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10 January 1864
Walbridge, Charles E. (b. 1842)
to Louise Walbridge
Discusses the weather and his brother George's decision to move to New York City.
GLC04663.30
3 May 1865
Appointed Inspector of the Quartermaster Department for the Department of North Carolina. Reports that there are 3,500 contrabands colonized on the island, and describes a large seminary at Raleigh.
GLC04663.62
1867-1868
Conger, Levi P. (fl. 1824-1868)
[Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California] [decimalized]
Written to his wife Ann (occasionally spelled Anne or Ruth Ann) in Chicago. Conger and his wife were both born in New York and lived in Chicago after 1860 and through the 1880 U.S. Census. Conger worked for the U.S. Police.
GLC04672
17 June 1867
to Ann Conger
Misdated, possibly 17 June 1868. Explains to his wife that he does not write often because the post office is very far away. He believes the mountain air is good for him and feels better than he has in ten years. Says that the food seems to taste...
GLC04672.01
25 April to 8 May 1868
to Anne Conger
Writes to his wife detailing his journey from the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco. Writes aboard the Aspenwall and the Oregonian, from the coasts of Nicaragua, Mexico, and California. Describes the Panamanian natives and an old town that had...
GLC04672.02
15 May 1868
Writes to his wife that he has stopped in Sacramento due to illness. Writes about his plans to continue to Plumas County by steamboat, stage, and sleigh. Due to the difficulty in transportation, he may not be able to write often. The included...
GLC04672.03
1 June 1868
Writes to his wife that he has walked 120 miles in four days and still has another 130 miles to go into the mountains. His feet are sore but he feels great. Describes sleeping on the ground and the arduous journey ahead of him. The included...
GLC04672.04
24 June 1868
Writes to his wife that he is working hard for his mining company. Reports that the weather is cold and that the nearest post office is forty miles away. Describes the food and says that the men in the company take turns cooking and baking. The...
GLC04672.05
6 July 1868
Writes to his wife about how mountain life agrees with him. Describes the local mountain men as uncivilized and sickly. Reports that he is in Indian country where the natives are killing the new settlers and plans on leaving for Red Bluff in the...
GLC04672.06
23 August 1868
Writes to his wife about the lack of correspondence he has received, and desperately wishes to hear from her. Explains that Gurkes Ranch is a 150-acre vineyard and describes all the fruit he has been eating. He wishes he was able to send Ann a...
GLC04672.07
24 August 1866
Moore, John (1826-1907)
to Mary Moore Kelly
A cholera epidemic has hit the soldiers and has kept him busy in the hospital. He remarks about their brother Robert and his poor condition since remaining in the South to practice medicine, marry, etc. Written on letterhead for the Headquarters...
GLC04195.43
[1861-1865]
Unknown
Moore, William M.
Verso contains ink signature of Moore and pencil inscription in another hand: "Co. M, 7 Iowa Cav., 19, Enl. Toronto, Iowa, Native- Ireland." Oval vignette bust portrait in uniform.
GLC04506.32
Purcell, Martin.
Verso contains ink signature of Purcell: "Martin Purcell, Toronto, Iowa," and pencil inscription in another hand: "Age 32, Co. M, 7 Iowa Cavalry, Native- Ireland." Oval bust portrait in uniform.
GLC04506.37
Gurnsey, B.H.
Seller, Joseph F.
Verso contains Gurnsey imprint, ink signature of Seller: "Joseph F. Seller, Oxford, Jones County, Iowa," and pencil inscription in another hand: "Joseph F. Seller, Age 29, Native- Germany." Oval bust portrait in uniform.
GLC04506.47
Welch, Thomas.
Verso contains Gurnsey imprint, ink signature of Welch, and pencil inscription in another hand: "Thomas Welch, Farrier, Co. M, 7 Iowa Cavalry, Native of Ireland." Oval bust portrait in uniform.
GLC04506.57
1 October 1868-6 June 1885
3 invitations to unveilings of various statues by Ward, 1868-1885.
Statues: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, General Israel Putnam, and the Pilgrim [Central Park, NY].
