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to Edmund C. Stedman

Discusses someone not being paid. Largely illegible. On stationary from the Union League Club, New York. Recipient is likely Edmund Clarence Stedman, a poet and journalist who worked with Greeley at the Tribune.

GLC05603.01.09

[Printed card with train announcement and signature]

Signed by John Hay, Assistant Private Secretary to Abraham Lincoln, in lower right corner. Announces that special cars will be added to a train on the Boston and Main Railroad on September 30th, no year indicated.

GLC05603.01.13

to Abraham Lincoln

Letter by E. Lane, who was formerly Chief Justice of the State of Ohio, with a note by Noah H. Swayne, a Supreme Court justice. Writes to inform Lincoln that Thomas M. Root will accept the appointment of District Attorney for the Northern District...

GLC05603.01.14

to John E. Boos

States he has not replied until now because of a serious illness. Has attached his signature to a statement for the National Tribune giving his impressions of April 2, 1865, a day Abraham Lincoln came to visit City Point hospital and so impressed a...

GLC05603.01.17

[Anecdote about Lincoln's kindness towards a wounded Confederate soldier]

Signed as 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1st Maryland Volunteer Infantry. Relates an incident at City Point hospital on 2 April 1865, where President Abraham Lincoln met a Confederate soldier and treated him with great kindness. After Lincoln left...

GLC05603.01.18

to Mr. Clark

Returns proofs with corrections. Stoddard was one of Abraham Lincoln's secretaries.

GLC05603.01.20

[Gideon Wells]

Engraving of Gideon Welles from a photograph by Brady. Seated in armchair.

GLC05603.01.22

to unknown

Turns down a request to lecture.

GLC05603.01.23

to unknown

"Bull Run" Russell makes appointment to meet recipient at the Carlton Club. On stationary of the Marlborough Club, Pall Mall S.W.

GLC05603.01.24

to David Henshaw

Asks Henshaw, the Collector of the Port of Boston, for a deposition in the case of Blake vs. Putney which was being tried before the Maine Supreme Court. Sumner asks if the Brig Dante entered his port in May or June and the entrance and clearance...

GLC05603.01.26

to unknown

Whimsical and poetic letter requesting "paper made of the fibre of the reeds that will grow along the Nile... envelope made of a spider's web to be spun next summer..." Mentions meeting the unknown recipient next July in Saratoga.

GLC05603.01.28

to unknown

Will forward an autograph. Date from docket.

GLC05603.01.29

to Isora Skinkle

Informs his sister that he will not be coming home on a furlough. Inquires on how her Sabbath school picnic went in Washington. Writes that there was an expedition in Louisiana to seek out the rebels. Reports that his brigade did not go on the...

GLC03523.32.21

Instructions for visiting the hospital

Headquarters, Valley Forge. "The Commander in Chief being informed that many disorders and irregularities have taken place at the Hospitals and in some the sick are not tended with due care thinks it necessary that each Hospital should be visited by...

GLC09246

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister from camp Fort Hill, two miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Discusses charging on the enemy last Tuesday. Describes having to charge over a large hill and fallen timber and brush where they then laid low and fired on the enemy...

GLC03523.32.12

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister from a camp two miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi. Reports that they have stormed the enemy's works twice, once on the 19th of May and the other on the 22nd of May. Writes that his company did not lose any men in the last...

GLC03523.32.13

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister from the field. Reports that he has been in two fights so far and has not been injured yet. Discusses her upcoming wedding and how he would like to be there. Writes about there being very few girls and says that he has not...

GLC03523.32.14

to Isora Sayles

Requests that his sister tell their father to do what he thinks is best with the money that he sent home. Writes that he should be able to send more money after the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Speaks of a friend being well and as fat as a pig....

GLC03523.32.15

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister. Discusses how a man named Erving A. Porter died. Writes that Erving got up at 3:00 am as usual to get a drink and then went back to bed and never woke up again. His bunk mate found him lying still in the morning with his hand...

GLC03523.32.16

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister. Reports that they entered Vicksburg, Mississippi on July 4th. Describes conquering and entering Vicksburg, Mississippi as being the most glorious fourth he ever had. Reports that 30 to 40 thousand men surrendered and were...

GLC03523.32.17

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister. Describes the beauty of Natchez, Mississippi. Notes that it is situated on a high bluff and that it is the main part of the town. Comments, "I thought that lake Providence louisanna [sic] was the gratest place for white...

GLC03523.32.18

to Isora Sayles

Writes to his sister. Comments on how happy he and the boys were to learn of General John Pemberton's surrender. Discusses various people and news from back home. Mentions that he is on duty every other day.

GLC03523.32.19

to Isora Sayles

Informs his sister that there is no reason why he should not share his letters from her with the other boys. Comments that the information given is sure to leak out somehow anyway and that it is only fair that he shares his letters because the men...

GLC03523.32.20

to Isora Skinkle

Thanks his sister for the package that she sent him. Inquires if she likes her new mother-in-law. Informs her that he will not be able to get a furlough this year and that he prefers it that way. Writes that he would prefer to wait until he can...

GLC03523.32.22

to Isora Skinkle

Informs his sister that they might be heading up the river to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Writes that it has been raining for the last couple of days and the rivers are finally rising. Says that the rivers have been so low that several steamers have...

GLC03523.32.23