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to Thomas Ewing

Recommending William D. Shepherd for a clerkship, and enclosing a petition signed by many Indiana Whigs supporting this promotion.

GLC02320.02

to Abraham Lincoln

Recommends T. J. Barnett of New York as a judge in one of the territories of the United States. On stationary of the Department of the Interior.

GLC05603.01.16

Carte de visite of a full standing view of Lincoln's 1st Secretary of the Interior

Imprint on recto "Brady, Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Caleb Blood Smith" "Taken in Washington, 1864."

GLC05111.02.0098

Carte de visite of a full seated view of Lincoln's 1st Secretary of the Interior

Graphite inscription on recto "Caleb Smith Sec of Interior." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E.Anthony 501 New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0099

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th day of March, 1862, in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta."

37th Congress, 2d session, Senate Executive Document 40. Tells the story of the "Augusta," ostensibly a whaler but suspected of being a slaver. It was confiscated by the New York federal courts. The U.S. Marshall charged that federal officials had...

GLC00267.042

to Gideon Welles

Recommends Alex H. Brown for an appointment in the Department of the Interior.

GLC02490.15

Defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles.

Confidential report about defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles. The assesment is blunt but still hopeful, and Smith expresses his strong desire for his comments to not be leaked as they may cause wide-spread alarm.

GLC08006