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c. (Senate bill, no. 109.) . . . An act to amend an act entitled "An act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved February 17th, 1864.

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GLC06745.016

to Amos J. Harding

Yesterday, Lyon received Harding's letter containing vouchers; very glad to hear from Harding. Was pleasantly located at Rolla, Missouri for two weeks when they "received orders emanating from the War Department to report to Major General Grant at...

GLC02178.01

to Amos J. Harding

Asks Harding to purchase $5 worth of Smoking Tobacco for him. Only wants good Tobacco and thinks it is 75 cents per pound, but Harding should not pay more than that price. Tells Harding that he is the "judge of the article." Harding should send it...

GLC02178.02

Religion of reason, no. 4. The one test of character. A discourse by Gerrit Smith, in Peterboro, July twenty-second, 1860.

Published in New York City by Ross & Tousey. In closing, Smith writes, "The morals and manners of a church should be such, as to realize our highest conceptions of human dignity... Church of Peterboro! Be true to your own God at the approaching...

GLC04717.07

To the Liberty Party

Discusses the Liberty Party's objectives, including the foremost goal of overthrowing slavery. Analyzes modification and expansion of party objectives, regarding issues such as banks, tariffs, and association with slaveholders.

GLC04717.30

Spain. --- Cuba.

Discusses Spain's history of slaveholding and the role of other nations to end slavery in Cuba.

GLC04717.64

to Mary Magie

The regiment has moved to Louisville. He and a few other officers have taken possession of a building to use as their quarters. The contraband cook is practicing his spelling. He received a letter detailing Eddy's illness. He wants his son...

GLC05241.07

to mother

His "boy" Isaac, who is nineteen years old, wants an education. He can read and write a little and "is quite a mathematician." He requests a first grade reader, a geography book, and an arithmetic book for Isaac's education. He was not approved...

GLC04662.053

[Pierre L'Enfant's expenses on behalf of the Society of Cincinnati]

Lists expenses related to L'Enfant's ten-week trip to France as an emissary of the Society of Cincinnati, during which time he arranged to have the society's diploma engraved and eagle insignia made. Some non-specific calculations appear on the...

GLC04379.25

to Nathaniel Wordin

Apologizes profusely for not writing sooner. Describes a wagon journey he took to Jackson, Mississippi. Explains that they crossed the river, entered the Choctaw Nation, and reached the prairie where the roads were almost impossible to pass because...

GLC04601.14

to Henry Knox

Mentions he has been dining, drinking freely, and enjoying the evening. Informs Knox he enclosed a letter from Captain Thomas Vose and Captain Gamaliel Bradford Jr. Describes Bradford's character and his past military experience. Recommends...

GLC02437.06100

to unknown

Thanks the recipient for visiting with [Alexander] McGillivray. Hopes that the recipient and McGillivray can come to dinner since he missed their visit. Possibly written to Henry Knox.

GLC02437.04660

to Henry Knox

Interesting letter to Knox, still concerning the insurgents, who apparently call themselves Indians. States Mr. Joseph Jones saw 60 insurgents who were looking for Ulmer and his party; 16 of the men Jones could identify. Says the men are from the...

GLC02437.07614

to William Knox

Rants about not receiving any letters from Knox. Discusses in detail the "fatal Catastrophe of our Navy," commanded by Benedict Arnold, on Lake Champlain, as well as subsequent activities around Crown Point and Fort Ticonderoga, including the...

GLC02437.00477

to Mary Kelly

Reports that he left Camp Floyd, Utah, to punish Indians who were murdering emigrants on the North California road; Moore's party attacked an Indian encampment at dawn, killing twenty and driving off the rest.

GLC04194.22

to George William Curtis

Requests details on Curtis's interview with Grant. Asks if he has heard anyone besides Grant assert that Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was removed from chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations because of negligence. Curtis was...

GLC03998.07

[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].

Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.

GLC08217

[General Orders No. 5].

Notifies non-commissioned officers and privates that they may reenlist, and informs paymasters to pay them at the full bounty enacted by Congress on 3 March 1795. Wayne was the general in command of the United States Army in Greeneville, Ohio.

GLC04864.01

to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart of President Madison's approval of the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.. Shares his insight on the war by stating that "we have ... not obtained Peace by War,... but have lost much of that we possessed".

GLC06313.04.042

to Joseph B. Varnum

Shepherd, appointed by the President of the U.S., previously held the position of Collector of the Revenue for the 17th District of the counties of Hampshire, Hampton, and Franklin. He had retired from the position with the hope of having it...

GLC03845.14

to Joseph B. Varnum

Informs of letter he received from James dated December 6, which stated that Mr. Prince of Newburyport was nominated to the Senate for Collector for the District. Swett requests a recommendation on behalf of Varnum and James to name him Naval...

GLC03845.21

to Thomas Gage

Re: Indian policy in the wake of mounting troubles on the frontier, fed by spanish and French agents

GLC08119.01

to Henry Knox

Written at Fort Herkimer. Expresses concern that the departure of Colonel [Philip van] Cortlandt's regiment left the Fort's artillery and stores in a vulnerable state: "...we are no protection to the Inhabitants & in Case the Enemy should make an...

GLC02437.01107

Memorandum of an agreement or lease between Charles Wilcox and J.Q.A. Ward and Robert Cushing.

Lease for "unbounded priveledge of working a quarry " on Wilcox's farm. Wilcox will receive $3 for each ton of marble taken. 5 cent red stamp below signatures.

GLC06343.291

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's sculpture on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.

