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Official price list of clothing

Includes detailed charts of clothing, camp and garrison equipage prices. Also notes that volunteers are given an allowance of $3.50 a month for clothing or $42 a year. Notation in pencil on verso reads "Auditor for the War Department, Washington DC...

GLC02016.178

to Mary Epperly

Writes from General [J.E.B.?] "Stewards" [Stuart's] encampment, five miles from Yorktown. Notes that his company is attached to General Stuart's Horse Artillery, under Captain Pelham. Says he thinks they may have to stay with this unit until the...

GLC02715.007

to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 1:00AM. Sylvia reports to Moe about his family, says she will send him more money, she has received his allotment check. She will buy a war bond in his name for $18.75 [$25.00 bond]. Hopes he has enough money.

GLC09414.0148

to nearest relatives of Eleazor D. Wood

Circular letter from the Adjutant General's Office signed by Jones as aide-de-camp. Requests a copy of the brevet commissions conferred by President Madison during the War of 1812. Wood had been brevetted lieutenant colonel on August 19, 1814 (see...

GLC01043.06

to Joseph M. Maitland

Tells his son "Since the election has subsided to a considerable extent & the only thing that troubles the people is the coming draft tomorrow..." Mentions the defeat of General William Rosecrans (possibly referring to the Battle of Chickamauga...

GLC03523.10.108

to unknown re: reflecting on his Presidency (signed after illness)

Signed with a very shaky hand, apparently after suffering a stroke. Important letter in which Adams reflects on the foreign affairs of his presidency, especially the Quasi War and the convention of 1800. "... there was war between St. Dennis [i.e...

GLC05263

to Charles J. C. Hutson

Telegraph stating that his daughter, Emmeline Colcock died today. See GLC 8165.77-.81. Emmeline and Hutson were engaged. She died of typhoid fever. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.

GLC08165.78

to Henry Knox

Written from "Redoubt No. 3." Per Knox's orders and those of General Benjamin Lincoln, Secretary at War, he has visited the foundries of John Jacob Faesch at Mount Hope and Gabril [Gabriel?] Ogden at Pompton, both in New Jersey, and inspected the...

GLC02437.01738

Statement by the President

Signed and corrected by Truman. Honors the tenth anniversary of the Philippine commonwealth. Praises the Filipino people and notes the ordeals they experienced during World War II and the Japanese occupation. Remarks that they "are spiritually...

GLC01683

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe says he just received a package of edibles from her. He writes that the end of the war will probably not bring mass celebrations, and that he looks forward to receiving the package with the lighter and the moccasins.

GLC09414.1395

[Announcement of the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox]

Published version of Custer's letter to the soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division thanking them for their outstanding service and praising them for their courage and accomplishments at war. Issued at Appomattox Court House. Custer signed as Brevet...

GLC05071

to Col. Thomas Ward

Reily lobbied for Texas in Congress. Letter written during the escalating crisis between the United States and Mexico which ultimately led to the Mexican War. Reily writes "My heart fondly turns to Texas." Letter also discusses a diplomatic report...

GLC01778

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe agrees with Sylvia that the war is pointing toward the end. He reassures her that he is in no danger. He and the boys decided to have a party at home after all, after first having a few beers in town.

GLC09414.0897

to William J. Whittford

He writes on the Christian faith and God's will which has carried them to this point in the war. He refers to the Garrison abolitionists and their motto: "The United States Constitution is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell."

GLC07205.103

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 10 (February 22, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on the continued speech of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, City of Mexico Taken by the French, and Political Movements in the War. Also includes local advertisments and runaway slave...

GLC05959.09.144

Thanks Buddy!

One poster entitled, "Thanks Buddy!" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a soldier shaking hands with a paper boy who is carrying papers under his arm. The poster reads, "Thanks Buddy! Newspaper Boys...

GLC09654.49

Split Stereocard of Ulysses S. Grant

Image of General Ulysses S. Grant seated and looking directly at camera. 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 General...

GLC05111.01.1232

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Frederick Jahnkow to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 29, 1973. Jahnkow writes in support of the impeachment of President Nixon. He also mentions Nixon's use of tax money, and the engagement in the Vietnam War declaring...

GLC09613.02.0010

Inspection return of the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Isaac Pope Esqr. Capt.

Signed by John Davis as lieutenant and adjutant. Docketed 16 September 1780 by E. Virront, Lieutenant Colonel commanding inspection. Docketed in a second location on verso with indecipherable signature. Created at Camp Steenrapie, which was a...

GLC01450.554.02

to James Madison

The letter mentions the war in the South and Virginia, state politics, and actions in the Virginia House of Delegates. Also, mentions: British fleet, military rumors, Lord Cornwallis, General Greene, American victory in North Carolina, elections for...

GLC00099.062

to John C. Ropes re: declining to speak in Boston

"Fair minded men on the opposite sides in War, are impressed so differently by the same events that I could not hope your society would accept my statements of occurrences...". Includes collateral note dated 3/11/n.y., manuscript on Johnston's...

GLC07403

[Pencil illustration of the Cumberland Gap]

Depicts rolling mountainsides dotted with trees. Portrays forts, roads and other details specific to Civil War sites and events. Shows a rifle pit and an American flag waving atop a fortress. Signed by Hopte, who served in Company G, 42nd Regiment...

GLC03604

to Richard H. Jackson

Very difficult to read, but looks like [Seccessionist] flag has already been pawned among the mementos of the war. He mentions Hazelton who has not read a certain book but plans to later. He describes the house he and his wife currently live.

GLC07705.217

to Nancy E. Jones

"I feel as mutch assured that I will git home alive as mutch as I feel assured that this war will end in the distruction of the southern confederacy." He believes that they will soon have Vicksburg and hopes to move to Fort Donelson soon.

GLC02739.050

to Winfield Scott

Mande asks General Winfield Scott to supply his ship with supplies to enable its return to England. Letter written aboard the British ship "Favorite" commanded by Captain Mande which carried the Treaty of Ghent notifying America of peace in the War...

GLC01450.722