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1836/04/13
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Col. Geo. Bomford re: $50,000 being set aside for building (gun?) carriages
Written on stationery of the War Department's Engineer Dept.
GLC01943
20 January 1803
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to the Marquis of Casa Yrujo
Madison, Secretary of State, encloses a copy of a letter (not included) addressed to President Jefferson by Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans trader and planter who supplied the United States with military materials obtained from the Spanish during the...
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23 August 1872
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Presidential authority to the Secretaty of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Amos Owens, William Teal, David Collins and William Scruggs].
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21 November 1866
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 1831-1910
to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord
Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...
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10 December 1862
Foote, Andrew H. (Andrew Hull), 1806-1863
to James Wilson Grimes
Written by Rear Admiral Foote from the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting to Senator James Grimes of Iowa (Grimes served in the U.S. Senate 1859-1869). Grimes was a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs when this letter was written. References a...
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