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to John A. Dix

Marvels at the Gatling Gun: "an ingenious piece of Mechanism and will recommend itself to Ordinance and Artillery officers." To General John A. Dix on behalf of General John Love.

GLC09092

to General George McClellan

Seeking U.S. help for the struggle for independence from France. "My friend General Ghilardi...plans to go to Mexico and serve the cause of that nation." With autograph envelope to Gen. McClellan.

GLC09093

to R.R. Ward, Esq.

On residual actions of the R.I. Dorr Rebellion. "That some rascality is to be attempted toward R. I. can scarce be doubted, but in what shape, we have no means of judging save for Burke's Resolution or Petition presented last week..."

GLC09094

[Reinforcing Jamaica against the French]

About how to reinforce Jamaica against the French without compromising British positions. "as the Troops at present stationed at New York & the immediate Neighboring ports are by no means equal to their defence, if seriously Attacked, any diminution...

GLC09095

to John Letcher

Impressment of slaves for the Confederate War Effort. "I invite your attention to the enclosed communications from several members of Congress and of the Legislature, in reference to the propriety of exempting certain counties from my recent call...

GLC09096

to Phoebe Hathaway

Updating a fellow Abolitionist on his busy schedule. "It is too bad that I cannot come to Farmington on the first of April after that winsome little note of yesterday. But I cannot and cannot now, see any chance of visiting the kind of Domicile of...

GLC09097

to the Senate and the House

Inflation and the cost of living. "How far the system of cooperative organization which flourishes in various European countries may be adapted to our highly organized and individualistic social organization may perhaps only be determined by...

GLC09098

Collection of James T. Gerry, United States Navy Commander [Decimalized .01-.16]

Fourteen letters by Gerry to his family, accompanied by an etching of Gerry, a pay receipt made out to him, and a letter from a collector describing the receipt. Letters to his family are written mostly to his mother, sister and nephew. They...

GLC09099

Collection of two items related to the Confederate President's House [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC09100

Letters referring to Contract for Rent of President's House.

Confederate Treasury Secretary Memminger, with William Cabell Rives of the Confederate Congress, to a Committee of the City of Richmond comprised of L.W. Glazebrook, N.B. Hill, and George K. Crutchfield. Correspondence leading to the creation of the...

GLC09100.01

[Note establishing rent for the President's house in Richmond]

Notes that rent for the Confederate President's House is to be paid at 6% annually based on the cost of the house, $42,894.97.

GLC09100.02

The Will of the People

Campaign booklet, including introduction from George Boker and the Union League.

GLC09101

[Last will and testament freeing a slave]

"In the name of God Amen I William Leaths of the City and province of New York Sadler being very Sick and weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory...ordaine this my last Will and Testament...I give & bequeath unto my Servant Wan the Spanish Indian...

GLC09102

[Document authorizing the distribution of confiscated slaves from Tory plantations to veterans of the Revolution]

"Ordered that the Commissioners, of the Confiscated and Annexed Estates, furnish Mr. Henry Ellison with such Numbers of Negroes, as he is Entitled to Receive, by Virtue of his Certificates in Col. Jackson's Corps, agreeable to the Laws of this State...

GLC09104

to Governor John Hancock

Regarding adjournment of the Massachusetts General Court. "...the Justices of the Court... will scarcely have time sufficient to recover from the fatigue, which they must necessarily undergo, in so long a Circuit, in the hottest season of the year,...

GLC09105

to his daughter

"I expect to see you. I except to see you very good; very sweet temper'd; & very fond of your Mother, & myself: and in return you shall find us very kind, very tender, and very affectionate to you. This is a fair Bargain my dear Child; come, let us...

GLC09106

to Major General William Henry Harrison

Before the battle of Lake Erie, Perry has "succeeded in [getting one of] the Sloops of war over the bar...The enemy ...move seven over the bar...I am of opinion that in two days the Naval superiority will be decided on this Lake, and should we be...

GLC09108

to Henry Fox, Lord Holland

Condemns Britain's "new crusade" against Napoleonic France: "Our countries are now at peace and I am satisfied that you will unite with me, in a strong desire, that they may long remain so. I well know the interest which you take, in the...

GLC09109

to unidentified General [possibly Lewis Cass]

"We have been actively opposed to each other in the last political contest and ... will probably be so for the rest of our lives. I want you once for all to understand that differences of that character between men whom I otherwise respect does not...

GLC09110

to Charles J. Faulkner

Discusses divisions with Virginia, the South Carolina Nullification Crisis, and Andrew Jackson and the National Bank: "I have been called in the Enquirer 'the chief of Nullifiers' in Virginia--and yet I have not in 20 years changed my principles one...

GLC09111

to J.J. Grindall

Discusses the Fugitive Slave Law and his failed bid for 1852 Democratic nomination: "It would be a strange spectacle indeed if the Slave-holding state most interested in the maintenance of faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law should yield...

GLC09112

to Elihu Washburne

"The very flattering interest you have taken in my personal welfare and advancement I know of but one way of repaying... I promise the country my undivided time and exertions and any fault shall be from an error in judgment, not of heart. The battle...

GLC09113

to Honorable Thomas Ewing

On Grant, Halleck, and floods. "I have not the control & direction of affairs which you suppose... Gen. Buell is assembling a very large force at Nashville. Gen. Halleck will and is now transferring Gen. Grant's Army over to the Tennessee...And...

GLC09114

to General Ethan Allen Hitchcock

On retaliation for treatment of Union prisoners at Libby Prison: "I read her [Mrs. Horace Mann] opinion against retaliating in kind, and said 'Certainly that is right.' I read her proposition to shoot or hang a number of selected officers as a...

GLC09115

Black Republican Prayer

Copperhead Black Republican Prayer. About the emancipation of slaves and Lincoln's prosecution of the war. "May the blessings of Emancipation extend throughout our unhappy land--and the illustrious, sweet scented Sambo nestle in the bosom of...

GLC09116