University of Richmond
Charles Meredith Civil War Imprint Collection
A. Meredith, John, 1814-1882
V. Meredith, Charles
Meredith, Bernard
MS-45
/repositories/4/resources/59
0.5 Linear Feet
1 Box.
1861-1865
This collection contains more than 100 broadsides published in the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865 from the Meredith Confederate Imprint Collection. The materials contain primarily official publications of the Confederate Government, most of which were printed in Richmond, VA.
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Meredith Collection was donated to the University of Richmond in 1977, given in memory of Charles V. Meredith and his son Bernard Meredith by Polly Brinton Meredith Young (widow of Bernard Meredith, then wife of Edwin P. Young). Charles Meredith was an 1871 graduate of the Richmond College School of Law and later a trustee of the College, as was his father. It was this association to the University that led Mrs. Young to donate the collection to Boatwright Library at the University of Richmond.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically by date of publication; items with only a year are filed at the end of that particular year.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Vivian Meredith (1850-1930)
Born into an old and respected Virginia family, Charles V. Meredith was a distinguished Richmond lawyer who served for many years as Richmond city attorney and as a member of the 1901-1902 Convention. He also served on the publication committee for The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Charles's father, Judge John Alexander Meredith, assisted in surrendering Richmond to the Union Troops in 1865. C.V. Meredith graduated from Richmond College School of Law in 1871 in one of the first full classes following the Civil War and later served as a trustee for the institution as had his father. He married Sophie Gooding Rose, of Baltimore, MD, in 1877, and they had four children, one of whom died in childhood: Sophie, Kate, and Bernard.
Polly B. Young (1910-1997)
Polly Brinton Young of "Old Iron Point," Cobbs Creek in Mathews County, passed away on Feb. 10, 1997, in Florida at age 87. Born in Schenectady, N.Y., and raised in Winchester, she was the daughter of Edith Cushney Brinton and Peter Yates Brinton. She was predeceased by her beloved son, Thomas Brinton Harrison; and her husbands, Burr Powell Harrison, C. Bernard Meredith and Edwin P. Young. Mrs. Young was a member of Christ Church-Kingston Parish, National Association of Colonial Dames in America, Crickett Hill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, the Surf Club and the Mathews Yacht Club.
Preferred Citation
[Box Number, Folder Number], MS-45, the Charles Meredith Civil War Imprint Collection, Book Arts, Archives, & Rare Books, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia.
Processing Information
This collection was originally processed into the Galvin Rare Book Room book collection by individual items. The decision was made to rehouse these materials into an archival collection to better preserve the materials and reduce shelf space for the collection. The original catalog records and LOC numbers have been maintained. Items are also identified where possible by the (C number) drawn from Marjorie Lyle Crandall, "Confederate Imprints: A checklist based principally on the collection of the Boston Athenaeum," 1955. We modeled our inventory on the Confederate Imprint Collection at the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Scope and Contents
The Meredith Collection is rich in primary and secondary source materials relating to the history of Virginia, with particular emphasis on the period of the Civil War. The collection dates back to the end of the Civil War and was started by Judge John Meredith, one of the city leaders who witnessed the fall of Richmond in 1865. The largest portion of the collection was brought together by his son, C.V. Meredith, and his grandson, Bernard Meredith.
The Confederate Imprint Collection as a whole contains approximately 500 Confederate Imprints, defined as materials printed in the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865. The two primary areas are the official publications of the Confederate government and non-official publications. Most of the official documents were printed in Richmond, but several items were printed by Army units in the field or by printers in other Southern states. The official broadside publications are primarily contained in this archival collection while the non-official publications, including military manuals, biographies, histories, description and travel volumes, and political and other pamphlets, maps, music, playbills, religious materials, and other items remain in the book section of the Galvin Rare Book Room.
