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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, August 28, 1888, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, May 20, 1888, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, April 25, 1888, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, March 13, 1888, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, February 13, 1888, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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John W. Caldwell Summarizes His Career In The Confederate Army In A Letter, 1887, John W. Caldwell

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

On Logan County Bank stationary, Caldwell recalls his ranks and commands over the course of the Civil War. At the time of writing he was president of the bank.

Thrilling Narrative Of The Escape Of Gen. John H. Morgan From The Ohio Penitentiary, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

History of the escape of Gen. John H. Morgan from the Ohio Penitentiary by Capt. Thomas H. Hines. With an introductory glimpse of the interior arrangement of the prison

Morgan, John Hunt, -- 1825-1864. Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio) Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America

Correspondence: U.S. Navy Commandant's Office; San Francisco, California, George? Halloway

Print Materials from the Richard Mette Collection

Correspondence: U.S. Navy Commandant's Office; San Francisco, California; September 10, 1886

Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, August 19, 1886, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, March 27, 1886, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Letter: Lafayette Mclaws To Isaac R. Pennypacker, March 8, 1886, Lafayette Mclaws

Lafayette McLaws Papers

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Historical Sketch Of The Fortification Defenses Of Narraganset Bay Since The Founding, In 1836, Of The Colony Of Rhode Island, George W. Cullum

Newport Ephemera

Local call number: Special Collections F82 .R47

Copyright status: Public domain

L. Douglas Sermon Notes, L. Douglas

George Douglas Papers

Sermon notes for sermon L. Douglas gave at the Sylvana Church at Brushy Creek on February 16, 1883.

Through The Khyber Pass To Sherpore Camp, Cabul. An Account Of Temperance Work Among Our Soldiers In The Cabul Field Force, Rev. J. Gelson Gregson

Books in English

This ‘Diary' originally appeared in the Indian Temperance Magazine-On Guard-and at the request of friends interested in the welfare of our soldiers in India, I now publish it in a more permanent form. There is no attempt on my part to make a book; my sole object has been to give permanency to a simple record of work among soldiers in the late Afghan campaign. Having shared their trials and dangers, I have much pleasure in bearing my testimony to their courage in battle, and to their patience in sickness-cheerfully enduring privations for the maintenance of the honour …

The Burnside Expedition, Ambrose E. Burnside

Rhode Island History

By Ambrose E. Burnside, Late Major-General, United States Army. Personal Narratives of Events of the War of the Rebellion being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No.6 – Second Series. 1882.

Written by Ambrose Burnside and read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society on July 7, 1880, the author discusses his military expedition along the North Carolina Coast between February and June of 1862. The expedition was part of General Winfield Scott’s overall Anaconda Plan, which was aimed at closing the blockade-running ports inside the Outer Banks.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written By William Robertson Boggs: Date Unknown Or Unclear., William Robertson Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 10.

Miscellaneous Correspondence Written by William Robertson Boggs: date unknown or unclear.

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1880s: January 1880 - April 9, 1889, William H. Symington, Archer A. Phlegar, Elizabeth Mccaw Boggs, Edith A. Boggs, Edith Symington, William Robertson Boggs Jr.

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1880s: January 1880 - April 9, 1889

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s Cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879, William H. Symington, Archibald Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 1, Folder 3.

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s cont.: November 17, 1878 - May 12, 1879

Correspondence To William Barrett Taylor, May 4, 1878 - April 18, 1880, Elizabeth Mccaw Boggs, Mary Sophia Boggs

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Correspondence to William Barrett Taylor, May 4, 1878 - April 18, 1880.

Box 3, Folder 4.

Correspondence To Elizabeth ("Bessie") Mccaw Boggs Taylor, October 31, 1877 - March 3, 1879, William Barrett Taylor

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Family Papers, Box 2, Folder 2.

