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[Draft for payment in account with Henry Knox]

Draft in account with General Knox "[f]or his pay for the year 1783..." at the amount of $2,472. Includes a breakdown of the amount, consisting of actual salary per month, clothing account, and as "head of the Ordnance, while he receives the...

GLC02437.10200

to J.M. Maitland

Letter to cousin includes a description of an excerpt describing their father's history from "Mrs. Carlisle & Family." Writes that J.M. is probably better posted about "National affairs" than he is, and there isn't any new news to report besides...

GLC03523.10.030

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Reuben M. Perloff to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated October 23, 1973. Perloff supports the impeachment of President Nixon and believes "The recent acts of the President threaten our existence as a nation of laws, and have...

GLC09613.02.0186

to Arthur Ruhl

One typed letter dated Port-au-Prince, April 29, 1931 from Dana G. Munro. Relays his time spent with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Has a desire to "give the Haitians a maximum opportunity of running them properly after our people get out."...

GLC09757.13

[The Collings Foundation B-24 Liberator Fundraiser]

A small booklet with a picture of a B-24 liberator in color with the history of the program and contribution categories.

A post-it note with the collection notes "Program from an air show Bob and I [Sheila Stone] attended in Punta Gorda, FL in the...

GLC09620.203

Letter to Mr. W. H. Sutherland

One letter from Henry Longfellow to W. H. Sutherland, dated June 19, 1877. Longfellow informs Sutherland that the pseudonym "Joshua Coffin" was mistakenly ascribed to him in the "Homes Of American Authors" book. Longfellow says that Joshua Coffin was...

GLC09690.02

to William Higgens re: instructions to pay Sidi Ahmet's monthly pension

Davis encloses an "unsealed letter to the ex-Bashaw" (GLC02794.122), and instructs the U.S. Naval Agent at Malta to pay the ex-Bashaw a monthly pension of $200/month "[i]n case Sidi Ahment shall accept the terms proposed to him in my letter . . . ."...

GLC02794.122

[Collection of Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry] [decimalized]

Fighting the Sioux [18 letters]. Edwin Jackson 6th Regt. Minn. Vols. collection of letters, many written on patriotic stationery. Very detailed and descriptive accounts of Indian atrocities against civilians and battles. On 12 October 1862, he...

GLC00203

[Certificate pertaining to Captain Anthony Post]

Written in the hand of Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp. Created at an artillery park at or near New Windsor, where Knox was located in June 1781. Certifies that Post has served as Captain of Artillery Artificers stationed at Fredericksburgh, New...

GLC02437.00973

to Clara M. Miller

re: He is leaving to Good Hope Bay for a month or two. The group was supposed to leave that day but was postponed because of a blizzard. He had his picture taken with the dogs. Mentions all the dogs' names. Also mentions the accounts of the day the...

GLC05755.026

to John Bryant

Discusses accounts related to military stores at the Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, both payments and orders. Says he has not seen [Samuel] Hodgdon and therefore does not know the amount to pay some of the officers. Authorizes Bryant to...

GLC03432.002

to Frank A. Hilton

Letter written in response to a request for an autographed letter written by his son, Ulysses S. Grant. He writes, "I have no letter from him written for such a purpose..." He also gives a brief history of the family and concerning his son he states...

GLC00655.12

To Francois Barbede Marbois

The delay in transmitting to Marbois letters containing his notes on the State of Virginia. Jefferson states that he: "...was obliged by the movements of the enemy to retire from my house at the same time, to which I did not return till the month of...

GLC08029

Battle of Nashville

Six stanza poem dramatizing the action at the Battle of Nashville. Each stanza has a heading: "The Preparation," "The Night Scene," "The Prelude," "The Second Day," The Chief," and "The Charge." The stanza titled "The Chief," is the shortest and is...

GLC02135

to Henry Knox

Lieutenant Pratt discusses making preparations for his men to march to Fort Pitt (see GLC02437.04010). Complains at length that he will receive only one month's pay without subsistence, and that the "Old Soldiers" under his orders were not included...

GLC02437.04013

The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held in London [American Revolution]

Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland: "The sufferings of our brethren in America... have principally arisen from that confusion and distress which are inseparable from war..."; and another...

GLC07635

Reports of the Secretary of War and the Commander-in-Chief.

