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Circular concerning ordnance and ordnance stores

Issued by the Ordnance Department. Outlines how ordnance should be classed and prints a copy of the fifth section of ordnance regulations passed by the War Department on 20 April 1813, which pertained to making ordnance reports. Wadsworth was...

GLC01450.718.03

to Thomas Oakes

Orders Captain Oakes of the first regiment of Massachusetts militia to appear with his company fully armed and with knapsacks and blankets at Washington Square at 8:00 AM on the following Monday. They will meet "for inspection which will be as...

GLC01450.720.11

to Moody Bedel

Writes to Bedel about the jubilation surrounding the news of peace in the War of 1812, the celebration of George Washington's birthday, and the dissolution of the consolidated 11th and 22nd regiments. Heaps praise on several officers. Indicates...

GLC01450.721.08

to Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.

Thanks him for an invitation to the celebration for the emancipation of Rome by Italian forces. In 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III withdrew his troops from Rome. Italian troops moved into the city, and Rome voted for union with...

GLC01464

to Mrs. M.A. Bosbyshell

Douglass cannot help Mrs. Bosbyshell obtain the postage stamps she asked for. Advises her to apply to the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the President of Liberia, or the Post Master General of Bolivia.

GLC01467

to Consuls and Commercial Agents of the United States

Circular letter instructing the recipients to issue only the enclosed sample Sea-letter (not included) to vessels so that ships owned by American citizens could be identified (and property protected) and fraud from forged seals and sea-letters could...

GLC01470

to Lizzie Ellicott

Jocular letter where he talks of mutual acquaintances, taking a trip east in June, and other trivial matters. Promises her that when he becomes President, Mr. Pike will receive a diplomatic appointment "and you shall enjoy old world sights for me."

GLC01473

to George Washington

Refers to Washington's resignation as head of the Order of the Cincinnati. Describes a settlement he left after receiving a request to take command of the Massachusetts state militia, which was needed to suppress Shays' Rebellion. In response to a...

GLC01478

to Benjamin Lincoln

Washington writes "Are your people getting mad?"

GLC01479

to Edwin M. Stanton

Typed and signed as a true copy by Albert L. Mills as First Lieutenant and Adjutant First Cavalry. Meigs, United States Quartermaster General, recounts that General Brisbin and a small squad of recruits made "great efforts to rally the retreating and...

GLC01504.02.12