1861/08/14

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as commander on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions. Signed as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

GLC02794.170

1867/04/04

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as captain on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions.

GLC02794.171

1865/05/23

Photograph

Title: Grand Review of the Armies of Grant and Sherman. Reviewing stand

E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., publisher. Caption: "Grand Review of the Great Veteran Armies of Grant and Sherman at Washington, on the 23d and 24th May, 1865. The Army of the Potomac. The stand in front of the President's House occupied by the President and Cabinet, Grant and Sherman, and Reviewing Officers."

GLC05137.253

1862/02/07

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Photograph

Title: As secretary of war, vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "Given Feb 7 1862" "Sec. of War Simon Cameron." Ink inscription on verso "Given Feb 7 1862."

GLC05111.02.0994

1862/03/05

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: his wife.

Union victories in the west including the fall of Columbus and New Madrid. Also the capture of Fort Donelson and the abandonment of Bowling Green & Nashville. He complains that Stanton, McClellan and Buell have tried to take credit for his victories, but he has recorded the evidence which proves he planned the movements.

GLC05601.100

1861/10/14

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Letter signed

Title: to: Major General B. F. Butler, New Orleans.

The Secretary of State has informed him that the Count de Mijon, enjoyed his visit to the north. He claims the visit helped to develop friendly feelings between France and the U.S.

GLC05601.101

1862/01/09

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Letter signed

Title: to: Henry W. Halleck.

He received a copy of Halleck's book, International Law and the Laws of War. "Nothing could have been more apropos for my own defense than this valuable book." [Possibly referring to the Trent Affair.]

GLC05601.104

1865/04/18

Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

Newspaper

Title: New-York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 2076 (April 18, 1865)]

Announcement of the assassination of President Lincoln and attempt on Seward's life. Includes a minute-by-minute account of Lincoln's last night under the supervision of his physician, Dr. Abbott. Also includes Captain Theodore McGowen's account of the assasination. The paper is uncut.

GLC08428.08.01

[1866 ca.]

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Autograph note signed

Title: to Gideon Welles re: introduction for P. B. Fonda of Illinois with autograph env

GLC04282

1864/02/01

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton

Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government-appointed manager contributed to the colony's failure. The transport ship dispatched by President Lincoln picked up only 368 survivors.

GLC03973

1863/06/04

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: Four Language Whaling Ship's papers from New Bedford, MA (c/s Seward)

Dated at New Bedford. Large sheet, printed in four columns (French, Spanish, English and Dutch) countersigned by William H. Seward. Shipmaster Nehemiah West for the schooner Glendmer, bound for "Atlantic Ocean."

GLC06962

1861/12/06

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Letter signed

Title: to John E. Wool re: slave girl who followed the 20th Indiana regiment

Was returned to Charles A. Jessup of Maryland. With John Wool endorsement on p. 3.

GLC06969

1861 ca.

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite bust portrait by R.W. Addis, McClees Gallery

Vignette bust portrait with Chase facing slightly to the right. With signature beneath image. Chase's hair appears to have been retouched with graphite.

GLC05604.03

1861 ca.

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite bust portrait by Mathew Brady

Vignette bust profile with signature beneath the image.

GLC05604.04

1861 ca.

Header Record

Title: CDVs of Lincoln's cabinet members [decimalized]

GLC05604

1861 ca.

Bates, Edward, 1793-1869

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite portrait 3/4 length standing, by Brady, signed on verso

Three-quarter length standing portrait. Bates has his right hand resting on the back of a chair. Signed on verso

GLC05604.01

1861 ca.

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite portrait by Henszey & Co

Vignette bust portrait, with Cameron facing forward. With signature beneath the image.

GLC05604.02

1861 ca.

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite bust portrait

Vignette profile portrait with signature beneath the image. The image appears to have been retouched. No imprint.

GLC05604.05

1875 ca.

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Autograph manuscript

Title: Speech or article re: defending Andrew Johnson, discussing Reconstruction

Also discusses Lincoln and the Radical Republicans. Reponds to an article in the "Courent" of the 14th which it quotes at length.

GLC05608

1865/04/07

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Broadside

Title: Expositor Extra!

"Sheridan attacks Lee and routs him! Gen. Ewell captured.... Lee's army has surrendered." With pencil note on verso: "I tore this from a hook in Adrian post office...heaven send the news are true. Charles M. Walker."

GLC07714

1861/01/19

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William C. Endicott, Jr. re: cabinet post

GLC07741

1862/12/23

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Manuscript document signed

Title: re: admission of West Virginia as a state

Letter from Lincoln to Cabinet members calling for written opinions re: admission of West Virginia as a state. Includes autograph of Seward and secretarial signature of Lincoln.

GLC07681

1865/04/29

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter re: announcing Salmon P. Chase's visit to the South

GLC07684

1865/04/15

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document

Title: General Orders no. 51

GLC07746

1863/06/29

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Letter signed

Title: Circular letter appointing James M. Lovering receiver of draft commutation money

GLC07758