February 22, 1850

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Ewing

Recommending William D. Shepherd for a clerkship, and enclosing a petition signed by many Indiana Whigs supporting this promotion.

GLC02320.02

January 27, 1862

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gideon Welles

Recommends Alex H. Brown for an appointment in the Department of the Interior.

GLC02490.15

March 1862

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Pamphlet

Title: Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of 27th day of March, 1862, in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta."

37th Congress, 2d session, Senate Executive Document 40. Tells the story of the "Augusta," ostensibly a whaler but suspected of being a slaver. It was confiscated by the New York federal courts. The U.S. Marshall charged that federal officials had colluded with the slavetraders when the "Augusta slipped out of port under suspicious circumstances."

GLC00267.042

13 December 1862

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Abraham Lincoln

Recommends T. J. Barnett of New York as a judge in one of the territories of the United States. On stationary of the Department of the Interior.

GLC05603.01.16

1862/07/04

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: Defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles.

Confidential report about defeat of McClellan on the Peninsula [VA] during the Seven Days Battles. The assesment is blunt but still hopeful, and Smith expresses his strong desire for his comments to not be leaked as they may cause wide-spread alarm.

GLC08006

1864 ca.

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of a full standing view of Lincoln's 1st Secretary of the Interior

Imprint on recto "Brady, Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Caleb Blood Smith" "Taken in Washington, 1864."

GLC05111.02.0098

1861 ca.

Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite of a full seated view of Lincoln's 1st Secretary of the Interior

Graphite inscription on recto "Caleb Smith Sec of Interior." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E.Anthony 501 New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0099