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[1873]/10/19
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
to John E. Williams re: solving banking crisis, Panic of 1873
Grant writes in part: "Cannot the bank presidents be brought together & resolve to aid each other?"
GLC04784
02 February 1868
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
to Wallace J. Ford
Thanks him for his letter. Inquires after Hiram College and tells him to ask Mr. Mott of the Cleveland Herald to send the newspaper to him in Washington. "I shall make a speech on the currency and its relation to our hard times before long -- in...
GLC03207
4 January 1874
Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890)
to C[harles]. L[afayette]. MacArthur
Thanks him for a copy of the second series of the Breitmann Ballads since his copy keeps getting stolen. The "Hiram Irvines are largely on the increase just now, and I fear the party has not the right kind of men at the front to lead them off."...
GLC03224
15 March 1866
McSherry, Anna (b. 1833)
to Henry F. McSherry [incomplete]
Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Says she is sorry she sent her last letter, which reported that Henry's resignation was accepted and that another surgeon was being sent to replace him. Says it is not true. Says Admirals Lee and De Clymer both...
GLC03523.21.52
1868 [?]
Republican Party
Paying Off the Democratic Public Debt
re: Civil War debts and "the legacy which the Democratic administration of James Buchanan bequeathed the Republican party."
GLC07722
1872
United States. Congress (42nd, 2nd session : 1871-1872)
Report of the joint select committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states.
Published by the Government Printing Office. Explores the Ku Klux Klan, and contains witness reports regarding the number of Klan members, Klan initiation doctrines (including swearing oaths against the Union League), and other Klan activities....
GLC08872
1869
Mungen, William (1821-1887)
President's message and repudiation
Reported and printed by F. & J. Rives and George A. Bailey. A speech delivered in the House of Representatives on January 27, 1869. Mungen argues that he is not in favor of repudiation but is in favor of equal taxation.
GLC01265.35
1866/10/06
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
Appointment of Thomas W. Ward collector of Customs at Corpus Christi
GLC02145.58
1869/10/23
Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall) (1818-1905)
to Thomas Kearny re: telling Kearny to personally collect customs
Signed as Secretary of Treasury.
GLC02145.62
12 May 1866
Cooper, Peter (1791-1883)
to John Sherman
Cooper, an inventor and philanthropist, discusses disagreement between President Andrew Johnson and Congress regarding reconstruction. Suggests to Sherman, a Senator from Ohio, that Johnson and Congress require Southern Congressional members to take...
GLC00150
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