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12 April 1910
Mosby, John S. (1833-1916)
to Sam Chapman
Belief that Walter Taylor has prompted the recent articles about Gettysburg, in an attempt to clear his name at the expense of Lee; forwarding a letter from Allen Potts.
GLC03921.31
1910/06/20
to: Sam Chapman
Assistant Attorney General, Jack Russell [his nephew].
GLC03921.32
1911/05/02
free mail delivery; forthcoming article in the New York Herald: "It tells how Fitz Lee saved Pope's Army."
GLC03921.33
1911/08/12
travels through various towns in Virginia.
GLC03921.34
1911/10/30
new address and his reason for moving; letter written by Mr. Ron Tucker given to his son as a memento.
GLC03921.35
30 May 1912
Theodore Roosevelt's run on a third party ticket: "Teddy has knocked out Taft in one of the most surprising phenomena of history;"
GLC03921.36
1912/10/29
intention to vote for Taft: "If Wilson is elected…the Bull Moose will be buried forever."
GLC03921.37
1912/10
hopes to get out of the hospital in time to vote.
GLC03921.38
1913/06/12
Free transportation to Gettysburg for Confederate veterans.
GLC03921.40
1913/11/09
voted for Henry Stuart; ride in an automobile with Mrs. Julie Keith; plans to travel to Baltimore.
GLC03921.41
1914/04/08
Lecture at a Toronto military institute; plans to spend time in New York.
GLC03921.42
1914/04/09
Suggests Chapman visit Wilson over the Easter holiday; Mosby has completed his speech.
GLC03921.43
1914/04/19
suggests Chapman try to obtain a post as chaplain in a regiment on the eve of war with Mexico.
GLC03921.44
1914/05/03
speech well received; "royal" reception in Canada; receiving social invitations in New York.
GLC03921.45
1914/06/09
letter of Colonel Williams concerning Osborne.
GLC03921.46
1914/06/12
artist would like to paint a group portrait of Confederate officers, including Chapman.
GLC03921.47
1914/07/06
traveling to Manassass to look over the battlefield; says Wilson will not stay in the White House longer than one term.
GLC03921.48
1915/02/04
anniversary of the day he took over the Hong Kong consulate 36 years ago; opposition to Wilson's shipping bill; arranging a sitting for the group painting.
GLC03921.49
1915/02/19
endorses an advertisement of a hotel with rooms for $1 per day.
GLC03921.50
1915/06/18
requesting return of letter from Gov. Stuart; plans to travel to Berkeley for his health.
GLC03921.51
[1915]/06/28
drinking water to help his bladder condition; encounters with Virginians who were Union soldiers before.
GLC03921.52
1916/01/04
3/16/1916 Norfolk, Va. re: news of Willie's marriage; mentions a friend traveling to California.
GLC03921.53
1916/02/27
suffering due to bladder trouble; intention to travel to St. Vincent's hospital in Norfolk for a remedy.
GLC03921.54
1916/10/30
refusal to let Bennet Young write his biography; enclosing copy of Dolly's [Adolphus Richard] biography written by Young [1914].
GLC03921.56
24 December 1824
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[Instructions to James Brown, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France]
Written by Quincy Adams as Secretary of State to Brown as American Ambassador to France. Lists 14 items he included with instructions, including: a commission for his post, a letter of credence to King Louis XVIII, full powers for negotiating...
GLC03922
22 February 1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to Edwin M. Stanton
Marked Cipher at top and copy on verso. Grant writes to the Secretary of War that he had a 100 gun salute fired yesterday for the capture of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, and has sent out Stanton's order to have it repeated.
GLC03923
1868/01/14
to Andrew Johnson re: ceasing to be Secretary of War ad interim
Probably a retained draft. Grant has blotted and overwritten numerous words. He claims that he cannot serve because of the Senate's "Act Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Officers."
GLC03924
1867/10/03
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
to William T. Sherman re: Indian Peace Commission. Signed with initials
GLC03927
20 June 1768
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to Robert Cary & Co.
Mentions enclosing invoices for goods (not included). Discusses tobacco sales. Criticizes English agents for selling tobacco at too low a price. States that, " ... I have lost (at least) four years out of five by Consignments having better prices...
GLC03933
21 February 1783
Paca, William (1740-1799)
to George Washington
Written by Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as Governor of Maryland to General Washington. Signature has been clipped and added. Says there is reason to believe the British crown has prohibited offensive operations on the continent...
GLC03937
3 December 1807
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to Henry Voigt
Commissions Voight to make him a gold watch for his granddaughter.
GLC03941
1925
Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933)
Message of the President.
Signed State of the Union Address.
GLC03945
21 February 1870
Chandler, Zachariah (1813-1879)
[Signatures of Senators and Congressmen requesting a speech by Zachariah Chandler on the topic of Fitz-John Porter]
Signed by 39 Senators and Congressmen, including Alexander Ramsey, Benjamin Franklin Rice, Charles Sumner, Hannibal Hamlin, Richard Yates, Carl Schurz, and Simon Cameron. Speeches ordered are to be printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Nine of...
