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17 April 1862
Berry, Hiram Gregory, 1824-1863
[Hiram Berry materials].
Berry's eyewitness report of the Battle of Yorktown and a carte de visite of Berry.
GLC08240
to R. H. Sawyer
Brigadier General Hiram Berry writes to Captain R. H. Sawyer to tell him of the Battle of Yorktown, where he was commander, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac.
GLC08240.01
1861 circa
Carte de visite [Portrait of General Hiram Berry].
Accompanied letter from Berry to Captain R. H. Sawyer (GLC08240.01).
GLC08240.02
08 June 1861
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
to Jefferson Davis
Written as Governor of Virginia to Jefferson Davis to send him details on the guages and capacity of the Danville Rail Road and other Virginia lines.
GLC08241
July 1861
Whiting, William H., 1824-1865
to Miss Virginia
Expressing an appreciation for an offer of relief aid and lamenting the death of General Bernard Bee at First Manassas. "Two of the brave gentlemen who used to sit at your table went down on that terrible at the head of their brave men bravely dying...
GLC08243
circa 1861-1862
[Battle of First Manassas maps].
Battle map rendered by a Confederate veteran, identifying various landmarks and troop positions. Includes references to Union forces (Retreat of Hessian Cavalry after repulse"; "Retreat of the Grand Army of A. Lincoln, L.L.D.") and pasted-in...
GLC08244
1855-1859
[Collection of 3 letters written and received by Montgomery Meigs regarding the Capitol Dome]. Decimalized.
See descriptions in GLC08246.01-.03
GLC08246
07 July 1855
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892
to A.H. Bowman
Justifies the use of an ornate molding of the Capitol Dome.
GLC08246.01
24 June 1858
to J. Glancy Jones
Meigs allays concerns over the Capitol Dome's stability: "There were plenty of people, who when Michel Angelo was building the Dome of St. Peter's thought it would never stand..." Jones was on the House Ways & Means Committee.
GLC08246.02
12 August 1859
Franklin, William Buel, 1823-1903
to Montgomery Meigs
Franklin, the superintendent of construction, writes to Meigs regarding the construction costs of the Capitol Dome.
GLC08246.03
June 1864
[Collection of 3 letters regarding Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a Confederate parolee captured at Gettysburg]. Decimalized.
See descriptions in GLC08247.01-.03
GLC08247
17 June 1864
Meriweather, J.B., fl. 1864
to Conrad Baker
Meriweather writes to Colonel Baker about the 7 March 1864 arrest of Lieutenant Frank Williams of the 13th North Carolina, a parolee captured at Gettysburg, for disloyal conduct, including "using the most obscene and vulgar language towards the...
GLC08247.01
27 June 1864
Harlan, James, fl. 1864
to Edward M. Stanton
Senator Harlan requests that Secretary of War Stanton make sure the case of Lieutenant Frank Williams be given special consideration. He was captured at Gettysburg and provided information that prevented the escape of some other Confederates,...
GLC08247.03
26 April 1864
to his wife
Discussing Sherman's order to cut civilian rations and expressing some sympathy for its impact on "secesh women": "it is hard for the authorities to see women starve." Analyzing the upcoming presidential election: "we hope to elect Lincoln again and...
GLC08248
26 February 1891
Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895
to F.B. Sanborn
Acknowledging that his father, John Brown, sometimes offered remarks from the audience at religious assemblies, but refuting accounts that his father ever preached. Also discusses his brothers Jason's attempt to sell Sanborn's biography of their...
GLC08250
29 April 1813
Blake, Thomas, fl. 1813
[Document attesting the free status of Richard Jackson].
One document dated April 29, 1813. Pertains to Richard Jackson, a freedperson. The form is partially printed and filled out by Thomas Blake as a character witness. It states, "the said Richard became free in or before the year 1800." Validated by New...
GLC08251
4 November 1814
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to William B. Lewis
Requisitioning lead and powder prior to the Battle of New Orleans: "A few more attacks...will soon exhaust my supplies..."
GLC08252
25 May 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Presidential pardon of Richard Hayden, who was convicted of destroying letters stolen from the mail].
Pardon signed by Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of State Seward. Hayden was in an "advanced stage of pulmonary consumption" at the time of the pardon.
GLC08253
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
[Collection of 2 printed rebus poems]. Decimalized.
GLC08255
15 April
Clymer, George, 1739-1813
to Henry Clymer
Clymer writes his brother a humorous letter re-naming the family farm: "You want I suppose it should be like Don Quixote's horse at once sonorous and significant." Includes two illustrations. No year.
GLC08256
06 October 1795
Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795
[Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]
Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."
GLC08257
15 October 1831
Vinton, John, fl. 1831
to his mother
Vinton, a captain of a northern regiment assisted in the suppression of Nat Turner's slave rebellion: "I doubt if any active movement against the slaves will be necessary...[They] however are irresponsible and reckless and it is difficult to foresee...
GLC08258
circa 1960
New Orleans Citizens Council
Don't Buy A Ford Ever Again. From the New Orleans Citizens Council: To All White Citizens.
Racist New Orleans broadside promoting a boycott of Ford Motor Co.'s support of the Civil Rights movement.
GLC08259
5 April 1884
to F. B. Sanborn
Transmittal letter returning proofs not included to John Brown's biographer, correcting events and names of participants at Pottawatomie Creek. He states that his brother, Frederick, "did not have a hand in the execution of those men, though thought...
GLC08260
15 January 1873
Brown, Mary Ann Day, 1816-1884
to Jason Brown and Ellen Brown
John Brown's wife writes to her son and daughter from the family homestead. She comments on erecting " a good iron fence...around...the memorial to your father's grave...." Also details sibling activities and spring livestock.
