1867-1868

Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868

Header Record

Title: [Collection of letters from a miner to his wife regarding California] [decimalized]

Written to his wife Ann (occasionally spelled Anne or Ruth Ann) in Chicago. Conger and his wife were both born in New York and lived in Chicago after 1860 and through the 1880 U.S. Census. Conger worked for the U.S. Police.

GLC04672

5 December 1867

Mercer, Hugh W., fl. 1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. C. Jones re: applying for pardon, for financial reasons

Writing to Jones about business, especially about the matter of seeking a direct pardon. He adds: "...Now that the Pres[iden]t. & Congress are renewing the fight, things will only go from bad to worse, we may suppose."

GLC04676

1870

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Quote on the authority of governments from Davis's inaugural address]

Writes: "The Rightful powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed." Quoted from his inaugural address as Confederate president, but probably written after the Civil War. Written on a card.

GLC04677

26 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Treaty between the United States of America and the Camanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians.

Peace treaty between the United States government and Camanche and Kiowa Indians along the Arkansas River in Kansas. Lists the articles of agreement, the commissioners of the United States, and the chiefs and councilmen of the Native American tribes involved.

GLC04588

1868

Broadside

Title: Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana ...

Title continues, " ... With portraits of the Distinguished Members of the Convention & Assembly. A.D. 1868." Anti-Reconstruction broadside from Louisiana showing images of Black elected officials seated in the center of the broadside.

GLC04597

22 December 1868

Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

Manuscript document

Title: [Report on the Battle of Washita]

Written in the hand of Custer's Sergeant Pierre A. Bunker of the 7th Cavalry, prepared for Custer's signature. Custer reports at length and in graphic detail on his military activities and observations at the Battle of Washita against Chief Black Kettle's village of Southern Cheyenne. The battle also involved the Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Apache. Provides "extracts...from Dr Sippincott's report" listing deaths and injuries sustained by the soldiers. Explores the possible consequences of the battle and the effort to cripple Indian resistance. Estimates the "entire loss of the Indians in killed…

GLC04606

4 June 1869

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sidney Webster

Discusses aspects of reconstruction, criticizing "the appointment of a Massachusetts negro to the office of Postmaster at Macon, Georgia." Inquires as to the well-being of Webster's family.

GLC04895

27 March 1866

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Ann Foot

Expresses deep sympathy for the illness of her husband, Senator Solomon Foot, and refers to her own trials, "I pray that our Heavenly Father may be merciful to you . . .and spare you the cup of affliction, which I have been called upon, so freely to drink. I have passed through such a baptism of sorrow as but few have known." Laments that it would have been better if Abraham Lincoln had passed away after an illness so that she would have been able to say goodbye to her husband. Written on mourning stationery.

GLC04923

31 March 1875

Whittier, John G., 1807-1892

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: [Poetic tribute to Charles Sumner]

Titled "Sumner." Reads, "If to the master's plea he gave The vast contempt he felt, He saw a brother in the slave, with man as equal man he dealt."

GLC04726

13 May 1874

Cartwright, Alexander Joy, 1820-1892

Autograph document signed

Title: [Document regarding the estate of Hawaii's Dowager Queen Emma]

Serving as the administrator for the estate of Dowager Queen Emma, Cartwright confirms a sum of money Frank Pratt owes the estate. Also records that H. A. Wactman owes Emma's estate $1000.

GLC04730

14 December 1873

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James L. Kemper

Written on "Office of John S. Mosby, Attorney at Law" letterhead. Writes to Kemper, Governor-elect of Virginia, about Reconstruction and Southern rights: "Of course I never designed to advise an unconditional alliance between Grant & the Southern people: but only on the express condition that security is given us against any further oppressions on Southern rights. If however Sumner's Civil Rights bill (which by the by Mr Greeley was earnestly advocating in the Tribune the week he was nominated) becomes an Administration measure (which I do not believe) no man will more earnestly oppose it…

GLC04734

October 19, 1873

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John E. Williams re: solving banking crisis, Panic of 1873

Grant writes in part: "Cannot the bank presidents be brought together & resolve to aid each other?"

