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1861-1865
[religious verse]
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
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
7 January 1863
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
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
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
Smith, Francis Marion, 1842-1917
[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
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
to unknown
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
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
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