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to Joseph B. Varnum

Keyes acknowledges that a change in the Concord Post Office will soon take place. Requests that he be considered for Postmaster General and that he would oblige if appointed.

GLC03845.16

to Joshua Mauger

Butler, a Loyalist and Mauger's agent, transmits a letter written to Mauger 29 December 1775, marked as a duplicate. In the 1775 letter, Butler states "Canada in the hands of the Rebells, & I fear the Army will be burnt out of Boston if so they must...

GLC03902.065

to Kregg Sanders

Atkins writes to Sanders from prison while serving time for her part in the Tate-LaBianca murders committed while a member of the Manson family. Atkins continues a previous letter (GLC05508.024.01), commenting that she feels a connection with her...

GLC05508.024.02

to Earl G. Hunt

Henry writes to Bishop Hunt to congratulate him on his address given at the South Bend colloquy. He also discusses ordering the four volumes of "God, Revelation and Authority" and the need of spreading the Christian Gospel. As Hunt requested, he...

GLC05508.125.01

[The Bible remains...]

Henry enclosed this handwritten quotation with a letter to Bishop Hunt (GLC05508.125.01). He writes: "The Bible remains/ the world's most indispensable reading, and a personal walk with God remains man's unsurpassable privilege. All the valid...

GLC05508.125.02

to Nancy

Keller takes a break from her " 'Teacher' biography" to write this letter. She discusses her enjoyment of a gathering at Nancy's home, changing attitudes towards the roles of women, and sends a copy of "Soviet Power."

GLC05508.153.02

[The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed me...]

Abel Muzorewa quotes Luke 4: 18-19.

GLC05508.192.02

to Christopher Gore

Written to Governor of Massachusetts Christopher Gore. Explains his opposition to a proposed Constitutional amendment that would limit the life of an embargo act to 30 days after Congress enacted it. Countersigned by James Lloyd.

GLC08220

[Orders to George Washington to blockade the Hudson River]

Orders to blockade and defend Mount Washington from the enemy without regard to expense. Allows Washington's appointment of a Deputy Commissary of Stores for the Army at New York. Docket not in Hancock's hand.

GLC00372.01

to James William Paige

Reports that he received a letter from his cousin-in-law Eliza Buckminster Lee and from his daughter Julia Webster. Referring to the January 1828 death of his wife Grace Fletcher Webster, states that he "lost one half of [his] interest, & motives...

GLC01946.09

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....

GLC01946.43

to Richard T. Renshaw

Smith writes to Renshaw with orders to discharge Colonel Wallace Wilson of the 1st Colored Brigade,"he having originally enlisted for one year." The order also extends to "any other Contrabands on board the 'Agawam'." Forwarded by Commodore Joseph...

GLC02254.31

Order of march to Trenton

Orders for surprise attack on British forces at Trenton. On Christmas morning Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware, and prepared for a surprise attack on Trenton. These orders lay out the various roles of the different sections of...

GLC02437.00495

to Lucy Knox

Expresses his love for Lucy, but says that the love of his country must keep them apart for now. Discusses the Battle of Trenton (26 December 1776) in depth. Starts by stating that Lucy must "have heard of our success on the morning of the 26th...

GLC02437.00497

to Henry Knox

Hopes Henry is thinking of her. Says that she is being inoculated for smallpox, but that a rash on her arm has slowed the process and led the doctor to give her more mercury. Worries about her health but says their daughter is doing quite well....

GLC02437.00572

[Report of Service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862]

The report sent to General William A. Hammond on 2 May 1863 (see GLC02649.02). Written mostly in a narrative form the report, with some charts, maps and other media included, provides a detailed and dramatic history of medical procedures and services...

GLC02649.01

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 Mary Kelly

General Lander's sudden illness and death from "inflammation of the Brain" delayed the regiment's marching orders. He offers a lengthy description of the funeral procession that escorted Lander' coffin to a train bound for Washington and adds his...

GLC04197.22

to Mary Kelly

He toured the estate of the ex-Senator and ex-minister to Spain, C. J. Falkner. Falkner himself fled from the approaching Federal army. He finally received a letter from home and was alarmed to hear that someone was prowling around their house at...

GLC04197.24

To: Spaulding

Mrs. Grant has received the jewelry Spaulding sent her. He writes that Grant said he thought the ornament might have been carved from "the wood of the tree under which Col. Babcock found Gen. Lee near the Appomattox C.H. when sent after Lee to come...

GLC04360.036

To: H. A. Spaulding

Parker modestly recounts his military career with General Grant for possible publication by Spaulding. "There is nothing particularly brilliant in my military history . . . ."

GLC04360.037

To: Col. Lubey

Requesting an additional ticket for the memorial services at Arlington. [Retired General John A. Logan, acting as Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, established Decoration Day, now known as Memorial Day, on May 29, 1868.]

GLC04360.040

The Kansas question. Speech of Hon. Thomas Bocock, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, March 8, 1858.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Bocock, a U.S. Representative from Virginia, declares: "I do not know what will be the effect of a refusal to admit Kansas under the Lecompton constitution. I am not authorized to speak the views of...

GLC05116.20

to Henry J. Raymond

Writes to the editor of the New York Times and Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Union [Republican] Party. Urges Raymond to collaborate with the New York Young Men's Republican Union, which had sponsored and published Lincoln's...

GLC05303.01

to William S. Holabird

Forsyth discusses the Amistad case, revealing the administration's assumptions regarding the verdict of the trial. States that the Spanish minister had applied to the State Department for the "use of a vessel of the United States in the event of the...

GLC05636.18