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28 November 1864
Trenholm, George Alfred, 1806-1876
Communication of Secretary of Treasury…November 28, 1864. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President…Nov. 29, 1864.
stamp of record division
GLC06745.220
12 December 1865
Letter of Secretary of Treasury…December 12, 1864. [Transmitted with:] Message of the President…Dec. 15, 1864.
GLC06745.235
20 September 1864
Office of Board of Claims/For Slaves enlisted in U. S. service...
State of Maryland. Compensation claim by Joshua Johnson for a slave, Thomas Johnson, he manumitted and enlisted as a USCT, United States Colored Troops. Partially printed document.
GLC09130.01
25 June 1796
Cary, Lydia, fl. 1796
[Receipt of Lydia Cary]
Receipt stating Cary received $50 from Gideon Savage. This document originally housed in Gideon Savage's wooden chest (GLC01450.013.02) with others decimalized in GLC01450.013.
GLC01450.013.10
1836/12/31
Kimball, Joseph Horace, 1813-1838
Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]
Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.
GLC08430.02
1860
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
The Life of Lincoln
Tribune Tracts no. 6. Extra-illustrated biography with engravings of Lincoln, the Executive Mansion, the Capitol, and a Lincoln-Hamlin electoral ribbon depicting Lincoln pasted in first few pages. Published by Horace Greeley & Co.
GLC03012
2 November 1781
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Return of Cannon Sent to the Head of Elk, subject to the orders of Robert Morris Esq.
Lists quantities of supplies being sent to Head of Elk, Maryland. Clerical copy written by Samuel Shaw from a Park of Artillery. A note at the bottom from Colonel Edward Carrington, written in Samuel Shaw's hand, on 3 November 1781 indicates that he...
GLC02437.01281
1863
French & Co.
One of the parks of captured artillery Vicksburg captured after surrender
A print of a photograph of several artillery pieces [Parrott Rifles] and many limbers. The cannon in the center foreground has been spiked with a solid shot. Several soldiers are posed at various places amongst caissons. A large road passes through...
GLC05111.01.0088
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
National politics: Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860.
Published by the New York Tribune as Tribune Tracts No. 4. Lincoln addresses the most pressing issue of the day, slavery, and attacks the view put forth by Stephen Douglas and others that slavery was founded by the forefathers of the country. He...
GLC04471.01
14 January 1829
Georgia. General Assembly
Report adopted by the Legislature of Georgia on the resolutions of South Carolina and Ohio ...
Title continues, " ... in relation to the powers of the general government and state rights, and to the subject of slavery." 20th Congress, 2nd session. Report concludes that the writers of the Constitution did not intend all power to be...
GLC00267.016
11 September 1783
Sherburne, Benjamin, fl. 1777-1783
[Return of American prisoners]
People listed by name, home town, state, where and when they were taken prisoner and gender. Noted as a true copy in the docket. Place written taken from docket.
GLC02437.10710
24 September 1895
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
[Not one throb of anguish...]
A quote from chapter 12 of Uncle Tom's Cabin: "Not one throb of anguish/ Not one tear of the opposed/ is forgiven by the Man of Sorrows/ the Lord of Glory/ In his patient generous bosom/ He bears the anguish of a world."
GLC05508.238
17 January 1788
Wildbore, Charles, fl. 1788
Summons to a court of Trinity House
Summon to elect an Elder Brother and to conduct special affairs of the corporation. Partially printed.
GLC03902.327
2 March 1863
Rhett, James M., fl. 1863
[Receipt for sale of slaves]
With: PDS, 3-2-1863, receipt printed specifically for use in slave sales: "Received from Charles H. Rhett Seven thousand two hundred & fifty Dollars… for the purchase of Seven Negro Slaves named Caesar, Catherine, Flora, Ben, Stepney, Dora & Sue."...
GLC09380.2
20 November 1863
Receipt for $40,000 paid by James M., Charles H. and Roland Rhett, "being the cash payment on the purchase of one hundred and seven negros, leaving a balance due secured by Bond and Mortgage of Eighty eight thousand and four hundred dollars." Signed...
