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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
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