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16 December 1858
Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864
Legal Summons for unidentified person
A general court will assemble at the Brainard Hotel and this person's presence is required.
GLC02744.347
circa 1861-1864
Ledger
includes Burpee
GLC02744.348
1861-1877
Pierco, Charles R., fl. 1862
Notes on the 23rd Psalm
This was written into a pocket bible on the eve of the battle of Donaldson..
GLC02744.349
20 February 1898
for Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee
Includes birth and death dates for her and her husband as well as the date they got married.
GLC02744.350
Grand is thy march eternal years
Grand all the planets in their spheres/But man is mortal! full of fears/He lives to die...
GLC02744.351
1 November 1861
Williams, Joseph D., fl. 1861
General Orders, No. 375
Enlistments are commanded to stop.
GLC02744.352
untitled poem
Features the refrain: Will my father come again?
GLC02744.353
10 October 1861
General Orders, No. 350
About the allocation of pay for volunteers' families.
GLC02744.354
7 November 1861
General Orders, No. 382
Outlines the procedure for enlistment.
GLC02744.355
23 October 1863
Exceution of Dr. David Wright
Summary of several newspaper articles on a man who supposedly shot a Yankee Lieutenant
GLC02744.356
Recollections of Members of the Twenty-First
The twenty-first remembers the what happened with Dr. David Wright.
GLC02744.357
11 July 1913
to Charles Burpee
He writes that he was not on guard the night that Dr. David Wright may have tried to escape.
GLC02744.358
10 July 1913
Baldium, J.B., fl. 1913
Hewrites that he encloses a brief account of his time working in the jail at Norfolk, VA.
GLC02744.359
19 November 1863
to unknown
Extract from a letter about the excecution of Dr. David Wright.
GLC02744.360
Copy of 360.
GLC02744.361
William Stone Hubbell
Biography of William Stone Hubbell, an officer in the twenty-first
GLC02744.362
14 September 1863
Naglee, H.M., fl. 1863
Permission granted to Mrs. Adeline Burpee and daughter to come to Fort Monroe
Official permission from the head quarters of the military governor.
GLC02744.363
10 October 1863
Johnston, Geo. H., fl. 1863
General Orders, No. 11
Procedure for officer of Volunteers wishing to resign.
GLC02744.364
17 November 1863
Burdick, C.M., fl. 1863
Receipt for Thomas F. Burpee
For the cost of shirts. He paid $6.00.
GLC02744.365
Budget sheet or scratch paper used for accounting
Shows total expenditures per month including clothing, rations, and servants.
GLC02744.366
27 August 1862
receipt for train ticket
To freight from Hartford
GLC02744.367
27 September 1862
Breck, Samuel, 1747-1809
to James G. Wilson, Esq.
All applications for copies of the new Register must be made to the Senate.
GLC07205.002
16 September 1862
Stein, Sam I, fl. 1862
to Sir
Very difficult to read but looks like "It was reported this morning that Gen R.E. Lee died of his wounds," which of course would have been a false report.
GLC07205.003
10 June 1861
Senard, Laurent, fl. 1861
to My Dear Mother
He writes that so far the life of a soldier has been peaceful because the hard fighting they expected did not occur. He is in the Salem Mechanic Light Infantry. The city of Washington was the dirtiest place he ever saw.
GLC07205.007
1859
Hollyer, S., fl. 1859
Washington Market 1859
GLC09118.34
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