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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
15 December 1880
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Mrs. Anderson
A personal note written while Sherman was Commander-in-Chief on United States Army Headquarters stationery, reflecting some previous correspondence. Mentions Scott's Heart of Midlothian, which he calls a great novel, and speaks about the joys of...
GLC00331
05 January 1887
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
Authority to affix the seal to commutation of the death sentence of John W. Parrot.
GLC00428
22 May 1888
Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890)
to Julia Patten
Replies that he is aware that Mr. Dwight had borrowed money from her husband but cannot remember the amount of the loan. Note at top of page says Spinner wrote Dwight 9 November 1888. Addressed to Patten in Washington, D. C. Later notes in pencil...
GLC00431.11
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Passage through Baltimore
Comments on Abraham Lincoln's stealthy trip through pro-South Baltimore on his way to Washington to be inaugurated. Lincoln's plans were changed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 22 February 1861 to avoid trouble in Baltimore. He boarded a special train...
GLC00493.02
The Battle in Baltimore April 19th 1861
What Volck calls a "battle" has been more often been described as the Baltimore Riot. Shows the 6th Massachusetts Regiment travelling through Baltimore to Washington, answering Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers for ninety days' service to defend...
GLC00493.04
Marylanders crossing the Potomac to join the Southern Army
Depicts four Marylanders rowing south across the Potomac River into Virginia to join the army of Robert E. Lee. One man is standing in the boat in an echo of George Washington in Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze's famous painting "George Washington Crossing...
GLC00493.08
Election in Baltimore, November, 1862
Depicts Federal troops overseeing the election. They are intimidating the respectable citizens attempting to vote while encouraging those of less reputable character. Unruly Unionist members of the crowd, at least some of whom appear to be African...
GLC00493.09
30 December 1880
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (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
1880
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891)
The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies
Inscribed: "Lewis E. Harvie Esqe. from his friend Joseph Eggleston Johnston." The book was compiled by Robert N. Scott under the direction of the Secretary of War, with authorship attributed to the United States War Department. Published by the...
GLC00628
18 April 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
to Samuel J. Kirkwood
Writes to Secretary of the Interior Kirkwood to introduce Dr. Mark Hopkins, of Williamstown, Massachusetts, who "has been appointed by a number of the churches to represent their Indian affairs." Asks that Hopkins be interviewed. Indicates that...
GLC00637
1 October 1883
to Mary Audenreid
Signed on top of first page. Sherman writes to Mary Audenreid, the widow of Sherman's aid from 1863 to 1880, Col. Joseph C. Audenreid. Sherman began an eight-year romantic relationship with her starting in 1880. Discusses remodeling his house....
GLC00651
3 March 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
21 July 1890
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Mr. Gilder
Discusses the publication of the enclosed editorial (not included) on Civil Service and the good work several Congressmen have done.
GLC00655.17
11 February 1878
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Smith T. Conlee].
GLC00681
23 January 1879
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Robert A. Adams].
GLC00711
17 June 1890
Hancock, Almira R. (1829-1893)
[Check payable to Woodword & Lathrop for $6.70]
Check no. 14. Drawn on Riggs & Co. Cleared 19 June 1890.
GLC00733.02
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
08 July 1884
Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Assistant Adj. General with rank of Major]
Appointment of Thomas War as Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Major, beginning on June 28, 1884. Signed by Chester A. Arthur as President, countersigned by Robert T. Lincoln as Secretary of War. No reason given for promotion. Docketed at...
GLC00778.09
11 September 1893
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Asst. Adj. General with rank of Lieutenant]
Appointment of Thomas Ward as Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Lieutenant, beginning on August 31, 1893. Signed by Grover Cleveland as President, countersigned by L.A. Grant as acting Secretary of War. Docketed at top, reads "Recorded Volume...
GLC00778.10
21 December 1897
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Asst. Adj. General with rank of Colonel]
Appointment of Thomas Ward as Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Colonel, beginning on September 11, 1897. Signed by William McKinley as President, countersigned by Russel A. Alger. Docketed at top by Acting Adjutant General, reads "Recorded...
GLC00778.11
28 April 1898
[Appointment of Philip Raymond Ward, Second Lieutenant of Artillery]
Appointment of Philip Raymond Ward to Second Lieutenant of Artillery, beginning April 20, 1898. Signed by Wiliam McKinley as President, countersigned by Russel A. Alger ("R.A. Alger"). Docketed at top by Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Adjutant...
GLC00778.16
18 February 1898
to Czar Nicholas II
Telegram thanking Czar Nicholas for condolences he had offered for the sinking of the USS Maine. Typed on Department of State telegram letterhead. Stamped "2d Assistant Secretary, Feb 18 1898."
GLC00782.16
10 December 1880
to Winfield S. Hancock, re: politics, election fraud in New York State
Docketed. With engraved portrait of Johnston.
