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1942
War Manpower Commission
Women in the War We Can't Win Without Them
GLC09543
13 May 1944
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
[One letter and one photograph related to Eleanor Roosevelt] [Decimalized .01-.02]
One letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Addie Frizielle dated May 13, 1944, and one photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt.
GLC09544
13 October 1861
Norton, Levi W.
to Fred
Envelope has free frank signature of Reuben Eaton Fenton. Writes from Camp Caldwell. Writes that Fred's [his son] letters give him assurance that he has a "good and faithful boy at home to look after things" in his absence. Receiving letters about...
GLC09006.05
30 March 1862
to wife
Envelope has free frank signature of Reuben Eaton Fenton. Writes from Camp Wool. Received food from his family, which pleased him greatly as it means that they are "as comfortable as when" he left. Discusses an unnamed woman who has passed away....
GLC09006.10
3 April 1864
Clapp, George (fl. 1839-1892)
to Parents
Will be home 17 months from tomorrow. "God grant that the cloud which now hangs over our nation" will be gone by then. The war is God's punishment. "There was never a more corrupt and sinful government than ours has been" for the past 20 years...
GLC09355.058
22 June 1789
Freeman, J. (fl. 1789)
to George Thatcher
To George Thatcher, Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress, re news from House of Representatives in Boston, titles being discussed for George Washington: "Brother Davis … followed my advice in appearing very modest the first session...
GLC09374
16 April 1877
Dorsey, Marie, (fl. 1877)
to Blanche Kelso Bruce
A note thanking Senator Bruce for the photograph he sent to Marie Dorsey. It also thanks him for being so kind to her when she was staying in Washington.
GLC09400.131
16 December 1878
Lamb, W.S., (fl. 1878)
Letter to Senator Bruce asking for assistance in gaining an appointment for Mrs. Whelan.
GLC09400.143
21 February 1876
Shields, Ella, (fl. 1876)
Shields is writing to thank Senator Bruce for his endorsement on her application for a clerks position in the Treasury Department. She says she has not received an appointment yet but is hopeful.
GLC09400.228
1 May 1876
Howard, Eliza, (fl. 1876)
Howard is writing Senator Bruce to ask for help in being reinstated as a messenger. She was furloughed in February, and has since run out of money and is in desperate need of reappointment to keep her home.
GLC09400.237
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