GLC06343.227
25 April 1864
Day, D.C. (fl. 1864)
to Sarah Ogden
Notes his camp is composed of eight thousand soldiers. Describes in detail the city of St. Louis and its French and Dutch-American society. Reports on his wife's bout with pneumonia and his own excellent health. Includes a prominent embossed seal...
GLC06559.012
20 June 1862
Odell, Charles G. (fl. 1865)
to Edward S. Ogden
Responds to Ogden's question about his home life by recounting where he was born, where he lived as a child, and where he worked. Says in the future he intends to move to Wisconsin and live with his brother. Asks for a loan until his wages from...
GLC06559.072
28 January 1864
Campbell, John Archibald (1811-1889)
[Endorsement on a British citizen's request to leave the Confederacy]
Written on half-sheet of paper. Contains a request from Thomas Fitzpatrick to the Secretary of War. Fitzpatrick writes, "I am a native of Ireland and a subject of Great Britain. My trade is house-painting, and I am not only out of employment, and...
GLC05516
circa 3 March 1863
Lane, D.M. (fl. 1863)
Deserters!
Broadside created by Provost Marshal Captain Lane. Lists men who failed to report at headquarters for duty from the Fourth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. They are therefore "subject to Arrest as Deserters from the United States Army."...
GLC05647
1861
Campbell, Robert (fl. 1859-1861)
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60.
Published by Thomas Hamilton in New York and by the author in Philadelphia. Contains a frontispiece print of Campbell, and a fold out map of Yoruba country near the Niger River (attached to front flyleaf). In the introduction, Campbell writes,...
GLC06171
1864
Winthrop, Robert C. (1809-1894)
Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.
First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.
GLC06188
5 November 1863
Weeks, John F. (fl. 1860)
to his sisters
Complains about the reduced rations of food. Reports that the rebels still hold Lookout Mountain but the breastworks are substantial enough that the rebels would be defeated. Writes that General Osterhaus is in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Continues to...
GLC06728.058
28 June 1864
Tyler & Allegre (fl. 1862-1865)
The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 37, no. 27 (June 28, 1864)]
Update on the situation around Petersburg from the "Petersburg Express." Report on military activity in the Shenandoah Valley from the "Lynchburg Republican." Article on the rise of gold prices in the North. News of the movement of General Philip...
GLC05959.80.08
8 January 1861
Nixon, J. O. (fl. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 264 (January 8, 1861)]
Published at 70 Camp Street. Results of elections to State Convention from New Orleans. A full ticket of secessionists is to be sent. References to Mississippi state convention, military preparations in Mississippi - including a call for the...
GLC05960.02.05
22 October 1862
Jones, John (1862-1864)
to his wife
His family is thinking about moving to the west. Received a few letters. He is asking his wife to teach in a certain district. Describes his colonel. Wants to know about Edwin, his brother.
GLC05981.10
22 April 1864
William Lloyd and Co.
Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 46 (April 22, 1864)]
Capture of Plymouth, South Carolina, the Yankees in the lower Rappahannock, Recruiting in Ireland for the Yankee armies.
GLC05959.72.090
12 February 1913
Bernstorff, Count J. (fl. 1913-)
Abraham Lincoln as the Germans Regarded Him
GLC08880.079
17 July 1863
Rifenburgh, Mary
to sister
Received her letter Friday afternoon. Lou has been sick but is feeling better. Jane left recently. She wanted him to give her more money, but he decided against it. Rubens is selling his farm because he is leaving it in the spring. She should tell...
GLC08914.029
15 July 1872
McQuade, James (1829-1884)
to John T. Hoffman
Discusses Hoffman's impending candidacy for the Governor of New York. Comments on the Irish vote, "I don't find that the well-informed people have an idea that you would lose much of the Irish vote. Only an Irishman, or one with Irish blood in his...
GLC09011
12 October 1864-1 June 1867
Simpson, Edward (1824-1888)
Letterbook of U.S.S. Isonomia East Gulf squadron from Oct 12th 1864 to Dec. 24th 1864 and U.S.S. Mohican N. Pacific squadron from Augt 14th 1866 to June 1st 1867
Majority of letters written and signed by Simpson, though several are clerically written and signed. Attacks on Fort Sumter, engagements with blockade runners and attacks on various gun batteries. Includes two letters regarding deserters of the U.S...