GLC09380
1865/05/23
Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Reviewing stand
E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's House occupied by the President...
GLC05137.253
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Enlistment of Sickles Brigade
Shows the duplicitous agents of Daniel Sickles recruiting the brigade he raised and equipped himself at considerable expense. A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a "Colonel Sickle's Brigade"...
GLC00493.06
20 April 1813
Snell, Robert, fl. 1812-1815
Monthly Return of a Company of Volunteers Commanded by Capt Robert Snell
A monthly return list from April of 1813, which detailed by rank how many soldiers were present, sick, and absent.
GLC02669.035
1779/11/25
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
to Edward Thurlow re: directions to give Hillsborough seals of Sec. of State
Discusses importance of mollifying Lord North to continue the war in America.
GLC07003
4 July 1789
[Minutes for the Society of the Cincinnati meeting of 4 July 1789]
Docket suggests that this copy of the minutes was created by a Thomas Jainson on 25 January 1836. Minutes for an annual meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati held 4 July 1789 at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. Topics...
GLC02437.04270
August 1956
Nesbitt, George B., 1912-2002
"Dispersion of Nonwhite Residence in Washington, D.C.: Some of Its Implications"
One article entitled, "Dispersion of Nonwhite Residence in Washington, D.C.: Some of Its Implications," by George B. Nesbitt dated August 1956. Item is a reprint from the journal Land Economics, Volume XXXII, Number 8, August 1956 issue. Nesbitt...
GLC09640.335
22 September 1863
McCook, John J., fl. 1863
The Battle of Chickamauga
11 page letters
GLC08042
4 February 1793
to the President and Directors of the [bank] of the U.S.
Asks for the favor of a discount for the enclosed $2,500 note "as a renewal in part of a note of 3375 Dollars due the 7th instant."
GLC02437.05805
21 June 1763
Budden, Robert, fl. 1763
A Value of Timber on Warborne Estate
Account of trees on Warborne & other Lands belonging to Mr. Robert Budden. Includes categories: "No of trees," "what sort," "measure," "amount of money." Docket on verso
GLC03902.334
GLC09380.1
1813/04
A Day of reckoning at hand [anti-War of 1812 election broadside]
New York State Anti-War of 1812 propaganda regarding election of officials against war.
GLC07551
1788 ca.
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Draft of address to Mass. Legislature after ratification of the Constitution
Discusses the new form of government and reminds legislators of their desire for a Bill of Rights.
GLC01559
7 August 1790
[A treaty of peace]
Treaty negotiated with the Creek nation in Georgia stipulating land cessions and prisoner releases on the part of Creeks. In a secretarial hand.
GLC02437.04674
1945
Boyd, Julien P. (fl. 1945)
"The Declaration of Independence"
Thomas Jefferson drafts.
GLC00020.02
1789
Collection of two issues of the Gazette of the United States, no. 60-61 [Decimalized]
GLC08757
4 March 1861
Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the Fourth of March, 1861.
Lincoln focuses on increasing his support in the North while attempting to not further alienate the South. He references four important documents: Henry Clay's 1850 Speech on compromise, Webster's reply to Hayne, Andrew Jackson's proclamation...
GLC01264
1864 ca.
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
Carte de visite of a full standing view of Lincoln's 1st Secretary of the Interior
Imprint on recto "Brady, Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Caleb Blood Smith" "Taken in Washington, 1864."
GLC05111.02.0098
1772/07/04
Tryon, William, 1729-1788
Appointment of Marcus Coens as 1st Lieutenant of a militia on the Manor of Livingston
GLC03107.04910
1802
A View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, Esq. Vice-President of the United States
Printed by Denniston and Cheetham.
GLC03107.05332
1 May 1777
Establishment and pay for a company of artillery in the service of the United of America
Date from docket. Lists various posts, from captain to drummer, and their corresponding pay. First page and dated docket in Knox's hand, other docket in Shaw's.
GLC02437.00584
1862
Bullitt, John Christian, 1824-1902
A review of Mr. Binney's pamphlet on "the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus under the Constitution."
