18 April 1872

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Reports than she is sending moccasins made like slippers, which will need soles added by a shoemaker. Notes spring is coming and the baby is growing. States her desire to have her first picture taken if a photographer comes in the summer. Comments that she is looking forward to a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Hinman and that she has been ironing all day.

GLC02429.21

1 May 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Reports that his health has improved. Discusses his growing baby, and naming him after Alexander Shiras. Comments on other Indian clergy that are ill. Discusses the child of Andrew Jones, one of the Indian teachers, who was expected to die and received an emergency baptism from Daniel. The child survived. Indicates he did not receive money sent, which he explains went to the Commissioners.

GLC02429.22

February 24, 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Thanks Shiras for the money she sent from friends Sunday school children. Discusses his missionary work and his desire to convert his Indian countrymen. Copy of GLC02429.16.

GLC02429.17

12 May 1872

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Apologizes for not writing and explains how various chores have kept her too busy. Notes that Cecelia, the half-Indian girl living with her has gone to live with Reverend James Cook. Discusses separation from her husband Daniel. Apologizes for not naming their baby after Frances. Mentions Paul, who is sick and attempting to recuperate. Notes that Convocation is coming up.

GLC02429.23

5 June 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses his wife's trip to the Santee Agency to visit relatives, his growing son, and sick Paul's attempt to build a log cabin on his land claim. Mentions the health of other Indian clergy. Discusses his income in the face of high prices in Yankton vs. Santee. Indicates he will make a map to answer her question about the spatial relationship between the Santee, Yankton, and Ponca agencies (see GLC02924.03 and GLC02924.04).

GLC02429.24

9-12 June 1872

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses a visit from Daniel's aunt and the porcupine quill moccasins she had made for Frances. Comments on her sister, a visitor named Mrs. Rumney, and her husbands adoration for their baby. Continues the letter on 12 June, comments on intervening chores, and a visit to a sun dance. Gives the Dakota word for mother and explains that she speaks English to her baby daily. Mentions that Daniel, her husband, sometimes speaks to her in English. Comments on her husband's pay.

GLC02429.25

21 July 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Reports than his family will leave the Yankton Mission for the Santee Mission. Explains that the Yanktons are sorry to see him leave, but he must go because of health problems related to his work on Sunday and the opportunity to make a prayer book in Santee.

GLC02429.26

17 September 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Shiras

Mentions starting work at Santee and his growing son. Discusses the health of Paul and Christian Taopi, a fellow Indian preacher, whose death seemed imminent. Taopi expressed no fear in dying, but regretted not having more time to preach. Sends congratulations for a recent engagement.

GLC02429.27

7 October 1872

Hinman, Samuel D., 1839-1890

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander Shiras

Reverend Hinman, who presided over the Santee Agency, writes to Reverend Shiras about Daniel Hemans. Notes Daniel is in good health, "is doing splendidly," and might be made a Presbyter. Thanks him for care of his boys. A postscript indicates Paul is not well and Christian Taopi has died.

GLC02429.28

17 October 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Indicates he has not written because he was sick. Informs Shiras that Christian Taopi has died. Discusses a recent visit by bishops Whipple and Clarkson, and William Welsh to all the Indian missions, their ordinations and assignations of missionaries. Indicates Reverend Hinman gave him charge of the Santee Mission that month. Comments on other Indian clergy, Paul Mazakute and Luke Walker. Indicates his wife might write about their son.

GLC02429.29

21-22 November 1872

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses her son, who was sick recently, and her husbands work as the sole clergyman at the Santee Mission. Notes they are currently living in Reverend Hinman's house, until they can have their own built. Discusses her housework, which interrupted the writing of this letter. Thanks Shiras for things she sent her. Comments on a problem with mice eating cloth. Recounts a story in which her small son Joseph accidentally locked himself in a room. Discusses her desire to get her picture taken, if not for a want of money.

GLC02429.30

13 December 1872

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses his improved health, noting that he has not had any spitting of blood since August 1871. Notes that the formerly healthy Mr. Luke, at the Yankton Mission, had started spitting blood. Reports the receipt of wrappers Shiras sent and to who they would go (including Deloria). States that all packages should be sent through Mr. Hinman, then explains that he has no winter clothes nor money to buy them. Notes two Santees, John Wapaha, and William Hemans (his cousin) will be ordained next spring. Notes that Mrs. Hinman is sick.

GLC02429.31

15 December 1872

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses Mrs. Hinman's illness and other ill women at the Santee Mission. Indicates she is making a dress and that her husband and son are in need of new clothes. Comments about how she should be thankful to God at Christmas for living another year. Discusses her need for a thick shawl. Also comments on the death of Christian Taopi. Notes her receipt of Shiras's photo, and her want of a similar one of herself, in a post script.

GLC02429.32

January 22, 1873

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Thanks Shiras for the clothes his family and other Indian clergy have received. Discusses eating with Reverend Hinman and his missionary duties at Santee. Notes his son has started speaking. States that Paul is very sick but still walking around his house.

