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1869/03/04
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
Presidential Oath of Office administered to Ulysses S. Grant
Includes Chase's note: "The Oath from this paper was administered to General Grant on the 4th of March 1869."
GLC07682
1868/09/114
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
to Sam Wilkeson re: completion of his book
GLC03107.05313
1866
Bledsoe, Albert Taylor (1809-1877)
Is Davis a traitor; or was secession a constitutional right previous to the War of 1861?
Published by Innes & Company. Contains twenty chapters discussing secession.
GLC03114
1866/10/20
Armstrong, William B. (fl. 1866)
to [Johnston] Livingston re: inquiry regarding Rev. John Livingston
Armstrong inquires about the history of Reverand John Livingston, who was expelled from Great Britain in 1603, and then moved to Holland. His son was Robert Livingston (1654-1728), who moved to New York in the 17th century. Armstrong notes that he...
GLC03107.04166
1868/02/26
Armstrong, William B
to [Johnston Livingston] re: the Livingston pedigree
GLC03107.04168
1872/03
United States Internal Revenue
Blank income tax form for Johnston Livingston
GLC03107.04169
1875/10/20
Millitt, D.J. (fl. 1875)
to [Johnston Livingston] re: assistance for Mrs. Henry Livingston
Millitt states that he is writing on behalf of Mrs. Henry Livingston, who is in a critically destitute situation as she is sick and without money, and her husband is currently in prison. He therefore asks that [Johnston] assist in whatever way he...
GLC03107.04170
27 April 1870
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
[Pardon of Frank Hardy]
This document commutes the sentence of Frank Hardy, who was convicted of first degree murder. Frank Hardy was to be hanged on 6 May 1870, and on 27 April 1870 Rutherford B. Hayes altered his sentence to life imprisonment. Hayes signed as governor of...
GLC02843
26 December 1868
Johnson, Bradley T. (1829-1903)
to L. L. Smith
Discussing legal business and collection of debts. Written on Johnson's stationary.
GLC02878.03
1866 ca.
Unknown
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)
GLC02912.02.01
1870s
Portraits of circus performers
Portrait subjects include Capt. Jack Bassett, Major and Mrs. Ray (ca. 1891), Miss Millie La Mar, Lalloo, and Prince Nicholi ("The Little Russian Prince"). Photographers include Wendt of Boonton, N.J.; Obermuller and Kern of New York; and Eisenmann...
GLC02912.02.02
Obermuller and Kern
Miss Millie La Mar, Mind Reader.
Cabinet card portrait of Millie La Mar, mind reader. Published by Obermuller and Kern of New York.
GLC02912.02.02.01
1870s ca.
Eisenmann
[Cabinet card portrait of three unnamed circus performers]
Imprint by Eisenmann on the mount and verso.
GLC02912.02.02.02
1891 ca.
Wendt
[Major and Mrs. Ray]
Cabinet card portrait of Major and Mrs. Ray, one king and queen of [illegible] World. Major is 37 years old, stands 36 inches, and weights 38 pounds. Mrs. Ray is 26, stands 38 inches, and weighs 39 pounds. They were married in Yates Center, Kansas...
GLC02912.02.02.03
[Capt. Jack Bassett]
Circus performer Captain Jack Bassett poses next to a chair.
GLC02912.02.02.04
Lalloo
Cabinet card portrait of a circus performed named Lalloo.
GLC02912.02.02.05
The Little Russian Prince
Cabinet card portrait of Prince Nicholi, "The Little Russian Prince." Caption on mount claims he was the smallest man in the world, weighing 16 pounds and standing 22.5 inches tall. He is 32 years old in this portrait. A native of Russia, he speaks...
GLC02912.02.02.06
24 June 1865
Augustin, D. (fl. 1865)
[Certificate of amnesty]
Signed by Augustin as a United States Commissioner for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Also signed by Emmanuel Lebreton Deschapelles, who swears an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States following the Civil War. Deschapelles...
GLC02943.01
6 June 1866
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888)
[Statement regarding military possession of a Louisiana plantation]
Major General Sheridan, supervising reconstruction in Louisiana, attests that military authorities took possession of a plantation on the Mississippi River near Carrollton, Louisiana, circa 29 April 1862. Asserts that the plantation was returned to...
GLC02943.02
29 July 1876
Weed, Thurlow (1797-1882)
to John Sherman
Writes, "In view of universal business paralisis [sic] and consequent universal distress, has not the Government stood still long enough? [...] Congress promised to pay the public Creditor in Gold or Silver Coin. Who has the rights under the...
GLC02974
Hamlin, Augustus C. (1829-1905)
Martyria, or, Andersonville Prison
Printed in Boston by Lee & Shepard, with a signed presentation note dated 10 October 1866 by the author to Ulysses S. Grant. The book documents the conditions at Andersonville Prison. Illustrated by the author.
GLC02982
19 October 1868
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to David D. Porter
Reminds Porter of a letter he wrote to Sherman last spring in which Porter described everything about a meeting in 1865 where Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Porter discussed the course to be taken when the Confederate forces were...
GLC02984
26 March 1866
Porter, David Dixon (1813-1891)
to Darius H. Ingraham
Written as Rear Admiral and Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy on Naval Academy letterhead. Written to Ingraham as the chairman of committee to aid widows and orphans of union soldiers. References Ingraham's letter about a "Grand Fair" in honor...
GLC02998
1872/05/19
to T. N. Parmelee
Written on Herald Tribune stationery to Parmelee, an attorney in New Haven, Connecticut. Marked "private." Salutation reads: "Friend Parmelee." Speaks of the impossibility of a Democrat being elected president in 1872. Notes a Democrat being elected...
GLC03000
8 June 1868
McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885)
to Ulysses S. Grant
Signed as Brevet Major. Discusses reconstruction and politics in Mississippi. McDowell writes that the Mississippi Governor, despite having no patronage or money, is seeking to defeat a new constitution. He believes that removing the governor...
GLC03021
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