GLC00907
03 January 1899
[Presidential pardon of Bay-bah-Maush who had been convicted of resisting arrest in October 1898 and sentenced to 8 months in Otter Tail County Jail]
Bay-bah-Maush, an Indian, was pardoned by McKinley. No reason for pardon mentioned. Countersigned by Attorney General John W. Griggs.
GLC00943
28 November 1898
[Draft letter]
Discusses appointing a governor to Havana, Cuba. Written in pencil on Executive Mansion letterhead. Some words have been retouched by another hand.
GLC00970
31 May 1880
to Stilson Hutchins, Esq.
Sherman inquires if he is correct in believing that an article entitled "Afraid of the Facts" has been "inspired by the officers of Ordnance, Who regard Washington's Arsenal as their individual property - instead of the property of the U.S." Sherman...
GLC01086
1 June 1880
to Stilson Hutchins
Sherman writes a combative letter to the editor of the Washington Post justifying the service record of his staff officers against the charges in an article by a "City Editor." States, "There is not an officer on my personal staff, who has not...
GLC01087
15 March 1881
[Appointment of A.M. Kimball as alternate commissioner for treaty anniversary]
Certificate appointing A.M. Kimball to act as Alternate Commissioner of an "international exhibition of arts, manufactures, and products of the soil and mine," to be held in New York City in 1883. The exhibition would mark the "one hundredth...
GLC02783.01
22 October 1895
Extradition of Gilbert Coutant, charged with larceny (c/s Edwin F. Uhl)
Partly printed document signed as President and countersigned by Uhl as Acting Secretary of State. Written to Henry M. Howell of Canada.
GLC02784
1877/12
to John Sherman
Signed as President. Invites Sherman to his 25th wedding anniversary. Date inferred from contents.
GLC02793.043
1879/02/14
to George W. Childs re: buying a portrait of Gen. Grant for the White House
Written as President
GLC02793.044
1881/05/22
to Mrs. Adelia T. Johnson re: improving health of his wife
GLC02793.045
1882/08/09
to Mrs. Franklin Townsend re: apologies for neglected correspondence
GLC02793.046
1886/11/18
to Fitzhugh Lee re: a saddle horse and his weight
Written as President to Gov. Lee of Virginia.
GLC02793.047
1887/12/30
to Henry W. Box re: thanks for box of cigars
Written as President. An unusually thankful note.
GLC02793.048
10 November 1889
to Sen. Joseph R. Hawley re: his loneliness and an invitation to dinner
GLC02793.049
1890/12/05
to Anna Harrison Morris re: prayers for a relative and worries of office
Thanks Morris for informing him of Maggies condition.
GLC02793.050
1897/01/01
to Comm. E. C. Benedict re: his message to Congress, advice on investments
GLC02793.051
1898/06/02
to Elihu Root re: giving a son's body and arms to his father
Written as President to Root as Secretary of War. The bearer, Nicholas Fish, had lost his son in the Spanish-American War.
GLC02793.052
11 October 1878
Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.
Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)
GLC02839
25 April 1888
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Intends to give Sherman a copy of a speech he (Douglass) gave on the 26th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, if the speech is published. Supports Sherman's attempt for the presidency on the Republican ticket. Written on Cedar Hill, Anacostia, D...
GLC02841
6 December 1880
Clarke, William Penn (fl. 1880)
to Mrs. Lebreton Deschapelles
Clarke, an attorney, discusses the case of Mrs. Deschapelles, who claims that her late husband (possibly Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles) suffered property damages from federal forces during the Civil War. Informs Deschapelles that if her husband...
GLC02943.03
1885
Sartain, John (1808-1897)
The Battle of Gettysburg
Headline reads "From the Original Picture painted for the State of Pennsylvania under award of Commission appointed by the Legislature." Caption reads "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by P. F. Rothermel in the office of the...
GLC02980.01
3 November 1881
[Annual Report to Sec. of War Robert Lincoln from Commanding General William T. Sherman]
Sherman's working copy of his annual report for 1881. Sherman enumerates and sums up the reports of various generals. He updates Lincoln on Indian affairs, " ... no serious Indian or other war has occurred but great progress has been Made in...
GLC03005
circa 1893
Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926)
to Alexander M. Ross [Fragment]
Does not want her father made into a wax sculpture by men in Chicago who are staging an exhibition about John Brown's raid. Only the last two pages remain. Place and recipient inferred from content.
GLC03007.52
1879/02/13
Brown, Sevellon A. (fl. 1879)
to William J. Warren re: response to a research inquiry about William Thompson
Sevellon A. Brown of the State Department in Washington wrote to respond to Warren's inquiry about William Thompson, who served in the American Revolution. Brown gives information of what brigade he was in, and other details of his term of service....
GLC03107.04820
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
November 30, 1888
Schley, Winfield S.
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
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