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7 March 1862
Russell, E. S., fl. 1861-1862
to Hannah E. Russell
Informs wife that he is on the mend and hopes to be fully recovered soon. Writes that he is sending her 15 dollars.
GLC03523.50.10
16 March 1862
Writes that he sent 15 dollars and wants her to spend it wisely for he does not know when he will get paid again. Comments that he had a relapse of the fever since he last wrote to her but that God spared his life. Reports that his regiment is in...
GLC03523.50.11
25 March 1862
Informs his wife that he misses her and would like to see his family, friends, and neighbors. Comments that he does not want to see one particular family who has been telling lies about him and his family. Writes that he expects to stay in...
GLC03523.50.12
11 April 1862
Letter is signed by Russell but written in the hand of John Vangordon, a fellow patient in the hospital. Informs his wife that he is too weak to write. Reports that he intended to go to Nashville, Tennessee but the doctor said that he was diseased...
GLC03523.50.13
13 April 1862
Bigalow, Marlin M., fl. 1862
Written by a nurse who cared for E. S. Russell at the Hospital. Informs Mrs. Russell that her husband, E. S. Russell, is very sick. Writes, "his case is almost a hopeless one...he cant live but a very few houres [sic] i wish you could be here and...
GLC03523.50.14
4 May 1862
Informs his wife that he is not doing any better and believes that his time is near. States that he is submitting to God's will. Writes, "my prayer is that God may be good to you & my dear children. Put your trust in him & he will be a friend to...
GLC03523.50.15
9 May 1862
Gordon, G., fl. 1862
Informs Mrs. Russell that her husband, E. S. Russell, passed away last night. Describes him as having suffered greatly his last few days but when he finally passed away it was easy. Believes that he "is now in the full enjoyment of that rest which...
GLC03523.50.16
27 May 1862
Informs Mrs. Russell that if some of her husband's clothing is missing that it probably got mixed up with other people's. Explains to her that often the men who arrive from camp are so sick that they cannot take of their own baggage and that it is...
GLC03523.50.17
27 Apil 1865
Vaughn, B.C., fl. 1863-1865
Writes to his cousin from camp. Informs her that he was sorry to hear about her husband's death but says that he died for a good cause. Writes that he has seen a great many good men killed and a good deal of women and children left widowed and...
GLC03523.50.18
1861-1865
[religious verse] [in German]
Appears to be a prayer. Throughout the document the Trinity and Mary are called upon. There is a passage at the end of the document that is written in English. "A true & approbiate [sic] fever knowledge that whosoever has this letter in his house...
GLC03523.50.19
[religious verse]
Appears to be a verse from the Bible or a prayer. "swelling swelling. I command in the Name of Jesus Christ that the N N so little injure Than our lord Jesus Christ the three Nails injured When the Jews drove them through his hands & feet +++ the...
GLC03523.50.20
Speaks of the Trinity and of two evil eyes and three good eyes. Instructions are given on how to cure sore eyes, the fever, to make you firm, and knowledge to shoot.
GLC03523.50.21
Writes of people from the Bible. Writes of Abraham and Jacob.
GLC03523.50.22
[recipe]
A recipe that calls for alcohol, cyanne, lobella seed, turpentine, and gum camphor.
GLC03523.50.23
17 July 1840
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
to S. Shock
Agrees to become security for Shock's bond.
GLC05603.01.05
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
to Mr. Barrett
Informs Barrett that the President wishes to see him. Noted Monday morning but no date.
GLC05603.01.06
12 November 1860
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to H. S. Abott
Agrees to lecture at New Rochelle next Wednesday. Two possible topics are "Western America" and "Great Men."
GLC05603.01.07
7 January 1863
to O. D. Cose
Writes about a book and possibly getting an agent for it. Mentions something about promoting the book in Atlanta which will soon be a great city. States "We must be patient, for the times are hard." Comments that General Hancock [Winfield Scott?]...
