circa 3 July 1900

Grant, Elizabeth, 1797-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Bliss Isley

Grant does not recall her father-in-law attending church during the five years she lived in his house. She doubts the assertion that Grant chose the Bible passage over which he took his Oath of Office. She corrects his version of Grant baptism, insisting that Grant did not thank the minister but simply remarked "You surprised me."

GLC05508.116

16 November 1854

Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Ninian W. Edwards

Hale writes to the Superintendent of Illinois public schools, Ninian W. Edwards, to ask him to consider the suitability of her book, "The Bible Reading Book" for the classroom. She claims the book is already being used at a number of other schools and institutions.

GLC05508.121

4 March 1910

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Header Record

Title: [Julia Ward Howe letter and photograph] [decimalized]

See descriptions in GLC05508.137.01-.02

GLC05508.137

1861-1865

Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Where is the Utopian code of morals...]

Howitt writes an excerpt from the Seven Temptations, p. 14: "Where is the Utopian code of morals equal to that which a few words set forth unto the Christian, 'do ye so to others as ye would they should do unto yourselves."

GLC05508.138

2 September 1804

Huntington, Jedediah, 1743-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sally Richards

Huntington asks Richard's to commune and confess to Christ. He offers to help remove any doubts about religion she may have.

GLC05508.142

circa 1958

Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, fl. 1958

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [God wants a different thing from each of us...]

Kennedy writes a sentiment: "God wants a different thing from each of us, laborious or easy, conspicuous or quite private, but something which only we can do and for which we were created."

GLC05508.156

February 14, 1992

King, Bernice, 1963-?

Typed quotation signed

Title: [Lord have mercy on us for...]

Quotation from Dr. Bernice King's speech celebrating the birthday of her father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She asks the Lord's forgiveness for celebrating when so many people are without jobs or health care.

GLC05508.159

2 June 1971

Kuhlman, Kathryn, 1907-1976

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Hassell

Kuhlman quotes Nahum 1:7, offers a healing prayer, and urges Hassell to have faith that the Lord will cure her cancer.

GLC05508.164

14 October 1924

Lincoln, Mary Harlan, 1846-1937

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Comerford

Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln's wife, offers condolence upon the death of Comerford's wife. She assures him that he will meet his wife in heaven.

GLC05508.167

April 1852

Lind, Jenny, fl. 1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Thanks for book of poetry. Signed "Jenny Goldschmidt late Jenny Lind."

GLC05508.168

13 July 1897

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Hastings

Livermore writes that she enjoyed reading Hastings' mother's book, "Pebbles from the Path of a Pilgrim."

GLC05508.169

January 15, 1978

Love, Bessie, 1898-1986

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alan Brock

Love thanks Brock for a Christmas card and the piece about his mother. She offers condolence, and suggests reading Christian Science literature as a means to heal his grief.

GLC05508.171

24 October 1950

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

Typed letter

Title: to Mary Cushman

Writing from his office in the General Headquarters, United Nations Command, MacArthur, as commander-in-chief of the United Nations Command, offers condolence on the death of Mary Cushman's son in the Korean War. He praises devotion to duty and defending peace-loving people, and suggests reliance on faith as way to withstand the grief of death.

GLC05508.173

29 March 1967

Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Nice

Mansfield thanks Nice for her concern for Zoltan, Mansfield's son. She also writes: "I have always had a great belief in my fellow man, but I am now fully assured that the heavens above have succeeded in creating a beautiful earth upon which to live."

GLC05508.175

3 June 1891

Nightingale, Florence, fl. 1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Robertson

Apologizes for not paying her account for April and inquires whether she paid her for the last "Peptonized Cocoa." Mentions welfare of friends.

GLC05508.196

8 April 1835

Peters, Absalom, fl. 1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Z. P. Grand

Peters has read "A Field Unoccupied" by Mr. Bannister, and agrees with his suggestions concerning women's education. He apparently supports women's education and is glad about the increased attention it is receiving. He also discusses several mundane matters of personal travel and meetings.

GLC05508.202

28 October 1923

Reese, Lizette W., 1856-1935

Typed quotation signed

Title: [Whether we climb...]

Four lines of poem: "Whether we climb, whether we plod,/Space for one task the scant years lend--/To choose some path that leads to God,/And keep it to the end."