Includes reports submitted to President Abraham Lincoln by Stanton, Secretary of War, and Halleck, General-in-Chief. Stanton states "The colored troops have been allowed no bounty, and, under the construction given by the department, they can only...

GLC00267.325

[Article about the Noyes family]

Newspaper article from the Westerly Sun. It talks about the Noyes family and their influence in the area, especially in terms of property holding. The history dates back to Reverend James Noyes, who was the first pastor of the First Church of Christ...

GLC02150.48

People's press. [Vol. 13, no. 31 (December 3, 1863)]

Suffering of Soldiers in Bragg's Army, Chickamauga a Month After the Fight.
An editorial deplores the practice of kidnapping free white men for conscription. A brief article describes the desolation of harvest and land near Richmond. Governor Vance...

GLC05959.27.18

[Provision return for army rations issued]

Signed by William Price, an officer of the police, and Major Samuel Shaw, an aide-de-camp to General Knox. Provision return for one lieutenant police officer for the garrison of West Point for the month of August 1783. A total of 93 rations were...

GLC02437.02358

The Pursuit of Excellence: Education and the Future of America

One pamphlet entitled, "The Pursuit of Excellence: Education and the Future of America," dated 1958. Item is a report prepared on education reform in the United States. Identifies issues within the system, different approaches to subjects taught in...

GLC09640.244

to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Robert A. Winemiller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated December 5, 1942. Robert tells Leonard of an eighty mile hike he will be participating in. He notes "Still no women!" Fuzz thinks that his and Dotty's relationship is ending, which...

GLC09611.026

Male Call: Contor Map

One comic entitled Male Call by Milton Caniff sent by Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated October 22, 1944. Features four panels of women in fancy dresses posing. In the last panel it comments "You mean you...

GLC09611.351.02

[Photograph of four African Americans at Prince Hall Shriners event]

One undated black and white photograph of four African Americans. Image is of two men in military uniforms sitting with two women at a table. There are names written on the bottom edge identifying the individuals (from left to right) as Glen, Kaye...

GLC09724.11

to Henry Knox

Places an order for religious books, providing money in advance and relying on Knox's honor to offer a fair price. Williams was a graduate of Harvard University and a Reverend. Books ordered include: Cruden's "Concordance," Dr Dodd's "common place...

GLC02437.00084

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Clarence T. Griep to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated January 1, 1974. Griep supports the impeachment of President Nixon. He mentions a growing disillusionment about the Nixon administration and writes, "It is becoming...

GLC09613.02.0582

Fortifications and munitions, Morris Island, SC [split stereocard]

The image shows large fortifications with stocks of munitions and a cannon in the background. Inscription on image: "Photographic History." Numeric notations on verso: "339" and "297." Inscription on verso: "[Wa]r Views. [Interior view of Ft. J...

GLC05111.01.1258

[Photograph negative of a group]

One photograph negative of a group dated circa 1940. Features a group of three women and one man standing in a field their backs are to the camera.

GLC10047.02.832

to Lucy Knox

Year and day cited, but no month. Month inferred based on content. Recently visited posts in the Highlands (New York) with General Nathanael Greene. Notes that "Mr. Wm. continues yet quiet in his quarters, but we have still reason to think he...

GLC02437.00679

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One postcard from Shirley Seawell to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated 1973-1974. Seawell supports the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, "How well history and the world judges if we allow three more years of this behavior and the lack of...

GLC09613.02.1038

A New Indian Policy--The Red Man's Rights in Jeopardy

One pamphlet entitled, "A New Indian Policy--The Red Man's Rights in Jeopardy" written by Samuel M. Brosius dated June 1902. Pertains to the history of indigineous peoples in North America, colonization by the Dutch and English and various treaty...

GLC10051.58

to Charles Everett

Announces the arrival of the Treaty of Ghent in Washington, D.C., which ended the War of 1812, and favorably assesses it as "perfectly honorable to the UStates." Also comments that the Battle of New Orleans "gives its men a splendour which will...

GLC05568

to Sebastian Bauman

Encloses an account of the cannons and other ordnance Major Bauman is to bring down to the Chesapeake from Baltimore. Coordination with other ordnance vessels will be organized by George Washington and another General [Mordecai] Gist. Also discusses...

GLC02437.01170