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04 September 1877
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Jeremiah Mullins, Whit Duvalt, Oliver Brewer, and Soloman Garbe].
GLC00076.12
11 October 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Charles Moyer].
GLC00076.13
11 December 1877
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of William Cunningham].
GLC00076.14
13 January 1880
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Theodore Leffingwell].
GLC00076.15
19 February 1889
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Seaborn Young].
GLC00076.16
21 March 1884
Arthur, Chester A. (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
23 March 1892
Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901)
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
1 September 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
07 October 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
02 November 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
30 August 1877
Authority to affix the seal to pardon of William and Elijah McWhorter. [Decimalized .01-.03]
Includes carte de visite and Signed pass to see counting of electoral college 2/10/1877.
GLC00212
11 April 1879
Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901)
to Captain Julius Walker Adams
Remarks that he recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for business. Discusses the board evaluating his conduct in the Battle of Second Manassas. Remarks that Major Gardner plans to attempt to gain support from the Secretary of War, George...
GLC00214.02.03
09 June 1879
Refers to his lawyers John C. Bullitt and Joseph Hodges Choate. Mentions General Irvin McDowell, dispatches pertaining to his case from 1862, and a letter he (Porter) sent to Adjutant General Edward Davis Townsend concerning the testimony McDowell...
GLC00214.02.07
26 June 1887
to Robert Bruce Warden
General Porter, New York City Police Commissioner, writes to Warden, an author and associate judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Has given General Henry Jackson Hunt, Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., an introduction card. Hopes...
GLC00214.02.12
26 October [1878]
to Colonel Julius Walker Adams
Year inferred from content. Mentions Generals Irvin McDowell and David Hunter, in reference to an investigation called to reevaluate Porter's actions at the Battle of Second Manassas. Remarks, "There is evidently a war to be raised by those fellows...
GLC00214.02.13
11 December 1881
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Edgar A. Hamilton
Sherman writes to Reverend Hamilton to eulogize General Hugh Judson Kirkpatrick shortly after his death, praising Kirkpatrick's merits as a soldier and a officer during both peace time and the Civil War. He writes, in part, "I never knew a more...
GLC00223
09 November 1885
Pardon of J. P. Shonebraker, convicted of robbing a mail coach.
Convicted of robbing a mail coach and its passengers; sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. Pardoned after serving 3 years and 6 months of his prison term due to his frank confession of the crime and his returning of the stolen property, and because of...
GLC00230.01
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
U.S. Senate
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
United States. Congress.
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 Fitz) (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
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