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7 January 1823
Jones, Alex, fl. 1823
to Aaron Hobart
Requesting Hobart's help in appointing John Howe as "collector for the port of Bristol and Warren.
GLC06313.04.216
9 January 1823
Asking Hobart to pettition Congress to create a new postal route in his village. Says the route is badly needed, and that the lack of a route causes great inconvenience.
GLC06313.04.217
12 January 1823
Hayward, Elijah, 1786-1864
GLC06313.04.218
10 January 1900
Garrison, William Lloyd, Jr., 1838-1909
to Mr. C.D. Blackhall
Garrison Jr., the son of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, thanks Blackhall for the copy of Reverend L. M. Powers discourse, "The Spiritual Needs of the Universalist Church." Offers a different title for the piece, "A plan for the Church...
GLC07483.08
1 February 1865
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
[True copy of the Thirteenth Amendment]
Accompanied by Seward's certification (GLC03264.01) confirming this as a true copy of the Thirteenth Amendment: "Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...
GLC03264.02
29 March 1866
McSherry, Anna, 1833-?
to Henry F. McSherry
Written by Anna to her brother Henry. She seems to have had a meeting with "Mr. Welles" -- possibly the Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles. She thinks one of the charges brought against Henry was disloyalty. She is surprised because "you and Pa at the...
GLC03523.21.55
4 June 1866
Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Is upset that he does not write more often. Says "I have no one else but you to look to. Pa often tells me he is old and is not able to work as he once did, and cannot live much longer." Goes on to say "you know...
GLC03523.21.58
28 December 1866
McSherry, Willie, fl. 1866
to mother
Letter written by Willie McSherry to his mother on one side. Verso has a second letter by one of Willie's sisters (the letter is signed, but the signature is too faded to read). Their mother, probably Eliza, appears to be in Martinsburg visiting her...
GLC03523.21.61
20 March [no year]
to Mrs. Thackmorton
Two separate letters with the same GLC number. First one was written by an anonymous member of the U.S. Navy who served with Henry McSherry to a Mrs. Thackmorton. In response to a previous letter from Mrs. Thackmorton, he says she will write a...
GLC03523.21.63
13 August 1880
to unknown
Wants the recipient to have a "national life" and thinks that Jimmie has put himself in a situation to only have a "provisional life." Says recipient has great talent. The recipient appears to be a Congressman. Writer uses a new pen on second page...
GLC03523.21.66
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