GLC05911.07
7 January 1863
Adair & Smith (1861-1864)
Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 276 (January 7, 1863)]
This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes various local advertisments and runaway notices. The main articles are written based on an account of the war given by Burnside. It is noted that "New Englanders [are] sick of war". There...
GLC05959.09.119
24 June 1863
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 35 (June 24, 1863)]
"Rev. A.E. Dickinson's Annual Report to the General Association of Virginia" discusses plans to send out further evangelists and take care of churches at home. "Army Correspondence" prints a lengthy letter by Chaplain 1st South Carolina Volunteers...
GLC05959.39.28
21 May 1861
Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863)
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 56, no. 11, 157 (May 21, 1861)]
Napolean III in Alliance with Jefferson Davis, the Blunders of Lincoln, The Germans Deserting the Lincolnites.
GLC05959.43.03
6 July 1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 799 (July 6, 1863)]
Raid in North Carolina, News from the West, the Occupation of Carlisle, The Northern Press on the Invasion, Liability of Alien Residents to Conscription in the Confederate Court.
GLC05959.43.16
16 August 1861
Cowardin, J.A. & Hammersley
Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 39 (August 16, 1861)]
The Fifth Virginia Regiment in the Battle of Manassas, Proclamation of President Jefferson Davis requiring every male citizen over 14 years of age within the Confederate States not being a citizen of the Confederate States to leave.
GLC05959.56.046
14 November 1862
Jackson, Richard H. (fl. 1861-1864)
to Father
He reports a sad incident in which two Germans were practicing a bayonet exercise and one accidently pierced the heart of the other. He tried to shoot himself afterward but was prevented from doing so and locked up.
GLC07705.114
26 January 1864
Wells, Edmund C. (fl. 1864-)
to Maria
writing from onboard a ship. filled with interesting lines like "take a dutch man and saturate him with whiskey and lager and give him the everlasting pipe and he is a nice animal..."
GLC08311.10
1 June 1865
to my dear wife
discusses the possibility of moving, possibly out West when he is discharged.
GLC08311.45
1 December 1864
to Philip Coleman
writes that the new baby is unlike the eldest and he is sleeping more at night than formerly.desires to help a German gentleman in the army. Sue has been unwell.
GLC08413.56
24 July 1863
Don't unchain the tiger!
Signed "A Democratic Workingman." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed...
GLC08467
Entfesselt der Tiger nicht! = Don't Unchain the Tiger! [in German]
Signed "Ein Demokratischer Urbeiter," "A Democratic Worker." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime...
GLC08468
circa 1863
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...
GLC08676
[1865/08/08]
Neafie, Theodore F.
to: Newton.
Referring to the prices of sheep, Theodore mentions the prices of sheep running to $2 to $3 per head. He states that there are no jobs to his liking, along with his possible plans to continue his travels west to Idaho.
GLC07164.56
[1865/10/26]
to: sister Carrie.
Presently herding mules in Springdale, he finds it easy work but the hours run "from sun to sun." He names Oregon as the territory in which he'd like to settle "for good," and states that he will probably stay on in Springdale until the spring before...
GLC07164.57
1866/01/09
Wishing to find "what my stock in life is," he forwards news of cousins James and Addie. He mentions that he may head west to Fort Riley in order to start a business.
GLC07164.58
[1866/02/14 ]
News that he has decided to stay on in Springdale for a while, selling milk at a nearby fort. On the reverse is an LS to Carrie, in which he mentions no news other than the weather and the possible potential for his business aspirations have a...
GLC07164.59
[1866/02/27]
to: brother.
Enclosed with the letter is papers for the Power of Attorney, and a request that he not write back until Theodore is settled.
GLC07164.60
8 March 1866
Describes possible plans to travel to Fort Riley or perhaps somewhere further west to build a fortune, and a hope that she not become alarmed if his communications are not often.
GLC07164.61
[18]66/03/27
Sends a request for $40, for the payment of his fees for board and in order to reclaim his carpet-bag and clothing from the landlord who holds them in lieu of payment.
GLC07164.62
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