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15 November 1871
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
to R. L. Sanderson
Serving as editor of the New York Tribune, Greeley offers advice to Sanderson: "...I say to all who are in want of work, Go West!" Written on New York Tribune stationery.
GLC00608
10 January 1813
Adams, John (1735-1826)
To: Gov. William Plumer.
New York State, party and sectionalism.
GLC00639.02
18 November 1861
Leavenworth, F.P. (fl. 1861)
to his father
A Confederate captain in an ordnance unit tells his father about Civil War activities in Arkansas and Missouri. Comments on the arrival of Union General David Hunter with 36,000 soldiers. Discusses the strength and position of Confederate...
GLC00653.07
14 March 1861
Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit S. (fl. 1860-1866)
to Mollie [Van Valkenburgh]
Written by Gerrit to his sister Mollie. Attempts to justify his decision, as a transplanted Northerner, to side with the South. Mixes support for his adopted home with love for the family he left in the North. References her letter of 12 February...
GLC00686.05
13 January 1622
Brandt, Sebastian (fl. 1600-1625)
to Henry Hovener
Requests having the London Company send him supplies. Requests his nephew (the son of Phillip Brandt) be sent to Virginia from Derbyshire. Mentions Admiral of the Jamestown District John Pountis. Written in Elizabethan secretarial hand. Docket...
GLC00708
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