GLC04784

17 July 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Nathan B. Forrest for rebellion]

Pardon for ex-Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest of Tennessee. The pardon includes a provision against Forrest attempting to enslave people, and that he claim no property or the proceeds of any property that has been ordered sold by court of law. Accompanied by a Free Franked envelope. (c/s by William H. Seward). Features embossed seal on verso.

GLC04977.01

10 August 1868

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Document signed

Title: Receipt of pardon form. [N. B. Forrest]

Partially printed receipt of pardon form sent by William H. Seward to Nathan B. Forrest along with his pardon. Forrest, as per the specifications of the pardon, returns the completed form to Seward.

GLC04977.02

6 August 1868

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Document signed

Title: Acknowledging receipt of presidential pardon [for Nathan B. Forrest].

GLC04977.03

circa 1869-1870

Bailey, James M., fl. 1869-1870

Book

Title: [Scrapbook of James M. Bailey]

Professionally prepared scrapbook entitled "History Set Right," published in 1869, with 2 pamphlets and 2 maps bound into the book. Also bound in are two colored lithographs of the "Manassas" and the "Louisiana" (original 19th century binding stubs are causing prints and some pages to break at the margins). Book was owned by Bailey, who signed it on a blank preliminary leaf. The first pamphlet is: "History Set Right. Attack on New Orleans and its Defenses. By the Fleet Under Admiral Farragut, April 24, 1862. Correspondence between Admirals Farragut and Bailey." The reference to Bailey in the…

GLC04965

6 August 1868

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877

Document signed

Title: to William H. Seward re: accepting the conditions of his pardon

Forrest accepts the conditions of his presidential pardon and amnesty oath, with all the conditions specified. Certified at bottom by Isaac Morrison, U.S. Commander for the District of West Tenn.

GLC04978

circa 1870-1880

Badeau, Adam, 1831-1895

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: The march to the sea

The title of the story is "The March to the Sea," but the heading for the series is "War Stories for Boys and Girls." Tells the history of the campaign in simple, straight-forward language for younger readers. Takes the reader from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia to the coast. Tells the history of the campaign in simple, straight-forward language for younger readers. Stops at various points in the text to explain various military issues to the reader, including supplies, food, and roads. This his working manuscript with corrections made throughout. Partially written in another hand…

GLC04983

1870s ca.

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Autograph manuscript

Title: [Listing of court cases and abstracts]

Notebook listing important court cases and their abstracts, in Peckham's hand. Most of Peckham's papers are believed destroyed. A small group of 800 items is at the Library of Congress. A.K. Wigdor, The Personal Papers of the Supreme Court Justices (NY 1986).

GLC05085.02

5 October 1872

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of counterfeiting.

Pardon of Henry Smith, convicted of passing counterfeit money. (c/s Hamilton Fish)

GLC05086

February 15, 1872

Latour, William, fl. 1852-1872

Photograph

Title: [Post-war carte de visite of Mack J. Leaming]

Signed "Mack," by Leaming. Depicts Leaming, who served during the Civil War as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. He is portrayed wearing a long beard and civilian clothing. Leaming's signed inscription, "Your affectionate Son" indicates that this photograph was intended for one or both of his parents, (Marry or Polly) Tucker Leaming and D. M. Leaming.

GLC05080.03

1870s ca.

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Manuscript

Title: NY and Supreme Court cases

A notebook listing New York and Supreme Court cases for which Peckham wrote the opinion. Most abstraction is written in secretarial hand with four sheets in Peckham's hand.

GLC05085.03

1873

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Book signed

Title: The sinking of the steamer Ville Du Havre [scrapbook] with 2 memorial books

An annotated scrapbook concerning the sinking of the steamer Ville du Havre, on which Peckman's father died. With two separate books, "In Memory of Rufus W. Peckham" and "Memoir H.A. and Rufus W. Peckham, Jr."

GLC05085.04

13 June 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Thomas McNaney, convicted of assault and battery, and resisting arrest].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC05104

1875

de Neuville, Alphonse, 1835-1885

Engraving

Title: St. Louis administering justice

One engraving entitled, "St. Louis administering justice." Engraved by M. Guizot after an original by Alphonse Marie de Neuville. Depicts St. Louis administering the law underneath an oak tree near his royal palace.

GLC08878.1849