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23 July 1864
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Lorenzo Thomas
Reports death of Brigadier General James McPherson to General Thomas.
GLC01875.01
4 May 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[Lincoln note on military forces].
Recommends a division be admitted to the new corps of volunteers.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861, p. 355
GLC01739
2 May 1864
to California Delegation in Congress
Asks the delegation to take a case off his hands because he does not have time to get acquainted with it. The case referred to is not identified. Written on Executive Mansion stationary. One bust engraving of Lincoln included.
GLC01741
18 April 1863
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
[Military voucher for the payment of General Garfield and three servants]
Partially printed. Signed by Garfield as Brigadier General of Volunteers and Chief of Staff, Department of the Cumberland. Garfield acknowledges receipt of $304 from Major William Smith, Paymaster in Washington, D.C. Pertains to pay for the month...
GLC01762.01
14 January 1865
[Abraham Lincoln endorsement]
Lincoln endorsement written on the fourth page of an autograph letter signed of P. Golden from Bangor, Maine to John H. Rice of Washington dated 29 December 1864. Golden asks that a cousin John Murphy, a prisoner of war, be discharged. Golden...
GLC01772
4 November 1787
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
to Jane Mecom
Writes to his sister in Boston about his feelings on his life of public service. Tells her that she should be direct in letting him know what she needs as he is willing to help her in any way. States that he planned to decline serving another year...
GLC01721
1861/09/05
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Col. A. C. Moore re: preparations for Battle of Cheat Mountain
Moore commanded the 29th Regiment of Va. Vols. The Battle of Cheat Mountain was Lee's first campaign of the war.
GLC01769
19 April 1773
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Catharine Macaulay
Describes the contest between Massachusetts Governor Hutchinson and the Assembly over the question of Parliament's control. Denies sovereignty of Parliament over American rights.
GLC01785.01
28 June 1773
Adams also takes the opportunity to thank Macaulay for her help in supporting American interests. He discusses the deteriorating relations with Britain.
GLC01786
28 December 1774
Adams describes the effects of the Boston Port Bill upon the government and people of the colony. He warns that the arrest of Parliament's opponents "will produce Resistance, and Reprisals, and a Flame through America, Such as Eye hath not yet Seen...
GLC01788
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