GLC02429.33

15 May 1873

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses the death of their friend Paul Mazakute, an Indian clergyman who long-suffered from consumption. Explains how their buggy broke down after the funeral. In a post script, indicates that they might get photos taken.

GLC02429.34

15 July 1873

Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses building a house and garden on his land in Bazille, his health, and his work. Mentions a possible transfer to the Chapel at Bazille Creek, on the recommendation of Bishop William Hare. Comments on the growth of his son, who he speaks to in both English and Dakota.

GLC02429.35

23 July 1873

Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Frances B. Shiras

Discusses her garden and her growing son, comparing his dark skin to "a little niger." Indicates they will move to Bazille Creek, but will soon come back for the Convocation Meeting. Discusses money problems and a shawl she has yet to receive from Shiras. Reports conflicting stories about whether or not Reverend Hinman was killed by "wild Indians."

GLC02429.36

1866

Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873

Engraving

Title: [Engraving of Jefferson Davis]

Engraving based on the original painting by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC03384.02

August 21, 1874

Hopkins, E.S., fl. 1849-1874

Autograph note signed

Title: to Israel Manchester Hopkins

Possibly sent from Saint John, New Brunswick by telegraph. Letter written on Western Union Telegraph Company stationery. The message states "Twenty five years old today. all right." Accompanied by three collateral newspaper clippings containing biographical information regarding Israel Manchester Hopkins and Captain J. M. Hopkins.

GLC01450.446.14

March 1870

Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890

Document signed

Title: [Statement requesting reimbursement for items lost at the 1869 Inaugural Ball]

Signed by Isaac T. Brown, notary public. Signed clerically for Spinner as as Treasurer and J. M. Edmunds (possibly James Madison Edmunds) as secretary. Includes a partially printed document signed 1 March 1870 by C. E. Evans, who asserts that his wife M. W. Evans lost a wool shawl, coat, cape, and head dress at the Inaugural Reception and Ball held 4 March 1869. Brown signs, attesting that the prices Evans cited for his missing articles are just. Spinner and Edmunds sign 4 March 1870 authorizing the payment of $33.50 to Evans from the Inaugural Fund, New York Monument. Printed text…

GLC03410.03.02

2 March 1876

Bennett, Thomas Warren, 1831-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to G. Rand, Esq.

Replies to previous correspondence from Rand. Informs Rand he served as Governor of the Idaho Territory 17 September 1871- 4 December 1875, and left his post to take a seat in Congress. Written on House of Representatives stationery.

GLC03481.18

12 July 1873

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John A. Lynch

Denies he ordered the burning of Columbia, South Carolina. "The only interest I have in the burning of Columbia is in its true history... the firing was not done by the Authority of the US. The fire once begun the prevailing wind accounts satisfactorily for its Spread. There were enough Causes for the beginning of the fire, in the Acts of the Enemy in firing cotton in the streets, in the burning of the bridges & depots all of which is Known to have occurred before we entered the town...Also the Negros, whose angry feelings were manifest and ... the Public whipping Post near the Market…

GLC09035

8 March 1871

Binns, William C., fl. 1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis E. Spinner

Binns informs Spinner, United States Treasurer, "I see by the paper that on motion by you, a resolution was adopted authorizing the President of the Lincoln Monument Association to employ additional persons to aid in the work, and that the Agencies were to be reorganized. May I offer my services to the kindly consideration of the Association? Although a private individual, and not fully aware of the objects of your Society, perhaps some way may suggest itself by which I may be useful... " Docket indicates that Spinner replied to Binns's request 10 March 1871.

GLC03410.03.03

9 December 1874

MacArthur, Charles Lafayette, 1824-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Francis Elias Spinner

Thanks Spinner for a recently received fractional shield and note. Writes "I have sent to Col. Van Burkirk to get me some fractionals changed... and when they arrive will paste two on the shield, frame it, and hang it up conspicuously for a perpetual reminiscence of our experiences north and south." States that he would like to visit Florida with Spinner, but predicts that Spinner will have to wait until Congress makes a decision regarding the Treasury Department before he will be able to travel. Discusses travelling to Florida, a possibly visit to Cuba, and mutual acquaintances. Written…

GLC03410.03.04

circa January 21, 1866

Randall, Samuel Jackson, 1828-1890

Document signed

Title: [List of orders for a printed Congressional speech]

Lists the names and corresponding number of copies ordered for a print of a speech delivered by John Littleton Dawson 21 January 1866 in the House of Representatives. List includes 18 signatures of Representatives: Samuel Jackson Randall (Pennsylvania), Benjamin Markley Boyer (Pennsylvania), Charles Denison (Pennsylvania), James Morgan Humphrey (New York), Lawrence Strother Trimble (Kentucky), Philip Johnson (Pennsylvania), William Ellis Niblack (Indiana), Samuel Scott Marshall (Illinois), John Hogan (Missouri), Anthony Thornton (Illinois), Henry Grider (Kentucky), Myer Strouse (Pennsylvania…

GLC03481.15.01