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18 January 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Pardon of John H. Craigmiles by Abraham Lincoln]
Tennessean rebel whose pardon was recommended by Andrew Johnson. Unusual Civil War pardon date for a rebel. (c/s Seward)
GLC00870
July 28, 1887
Grant, Lewis A., 1828-1918
to George Norton Galloway
Disputes Captain Galloway's account of Upton's Brigade at "Bloody Angle" at Spotsylvania during the Civil War, which Galloway has published in June in The Century Magazine. Grant thought more should be said about the other brigades involved...
GLC00840
10 November 1864
Daily wanderer. [Vol. 1, no. 24 (November 10, 1864)]
Published as Railroad Edition. Printed on smaller size paper. Partial reprint of an article from the New Orleans correspondent of the "New York Times," says "Although the cotton crop is naarly [sic] a total failure, the laborers are being employed...
GLC00842
August 22, 1872
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898
to William F. Smith
Writes to General Smith to discuss commercial opportunities for trade with Mexico. Mentions possible steam and rail connections. Comments on cattle raising opportunities. Closes by asking about President Grant's re-election prospects.
GLC00858
17 May 1864
Wirz, Henry, 1823-1865
[Endorsement of a request for medical leave for M.E. Sperry]
Signed by Wirz, Sperry, J.W. Hails, and "Jno. S. Bransford." Sperry, a clerk in the Adjutant's Office, writes to Captain Chapman, the Adjutant of the Post, to request a leave of seven days. An autograph note below his request by a surgeon, J.W...
GLC00862
20 April 1775
Fullam, Phinehas T., fl. 1775
[Attesting to Battle of Concord]
Fullam apparently was a postrider for a Committee of Safety, who, like Paul Revere, was employed to spread the news of Lexington and Concord and bring reinforcements. Says he saw the Battle of Concord with his own eyes and that he confirms about 200...
GLC00869
June 14, 1861
Cassitt, Charles E., fl. 1861
to Gideon Pillow
Written on patriotic Confederate stationery featuring a portrait of Jefferson Davis. Charles E. Cassitt, Captain of the "Shelby Rifles" under Colonel J. Knox Walker, writes about the incompetance and lying of his commanding office. Noted at bottom...
GLC00798
October 1, 1866
Wise, Henry A., 1806-1876
to B. Rush Stoddard
Signs a letter with his title as "Brig. Genl. C.S.A. Prisoner of War on Parole," in compliance with Stoddard's request, possibly for an autograph.
GLC00805
1892
Semple, fl. 1892
Cabinet portrait of Daniel Butterfield, signed
Signed and dated on mount. 3/4 bust profile
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18 June 1787
Lansing, John, 1754-1829
The Supreme Legislative power of the United States of America...
Hamilton's constitutional plan for two legislative bodies, as Assembly and Senate, and a permanently elected executive. In the hand of John Lansing, Jr.
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