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1893 ca.
Fitchburg Railroad Company
["Pat" O'Hara]
Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.06 and GLC05235.02.08.
GLC05235.02.07
Mr. O'Hara with a white mustache and beard, weraing a felt hat. Picture taken at the Engineering office of F.R.R. Identical image as GLC05235.02.06 and GLC05235.02.07.
GLC05235.02.08
17 November 1859
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[$10.00 Check to Mary Todd Lincoln]
Check signed by Lincoln payable to "wife." Printed in blue ink, drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company. Printed by Richards & Smith.
GLC03875
1864
Ryder, J. F. (fl. 1864)
[103rd Ohio infantry flag held by the colonel's daughter]
Printed box on verso for tax stamp.
GLC06165
16 April 1781-1 June 1781
Unknown
[10th Massachusetts regiment orderly book]
Details daily orders for the troops and assigns field officers and major of the brigades for each day. Many entries deal with supplying and ordering clothing for the soldiers. Reports the results of many court martials, most trying soldiers for...
GLC01450.016.01
Dewey, Orville S.
[1864 diary]
In April, he notes that he does not like working under Butler which corresponds to one of his letters. In May he describes some very animated fighting occurring near their pickets. Later on the 28th he gives details of Henry's (a fellow soldier)...
GLC02161.146
circa 1760-1785
Sylvester, Deborah (fl. 1760-1785)
[8 weaving patterns] [Decimalized .02.01- .02.08]
Dates inferred from Sylvester's journal at GLC01144.01.
GLC01144.02
21 April 1855
Martin, Andrew (1855-)
[a commitee is formed for the task of choosing a pastor]
GLC09302.023
25 July 1861
Jones, Samuel (1819-1887)
[A congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of First Bull Run]
Confederate general Samuel Jones has written "For the 8th Rgt. Ga. Volunteers" on the verso of a copy of a congratulatory address from Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard to Confederate soldiers following the Battle of...
GLC02691.07
circa 1876
Ogden, Sarah Perot (b. 1831)
[A pincushion]
Pincushion embroidered with flowers on the front and "EHO" on the reverse.
GLC06559.156
12 November 1861
Gordon, H.L. (fl. 1861)
[A soldier's poem]
Writes from Camp Stone. Includes a poem entitled, "Lines on the death of my friend Louis Mitchell of Co. I 1st Regt Minnesota Vols: who was killed in a skirmish on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Oct. 21st 1861." Gordon's friend, Lewis Mitchell...
GLC06559.038
11 July 1790
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
[A statement on Mr. Greene's evidence]
Letter is not signed but appears to be in Henry Knox's handwriting. Discusses a memorial the late General [Nathanael] Greene had submitted to Congress and the dire financial situation that now threatens Greene's family. Writes a lengthy letter...
GLC02437.09816
23 April 1842
Theobald, Mathew (1790-1856)
[Abstinence pledge card]
Printed card, with various illustrations, stating that Catherine Cauty has taken the "the Total Abstinence Pledge." Cauty has card number 4281797. Signed by Theobald as president of the society. Pledge card states that Cauty will refrain from...
GLC02542.27
8 June 1792
Duer, William (1747-1799)
[Account between William Duer and Henry Knox]
Ledger outlines accounts between Duer and Knox from 1791-1792.
GLC02437.05498
14 March 1778-25 November 1778
[Account book of Henry Knox]
Written in Samuel Shaw's hand. Includes expenses for goods, services and travel. On 30 April [1778] Knox receives money for the travel expense of a journey from New England and for the expense of moving his and General [Nathanael] Greene's baggage...
GLC02437.08402
3 September 1774 - 25 March 1777 (bulk 1775-1776)
Lovett, John (1743-1792)
[Account book of John Lovett]
Details the Lovett family accounts. Most are lists of sundry goods brought to Lovett by ship and their costs. Mentions the names of many ships, their sailing dates, and their captains. Inscribed, "John Lovet his book Elizabeth Lovet" on inside...