Published by John Campbell. Bullitt seeks to examine the legal aspects of Horace Binney's argument, based on his opinion that Binney's "premises were not well taken, and that his inferences or conclusions were erroneous." Expresses hope to "present...
GLC08599.02
1861-1868
Chandler, Daniel T., fl. 1861-1868
Andersonville Prison archive of A.A.G. of Commandant Wirz [Decimalized .01- .12]
1. Nichols, A.A. ADS: San Antonio, Tex. Special order no. 34 re: instructions for Col. Chandler. 26 February 1861. 2 p. 2. Nichols, A.A. MDS: San Antonio Tex. List of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores [two duplicate copies.] 29 April 1861. 2 p...
GLC06979
May 1858
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in regard to the seizure of the American barque Panchita on the coast of Africa.
35th Congress, 1st session, Senate Executive Document 61. The Panchita was an American slave ship seized by British vessels off the coast of Africa. Although the British admitted seizure violated U.S.-British accords, they argued it was in good...
GLC00267.040
1690/05/24
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
An account of the livestock brought from Tashkanik for fear of Indians
An account of twenty-two cows, sixteen bulls, and forty sheep brought from Tashkanik to Hartford by tenants fearing Indians. Livingston lists the tenants to whom the livestock are divided, and how the animals are branded. P.2 contains a note...
GLC03107.00169
12 March 1866
State of Missouri
Statement in reference to the claim of the state of Missouri for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war
Report of the expenses of the Missouri militia during the Civil War submitted by the state to the House of Representatives. Contains a combination of correspondence on expenditures and charts detailing costs. Dated from the date the report was...
GLC00267.241
1790/05/15
Barton, Lewis, fl. 1790
Account of Robert Livingston, Jr.
The account began 20 April 1784, and includes charges for "doctoring" Robert, Jr.'s enslaved people. Docketed on verso. Written at the Manor of Livingston.
GLC03107.03544
10 February 1889
Bishop's Court. Weber Stake of Zion
[Withdrawing "hand of fellowship" from G. R. Hardman for the crime of adultery.]
GLC05756.053
5 November 1861
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Proclamation to all peacably disposed citizens of the State of Missouri...
This is a proclamation stating that any citizen arrested for their political opinions on the Civil War within the State of Missouri are to be released as per an agreement between Major General Price, and Major General Freemont. It also states that...
GLC06821.01
1 April 1854
Stith, C., fl. 1854
[Receipt of sale for a slave]
Signed by Stith. Receipt for the sale of a "Negro Boy Richard about fifteen or sixteen years of age..." sold for $1,000 to James W. Goodman. Refers to Richard as "a slave for life."
GLC07356.03
1767/08/17
Newspaper clipping re: anniversary of hanging of Stamp Tax Collector
GLC07654.34
circa 1860
Engraving of Henry Timrod.
Adhered to scrapbook mount. "Drawn from a painting by P.P. Carter." "Owned by the Hon. William A. Courtenay."
GLC02453.58
1784
Continental Congress, 1774-1789
The Articles of Confederation; the Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britian and the United States of America.
First Virginia printing. Swem 7430. Stab stitched. Not fully opened
GLC00716
8 March 1826
Message from the President of the United States ... Due under the Award of the Emperor of Russia, for Slaves and other private property carried away by the British Forces, in violation of the Treaty of Ghent
"Message from the President of the United States Transmitting the Information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo, Relating to the proceedings of the Joint Commission of Indemnities, Due under the Award of the...
GLC09296
circa 1902
[Group of 6 newspaper clippings about death of Charles J. C. Hutson]
Obituaries, tributes, and eulogies. Charles J. C. Hutson died November 27, 1902. He was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War. At the time of his death, he served as clerk of the United States District Court.
GLC08165.83
27 May 1864
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting Major General G. W. Morgan's report of the occupation of Cumberland Gap.
Report of General George W. Morgan's occupation of the Cumberland Gap forwarded by Secretary of War Stanton to the House of Representatives. Pages 1-7 consists of Morgan's report. Pages 8-19 consists of supporting correspondence. Dated from the...
GLC00267.289
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