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27 February 1869
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
To the governor of the state of Nebraska
A printed a letter to the governors of Nebraska transmitting the Fifteenth Amendment.
GLC00788.02
May 25, 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Gen. Rufus Saxton
"If Banks reaches Martinsburg is he any the better for it?" re: Gen. Banks's retreat before Jackson.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. V 1861 - 1862, p. 237
GLC00790
February 3, 1831
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to John Henry Eaton
Writes to Secretary of War Eaton about arranging the removal of the Brothertown Indians of New York to a reservation in Wisconsin. Comments on a recent meeting he had with the New York Indians. Informs him that the Menominee of the Green Bay...
GLC00791
3 May 1862
[Promotion of Edward O.C. Ord to Major General of Volunteers]
Partially printed form from an engraving signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. With a docket signed by Adjutant General Lorenzo. Thomas indicating the commission was recorded on 3 May 1862 in "Volume 17...
GLC00792
May 7, 1818
to John M. Davis
A clerical copy of Jackson's letter to Davis in which he deals with aftermath of the Chehaw Affair. Orders Davis to send a "talk to Kinnard with instructions to explain the substance to the Chehaw Warriors." Also orders him to arrest Obediah Wright...
GLC00782.11.05
May 29, 1818
Davis, John M., fl. 1818
to William Rabun
Informs Georgia Governor Rabun that Obediah Wright, whom Davis arrested for massacring Chehaw Indians, has been released through a writ of habeas corpus. Requests that Rabun have Wright returned to his custody. The Chehaw were American allies in...
GLC00782.11.06
January 17, 1825
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Cummings, Hilliard & Company
Mentions ordering books for the schools of art and modern languages and ancient and modern history. Writes concerning courses in law at the University of Virginia and the need for books, especially "Thomas' edition of Coke Littleton published not...
GLC00782.12
March 7, 1868
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
to A. D. Worthington
Refuses a request to help with a biography of her husband, Abraham Lincoln, citing poor health and the many false accounts already written about him. "So many pretentious persons, who were quite strangers to my husband & our household ... all...
GLC00782.15
May 26, 1960
Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004
to Harold Ward
Quotes Barry Goldwater stating that the Herlong-Baker bill (concerning tax reform) can only be gotten out of committee through a letter-writing campaign. Rejects the idea of a third party of economic conservatives, saying that he joined the...
GLC00782.17
November 13, 1915
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to William R. Castle
Writes to the assistant dean at Harvard (later founder of a professional consular service of the United States). Roosevelt encloses an article (not included) from the November 1915 Metropolitan magazine which had been vetted by James Brown Scott...
GLC00782.19
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