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7 December 1864
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 179, whole no. 3843 (December 7, 1864)]
Sherman is devasting the country, Hood's army occupies Waynesboro.
GLC05959.54.14
29 January 1792
Peirce, Joseph, 1745-1828
to Henry Knox
Thanks Knox for his attention to his son, especially for his help in getting his son a job with General [Benjamin] Lincoln. Discusses taxation on estates and refers to General [Henry] Jackson and Colonel [Benjamin] Hichborn (may be alluding to the...
GLC02437.05301
24 April 1793
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Arthur St. Clair
Later copy made from the original in November 1856. Reports that President George Washington directed him to inform St. Clair that proposed treaty negotiations between the U.S. and the hostile Indians north of the Ohio River is to take place at...
GLC02437.05876
7 December 1789
Sargent, Winthrop, 1753-1820
Replies to Knox's letter from 9 November (GLC02437.04410). Notes that Knox is correct in his observation that "Agriculture might afford me Satisfaction and profit..." Adds that presently, he is living beyond his means. Writes that the governor has...
GLC02437.04428
1863/02/16
Miller, James, fl. 1863
to: Wilmor W. Morris.
Miller says if he could obtain a furlough for twenty days, he would be willing to "support old Abe in his war policy even to the freeing of the niggers." He tells Wilmor that he could "do almost any of the girls justice" including "my Mary as you...
GLC06451.058
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent
Depicts a scene of quiet piety and great reverence in an army camp. Shows most of the men with their heads bowed in prayer, some weeping. Stonewall Jackson, a man known for his great religiosity, appears to be delivering a sermon to the men. Also...
GLC00493.24
15 October 1863
Prentice, George Dennison, 1802-1870
Louisville daily journal. [Vol. 33, no. 328 (October 15, 1863)]
Military Situation in Virginia, Rebels Driven to Brandy Station, News from Charleston, The Recent Fight on the Mississippi, Heavy Skirmishes with Rebels. The front page of this issue opens with a lengthy list of the dead, wounded, or missing in...
GLC05959.14.21
Worship of the North
Depicts Lincoln in front of an altar with a black idol sitting on a platform with the words "Chicago Platform" on it. A sheet hanging from the platform says "The end justifies the means." Shows a white person being sacrificed in front of it. Henry...
GLC00493.01
3 June 1874
Brown, Bessie, fl. 1874
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Thanks Hunt for the memorial he wrote after the death of her father, Harvey Brown. Writes "... we, Father's nearest and dearest, feel that full justice has been done... and that your writing his record has given additional honor to his memory. The...
GLC02382.206
Circa 1941-1943
Williams, LeRoi S., 1919-1943
to the family of LeRoi Williams
Letter to his family, in which LeRoi Williams describes being sent to an Army Air Field in Northern Michigan to practice gunnery. He describes the training he's been given and the practice of skip bombing.
GLC09587.061
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