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to Edmund Pendleton re: Russo-Turkish fighting, Adams & Jay [incomplete]
1784/02/29
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Incomplete and damaged letter. Oblong. Mentions departure of John Adams and John Jay for London.
GLC06748
to Thomas Jefferson re: requesting assistance [in French]
1801/08/11
Pusy, Bureaux, fl. 1801
GLC06749.02
to Philip Mazzei re: introduction of Dr. Barton, promising news of War of 1812
1815/03/06
Introducing Dr. Barton, then on a European tour, who "will be able to communicate to you the events of the late war." Mazzei was at that time residing at Pisa. Written just three weeks after the ratification of the Treaty of Ghent. Written in...
GLC06750
to [John Henry Sheburne] re: the art of portraiture
1825/07/11
Returning a portrait of John Paul Jones by Charles Willson Peale (neither named in the letter) which he borrowed. Jefferson comments "I do not wonder that Commodore Dale and myself think differently of it's likeness to the same original. My opinion...
GLC06751
to John MacKay
1839/11/07
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
A fine personal letter, written aboard the steamboat "Malta" on the Missouri River, commenting on various topics to his friend, Jack MacKay, whom he met at West Point. Lee comments on the Seminole War that "It is high time that they abandoned it...
GLC06752.01
[Carte de visite of General Robert E. Lee]
1848, 1861 ca.
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
Photograph by Anthony, with McAllister & Bro,., Philadelphia logo. Imprint of Snyder, Black & Sturn, NY. Depicts a younger Lee in a retouched Virginia Volunteers uniform.
GLC06752.02
General Orders No. 102
1863/11/26
Calling on the army to continue fighting, "A cruel army seeks to reduce ... [us] to abject slavery.... Let every man resolve... if need be, to die in defence of a cause so sacred, and worthy of the name won by this army on so many bloody fields."...
GLC06753
to Edmund Pendleton re: waiting foreign dispatches on peace talks; selling slave
1782/08/06
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Awaiting news of peace talks and personal advice regarding impossibility of selling a slave. Madison notes that while European newspapers "teem with paragraphs relative to pacific negotiations" but past British policy "should always restrain our...
GLC06757
to Stockdales re: Italian & German campaigns, Patton's death [decimalized]
1944/01-1945/12
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945
Collection of materials written to Rene and Frank Stockdale, with a signed and dated 3-star general's flag (54 x 72.4 cm). The letters, written to two personal friends in Britain during the last eighteen months of World War II, chronicle Patton as...
GLC06760
to Renee & Frank Stockdale re: thanks for "the many courtesies"
1944/07/04
Thanking the Stockdales for "the many courtesies which you two have rendered me and... the Third Army."
GLC06760.01
to Renee Stockdale re: a battle involving 15 US Divisions
1944/01/02
Written twenty days before being appointed commander of the Third Army. He notes concerning that battle, involving 15 United States Army Divisions "all but two attacking. Tonight... we may lick him."
GLC06760.02
to [Renee & Frank Stockdale] re: thanks for letter, secrecy in correspondence
1944/07/15
Thanking Renee Stockdale for her letter received, and stating that "owing to the requirements of secrecy," he is "unable to write more."
GLC06760.03
to Renee Stockdale re: asking her to send his three stars
1944/09/19
GLC06760.04
to Renee Stockdale re: sending piece of parachute silk
1944/10/11
Sending Renee Stockdale a souvenir piece of parachute silk "given to me by a member of a crew of one of our bombers which was forced down"
GLC06760.05
to Renee & Frank Stockdale re: frustration at not being able to fight the enemy
[1944]/10/18
"Just a note... to say that the Third Army is not dead just sleeping.... We are fed up with not fighting."
GLC06760.06
to Frank Stockdale re: beginning of major assault on the Seigfried line
1944/11/30
"We have just started an assault on the Seigfried line this minute...." The "Seigfried line" protected the German homeland from the west. With written postscript.
GLC06760.07
to Frank Stockdale re: battle of the Bulge, expecting German withdrawal
1945/01/03
A prophetic note, preceding by one day the German withdrawal of the 6th SS Panzer Division from the Battle of the Bulge. Patton writes in part: "We have been attacking him and I believe that we now have him on the run."
GLC06760.08
to Frank Stockdale re: latest operation, liberating towns and capturing Germans
1945/03/29
Patton writes in part: "Our last operation has been the best... we have taken 6000 odd square miles of Germany, liberated or captured 3000 towns... captured over 140,000 prisoners and killed or wounded over 90,000 Germans, for the complete...
GLC06760.09
to Frank Stockdale re: progress of 3d Army, now at the Danube
1945/05/04
Patton writes in part: "As usual, the 3rd Army has been wiggling around like a snake.... Whoever said the Danube was blue is a damn liar." He notes that a "whole division surrendered to us this morning." With envelope signed by Patton.
GLC06760.10
to Frank Stockdale re: dull peace; his request for transfer to Pacific rejected
1945/08/08
Written shortly after the rejection of his request for transfer to the Pacific war (now that Germany had surrendered), Patton finds "Life here is very fatiguing, but not very exciting. I am going to... reviews and inspections... which takes a lot of...
GLC06760.11
to Frank Stockdale re: campaigning
1944/08/06
(Out of order.) Patton writes that he cannot say where he is (due to confidentiality): "While it is impossible for me to give details... if you look carefully at a map you can guess damn well where it is." With envelope signed by Patton. With...
GLC06760.12
to Renee Stockdale re: news that Patton will be crippled from car accident
1945/12/18
Gaffey, Hugh J., 1895-1946
Conveying a surgeon's opinion that Patton would survive the injuries suffered in a car accident, although without the ability to walk. Gaffey writes in part "It seems unfair that a man who had gone through as much as he had during the war should be...
GLC06760.13
to Frank Stockdale re: thanks for gift
1944/08/28
Expressing his gratitude for a gift from the Stockdales and wishing Renee a "speedy recovery." With envelope signed by Patton.
GLC06760.14
to Frank Stockdale re: tedium of waiting
1944/11/07
Patton complains "this waiting has been tedious, but now we are about tot try to carry the ball some more." With envelope signed by Patton.
GLC06760.15
to Frank Stockdale re: unable to visit
1945/01/26
Patton promises to come visit, but must delay because "something happened the other day which means that we will keep on fighting violently." With envelope signed by Patton.
GLC06760.16
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