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The stationary depicts two houses set on a wooded hill with "TIPTOP & SUMMIT HOUSES MT. WASHINGTON 6285 FEET HIGH" printed underneath the drawing.
GLC06559.137
1861
Mixter, Calvin Symmes (b. 1832)
[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]
Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations. Relates the events of 1861, spending most of his time divided between his home in Hanson, Massachusetts, and his workplace in...
GLC06583.01
1864
[Civil War diary of Calvin Symmes Mixter]
Signed diary including a printed image, an eclipse calendar, a mileage chart, and postage rates in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations, including Washington, D.C., during 1864. On 12 January, accepts appointment as 1st...
GLC06583.03
24 November 1864
Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)
to Mrs. Judge White
Discusses some confusion over Nathaniel Banks getting a cabinet post. States that President Lincoln said William Seward and Thurlow Weed never mentioned the subject. She remarks, "This all appears, as a strange dream, and if the information did not...
GLC06681
1872/10/05
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
Authority to affix seal to pardon of Jane Irvin
GLC06717
15 December 1861
to George Sykes
Recommends Peter Vermin, a former servant. Year inferred from content.
GLC06722
1865/03/21
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to Edwin M. Stanton re: arranging trip to review troops at City Point
"Mrs. L. proposes 3 P.M. Thursday, and says she can not be ready sooner. Let it be so." (Mary Todd Lincoln had an infamous fit of jealousy over her husband's accompaniment by General Ord's wife during this trip.)
GLC06756
1863/01/01 - 1863/08/03
Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894)
Untitled
Pages numbered 1-190. This volume introduces themes that recur throughout the diaries. The author corresponds with Henry A. Dupont (entry of January 24) and takes a lively interest in both finance and the important happenings of the day, as in the...
GLC06846.02
1865/01/25 - 1865/07/09
Pages numbered 665 - 856 This volume contains accounts of the end of the Civil War and the assassination and funeral of President Lincoln. 10 April 1865, p. 737: News of General Lee's surrender to General Grant. 13 April 1865 p. 739: "One of the...
GLC06846.05
16 June 1865
Keckley, Elizabeth (ca. 1818-1907)
to James B. Bradwell re: mementos of Jefferson Davis
These mementos belonged to Keckley, a freed slave and onetime seamstress to Mrs. Davis and later to Mrs. Lincoln. They include a "Bedstead taken from the House of Jefferson Davis, four (4) days after the evacuation of the city" and "some other...
GLC06890
1864/06/10
Smith, Henry W. (1836-1869)
to Joseph Smith re: Grant, Richmond and a spy matter
"Reinforcements are being sent down all the time, but Richmond must be starved out. That miserable city if protected by 5 lines if splendid fortifications, on which Mr. Lee has laid himself out.... I have tried to see Clara Howard... she is charged...
GLC06941
21 March 1861
Heirs, Thomas. (fl. 1859-1897)
to Susan Carter
GLC03135.05.227
1859-1897
unknown (fl. 1859-1897)
to Miss Wesley Carter
GLC03135.05.228
GLC03135.05.229
26 June 1865
Fendall, Philip Richard II (1794-1868)
to James R.Y. Fendall
Reiterates his desire for his son to return to Washington, D.C., and promises to consider his son's suggestions regarding employment. Also provides information on property belonging to James's aunt.
GLC03135.11.03
27 April 1907
United States. Department of the Interior. Patent Office.
[The White Patent application]
GLC03136.119.01
30 March 1903
GLC03136.120
12 August 1866
Sutter, John Augustus (1803-1880)
to George W. Wright
Apologizes for lapse in correspondence due to recent traveling through Pennsylvania. Discusses Pennsylvania's hot sulphur springs and compares them to those in California. Thanks Mrs. Wright for her dinner invitation and will be sure to dine with...
GLC03262
March 1870
Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890)
[Statement requesting reimbursement for items lost at the 1869 Inaugural Ball]
Signed by Isaac T. Brown, notary public. Signed clerically for Spinner as as Treasurer and J. M. Edmunds (possibly James Madison Edmunds) as secretary. Includes a partially printed document signed 1 March 1870 by C. E. Evans, who asserts that his...
GLC03410.03.02
27 December 1863
Birney, William (1819-1907)
to John Angel James Creswell
General Birney discusses the recruitment of African American troops with Creswell, a United States Representative from Maryland. Expresses his hope to "enable the First District to meet its full quota in colored troops," with Creswell's support....
GLC03428.02
18 April 1864
Getty, George Washington (1819-1901)
to Marsena R. Patrick
Asking Patrick if he can hold onto a package that Getty is expecting from his wife. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.
GLC03476.07
1862-1895
Goold, Theodore (b. 1844)
Collection of brothers James and Theodore Goold [Decimalized .01-.23] Collection of letters to Albert Gillett [Decimalized .24- .31]
Theodore Goold enlisted in the army on 21 June 1861 in Rochester, New York, as a private. James Goold enlisted in the army on 29 August 1862 in Macedon, New York, as a private. They were both mustered into the "F" Co. New York 25th Infantry in August...
GLC03523.05
28 September 1864
to Abby Goold
Writes to his mother from Emory Hospital to tell her that he received her letter and is very sorry to hear that their father is sick. Gives her details about his trip to the Regular Barracks. Tells her that Miss Brown came for a visit on the second...
GLC03523.05.23
17 December 1861
Terry, Robert B. (fl. 1861-1865)
to Sister and Father
First half of letter written to his sister from Camp Pierpont. Includes newspaper clippings, noting that they are in regards to General George McCall and his division, as well as some "poetry dedicated to the Ranger's which I knew you will like it...
GLC03523.08.24
21 December 1863
to Sister
Discusses his sister's trip to Washington, which is possibly to visit a suitor named Willie, noting that he himself may not be granted a pass to come up and see her. Details that they have been sleeping in Sibley tents, which are very good quarters...
GLC03523.08.88
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