Reports to the Assistant Adj. Gen., Dept. of Dakota and orders signed by 1st Lt. James Calhoun
Description:
The Black Hills Expedition, the 7th United States Cavalry commanded by Gen. Custer, under the authority of Gen. Terry, was to reconnoiter a route to the Black Hills and explore their interior. It left from Fort Hall July 2, 1874 and returned in August. and Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
Subject (Name):
Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong), and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Photograph portrait of African American author James Baldwin by Anthony Barboza, 1975. The photograph belongs to Barboza's Black Borders series of portraits of Black artists
Description:
Anthony Barboza (1944-) is an African American photographer, historian, artist, and writer. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City to study photography. In 1963, he joined the Kamoinge Workshop photography collective, and became president of the collective in 2004., Caption in English., Title from caption., Place of creation supplied by cataloger., and Date of creation from caption.
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 and Barboza, Anthony, 1944-
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American photographers, and Authors
Printed diary, completed in manuscript and signed, kept by John Hayes, Jr., 1863 January 1-1864 January 1. Hayes describes his service recruiting and scouting for Kansas military units during the Civil War at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, including the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 13th Regular Kansas Volunteers, and 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers
Description:
John Hayes, Jr. (1826- ) of Freeport, Ohio, was a lawyer in Corydon, Iowa, when he joined the Union Army. By 1861 September, he was a private in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. By 1863 June, he was assigned to the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers as Recruiting Lieutenant. Hayes was also responsible for scouting for the army and reporting on rebel troop movements near Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1863 December, he was appointed as a lieutenant to raise the new 11th United States Colored Regiment., In English., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas., Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Fort Scott (Kan.), Kansas, and United States
Subject (Name):
Hayes, John, Jr., 1826-, United States. Army, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 11th (1863-1866), United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), and United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1864)
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Officers, African American soldiers, African Americans, Soldiers, and History
Autograph letters and documents by, addressed to and about Nathan Hale. Box 1 contains five autograph letters by Nathan Hale: autograph letter, signed, to Betsy Christopher, 1775 October 8, from Camp Winter Hill in Boston; autograph letter, signed, to his brother, Enoch Hale, 1776 June 3, from New York, describing military preparations and the current state of the Continental Army; a comic verse autograph letter, signed, to his Yale classmate, Benjamin Talmadge, undated; an autograph verse letter to an unidentified recipient describing scenes at Camp Winter Hill, undated; and an autograph letter fragment to an unidentified correspondent, undated. Letters to Nathan Hale, all dating from 1773-1776, include autograph letters by Betsy Hallam; John Hallam; Robert Latimer; William Little; Elihu Marvin; Gilbert Saltonstall; Benjamin Talmadge; and Ebenezer Williams. A 1777 March 27 letter from Nathan Hale's father, Richard Hale, to Samuel Hale comments on the rumor that Nathan had been betrayed by his cousin and notes that he was "a Child I sot much by but he is gone." Other papers include Elisha Bostwick's memoir of his services in the Revolutionary War, which mentions Nathan Hale; and twentieth-century photostats, notes, and documents concerning Nathan Hale's life and genealogy. Box 2 contains Hale's military receipt book for wages, arms and ammunitions he issued to his men, with their counter-signatures under each receipt, 1776 June-August. Box 3 contains an autograph letter, signed, from Nathan Hale to "Mr. Mead," 1774 May 2; and Nathan Hale's commission as a captain in the "Army of the United Colonies," printed form filled out in manuscript, signed by John Hancock, President, 1776 January 1.