GLC01450.006.08
5 February 1817
[account book]
GLC01450.600.010
10 March 1778
Pollard, Jonathan (fl. 1749-1786)
[Account of expenses and payments between Henry Knox and Jonathan Pollard]
Receipt signed by Pollard, possibly a quartermaster. Including pay for Dr. Nesbit and washer woman.
GLC02437.00695
April 1773
Murry, E. (fl. 1773)
[Account of payment made by Flucker to James Murry]
E. Murry (possibly Elizabeth) signs with her mark for her husband James, certifying that Flucker paid his balance in full.
GLC02437.09481
24 May 1780-5 June 1781
Shaw, Samuel (1754-1794)
[Account of payments made by Henry Knox]
First 4 pages summarizes money received and expended from 10 January 1778 to 20 March 1780. The detailed account begins on 24 May 1780. The accounts from 1778-1780 mostly includes items used in daily life: various types of cloth, sugar, oil...
GLC02437.08541
22 January 1779
Yancey, James (fl. 1779)
[Account with William Knox]
Account between William Knox and James Yancey. Includes women's shoes and credit for sugar. Signed by Yancey.
GLC02437.08463
circa 1776-1825
[Account]
List of transactions from June to December (year unknown) for various items and their prices including brushes, cotton, belts, ribbons, and others. Appears to be an order for Hepzibah Swan and a Nancy Fuller. Circa date based on Mrs. Swan's life...
GLC02437.08291
20 June 1774
Perkins, Elizabeth (fl. 1774)
List of goods Lucy Knox bought from Elizabeth Perkins. Items include plates, dishes, glasses, chamber pots, tea and coffee pots, cups and others.
GLC02437.08342
30 March 1794
List of transactions by date between William Knox and Elizabeth [McEuen ?] regarding food and lodging. Noted as signed by [Thomas McEuen ?] on behalf of his mother.
GLC02437.08670
circa 1806
Account of various items for Sarah Lyons Flucker paid by the late Henry Knox. Items listed by date.
GLC02437.08727
7 October 1807
List of transactions between Lucy Knox and Thomas Vose. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.08854
April 1970
Bleicher, Kevin (fl. 1970)
[Administration at Ohio State University]
One black and white photograph dated April 1970 taken by Kevin Bleicher. Pictured is a woman speaking to a man with a National Guardsmen visible through an ajar door.
GLC09650.142
1834
[Advertisement for A Narrative of the Captivity & Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis]
Illustrated publication advertisement for a recently published book about Lewis experience as a captive of Chief Black Hawk during the Black Hawk War. Published in the aftermath of the war after Black Hawk was taken as a captive on a tour for the...
GLC07390
1815-1860
Raines, James (?-)
[advertisement for country produce sale from Mckinsey, Flood, and Co.]
GLC09302.038
Johnson, Woodson (1844-)
[Advertisement for land in Rockingham county]
GLC09302.010
24 November 1865
Wirz, Elizabeth (b. 1826)
[Affidavit concerning the lies of General L.C. Baker in regard to the case of Henry Wirz]
Wirz, the wife of the recently executed Captain Henry Wirz, denies Baker's allegation that she attempted to deliver a poison to her husband during one of her visits to him before he was convicted of war crimes at Andersonville Prison during the Civil...
GLC03887
10 October 1721
Kerby, Temperance (fl. 1721)
[Agreement to release Robert Curby from his obligation to her as executor of her father, the late Richard Curby].
Witnessed by Timothy Gifford (his mark) and Jerimiah Gifford (his mark). Also signed by the Township of Dartmouth Clerk Nathaniel [illegible]. The inheritance has been paid and Curby is released from his obligation.
GLC02924.030
29 September 1793
[Agreement with Sarah Waldo, William & Sarah Wetmore]
Document relating to Knox's attempt to purchase a large portion of the Waldo estate. Part of the estate is being given by William Wetmore to Sarah Waldo, as payment for a debt, and will then be sold to Henry Knox. Signed by Knox on the second page...
