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March 3, 1885
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
to "Dear Judge"
Discusses a river and harbor bill and mentions giving $75,000 for salaries. Written on lined paper with the lines running vertically.
GLC00655.15
October 20, 1899
Galt, Francis L., 1831-1915
to John McIntosh Kell
Writes to congratulate Kell on his daughter's marriage and to request help in finding his own son a job in business. Mentions "the Charleston Reunion last spring" and a circular he has received from one of the men who attended, who intends to...
GLC00684.20
1878-1892
Lansing, Edwin Y., fl. 1878-1892
Letterbook of outgoing correspondence with memoirs of military
Containing pressed copies of Lansing's letters and an account of his military career, pp. 73-78 (5/19/1882). These include military letters as clerk in the Depot Quarter Master Dept (1870s), business letters and family letters to his brother Abraham...
GLC00768.02
30 December 1880
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of States to affix the seal to the pardon of William Brown, and three others].
William Brown, William Moff, Frederick Atwater, John L. Franklin were pardoned by President Rutherford B. Hayes.
GLC00514
December 10, 1880
Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891
to Winfield S. Hancock
Docketed. With engraved portrait of Johnston.
GLC00907
July 28, 1887
Grant, Lewis A., 1828-1918
to George Norton Galloway
Disputes Captain Galloway's account of Upton's Brigade at "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania during the Civil War, which Galloway has published in June in The Century Magazine. Grant thought more should be said about the other brigades involved...
GLC00840
1892
Semple, fl. 1892
Cabinet portrait of Daniel Butterfield, signed
Signed and dated on mount. 3/4 bust profile
GLC00810
1888/11/30
Schley, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911
to Mrs. Hausch [?] re: answering a letter
Written on Navy Department stationery. [Civil War generals from border states] One bust engraving of Schley incldued as collateral.
GLC02456.25
circa 1890-1899
Randall, James Ryder, 1839-1908
Verse one of poem "Maryland, my Maryland"
On stationary printed "United States Senate, Washington, D.C." Date is also printed "189_" but exact year is not filled in.
GLC02453.03
1881/06/27
Ingalls, John James, fl. 1881
Opportunity [poem signed]
Written on the verso of stationery of the Wilmer Hotel, Anniston, Ala.
GLC02453.20
1882
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
Rules of the court of commissioners of Alabama claims
Printed rules established for the court overseeing the "Alabama Claims," as well as the law that created this court. Also includes the treaty with Britain and subsequent arbitration that preceded this court. During the Civil War, British firms...
GLC00267.222
1880
United States. Congress
Letter from the Secretary of War
Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war."...
GLC00267.231
1896
Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Created by the Joint committee on dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga national military park and compiled by H.V. Boynton. Printed by the Government Printing Office by order of the Senate in the 54th Congress. The military park was created...
GLC00267.239
14 May 1888
Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909
[Claims of the state of Nevada]
Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the...
GLC00267.242
Randolph, Theodore F. (Theodore Fritz), 1826-1883
Speech of Honorable Theodore F. Randolph of New Jersey, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1880...
(title continues)... on the bill for the restoration of General Fitz John Porter to the United States Army. Argues in support of Porter. Signed by Randolph on the front cover.
GLC00267.314
United States. Congress (47th, 1st session : 1881-1882). Senate
Memorial of Fitz John Porter, in favor of such action by Congress as will restore him to the positions of which he was deprived by the action of a court-martial.
Pertains to the case of General Fitz John Porter. Includes letters and documents that support Porter's case. President Chester A. Arthur remitted a part of Porter's sentence in 1882. Appears to have been removed from a larger volume.
GLC00267.315
1886
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
Speech of Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 18, 1886.
Curtin praises Fitz John Porter.
GLC00267.316
1881
Gardner, Asa Bird, 1839-1919
The Battles of "Gravelly Run", "Dinwiddie Court-House", and "Five Forks", Va.
Defending Sheridan's behavior. See .338 on the Warren Court of inquiry
GLC00267.334
1889
Kurz & Allison
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Published by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers at 76 and 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Depicts a charging column of mixed Confederate calvary and infantry on the right side of the image. Most of the Confederate calvary are American Indians dressed in...
GLC00317.01
March 21, 1884
Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886
to Levi P. Morton
Introduces an American newspaper man, Albert Pulitzer, to the American foreign minister to France, Morton, as Pulitzer will be travelling abroad. Also asks Morton to extend "any attention or courtesy you may be enabled, consistenly with your duties...
GLC00118.02
March 23, 1892
to Charles Hedges
Thanks Hedges for editing a copy of his (Harrison's) speeches and for a book of them which Hedges compiled. Writes that "[t]he care you have taken in the arrangement of these extempore utterances and the good style in which the book is gotten up are...
GLC00118.03
September 1, 1891
to Roberto Sacasa
Signed by Harrison as President and William Fisher Wharton as Secretary of State. Informs Sacasa, President of Nicaragua, that Romualdo Pacheco will no longer serve as United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua due...
GLC00162.08
October 7, 1898
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
to William R. Day
Discusses having met with Beriah Wilkins, the owner and editor of the Washington Post, who wants to be sent to Paris and attached to the U.S. Peace Commission. Wilkins feels he can be of great service to the American people and the Commission....
GLC00162.10
November 2, 1898
Discusses Beriah Wilkins', the owner and editor of the Washington Post, upcoming trip to Paris. Tells Day that Wilkins is not seeking employment but does want to be of help, if he can be. Written on Executive Mansion letterhead. Day was president...
GLC00162.11
19 December 1889
Pardon of Frank Lucas, convicted of counterfeiting.
Convicted of passing counterfeit silver dollars; sentenced to four years hard labor, and to pay a $500 fine and court costs. Pardoned since his innocence had been corroborated by the U.S. Marshall, deputies, and clerk. (c/s James G. Blaine)
GLC00173.09
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