GLC05603.01.08
5 February 1870
to Edmund C. Stedman
Discusses someone not being paid. Largely illegible. On stationary from the Union League Club, New York. Recipient is likely Edmund Clarence Stedman, a poet and journalist who worked with Greeley at the Tribune.
GLC05603.01.09
Hay, John, 1838-1905
[Printed card with train announcement and signature]
Signed by John Hay, Assistant Private Secretary to Abraham Lincoln, in lower right corner. Announces that special cars will be added to a train on the Boston and Main Railroad on September 30th, no year indicated.
GLC05603.01.13
28 February 1865 circa
Lane, E., fl. 1865
to Abraham Lincoln
Letter by E. Lane, who was formerly Chief Justice of the State of Ohio, with a note by Noah H. Swayne, a Supreme Court justice. Writes to inform Lincoln that Thomas M. Root will accept the appointment of District Attorney for the Northern District...
GLC05603.01.14
22 September 1915
Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917
to John E. Boos
States he has not replied until now because of a serious illness. Has attached his signature to a statement for the National Tribune giving his impressions of April 2, 1865, a day Abraham Lincoln came to visit City Point hospital and so impressed a...
GLC05603.01.17
[Anecdote about Lincoln's kindness towards a wounded Confederate soldier]
Signed as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry. Relates an incident at City Point hospital on 2 April 1865, where President Abraham Lincoln met a Confederate soldier and treated him with great kindness. After Lincoln left...
GLC05603.01.18
1 January 1890
Stoddard, William Osborn, 1835-1925
to Mr. Clark
Returns proofs with corrections. Stoddard was one of Abraham Lincoln's secretaries.
GLC05603.01.20
circa 1860s
[Gideon Wells]
Engraving of Gideon Welles from a photograph by Brady. Seated in armchair.
GLC05603.01.22
8 October 1886
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
to unknown
Turns down a request to lecture.
GLC05603.01.23
17 June 1894
Russell, William Howard, 1820-1907
"Bull Run" Russell makes appointment to meet recipient at the Carlton Club. On stationary of the Marlborough Club, Pall Mall S.W.
GLC05603.01.24
4 January 1837
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
to David Henshaw
Asks Henshaw, the Collector of the Port of Boston, for a deposition in the case of Blake vs. Putney which was being tried before the Maine Supreme Court. Sumner asks if the Brig Dante entered his port in May or June and the entrance and clearance...
GLC05603.01.26
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
Whimsical and poetic letter requesting "paper made of the fibre of the reeds that will grow along the Nile... envelope made of a spider's web to be spun next summer..." Mentions meeting the unknown recipient next July in Saratoga.
GLC05603.01.28
December 1855
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Will forward an autograph. Date from docket.
GLC05603.01.29
9 May 1892
Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906
to the President
Would like to pay his respects and ask when the president can see him. On Arlington Hotel stationary. Possibly to Benjamin Harrison who was U.S. President at the time.
GLC05603.01.31
29 December 1858
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868
to Colonel Shank
Corrects a date for an event.
GLC05603.01.32
7 January 1861
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869
to the South Carolina House of Representatives
Writes about raising the 1st South Carolina Infantry. "I have called a regt. into active service... some of the companies of this regt. are now in positions on Sullivan's Island in the rear of Fort Moultrie, and other companies are rapidly arriving...
GLC09194
28 January 1861
Porter, N. B., fl. 1861
to Governor Francis W. Pickens
South Carolina senate confirmation for cavalry officers William De Saussure and Nathan G. Evans.
GLC09195
12 February 1861
Sears, Thomas, fl. 1861
Two Virginians offer to fight in the army of South Carolina, which had already seceded, "to show to the Rest that we are sincere in what we say and in the cause of... the Southern confederacy." With an autograph endorsement by Pickens.
