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[Group of 21 Civil War letters, documents, and envelopes] [Decimalized]

Includes lists of supplies, President Jefferson Davis's message, prints of General Halleck, blank enlistment papers, provost marshal and quartermaster papers, military issues receipts, envelopes, and cards.

GLC03619.02

How the War Commenced, and How Near it is Ended

Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. Issued during the reelection campaign of Lincoln. Heavily criticizes the rhetoric of the Confederate States and the Chicago Convention. Contains a map (12.7 x 28.6) and...

GLC02133

Resolution re: accounting for slaves taken by British during war

"Resolved: That the Secretary for foreign affairs cause to be made separate lists of the numbers, names, and owners of the Negroes belonging to the citizens of each State and carried away by the British..."

GLC07623

[Infantry muster roll from the French and Indian War][French]

Records troops under Lieutenant General Compte de Kielmansegge in the service of the British. Some notes on the second page and two wax stamps. Written at Camp de Coesfeldt

GLC01450.267

[Collection of Civil War letters from various soldiers & civilians] [decimalized]

Collection of 51 letters, including 24 wardate soldiers' letters, to recipients in Lancaster and York County, Pennsylvania. Written by various individuals, mostly to Isaac Cover (Kover, Coover) and family in Pennsylvania. Most have envelopes....

GLC02197

A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, Vol. I

GLC07719

Joint resolutions on the pending war, and matters appertaining thereto

Confederate resolution stating they will only accept peace if they remain an independant and recognized nation, and if the Emancipation Proclimation is revoked. Peace talks can not begin until "the friends of peace in the North shall grow strong...

GLC08981.01

Deficiencies of the Ordnance and Stores requested from the Board of War & Ordnance.

Lists supplies and their quantities requested on several days in August 1781, but not obtained. The supplies were needed for the upcoming siege of Yorktown. In Samuel Shaw's hand.

GLC02437.01163

To the commander of the sloop of war Canandaigua [in Spanish]

Seal in upper lefthand corner of first page. Pages sewn together in upper lefthand corner. Denounces the ex-Confederate blockade runner "Virginius". Argues that the ship has violated Spanish waters and committed piratical acts. Admiral Bermejo y...

GLC02254.34