Description:
Nathan Hale (1755-1776), graduate of Yale College (Yale 1773), teacher, and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Executed by the British as a spy on September 22, 1776, he is reported to have said, "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.", In English., and Accompanied by a variety of modern manuscript and typed transcripts and photostats of these and other Hale-related documents, as well as historical and genealogical information on Hale and members of the Hale family.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Great Britain, America., Massachusetts, and United States
Subject (Name):
Bostwick, Elisha, 1748-1834., Christopher, Betsy., Hale family., Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776., Hale, Richard, 1717-1802., Hale, Samuel, 1718-1807., Hallam, Betsy., Hallam, John, 1728-1811., Hancock, John, 1737-1793, Latimer, Robert., Little, William, 1749-1841., Marvin, Elihu, 1752-1798., Saltonstall, Gilbert., Talmadge, Benjamin., Williams, Ebenezer, 1755-1777., and United States. Continental Army
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Pay, allowances, etc, History, Politics and government, Colonies, and Economic aspects
Autograph letter, in Arabic Maghrabi script, conveying a greeting to Major John Owen in Raleigh, and consisting chiefly of quotations from the Qur'an and from treatises on Arabic grammar. Quotations from the Qur'an include: Sūrat al-Najm (21-23); Sūrat al-Masad (1-2); Sūrat al-Baqarah (285-286); Sūrat Fuṣṣilat (46); Sūrat 'Abasa (34-37); Sūrat al-Infiṭār (19); Sūrat al-Nabaʼ (40); Sūrat al-Mulk (1-13). Quotations from grammatical treatises include verses from Mulḥat al-iʻrāb (Ḥarīrī) and Alfīyat Ibn Mālik (Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh). In the center of the first page, a geometric drawing encloses the Arabic text "Shaykh General Jim Owen," along with two unidentified words. In addition to the text relating to John and James Owen and the quotations, Said expresses a wish to see a place [Kaba?] in Africa and With cover letter, in English, from John Louis Taylor, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, dated Raleigh, North Carolina, 1819 October 10, to Francis Scott Key, George Town [Washington, DC]. Taylor describes Said's history and relationship with his owner James Owen, and requests Key's assistance in obtaining a translation of the enclosed manuscript. He also asks for Key's advice in obtaining an Arabic Bible for Said, and discusses his hope that Said could be persuaded to return to Africa with "the Colonization Society," likely the American Colonization Society, of which both Taylor and Key were members
Description:
Omar ibn Said, also known as Moro or Moreau, was a West African Muslim born and educated in the Futa Toro region on the Senegal River. He was sold into slavery in approximately 1807 and transported to the United States. From approximately 1810 until the end of his life, Said was owned by politician James Owen of Bladen County, North Carolina, brother of North Carolina Governor John Owen., In Arabic., Notes on Taylor letter: "Letter from Judge Taylor - enclosing an Arabic Amulet" ; "Judge Taylor's letter and mss to be sent to Dr Stuart, Andover" ; "To the Library of the Theol. Seminary from M. Stuart, 22 April 1837." Moses Stuart was Professor of Biblical Studies at Andover Theological Seminary from 1810 to 1848., Accompanied by a copy of The Missionary Herald (Boston: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, April 1869) which includes an article, in English, "Arabic-Speaking Negro Mohammedans in Africa," by George E. Post, that discusses Said's manuscript, Taylor's letter, and subsequent events and writings by Said., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
North Carolina., Africa., North Carolina, Cape Fear River Region., United States., Cape Fear River Region (N.C.), and United States
Subject (Name):
Key, Francis Scott, 1779-1843., Owen, James, 1784-1865., Owen, John, 1787-1841., Said, Omar ibn, 1770?-1863., Taylor, John Louis, 1769-1829., and American Colonization Society.