GLC09196
to the House of Representatives
Informs the legislature of J. W. Hayne's confidential mission to negotiate with Buchanan over the right to reinforce Fort Sumter. "The letter of the President...asserts in plain terms, his right to send reinforcements, and I cannot disconnect this...
GLC09197
15 March 1861
to L. P. Walker
South Carolina Army units to be received into the Provisional Confederate Army. The "Convention...shall adopt the necessary ordinance for their transfer to the Confederate States. They will...be fully prepared & equiped to serve the country at any...
GLC09198
30 March 1861
Potter, J. Sturgis, fl. 1861
A Boston entrepreneur suggests that machinery for knitting hosiery be adapted to cotton thread. "All of the labor except a man to manage the carding machines, could be better done by female slaves than any other. There is a cotton factory in your...
GLC09199
30 April 1861
Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
General Beauregard supports Colonel R. W. Habersham's submitted plan for enlisting planters' help to provide grain and hay for army livestock. "I think the above suggestions of Col. Habersham of so much importance, that I have the honor to enclose...
GLC09200
29 June 1861
to Colonel Richard H. Anderson
Detailed instructions on how he expects Colonel Anderson to command the defense of the Charleston harbor. "If any great emergency should arise, I am determined to hold this fortress at all hazzards, as it is the key of the harbor, and is essential...
GLC09201
30 June 1861
to Captain Stephen Dill Lee
Writes about sending troops to Virginia. "Capt. Walker has a company of about seventy-five men who are prepared as he says to be mustered into service...to fill up the vacancies in the 7th Regt...you are authorized to furnish them with the ordinary...
GLC09202
18 June 1861
Alston, Charles Jr., fl. 1861
Informs Governor Pickens that his constituents believe too many troops have been sent to Virginia, leaving the seacoast vulnerable. Senator Alston says "something ought to be done for our own Sea Board for they do not think that the troubles of...
GLC09203
13 June 1861
Manigault, Gabriel E., fl. 1861
Suggests furnishing privateers with captured guns. "Frequent applications are made at the Ordnance Office by persons wishing to fit out privateers, for guns to arm their vessels...this is one of the most economical and effectual modes of carrying on...
GLC09204
11 October 1861
DeSaussure, Wilmot Gibbes, 1822-1886
Detailed report from the secretary treasurer of South Carolina on finances, supplies, audits, etc. "...only Eighty three thousand dollars of accounts have been audited since I left Richmond. This delay is criminal..." With autograph endorsement...
GLC09205
circa December 1861
to the South Carolina Legislature
"The public mind has in some degree over-estimated the essential importance of our cotton to England & France - in supposing that if deprived of it they would be forced to interfere in this contest with our enemies. They will be governed solely by...
GLC09206.01
[Letter fragment]
"...Why these appointments should cause such excitement amongst the junior officers in Fort Sumter I am at loss to understand."
GLC09206.02
20-29 December 1861
to Christopher G. Memminger
Criticizes General Ripley's failure to report troops sent from South Carolina and requesting arms. "[Ripley's] proper place is in Fort Sumter & Moultrie & to command the batteries - and he is suited to nothing else...when I had Beauregard there...
GLC09207
circa October - November 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
[Confederate Goverment document]
Document containing clerical copies of correspondence over conscription in South Carolina written by Jefferson Davis; Governor Francis W. Pickens and the Executive Council; James Chestnut, Jr.; and G. W. Randolph. "Four Regiments to be accepted for...
GLC09208
9 March 1863
Boham, Milledge L., 1813-1890
to General Pierre G. T. Beauregard
Defends his decision to suspend an earlier state militia reserve call-up, saying that the untrained militia are inefficient and would be more valuable planting crops at home. Supports his opinion with extracts from telegrams sent to General...
GLC09209
12 March 1863
to Governor Milledge L. Bonham
Replies to Bonham's defense of 9 March 1863. "I was fully alive to the sacrifices and hardships which a call on your militia must entail, ...but at the same time, I have regarded the alternative consequences that might be involved without the...
GLC09210
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