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Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900

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[1780/01/15]

Duportail, Louis L. (fl. 1780)

Letter

Title: to Nathanael Greene re: strategies for the defense of the camp near Morristown

Fragment? Possibly a draft. Docketed on p. 2.

GLC06911

circa 1800s

Unknown

Photograph

Title: [Cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico]

One cyanotype of Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico dated approximately 1800. Image displays adobe dwellings in the middle of construction. Backside of document includes Pure Linen watermark.

GLC09680

18 November 1847

Beach, Miles J. (fl. 1847)

Document

Title: Receipt for a financial transaction

GLC03131.15.57

3 January 1848

Wells, George, (fl. 1848)

Receipt

Title: Receipt of payment to F.K. Bailey

GLC03131.15.58

15 March 1848

Unknown

Receipt

Title: Receipt of payment

GLC03131.15.59

9 October 1848

Andrews, W.W., (fl. 1848)

Receipt

Title: Receipt of payment

GLC03131.15.60

1855

Wells, Hiram C. (fl. 1825-1900)

Receipt

Title: Receipt of goods purchased

GLC03131.15.62

28 October 1856

Merrill, S.S., (fl. 1856)

Receipt

Title: Receipt of payment

GLC03131.15.61

1 March 1860

Hazlett, Albert (1837-1860)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anne Brown Adams

One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen."

GLC03007.56.01

6 march 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Circular Instructions No. 1. Regulations relative to importations from places above Confederate States, by vessels navigating the Mississippi and other Rivers

GLC06745.247

8 March 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Circular Instructions No. 2.

date changed with pencil

GLC06745.248

23 March 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Treasury Circular No. 4

GLC06745.249

5 April 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Treasury Circular No. 6

GLC06745.250

5 April 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1864-)

Printed document

Title: Treasury Circular No. 7.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.251

22 April 1861

Cliterall, Alex B. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: To Hon. C.G. Memminger. [A tabular statement showing the rates of duty upon merchandise under the tariff act of 1857.]

GLC06745.246

14 May 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Treasury Circular No. 9

GLC06745.252

21 May 1861

The Congress of the Confederate States of America

Printed document

Title: An act relative to prisoners of war. . .Approved May 21, 1861

GLC06745.003

21 May 1861

The Congress of the Confederate States of America

Printed document

Title: To amend an act entitled: An act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the Confederate States...

GLC06745.004

24 July 1861

Memminger, C. G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: To Hon. Howell Cobb. [Information from the various state governments in regard to the value of property, the revenue system,and the amount collected during the last fiscal year

GLC06745.243

8 August 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1864-)

Printed document

Title: Treasury Circular No. 11, Relative to Treasury Notes.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.253

30 August 1861

The Congress of the Confederate States of America

Printed document

Title: An act to perpetuate testimony in cases of slaves abducted or harbored by the enemy, and of other property seized, wasted, or destroyed by them. No. 270.

GLC06745.005

21 September 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Treasury Circular No. 12. An act to raise money for the support of the government, and to provide for the defence of the Confederate States of America

GLC06745.254

October 1861

Memminger, C.G. (fl. 1861-)

Pamphlet

Title: Treasury Circular No. 14. Regulating the Manner in which the Export Duty on Cotton shall be collected and Accounted

GLC06745.255

1862

The Congress of the Confederate States of America

Printed document

Title: A bill to be entitled An act to amend the existing acts for the exemption of persons from military service.

stamp of record division

GLC06745.027

1862

The Congress of the Confederate States of America

Pamphlet

Title: Majority Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

GLC06745.180

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