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3 May 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Informs Lucy that Mr. Edes of Boston will soon be leaving Morristown. Looks forward to receiving more letters from Lucy. Text loss on both pages due to paper loss and repair.
GLC02437.00585
4 May 1777
to Lucy Knox [incomplete]
Informs Lucy that she has full possession of his heart. Expresses relief that her case of smallpox has improved. Discusses Mr. Bowdoin, possibly a man hired to help Lucy upon the departure of a previous servant or assistant, Mr. Bolling. Discusses...
GLC02437.00586
7 May 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Colonel Henry Jackson recommends Captain Mullens, who carries this letter to Knox. Reports that Mullens is "an Irish gentleman & has been in the French Service for 20 years." Notes that Mullens seeks an appointment, and if he does not receive such...
GLC02437.00588
8 May 1777
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Informs Knox that their daughter has smallpox, but is recovering, and acting "very lively." Discusses sending Knox waistcoats and breeches through Colonel Mason. At her current location, has no company except for [Henry] Gardner, Treasurer of...
GLC02437.00589
10 May 1777
to John Adams
Later copy. Knox writes to Adams, the Massachusetts representative to Continental Congress. Mentions obtaining cannon cast from the furnace at Salisbury, Massachusetts. Discusses a failed attempt by Colonel Stewart, aide-de-camp to General...
GLC02437.00590
15 May 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Reports that he has not recently written to Henry, his brother, due to a "violent inflamation of my blood, which threw itself into my arms & hands in such a manner as to deprive me of the use of them for some days..." Discusses raising a sum of...
GLC02437.00592
17 May 1777
Reports that he is in Peekskill with General [Nathanael] Greene. Asks Lucy why she did not write to him in the last post, declaring, "I write you by every opportunity and expect the same from her who is far dearer to me than life..." Asks about her...
GLC02437.00593
Sweers, Cornelius, fl. 1777
[Account of goods for Henry Knox by order of Captain Lieutenant Treat]
Signed by Sweers, commissary of military stores in Philadelphia, who notes that the contents were received in full from Treat. Lists water biscuits, green tea, and other items.
GLC02437.00594
Written at "Sewal's Point," evidently Sewall's Point, in Brookline, Massachusetts. Their daughter, Lucy, has small pox, and "the poor little soul- is covered from head to foot with it- she has upwards of eaighty [sic] on her sweet face..." Relates...
GLC02437.10012
26 May 1777
Laments her lonely situation, noting that a recent visitor brought her news of Henry, but no letter from him. Envies the wives of generals able to travel with their husbands: "happy Mrs. Washington happy Mrs Gates in short I do not recollect an...
GLC02437.00602
27 May 1777
Gives details of marching with an unspecified company, and discusses his recent service at Providence, Rhode Island. Refers to a recent election of representatives, possibly in Boston, Massachusetts. Writes, "My good friend, we are in a very bad...
GLC02437.00604
2 May 1863
McParlin, Thomas A., 1825-1897
[Report of Service as Medical Director of the Army of Virginia during the summer of 1862]
The report sent to General William A. Hammond on 2 May 1863 (see GLC02649.02). Written mostly in a narrative form the report, with some charts, maps and other media included, provides a detailed and dramatic history of medical procedures and services...
GLC02649.01
2 December 1864
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
to Thomas McParlin
Partially printed letter informing McParlin that he has been breveted Lieutenant Colonel"for faithful and meritorious services in the field." On War Department stationery. Envelope from Adjutant General's Office.
GLC02649.03
21 May 1861
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Partially printed letter informing McParlin that he has been appointed a Surgeon in Medical Department of the U.S. Army. Sent to McParlin at Fort Walla Walla, Oregon. On War Department stationery. Envelope from Adjutant General's Office; free...
GLC02649.04
5 July 1862
to Medical Director of Reserve Army Corps
Requests information on "the condition of the Medical, Hospital, and transport, departments, in order to fulfill job as successor as the Surgeon & Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. Asks for frequent inspections and monthly reports on...
GLC02649.05
14 July 1862
to Robert E. Clary
Writes to Colonel Clary, Chief of Quartermasters of Army of Virginia, to request tents, stoves, axes, and tubs for hospitals. Mentions a deficiency of ambulances. Notes that the "necessity of keeping the sick of our Army, as near the army lines as...
GLC02649.06
27 October 1864
Crane, Charles Henry, 1825-1883
Major Crane, a surgeon and assistant to the Surgeon General, discusses financial matters with Dr. McParlin. Praises McParlin's work and notes that "The Secretary of War and the Surgeon General were much pleased with their visit." Indicates he will...
GLC02649.18
28 July 1862
Poem
Two stanza poem in McParlin's hand (author unknown) about someone being watched over from the heavens. Written on stationery of the 37th U.S. Congress, House of Representatives.
GLC02649.24
15 June 1865
to Thomas A. McParlin
Partially printed letter breveting McParlin a colonel "for faithful and meritorious service during the War." Asks for his acceptance of the brevet along with his oath, age, birthplace, and state of residence. On stationery of the War Department...
GLC02649.27
17 October 1866
Indicates that he is sending McParlin a list of medical officers (not included) the Secretary of War has recently breveted for their work combating cholera and requests a list of officers who "particularly distinguished themselves in this line of...
GLC02649.33
23 November 1866
Printed letter, with a stamped signature of Sec of War Edwin Stanton, informing McParlin of his appointment to Brevet Brigadier General "for meritorious services during the war." With some writing in an unknown secretarial hand. Asks for his...
GLC02649.34
5 November 1862
Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
Writes to Dr. McParlin, then Medical Director of the Army of Virginia. "I send three Nurses ... after two weeks trial I beg you will report on their ability..." Notes she will see him that week. Mentions problems with "Mrs. Thompson's health."...
GLC02649.40
1 December 1858
Page, Benjamin Price, 1818-1904
to John B. Marchand
Thanks Marchand for agreeing to deliver her letters to her husband, Thomas J. Page. Worries because "I have seen in the papers most discouraging accounts of the Steamers intended for the Paraguay expedition," but hopes everything goes well. The...
GLC02680.07
8 June 1862
Dupont, Samuel F., 1803-1865
Copy of a circular letter from the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography ordering captains to "instruct the officers commanding Prize vessels to deliver to the ordnance officer of the nearest Navy Yard, all arms belonging to the service, immediately on...
GLC02680.12
21 December 1862
Dorr, James Colby, ?-1880
[Military discharge for Joseph Steele for disability]
Printed form filled out with the handwritten emendations of Dorr, discharging Steele from service due to a disability. Dorr was a surgeon on the United States Volunteers Medical Staff. Private Steele was a gunsmith with the 104th Rgt. NY Volunteers.
GLC02680.13
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