GLC02437.09246
circa 1785-1786
[Agreement]
An agreement between Stephen Sayre, a Lady Anne Poellnitz and Henry Knox concerning Knox renting a house from Poellnitz.
GLC02437.09961
1793
[Agreement] [incomplete]
Discusses a land agreement between Madame de Leval, Mr. de La Roche and Henry Knox and William Duer, along with others. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09986
1825
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].
A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs...
GLC01826
no date
[Albumen portrait of Leydia Boswell Way]
Albumen portrait.
GLC02176.50
1868 ca.
[Albumen print of young woman]
Possibly Mary (Moore) Kelly. Previously housed with 4197.41, 4197.42, 4197.43
GLC04197.38
1878-1898
Ross, Alexander Milton (1832-1897)
[Alexander Ross' scrapbook related to John Brown's family]
Ross' collection of letters relating to John Brown's family, mostly letters sent to him by John Brown's children. Scrapbook contains twenty one letters and one cartoon relating to John Brown, as well as envelopes for most of the letters. Letters...
GLC03007.56
circa 1850s
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)
[Allegorical verses on slavery]
Written in Harriet Beecher Stowe's hand. Her clipped signature ("H B Stowe") has been pasted to the end of the poem. Despite being in Stowe's hand and having the addition of Stowe's signature, both poems are actually 1842 works on slavery by Henry...
GLC05570
1861-1877
[ambrotype of a young woman on glass]
GLC02750.334
circa November 1872-March 1873
[An address to President Ulysses S. Grant from the Republican women of Massachusetts on the occasion of inauguration for his second term].
Urges him to follow the dictates of the 14th resolution of the 1872 Republican Party Platform, which recognizes the importance of women, and so recommend women's suffrage to Congress in his inaugural address. Also asks him to prevent Congress from...
GLC04360.035
[An aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition]
A Woman's Christian commission aid badge for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Hand engraved with the name "Sarah Morris Ogden" on the reverse.
GLC06559.155
4 August 1793
[An article of Francis Waldo's will]
Document pertains to issues regarding the division of the estate once belonging to Francis Waldo. Knox hopes to secure the portion of the Waldo patent left to Hannah Harwood. Believes he is entitled to it because Harwood once deprived Lucy Knox of...
GLC02437.09245
17 March 1812
Lee, Ann (fl. 1812)
[An indenture for land from Ann Lee to Charles Lee]
Ann Lee giving land to her son Charles Lee "in consideration of the natural love and affection which she the said Ann has & bears to the said Charles Lee." Also signed by Philip Montague Jr. and Abraham Montague as witnesses. Docket signed twice by...
GLC03434.80
1 April 1812
Jones, William S. (fl. 1812)
[An indenture for land from William S. Jones to James Healey]
William S. Jones and his wife Nancy selling land to James Healey, with a number of dockets and attached notes. Docket on verso of first page signed by James Hunter and James Ferguson as Justices of the Peace. Third page attesting to the credentials...
GLC03434.81
14 Novermber 1865
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
[Andrew Johnson bestows an award on two members of the Blackfoot tribe]
Countersigned by James Harlan as Secretary of Interior. Serving as President of the Unied States, Johnson awards Nootay-u-hah (or Short Gun) and his brother (both of the Blackfoot tribe) money and a silver medal for exchanging their horses for two...
GLC01993.01
17 October 1843
Cobb, John (fl. 1843-)
[Annnouncement from the county clerk that David Murphy has died and left a will leaving his estate to others]
GLC01450.600.069
circa 1864
Gillespie, Elizabeth Duane (1821-1901)
[Announcement for the Central Fair Letter Boxes]
Gillespie, postmistress for the Central Fair, directs Fair participants to "Letter-Boxes, as a great convenience to all desiring to correspond with visitors to the Fair; as well as for letters to be delivered throughout the City, or at the Post...
GLC04637
23 July 1836
[Announcement of pro-slavery meeting in Kansas]
GLC01450.600.57
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