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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)
[Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] armed with a musket and sword with Native Americans]
A ship appears anchored in the background. Template; graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.202
1 September 1863
Cobb, John (fl. 1863)
[Certifying loyalty to the Union]
Written in Saint Francois County. Signed by Cobb, John A. Weber, Reinhart Laney, Elisha J. White, and Thomas Lang as citizens of Saint Francois County Missouri. The signees swear that they are personally acquainted with Catherine E. Murphy, a widow...
GLC01450.600.001
10 September 1840
Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851)
[Circular letter announcing the establishment of Smithsonian Institution]
Sends a copy of the constitution and by-laws of the National Institution for the Promotion of Science (the Smithsonian). Requests information on geography, natural history, and ethnology from the unknown recipient's area of the United States....
GLC00573
24 November 1862
Unknown
[Civil War Songbook]
Contains lyrics to several martial, sentimental, religious and romantic songs. Titles include "John Brown Song" (usually called "John Brown's Body") "Sung by Fletcher Webster's Regiment in Boston [sic]," "Traitor, Spare That Flag," "Oh, For a Home...
GLC00968
14 May 1888
Stewart, William Morris (1827-1909)
[Claims of the state of Nevada]
Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the...
GLC00267.242
31 July 1805
[Col. Smith's money spent on bacon and flour]
GLC01450..600.018
[Collection of 3 items regarding Indian Affairs] [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC08279
1862-1865
Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865)
[Collection of Edwin Jackson, D company, 6th regiment, Minnesota, infantry] [decimalized]
Fighting the Sioux [18 letters]. Edwin Jackson 6th Regt. Minn. Vols. collection of letters, many written on patriotic stationery. Very detailed and descriptive accounts of Indian atrocities against civilians and battles. On 12 October 1862, he...
GLC00203
1861-1902
Dewey, Orville S. (1861-1902)
[Collection of Orville S. Dewey, 33rd regiment, New York, light artillery] [decimalized]
Nicknamed "Tom" by his family and coming from Buffalo, Dewey served in the army of the Potomac, primarily in Washington at an instructional camp. Many of the letters are addressed to his sister Mary "Mollie" McLean. Dewey stayed in the Army after the...
GLC02161
1862/11/09-1865/07
Alden, William H. (b. 1844)
[Collection of William H. Alden, F company, 6th regiment, Iowa, cavalry] [Decimalized .01- .53]
Forty eight long letters written while on the Sully Expedition to put down the Sioux uprising, under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. Private Alden, a seventeen year old Iowan, wrote this first-hand account mostly to his family. He discusses hand to...
GLC02831
circa 1839-1856
Bowen, John T. (1801-1856)
[Color lithograph of Red Jacket, a Seneca chief wearing the Presidential Peace Medal.]
Date estimated by years Bowen worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Collateral to GLC05742.01.
GLC05742.02
circa 1792
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
[Congressional inquiry]
Discusses the [Congressional] inquiry into the failure of the expedition under Major General Arthur St. Clair - this was St. Clair's Defeat, also known as the "Columbia Massacre," or the "Battle of the Wabash" in 1791 where the Indians were fighting...
GLC02437.10449
24-25 August 1786
United States. Congress of the Confederation.
[Congressional resolutions]
Copy, in the hand of War Department secretary Robert Pemberton, of three Congressional resolutions. The first resolution, dated 24 August, is based on the report of a committee to whom were referred two letters on the Moravian Indians, one of which...
GLC02437.03296
30 June 1832
Burnham, B. (fl. 1832-)
[Constable receipt for David Murphy]
GLC01450.600.050
21 May 1792
Fleming, George (1748-1822)
[Copies of documents related to Arthur St. Clair's 1791 Western expedition]
Pages one and two consist of a letter written by Fleming to Henry Knox 21 May from West Point. Defends his management of stores sent from West Point (a Congressional report recently cited mismanagement of the quartermaster and military stores...
GLC02437.10358
22 June 1790
[Copy of a document related to the Cayuga Nation]
Appears to be a partial copy or a set of notes from a 22 June 1790 treaty signed at Fort Stanwix by five commissioners and eleven Cayuga chiefs and warriors. Discusses the Cayugas' lands. Apparently, the Cayugas are seeking permission from the state...
GLC02437.04635
3 March 1843
Murphy, David (1769-1844)
[Copy of David Murphy's will]
GLC01450.600.071
circa 27 December 1790
[Cornplanter's memorial]
Titled and docketed as "Objects of the memorial of the Cornplanter." Lists nine points addressed by the Cornplanter (a Seneca chief) in his memorial. The issues pertain primarily to land disputes and claims to having been cheated.
GLC02437.08165
1831
Duff and Green (fl. 1831)
[Correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun on the Seminole War]
Correspondence between the "President and Vice-President of the U. States, on the subject of the course of the latter, in the deliberations of the cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the occurrences of the Seminole War." Calhoun discloses the correspondence...
GLC08605.02
18 March 1835
Gamelk, P. R (fl.1835-)
[Court receipt of David Murphy]
GLC01450.600.051
circa 1800s
[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
23 September 1800
Cook, Nathaniel (fl. 1800-)
[David Murphy is sworn in]
GLC01450.600.077
23 December 1833
Hart, CH (fl. 1833-)
[David Murphy, Isaac Cunningham, WIlliam Brown, James Ritter, and Charles Bart are appointed by the county court]
GLC01450.600.055
1783-1815
[David Murphy's will, unfinished and undated]
GLC01450.600.072
14 May 1843- 7 September 1843
[David Murphy's will]
GLC01450.600.070
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