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to Mary (Wright) Kellogg

Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from the General Hospital in Savannah. Reports on the Battle of Shiloh, "...a day never to be forgotten by me." Says the battlefield was littered with dead and wounded. Informs his right arm was wounded on the...

GLC03523.31.14

Southern cultivator. [Vol. 20, no. 7 & 8 (September & October, 1862)]

Negro Phobia at the North, Enemies Buying Our Cotton, Letter by J.P. Benjamin, What a Northern Woman Thinks, Syrup in Place of Bacon for Negroes. Articles on cotton discuss its influence in America and its "want" in Europe and the dangers of Northern...

GLC05959.11.06

Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 13 (December 24, 1862)]

A plea is made for pocket bibles for soldiers in "Pocket Bibles for the Soldiers Wanted." A soldier's letter describes the Pocotaligo fight to his family. "Army Correspondence" prints another soldier's letter describing incidents on Morris Island....

GLC05959.39.10

Rough drafts of proceedings of Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Contains a number of records of the proceedings at meetings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as well as drafts of letters to Governor Burnet. P.1 is a fragment of a larger document that welcomes the Indians to trade with the English, and warns...

GLC03107.02162

to Henry Knox

Says that he received his recent letters, including one to be delivered to [Benjamin] Hichborn. Asks him to give his regards to Mr. and Mrs. [James] Swan. Writes that Major [William] North has not yet arrived, and he is afraid that North is sick on...

GLC02437.03458

to William Pinkney

Indicates that he is sending a series of gazettes reporting on congressional proceedings, which "will give you a view of our internal affairs." Explains the route by which Mr. Nourse will deliver them to London so that Pinkney can arrange other...

GLC03419

Connecticut courant. [Vol. XXXV no. 1852 (July 21, 1800)]

Prints an announcement from the secretary of the treasury on national borrowing, an editorial against President Thomas Jefferson, a Rhode Island law to prevent "Peddling of Feathers, Indigo, and Tin Ware," international news on wars in Italy and...

GLC08726.02

7 invitations to various special and commemorative events, 1866-1905.

Invitations: to "Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner", "The Salmagundi Sketch Club", reunion of "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland", "Chamber of Commerce of the State" banquet, inauguration of new Metropolitan Museum of Art, memorial book in...

GLC06343.225

to Henry Knox

Reports that there are so many people in the market for a house that a place will not remain unrented for more than a day. Believes if one opens up it will be gone by the time Henry would forward the necessary instructions. Forwards a letter from...

GLC02437.05809

to Elizabeth Smith and family

He is feeling better, although "the medicine I have taken has settled in my bones So it is hard for me to walk. Some has [sic] lost the use of their limbs altogether & others have lost all the toes off their feet." He still expects his package to...

GLC04189.37