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to Sister and Brother

One letter from Jonathan Bunnell addressed to his brother and sister dated Camp of the 121st, March 11, 1864.

GLC05195.153

to Mom, Dad and Grandma

One v-mail addressed to Eva and Morris Schwartz and Sarah Friedman from Warren Schwartz dated March 11, 1944. Pertains to sending Valentine's Day letters and staying in touch with other family members.

GLC09662.550

to Dearest

One letter addressed to Naomi Hurwitz from Warren Schwartz dated March 11, 1944. Pertains to pets on the base, communicating his friend's wife, and updates on Leonard.

GLC09662.551

to J. Burton

One letter from Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead to J. Burton dated March 11, 1974. Attached to the letter is an article from Occidental College (see GLC09613.02.3453.02). States that the newspaper is biased, "As biased as the article was, this is the...

GLC09613.02.3453.01

to Vena S. Naughton

One letter from Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead to Vena S. Naughton dated March 11, 1974. Item is a response to a constituent’s letter. Thanks constituent for note and support on his subpoena vote.

GLC09613.02.3459.01

to Max Colwell

One letter from Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead to Max Colwell dated March 11, 1974. Moorhead replies to the Colwell's letter against the impeachment of President Nixon.

GLC09613.02.3712.01

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Max Colwell to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated March 11, 1974. Colwell is against the impeachment of President Nixon and writes, that he thinks an impeachment is going to "give us a black eye over the world."

GLC09613.02.3712.02

to Margaret Braun

One document from Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead to Margaret Braun dated March 11, 1974. Moorhead replies to the Brown's letter against the impeachment of President Nixon. It seems as if he knows Margaret is as he wants to see her when he goes to...

GLC09613.02.3716.01

to Mildred West

One letter addressed to Mildred West from George West dated March 11, 1945. Pertains to daily life while stationed in Burma in the air corps. Describes that the hot weather which has given him a headache.

GLC09951.01.215

Receipt for Lulu Dyer

One receipt for Lulu Dyer for $15 made out by M.L. Hesse dated March 11, 1948. The receipt contains the recipient as St. Mary's Hospital & Sanatorium.

GLC09996.400

to Dorothy K. Landau

One letter addressed to Dorothy K. Landau from Daniel Landau dated March 11, 1944. Pertains to daily life while stationed at a naval base.

GLC09993.425

[Respite of execution for slaver Nathaniel Gordon]

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward. Convicted of engaging in the slave trade, respite granted to allow Gordon to prepare for execution. He was the only slave trader in U.S. history to be executed for that crime and was executed...

GLC00182

to Isaac Briggs re: reports on formation of government & surveying of Louisiana

With three drafts of letters by Briggs to Jefferson.

GLC03872

Pardon of Lucien Cazebonne (c/s Francis Biddle)

Convicted of illegal sale of whiskey and maintenance of a public nuisance.

GLC04280

to Stephen Van Rensselaer

Informs that the bank bill has passed. Expresses his opposition to charter of second Bank of United States being granted. Talks negatively about the methods used to get the bank bill passed. Remarks, "In these days, I find, it is a very easy thing...

GLC04309.01

General Orders No. 141

Signed as official by Assistant Adjutant General, E.D. Townsend. States that "all persons discouraging volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty of any disloyal practice, affording aid and comfort to rebels against the authority of...

GLC06099

to William L. Marcy

Describes his resentment at the Senate's failure, for political reasons, to confirm him for a diplomatic post, and his reluctant agreement to stand for election as candidate for Jackson's Vice-President, despite his "strong aversion" to doing so and...

GLC06689

to Daniel Brodhead

General Washington refers to previous correspondence with General Brodhead, known for leading several military expeditions against Native Americans. Writes that a previously mentioned expedition "against the Natches and the English settlements upon...

GLC06690

Clerical copy of an article from the Treaty of 1805

GLC07562.03.11

[New York State militia commission for John B. Stonehouse]

Commision appointing John B. Stonehouse a colonel in the one hundred eighty-seventh New York State militia. Also signed by Bentley as Act. Asst. Adjutant General.

GLC00368.02

[Bill to Henry Knox]

Bill to Henry Knox from Joseph Billings. It appears that Billings was a tailor. Billings carried over the £86.3.3 from the bill at GLC02437.08421. After doing additional work for Knox, the total comes to £106.7.3. After making partial payments...

GLC02437.08422

[Account]

Lists transactions between Henry Knox and Thomas Vose by date. Date from docket and signature is clipped.

GLC02437.08844

to Henry Knox

Informs Knox he sent him and [Alexander?] Hamilton a salmon to share. Date taken from docket.

GLC02437.09818

to Braxton Bragg

Wheeler, commanding Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee, writes to Bragg, overseeing Confederate military operations from Richmond, Virginia. Replies to correspondence from Bragg. Discusses the establishment of a military court: "... I must first...

