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to Henry Knox

Writes, "I have the happiness to tell you that Mrs. Ogden is safely in Bed with a sweet little Girl." Adds that Mrs. Ogden would like Mrs. Knox to select a name for the child. Also mentions that he will receive information tomorrow about their...

GLC02437.04172

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox that he still owes Dr. McKnight a "small Bill... of two Guineas and 3/4" from the summer of 1784 when General Knox was living on Wall Street. Mrs. Knox had fallen ill, when she felt better she and Knox had left. Dr. McKnight was not...

GLC02437.04772

to Henry Knox

Asks Knox for help in dealing with her creditors. States she is widow and hopes she can keep her house.

GLC02437.04896

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated December 1, 1784. She reports the payment of 250 pounds on a Scottish mortgage. She enquires whether balloons have yet become fashionable amusements in America for travel.

GLC01795.010

to Mama

One letter addressed to Catharine Macaulay from Catharine S. Macaulay dated November 15, 1785. Pertains to her concern for her mother's health and visits with a family friend. Admires Mr. Graham for taking good care of her. She also mentions a family...

GLC01795.016

to Henry Knox

Introduces a Mr. Campbell, who is traveling from Quebec to the West Indies.

GLC02437.06052

to Lucy Knox

Reports that Mrs. Flucker arrived in New York from Antigua this afternoon with her 2 children, Thomas and Muriel. Says she is with him at Mrs. Lorings. Writes, "You will be charmed with and proud of her." She will set off from Elizabethtown either...

GLC02437.05089

to Henry Knox

Last Thursday he gave the enclosed proposals (not included) to the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands. Received a verbal answer on Friday "that it was an object of such magnitude they had concluded to consult and advise with their absent...

GLC02437.05131

to Henry Jackson

Copy. Contains two letters to Jackson from Flint, written on the same date. As Colonel [William] Duer has recently become insolvent, Flint tries to plan ways to raise the money he owes for their business arrangements, particularly regarding their...

GLC02437.05394

Addison Lee Ewing to his wife and the original letter from Mary

GLC03523.040.01

to Anne Brown Adams

Likely copied in Anne Brown Adams' hand. Awaiting his execution "very cheerful and happy," he councils her to always try and do what is good, for "the better they do the higher they rise in happiness." Looks forward to "the other world" and meeting...

GLC03007.02

to Isaac Shanks re: asking a Tonawanda chief to help his sister manage his farm

Written on stationery of the NYC Police Department. Parker was a chief in the Seneca Indian tribe.

GLC03829

[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]

"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.

GLC03969.02

to Perriton Maxwell

Asks his English agent to obtain works by the English authors George Bernard Shaw, Marie Corelli, G. K. Chesterton, and Elinor Glyn for publication in Hearst magazines. Mentions in particular, Chesterton's article, "Divorce," but advises that 100...

GLC04668

[Land indenture for the sale of Creek Indian land in "Talladega Town of Indians" to Benjamin Mattison]

Partially printed indenture between Fullote Logan, a Creek Indian woman of Talladega County, Alabama, and Benjamin Mattison. Mattison purchased the land for $500 on 9 May 1834. An autograph note by Hugh G. Banlay, clerk of the Talladega County...

GLC04679

to William Gibbons

Writing to his overseer regarding a slave he has just purchased, a blacksmith named Clem. Says Clem does not get special treatment but that "he was promised, if sold, that his wife should live with him." Also discusses buying horses. Signed "Ch...

GLC04868

Fort Pulaski, Ga. Battery A looking towards Tybee.

A print of a photograph showing Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, GA. Title taken from accompanying text.Officers of the 48th NY Infantry garrisoned the fort and posed for the camera along with their colonel, W.B. Barton, standing with his wife in the...

GLC05111.01.0247

Schenectady Booth, [Army Relief Bazaar, Albany, NY].

A print of a photograph taken at the Army Relief Bazaar held in Albany, NY from February 22nd, 1864 until that March. Title written in graphite on recto. Image of thirteen people. The people are identified by numeric notations written in graphite...

GLC05111.01.0065

"Building winter quarters"

An oval-shaped print of a photograph of Brigadier General George Stoneman (1822-1894) and four other officers sit on horses while Union soldiers stand on top of a cabin, stretching a canvas across the open roof. A tent has been erected next to the...

GLC05111.01.0074

[Band of 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, Washington Circle]

A print of a photograph of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps band. Shows 17 musicians in the grey uniforms, shakoes, and frogged jackets of the 9th Veteran Reserve Corps, posed with brass instruments. The drums are stacked in front of the group. Two...

GLC05111.01.0144

[Attesting the deceased Jonathan Horton served in the army]

Attests that doctor Jonathan Horton served in as a surgeon in the military, even though his name does not appear in hospital books or on rolls. States that his widow is therefore entitled to his pension, since he died of a "putrid fever while...

GLC06199

An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina.

"I lament- exceedingly lament, that a custom, so barbarous as well as so repugnant to every principle of humanity and justice, as the African Slave-Trade, should be continued in this or any other nation." Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co. Wrapper is...

GLC06232.13

Legal documents pertaining to the Easter Plot of 1802 [Decimalized .01-.16]

An archive of legal documents related to the Halifax County, Virginia trial of slaves following Sancho's Rebellion, also known as the Easter Plot of 1802. Includes six indictments, five mittimus warrants, one arrest warrant, and four writs of...

GLC06338

Clotelle; or the colored heroine. A tale of the Southern States.