Separated Materials
The Meredith Collection is a combination of Confederate Imprints including primarily books and broadsides. All materials in the collection have been cataloged into the Galvin Rare Book Room collection with the gift note identified as being from the Meredith Collection. In 2021, the decision was made to turn the broadside materials into an archival collection, but all materials remain in the catalog and in the Galvin Rare Book Room collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Bibliography
Library of Virginia, Richmond Times Dispatch, 9 Feb 1930 front page article
Daily Press, 13 Feb 1997
Confederate States of America -- History
Broadsides
Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Montgomery, March 6, 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7369March 6, 18611 MS-451Circular Instructions No. 2. Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, March 8th, 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7370March 8, 18611 MS-452Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Montgomery, April 5, 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7371April 5, 18611 MS-453Treasury Circular No. 8. Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, April 10th, 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7372April 10, 18611 MS-454An Act Relative to Prisoners of War. (c. 43)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7373May 21, 18611 MS-455An Act to Amend an Act entitled "An Act recognizing the existence of war between the United States and the confederate States, and concerning letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods, approved May 6th, one thousand sixty-one. (c. 44)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7374May 21, 18611 MS-456Treasury Circular, No. 11, Relative to Treasury Notes. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7375August 8, 18611 MS-457Treasury Circular, No. 12, Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Richmond, September 21, 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7376September 21, 18611 MS-458Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Richmond, October 1861. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7377October 18611 MS-459President's Message. (c. 612)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7378November 18, 18611 MS-4510Confederate States of America, War Department, Richmond, 27th December 1861. (c. 1255)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7379December 27, 18611 MS-4511A Bill to exempt certain persons from military duty, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed by Congress on the same subject. (c. 302)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7380February 19, 18621 MS-4512Message of the President. (c. 618)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7381February 25, 18621 MS-4513Message of the President. (c. 618)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7382February 25, 18621 MS-4514Message of the President. (c. 620)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7383April 8, 18621 MS-4515Correspondence between the Governor of Virginia and the Secretary of War (c. ?)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7384September 22, 18621 MS-4516Declaration of the Immediate Cause Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina (c. 1873)/repositories/4/archival_objects/73851860-18621 MS-4517[House, No. 21] Joint resolutions expressing opinion of Congress in relation to the conduct of certain citizens of Louisiana within the lines, and in the presence of the enemy. (c. 280)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7386January 13, 18631 MS-4518Estimate of Funds required by Ordnance Bureau, to supply deficiencies caused (c. 1264)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7387January 19, 18631 MS-4519[House Bill No. 2] A Bill to be entitled An Act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service. (c. 285)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7388January 20, 18631 MS-4520[House Bill No. 8] A Bill continuing to pay all discharged soldiers by reason of wounds and injuries received in the service. (c. 289)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7389January 23, 18631 MS-4521[House Bill No. 8] Preamble and Resolutions on the subject of taxes. (c. 298)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7390February 7, 18631 MS-4522A Bill regulating the granting furloughs and discharges in Hospitals. (c. 309)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7391February 12, 18631 MS-4523A Bill to be entitled "An act in relation to Substitutes in the Army." (c. 305)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7392February 19, 18631 MS-4524A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide certain regulations for holding elections for representations in the Congress by the Confederate States (c. 314)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7393February 28, 18631 MS-4525A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide for holding elections for representatives in the Congress of the C.S.A, in States occupied by forces of the enemy. (c. 315)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7394February 28, 18631 MS-4526Communication From the Secretary of War. (c. 1279)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7395March 3, 18631 MS-4527Communication of G. Tochman, touching his memorial now before Congress (c. 319)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7396March 10, 18631 MS-4528[Secret] A Bill to be entitled An Act to lay taxes for the common defence, and carry on the Government of the Confederate States (c. ?)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7397March 23, 18631 MS-4529[House Bill no.6] A Bill to regulate furloughs and discharges to soldiers in hospitals (c. 324)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7398April 4, 18631 MS-4530Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Richmond, April 7, 1863. (c. 1349)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7399April 7, 18631 MS-4531A Bill to distribute bounty, granted as a reward to officers and men serving on board of the Virginia, Patrick Henry, Jamestown, Raleigh, Benfort, and Teazer, for their gallantry and courage in the naval engagement with the enemy's vessels in Hampton Roads on the 8th, 9th of March 1862 (c. 325)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7400April 8, 18631 MS-4532[No. 19] Treasury Departments, C.S.A. Richmond, June 27, 1863. (c. 1205)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7401June 27, 18631 MS-4533President's Message. (c. 627)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7402December 7, 18631 MS-4534Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives, Dec. 11, 1863. (c. 1151)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7403December 10, 18631 MS-4535[House Bill No.