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to Henry Knox

Outlines a situation concerning a Robert Richardson, sent to West Point from Springfield the previous fall. Richardson is not attached to any corps in particular, and works at the laboratory and at other positions at the post. Moodie is finding it...

GLC02437.01437

to Henry Knox

Discusses the choice for "the officers & men of the Invalid regt. to go to West Point or retire, the former on the commutation, the latter on pensions or discharges, agrable [agreeable] to their disabilities ... " Mentions the number of those who...

GLC02437.02786

to Henry Knox

Makes a proposal for producing wines from Madeira. Notes he has contacted several societies in America regarding his proposition. Proposes to pay $4 on every pipe of wine he ships to the United States for the next two years. Notes the money will be...

GLC02437.06271

to Aaron Hobart

Mentions that Mr. Thorndike, who believes Ritchie has influence with Hobart, has requested another ship sent to the Pacific Ocean, for the protection of commerce. Notes that there may be "some danger of increasing our Naval force in that Sea, lest...

GLC06313.04.091

to Mary Hughes

Reading her letters aloud to Rev. Dr. Baldwin ; Judge Thompson's deception.

GLC02166.084

to Mary Hughes

Planned escape by several prisoners through a tunnel (unsuccessful because plans were divulged by fellow prisoners); inquiring after Judge Thompson.

GLC02166.088

to Mary Hughes

"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.

GLC02166.005

to Mary Hughes

Repainting a buggy at home.

GLC02166.008

to Alfred Hughes

Not receiving the Intelligencer. With pencil note by N.A. Gray, examiner at Camp Chase.

GLC02166.018

to Mary Hughes

Health of his wife and children; financial matters at home; cramped conditions in prison; discouraging his wife from sending items from home.

GLC02166.022

to Joseph Bell

Order for dividends.

GLC02166.023

to Mary Hughes

News in the Cincinnati Gazette pertaining to exchange of prisoners.

GLC02166.025

to Mary Hughes

Enduring Sundays in prison; mending his own clothes; receiving newspapers.

GLC02166.032

to Mary Hughes

Urging his wife to write regularly; fellow inmate's decision to take the oath [of allegiance?], and Hughes' opinion in the matter.

GLC02166.035

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning his wife against a relapse; discussion of a passage from the Columbus Journal about the release of 140 citizen prisoners.

GLC02166.043

to Mary Hughes

Hopes of hearing from his wife soon, speculations as to why citizens are no longer being arrested and required to take the oath.

GLC02166.044

to Mary Hughes

Receiving no newspapers; mending his own clothes.

GLC02166.046

to Mary Hughes

Issues at home; opinions about Mr. G___ [fellow inmate who took the oath in items #35-37] and his family.

GLC02166.053

to Mary Hughes

More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.

GLC02166.056

to Mary Hughes

Darning and mending; prescriptions for headache and sore throat trouble; dental work.

GLC02166.064

to Mary Hughes

Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.071

to Ella Godley Renshaw

Writes to his wife from aboard the U.S.S. Massasoit. Expresses confusion over Ella not having received letters from him -- "I write...every two or three days, and what becomes of my letters gracious only knows." Mentions some money he has sent her...

GLC02254.25

to Eliza Cook

Short note. Letter of introduction of a house guest. Includes his third forecast of an early return when he writes, "I will be with you in two months. I am getting well very rapidly. Be patient."

GLC02570.03

to: Drazilla Churchill.

Churchill is well at present, and expects "a little brush" with the Confederate Army soon. He describes the seventy mile march from Mississippi to Tennessee, and briefly mentions that the soldiers were recently paid.

GLC03859.03

to: "Well Brothe."

Churchill's doctor has taken another bone out of his toe, thus his recovery has been slightly delayed. He seems bored and restless ("I can't find anything to do….I have nothing to write so I do this to amuse myself…"), and asks the recipient to send...

GLC03859.33

to A.M. Flinn [incomplete]

His regiment suffered heavy casualties in the battle. They were caught in the crossfire of several Yankee infantry units and within the sights of an artillery battery. He also speculates on whether Yankees in Virginia or Tennessee fight harder...

GLC04573.05

to R. S. Jones

Green assures Major Jones that the regiment will be completed despite the desertion of the Warren Company: "They left without a tangible pretext and as it happened upon the day after the great battle [possibly First Bull Run], under the imputation of...

GLC02233.08

to Henry Knox

Written by Colonel Malcom to Major General Knox. Says a Mr. Peacock will be presenting this letter and that he was formerly a subaltern in his regiment, who acquitted himself with courage. He is a refugee from New York, although he was one of the...

