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to Sam Chapman

issue of The Old Dominion Sun; letter from Willie from the "late city of San Francisco;" impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.17

to: Sam Chapman

requesting news of San Francisco from Willie's friend; impending death of Col. Smith and his obituary.

GLC03921.18

to Sam Chapman

publication of letter describing his Boston trip; hopes it will "contribute toward eradicating old prejudices."

GLC03921.19

to: Sam Chapman

Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.

GLC03921.20

to Sam Chapman

Scathing response to reunion speeches, especially one minimizing slavery's role in the war. Includes brief account of the Southern defense of slavery prior to the war, noting that he did not approve of slavery; rather, it was inherited as an...

GLC03921.21

to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.

Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.

GLC03921.22

to: Sam Chapman

Taft's upcoming speech to the Virginia Republicans; Maj. Swift's appointment as head of the Army War College.

GLC03921.23

to: Sam Chapman

letter concerning "the 'true inwardness' of Gen. Lee's staff;" intentions to vote for Taft; Maj. Swift's review of his book for the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association.

GLC03921.24

to Sam Chapman

article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."

GLC03921.25

to: Sam Chapman

Taft's Supreme Court appointees; dining with Col. Charles Francis Adams.

GLC03921.26

to: Sam Chapman

people who were for and against secession; requests the return of letter from Judge McDowell.

GLC03921.27

to: Sam Chapman

"correspondence & reports about burning & robbing cities in Vols.: 43 parts I & II- Shenandoah campaign". [Perhaps a reference to Official Records, published in 1908.]

GLC03921.28

to Sam Chapman

McDowell and an additional circuit court judge appointment for Virginia; misdated "Chambersburg letter" of Gen. Lee to Gen. Ewell.

GLC03921.29

to Sam Chapman

Defense of Stuart's absence at Gettysburg, prompted by a newspaper article; treason case against Jefferson Davis.

GLC03921.30

to Sam Chapman

Belief that Walter Taylor has prompted the recent articles about Gettysburg, in an attempt to clear his name at the expense of Lee; forwarding a letter from Allen Potts.

GLC03921.31

to: Sam Chapman

Assistant Attorney General, Jack Russell [his nephew].

GLC03921.32

to: Sam Chapman

free mail delivery; forthcoming article in the New York Herald: "It tells how Fitz Lee saved Pope's Army."

GLC03921.33

to: Sam Chapman

travels through various towns in Virginia.

GLC03921.34

to: Sam Chapman

new address and his reason for moving; letter written by Mr. Ron Tucker given to his son as a memento.

GLC03921.35

to Sam Chapman

Theodore Roosevelt's run on a third party ticket: "Teddy has knocked out Taft in one of the most surprising phenomena of history;"

GLC03921.36

to: Sam Chapman

intention to vote for Taft: "If Wilson is elected…the Bull Moose will be buried forever."

GLC03921.37

to: Sam Chapman

hopes to get out of the hospital in time to vote.

GLC03921.38

to: Sam Chapman

Free transportation to Gettysburg for Confederate veterans.

GLC03921.40

to: Sam Chapman

voted for Henry Stuart; ride in an automobile with Mrs. Julie Keith; plans to travel to Baltimore.

GLC03921.41

to: Sam Chapman

Lecture at a Toronto military institute; plans to spend time in New York.

GLC03921.42

to: Sam Chapman

Suggests Chapman visit Wilson over the Easter holiday; Mosby has completed his speech.

GLC03921.43

to: Sam Chapman

suggests Chapman try to obtain a post as chaplain in a regiment on the eve of war with Mexico.

GLC03921.44

to: Sam Chapman

speech well received; "royal" reception in Canada; receiving social invitations in New York.

GLC03921.45

to: Sam Chapman

letter of Colonel Williams concerning Osborne.

GLC03921.46

to: Sam Chapman

artist would like to paint a group portrait of Confederate officers, including Chapman.

GLC03921.47

to: Sam Chapman

traveling to Manassass to look over the battlefield; says Wilson will not stay in the White House longer than one term.