––] An Act to prevent trading with the enemy or with persons resident in the United States (c. 329)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7404December 10, 18631 MS-4536An act to provide payment for slaves impressed under state laws, and lost in the public service (c. 390)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7405December 10, 18631 MS-4537Amendment proposed by Mr. Kenner from Committee on Ways and Means, to bill "to lay taxes for the common defense, and carry on the government of the C.S.A." (c. 316)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7406December 11, 18631 MS-4538[House of Representatives] A Bill to raise a tax for the support of the government. (c. 334)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7407December 11, 18631 MS-4539An Act to allow commissioned officers of the army rations and the privilege of purchasing clothing from the quarter master's department. (c. 354)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7408December 11, 18631 MS-4540[House of Representatives No. 9] Resolution on Finance (c. 339(/repositories/4/archival_objects/7409December 14, 18631 MS-4541[House Bill No. 15] An Act to raise revenue by direct taxation (c. 342)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7410December 16, 18631 MS-4542[House Bill No. 31] An Act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the funding and further issue of treasury notes" approved March 23, 1863 (c. 340)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7411December 16, 18631 MS-4543An Act to amend the law in relation to substitutes (c. 348)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7412December 21, 18631 MS-4544House no. 3 Suggestions for financial relief (c. 350)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7413December 21, 18631 MS-4545An Act to grant a special copyright to W.J. Hardee and S.H. Goetzel for Hardee's Rifle and Infantry Tactics (c. 355)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7414December 22, 18631 MS-4546[House Bill No. 3] A bill to prohibit dealing in the paper currency of the enemy (c. 351)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7415December 22, 18631 MS-4547A Bill to be entitled An Act to establish a Bureau of Foreign supplies (c. 356)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7416December 24, 18631 MS-4548A Bill to be entitled an Act to provide for wounded and disabled officers and soldiers an asylum to be called "The Veteran Soldiers Home" (c. 360)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7417December 28, 18631 MS-4549A Bill to provide for the reduction of the currency (c. 362)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7418December 30, 18631 MS-4550Report of the Special Committee, on the charge of corruption made in the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 7, 1864. (c. 598)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7419January 7, 18641 MS-4551Message of the President. (c. 828)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7420January 11, 18641 MS-4552Proposition of Finance. (c. 381)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7421January 11, 18641 MS-4553A Bill to be entitled an Act amendatory of an act entitled "An act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes," approved January 5, 1864. (c. 400)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7422January 28, 18641 MS-4554A Bill to entitled An Act supplemental to the several acts relating to military courts. (c. 401)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7423January 28, 18641 MS-4555Veto Message. (c. 628)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7424February 11, 18641 MS-4556Report from the Joint Select Committee, to investigate the Management of the Navy Department. (c. 89)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7425February 17, 18641 MS-4557Report of the Attorney General. (c. 835)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7426April 25, 18641 MS-4558Report of Secretary of Treasury. (c. 1185)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7427May 2, 18641 MS-4559Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives, May 5, 1864. (c. 1123)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7428May 2, 18641 MS-4560A Bill to organize a corps of scouts and signal guards, to facilitate communication with the trans-Mississippi department. (c. 415)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7429May 3, 18641 MS-4561Message of the President. To the Senate and House of Representatives, May 18, 1864. (c. 1096)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7430May 10, 18641 MS-4562An Act to provide for the safe custody, printing, publication and distribution of the laws, and to provide for the appointment of an additional clerk in the Department of Justice. (c. 430)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7431May 15, 18641 MS-4563Message of the President. House of Representatives, May 31, 1864. (c. 1100)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7432May 25, 18641 MS-4564A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide for the settlement of certain matters of account growing out of purchases of property as alleged by the purchasers for the use of the Government, by Payne & Co., in the State of Texas. (c. 437)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7433May 26, 18641 MS-4565A Bill to be entitled An Act to amend the army regulation with respect to gaming by disbursing officers and others entrusted with public funds. (c. 438)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7434May 26, 18641 MS-4566A Bill to be entitled An Act making appropriations for the postal service of the Confederate States, for the year 1862 and 1863. (c. 440)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7435May 26, 18641 MS-4567President's Message. House of Representatives, May 30, 1864. (c. 631)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7436May 28, 18641 MS-4568A Bill to be offered as a substitute for the Bill reported by the Committee on military affairs to consolidate companies, battalions, regiments, and brigades. (c. 498)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7437June 14, 18641 MS-4569A Bill to be entitled An Act to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiments. (c. 457)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7438November 8, 18641 MS-4570A Bill to suspend the privilege of writ of habeas corpus, in certain cases, for a limited time. (c. 467)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7439November 10, 18641 MS-4571A Bill to be entitled "An Act to amend An Act to provide revenue from commodities imported from foreign countries," approved May 21st, 1864. (c. 458)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7440November 26, 18641 MS-4572A Bill to be entitled "An Act to exempt from taxation loans made on hypothecation of non-taxable bonds. (c. 459)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7441November 26, 18641 MS-4573Message of the President. House of Representatives, Dec. 8, 1864. (c. 1311)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7442December 6, 18641 MS-4574Amendment to Senate Bill (s. 129) to provide for the employment of free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifications, and