GLC02460.18

From General Headquarters: Secretary of the Treasury has requested Congress to enact law proving for organisation of 500,000,000...

McCain requests Charles Dawes appointment for directorship of the War Finance Corporation.

GLC02679.62

to Winfield Scott

Discusses the field tactics of Generals Twiggs, Quitman, and Scott. Written as major general of volunteers.

GLC02732

to my dear wife

He is sorry to hear the baby is sick. He is currently in the book house, just killing time. The Rebels currently have to keep shooting across lines all night to prevent deserters.

GLC02740.34

to Stockton Bates

Complains about recent useless parades and reviews, preliminary to reorganization of the army into three corps, similar to Lee's army, under Sedgwick, Hancock, and a third General. Notes malcontent, particularly with the Army of the Potomac....

GLC03523.23.32

to James Orne

Writes that she has been suffering from an illness this winter which her doctor believes is an inflammation of the spine brought on by great mental stress. He has advised her to go south, but she admits candidly that she does not have to money to do...

GLC03651

to Emily Corbin [Incomplete]

Lists some of the men and their injuries, all of which came from the 1st Regiment, Light Artillery, N. Y. S. Volunteers (Pettit's Battery). Also lists supplies lost, repairs made, patching up a Lieutenant Sheldon, and being left there "in care of...

GLC03685

to Joshua Mauger

Indicates that there is still no mail from England. Reports (falsely) that the Congress has dissolved and the American people desire to reunite with England but, without word from England, his commander can do nothing to take advantage of this...

GLC03902.030

to Joshua Mauger

He needs to borrow £ 105 to pay off Miss Durell's debt.

GLC03902.086

to John Pownall

GLC03902.276

to Sarah

She has joined her husband at the hospital. He was wounded in the lower abdomen. The wound appears fatal and he seems resigned to die. She hopes to move him to a better hospital. She comments on her fate and "right hard trouble every spring."...

GLC04197.25

to Edward P. Fry

Complains about mail he has sent that has failed to reach its destination, including a recent letter to Fry. Includes a transcript of the earlier note that was never received in which he thanks Fry for information sent to him proving that Morse was...

GLC04503.07

to Louise Walbridge

Weather: winter in Buffalo, spring in camp. Believes the fighting will be over by mid-summer, possibly June. News concerning Sherman, Sheridan, and Grant. He has been "brevetted" to the rank of a major, "Brevets I suppose you know are a kind of...

GLC04663.59

Petition to Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut

Petition to Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut re: defence of existing clergy.

GLC04813.03

to James Alexander Seddon

Crenshaw, a surgeon, requests that Seddon allow James Bolling, a free African American from Charles City, Virginia, to remain in Crenshaw's employment as a fisherman. Informs Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, that "Fish are necessary to the...

GLC06374

[A soldier's poem]

Writes from Camp Stone. Includes a poem entitled, "Lines on the death of my friend Louis Mitchell of Co. I 1st Regt Minnesota Vols: who was killed in a skirmish on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Oct. 21st 1861." Gordon's friend, Lewis Mitchell...

GLC06559.038

to his wife

Asks why his wife does not write more frequently so he does not need to be as worried for her safety. He writes that he was unable to get a leave of absence. He thought up an idea to ask the Secretary of War to station troops in Culpeper to serve as...

GLC06582.13

Under the recent act of Congress to reduce the currency, it is provided that….

stamp of record division

GLC06745.236

to Force [Judge Manning Ferguson Force]

with annotations. Followed by blank half leaf. envelope date 19 March.

GLC06762.078

[Cased daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln]

Quarter-plate daguerreotype by Christopher S. German, probably taken from an albumen on or about 23 September 1858. Original leather case with 2 hooks intact. Three-quarter view of Lincoln, beardless and seated, at the time of the Lincoln-Douglas...

GLC07088.01

to Sister

GLC07205.076

to Emily J. Semmes re: death of Gen. Paul Semmes (to his widow)

Written from his deathbed nurse, on the day he died with postscript: "A few moments before the General died, he asked for his sword, laying it across his arm, he asked again for his testament." Page 5 is a smaller, additional sheet.

GLC07225

to John Kennedy and Thomas W. Wilson

Written at Fort Gibson Cherokee Agency

GLC07562.03.12

to Parents

GLC07687.075

The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York. Depicts a very short and hostile General George McClellan and a very tall and confident Abraham Lincoln, both candidates in the 1864 presidential election, on the left side of the...

GLC08594

to brother

Is well and enjoying good health. Hopes this letter finds him in a similar condition. Has not received a letter from home in four weeks. "What the reason is I do not know." Expects to receive one the next time the mail arrives. Has not been paid...

GLC08914.017

to Sarah W. Nichols

This letter is about his daughter Sarah, who became ill in late January. They discovered that she was vomiting and had a high fever, and by the time the doctor arrived, it was too late. He was not sure what to call the disease, though Thomas...

GLC08934.041