Subject (Topic):
African American Muslims, African Americans, Colonization, Arabic language, Grammar, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslaved persons' writings, American, and Race relations
The work documents the travels of Maximilian Prinz zu Wied and Karl Bodmer, primarily in the Missouri River Valley, 1832-1834, with descriptions and depictions of the Indigenous people of the region, including the Mandan, Hidatsa, Assiniboine, Dakota, and Cree
Alternative Title:
Title of volume 3, on printed wrappers
Description:
BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 1: Plates are colored., BEIN ZZc20 839wi copy 2: Plates are uncolored. Bookplate: From the library of Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, 1863-1935, Chicago. Acquired with: Wied, Maximilian. ALS to [Samuel G. Morton]. Neuwied : 1841 Feb. 20. 2 L., and a transcript in an unidentified hand, 2 L. (WA MSS S-2144;W634)., BEIN 2003 Folio 86: Unbound sheets; plates are uncolored. With 8 original printed wrappers for text, for Hefts 3-4, 5, 6-7, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms. All plates (both Kupfern and Vignetten) unbound in 10 original printed wrappers for Hefts 1-2, 3-4, 5, 6-7, 8-11, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 18, 19-20; Heft numbers written on wrappers in ms.; number of plates in each wrapper also written in ms.; printed title on wrappers is: Kupfer zu Prinz Maximilians von Wied Reise durch Nord-Amerika. Bookplate of Paul Mellon., Includes 81 plates, largely in aquatint, after drawings by Karl Bodmer, each bearing his blind stamp. Vignettes I-XXXIII are bound in with the text; tableaux 1-48 are bound in the third (atlas) volume, along with the folding map., "Verzeichniss der resp. Herren Subscribenten"--Volume 2, pages [v]-xvi., "Sprachproben verschiedener Völkerstämme des nord-westlichen Americas"--Volume 2, pages [455]-653., Includes bibliographical references., and BAC Folio B 2023 4: Plates are hand-colored. Includes the plan of Fort Clark, the table of temperatures at the fort, the folding map showing the route of the expedition, and the key plate to tab. 21 (all often lacking). From the library of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, with his ink stamp. Bound in contemporary black quarter calf and black cloth, with the original printed wrappers of volume 3 (the atlas volume) bound in.
Publisher:
Bei J. Hoelscher and Gedruckt bei Dubois und Werle
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Missouri River Valey, Great Plains., Missouri River Valley., and United States.
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Mandan Indians, Hidatsa Indians, Assiniboine Indians, Dakota Indians, Cree Indians, Indians of North America, Languages, and Natural history
Autograph manuscript diary written by Robert J. Brown during travel from Boston to Florida Territory, 1834-1835. Entries describe travel by steamboat, stagecoach, and railroad, and record impressions of natural features, commerce, urban development, and social life in cities, towns, and regions including New York City; Newark, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia, and the Tidewater region; Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina; Savannah and Augusta, Georgia; Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida Territory, and the St. Johns River region; and Mobile, Alabama, Entries dated 1834 December describe visits to federal government buildings in Washington, D.C, including observation of debates about federal bank legislation in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Entries recorded in Virginia and South Carolina, 1834 December-1835 January, include references to slavery and the slave trade in Richmond and Charleston, During 1835 January-February, Brown was a guest of Orlando Savage Rees at Spring Garden, Rees’s sugar plantation near De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida Territory. These entries include detailed description of sugar production and the working and living conditions of enslaved African Americans, and Other entries relating to Florida Territory describe St. Augustine; camping, hunting, and fishing on the Saint Johns River, with references to alligator hunting and orange cultivation; and encounters with Native Americans. A few entries dated 1835 March-April, apparently incomplete, relate to travel in the Florida Panhandle with description of Pensacola, Florida, and Mobile, Alabama
Description:
Spring Garden, a sugar plantation near De Leon Springs, Volusia County, Florida Territory, was acquired in 1830 by Orlando Savage Rees (1796-1852), of Stateburg, South Carolina. In 1835 December, during the Second Seminole War, Spring Garden was occupied by Seminole Indians and Black Seminoles, who liberated African Americans enslaved on the plantation., In English., and Binding: contemporary three-quarter calf over blue morocco, with gilt edges.
Subject (Geographic):
Florida, Volusia County., Florida., South Carolina, Charleston., Virginia, Richmond., South Carolina., Virginia., De Leon Springs (Fla.), Florida Panhandle (Fla.), Saint Augustine (Fla.), Saint Johns River (Fla.), South Atlantic States, Spring Garden Plantation (Fla.), United States, Volusia County (Fla.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Brown, Robert J., active 1834-1835. and Rees, Orlando Savage, 1796-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Alligator hunting, Black Seminoles, Indians of North America, Orange growers, Seminole Indians, Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842, Slave trade, Slavery, Sugar, Manufacture and refining, Sugar plantations, Description and travel, and History
