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15 December 1864
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
to Mrs. Showbergh [?]
Recipient's name is illegible. Gives his condolences for her husband, Henry R. Showbergh's [?] death.
GLC07483.22
7 January 1867
to C[?] Van W[?]
Asks recipient to send money to England because his daughter is spending a year in Europe. Recipient's name is illegible.
GLC07483.23
[1850/05/23 ca.]
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Instructions to the jury in Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon
Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."
GLC07516.02
20 November 1859
Doyle, Mahala (fl. 1859)
to John Brown
By the widow and mother of three men killed by Brown in the Pottawatomie massacre: "My son John whose life I begged of [you] is grown up and is very desirous to be at Charlestown on the day of your execution, would certainly be there if his means...
GLC07590
1815/11/29
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to William Eustis re: relations with the British (in hand of Louisa Adams)
"...[I]f we intend to hold our right as valid we must be prepared to maintain it by force. Early in the course of the summer, the British Governement determined to maintain and to encrease [sic] their naval armaments on the Canadian Lakes this very...
GLC07615
[1867]/01/12
Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)
to Leonard Swett re: opposing re-election of [Lyman] Trumbull
"[K]nowing all [Trumbull's] cold selfish treachery towards [Lincoln], can you not write today, to influential parties in S. and tell them the whole truth." Mrs. Lincoln also denies Mrs. McGuinness the gift of Lincoln's cane, calling her a "low...
GLC07619
1835/02/06
Travis, William B.
to David G. Burnet re: politics in Texas
"Austin has been admitted to Bail. Letters from him & Almonte say he will leave Mexico, intirely liberated, in a short time. The new election for governor, Lt. governor, and members of Congress, will take place here next Monday." Also mentions...
GLC07639
30 July 1864
Wheeler, Lysander (fl. 1837-1903)
to his parents, brother-in-law and sister
He write that he is now on the right wing not far from the Atlanta, Georgia railroad. Reports that during the night as they were moving they were attacked by Confederates who were severely "whipped for their tenacity that they may stick to Atlanta."...
GLC07460.091
1 February 1865
to his parents, brother-in-law, and sister
Writes that he and most of the men of the company are doing well. The wood they have been using for their fire turns everything black including their faces. They are camped about 25 [18 miles from Hardeeville, South Carolina to another site then...
GLC07460.113
4 October 1864 - 11 October 1864
Written near the Chattahoochee River in Georgia. He is writing despite the fact that no mail has been coming in or out because the rebels have cut their line of communication. There are various reports as to the location of Confederate General Joseph...
GLC07460.102
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