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12 November 1863
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
to Joseph Wheeler [Decimalized .01- .02]
Letter written by Gen. Longstreet, Commander of the Department of East Tennessee and leader of the Knoxville Campaign. With accompanying photograph
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18 May 1864
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
Military telegram requesting Daniel H. Hill be assigned to command one of Pierre G. T. Beauregard's divisions
Also with autograph endorsement signed by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. Recipient's copy of a telegram from Beauregard to Bragg. Beauregard had requested that General Hill be assigned to his department as a...
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July 24, 1839
Dresser, Amos, 1812-1904
to Hiram Wilson
Writes to Reverend Wilson who is expecting two enslaved people seeking emancipation in Canada through the underground railroad. Writes, "I rejoice in the privilege of handing over to you two more Daughters of affliction who can tell you their own...
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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...
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March 22, 1921
Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
to O. S. Rapp
Acknowledges how the "railroad situation" affects Rapp's business and indicates that he wants "the government policy to be one leading to the railway restoration" but admits a current discouraging outlook. Signed 18 days after his inauguration....
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1792
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Extracts of letters written by the Secretary of War, to the Governor of Virginia, upon the defensive protection of the frontiers of that State
Contemporary clerical copy signed by chief clerk of the War Department, John Stagg, Jr. The letters concern protection of the Virginia frontier against Indians, emphasizing President Washington's view "that all parts of the union ought to be...
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July 21, 1781
Tilghman, Tench, 1744-1786
to Richard Varick
Discusses several wartime matters: George Washington's desire for Varick to build an unspecified fortification, a lack of intelligence from Nathanael Greene and the Marquis de Lafayette, and reports of "a partial action between the Marquis and...
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August 8, 1860
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
to James Blood
Stevens, chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee, garners support for the Democratic Party prior to the 1860 Presidential election. Informs Blood, a customs collector at Newburyport, Massachusetts, that the organizers of an upcoming...
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2 March 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[An act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States]
Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House, John Langdon as President pro tempore of the Senate, and George Washington as President. Results of the second session of the...
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1844
The Negro forget-me-not songster, the only work published, containing all the Negro songs, that have ever appeared.
Signed on free front endpaper by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "H. W. Longfellow." Original cloth spine laid onto modern leather. Title on spine: "Nigga forget-me-not songster." Published by Turner & Fisher. Songs written in "dialect," and some are...
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