GLC06343.260

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's "very kind and assuring letter" on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.

GLC06343.261

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 50 (January 25, 1865)]

The result of the emancipation in Maryland, Capture of Ft. Fisher, Richmond must fall.

GLC05959.50.45

Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no.2 (February 22, 1865)]

Jeff Davis' speech at the African Church in Richmond.

GLC05959.50.49

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 27, no. 135, whole no. 3515 (February 26, 1862)]

A letter to the editor disputes a previous editorial on the Stay Law. Exploit of Texas. An editorial encourages freedom. Report from Tennessee. City council minutes.

GLC05959.51.026

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 11, whole no. 3506 (April 11, 1862)]

Information to Texas planters. Editorial on New Mexico affairs. War in the West and in Virginia. Escape of Confederate prisoners.

GLC05959.51.029

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 36, whole no. 3531 (June 9, 1862)]

Defenses of the peninsula. War in Virginia. Letter from Arkansas. Battle of James River. News from Europe.

GLC05959.51.047

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 28, no. 73, whole no. 3568 (September 3, 1862)]

Evacuation of Baton Rouge. Battle of Cedar Run. Appeal to the ladies of Texas to support aid societies. Editorial on well-drilled soldiers. Heroic incidents in New Orleans.

GLC05959.51.052

Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 21, whole no. 3908 (May 12, 1865)]

Capture of Booth & Herold described, Description of Booth's corpse.

GLC05959.54.57

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 33, whole no. 3686 (June 1, 1863)]

Operations in Mississippi. Letters from Monroe, Louisiana; Shreveport; Gen. Sam Houston. Editorial about Gen. Hooker and the battle in Rappahannock. Brutal treatment of Confederates. Meeting of the 4th Texas Regiment.

GLC05959.51.077

Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 178, whole no. 3842 (December 5, 1864)]

Annual message by President Jefferson Davis.

GLC05959.54.13

The Houston daily telegraph. [Supplement (April 8, 1864)]

Telegraphy. List of deserters. Proclamation by Mayor for a fast day.

GLC05959.55.03

The Rear of the Column

Marked "Plate 18." Depicts stragglers and wagon guards bringing up the rear while the wagon train is seen coming down the distant hill, with flankers thrown out to protect it from the enemy's horsemen. Depicts a Black man, possibly a freed enslaved...

GLC02199.18

to Winthrop Sargent

Discusses Sargent's desire to be present at the next Congressional session, though the request was denied. Discusses the situation with the Indians in the Cincinnati region. States that "the poor Indians I believe are irrecvocably doomed by Fate to...

GLC02437.10314

Chaplain Brown of the "Rough Riders" preaching to the Regiment.

The men sit on the ground amidst scrubby, semi-tropical plants. The picture is shot as though from the congregation, so that the preacher and officers stand in the background.

GLC06449.08

Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" leaving Tampa, Fla., U. S. A. for Santiago.

A ship crowded with "Rough Riders" seen from a slight distance. A flag flies from its prow. In the foreground, a man is hitching (or unhitching) a boat from a pier. Note: This picture is a probable variant of no. 10: the same shot, taken from a...

GLC06449.09

The Yucatan carrying the Famous Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" to Cuba.

A boat shown in 3/4 orientation. The Rough Riders cover the deck, the boat roofs and the rigging.

GLC06449.10

Scene of the great Battle - the Hill, from below - San Juan, Cuba.

Four riders in a landscape of rough vegetation and scrubby trees. Two, immediately visible on dark horses, form a line from the left front to right midground of the picture. Two more, paler and harder to see, form an opposing diagonal.

GLC06449.13

To: Col. Andrew Haynes

Battle at Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point [Ala.]: "I stop the mail to state the glorious news, that Fort Bowyer is safe, the British and allies severely drubbed..."

GLC07983.02

"One of the machine guns in the roughrider's trenches."

Title from inscription on verso. Image shows six men in a trench, all facing away from the camera. Machine gun visible beside second man from right. Ink and white paint have been applied to lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.48

"9th Infantry firing from Trenches on San Juan Hill, Sunday the 10th of July."

Rear view of approximately ten armed soldiers in a trench. Stamp of photographer on back; ink and white paint on lower left corner of image.

GLC07002.49

"A near view of the house and villa taken in the first charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan; they came from the right."

Shows one soldier with rifle and shovel in the foreground, and a house situated atop a hill. Two Rough Riders appear in the middleground. Image noticeably retouched on the bottom left.

GLC07002.51

Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (July & August, 1862)]

Life of an Overseer, Suppositions for the Times, Extortion & Speculation. A few articles discuss the work of Blacks, including what to do on an "off" year from cotton and the benefit of working in chain gangs, including one article about the life of...

GLC05959.11.05

Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 5 (February 17, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on How to Meet Lincoln's Army, The Louisville Democrat on Lincoln's Proclamation, a poem about the last silver dollar, Commentary on the Passage of the Emancipation...

GLC05959.09.140

Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 43 (April 3, 1863)]

"The Yazoo Pass Expedition," reprinted from the Chicago Times, includes "The Difficult Part of the Route Overcome -- The Tallahatchie River -- Peaceful Disposition of the People -- Cotton Forts Building Lower Down the Country -- An instance of the...

GLC05959.09.165

to Ambrose Thompson

Admiral Porter indicates that he has written to B.S. Oslon, the editor of the "Nautical Gazette," to introduce Thompson in hopes that Thompson's articles, which should be of interest to "members of Congress," will be published there. Year is...

GLC03619.02.16