GLC03947
14 July 1865
Parker, Frank W. (fl. 1865)
to Thomas M. Vincent
Parker, the Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment, writes to Colonel Vincent to relay a statement on the service of Eleazer L. Sarsons. Recounts Sarsons service, which included a time as a prisoner of war in...
GLC03953.09
1863-1864
Slayton, Chester M.
[Collection of Chester M. Slayton, B company, 25th regiment, Michigan, infantry] [decimalized]
The Asa W. Slayton and Chester M. Slayton collection contains letters primarily written to Asa Slayton. This collection also includes two speeches written by Asa. Friends and family wrote these letters to Asa during Civil War and in the ten years...
GLC03955
16 October 1863
Slayton, Asa W.
to Colonel Stricklan
Asa requests the return of a contraband cook by the name of George Washington who left the 25th Michigan under persuasion of officers from the 5th Ohio. [On the same piece of paper is the return letter.] 1863/10/18 Seargon, NJ, Colonel Commily...
GLC03955.05
1863
Cook, Henry (fl. 1862-1864)
1863 Diary
Henry Cook describes his life in camp, including his reading and other pasttimes, day trips into cities, soldiers' pay, food, and signal corps duty. He also writes of the movements of the signal corps and of his regiment (9th NJ Volunteers) in...
GLC03958.02
10 June 1862
Fox, Gustavus Vasa (1821-1883)
to John Dahlgren
Written by Fox as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to Dahlgren as commander of the Washington Navy Yard. Tells Dahlgren that Ericsson is willing to produce 1 inch plates. Wants his report on the firing of cannon and his opinion before he proceeds...
GLC03959.02
10 May 1864
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Authority to affix the seal to pardon of James Brady, for theft of mail
Brady had been convicted of stealing from the mail and sentenced for two years imprisonment. After serving nearly two-thirds of his sentence, he was pardoned by Lincoln for penitent and exemplary nammer.
GLC03966
1921/03/04
McAdoo, William G. (1863-1941)
Press statement re: Woodrow Wilson's work at the Peace Conference (Versailles)
Arguing that Wilson "laid the foundations of world peace and a new order" and that Wilson's work will last despite "[t]he tides of reaction."
GLC03967
13 April 1792
[Act of Congress altering times for holding circuit courts]
Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State. Signed in type by Jonathan Trumbull as Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams as Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, and approved by George...
GLC03968
1864/02/01
Transport to return black colonists from Haiti. The colonists were freed slaves. In 1862, 450 African Americans were recruited to settle on the Island of Vache, off the coast of present-day Haiti. Small pox and mismanagement by a white government...
GLC03973
1870 ca.
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Photograph of John Alexander Logan and his family]
Depicts Logan, his wife Mary, and his children Mary Elizabeth "Dollie," and John Alexander Logan, Jr. A note on verso, written in pen, indicates that this photo was taken when John Logan, Jr., was five years old (1870). Remarkably clear, depicting...
GLC03975.02
18 February 1872
Ku Klux Klan
to Charles Sumner
The KKK order Senator Sumner, a noted abolitionist and advocate for African-American rights, to leave Washington, D. C. before 4 March 1872. The Klan declares "the KK are strong in this Section and bifor Long we will Sting the Yankee Farmer Living...
GLC03979
16 December 1856
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
to Silas Ketchum
Senator Sumner informs Ketchum, "Of course, I cannot identify the child to which you refer. There was a little girl quite white, a slave in Washington, whose freedom was purchased through my agency, & afterwards sent to Boston, where I presume she...
GLC03980
17 July 1860
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
[Pardon of Jacob Smith for mail tampering].
Pardon is countersigned by Acting Secretary of State William Henry Trescot. After serving his sentence, Jacob Smith continued to be imprisoned in Philadelphia for nonpayment of his $500 fine. He was pardoned by Buchanan after this was petitioned by...
GLC03984
1841/03/18
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870)
to John MacKay re: birth of daughter Agnes, engineer business, officers marrying
Paper is overall darkened. With integral address panel on p. 4 (Lee has written on all panels which would have been folded out of view. Talks about Congress, General Winfield Scott, etc.
GLC03989
9 October 1904
to Gaston
Discusses Senator James T. Heflin's remarks on assassination of McKinley. Also writes that black voters hold the balance of power in some states and that Roosevelt would be re-elected. Written on Department of Justice letterhead.
GLC03993
3 December 1838
Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862)
[Last page of 1838 message to Congress]
"Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the expediency of vesting such a power in the Judiciary in a system of Government constituted like that of the United States, all must agree that these disparaging discrepancies in the law and in the...
GLC03994
3 July 1900
McKinley, William (1843-1901)
to John Hay
Text reads: "Hay. Instructions to Ambassadors in China defining the attitude of the United States. Approved". Written on Executive Mansion stationery.
GLC03995
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