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to Edwin M. Stanton

Discussing Mary Todd Lincoln's influence in military matters. Says that others have "asserted that Mrs Lincoln was one of the parties whose influence had operated on me." Also praises some of Stanton's early changes in dispositions of troops. Marked...

GLC07091

to Aaron F. Perry

Congratulates Perry on winning his Congressional election and praises him as "honest, true, and capable." Declares, "I have always been for a free tariff, and I believe that that is all the country requires now, to fulfil its mission. My idea of...

GLC02310

[Portraits of Notable People]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Zachariah Chandler, John Parker Hale, Henry Bowen Anthony, Oliver Perry Morton, James Wilson Grimes, Thomas A. Hendricks, Simon Cameron. Engraved by William Wellstood.

GLC08878.0116

to Robert G. White

Discusses the upcoming Republican Presidential Convention in Chicago. Doubts he will be nominated, but is attempting to control the votes of delegates from his home state of Pennsylvania, in hopes of increasing both his chances of nomination and his...

GLC05891.10

to Robert G. White

Discusses the upcoming Republican Presidential Convention in Chicago, at which he is a delegate. Worries that the plan to have the delegates vote by district, and not as a coalition, will greatly weaken his power and reduce his support among the...

GLC05891.11

to Robert G. White

Discusses his upcoming bid for the Senate and political patronage.

GLC05891.14

to Robert G. White

Writes regarding the employment of White's daughter.

GLC05891.16

to Robert G. White

Discusses the appointment of the local Post Master, which is under contention. Docketed in pencil.

GLC05891.17

[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]

Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations. Relates the events of 1861, spending most of his time divided between his home in Hanson, Massachusetts, and his workplace in...

GLC06583.01

to Ulysses Mercur

Cameron responds to a letter from Mercur, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He denies recommending W. Clark for political appointment. Referring to the debate regarding reconstruction between Congress and President Andrew Johnson, he...

GLC01232