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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

Agreement

Agreement between Knox and Life Wilson. Wilson will take care of the saw mills, grist mills, locks, and canals in Warren County. Wilson is also in charge the employees of the these mills. They agree to split the shares of the grist mill. Knox...

GLC02437.07480

to Henry Knox

Notifies Knox he has reserved the best housing he could find for Knox's family during their visit to New York. Says he has sent Mr. Freeman to get money from Knox's account. Mentions that he is expecting Samuel Shaw to arrive later this month....

GLC02437.05650

to Henry Knox

Reports that the magazines for the month of February have been shipped on board the Lydia, under Captain Hall. Returns Thomas Moss's unpaid bill on Grimanney & Co. (GLC02437.00005). Encloses an order and Thomas Bralston's bill on Lane & Co. Has...

GLC02437.00008

to Robert Jr. and Peter Livingston re: suspicious of Peter Bard

Lawrence writes that Peter Bard has said that he will pay his account to Robert Jr. and Peter Livingston by the end of the month, if not in full, then at least the greater portion. He regards Bard with suspicion, however, and warns the Livingston's...

GLC03107.02547

to: "my dear children."

He has fallen behind in collecting the money he intended to send to them. He will start a job at a Road House tomorrow for $25 per month and lodging. A man is going to ask the government to either purchase his bridge or pay for using it. Laps and...

GLC05245.17

People's press. [Vol. 12, no. 46 (March 20, 1863)]

Secretary Seward's Plan for Restoring the Union.
An article describes a night's experience in a typical army camp, while another outlines the history of small pox. The remarks of Mr. Warren on a congressional bill are included. An article describes...

GLC05959.27.05

to R. West

References his mother's and Mary's letters. Says he is finally in Shanghai "after one of the hardest passages I ever made, to, or from, the Indies." Says their sails froze to the mast in January and they could barely get them set. Goes on to describe...

GLC03836.03

Engraving of Blanche Somerset, Baroness Arundell of Wardour

One engraving of Blanche Somerset, Baroness Arundell of Wardour dated 1836. Half portrait of Somerset.

GLC08878.1567

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...

GLC00267.274

to John Bryant

Notes his receipt of "a return of Ordnance and Stores for the month of April." Discusses his receipt of a letter from a Mr. Cranch, who he supposes "is now completing the business in his line at Springfield, after which he will go to West Point...

GLC03432.020

Gen'l. Butlers lookout on the Appomattox [River] near Broadway Landing, Bermuda Hundreds, VA. [1864 ca.]

Title taken from inscription on recto. Huge signal tower built by General Benjamin F. Butler with a signalmen standing on various levels and several men posed in front of it. Modern graphite inscription on mount suggests the photo was taken by J...

GLC05111.01.0109

to Eleanor Hammond

Received two letters from her last night, one dated 11/23/64 and the other 11/25/64. Happy she included four extra postage stamps in one of them. Leg is "almost well." Weather is "very warm." Has recovered from his cold. Beef for dinner tonight. If...

GLC09273.12

Chapel of the 50 Engineers NY Vols in front of Petersburg, Va. [Poplar Grove] 1865.

Title taken from inscription on verso. The well constructed chapel, with a ornamental Engineers Castle insignia mounted above the door, is on the left side of the image. Black men, women and children stand in front of nearby smaller wooden...

GLC05111.01.0529

[Poem praising John Augustine Washington]

Written in praise of Washington, who died 13 September 1861. States "No soldier of fortune, no seeker or pelf, No lover of glory and fame; But simply a man who was true to himself, The home where he'd dwelt and his name..."

GLC02953.02

to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard

Replies to Beauregard's forwarded report by William Echols of 20 April 1863. "I have directed Col. Shannon to call on two Divisions...for the month of May, which I hope will enable the Engineer to complete the works, as the cultivation of the...

GLC09216

Engraving of Martha Coffin Wright

One engraving of Martha Coffin Wright dated circa 1880. Bust portrait of Wright.

GLC08878.0986

Engraving of Emma Willard

One engraving of Emma Willard dated circa 1880. Profile portrait of Willard.

GLC08878.0887

to his parents, brother-in-law and sister

He write that he is now on the right wing not far from the Atlanta, Georgia railroad. Reports that during the night as they were moving they were attacked by Confederates who were severely "whipped for their tenacity that they may stick to Atlanta."...

GLC07460.091

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Discusses New Jersey politics. Expresses disappointment regarding results of elections for general officers. States that McKenzie was elected to an unspecified office due to pressure from the Frelinghuysen and Fish supporters (two families with a...

GLC02382.072

Universal Negro Catechism: A Course of Instruction in Religious and Historical Knowledge Pertaining to the Race.

