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17 August 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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
15 June 1838
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
to David Hubbard
Written by Calhoun in blue ink, concerning his support for (and failure to get) a rail route from Georgia to the west, instead of through Ohio. He concludes that southern rail routes will unite the slaveholding states and change commercial and...
GLC02320.01
22 February 1850
Smith, Caleb B. (Caleb Blood), 1808-1864
to Thomas Ewing
Recommending William D. Shepherd for a clerkship, and enclosing a petition signed by many Indiana Whigs supporting this promotion.
GLC02320.02
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
1783/05/20
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to [Gov. Benjamin Harrison] re: provisional peace treaty, Carleton & Washington
Signed by Madison as "James Madison Jr." Countersigned by Theodorick Bland and John Francis Mercer. Written to Governor Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, as state delegate (per Madison Papers and Library of Congress, Papers of the Members of Congress...
GLC02321
1813/07/19
[Appointment of Levett Harris to secretary to legation at St. Petersburg, Russia]
Signed by Madison as President, countersigned by Monroe as Secretary of State. The official appointment was as "Secretary of the Mission Extraordinary of the United States" and the diplomatic mission was for the purpose of "entering into...
GLC02322
15 December 1838
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Jonathan Harvey
Expresses his optimism for the Democratic party in the upcoming elections. "I think the prospects for the democratic party have rarely been more cheering. We have many great advantages over our opponents." Goes on to say that the Democratic party...
GLC02327
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