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to James Dangerfield

Transmits a note written by his father, Senator William Pitt Fessenden. Relates that it is the only letter he has with William's full signature, as William signed many personal letters with initials.

GLC03481.24

Profile view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of the Treasury, 1864

Graphite inscription on verso "Given by S.S. Feb. 1861" "Fessenden."

GLC05111.02.0086

to William P. Fessenden

Countersigned by E. D. Morgan, Joseph Hoxie, L. Draper, George Opdyke, Shepherd Knapp, Waldo Hutchins, and C.A. Marshall. Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed a government agent "for the...

GLC05316

to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. Written on "Office of the Tribune" stationery.

GLC05317.01

to William P. Fessenden

Recommends to Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden that Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., be appointed agent for purchase and sale of cotton and other commodities from the Confederate states. With a supporting autograph note signed and dated 7 December 1864...

GLC05317.02

[Union autograph and sentiment album]

Includes thirty-five autographed quotations and sentiments, and ten signatures. This collection was possibly prepared for sale by the United States Sanitary Commission at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair, held in New York City. The sentiments and...

GLC06620

to Bradford R. Wood

Bryant, editor of the New York Evening Post, replies to a letter from Wood, former Representative from New York. Discusses Black suffrage: "I utterly detest the narrow principles of that party which denied equal rights to any of our fellow men on...

GLC06631.01

Fessenden, William.

Fredricks imprint on verso. Identification in pencil on verso. Vignette bust portrait in profile, facing proper right. White mount with gold border.

GLC06391.36

to William Pitt Fessenden

Cameron, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, informs Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine, that Pennsylvania is as likely as Maine or Massachusetts to elect Abraham Lincoln as President and Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President in the...

GLC02490.03

to Ira Perley

States he cannot promise to attend an event, because of his poor health. His health has forced him to "abstain from all public speaking," and prevents him from "going abroad."

GLC02490.06

to William Pitt Fessenden

Hooper, a United States Representative from Massachusetts, discusses the prospect of obtaining bank loans for the United States Treasury. He informs Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury, that "... I have become strongly impressed with the idea that...

GLC01596.01

to William Pitt Fessenden

General Ingalls writes to Fessenden, a United States Senator from Maine. Writes, "In my letter of today I probably should not have referred to the President at all, and beg you will excuse me- It is certain that Generals Hooker, Burnside and Meade...

GLC02464.09

Final report of the congressional committee upon the question of reconstruction

Report of the Joint Committee of the two Houses of Congress on reconstruction. The legislation contains a draft of the 14th amendment, and two bills providing for the restoration of the rebellious state to their full political rights.

GLC03465

W. P. Fessenden

One engraving entitled "W. P. Fessenden" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of William Pitt Fessenden. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0268

to James W. Grimes

Worries about the defense of Washington and discusses his new position as Secretary of the Treasury. The state of the treasury is bad, his task is very complicated, and his health makes the problem worse. Worries about the safety of Washington, the...

GLC05603.01.01

Carte de visite bust portrait by Mathew Brady

Vignette bust profile with signature beneath the image.

GLC05604.04

to William Pitt Fessenden

Colfax notes that he is not personally acquainted with Senator Fessenden, but they were both present at a previous National Convention. He hopes that instead of voting against the Clayton Amendment, Fessenden will allow it to pass, in hopes that its...

GLC01095

to James D. Fessenden

Writes to his son about his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Fessenden, who had recently been sworn in as a Maine senator, comments that "The Nebraska outrage occasions great feelings here...It is near pretty well understood that the free...

GLC08935

to William P. Fessenden

General Tower, chief engineer of Union defenses at Nashville, describes the Battle of Nashville to Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury. He relates the strategies of Union Generals George Henry Thomas, Andrew Jackson Smith, James Harrison Wilson, and...

GLC00849.01

Vignette bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of the Treasury, 1864

Imprint on recto "Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "92 9 3 1/4" Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries Broadway & Tenth St. New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0087

Vignette bust view of Lincoln's 2nd Secretary of the Treasury, 1864

Ink signature on recto "W.P. Fessenden Me." Ink inscription on image "18." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Graphite...

GLC05111.02.0088

[Copy of report to William P. Fessenden about the first Federal income tax Florida]

Reports the results of his inquiry into the "practices & procedures & acts of the Tax Commissioners of the Insurrectionary Districts..." Informs that the Florida Direct Tax Commissioners were appointed in October 1862, and that since then, they have...

GLC02414.003

[Portraits of Notable People]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Stephen Arnold Douglas, Benjamin Franklin Wade, William Pitt Fessenden, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, John Cabell Breckenridge, and Henry Winter Davis. Engraved by William Wellstood.

GLC08878.0114

to William P. Fessenden

Praises a speech of Fessenden and mentions that in order for the Republicans to win the election in 1860, they will need to keep together on their own principles. Comments on the opinions of Stephen Douglas, "The Douglas notion of a popular...

GLC02286