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25 October 1869
Smith, Robert H., fl. 1869
to Pierre G. T. Beauregard
Regarding a conversation with Jefferson Davis on the possibility of capturing Washington, D.C.
GLC08238.02
circa 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Printed letter from Lincoln to McClellan].
Contemporary printed copy of Lincoln's April 9, 1862 letter to McClellan castigating him for failing to adequately defend Washington and for his lack of action: "The country will not fail to note--is noting now--that the present hesitation to move...
GLC08245
20 June 1864
Carr, Andrew J., fl. 1864
to James Harlan
Carr asks Senator Harlan for help in securing Lieutenant Frank Williams' release, a parolee captured at Gettysburg of the 13th North Carolina. He notes that prison authorities are making a similar request to Washington, because Williams gave...
GLC08247.02
05 August 1786
Washington, George, 1732-1799
[Receipt for slave-catching services].
Receipt made out to James Rumsey for payment received by Daniel Neale for pursuit of "Runaway Servants" (most likely slaves). Endorsed by George Washington and George Rumsey on verso.
GLC08254
circa 1884-1893
Keppler, Joseph, fl. 1884-1893
[Editorial cartoon of Benjamin F. Butler]
Caption reads: "'I never wish to defend a man unless I know that he is guilty.' -- Gen. B. F. Butler, in his speech to Graduates of the Boston University Law School, May 28th."
GLC00496.136.02
circa 27 October 1858
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to Lucretia Mott
Encloses a sum of money. "I need none other than the wish to help the cause to make me do so the moment it shall be in my power."
GLC03998.01
circa 1847-1878
to Dr. Howe
Phillips indicates that he has consigned Howe's excellent letter to George Thompson, M.P., who will put it "into the night train to reach as many English eyes as possible." Thompson was elected a member of Parliament in 1847 for the Tower Hamlets....
GLC03998.02
18 April 1860
to Oliver Johnson
Requests Johnson to mail him a copy of the "Independent" containing Beecher's speech at Cooper Institute on women's rights.
GLC03998.03
6 June 1883
to Mr. Kip
Declines an invitation from H. G. Chapman to attend the Hemenway Gymnasium on class day.
GLC03998.04
1 October 1850
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
1811-1884
Peace if possible -- Justice at any rate.
GLC03998.06
circa 1871
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
26 July 1876
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
to unknown
Expresses his belief that reconstruction would not end if a short term Democrat is elected to the presidency, but that it would be disastrous for the Freedmen. Rutherford B. Hayes served as President 1877-1881.
GLC08201
28 November 1778
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785
[to the King's Commissioners]
Responding to a memorial petition from the merchants of South Carolina and Georgia and contemplating a British attack on Georgia. Asks the king's (King George III) commissioners to use their judgment on how much of the memorial to comply with....
GLC08202
26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos, fl. 1833
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
GLC08204
04 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
[National Intelligencer Extra]
Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.
GLC08205
September 1785
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
[Indictment of Joseph Harris as a counterfeiter]
Countersigned by Nathan Rowley. Charging Harris with defrauding and injuring the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 1785 by making 800 pieces of counterfeit money in mixed metals. Paine was Attorney General of Massachusetts 1777-1796.
GLC08206
09 April 1862
Atkins, James, fl. 1862
to his father
Written from the U.S. Steam Sloop Brooklyn, Head of the Passes Mississippi River. Describes the Union naval preparations prior to the assault on New Orleans, with particular attention to the mortar fleet of David Dixon Porter. Discusses in depth...
GLC08207
14 August 1789
Connecticut gazette. [Vol. 26, no. 1344 (August 14, 1789)]
With proposed draft of twelve amendments to the United States Constitution.
GLC08208
August 1860
C. E. Cate & Co.
[Advertisement for clothing for slaves from New Orleans, Louisiana]
Circular advertises slave shoes and hats by type, virtues, and price aimed at plantation owners who would have to clothe many slaves for reasonable prices. This company specialized in clothing products for slaves. The circular was published a few...
GLC08210
10 August 1830
McDonald, Hugh S., fl. 1830
[Deed of emancipation for a Negro named Harry].
GLC08211
19 October 1861
Stevenson, C. L. (Carter Littlepage), 1817-1888
to Henry Jackson
Union troop movements near Monterey, Virginia. The Batlle of Bull's Bluff (30 miles away) was fought four days later.
GLC08212
circa 1850-1880
Jones, Peter Franklin, fl. 1850-1880
[Civil War correspondence of Peter Franklin Jones, a Baptist pastor who was an officer in Griswold Light Cavalry, 21st New York Cavalry].
Covers the march to Winchester, Virginia, near Mechanicsburg Gap.
