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10 December 1864
Ritchey, Samuel W., fl. 1862-1865
to Margaret Harris
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel W. Ritchey dated Near Richmond, Ark., December 10, 1864.
GLC03135.10.210
12 December 1864
Sutherland, Samuel H., fl. 1863-1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Camp Magnider, Ark., December 12, 1864.
GLC03135.10.211
9 January 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Camp Magnider, Ark., January 8. 1865.
GLC03135.10.212
15 January 1865
Lindsay, Joe, fl. 1864-1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Joe Lindsay dated [Luda], Arkansas, January 15, 1865.
GLC03135.10.213
26 January 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Camp Magnider, Arkansas, January 26, 1865.
GLC03135.10.214
24 March 1865
unknown, fl. 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris dated Collinsburg, Louisiana, March 24, 1865. Last page is missing.
GLC03135.10.215
4 April 1865
Lilley, T.B., fl. 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from T.B. Lilley dated Rocky Heights, April 4, 1865.
GLC03135.10.216
17 April 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Camp Near Shreveport, Louisiana, April 17, 1865.
GLC03135.10.217
circa 1861-1865
unknown, fl. 1861-1865
to P.M. Cox
One undated note addressed to Dr. Cox.
GLC03135.10.218
28 April 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Camp at Collinsburg, Louisiana, April 28, 1865.
GLC03135.10.219
22 April 1865
One letter addressed to P.M. Cox from T.B. Lilley dated Camp near Hampstead, Texas, April 22, 1865.
GLC03135.10.220
7 May 1865
Carter, William F., fl. 1865
to Tip
One letter addressed to Tip from Will F. Carter dated Collinsburg, Lo., May 7, 1865.
GLC03135.10.221
9 May 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel W. Ritchey dated Navasota, Texas, May 9, 1865.
GLC03135.10.222
21 September 1865
One letter addressed to Margaret Harris from Samuel H. Sutherland dated Sherman, September 21, 1865.
GLC03135.10.223
Musser, D.H., fl. 1861-1865
to Edwin E. Harris
One undated note addressed to Edwin E. Harris from D.H. [Musser].
GLC03135.10.192
1 January 1855
American Monthly Ledger [Vol. 9 no. 13 (January 1, 1855)]
One newspaper entitled American Monthly Ledger dated January 1, 1855.
GLC03135.13.004
23 July 1877
Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 1824-1888
to Luisa Kilpatrick
One letter addressed to Luisa Kilpatrick from Ellen Ewing Sherman dated St. Louis, July 23, 1877. Pertains to Kilpatrick not being appointed as the Minister of Chile. Extends sympathy to her and her sister.
GLC08133.20
6 January 1877
One letter addressed to Luisa Kilpatrick from Ellen Ewing Sherman dated St. Louis, January 6, 1877. Pertains to Kilpatrick not being appointed as the Minister to Chile. Hopes that he may be appointed to the Peruvian Ministry.
GLC08133.21
9 March 1876
One letter addressed to Luisa Kilpatrick from Ellen Ewing Sherman dated St. Louis, March 9, 1876. Pertains to family updates. Invites her family to stay with them.
GLC08133.22
23 June 1877
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
One letter addressed to Luisa Kilpatrick from William T. Sherman dated June 23, 1877. Pertains to Governor Thomas A. Osborn being appointed as Minister to Chile instead of her husband, Hugh Judson Kilpatrick. Advises that he does not act hastily.
GLC08133.05
19 December 1876
to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from William T. Sherman dated Washington, D.C., December 19, 1876. Pertains to division within Congress and updates on family members.
GLC08133.07
25 May 1880
Sherman, John, 1823-1900
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., May 25, 1880. Pertains to nominations for a temporary presiding officer. Mentions the need to defeat the unit rule.
GLC08133.08
19 May 1880
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., May 19, 1880. Pertains to proceedings in Illinois and Alabama.
GLC08133.09
22 March 1880
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., March 22, 1880. Pertains to promotions, appointments and the postponement of a convention.
GLC08133.10
20 January 1880
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., January 20, 1880. Pertains to appointment Colonel William Shafer. Also mentions that Captain Bush has been appointed Special Inspector.
GLC08133.11
23 September 1880
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated September 23, 1880.
GLC08133.12
28 November 1879
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., November 28, 1879. Pertains to Knox's appointment of Mr. Hobart.
GLC08133.13
6 November 1879
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington D.C., November 6, 1879. Pertains to updates of election in New York.
