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1861-1865 circa
Pratt, Oliver D., fl. 1863-1864
[Collection of Oliver D. Pratt, L company, 1st battalion, 4th regiment, Massachusetts, cavalry] [Decimalized .01-.03.12]
Contains 2 diaries and 12 letters.
GLC01003
1864
[Diary Oliver D. Pratt]
Autograph manuscript signed. Pratt served in Co. L, 1st Battalion, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry. Approximately 100 pages written in pencil. Military content about war in Virginia. Dated June 10- October 1, 1864.
GLC01003.01
April 4, 1834
Crockett, David "Davy", 1786-1836
to John Drurey
Attacks Jackson concerning the Bank of the US and compares him to Julius Caesar. the "despot" Jackson and "little Judas" Van Buren.
GLC00931
February 18, 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to Beverley Randolph
Secretary of State Jefferson writes to Randolph, a former Virginia Governor and a commissioner to the Indians of the northwest frontier, to request (with the blessing of President George Washington) that he represent the South at an "assembly of...
GLC00936
03 May 1834
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
[Presidential appointment of James Dunlop, William O'Neale, and Thomas Carbery as inspectors of the District of Columbia penitentiary]
Countersigned by Secretary of State Louis McLane. With two engraved portraits of Andrew Jackson. One bust engraving of Jackson included as collateral.
GLC00937
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