[1785] "1782"

Book signed

Title: Notes on the State of Virginia [Edmund Randolph's copy] [with other works]

Bound with three rare pamphlets: "Draught of a Fundamental Constitution for ... Virginia", "An Act for Establishment of a Money Unit..." (normally attributed to Jefferson), "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, Passed ...1786." Edmund Randolph's copy with his signature on the first page of text, his personal table of contents before the titlepage (including two citations to "Slaves" and "Slavery" in the book) and annotations in various places (mostly glosses; only one note is substantive: adding the Osprey to Jefferson's list of birds). Other notes in pencil seem to be ca. 1822 (see p.…

GLC05096

[1785] "1782"

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

Book signed

Title: Notes on the State of Virginia [Edmund Randolph's copy] [with other works]

Bound with three rare pamphlets: "Draught of a Fundamental Constitution for ... Virginia", "An Act for Establishment of a Money Unit..." (normally attributed to Jefferson), "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, Passed ...1786." Edmund Randolph's copy with his signature on the first page of text, his personal table of contents before the titlepage (including two citations to "Slaves" and "Slavery" in the book) and annotations in various places (mostly glosses; only one note is substantive: adding the Osprey to Jefferson's list of birds). Other notes in pencil seem to be ca. 1822 (see p.…

GLC05096

1801-1879

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Edwin E. Harris, field and staff, 8th battallion, Missouri, infantry][Decimalized .001-.228]

Letters primarily belonging to Edwin E. Harris dated 1801-1879. Consists of approximately 228 letters sent between Harris and his wife, Margaret Harris and other family members while serving in the 8th Battallion, Missouri Infantry. Contains personal and war correspondence sent to various recipients. War correspondence relates to Harris's service as a surgeon. Personal correspondence was primarily sent to his wife. Harris's writing closes in 1864 when news of his death is sent to his wife. Documents dated after his death are related to the process of receiving benefits. Also included in the…

GLC03135.10

no date

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

[step-mother] E. A. is concerned about his life and safety in the Army. She is going to make him a coat, but this task is made difficult by the fact that little cotton had been planted that year.

GLC02691.11.010

16 [no month] 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

[cousin]. [bottom section of the page missing]. Flora has been afraid to send a letter for fear that it will get contaminated with smallpox. Her sister will no longer eat any meat for fear of the disease. The war has jaded her. Sometimes she thinks it might be better "to die than to live in this dreary world."

GLC02691.11.050

no date

Autograph letter signed

Title: to grandson

A very religious letter urging her grandson to pray for God's help in battle and to "try to gow to sleep a praying as you don't know where the enimy is."

GLC02691.11.104

no date

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miller A. Wright

Miller's stepmother writes to tell him that she has sent him food and to ask him to write more often. She thinks she will go to Richmond soon.

GLC02691.11.105

January 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

re: mess duty, release of Confederate comissioners James Mason and John Slidell; capture of 100 hogs. Top portion missing.

GLC02179.01.019

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Flag Officer

Discusses a "contraband negro" who brought news of confederate troop movements

GLC04188.05

no date

Signature

Title: John S. Carlile

Written on verso: Senator, Va - 7/61-3/3/65

GLC05603.02.26

no date

Signature

Title: J. T. Mercer

GLC05603.02.59

no date

Object

Title: [fern leaves in wooden frame]

Fern leaves in small, thin, handmade wooden frame with cardboard backing. Inscription on verso: "Ferns from the Boquet [sic] on the Flag Staff upon which was raised the National Flag at Ft. Sumpter [sic] at the close of the Civil War in April, 1865."

GLC05136.54

1815-1860

Autograph note

Title: [a poem]

GLC09324.02

no date

Unknown

Object

Title: [fern leaves in wooden frame]

Fern leaves in small, thin, handmade wooden frame with cardboard backing. Inscription on verso: "Ferns from the Boquet [sic] on the Flag Staff upon which was raised the National Flag at Ft. Sumpter [sic] at the close of the Civil War in April, 1865."

GLC05136.54

1815-1860

Unknown

Autograph note

Title: [a poem]

GLC09324.02

Bailey T. (1805-1877)

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Flag Officer

Discusses a "contraband negro" who brought news of confederate troop movements

GLC04188.05

no date

Carlile, John Snyder (1817-1878)

Signature

Title: John S. Carlile

Written on verso: Senator, Va - 7/61-3/3/65

GLC05603.02.26

no date

Mercer, J. T.

Signature

Title: J. T. Mercer

GLC05603.02.59

1822-1874

Header Record

Title: Civil War statesmen: 33 letters & docs [decimalized]

GLC02469

1822-1874

Header Record

Title: Civil War statesmen: 33 letters & docs [decimalized]

GLC02469

1823-1938

Header Record

Title: [Collection of Alfred Jones, surgeon in the 17th Tennessee Regiment] Decimalized .001-.130]

Includes postwar papers. Some signatures have been removed. The letters contain battle content for Murfreesboro (3 and 12 January 1863) and Chickamauga (1 October 1863). During the war Jones wooed and married Maxine Harris. The collection reveals less about the war than the trials of two newlyweds. The collection consists of 32 prewar letters (1823-61); 43 wartime letters, the majority of which are written by Jones to his wife (1862-65); and 16 postwar letters. Collection also includes 28 other documents (such as news clippings and receipts), 76 envelopes, and 27 pieces of ephemera (such as…

GLC03135.13

1831-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of George Wortham [Decimalized .01-.56]

The majority of this collection consists of correspondence and other documents directed to Captain George "Granville Greys" Wortham from other military personnel. These materials discuss recruitment of personnel and unrest within the Confederate army, court martial proceedings and punishment for crimes such as desertion and theft, and day-to-day movements and communications of the army. The collection also includes documents signed by Wortham, including letters to his father. Some materials lend particular insight into Confederate views of African-Americans. One correspondent writes of his…

GLC02233

1831-1864

Header Record

Title: Collection of George Wortham [Decimalized .01-.56]

The majority of this collection consists of correspondence and other documents directed to Captain George "Granville Greys" Wortham from other military personnel. These materials discuss recruitment of personnel and unrest within the Confederate army, court martial proceedings and punishment for crimes such as desertion and theft, and day-to-day movements and communications of the army. The collection also includes documents signed by Wortham, including letters to his father. Some materials lend particular insight into Confederate views of African-Americans. One correspondent writes of his…

GLC02233

circa 1833-1865

Jones Family

Header Record

Title: Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia [Decimalized .01- .18]

Collection includes receipts, contracts, newspaper clippings, and accounting documentation for the Jones family of Virginia. Also includes two booklet editions of the Consitution and By-laws of the Hanover Dragoons, and a hiring contract for free black workers.

GLC01447

circa 1833-1865

Header Record

Title: Miscellaneous papers from the Jones Family of Virginia [Decimalized .01- .18]

Collection includes receipts, contracts, newspaper clippings, and accounting documentation for the Jones family of Virginia. Also includes two booklet editions of the Consitution and By-laws of the Hanover Dragoons, and a hiring contract for free black workers.

GLC01447