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To: Paymaster General.
1875/11/18
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Inviting the Paymaster general and Mrs. Alvord to dinner at the White House.
GLC04360.017
To: Honorable and Mrs. Townsend
1876/02/11
Engraved invitation. Inviting them to dinner at the White House
GLC04360.018
to his mother
1862/3/12
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
His journey to Washington. He describes a "society" in Philadelphia which met them at the train station and furnished them with a home made meal complete with crockery and white table cloths. Indicates that the regiment was well received at every...
GLC04662.003
to Edward G. W. Butler
1829/02/12
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Written before his inauguration, Jackson declines an invitation which his "public duties will not now allow me to indulge." Instead he must find his relief in the "activity and importance of the situation to which the country has called me."...
GLC04675.11
to A. J. Drexel re: declining invitation to attend "Saturday Club"
1878/12/28
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Written on Executive mansion stationery
GLC04675.21
to Hamilton Holt
16 December 1919
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Written on personal stationery. Hoover thanks Holt of The Independent for an invitation but regrets that he will be in California.
GLC04675.32
to Burwell Bassett
23 May 1785
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Mentions that he would have enjoyed seeing him at Richmond if it had been possible. Remarks that an artist, Mr. Pine, was at Mount Vernon and had to wait for him to return to do his historical painting. Comments on the engagement of his nephew...
GLC04709
to Helen Lyons
February 17, 1919
Lyons, Curtis Blair, 1894-1968
Writes to his wife about working on the roads and discusses the weather. Asks about their daughter. Says that the troops watch movies on Tuesdays and Fridays and have dances on Thursdays. Explains that the French dance differently than the...
GLC07810.069
to Charley
January 18, 1860
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Writes he is now in Gillisonville at work. He likes the power but enjoys going home every week and being a subordinate in his parent's house. Comments on a dance he attended in Gillisonville which he enjoyed even though he did not know many....
GLC08165.08
to Theodora Colcock Hutson
08 September 1878
Colcock, Mary Anna, 1847-1889
States she wishes she could come visit but it is harvest time. Reports that Mr. Dewees is preparing for harvesting. Mentions her children Annie and Emmie and comments about having Emmie learn music. Speaks of the welfare of Hennie. Mentions...
GLC08165.21
to William T. Sherman
February 8, 1870
Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 1824-1888
Accepting an invitation.
GLC08236.02
Men Dancing and Singing Around a Table
1861-1877
GLC08284.027
Bill of Fare
Handwritten menu featuring soups, fish, meats, side dishes puddings and pastry,
GLC08284.062
to Amos J. Harding
2 December 1864
Sayne, H.B., fl. 1864
Asks to be excused for not writing sooner, but he was waiting for the machine to run according to the notion of things. Thinks that Lieutenant Gannett is a gentleman; all his books and papers are in very good shape, but Sayne had to clean the office...
GLC02178.08
to "Dearly Beloved"
Stone, E. Wyman, fl. 1861-1865
He describes his recent activities. He and Mrs. Wheeler went to a lecture the other night. He and Mr. Bryant worked in the village one day and then had dinner with Mrs. Cook. He mentions other mutual friends and acquaintances.
GLC02182.03
to Dear Brother
31 August 1858
He talks about his upcoming wedding and various people he's invited. He asks several favors of his brother.
GLC02182.04
to Estelle Spero
3 January 1943
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
Diamond describes a trip into town, during which he was unexpectedly invited to a party being held at a penthouse apartment.
drawing in upper left hand corner
GLC09120.165
15 March 1943
Diamond promises Estelle that he is not having sex with his "women". Instead, he just practices old jokes, eats and dances with them. Sidney continues to describe his journey down South and the types of homes and scenes that he has passed.
GLC09120.201
15 August 1943
Diamond responds to a letter sent on July 14th in which Estelle admitted that she had not liked Sidney's collar at her prom.
GLC09120.260
10 September 1943
Diamond responds to various questions that Estelle had asked, reassuring her that a "date" he had mentioned was a trip to the movies with a French teacher and his wife, and also telling her that he had very much wanted to get engaged. He then asks...
GLC09120.267
21 October 1943
Diamond complains that "[N]othing has occurred to disrupt the sameness of…existence here." Sidney instructs Estelle to have enough fun for the both of them, telling her that she should know that he would never condemn her for anything except wasting...
GLC09120.283
16 November 1943
Diamond describes an evening of "revelry and ribald entertainment" that he had enjoyed the night before. Sidney tells Estelle that they are fairly well set up now on the island, having even put together their own shower, providing Estelle with an...
GLC09120.294
12 December 1943
Diamond instructs Estelle to go out and enjoy herself, despite his being away at war.
GLC09120.309
February 16, 1944
Diamond informs Estelle that he intends to attend his battalion motion picture show that evening.
GLC09120.354
February 19, 1944
Diamond reports that that evening they had gone to the cinema to see the film, "The Affairs of Martha
GLC09120.356
22 April 1944
Diamond writes that he has just returned from a musical entitled "Reveille with Beverly". He reports that sometimes, to break the monotony of his current existence, he goes to visit the units on the front.