to perform other labor connected with the defences of the country. (c. 180) /repositories/4/archival_objects/7443December 6, 18641 MS-4575Message. (c. 2283)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7444December 7, 18641 MS-4576A Bill to increase the number of acting midshipmen in the navy, and to prescribe the manner of appointment. (c. 475)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7445December 13, 18641 MS-4577A Bill to provide for the transfer of certain mechanics, artizans and other persons, from the army to the navy. (c. 476)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7446December 13, 18641 MS-4578A Bill to increase the pay of Marines to that received by the Infantry of the Army. (c. 471)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7447December 13, 18641 MS-4579A Bill making an appropriation for the removal of the naval rope walk and erection of the same. (c. 474)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7448December 13, 18641 MS-4580Amendment to the Bill to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency. (c. 478)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7449December 14, 18641 MS-4581A resolution upon the subject of peace. (c. 481)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7450December 16, 18641 MS-4582A resolution. (c. 485)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7451December 19, 18641 MS-4583Amendment to the Bill to provide more for the reduction and redemption of the currency. (c. 469)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7452December 20, 18641 MS-4584Amendment proposed to be offered by Mr. Maxwell to the bill (s. 92) to exempt the cargoes of vessels owned by the states of the Confederacy from existing restrictions upon exports and imports. (c.175)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7453December 22, 18641 MS-4585A Bill to be entitled An Act to authorize the 2d Auditor of the Treasury, or a commissioner, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury with the consent of the President, to take proof as to the expenditures of the State of Tennessee, in constructing military defences and the support of her army previous to its transfer to the Confederate government. (c. 489)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7454December 24, 18641 MS-4586A Bill to be entitled An Act to levy and collect taxes for the common defence and for the support of the government for the year 1865, and to repeal certain tax laws. (c. 488)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7455December 24, 18641 MS-4587A Bill to be entitled An Act authorizing the promotion of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, for distinguished valor and skill or for peculiar competency and general merit. (c. 505)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7456December 24, 18641 MS-4588A Bill to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency. (c. 492)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7457December 26, 18641 MS-4589A Bill to be entitled An Act for the further organization of the Field Artillery of the Confederate States. (c. 493)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7458December 29, 18641 MS-4590A Bill to increase the efficiency of the cavalry of the Confederate States. (c. 508)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7459December 29, 18641 MS-4591A Bill to be entitled An Act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to borrow specie, to be applied to the redemption and reduction of the currency. (c. 494)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7460December 29, 18641 MS-4592Amendments to the Bill to be entitled An Act to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiments. (c. 495)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7461December 30, 18641 MS-4593A Bill to provide additional clothing and privileges to Troops in the Field. (c. 496)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7462December 30, 18641 MS-4594Directory. (c. 227)/repositories/4/archival_objects/746318641 MS-4595Amendment to section 3rd of the Bill to be entitled An Act to authorise the consolidation of companies, battalions, and regiments. (c. 499)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7464January 2, 18651 MS-4596A Bill to change the mode of filling vacancies among commissioned officers of companies, battalions, and regiments. (c. 502)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7465January 3, 18651 MS-4597A Bill to be entitled An Act repealing certain abatements from the property tax and income tax and amending the said tax laws. (c. 506)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7466January 5, 18651 MS-4598An Act to provide the more efficient execution of conscription, and for the arrest of deserters and absentees from the armies. (c. 509)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7467January 10, 18651 MS-4599Message of the President. House of Representatives, Jan. 17, 1865. (c. 635)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7468January 17, 18651 MS-45100A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide means to carry on the war. (c. 516)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7469January 18, 18651 MS-45101A Bill to be entitled An Act to provide for auditing and paying for horses and equipment taken from dismounted cavalry for the use of the Government. (c. 522)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7470January 20, 18651 MS-45102A Bill to provide for the establishment of a Bureau for special and Secret Service. (c. 527)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7471January 30, 18651 MS-45103Message of the President. House of Representatives, Feb. 8, 1865. (c. 1112)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7472February 1, 18651 MS-45104Message of the President. To the House of Representatives, Feb. 8, 1865. (c. 1321)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7473February 8, 18651 MS-45105Message of the President. (c. 1113)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7474February 11, 18651 MS-45106Communication from Secretary of Treasury. House of Representatives, Feb. 3, 1865. (c. 1111)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7475February 12, 18651 MS-45107A Bill making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the Department of Justice for the half year ending December 31st, 1864. (c. 543)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7476February 16, 18651 MS-45108A Bill making further regulation for the taxation of banks and bank notes, and for the confiscation of such notes held by alien enemies. (c. 550)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7477February 24, 18651 MS-45109An Act authorizing the secretary of the Treasury to borrow specie to be applied to the redemption and reduction of the currency. (c. 72)/repositories/4/archival_objects/7478March 16, 18651 MS-45110Report of the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives. (c. 586)/repositories/4/archival_objects/747918651 MS-45111