One-page printed form lists categories providing a good indication of the diverse responsibilities of the Quartermasters Department. One item of interest listed under "Incidental Expenses (not expressed under any other heading): "Extra duty men at...
Account Form No. 12 from the United States Army Quartermaster for the purchase of one iron box for the protection of Quartermaster's funds at a cost of $40.00. Item was received at Eastport, Mississippi, by Captain Simon Perkins Jr., U. S. Army...
List from the U. S. Army Quartermaster of the bridges and trestling destroyed on the Nashville Northwestern Railroad, including bridges to be built or rebuilt, and grading to be done. The list enumerates each item by section and includes length,...
Certificate of provisions from John T. Humphreys certifying receipt of items from the subsistence stores for use by the officers in the company. The items listed include beef, bacon, flour, meal, rice, sugar, vinegar, soap, salt, candles, and...
A stone monument shown behind an iron fence and gate. The inscription on this sketch states that this was the site of the Crawford Home, Lancaster County, S. C., where Andrew Jackson was reared. This item was a part of a collection owned by Mr. and...
Color two-sided pass promising safe conduct to the holder of the pass by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied military forces. Reverse bears the signature of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and has a photograph of a South Vietnamese Soldier...
A piece torn from a black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the surrender of a Viet-Cong soldier on the front with text and leaflet number (246-131-68) on the reverse.
Two letters of correspondence between Mrs. John Trotwood Moore and her cousin, Susie Gentry. The first item of correspondence is from Susie Gentry to Mary Daniel Moore, written from Franklin, Tennessee, on May 28, 1934. In her correspondence,...
Steel engraving of President Andrew Johnson. This item is found on the inside cover of the bound volume containing the Presidential Pardon for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It is probably an illustration taken from a postcard. The...
Foreground features sculpture of soldier atop base of Confederate Monument honoring Henry County Confederate soldiers. Background shows courthouse lawn, Paris storefronts, and colorful 1950s-1960s era automobiles. Back of card is not filled out. ...
An etching of the stone monument commemorating the birthplace of Andrew Jackson near Monroe County, N. C. The drawing is quite large and is inset with an image of the George McCamie house, said to be the site of the birth. It is inscribed: "Here...
This item, a shipping or mailing label, has been taped in Mitchener's diary. It indicates that a package was sent to Mitchener from his mother, Estelle F. Mitchener, of Nashville, Tennessee. The label has a stamp from a U. S. Censor. In his diary...
This printed page reads,"A Wartime log for British Prisoners." The diaries were distributed to prisoners during World War II by the War Prisoners Aid of the Y.M.C.A. The item was published in Geneva, Switzerland. Mitchener has added a question mark...
The first in a bound collection of colonial documents is a complete copy of the Proclamation of 1763 promulgated at the end of the French and Indian War by King George III of Great Britain. The item is hand-written in ink on paper, copied by John...
Etching features a two-sided coin commemorating the Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1815. Obverse shows General Andrew Jackson in profile and uniform. Reverse shows Lady Liberty instructing an angel to write a resolution commemorating the event....
Etching of the City Hotel, New York, where a grand ball was given for General Jackson on February 22, 1819. This item is a part of the New York Historical Society collections.
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of several POW barracks within the camp. He has written, "An important item on the top of the page. Below is his drawing of the camp, "The Cook Shack." He includes information...
This page in Mitchener's diary from World War II includes a drawing of the food supply area at the camp. On the top, he has written,"And any army travels on its stomach any stomach" On the counter, he has drawn a posted sign listing the specials of...
Red keepsake album embossed with gold. Soldiers signed her book when they passed through, and some even wrote poems. The item belonged to the William K. Barley family, descendant of Jonathan Bachman and William McClellan families. The book belonged...
