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1783
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Lists the officers of the invalid regiment who had accepted provisions at West Point, New York by name. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09944
1790
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
List of questions for Henry Knox, regarding financial business. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09946
8 August 1861
Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863
to Amanda Wilkinson
Sends Dr. Fuller to his wife to explain to her what occurred at the Battle of Bull Run. Explains that Dr. Fuller is a good friend and she should ask him any questions she has. Writes that he has been in the hospital for a day or so. Tells his wife...
GLC03523.13.009
13 August 1861
Tells his wife that he is continually thinking of her, and that the thought of being with her again gives him courage. A young man whom his wife had written about in one of her letters was killed from a shot to the head in the 1st Michigan Infantry...
GLC03523.13.010
1 August 1861
Tells his wife that his sister, Wink, wrote to him that she had heard some incorrect things about his regiment's casualties. He reports that they had "very few wounded." He also reports that he was in the hardest part of the battle. States that the...
GLC03523.13.011
4 September 1861
He is sorry to hear that his wife is unhappy. From the letter it appears that Amanda and Frederick's mother do not get along. Notes that there is a rebel battery not far from his position and he can see 200 or 300 soldiers there. States that there...
GLC03523.13.012
11 September 1861
Compliments his wife saying that the last letter he received from her was the best she has ever written. He is impressed with her penmanship and her composition and wishes for her to keep practicing by writing to him. Says he is not worthy of all the...
GLC03523.13.013
26 September 1861
Writes that he loves and misses his wife very much. Instructs her to take the enclosed money and spend it to make herself comfortable. Suggests that she should continue to stay with her mother because of her present condition.
GLC03523.13.016
2 October 1861
to Amanda Wilkinson and his mother
The first part of the letter is addressed to his wife, Amanda. He tells his wife that he has been promoted to Sergeant. Says there was a hard fight on the river between gun boats and a rebel battery. He thinks not much damage was done to either side...
GLC03523.13.017
12 February 1852
Gallaher, John S., fl. 1848
[Report] of 3rd Auditer on Claim of Lt. Grant
Letter to Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin. States that in a previous letter, Secretary Corwin had referred to a report by Congressman Seymour regarding the alleged loss of $1000 by Ulysses S. Grant. Responds that he examined the accounts...
GLC02305.05
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