GLC09120.399
13 May 1944
Diamond passes comment on the previous night's entertainment. He also discusses an army film on England, which he writes gave "a direct, frank, and uncolored recognition of white prejudice towards the negro and an appeal…for understanding and...
GLC09120.411
23 June 1944
Diamond writes that they are "doing little else besides train and train some more." He describes a party that a Lieutenant Rubin had given in honor of his fiancée's marriage to another man: "killed a bottle of scotch - laughed - joked…" He also...
GLC09120.440
24 June 1944
Diamond reports to Estelle that his housewarming party had been a success. He mentions that all is quiet, except for the sound of a radio, and "a whistle blows occasionally at a basketball game - a negro team is playing our team - It's a pleasure to...
GLC09120.441
28 June 1944
Diamond writes that his gardening is going well, and that he had gone to see a motion picture that evening.
GLC09120.443
13 July 1944
Diamond writes that the day was spent in an "insane squabble to straighten out an ammunition expenditure report, censoring mail, a lecture on voting - and an afternoon at the beach -" Diamond proceeds to complain about the complexity of the army...
GLC09120.456
to Estellle Spero
26 July 1944
Diamond writes that the night before he had seen the film "Going My Way", starring Bing Crosby. He mentions that he is "getting tired" of giving lectures.
GLC09120.464
3 August 1944
Diamond writes that there are some U.S.O. entertainers on the island, allegedly containing a female.
GLC09120.470
Diamond describes the U.S.O show, starring "the first white woman" that Sidney has seen in eight months.
GLC09120.471
21 August 1944
Diamond discusses the books that he has been reading and describes the U.S.O. show that he had seen the night before.
GLC09120.483
22 September 1944
Diamond comforts Estelle after not having received, or taken, a job offer. He describes a U.S.O. show that he had seen the night before. Sidney then discusses how much he misses Estelle.
GLC09120.508
10 October 1944
Diamond compliments Estelle on her dissertation on melodrama. He mentions that he has received a wedding invitation from "Ben & Beulah" and encloses it with the letter.
GLC09120.520
17 November 1944
Diamond comments on how disappointing the previous night's entertainment had been. Written on an unknown island in the South Pacific
GLC09120.543
21 November 1944
Diamond instructs Estelle to go out that evening, and pretend that he is with her. Written on an unknown island in the South Pacific
GLC09120.546
to Miss (Kitty)
24 August 1864
Morse, Justus, fl. 1861-1864
He looks forward to the future when she will be his companion but they must endure some hard times first.He was ainvited to a party he did not attend and he was glad because it turned out to be a dance.
GLC02170.57
to Miss Johnston
22 September 1864
Johnston, Witter H., fl. 1861-1864
He thinks Elliot has improved since joining the army and is now a man. Seymour Graves is going to have a comission in a negro regiment. He had dinner with some exchanged prisoners
GLC02167.32
to J Morse
7 March 1864
Sciscoe, C., fl. 1861-1864
She saw Henry Rogers and he was in good health. Uncle John Boruff died a couple weeks ago. Aunt Sallie is going to have a dinner next Thursday and he ought to be there. 2 years ago he was expecting to be in battle.
GLC02170.42
to Kitty
13 March 1864
Henry wrote to her that there was a party at their house recently and there were the prettiest girls he ever saw there.He tells Kitty that ladies like her who are looking to get married had better be looking around now.
GLC02170.43
to Sister Sophia
15 December 1861
Albert, fl. 1861-1864
He asks if she went to the dance she told him about and tells to remember him while she is waltzing. Tells her to remember him to several people. Written in Camp Jackson, also known as Fort Jackson
GLC07205.047
to Brother Frye
16 March 1861
Thompson, Frank J., fl. 1861
They have been ordered to be ready to move at a moment's notice. He describes the scene as nothing but troops and more troops and wishes Frye could be there to see it. He mentions Gen. McClellan and Gen. Wilson who has invited him to dinner.
GLC07205.081
Invitation to Sixth Annual Charity Ball on Lincoln's Birthday
February 12, 1919
GLC08880.158
to Walter Harris
2 March 1904
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
Replies to Harris letter, written and signed 1 March 1904, inquiring if Cleveland "entertained a negro, C.H.J. Taylor, of Kansas, at dinner" at the White House during his presidency. He heard the information in a speech given on the floor of the...
GLC08931
circa. early summer 1942
Apologizes for brevity of letter, explaining that he has spent the evening with Joe, Percy Hamburger and Julie Zimmerman reminiscing old times.
GLC09120.043
30 June 1942
Letter written while on guard duty. Diamond describes a formal dance to mark the opening of the camp's new recreation hall that he had attended the night before. He also runs through the couple's financial situation, having been paid that morning....
GLC09120.055
23 August 1942
Diamond describes an episode of racial discrimination at a show sponsored by the Camel cigarette company. He informs Estelle that he has had three exams in the past week. He also relays a lecture that he has had on the clothing and equipment of an...
GLC09120.095
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