GLC03921.48

to: Sam Chapman

anniversary of the day he took over the Hong Kong consulate 36 years ago; opposition to Wilson's shipping bill; arranging a sitting for the group painting.

GLC03921.49

to: Sam Chapman

endorses an advertisement of a hotel with rooms for $1 per day.

GLC03921.50

to: Sam Chapman

requesting return of letter from Gov. Stuart; plans to travel to Berkeley for his health.

GLC03921.51

to: Sam Chapman

drinking water to help his bladder condition; encounters with Virginians who were Union soldiers before.

GLC03921.52

to Henry Knox

Notes that the men are supplied with small arms and requests carbines for the officers. Stevens had recently been appointed a captain in Knox's regiment of artillery. The British evacuated Boston the day after this letter was written.

GLC02437.00259

to Henry Knox

Arranges to have the bearer of the letter retrieve artillery from Framingham, Massachusetts. Tracy was a merchant who turned privateer during the Revolution.

GLC02437.00261

to Henry Knox

Instructs Knox to withhold four pounds from the pay of a matross in his regiment named Henry Irvington. The money had previously been advanced to Irvington. Putnam was one of the original major generals appointed by the Continental Congress.

GLC02437.00262

[Receipts for money disbursements from Henry Knox to Major John Crane and Captain Thomas Pierce]

Two receipt entries signed by Crane and Thomas Pierce for pay distributions, but in neither Pierce's or Crane's hand. Crane and Pierce were under Knox's command. This document is the "loose receipt" referenced on page 18 of GLC02437.00258.

GLC02437.00263

to Lucy Knox

Responds affectionately to a letter from Lucy asking what has become of him. Answers that he has not written because of how busy he has been (during the siege of Boston). Comments that the British are packing up and leaving Boston, and Knox expects...

GLC02437.00264

[Money lending receipts]

Two military receipt entries also signed by James Furnival for money borrowed from Henry Knox by Captain of Artillery Benjamin Frothingham and Lieutenant James Furnivall.

GLC02437.00265

[Receipt for Quarter Master David Bradley's pay from January to April 1776]

Certifies payment but does not mention the amount.

GLC02437.00266

to Henry Knox

Confirms receipt of an order to remove artillery from Dorchester Heights to the Roxbury Meeting House. Seeks advice to resolve a conflict with Captain John Popkins company over guard duty. Notes that the men need extra time to retrieve their...

GLC02437.00267

[A complete account of money received of Colonel Henry Knox and money paid to the men]

Payment ledger with docket noting that this was Colonel Burbeck's account.

GLC02437.00269

to Henry Knox

Stevens writes Knox to update him on activities during his march to Crown Point, New York. Reports difficulties in transporting ordnance and stores because of broken carts, the scarcity of food for the pack animals, and "Cattle very low in flesh."...

GLC02437.00270

to unknown

Orders an officer to proceed to Norwich, Connecticut with powder and ammunition. Notes that the officer has a warrant to impress teams of animals if necessary. A note on the verso records numerical quantities of unnamed items being transferred from...

GLC02437.00271

[An abstract of money paid by Captain Jotham Drury in Colonel Henry Knox's Regiment of Artillery for the month of January 1776]

Lists amounts owed to fifty-five enlisted men in Knox's regiment and underneath Colonel William Burbeck's command.

GLC02437.00272

to Lucy Knox

Explains that he has remained in Newport, Rhode Island, where a recent British naval attack had been fended off, to fulfill orders to help protect the town from additional attacks. He will depart for Norwich later in the day, where he hopes to stay...

GLC02437.00273

to Lucy Knox

Comments on a fatiguing two day, sixty-four mile journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Norwich, Connecticut. Indicates that he will stay in Norwich until all the stores are embarked for New York. Mentions that he will make a trip to New London...

GLC02437.00275

to Thomas Pierce

Brief account from Colonel Knox to Captain Pierce for money paid for blankets from February to April of 1776. Also notes cash received by Colonel William Burbeck and Major John Crane.

GLC02437.00277