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1866/08/04

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Brevet of John R. Meigs to the rank of Major.

Brevet of John R. Meigs to the rank of Major. Cosigned by Edwin Stanton. Dated August 4, 1866.

GLC07059.71

1864/11/20

Rodgers, John F., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Mrs. M. Rodgers.

GLC07059.64

1864/12/07

Wheeler, George H., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: [Montgomery C.] Meigs.

GLC07059.65

1865/08/23

Stewart, W.D., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: M[ontgomery] C. Meigs.

GLC07059.66

1866/04/24

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Letter signed

Title: to: E[dwin] Stanton.

GLC07059.67

1866/04/24

Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888

Endorsement

Title: [Document related to endorsement for John R. Meigs]

Endorsement recommending that John R. Meigs be brevetted Major dated April 24, 1866.

GLC07059.68

1874/08/22

Powell, D., fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: [Montgomery C.] Meigs.

GLC07059.72

[n.d.]

Meigs, John R., fl. 1850-1864

Photograph

Title: Vignette bust portrait of Meigs in uniform.

With note under the image recounting the circumstances of his death.

GLC07059.73

[n.d.]

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Oval engraved bust portrait surrounded by oak leaves and acorns.

Oval engraved bust portrait surrounded by oak leaves and acorns.

GLC07059.74

[n.d.]

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917

Photograph

Title: John R. Meigs. Bust carte de visite portrait from engraving.

GLC07059.75

1849/10/21

Neafie, Augustus, fl. 1859-1860

Letter signed

Title: to: his father.

Detailed experiences of working on a ship, his life as a 'forty-niner,' panning for gold in California.

GLC07164.01

1850/01/28

Neafie, Augustus, fl. 1859-1860

Letter signed

Title: to: his sister.

His life experiences as a miner, and a businessman, and his hardships due to flooding. He expresses his hopes to receive family news.

GLC07164.02

1850/03/27

Neafie, Augustus, fl. 1859-1860

Letter signed

Title: to: Carrie (p 1-2) and Brother (p3).

His experiences and lifestyle in California, and how he cannot wait to go back to mining, once the winter is over. He lists inflation as a key issue, with costs riding so high that earning $32 per day is not enough to live comfortably.

GLC07164.03

1850/04/11

Neafie, Augustus, fl. 1859-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: father

Explicit details of his life are passed along to his father. He discusses the dreariness of the rainy season (a time in which one cannot go mining) and the sale of a boat owned by Alfred.

GLC07164.04

1850/05/21

Neafie, Augustus, fl. 1859-1860

Letter signed

Title: to: sister.

Relays his fears that, due to lack of received letters, his father has forgotten him. Alfred describes his life and requests that no letters be written to him.

GLC07164.05

February 17, 1850

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James William Paige

Reports to his brother-in-law that William Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, wrote to the Committee of Commerce in the House of Representatives regarding the subject of coinage. Reports that he will take the issue to Senate the following day. States that the admission of California to the Union as a free state in the Compromise of 1850 will not "break up, break down, or overset the Union" though the Union "may be tipped ... as a cart is liable to tip up when a heavy weight is put in to the hind end." Humorously ends by saying "You may go, on buying & selling, & getting gain."

GLC01946.43

1898 ca.

Scribner's magazine

Photograph

Title: Another view of Roosevelt petting eagle, while Rough Rider tames lion cub.

A group looks on, including two women at far right, one holding a child. Stamp on verso. Mount is torn on the lower right corner, but the image is fine condition.

GLC07002.59