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to Thomas A. McParlin

Partially printed letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Issued on stationery of "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac."

GLC02649.25

to Thomas A. McParlin

Draft copy of GLC02649.25, probably written by a secretary. Letter transmitting McParlin's appointment (not included) to Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Form letter offering congratulations. Signed as "official" by Brevet Major General...

GLC02649.26

to Thomas McParlin

Signed by Ruggles as AAG, by command of Major General Meade. A printed order relieving McParlin of his duty as the Colonel and Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac and ordering him to report to the Surgeon General, as a result of the break up...

GLC02649.28

to Thomas McParlin

Major General Meade informs McParlin that he has complied with his request for a recommendation (see GLC02649.30): "I think if any medical officers are entitled to the Brevet of Brig Genl it [is] these who like yourself stuck it out in the field and...

GLC02649.29

to Charles Hale Morgan

Major General Meade strongly recommends Dr. Thomas A. McParlin to Colonel Morgan for advancement in rank. Discusses details about military actions in the Civil War, and McParlin's role in them as an Army Surgeon and Medical Director of the Army of...

GLC02649.30

to Andrew Jackson Smith

Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle of Manassas) and Brigadier General for his service as Medical Director of the Army of...

GLC02649.31

to Andrew Jackson Smith

A copy of GLC02649.31 (so marked), but with a different place of address and date. Pope recommends to Major General Smith that McParlin be brevetted to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel for his service on 29-30 August 1862 (Second Battle...

GLC02649.32

to the Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department

Rejects his appointment as Brevet Brigadier General dated 27 November. In part: "This is the Second Brevet of that grade, tendered to me for different services: one, with the army in the field - which I now hold - as Brigadier General by Brevet for...

GLC02649.35

to Joseph K. Barnes

Copy of a letter officially notifying U.S. Surgeon General Barnes that he has accepted the rank of Brevet Brigadier General "for meritorious service during the war." Written on stationery of the Headquarters Department of the Gulf. Headed "Medical...

GLC02649.36

to unknown

McParlin asks that an original letter of introduction written by Ulysses S. Grant and sent to President Chester A. Arthur be returned to him (the original being deposited in White House files). McParlin transcribes in his own hand the text of the...

GLC02649.37

to Chester A. Arthur

Printed copy of Grant's letter of introduction for Thomas A. McParlin sent to President Arthur. Commends McParlin's service in the Civil War. McParlin quoted this letter in full in GLC02649.37, in a request to Arthur for the return of the original.

GLC02649.38

to Alida Roca McParlin

McParlin sends news of himself and asks for more letters from his wife. Writes about life and work at the hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Comments on religion, friends, and food. Has been so cold that he has been using his "buffalo robe." Troops...

GLC02649.39

to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $1.80 from July 1864 and indicates that he has received payment. With emendations in another hand confirming payment on 2 November 1864.

GLC02649.41

to John Clements

Scrap of paper on which McParlin presents a bill for $3.85 and indicates that he has received payment.

GLC02649.42

to W. J. Babcock

Scrap of paper on which McParlin documents a payment to Babcock of $54.25 for room and board. Marked paid in the same hand. Written from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.

GLC02649.43

to Alida McParlin

Incomplete letter fragment discussing California and Europe, and McParlin's wish to see his wife.

GLC02649.44

[Nine envelopes mostly from Thomas McParlin to his wife, each without an accompanying letter]

Six envelopes and three partial letters, most from the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Medical Director's Office, to Alida McParlin.

GLC02649.45

[Reproduction of a vignette bust portrait of Thomas A. McParlin]

Vignette bust portrait of McParlin by unknown photographer.

GLC02649.46

[Reproduction of a vignette bust portrait of Thomas A. McParlin]

Photographed closer up and at a more advanced age than in GLC02649.46.

GLC02649.47

[View of an interior of a Civil War era hospital with patients]

Reproduced photograph of a hospital interior, possibly one that Dr. Thomas A. McParlin oversaw.

GLC02649.48

The New Haven: Memorial to the President & his response

"New Haven" pamplet entitled-- "Memorial to the President, protesting against the use of the United-States army to enforce the bogus laws of Kansas; The Answer of President Buchanan; and The Reply of the Memorialists." Regarding the grievances of...

GLC07992.04

to James William Paige

Informs his brother-in-law of difficulties in New York en route to Washington, D.C. States that a doctor sent Webster's son Edward to the apothecary to get a "soothing anodyne plaster" for his wife Grace Webster's swollen side. Reports that after...

GLC01946.07

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

Informs his brother-in-law of a debate in the Senate regarding the 1828 Tariff Bill that proposed to tax certain raw and manufactured materials including molasses and hemp. States that due to disagreements with Southern Senators, several North...

GLC01946.10

to James William Paige

Informs his brother-in-law that he arrived in New York City by sunrise via a boat from New Haven, Connecticut. States that he will continue on the next day (possibly to Washington, D.C. for a session in Senate). Year written in pencil at a later...

GLC01946.12