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[Muster out roll for William Nerland, 35th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Signed by R. H. [Walker?], Second Lieutenant, 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. Most of the 35th United States Colored Troops enlisted men were freedmen and emancipated people from Virginia and the Carolinas.

GLC00267.228.01

[Muster roll for the 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Includes signatures of soldiers in the 19th Regiment. Contains information regarding payment to soldiers between October and December 1864. States that the soldiers were paid 24 March 1865...

GLC06133.09

[Muster roll for Company A, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Thomas S. Stewart as a witness. Includes signatures of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company A between October and December 1864. States that the...

GLC06133.10

[Muster roll for Company B, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Joseph B. Read as a witness. Includes signatures of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company B between October and December 1864. States that the Company...

GLC06133.11

[Muster roll for Company C, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain George W. Burnell, Captain F. K. Fletcher, and 2nd Lieutenant D. B. Holmes. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company C...

GLC06133.12

[Muster roll for Company D, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Reports that Company D was led by Captain James Blakeley. Signed by 2nd Lieutenant W. S. Faulkner. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company...

GLC06133.13

[Muster roll for Company E, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Lieutenants William Davis and Joseph Wheatley. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company [illegible, possibly E] between October...

GLC06133.14

[Muster roll for Company F, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Frederick K. Fletcher, 2nd Lieutenant D. B. Holmes, and 1st Lieutenant Tyler Stearns. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of...

GLC06133.15

[Muster roll for Company G, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain James H. Rickard. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company G between October and December 1864. States that the Company...

GLC06133.16

[Muster roll for Company H, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain Dan Mason and Lieutenant Tyler B. Stearns. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company H between October and December 1864....

GLC06133.17

[Muster roll for Company [I or J],19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by 2nd Lieutenants James A. Arbuthnot and Henry S. Clapp. Reports that Company [illegible, possibly I or J] was led by Captain Frank Holsinger. Includes signatures (or marks) of and...

GLC06133.18

[Muster roll for Company K, 19th Regiment, United States Colored Troops]

Perkins signs as Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Regiment. Signed by Captain William Welsh and 2nd Lieutenant Henry S. Clapp. Includes signatures (or marks) of and information regarding payment to soldiers of Company K between October and December...

GLC06133.19

[Reciept of payment for one private servant]

Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Joseph C. Oliver as Captain of Company E, 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Oliver confirms that he received payment (possibly for the service of a servant William Pane) from Major M...

GLC08474.03

[Reciept of payment for one private servant]

Signed by Hoyt as United States Army Paymaster. Signed by Ernest Longpre, of French Creole descent, who served as First Lieutenant, Company H, Third Regiment, Louisiana Native Guards. Longpre confirms that he received payment (possibly for the...

GLC08474.04

to John Eaton

General Grant states "I should have liked to have seen you ... about ... utilizing the negroes down about Grand Junction, Tenn. In writing on that subject for my book I had to rely on memory." States that the first volume of his personal memoirs is...

GLC05485.02.01

to Alexander Shiras

Discusses her husband's sickness and impending death. Comments on sympathetic visitors, her friendship with the Shiras's, and the tragedy the death will be for their son.

GLC02429.42

to Frances B. Shiras

Apologizes for not writing and explains how various chores have kept her too busy. Notes that Cecelia, the half-Indian girl living with her has gone to live with Reverend James Cook. Discusses separation from her husband Daniel. Apologizes for not...

GLC02429.23

[Watercolor of Indian family standing in front of a teepee]

Appears to be trimmed down. Associated with two 1849 issues of "The Chugg Water Journal" from Fort Laramie (see GLC05067.01 and GLC0567.02).

GLC05067.03

to "my darling little buttercup"

re: Hartsuff opens with the speculation that his address may be "Pine Ridge, &c. &c." forever and goes on to complain about the speed with which the Indians continue to deliberate and negotiate the settlement. He also asserts that peace is the only...

GLC05201.022

to "my dear wife"

re: Hartsuff reports his arrival at Fort Fetterman from Laramie, Wyoming (a journey of about one week through bad weather). On arrival at Fetterman, Hartsuff reports that he was attached to the staff of General Crook as Medical Director and that...

GLC05201.002

to Estelle Spero

Diamond writes that, as a result of his position as executive officer, he now gives instructions on Japanese weapons. He also comments that, having "fought and worked…side by side with the negro soldiers", he is "nauseated" by the reports of growing...

GLC09120.408

to Estelle Spero

Diamond mentions that the sixth anniversary of the couple's meeting has passed, and proceeds to discuss their relationship. He writes about army policy regarding different races.

GLC09120.479

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Elisabeth Von Groidl to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated February 1, 1974. Elisabeth Von Groidl is against the impeachment of President Nixon. She hopes he received a petition she previously sent with 15 signatures. She notes that...

GLC09613.02.3722.02

to Henry Knox

Written by Lieutenant Colonel Carrington, quartermaster to Nathanael Greene's Southern army, to Major General Knox. Makes reference to Congressional military appointments. Expresses anger at some Congressional decisions involving himself, saying "I...

GLC02437.01652

Journal of a cruise in the U.S.S. Portsmouth on the East India station, A. H. Foote Esqre commander, book III.

Calf cover. Refit at the Norfolk, VA Navy Yard completed on 26 April 1856. Covers U.S. activity in Asia, cruises to Hawaii, Hong Kong, China, attacks on the Barrier Forts and the second visit to Japan by an American ship.

Excerpts:

[21 September...

GLC05911.02.03

to Lucy Flucker Knox

Includes two letters, one addressed to Mrs. Lucy Knox, and one to her daughter, Miss Lucy Knox. In the first letter, to Mrs. Knox, he comments that he has tried to find out information about her family but was unable to; if he is able to visit...

GLC02437.01427

to John Cripps

Writes to his Secretary reporting that the treaty is before the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations and expects a favorable decision which he hopes will upset Ward. Recaps the road to their success but adds a few caveats relating to unwanted...

GLC03587.09

to Maria Damuth

The soldiers have been setting up camp in Berwick, tearing down old buildings and establishing their own quarters. It rains all the time and the men are woken in the night with their tents flooded, but they make the best of it. Damuth writes that...

GLC03523.14.36

The Chicago Sun [page 24-25,(October 20, 1946)]

One page of The Chicago Sun dated October 20, 1946. Features an editorial by Paul Lobik entitled Two in Ever Garage. It regards price control and housing legislation, and he suggest the republicans change their slogan to "Vote G.O.P.- and have no...

GLC09579.088

to Mom, Dad and Grandma

One letter addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz and Sarah Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated May 15, 1945. Describes the mood surrounding V.E. Day.

GLC09662.678

to Mom, Dad and Grandma

One v-mail addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz and Sarah Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated May 18, 1945. Pertains when he thinks he will be home and interacting with German soldiers.

GLC09662.680

Laws of the Cherokee Nation...

GLC07383

[Carte de viste of John Brown taken by James M. Holmes]

GLC09190.10

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.01

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.02

[to unknown recipient]

Either the 19th or the 25 of January as letter states "Friday Evening".

GLC09327.03

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.04

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.05

[to "Souli"]

GLC09327.06

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.07

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GLC09327.08

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.09

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.10

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.11

[to unknown recipient]

GLC09327.13

[to "Sauiee"]

GLC09327.14