GLC08213
11 September 1864
Gordon, H.D., fl. 1864
Efforts to avoid draft riots in Rochester, New York, by paying bounties and the nomination of George McClellan.
GLC08214
22 April 1813
McGlassin, G., fl. 1813
Written onboard the ship Madison prior to the attack against York, New Canada (now Toronto).
GLC08215
20 August 1862
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
to Turlow Weed
Explaining the anti-American bias of the English press during the Trent Affair.
GLC08216
circa 1863
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
circa 1902-1904
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
to Mr. Gibson
Listing areas of continuing unrest in the Philippines. Written as Secretary of War and Military Governor of the Philippine Islands.
GLC08218
03 October 1832
Gerry, Ann, fl. 1832
Discuss making a claim to Congress for the remaining salary of her late husband, Vice President Elbridge Gerry. Efforts include contacting John Quincy Adams, a longtime family friend.
GLC08219
05 March 1810
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829
to Christopher Gore
Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.
GLC08220
09 November 1769
Babcock, Henry, fl. 1769
to Thomas Brattle
Encloses the resolves of the Connecticut Assembly in support of Boston's struggle against the Townshend Acts and the King's Commission of Customs and recommends that they be printed.
GLC08221
09 October 1863
Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
to Luin K. Thacher and Henry Flesher
Two dispatches alerting Union officers of Confederate General Joseph Shelby's raids into Missouri: "I haven just received information that the rebels took Warsaw... & marched out from there on the Sedalia Road..."
GLC08222
to John M. Schofield
Alerting him about Confederate Joseph Shelby's raids in Missouri.
GLC08223
11 October 1863
to Egbert Brown
Update on Shelby's raid in Missouri.
GLC08224
13 October 1863
to George Hall
Mentions writing both to Brigadier General Egbert Brown and to himself to request an update on any further information they might have on Shelby's Missouri raid, but has not heard from either.
GLC08225
14 February 1855
to William H. Seward
Discusses the failed attempt to unseat him from the United States Senate: "the combination to destroy by mutiny and treason the advantages which the Whigs of New York won in the open field was a fearful one. But we have prevailed."
GLC08226
26 June 1812
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
[An act concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods].
Addressed to the commander of the Brig Argus, Edward Howe, Jr.
GLC08230
1803
New York Post
[New York Post over 300 issues].
Includes complete printing of Marbury v. Madison in two issues, complete printing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty and Conventions, a fire in New York, a slave rebellion, etc.
GLC08231
08 November 1804
[Poulson's American Daily Advertizer].
Extra edition printing Jefferson's State of the Union Address in which he discusses the Louisiana Purchase, Indian affairs, and foreign relations.
GLC08232
Carte de visite [Portrait of Frances Clalin].
GLC08233
22 May 1861
Hanks, Dennis, fl. 1861
[Jury verdict signed by all twelve jurors, including Dennis Hanks, a relative of Abraham Lincoln].
Signed by Dennis Hanks, and eleven other jurors. Hanks and Lincoln lived together in 1818.
GLC08234
circa 1861-1865
Carte de visite [Portrait of Richard Yates].
Inscribed on verso: "to W. H. H. Alden from the Governor".
GLC08235
[Collection of 2 letters written by the Sherman family]. Decimalized
See descriptions in GLC08326.01-.02
GLC08236
Taylor, Tazewell, fl. 1861
to B. W. Belscher
Taylor, a captain in the Sussex Light Dragoons, relays an order from General Walter Gwynn regarding administrative actions in preparation for the next day's secession vote by the Virginia Convention.
GLC08237
21 July 1861
Rhett, Thomas G. (Thomas Grimke), 1821-1878
[Dispatch of 27 July 1861].
Reporting that Union troops were between him and General Jones. Countersigned by General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, who adds a pemcil note that forces were sent against the Union troops, who unfortunately already were retreating 4
GLC08238.01
1864 - 1870
[Materials associated with General Pierre G. T. Beauregard].
Penciled notes on the verso of an autograph document signed with a secretarial letter written to Jefferson Davis from the Second Battle of Bull Run. With a carte-de-visite of Beauregard and a pair of partly printed checks, dated 1869 and 1870, signed...
GLC08239
10 December 1864
Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
[Discussion of troop returns with Confederate Generals James Chesnut and Beverly H. Robertson].
Penciled notes on an ADS of troop return.
GLC08239.01
circa 1861
[Carte de visite of General Pierre G. T. Beauregard].
GLC08239.02
1869-1870
Miles, William Porcher, 1869-1870
[Signed checks].
Pair of partly printed checks, dated 1869 and 1870, signed on verso by Miles
GLC08239.03
August 1862
to Jefferson Davis
Secretarial letter to Jefferson Davis reporting on his need for reinforcements during the Battle of Second Bull Run. Signed by Beauregard.
GLC08239.04
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