GLC05508.211

9 November 1958

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

Typed letter signed

Title: to Miss O'Brien

Roosevelt writes a letter to O'Brien and encloses a copy of her favorite prayer. The prayer implores God to place a restlessness in our hearts that will cause us to strive for "far-off goals," engage in tasks so difficult that they require Divine power, and to see the "hidden good in the world." It also asks for peace, enlightenment and deliverance from "fretfulness and self-pity."

GLC05508.217

6 June 1895

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Augusta Chapin

Stanton writes to the Reverend Chapin, a collaborator on the project, to discuss some of the logistics concerning publishing the "Women's Bible," including how to print and release it, getting critiques of each persons contribution, deciding what is to be included, and deciding what illustrations to use. For the book, she wants the best female scholars dealing with biblical criticism from different religious perspectives to give "their opinions on women's position in the Bible and of the authority and inspiration of its teachings."

GLC05508.233

24 September 1895

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Not one throb of anguish...]

A quote from chapter 12 of Uncle Tom's Cabin: "Not one throb of anguish/ Not one tear of the opposed/ is forgiven by the Man of Sorrows/ the Lord of Glory/ In his patient generous bosom/ He bears the anguish of a world."

GLC05508.238

12 October 1945

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mamie D. Eisenhower

States that he is just back from Berlin and Prague. Discusses some family and friends. Writes that politicians are trying to get him to accept a job in Washington or with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to whom he responds, "I just want to be a one-mule farmer in Virginia or Georgia or Tennessee. But my desires are nothing - at least to no one else." Informs that he had lunch with their son John. Mentions that there is no new information on Marshall Zhukov. Postscript states he is sending her birthday present soon. Envelope is addressed to Mamie in…

GLC05266

1862-1863

Magie, James K., fl. 1862-1863

Header Record

Title: Collection of James K. Magie, C company, 78th regiment, Illinois, infantry [Decimalized .01-.51]

Private in the Army of the Cumberland. The letters are written to his wife, Mary, who lived in Macomb, Illinois. (There are 46 manuscript items plus 5 printed items which include 3 newspaper clippings.) Magie also held the position of Brigade Postmaster while stationed in Franklin, Tennessee. This position allowed him to make frequent trips into Nashville, where he bought newspapers for 5 cents each and sold them in camp for 10 cents. He frequently discusses his profits and cautions his wife not to let anyone else know how much money he is able to send her. At home Magie was a co-owner…

GLC05241

11 May 1784

Hall, Lyman, 1724-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Susa Street

Regrets he was not there for his mother's last illness and thanks Street for the care given to her. Is himself elderly and advises against his friends and relatives coming to Georgia, as "they may sicken soon & die." If he envies anyone, "it is him who content with a little, enjoys that little without anxiety, loves God, & has his delight in Jesus Christ, looks forward with pleasing expectation of the glory that shall scarcely shall be revealed; that lyes down to sleep, indifferent whether he awakes in this or in the other world." Sends his blessing to his relations. Hall was a…

GLC05243

3 January 1868

McGuire, Andrew M., fl. 1867

Manuscript

Title: [Witness' statements in Missouri v. Andrew McGuire regarding Richmond bank robbery]

Signed by Mary Ann Harlow, George Wasson, F.H. Conkey, R. Rimmer, A. Childs, Thomas Woodson, B. Murfee, G. Limerick, Jesse Dean, John Brock, James Chichester, William Barton, John Barnhill, Philip Woodson, Martha Gilpin, George Wapon, and B. Minifer as witnesses. Signed by D.H. Quisenberry, presiding over proceedings. Witnesses report seeing McGuire and four to seven others on the road to Richmond, Missouri, and at the robbery site. Witnesses physically identified defendant and his horse. McGuire identified as a "bushwhacker" and his character is attested to. Witnesses describe the murder…

GLC05250

February 23, 1833

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James A. Hamilton

Writing to James Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton, Jackson comments on the rush of official business at the height of the Nullification Crisis. Mentions that he heard from Hamilton's mother, wife of Alexander Hamilton, and is pleased that she is still well. Asks that Hamilton come to Washington before 4 March 1833, the date of Jackson's second inauguration. Comments on the positions of Henry Clay and John Calhoun on nullification. "Nullification cannot be recognized as a peaceful & constitutional measure, and the American system of M Clay being on the wane, a union between these two…

GLC05176