GLC02437.02217

to William Moultrie

Writes to Moultrie, the president of the Society of the Cincinnati's South Carolina chapter, about society business. Reports that the Society as a whole has decided to repay Major L'Enfant for money he laid out on their behalf, but without their...

GLC02437.03609

to Henry Knox

Jefferson, Secretary of State, writes Knox to hastily give his thoughts on the "treaty of Hopewell, the act of cession of N. Carolina and the act of acceptance by Congress." States that Congress's act of acceptance followed the Treaty of Hopewell...

GLC02437.04700

to Henry Jackson [incomplete]

Knox writes that he and Lucy have lost their youngest daughter. Lucy's health is hurt by her grief but she is now better. Says he has been informed that Jackson has ignored Knox's warning and has not attended to his accounting with the "rigidness"...

GLC02437.03635

[Request for provisions]

Request for twenty pounds of beef and one gallon of rum for Henry Knox and his family. Addressed to Mr. [Robert] Bell, with the docket signed by Jacob Johnson.

GLC02437.02486

to Henry Knox

Written by General McDougall to General Knox. Says he will visit with Knox to finalize spending accounts of the officers. Says he has "written to Mr. Gaine in the most perfect secrecy, to print thirteen thousand Copies, of the Commander in Chief's...

GLC02437.02512

to Henry Knox

Congratulates Knox on his recent promotion. Informs him that he has "been again prevailed upon to accept the disagreeable task of procuring this Towns Quota of Recruits for the Continental Army," a task which is "all times disagreeable but more...

GLC02437.01443

to Henry Knox

Document contains two parts. In the first part, dated 11 March 1789 and written from Hilsborough, John C. Vance declares that he is en route to the Cumberland River and after that to the Ohio territories. Asks if Knox can acquire for him a Spanish...

GLC02437.04141

[Order for one gallon rum or brandy for the Knox family]

Order issued by Captain Lillie, an aide-de-camp to Major General Knox, for the delivery of one gallon of country rum or the value of it in brandy to the Knox family. A Christopher Smith signed on verso that the rum was received.

GLC02437.02470

[Provision order]

Order for one quart of rum, charged to General Henry Knox's account.

GLC02437.02521

[Provision order]

Request for one gallon of rum for General Henry Knox and his family. Docket signed by Christopher Smith.

GLC02437.02561

[Receipt]

Partially printed document with subsequent information written in by hand. Note of receipt to Henry Knox for three guineas for the subscription of two prints, one of the battle at Bunker Hill and the other of the death of General Richard Montgomery...

GLC02437.08633

to Jeremiah Wadsworth

Informs he has persuaded the board of treasury to give orders on Mr. Imlay for $3000, which Knox encloses in another public letter of this same date. States that if Wadsworth could negotiate $1000 more, he will try to get the board to give that sum...

GLC02437.03475

to Henry Knox

Written from Fort Washington, present-day Cincinnati, Ohio. Marked "Private, Personal & Confidential." Provides his opinion that [Winthrop] Sargent should be kept on as Adjutant General, but only if the appointment is sanctioned with a rank....

GLC02437.05318

[Reporters outside courthouse where Capt. Wirz was tried]

Group of men (probably reporters, as evidenced by their pads of paper and pens) most likely gathered outside the courthouse where Capt. Wirz was tried. With various inscriptions on verso.

GLC06999.32

Execution of Wirtz of Andersonville

View of the gallows as the noose is placed around Capt. Wirz's neck. Union soldiers with bayonets surround the platform. With graphite inscriptions on verso.

GLC06999.34

Camp of Confederate Prisoners

Photograph taken after the Battle of Spotsylvania. With pencil inscriptions on verso.

GLC06999.29

to his wife

Writes about the food, an adventure with his regiment, and the rumors that have surfaced around camp. Hopes Vicksburg, Mississippi has fallen by now. Gives a short weather report.

GLC05981.14

to his wife

Hopes that the war ends soon. Asks her to tell Uncle Jack that three of his pieces have been published. Encloses copies of Lee's and Johnson's proclamations to the people of Maryland, and praises Lee's leadership: "Did any General ever give greater...

GLC06582.41

to his wife

Reasons that she may not be letter writing as much because she is staying at a "frontier place" where communication can be "occasional & uncertain." He informs her that Col. Taylor has heard from Col. Deas that George should have no trouble receiving...

GLC06582.47

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, An Evaluation

GLC08880.040

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, An Evaluation for America's New Dedication Day (2 copies)

another version of GLC08880.040

GLC08880.041

Brutus and Caesar

Reproduced from Punch.

GLC05603.02.90