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28 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to the pardon of William Edwards].
Very early authority, dated three weeks after Lincoln's inauguration.
GLC02317
17 August 1861
to James Wolfe Ripley
Lincoln requests that Brigadier General Ripley, the chief of ordnance, have a gun presented by an unknown Mr. Gallagher examined and tested.
GLC02318
8 March 1865
Prentiss, Mary Y., fl. 1865
to Abba
Written by a young girl to an unidentified recipient (apparently her sister), intermingling observations with gossip and flirtation. Exclaims enthusiastically about all the fun she is having. States that she attended Lincoln's second inauguration...
GLC02319
9 March 1866
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
to unknown
Granting permission to visit Washington on legal business. On Navy Department printed stationery. Document has been trimmed, affecting the department name.
GLC02320.03
23 November 1864
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
to E. C. Carrington
Invitation to dinner with Bates and the men in his office. Carrington is addressed as General.
GLC02320.05
November 28, 1863
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
[Promotion of George B. Drake]
Partially printed document promoting George B. Drake to the rank of First Lieutenant.
GLC02320.07
1 October 1872
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Horace Rublee
Thanks Rublee for gifts and hospitality on his recent trip to Switzerland. Discusses President Ulysses S. Grant's reelection contest, declaring, "I see the President daily and he takes things as easy as though he had no interest in the Contest that...
GLC02332
19 February 1864
to Roscoe Conkling
Replies to Conkling's letter criticizing the reputation of Caleb Lyon. Lincoln remarks that, "his nomination to some respectable office was repeatedly urged upon me certainly by two, if not three Senators of the highest standing; and your letter...
GLC02345
1861/01/21
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869
Transmittal of secession and related resolutions
GLC02280
1861/01/24
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
Pennsylvania resolutions relative to maintenance of the... Union
Resolutions by the Pennsylvania legislature rejecting the secession of South Carolina. Signed by Curtin as Governor and countersigned by S.B. Thomas as Deputy Secretary, and Eli Slifer as Secretary.
GLC02281
1861/01/27
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
to Elise Bragg re: eye-witness account of secession of Louisiana
Written on state Executive Mansion stationery, and also mentioning the replacement of the Federal flag by "the Goose [sic, Pelican] was hoisted in its stead"
GLC02282
1861/04/08
Arthur, B.F., fl. 1860-1863
Copy of... resolution approving appointment of Beauregard by Pickens
Written as clerk of the South Carolina secession convention.
GLC02284
1861/04/19
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
to Gov. John Letcher re: asking Virginia to join CSA and sending Stephens
Signed as President of the Confederacy. Also sending Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens to negotiate alliance.
GLC02285
20 October 1861
to Col. J. B. Finlay
Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania, writes to Finlay, who is organizing a regiment, then placing the regiment in the field under the command of another qualified officer. Recommends Colonel Samuel Morris Wickersham of Pittsburgh for the position....
GLC02297.08
21 October 1870
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
to Aaron F. Perry
Congratulates Perry on winning his Congressional election and praises him as "honest, true, and capable." Declares, "I have always been for a free tariff, and I believe that that is all the country requires now, to fulfil its mission. My idea of...
GLC02310
1861 circa
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Expects to arrive in New York in a few days.
GLC02320.06
10 December 1867
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Carroll Spence
Writes that he has been sick. Hopes that Spence was somewhat cheered by the fall elections. Laments fanaticism and states, "There is no hope however except through tribulation and suffering, either for the South or for the North. Madness &...
GLC02328
1864
Kimmel, & Forster, fl. 1864-1865
The Defenders of Our Union.
Lithograph print with touches of white gouache added by hand. Five ovals in which there are portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Johnson, Naval officers David Porter, David G. Farragut (spelled Faragut), John A. B. Dahlgren...
GLC02434
16 July 1864
One More Rally! Ward 6 in Advance!
Printed by Stevenson & Nichols at Nos. 22 & 24 Healey's Arcade. Broadside announces a meeting scheduled at "Volunteer Hall" to hear the report of the Committee on organizing the Mutual Draft-Preventing Association. This was a pro-quota meeting to...
GLC02388.02
30 October 1863
A Traitor's Peace
Broadside signed "A Democratic Workingman." Expresses anger at politicians calling for peace and "the Union as it was." Criticizes Southern peace terms from the "Richmond Enquirer" : including recognition of the Confederacy, withdraw of Union forces...
GLC02389
1864/09/02
Allen, Henry Watkins, 1820-1866
to Texas Confederate Cotton Office re: trading 1000 bales for $70,000
Signed as Governor of Lousiana. Colonel Hutchins was Chairman of the Texas (Confederate) Cotton Office. Mentions that the deal has been approved by Gen. Smith (E.K. Smith)
GLC02407
23 January 1865
Trenholm, George Alfred, 1806-1876
to Charles Clark
Trenholm, Secretary of the Confederate Treasury, discusses the preparation and transmission of bonds from the Register. Informs Clark, Governor of Mississippi, that it will be impossible to furnish bonds smaller than $500. Written on Confederate...
GLC02408
30 July 1864
Smith, Austin, fl. 1864
[Copy of report to William P. Fessenden about the first Federal income tax Florida]
Reports the results of his inquiry into the "practices & procedures & acts of the Tax Commissioners of the Insurrectionary Districts..." Informs that the Florida Direct Tax Commissioners were appointed in October 1862, and that since then, they have...
GLC02414.003
1862/09-1864/11/08
Kellogg, James H., fl. 1862-1864
[Collection of James H. Kellogg, I company, 21st regiment, Michigan, infantry] [Decimalized .001- .113]
Letters to his wife and family, written as a member of the 21st Michigan Infantry, Army of the Cumberland. The letters begin with his recruitment camp (Camp Siegel) in September 1862, and end with the election, just after the fall of Atlanta at...
GLC02415
25 January 1864
Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893
[General orders no. 30 regarding food rations for contrabands]
Signed by Townsend, United States Assistant Adjutant General. By order of the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton, establishes food rations "for issue by the Subsistence Department to adult refugees and to adult colored persons, commonly called...
GLC02225
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