Published by Lee and Shepard. Includes engraved plates. Previous documentation states this is the second American edition; the first edition was published in London. Clotelle is said to portray the daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Signed by Emily C...

GLC06113

[Allegorical verses on slavery]

Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry...

GLC05570

to Joseph Lord

Cotton writes from Charleston, South Carolina, where he had been called in 1698, to Joseph Lord, a minister at Dorchester, South Carolina. Lord had sailed to South Carolina with Cotton in November 1698. Speaks of mutual acquaintances in Charleston...

GLC05508.002

Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson

Relates the story of Passmore Williamson, an abolitionist who was imprisoned for helping a slave named Jane escape her master while in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Jane was already in the North, Williamson informed her she was free and...

GLC08854

A Southern girl in 61: The war-time memories of a Confederate Senator's daughter

GLC00267.351

to "Sister"

The Confederate Surgeon General agrees to show the "sister's" friend around and pledges not to mention a word to him about her "Richmond scrapes." Discusses how bored he is there and his desire to get transferred to the staff of a general. Adds a...

GLC01880

to Mrs. Grace Stevens

Mrs. Stevens's husband had been lost aboard the C.S.S. Ram. A very gracious letter.

GLC01882

to Lizzie Ellicott

Jocular letter where he talks of mutual acquaintances, taking a trip east in June, and other trivial matters. Promises her that when he becomes President, Mr. Pike will receive a diplomatic appointment "and you shall enjoy old world sights for me."

GLC01473

to Mrs. Thrasher

Confederate General Polk writes to the wife of a man identified as Colonel Thrasher to inform her that he has began an inquiry into the affairs of a man she wrote to Polk about. In an initialed postscript, he comments on the removal of Braxton Bragg...

GLC01696

Epitaph [mock epitaph on George III, "Button-Maker"]

Satirical epitaph on King George III. Compares George III to various dictatorial rulers, including Caligua and Cesar, Printed by F. Bailey. Inscribed at top to "Mrs. Rebecca Treat at Yorktown -- From Sam: Leatney [?]."

GLC01531

to Stephen Van Rensselaer

Written by Schuyler as a New York state senator to Van Rensselaer as a wealthy landowner. Thanks him for his letter of 12 July and for dispatching the letters. Says the cotton and locks arrived after he had written his daughter Elizabeth Schuyler...

GLC02498.11

to Thomas Pringle

She thanks Pringle for sending anti-slavery documents and positively critiques his poetry.

GLC00496.203

to Ronald

Queen Victoria thanks Ronald for a cup he sent for her Jubilee. She hopes to see him when she returns to Windsor. Written on black-bordered Osborne royal stationery.

GLC00496.259

to Jeremiah A. Goodman

One letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman dated July 30, 1817. Goodman was Jefferson's former plantation overseer at Poplar Forest. Item documents the cancellation of selling Sally, a three-year old enslaved child to Goodman....

GLC01084

to Henry Knox

Written by Tracy, of the well-known merchant family from Newburyport, to Major General Knox. Says his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. Jackson, are going to be staying in Philadelphia for the summer and wants his sister to be acquainted with Lucy Knox...

GLC02437.01440

to Elizabeth Smith

He expects to be in the army for quite some time but hopes to come home to visit. He will say no more about the "shop affair" since he can do nothing about it. Undated letter fragment.

GLC04189.09

to Pieter Johan Van Berckel

Written in the third person and signed in text by Knox. Presents his respects to the Minister of the United Netherlands. Explains that the custom of pallbearers attending the church of the deceased on the Sunday after the funeral is no longer...

GLC02437.03732

"Ruins in Alex[andria], 1863."

Dramatic pose of hooded woman mourning in the ruins.

GLC03029.24

Expence of travelling from Fishkill to Trentown

Written in Shaw's hand. Travelling expenses for Knox, his adjutant Monsieur Colreuse, and his man John. The total cost came to £7.7.11. Note at bottom says that Shaw borrowed 30 dollars from Knox, part of which was used to pay Knox's account at...

GLC02437.08392

to his wife

He is trying to cheer up his wife because she feels lonesome. Explains the evacuation of Corinth in detail.

GLC05981.04

to his sister

Reminisces about childhood. Gives news of travels "all over New Mexico Kansas Nebraska Iowa and some in Illinois & Indiana." Outlines his commitment to the cause of "Human Freedom," saying "[I] expect to be in it untill slavery is done away in the...

GLC07231.08

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe has just heard furloughs will begin shortly, but warns Sylvia not get her hopes up high because anything could happen. He understands that it is difficult to make ends meet and tells her to begin an aggressive anti-mosquito campaign since they...

GLC09414.0726

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe asked his father for $125 in case he does get furlough. He is increasingly confident that it will happen, and says he will let Sylvia know as soon as possible.

GLC09414.0728

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe writes that he has enclosed a Mark Twain story from Mystery Magazine for Sylvia. This letter is written on Hotel Senator stationary.

GLC09414.0736

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe writes that he received Sylvia's note written on the trail. He writes about his new ranking as T-4. He is now C.Q (charge of quarters) and has to stay up all night so he can change the guard every two hours. Moe also mentions that his distinction...

GLC09414.0744

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe says he is overwhelmed by all the things Sylvia sent him, and will have to have a party when the lights are out. Moe responds to her letter, he believes that cousin Marian will be sensible about not having children. He also says he didn't know...

GLC09414.0766

to Sylvia Weiner

Moe reminisces about the Sundays when they would leave Davy's just before dusk and ride along listening to music. He mentions that he has not heard from Ethel and Jay. He also speculates about Hy and what may cause his hypertension.

GLC09414.0771