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown

Brown served as Paymaster Yeoman on the USS Monocacy during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. The Monocacy had served in Chinese waters for nearly 30 years, and was ordered to recapture the forts at Taku on 11 June 1900. He was trapped with the US...

GLC04546.001b

To: John H. Hilldring.

Responding to Hilldring's letter and informing Hilldring that he does not have to make reservations for the dinner since he and his wife are the guests of honor. Gans says he can arrange for Mrs. Hilldring to sit at the floor table with Mrs. Gans...

GLC06196.066

to: Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs, Washington

"Your telegram to Maj. Allen referred. No transportation can be spared at present - probably in a few weeks. We are crippled by your order to Maj. Allen fixing price of horses & mules. No contract can be made at present at that price. Perhaps...

GLC05601.003

to: Col. Carlin, Pilot Knob, Mo.

"What additional forces do you require to occupy Doniphan [Mo] & to capture Pocahontas [Arkansas]? When can you move. I have two regiments of Cavalry ready to send you if you say so. Col. Callender is preparing the light artillery you asked for....

GLC05601.025

to Henry Knox

Encloses "as near a copy as I could make of our address to the Indians," possibly referring to a recent address he and Knox made to the Penobscots in present-day Maine. Discusses copying documents related to former Governor [Thomas] Pownall's...

GLC02437.03060

to Henry Knox

Signature is clipped, but docket confirms General Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War, as the author. Written from "War Office." Writes, "I have been honored with your letter of the 18 ultimo, informing the appointments which have been made in the...

GLC02437.01726

to Isaac Toucey

Notification of having received from Toucey orders to report for duty in Philadelphia, and decision to decline promotion in order to resign from service. "...I respectfully decline it, having determined to engage in private business, I therefore...

GLC01896.040

to James Allison

One note from Eben Allison to James Allison dated April 8, 1864. The note reads "Dear Father, Gold pen and holder which please keep for me. I am "bully" Eb." The note looks like it was written on the outside of a package that was kept together with...

GLC03523.24.126

to Marcia, Cous, and "Stinky"

One letter addressed to Marcia, Warren, and Steven Abrams from Warren Schwartz dated February 3, 1945. Mentions that the Russian military may be on the verge of surrendering. Also gives opinion on the British government negotiating post-war relations...

GLC09662.656

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Blackwood is requesting that Senator Bruce send him copies of the Congressional Record, he says he will repay the Senator if there is any cost associated with sending it. This page is ripped under the salutation. It looks like there may have been...

GLC09400.224

to C. F. Manahan

Requests that Manahan make arrangements with Western Union Telegraph Company or the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company to connect lines with his private line. Offers to repeat a telephone lecture in Lowell [Massachusetts] as long as the lines are...

GLC02062

Far Enough

One wirephoto entitled, "Far Enough" taken by Associated Press dated March 13, 1965. Image is of a police officer holding a demonstrator back with a club as the demonstrator links arms with fellow protestors. Wire transfer information states that...

GLC09734.13

Negro Race

One engraving entitled "Negro Race" published by Wm S. Orr & Co dated 1851. Engraving features four Africans, two as portraits and two as profiles. In the center of the portraits there is a skull in profile. Each image is labeled with a number...

GLC09791.03

to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh

Signed "Robt" by Congressman Robert Van Valkenburgh. Writes to his mother to tell her he has just returned to Washington after a trip to Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, and then to Elmira, Albany, and New York. Says his health is better than it has...

GLC00686.23

to Henry Knox

Thanks him for his recent correspondence and for the "western" contract Samuel Shaw sent him. Will be glad to know when a new contract is ready. Thanks him for attending to his accounts of rations that he furnished Captain [likely David] Zeigler...

GLC02437.03221

to Henry Knox

Thanks Knox for information he previously sent within his private letters. Mentions Mr. [George] Hammond (the first British envoy to the United States), Mr. [John] Penn (former colonial governor), and Andrew Allen (former colonial attorney general...

GLC02437.09426

to Henry Knox

Writes to inform Knox of his "wishes that the detachment from the Regiment may joine us" if consistent with Knox's plans. They are acquiring clothing for the regiment and he wants the men to anticipate the new clothes and feel satisfaction from...

GLC02437.01307