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Considerations continued no. 2

Discussion of the plausibility of a "drawback," or export tariff on goods before they left England so that the final price in the colonies would be slightly higher but a tax would not be added on in the colonies, in an effort to lessen opposition to...

GLC07654.21

An act for granting compensation to the sufferers . . .

GLC07654.26

Address of House of Representatives to Governor Bernard re: charter rights

GLC07654.27

Account of proceedings . . . on the affair of compensation

GLC07654.29

to Joseph Harrison re: dissatisfaction with Massachusetts Assembly

Written at Grosvenor Square

GLC07654.31

to George Grenville re: update of Assembly proceeding against Colden

GLC07654.36

Copy of a circular letter to colonial governments re: taxes imposed on colonies

GLC07654.37

to George Grenville re: update of Assembly proceeding against Colden

GLC07654.38

to Dr. Thomas Moffatt re: anti-British sentiments in the Colonies

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GLC07654.39

to George Grenville re: Colden's vindication in the Assembly

GLC07654.40

to Elizabeth Smith

His legs are bothering him again. He hopes to either get a job as a blacksmith in the brigade or get a transfer to the invalid Corps. Currently his regiment is guarding the supply train [wagons] against guerrilla attacks.

GLC04189.51

to Elizabeth Smith

Discusses the problem of locating Confederate guerrillas. He is very ill and his legs are swollen. He predicts that the war will be over soon.

GLC04189.53

to unknown [fragment]

The rebels have torn up the road between camp and Frederick, Maryland and are now within 5 miles of the federal camp.

GLC04189.11

to Charles Carroll Smith

Discusses visiting friends in another regiment. He received his pay but his money and overcoat were stolen. He discusses thievery in camp and loading the wounded on to boats at Acquia Creek.

GLC04189.21

to mother

He will stay in the South for two or three months. He has borrowed $3000 from Mr. Pratt and is investing in stock [selling horses and mules in South Carolina, see # 68 ] speculation. He has been formally relieved of duty and is anxious to get home...

GLC04662.108

to mother

He has purchased his stock and will start South immediately.

GLC04662.109

to mother

He has been renting out his teams, but will now sell them. He received a job offer from Pratt & Co. and plans to accept it.

GLC04662.112

to mother

He encloses $30 and contains a list for the dispersal of the money as Christmas gifts. Date inferred from information in letter # 85.

GLC04662.125

William Crans

GLC06627.01.28

to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: support for action against Robert Livingston

Walter states that John Adams has been elected to be a minister for the Court of London, and is also a minister at the Hague. Additionally, Walter supports his father's decision to take legal action against Robert Livingston (1746-1813) in order to...

GLC03107.03570

[Lincoln assassination reward]

Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay...

GLC04527

First address to Congress re: death of Roosevelt and his legacy in Europe

"The Laws of God and Man have been violated and the guilty must not go unpunished." Typed document reproduced by an offset process. Signed on page 4.

GLC07529

Anonymous note re: division of American bill

"The American bill if Divided into different bills will most certainly meet with less opposition..."

GLC07654.01

to George Grenville re: illicit trade in America, Holland, and other ports

GLC07654.03

Principles of Law & Policy applied to British Colonies in America

GLC07654.04

to George Grenville re: improprieties in collecting taxes in Colonies

GLC07654.05

List of undischarged taxes from the Colonies

GLC07654.07

Notes from Treasury Council meetings

GLC07654.16

to William Hull

Appeals to Hull, commanding at West Point, to settle a matter concerning the paymaster's refusal to grant him subsistence pay corresponding to his rank as Major. Informs Hull that he hopes to bring the matter before Congress, and in the meantime...

GLC02437.02959

to Henry Knox

Written in Bristol, Broad Bay (present-day Maine). Hopes to be able to purchase one or two hundred acres of land from Knox. Asks what price Knox would charge for the land, and discusses his method of payment. Writes, "I expect some familys here...

GLC02437.03123

to James Kelly

He is on leave and visited Kelley's house. He encourages his friend to keep his spirits up and to follow the surgeon's instructions.

GLC04197.28

to: sister.

Forwards the description of the regiment's last battle, along with news of his own recent sickness. Sends a list of items he feels that he needs, including blankets, socks, stamps and other such items.

