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Draft copy of the official report of the 2nd Division

Draft copy of the official report of the 2nd Division, XXIII Corp's operations during Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign, Decateur, GA., 10 September 1864.

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General Orders # 18

General orders #18, announcing terms of his surrender to Sherman: "sparing the blood of this gallant army and saving our country from further devastation": clerical copy, made in the field, signed by WD Gale

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to his wife Emma and his brother

Marching with Sherman through Georgia: 17 letters of a staff officer, to his wife Emma and his brother. With Carte de visite, two printed general field orders, and a printed history of the 104 Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

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to William T. Sherman

Eight days after Johnston's surrender regarding situation in North Carolina. "Concluded satisfactorily all details with Genl Johnston." General James Wilson "had disregarded the order to resume hostilities it being of an earlier date than yours..."

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to Henry Halleck

Two telegrams on one page
"A number of officers and men of both Lee's and Johnston's armies whose homes are in the Western states desire to press through the Northern states...can they be permitted to do so?"

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to Henry W. Slocum

Offering to do whatever he can to make life easier for Slocum and his family

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to Henry W. Slocum

Predicting a quick end to reconstruction: "The North cannot long afford to keep arms there for local police": "Still, as long as you do have the force and the state now you must of necessity control...my own opinion is that self interest will soon...

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to Henry W. Slocum

Four letters + one photograph

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to Mrs. Henry Slocum

Thanking her for flowers sent on his 69th birthday: "If I can worry through another year...time with his scythe... may make a deep swath, but cannot cheat me of seventy years on this insignificant globe with a fair measure of life's pleasures and...

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to Henry W. Slocum

"We three will go down to history as the leaders of 'The March to the Sea'."
Requesting photos of Slocum and Howard

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to Mrs. Henry Slocum

Declining invitation to her daughter's wedding

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to Henry W. Slocum

Enclosing requested photograph (with photo). "Though the main honor of the work crowns our chief, yet in helpful planning & executing, our part will not be forgotten."

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Order to affix the seal

Order to affix the seal to a warrant for the pardon of Leon McLemon

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Congress's proposed ship's passport

Certifying Congress's proposed ship's passport, which became part of the 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France, the Nation's first treaty with a foreign power in the hand of Charles Thompson

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to Silas m. Stilwell

Ours is a "Civil War" for the White House: "The glory to be gained is not from the victory we may achieve but from the use we make of it," warning that "confidence in the weakness of an enemy has produced the most disatrous defeats on record."

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Act of Congress

Act of Congress calling upon President Washington to "cause an estimate to be laid before Congress at their next session, of the quantity and situation of the lands not claimed by the Indians, nor granted to, nor claimed by any citizen of the United...

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1806 State of the Union Address

1806 State of the Union Address, announcing the return of Lewis and Clark, who have "traced the Missouri nearly to its source." Burr's conspiracy discussing calling for prohibition of the slave trade in 1808, as son as allowed under the Constitution...

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to Thomas Gage

Re: Indian policy in the wake of mounting troubles on the frontier, fed by spanish and French agents

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Proposed sale of land

From exile in Canada, the loyalist son of Sir William writes on the proposed sale of land

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to Secretary Addington

Re: The Indian Conference at Casco, seeking allies in Queen Anne's War

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John Richbell and his wife sell...

[Long Island] John Richbell and his wife sell "all that neck or tract of land commonly called & known by the name of Horse Neck lying & being upon the sound on the North side...bounded to the West with Oyster Bay, to the East with [Huntington] Boro...

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"Amicus Pennsylvaniae"

"Amicus Pennsylvaniae." Manuscript of Duche's blank-verse history of the colony of Pennsyvania (published by Franklin & Hall, 1766), here entitled "an attempt (by way of amusement) to sketch out some of the particulars." Content includs William...

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to Henry Glen

Arranging a shipment of supplies to the Six Nations, complying with the Treaty of 1792

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to William Marbury

Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court's landmark decision on "Mandamus": establishing judicial review. Printed in New-York Herald

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to Elbridge Gerry

Draft of Genet's letter to Adams planning to ask French to reinforce D'Estaing, copied by Adams and sent to Elbridge Gerry

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