One booklet entitled, "Universal Negro Catechism: A Course of Instruction in Religion and Historical Knowledge Pertaining to the Race," dated 1921. Contains questions and answers related to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, history of Africa and the...

GLC09825

From Camp to College, the Story of Japanese Student Relocation

One pamphlet entitled, "From Camp to College: The Story of Japanese American Student Relocation," dated April 17, 1945. Printed by the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council. Details the history of the council's inception and success...

GLC09691

to James W. Breedlove re: his anger about Sen. Conrad's attack on him

"The attack of Mr. Conrad in the United States Senate upon me...He had hitherto in all his public speeches approved my course..." Requests History of Judge Martin and declares....the reign of the Whiggs will terminate with the present Congress, when...

GLC06789.03

[Discharge papers for Henry White]

Signed by Lee as mustering officer. Signed by Robert Duke Bradley as Captain, Florida Volunteers. States that White, who enrolled in Bradley's company of volunteers 21 February 1857, is discharged from service after serving his six month term....

GLC01660

Ghastly Glipse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

In this photpograph is a man who is very seiously injured. He has bandages covering his face and hands. There is a nurse sitting by his side and two other wounded soldiers who look like they are in a better condition in the background. Women who...

GLC09584.123

to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Robert Winemiller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated June 6, 1943. Robert describes a training situation in which he was in a fox hole with tanks operating directly above them to which he said "Quite the sensation!" He also lists women...

GLC09611.054

Proclamation. To the inhabitants of Kentucky!

Urging Kentuckians to join the Confederate cause, during his first raid into Kentucky. Proclaims: "Better death in our sacred cause, than a life of slavery! Young men of Kentucky flock to my standard, it will always wave in the path of honor, and...

GLC04892

[Black soldiers]

"God save the republic. Never in field or tent scorn a black regiment." Issued "in commemoration of emancipation in Maryland." With George Boker's Poem 'The Black Regiment', and vignettes of colored troops in battle, slaves on the auction block...

GLC08358

to Samuel Adams, et al. re: British policy & the potential loss of the colonies

"History shows that by these Steps great Empires have crumbled heretofore; and the late Transactions we have so much Cause to complain of, show that we are in the same Train, and that without a greater Share of Prudence and Wisdom than we seem on...

GLC07651

[Official copy of Henry W. Halleck's General Order No. 6]

Halleck lays down the law for "all persons found in arms against the authority of the United States" in Virginia and North Carolina less than one month after the surrender at Appomattox. Headed: "Head Quarters, Military Division of the James...

GLC00898.01

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he sent him and the doctor some melons. Discusses the progress Knox is making with the people on the patent lands (possibly the Waldo patent lands). Mentions he can forward Knox an addition to his stores (funds) if he stays another month...

GLC02437.06196

[Accounts]

Lists the accounts of disposed goods at various locations. Lists items by type, amount and amount of consumption. Also includes two inventory lists of the amount of goods available, notes regarding goods and cattle and a list of the work done at...

GLC02437.08738

[Bombardment of Pearl Harbor]

Image printed on board of Japanese aerial view of attack on Pearl Harbor. Japanese "zero" plane with can be seen in image. Japanese text in caption.
From the Naval History and Heritage Command's catalog: "Japanese Navy Type 97 Carrier Attack Plane...

GLC09552.07

Minutes of the proceedings of the third convention of delegates from the abolition societies established in different parts of the United States, assembled at Philadelphia...

(title continues)... on the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and continued, by adjournments, until the seventh day of the same month, inclusive. Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Jr. Cites the names of delegates from the...

GLC05833

What President Wilson Says

One pamphlet entitled What President Wilson Says by the New York State Woman Suffrage Party, dated 1917. This is a promotional for New York's successful 1917 referendum on woman's suffrage. Its focus was on President Wilson's statements in support of...

GLC10124

to Henry Knox

References Knox's letter of 17 July. Will forward the letter Knox included for David Cobb. Claims that Cobb will write him and President Washington about the Postmaster General position. Tells Knox that Cobb's situation is "a very unpleasant one."...

GLC02437.05081

[Resolutions for Revolutionary War generals' pay]

Three resolutions regarding pay. The earliest sets major generals' pay at $166 per month, and double that when they serve in two departments. The next two issue General Richard Montgomery, commander of American forces in Canada, additional money....

GLC02437.00216

to his aunt

Written to his aunt, Mrs. George A. Frick (Rebecca Frick). He has been given orders to act as inspecting officer of the sub-district which includes five counties. Writes that due to these orders, his expenses will increase and asks his aunt to...

GLC02016.091

to R. Opues

Writes to the Adjutant General of the United States Army in Washington, D.C. regarding the physical properties of the Mississippi River and how it has influenced the development and history of America. Discusses using the river for the defense of the...

GLC03542

to James Mercer

Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave...

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