GLC08261
24 January 1895
Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
John Brown's daughter assisting his biographer in locating various siblings of Brown because "yours is a perfect truthful history of him and his deeds."
GLC08262
02 February 1885
Brown, Jason, 1823-1912
to F.B. Stanton
John Brown's son and "Bleeding Kansas" companion apologizes for lack of funds because of hard times and asks for additional advance for Brown family land purchase.
GLC08263
31 May 1861
Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863
Recommends to Confederate President Davis the appointments for Henry Heth, John Pegram, Alexander W. Reynolds and Gabriel C. Wharton, all of whom became Confederate generals. Docketed "Confidential, Genl Cooper."
GLC08264
26 October 1861
Walker, Daniel, fl. 1861
to unknown
Walker, a Confederate Private, 7th Tennessee Infantry, was stationed at Centerville, Virginia. He describes the Union defeat at Ball's Bluff (Leesburg, Virginia), and the justification for the Southern cause: "we routed them completely...we sunk...
GLC08265
29 August 1863
Describing relocation of hospital facilities from Mt. Jackson to Staunton, Virginia, reporting Lee's military reinforcement of General Imboden and Colonel Jackson's protection of the General Hospital. "We have had a great deal of excitement here...
GLC08266
07 December 1863
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
General Orders No. 133
Proclaims the following Thursday as a day of fast and "sincere prayers for future guidance and protection."
GLC08267
10 July 1863
Weidemeyer, John, fl. 1863
Confederate Captain Weidemeyer of the 6th Missouri Infantry describes the defeat and surrender at Vicksburg: "I am not satisfied that we should have surrendered...". He also describes offensive movement of troops under Lee.
GLC08268
17 October 1864
Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894
to John Pegram
Confederate General Early sends General Pegram an order for a two day delay of troop movements at Cedar Creek. Though Early routed the VII and XIX Army Corps two days later, the delay gave General Sheridan time to arrive and reinforce the Union...
GLC08269
circa 1864
Schumpert, Amos K., fl. 1864
[Collection of 6 letters from a Georgia officer to his wife.] [Decimalized .01- .06]
Schumbert, a Georgia officer and plantation owner, writes six letters to his wife describing daily activities and detailing futile Confederate military efforts, under the command of General Meloy, to turn back Sherman's forces: "[I]t seems that we...
GLC08270
September 1862
Frontz, William, fl. 1862
[Poster for missing Union officer].
Hughsville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania "Information Wanted" poster for missing Orderly Sargent Richard A. Sanders, Co. F, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded during the Antietam campaign at the Battle of Sharpsville.
GLC08271
28 July 1862
Satterlee, George, fl. 1862
[Army of the Potomac Volunteer Memento].
Multi-colored sheet music containing Union private Co. A 104th New York Volunteers soldier's letter regarding friendly fire deaths.
GLC08272
21 February 1862
Loomis, Richard B., fl. 1862-1864
Private Loomis of Co. H. 21st Massachusetts Volunteers describes in detail the capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, under the command of General Foster.
GLC08273
10 April 1862
Angiers, Frank, fl. 1862
to Mrs. Frank Angiers
Union private, Co. B., 52nd Illinois Volunteers, describes the Battle of Shiloh: "Our loss is very heavy but the enemy's exceeds our 3 to 1."
GLC08274
09 October 1863
Barnum, Theodore H., fl. 1863
to Lori
Barnum, of the Sutler Department, 8th Conn. Volunteers, Army of the James, Portsmouth, Virginia, writes about the local slave population and African-American troops: "There are two are three Negro Regts close by here. The white soldiers don't like...
GLC08275
circa 1864-1865
Work, Henry Clay, fl. 1864-1865
Marching Through Georgia.
Famous anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Atlanta to Savannah. Publisher unknown.
GLC08276
1864-1865 circa
[Collection of 2 items celebrating Sherman's March to the Sea.]
GLC08277
21 April 1864
Private Loomis, Co. H, 21st Massachusetts Volunteers, describes his activities ranging after returning from a furlough in Boston to Grant's advance on Richmond. Includes references to African-American troops and shooting of deserters.
GLC08278
July 05, 1828
[Collection of 3 items regarding Indian Affairs] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC08279
1783-1815
Livingston, Robert, 1654-1728
[Check written out to Robert Fulton].
$500 check from Robert Livingston to Robert Fulton, possibly for steamboat work. Countersigned by Robert Fulton.
GLC08280
1585-1763
Bradstreet, Simon, ?-1697
[Indenture of Adam Martin].
Indenture placing Adam Martin as an appertance to James Wood for 19 years. Countersigned by Samuel Sewall.
GLC08281
1861-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Oliver Hoyt
Discusses replacing commissioner of Indian affairs due to public pressure.
GLC08282
19 October 1903
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to Widenthall
Harding writes a humorous letter: "My musical taste is libeled, for I love Hiawata...I have kept that Hebrew story in cold storage to date, but hence forth I shall flaunt it and defy you...."
GLC08283
tax stamps
Internal Revenue Proprietary 3 cent tax stamps. Printed in green with image of George Washington.
GLC00592.01
5 September 1781
Shaw, Samuel, 1754-1794
to Cornelius Vandenburgh
Communicates order from General Henry Knox for Vandenburgh to guard listed pieces of ordnance on the way to Christiana. If he is not relieved then, he is to take the ordnance to an officer at Head of Elk. Artificers will accompany the pieces in...
GLC02437.01166
9 February 1889
Andrews, George L., 1828-1899
to H. K. Green
After reading the letter from Robert E. Lee addressed to his son Boo (George Washington Custis Lee) at West Point (GLC07081.01), Andrews confirms that it is the sort of letter he would have suspected from Lee. Also reports that G.W.C. Lee was the...
GLC07081.02
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