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9 March 1866
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
to unknown
Granting permission to visit Washington on legal business. On Navy Department printed stationery. Document has been trimmed, affecting the department name.
GLC02320.03
23 November 1864
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
to E. C. Carrington
Invitation to dinner with Bates and the men in his office. Carrington is addressed as General.
GLC02320.05
November 28, 1863
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
[Promotion of George B. Drake]
Partially printed document promoting George B. Drake to the rank of First Lieutenant.
GLC02320.07
1783/05/20
Madison, James, 1751-1836
to [Gov. Benjamin Harrison] re: provisional peace treaty, Carleton & Washington
Signed by Madison as "James Madison Jr." Countersigned by Theodorick Bland and John Francis Mercer. Written to Governor Benjamin Harrison of Virginia, as state delegate (per Madison Papers and Library of Congress, Papers of the Members of Congress...
GLC02321
1813/07/19
[Appointment of Levett Harris to secretary to legation at St. Petersburg, Russia]
Signed by Madison as President, countersigned by Monroe as Secretary of State. The official appointment was as "Secretary of the Mission Extraordinary of the United States" and the diplomatic mission was for the purpose of "entering into...
GLC02322
15 December 1838
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to Jonathan Harvey
Expresses his optimism for the Democratic party in the upcoming elections. "I think the prospects for the democratic party have rarely been more cheering. We have many great advantages over our opponents." Goes on to say that the Democratic party...
GLC02327
1 October 1872
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Horace Rublee
Thanks Rublee for gifts and hospitality on his recent trip to Switzerland. Discusses President Ulysses S. Grant's reelection contest, declaring, "I see the President daily and he takes things as easy as though he had no interest in the Contest that...
GLC02332
24 January 1780
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to James Clinton
Apologizes for not being able to extend Clinton's furlough any longer. There is a shortage of officers, so Clinton must return as soon as possible. Possibly written in the hand of Tench Tilghman, Washington's aide-de-camp.
GLC02336
13 May 1799
to James McHenry
In reply to McHenry's letter of 2 May 1799. Written as commander of Provisional Army created during the fear of a French invasion to McHenry as Secretary of War in the Adams Administration. They are attempting to find the best candidates to fill...
GLC02337
1915/12/14
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
to R. Fulton Cutting
Asks Cutting to join Herbert Hoover's enlarged Commission for the Relief of Belgium during World War I.
GLC02339
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