GLC07164.28

to Edward Telfair re: condemning the import of Black enslaved people into Georgia

Written as former delegate from Georgia to the current Governor, condemning the importation of Black enslaved people into Georgia as a ploy to increase the state's congressional representation. Portion of embossed tax stamp on bottom of paper. Few...

GLC04842.05

to Alexander Mouton

Thanks Mouton and the Louisiana legislature for a resolution that repaid to him a fine from 1815. He thanks them for "wiping from my memory the past imputations." In 1815 Judge Hall fined Jackson for enforcing martial law in New Orleans. Jackson...

GLC04914

Ruins of Fort Morgan, Alabama

Image shows exterior wall of Fort Morgan. Heavy artillery damage is evident. Graphite inscription on verso "Aug. 23, 1864" "1.75--." Ink inscription on verso "Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mobile Bay, Ala., showing the effects of Farragut's...

GLC05111.02.1357

to Gideon Welles re: on Stephen Logan's request for Navy job for young man

A note, written as an endorsement on Logan's letter to Lincoln, supporting Stephen Logan's appeal on behalf of a young man for a navy clerkship. "The writer of this is almost a father to me...."

GLC06646

re: selling public lands at auction

Bound with white ribbon at top. "Supreme Court of the free states of Coahuila and Texas. The Governor of the State of Coahulia, to all its inhabitants known: that the Congress of this state have decided as follows... the vacant lands of the state...

GLC06392

To: Major General E.O.C. Ord.

Following victory at Vicksburg: "Genl Grant evidently wants me to push after Johnston."

GLC08011

to: "My dear Mother."

Writes "They are paroling some of the sick here, & I suppose they will be sent South in a few days."

GLC02234.18

to: George M. Morris.

Joseph reports that they wade out to the oyster beds after the tide goes out early in the morning. General McClellan's division is coming soon so he should see Charles. Written at Camp Hamilton

GLC06451.029

to Mary Kelly

The weather has been bad. The regiment moved 16 miles east of their former position at Branch Bridge. The journey, made by rail, proved disastrous as the train let them off in a field with no tents. Two days later another train picked them up and...

GLC04197.17

[to Tobias Gibson]

The date is inferred from the election years in which the politicians mentioned ran for office. Discusses various political figures such as William Seward, Francis P. Blair (former Free Soiler), Lewis Kossuth, James Buchanan, Daniel Webster and...

GLC04501.063

to mother

Discusses the impending Union victory and peace. Describes General Philip H. Sheridan's campaign and reports he is under marching orders and expects to move soon. Declares that he "hope[s] and pray[s] that we may be able to strike the death blow to...

GLC03523.18.55

to Richard S. Ewell re: the destruction in Virginia

Ewell notes, "All rolling stocks on the rail road should be sent to the rear immediately... bridges burnt and every thing destructible in the V(irginia) V(alley) destroyed... Should the enemy come on we can deal with him." The letter has been...

GLC06923

to unknown re: explanation of the Import Law with regard to Hemp duty

GLC06799

Daily Journal Extra... "2 P.M. Richmond is taken. The city is on fire"

Double column broadside prints Stanton's telegraph.

GLC06809

Six items re: prisoner exchanges after battle of Springfield [Decimalized .01- .07]

1. John C. Fremont. DS: Springfield, Mo. 5 November 1861. 4 p. "Proclamation to all peacably disposed citizens of the State of Missouri..." Cosigned by Sterling Price.
2. Little, Henry. DS: Cassville, [Mo.] 5 November 1861. 1 p. + docket....

GLC06821

Charge of Meagher's Irish Brigade... Fredericksburg

Black and white ink and gouache painting of the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862. It depicts Meagher's Irish Brigade (the 63d, 69th and 88th NY, 115 PA and 28 Mass.; shown carrying a battle flag with Irish harp) charging Marye's Heights....

GLC07065

to Joseph Hooker re: release of injured Union prisoner

GLC07058

A Grand Slave Hunt or Trial of Speed for the Presidency... [cartoon]

Lithograph cartoon. Rest of title: "...between the celebrated Nags Black Dan [Webster], Lewis Cass and [Robert Y.] Hayne." Lithograph cartoon depicting the U.S. Capitol in background and Millard Fillmore carrying a copy of Fugitive Slave Bill.

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