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13 January 1864
Jackson, Richard H., fl. 1861-1865
to Father
He recounts the raising of the "starry banner" over Fort Wagner. He described it as a gala time.
GLC07705.195
9 August 1861
A.F. Crutchfield & Co., fl. 1861
Daily express. [Vol. 11, no. 189, whole no. 3730 (August 9, 1861)]
Accounts of the Yankee Army in Washington - Their Outrages - The Manassas Panic, Unprecedented Barbarism - Burning of Hampton by the Vandals, The Battle of Manassas Plains - General Scott Insane on Flank Movements.
GLC05959.74.08
8 July 1863
Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879
The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 49, whole no. 3702 (July 8, 1863)]
Letter from the Rangers. Gen. T.J. Jackson. The Consular question. Editorial on the situation at Vicksburg. Judge Gray's address at Huntington. Great peace meeting in NYC. Experience in a federal prison.
GLC05959.51.083
May 24, 1854
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
to William Pitt Fessenden
Notes that he is not personally acquainted with Senator Fessenden, but they were both present at a previous National Convention. Hopes that instead of voting against the Clayton Amendment, Fessenden will allow it to pass, in hopes that its passage...
GLC01095
26 March 1784
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
[Salary account for service in the Continental Congress]
Lists his salary for a 240 day term he served for the state of New York from 25 November 1782 to 30 July 1783 at five dollars a day for a total of $524. Also lists traveling expenses for 14 days. Lists credits to his account of $460 leaving a...
GLC01605
29 November 1861
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
to James Tyler Ames
Field writes to Ames in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Writes, "As a personal favor to me will you consent to manufacture in the very best manner of the very best materials one repeating gun, similar to the one you saw exhibited to the President in...
GLC02019
9 April 1865
[Appomattox ink well]
Small, ceramic, bell-shaped, brown bottle, glazed, with cork. Label affixed to the bottom, inscribed by Hempstead Washburne: "This is the ink bottle used in signing the Treaty [underscored] at Appomattox by Gen. Lee & Gen. Grant. It was presented...
GLC02084.02
May 15, 1861
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
to the Council
States that Colonel Fauntleroy outranked General Robert E. Lee in the United States Army and feels Fauntleroy is entitled to be commissioned nothing lower than a brigadier general in the Provisional Army. With endorsement of P.F. Howard, secretary of...
GLC00642
2 July 1881
Porter, Fitz-John, 1822-1901
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Porter thanks Hunt for offering his recollections on events during the war. Reflects on McClellan's tactics during the Peninsula Campaign. Notes that General Alexander Stewart Webb is writing a book on the topic, and it will be published by...
GLC02382.075
24 July 1861
Jay, John, 1817-1894
to unknown
Jay, prominent abolitionist and grandson of the Revolutionary War patriot of the same name, argues "We have an agency at work for the abolition of slavery in the pending war more powerful than all the Conventions we could assemble. Every battle...
GLC02222
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