Correspondence to Elizabeth ("Bessie") McCaw Boggs Taylor, October 31, 1877 - March 3, 1879

Box 4, Folder 9 Bowling Green, Kentucky - Death Records, U-V, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Bowling Green, Kentucky – Death Records, 1877-1913

Death certificates were not required by state statute in Kentucky until 1911. Prior to that, some municipalities did collect information related to deaths. In Bowling Green a “Return of a Death” certificate was completed to attest to the death of an individual. Completed returns were filed with the City Clerk in order to obtain a permit for burial within the City of Bowling Green, Kentucky. The returns consist of two parts: 1) a Physician’s Certificate Preparatory to Burial, which states the deceased’s name, sex, race, age, marital status, date of death, cause of death, and duration of last illness; and …

Archivo Historico De La Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores L_E_1061, Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores

La Guerra de Texas y La Guerra Mexico - Estados Unidos

The Embassy in France sends reports and press clippings about Texas and the Mexican government's refusal to recognize their independence; the borders of the U.S. and Texas with Mexico, the Florida War of the United States against the Sioux Indian, the position of General Gaines in Texas; the seizure of the American ship "Pocket" in Pensacola that was bringing food to Mexican troops in Texas; circulated dispatches between the governors of Mexico about the victories obtained by the Mexican military in Texas, the Alamo, Bexar, Coprano, Goliad and Victoria. p. 1-212.

Newsletter dated on June 27, 1836 to the governors …

Warranty Deed, April 6, 1875

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Subject Files Collection

Warranty deed of land granted by Crawford Howland (witness: wife, Mary L.) to (first name eligible) Eliza Hopkins in Foster, RI on April 6, 1875. Recorded and witnessed by George W. Phillips, Town Clerk. "Recorded in Deed Book #14, p. 421."

Printed and handwritten; 1 folded sheet, (4 p.); 35 x 43 cm [unfolded].

Correspondence To General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878, Archibald P. Boggs, William Robertson Boggs Jr., Andrew Johnston, William H. Symington

William Robertson Boggs Family Papers

Boggs Papers, Box 1, Folder 2

Correspondence to General William Robertson Boggs, 1870s: January 21, 1875 - November 6, 1878

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Militia Rolls, 1874-1875 (Mss 701), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Militia rolls (two volumes) for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, 1874, 1875. Names are listed in alphabetical order; no other information is provided.

Narrative Of My Captivity Among The Sioux Indians, Fanny Kelly

Electronic Texts in American Studies

THE summer of 1864 marked a period of unusual peril to the daring pioneers seeking homes in the far ·West. Following upon the horrible massacres in Minnesota in 1862, and the subsequent chastisements inflicted by the expeditions under Generals Sully and Sibley in 1863, whereby the Indians were driven from the then western borders of civilization, in Iowa, Minnesota, and the white settlements of Dakota, in the Missouri Valley, the great emigrant trails to Idaho and Montann became the scene of fresh outrages; and, from the wild, almost inaccessible nature of the country, pursuit and punishment were impossible.

I was …

Wade Hampton Letter Regarding Memorium Of General E. Lee To Colonel Charles Marshall, 1871., Wade Hampton

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Wade Hampton writes to Colonel Charles Marshall a letter in memorium of General Robert E. Lee. He discusses and honors General Lee's "great deeds & spotless virtue", "marvelous military career", and utmost desire to serve, dated March 28, 1871.

Executive Order Of 1870, Ulysses S. Grant, George L. Hartstuff, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This Executive Order, issued by President Ulysses S. Grant on April 12, 1870, established the Fort Berthold Reservation. In addition to Grant’s Executive Order, this document includes a series of letters, proposals, and endorsements for the creation of a reservation for the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara. Importantly, this document also contains the original map outlining the proposed boundaries and the president’s diagram which significantly reducing the size of the reservation.

Signed Photograph Of Robert E. Lee And George Peabody (And Others) At White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 1869., Unknown

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

This photograph, taken 1869 at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is the last photograph of Robert E. Lee before his death in 1870. Seen by some as a symbol of early reconciliation between North and South, the image features Lee (seated, 2nd from left) alongside George Peabody (seated, 3rd from left). Peabody was a British-American industrialist and philanthropist who supported the Union during the war, but was fêted by fellow guests at the Springs in 1869 for his postwar generosity and investment in the Southern education system. Both he and Lee shared the belief that education was the best means …

[Letter], 1868, June 14, Boston, Mass., John Baker [To] Alan Cameron

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Correspondence Collection

Business correspondences from John A. Baker of Boston, Massachusetts regarding the order of various bronze and other castings. Provides information regarding the casting trade.

One entry: dated July 14, 1868.

Handwritten; 1 folded sheet (4 p.); 21 x 25 cm. folded to 21 x 12.5 cm.