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to Elizabeth N. Kessler

Writes to his sister from Camp Douglas. Comments about the rainy weather. Reports they marched almost five miles and played music most of the way. Notes the recent visitors they have had. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner....

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to his family

Writes about the new clothing he has bought and of its cost. Also says he is enclosing a watch which stops daily and needs to be cleaned and oiled. Discusses a position in General Silas Casey's staff which had been offered to him. Writes from the...

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to his family

Discusses the watch that he returned home and thanks family and neighbors for their gifts of a blanket and a basket. Declares he does not believe he will be given leave this week but will try to get home if he can. Writes from the United States Hotel...

GLC03603.007

to Frances B. Shiras

Reports than his family will leave the Yankton Mission for the Santee Mission. Explains that the Yanktons are sorry to see him leave, but he must go because of health problems related to his work on Sunday and the opportunity to make a prayer book in...

GLC02429.26

to Alexander Shiras

Reverend Hinman, who presided over the Santee Agency, writes to Reverend Shiras about Daniel Hemans. Notes Daniel is in good health, "is doing splendidly," and might be made a Presbyter. Thanks him for care of his boys. A postscript indicates Paul is...

GLC02429.28

to William Knox

Advises his brother William for supposed improper behavior on his arrival in Boston. Writes that Lucy is unhappy with the news about her family and mentions the dangerous conditions of the roads. Refers to an incident where mail was stolen and then...

GLC02437.00857

to Henry Knox

Writes, "I have reciev'd an Answer from Genl. [Benjamin] Lincoln a Coppy of which you will find on the other Side, the Two Tea Kittles with handles are ready, & shall be forwarded by first opportunity to Capt. Wm. Ellison at New Windsor, to be...

GLC02437.01621

to Henry Knox

Forwards letters and tells Knox about the people he has been seeing lately. Also mentions that "[s]ome members inform me that a Congress of Seven States will be formed an Wednesday or Thursday next week," which could refer to the Congressional...

GLC02437.03596

to Henry Knox

Pickering, Quartermaster General, asks Knox to write an official request to justify the allowance Pickering granted for the transportation of discharged officers' baggage (after they were discharged, many officers had difficulty traveling home). In...

GLC02437.02939

to Henry Knox

Relates that he was able to safely deliver a packet from Knox to Mrs. Greene (possibly Catharine Littlefield Greene, wife of Nathanael Greene). Sends his regards to Major Sargent, possibly Winthrop Sargent. Plans to travel to Martinico (Martinique)...

GLC02437.03145

to Samuel Winslow

For a reference to the date of Winslow's last letter to him, 17 February 1786, see GLC02437.03243. Discusses attempts to get Mrs. Waldo to release her claim on the Waldo patent lands. Is glad to hear that a Mr. Robbins is helping Samuel Winslow in...

GLC02437.03244

Request for information [incomplete]

Asks if the recipient would "be so obliging as to inform me what time Genl Green superceeded [sic] Genl. Gates - it seems necessity to accertain [sic] it in order to the settleg of my deceased brothers affair - " Date written in previously inferred...

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to Thomas Vose

Secretary of War Knox informs Captain Vose that he is in Boston to make arrangements "for giving the people upon the patent their deeds according to our agreement." Informs Vose, who helped manage business on Knox's Maine lands, that he will visit...

GLC02437.04752

to Joseph Peirce

Written by Secretary of War Knox to his agent in Boston, Joseph Peirce. Encloses documents related to the Waldo patent, including Samuel Waldo's original deed (not present). Is sending them via his friend General [Henry] Jackson. Refers to various...

GLC02437.04965

[Provision return for a man employed in the Ordinance Dept.]

A provision return for one man employed by the Ordinance Department, 4th Massachusetts Regiment, Captain Blanchard's Company. A total of three rations are to be provided commencing 18 July 1783 to 20 July 1783. The order is also signed by Samuel...

GLC02437.02302

to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Folks." A brief postcard to his Father and Step-mother that he is now living in barracks and writing this card at 6 A.M. in the pitch black. Postcard has a picture of a silver plane on a blue sky background with the words "Keep 'Em...

GLC09620.001

to Jacob Stone and Beatrice Stone

Addressed to "Dad + Bee." A brief note with very little news except that he is exhausted as they have been flying all hours of the day in order to get their minimums.

The letter is dated "Tuesday." "Letters in a Box" notes the date as December 28...

GLC09620.071

to Parents

There has been "nothing done" about the possibility of him heading home to Northampton. The wound is doing "better than one could expect." Wishes he had a good flannel shirt from Mother. One shoulder would have to be very wide so as to not hurt the...

GLC09355.105

[Pay warrant for African American soldier]

Connecticut Line Continental Army, Revolutionary War pay warrant issued to African American soldier Nero Cross, for five pounds, eight shillings, and five pence. Signed by John Lawrence, treasurer of the State, "X" on verso by Cross, and docketed...

GLC09364

to Hill

An answer to Senator Hill. This letter discusses plans for the Democratic Party in the south as they try to regain power. In the top left hand corner there is a notation that this letter is "Strictly Confidential" it is unsigned, possibly due to...

GLC09400.048

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

An answer to a previous letter sent by Senator Bruce. F. Hill mentions that it took so long to answer, but he was in ill health. There is also a vote that took place that the Democrats won. There is a tear in the top portion of the page.

GLC09400.052

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

A letter from Green asking Senator Bruce to have an appeal to the supreme court dismissed. The suit is between N.J. Green vs. J Green it was decided in J Green's favor. This was written on an accounting page from Greens Bank the Late First National...

GLC09400.092

to Blanche Kelso Bruce

Hall wrote Senator Bruce to ask the Senator to send him public announcements of a political nature for review in Mississippi. Hill also asks when he will see Senator Bruce in the state in the future as he would like his opinion on the upcoming...

GLC09400.111

Action Between the Constitution and the Guerriere

One engraving entitled "Action Between the Constitution and the Guerriere" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the naval battle of August 19,1812 between the USS Constitution and the HMS Guerriere. The Constitution destroys the Guerriere's mast and sails...

GLC08878.0038

[Three letters from an American missionary woman in China during the Boxer Rebellion] [Decimalized .01-.04]

Three letters from Marietta Manchester to her family while traveling in Japan and China on a missionary trip. According to a note that accompanies these letters she was killed during the Boxer Rebellion. There are descriptions of Japanese houses, and...

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