1860

W. Duke, Sons, & Co., fl. 1860

Photograph

Title: Abe Lincoln

(title continues) Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking.Printed by W. Duke Son & Co., NY.

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1862

Photograph

Title: President and cabinet

Carte de visite of President Lincoln and his cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863). A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits in the middle. Surrounding him (from top, clockwise): Secretary of State William H. Seward; Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase; Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Postmaster General Montgomery Blair; Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Attorney General Edward Bates; Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles; Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith;

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6 March 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Brother

First page written over. He refers to a bell that's cracked and wonders how it might have gotten cracked. He believes it can be recast.

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22 April 1855

Booth, H., fl. 1855-1856

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas

Their income has been severely cut. They cannot possibly live where they are now with the rent and board. They would prefer a smaller house. He tells him he wants him to have his father's watch.

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28 March 1855

Booth, Mary, fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas

2 letters from two different authors. Their father is sick with pneumonia. She also says the father conversed with a Bishop Lee recently on the subject of religion.

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29 March 1855

Booth, Elizabeth, fl. 1855

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Beloved Brother (Thomas)

She writes that father has breathed his last breath. Their father had many anxieties for his family. She thinks is important for Thomas to get away from work and spend time with them for a few weeks,

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21 February 1866

Harding, James, fl. 1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel (Thomas Booth)

He is trying to sell Pensacola to him as a place to build capital. He advertises Pensacola as an up and coming city, a growing city, a place where businesses can be established.

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10 April 1866

Harding, James, fl. 1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Colonel (Thomas Booth)

He wants him to come to Pensacola and join him in the lumber business. He thinks Lee was a better general than Grant.

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9 January 1867

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to F. Wright

Booth's wife told him that Wright offered him a new position which would require him to be in Pittsburgh by February 1st.

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15 March 1868

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George R. Booth

He promises to bring him and his mother to Franklin as soon as the railroad is in better order.

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19 February 1881

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Telegram signed

Title: to J.S. Morrison

2 telegrams. Morrison asks if he will accept position. Booth says he accepts the position and will be in Richmond Tuesday or Wednesday.

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6 April 1881

Morrison, J.S., fl. 1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas R. Booth (My dear husband)

Missing pages. They have been having atrocious weather but expect Spring to come soon.. Mostly illegible.

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15 October 1881

King, T.M., fl. 1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas R. Booth

King asks if he would be interested in an engineering job.

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21 October 1881

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to T.M. King

Booth says he would be happy to acept the job as soon as he is done with his current position

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31 October 1881

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to S. Spencer

Booth provides him with a list of references who can reccomend him as an engineer.

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1881

Spencer, S. [R.], fl. 1861

Telegram signed

Title: to Thomas R. Booth

"Arrangements proposed will be satisfactory."

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December 1881

Atkinson, W.R., fl. 1881

Telegram signed

Title: to Thomas R. Booth

Atkinson lets him know that Mr. F. has resigned his position.

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20 May 1908

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to Comissioner of Pensions

Booth asks him to send the application for a pension.

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1 June 1908

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to Comissioner of Pensions

Booth has enclosed his claim for pension.

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14 July 1908

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Typed letter

Title: to Acting Commisioner (J.L Davenport)

Booth refers to a mistake in the paperwork says he was a medical cadet in the army. This was not the case, however.

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20 July 1908

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Typed letter signed

Title: to J.L. Davenport

Booth does his best to answer to answer the questions regarding the position he held as clerk in the adjutant's office.

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20 July 1908

Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J.L. Davenport

Handwritten version of GLC02247.56. Booth does his best to answer to answer the questions regarding the position he held as clerk in the adjutant's office.

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9 December 1914

Wolle, Fred J., fl. 1914

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas R. Booth

Wolle tells Booth that he has often been in his thoughts. It must have been a greta comfort to that Booth could be with his mother. Unfortunatly, health and distance kept him apart.

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1828

R., fl. 1828

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Clement

On the recent death of Chief Justice Booth. He provides a tribute.

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October 1852

E.V.L.B., fl. 1852

Sketch

Title: Palmyra, Missouri

Nature scene. Copied from an engraving by E.V.L.B

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