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Autograph letter

to Edwin McMasters Stanton

2 October 1866

Baily, Joseph, 1810-1885

Working draft of letter of Baily, a former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, to the Secretary of War Stanton regarding President Andrew Johnson's reconstruction policies. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War that "the union party at this time is...

GLC05512

to William A. Williams

December 2, 1865

Heyward, William H., 1817-1889

One letter from William Henry Heyward, enslaver and proprietor of Clay Hall plantation in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, to William A. Williams dated December 2, 1865. Discusses going to Charleston to receive a pardon and to attain ownership of...

GLC00496.254.06

Gilder Lehrman Collection curator Beth Huffer discusses a 1868 Ku Klux Klan threat written to Davie Jeems, a black Republican recently elected sheriff in Lincoln County, Georgia.

New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7654 (October 18, 1865)]

18 October 1865

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Discusses President Andrew Johnson's involvement in various aspects of reconstruction. Addresses the responsibility of the Judiciary, not the Executive, in bringing former President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis to trial. Includes a full...

GLC08726.34

Video

Davie Jeems Stands Up to the KKK: Document in a Minute

to Henry Jackson Hunt

18 March 1871

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Mentions Emily Virginia Mason's biography of Robert E. Lee, for which Hunt supplied information. Discusses a compromise of Hunt's integrity, apparently regarding fabrications published about Hunt's false involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. States...

GLC02382.089

National Anti-Slavery Standard [Vol. 25 No. 14 (August 13, 1864)]

13 August 1864

American Anti-Slavery Society

One issue of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" dated August 13, 1864. Features extracts of a sermon by Reverend Charles G. Ames entitled "Dead Flies In Precious Ointment: A Discourse on Morals in America." Also features an article titled "What...

GLC09791.31

Pamphlet

[Supplemental brief from the United States Supreme Court regarding Brown v. Board of Education]

1953

United States. Supreme Court

Brief prepared on behalf of the United States for reargument by Attorney General Herbert Brownell, J. Lee Rankin, Philip Elman, and other attorneys at the Justice Department. Devoted to information regarding the case of Oliver Brown, et. al. v...

GLC05160

to George F. Morse

14 November 1866

Fiske, John D., fl. 1866

unsuccessful attempt to locate information on Mr. Folsom

GLC02180.41

Autograph letter

to Richard H. Jackson

3 April 1873

Invitation to attend an evening at an address on Mercer St.

GLC07705.262

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 10, no. 471 (January 6, 1866) - no. 522 (December 29, 1866)] [bound]

1866/01/06-1866/12/29

GLC01733.08

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 11, no. 523 (January 5, 1867) - no. 574 (December 28, 1867)] [bound]

1867/01/05-1867/12/28

GLC01733.09

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 12, no. 575 (January 4, 1868) - no. 626 (December 26, 1868)] [bound]

1868/01/04-1868/12/26

GLC01733.10

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 13, no. 627 (January 2, 1869) - no. 678 (December 25, 1869)] [bound]

1869/01/02-1869/12/25

GLC01733.11

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 14, no. 679 (January 1, 1870) - no. 731 (December 28, 1870)] [bound]

1870/01/01-1870/12/28

Includes a fold out war map of France in issue no. 729, dated December 30, 1870.

GLC01733.12

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 15, no. 732 (January 7, 1871) - no. 783 (December 30, 1871)] [bound]

1871/01/07-1871/12/30

GLC01733.13

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 16, no. 784 (January 6, 1872) - no. 835 ( December 28, 1872] [bound]

1872/01/06-1872/12/28

Leaves between pages 598-599, and 676-677

GLC01733.14

In the aftermath of the Civil War, former slaveholders struggled to adjust to the economic conditions resulting from the end of slavery as well as the destruction of plantations and markets and the population loss. Many southern...

Document signed

Selma marion memphis railroad company first mortgage eight percent bond.

1 September 1869

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Signed by President of the railroad company, Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest, an inveterate opponent of Reconstruction, used such ventures to rebuild his fortune after the Civil War. Includes 28 coupons for $40 attached. Second page includes an...

GLC01593

Spotlight on: Primary Source

“The war ruined me”: The aftermath of the Civil War in the South, 1867

Header Record

Two letters of William Henry Herdon describing Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01-/02]

1874-1885

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

GLC06648

to George May Powell

July 12, 1867

Ensign, F. G., fl. 1867

He fears the Commission will disband due to a lack of work in the East. He talks of his own future plans. Letter is written on American Christian Commission letterhead.

GLC00687.097

to Miss Dora Johnston

circa May 14, 1866

Johnston, Witter H., fl. 1861-1864

He was admitted to the Angelica last night.

GLC02167.49

Diary

1872 Diary

1872

Kiger, James S., fl. 1859-1873

Front features phases of the moon, a list of principle cities and stamp duties. Entire book blank except for the end where he does some accounting.

GLC03131.16.11

to Fred K. Read

1 May 1903

Leslie, William, fl. 1861-1903

He inquires as to when Richard H. Jackson is likely to arrive in Newport News.

GLC07705.261