GLC08133.14
1 November 1879
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., November 1, 1879. Pertains to the appointment of Gosepll. Also notes that he has sent photographs to Luisa Kilpatrick and another unidentified woman.
GLC08133.15
15 October 1879
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., October 15, 1879. Pertains to arranging to meet in New York.
GLC08133.16
23 July 1879
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Portland, Me., July 23, 1879. Pertains to declining an invitation due to being on vacation.
GLC08133.17
16 July 1878
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., July 16, 1878. Pertains to being unable to meet New Jeresy veterans in a grand encampment on Kilpatrick's farm.
GLC08133.18
30 April 1878
One letter addressed to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick from John Sherman dated Washington, D.C., April 30, 1878. Pertains to finding a government appointment for Kilpatrick's nephew. States that he will work as a clerk in the Treasury department, and advises...
GLC08133.19
11 October 1863
Mitchell, Wallace, fl. 1861-1867
to Mary Mitchell
One letter addressed to Mary Mitchell from Wallace Mitchell dated October 11, 1863. Pertains to Pennsylvania State Elections and his opinion on the candidates Andrew Gregg Curtin and George Washington Woodward. He supports Curtin as the Woodward...
GLC08334.19
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
William Boyd Allison
One carte de visite of William Boyd Allison dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed by Allison. Photographed by Alexander Gardner. White mount with gold border; blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Imprints of Gardner and Philp & Solomons on verso...
GLC00558.01
A.H. Ceragin
One carte de visite of A.H. Ceragin dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner. White mount with gold border; blue two-cent tax stamp on verso. Imprints of Gardner and Philp & Solomons on verso. Signed in ink on...
GLC00558.02
Henry Smith Lane
One carte de visite of Henry Smith Lane dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner.
GLC00558.03
J.W. Patterson
One carte de visite of J.W. Patterson dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner.
GLC00558.04
George Read Ridds
One carte de visite of George Read Ridds dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner.
GLC00558.05
E.H. Rollins
One carte de visite of E.H. Rollins dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner.
GLC00558.06
William M. Stewart
One carte de visite of William M. Stewart dated approximately 1861-1865. Image signed. Photographed by Alexander Gardner.
GLC00558.07
1865/04/15
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
The President is Dead
A dramatic printed version of Stanton's announcement of Lincoln's death to General John A. Dix, U.S. Military Commander of the Department of the East, headquartered in New York. In full: "The President is Dead! [rule] War Department, Washington...
GLC06680
November 24, 1865
Jones, P.B., fl. 1836-1865
to William H. Seward
Letter of acceptance for pardon
GLC01444.03
November 10, 1865
Ellite, Loftlin N., fl. 1865
to P.B. Jones
Letter advising him to accept amnesty and take the oath of GLC01444.04
GLC01444.05
1860/12/20
Charleston Mercury, fl. 1860-1861
The Union is dissolved! [Charleston Mercury, Extra Ed.]
Docketed on verso with contemporary and (apparently post-war) note.
GLC02688
1865/04 ca.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Lincoln Funeral Car
Lincoln's hearse stands unhitched in front of two brick buildings, decorated with bunting. A sign in the window to the left of the front of the hearse reads "C.S. Earley." A large crowd is gathered on both sides of the street. Ink inscription on...
GLC05111.02.0042
circa 1868
Ku Klux Klan
To Davie Jeems
Threatening a Black office-holder. "Notice/To Jeems, Davie, you must be a good boy...at night I am a Ku Klux sent here to look after you and all the rest of the radicals and make you know your place. I have got my eye on you every day...[T]ell...
GLC09090
December 28, 1861
to Montgomery Meigs
Lincoln is having Captain Asher R. Eddy relieved of duty as a Quarter Master in Springfield, Illinois because "a 'snarl' has somehow gotten up between him & [the State Government], which must be broken up." He asks Quartermaster General Meigs to...
GLC01514
March 23, 1867
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
to John Sherman
Argues that Dr. C. Woodworth, a nominee for postmaster of Trumbull County, Ohio, is nominated solely because he is an acquaintance of President Johnson: "It is only another evidence that the President is unwilling to listen to the wishes of the...
GLC01517
January 7, 1877
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to William Pitt Kellogg
President Grant informs Kellogg, Governor of Louisiana, that no troops will be supplied for the 8 January 1877 inauguration of the Louisiana Government. States that he cannot send troops, because to do so would express recognition of one of two...
GLC01545.04
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