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7 February 1881
Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889)
to Thomas Taylor
Regrets his inability to attend a Mexican War reunion. Reminisces about the war and expresses his feeling that veterans should be remembered and honored.
GLC04068
circa 1881
Gibson, Ella E. (fl. 1881)
[Card depicting the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's bald eagle, "Old Abe"]
With the story of "Old Abe" on the verso. The live eagle reportedly was brought on all the regiment's marches during its first three years. Gibson gives the "true history": Abe was captured by an Indian in 1861 and presented to an officer. In 1864...
GLC03619.02.17
23 February 1884
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Joseph Egoff
Answers Egoff's request for a war relic and photograph by stating that a Mr. Rice of Philadelphia has made an engraving of Sherman with facsimile signature that is available for sale. Gives the contact address.
GLC04338.01
1890
Kurz & Allison
Battle of New Orleans
Published by Kurz & Allison at 76 & 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Depicts General Andrew Jackson, on a white horse, leading his troops in the defense of New Orleans on 8 January 1815, the last major battle of the War of 1812. The American troops are...
GLC00249.01
22 January 1884
Corbin, Henry Clark (1842-1909)
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Corbin recently requested the support of eighteen United States Representatives for a bill granting Brevet Major General Hunt, Colonel retired, the rank of Major General on the retired list. Transmits to Hunt the favorable replies of several...
GLC02382.129
14 June 1894
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to Mrs. W. Chandler
On stationery of US Civil Service Commission. "There must be failure and sorrow, where life is as it should be, eager, strenuous, vigorous. It has been a hobby of mine that intellect was of small moment compared to character." With envelope.
GLC05726
14 August 1897
Duke, Basil Wilson (1838-1916)
to George A. Dary
Duke, a former Confederate lieutenant colonel and historian, acknowledges receipt of a letter from Dary, a Boston lawyer. Confirms that Dary's letter (not included) was accompanied by a copy of President Abraham Lincoln's correspondence with Edwin M...
GLC05922.02
3 November 1879
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)
to A. C. Barstow
Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and...
GLC06009
6 March 1885
Gibbon, John (1827-1896)
Refers to military decisions providing post-war funds to soldiers. Comments on Democrat leadership. Invites Hunt to Chicago to see the Gettysburg painting.
GLC02382.055
29 July 1878
Beale, James (fl. 1878)
to Maj. Geo. Hooker
read an article in which an ex-Confederate claimed a certain battle never happen. all these indiscrepancies will give rise to the claim that the war never happened.
GLC09171.9
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon
Depicts a pastor and members of his congregation presenting church bells to be used to create weapons of war. The officer who accepts the bells removes his hat in recognition of the reverence of the occasion. Slaves perform the work of lifting the...
GLC00493.19
1897
Porter, Horace (1837-1921)
Campaigning with Grant
Published by The Century Co. in New York and printed by The DeVinne Press. The two volumes contain 32 chapters, which cover the period from Grant's move to the eastern theatre in 1864 until Lee's surrender in 1865. Contains tipped-in autographs...
GLC04203
1886/10/16
Stone, Lucy
to Mrs. Edward Bissell re: a thank you letter for the Toledo Report
The letter also wishes that all members "belonged to the American W.S.A."
GLC06895.03
4 June 1897
Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905)
to the committee on the Shaw monument
Atkinson, treasurer of the Robert Gould Shaw monument committee, informs other members of the committee that he intends to depart for London, England, and St. Petersburg, Russia. States that he hopes to finish matters concerning the monument before...
GLC02928.04
26 November 1898
Harper & Brothers (1833-1962)
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
GLC08725.13
1887/10/01
Benjamin, Marcus (fl. 1887)
to [Johnston Livingston] re: necessity to hurry up the "Livingston matter"
The letter was printed on stationary of "Office Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography."
GLC03107.04172
1886
Long, A. L. (Armistead Lindsay) (1827-1891)
Memoirs of Robert E. Lee
Title continues "His Military and Personal History embracing a large amount of information heretofore unpublished...together with incidents relating to his private life subsequent to the war." Published by J. M. Stoddart & Company, New York and B.F...
GLC00267.272
1889/10/05
Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891)
to John C. Ropes re: declining to speak in Boston
"Fair minded men on the opposite sides in War, are impressed so differently by the same events that I could not hope your society would accept my statements of occurrences...". Includes collateral note dated 3/11/n.y., manuscript on Johnston's...
GLC07403
22 June 1877
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893)
from Rutherford B. Hayes
One blank form letter from Rutherford B. Hayes dated June 22, 1877. Relates to a rule where civil servants cannot influence the political scope or elections, but are not prevented from expressing their views to the public as long as it does not...
GLC09772
25 September 1883
Discusses Hunt's retirement. Expresses hope that Logan (possibly Senator John Logan, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs) presses the 62 year bill during the upcoming winter. Writes "I shall not mourne when my time comes, tho' I do not...
GLC02382.048
circa 1895
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A.
Two African American men, one girl, and four women picking cotton. A white man on a horse is in the background. The women and the girl wear the same plaid dresses, and there are two large baskets of cotton in the field. The title "Cotton is King...
GLC09593
1881 May 13
Black, J.W.
[Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard]
Carte de visite of the organizer of 1st U.S. Colored Infantry, vignette bust. Shepard later served as U.S. Counsel at Hankow, China.
GLC05918.03
Election in Baltimore, November, 1862
Depicts Federal troops overseeing the election. They are intimidating the respectable citizens attempting to vote while encouraging those of less reputable character. Unruly Unionist members of the crowd, at least some of whom appear to be African...
GLC00493.09
12 October 1886
Endicott, William (fl. 1885-1886)
to J.Q.A. Ward
Written on "War Department" stationary [lined] by Secretary of War Endicott. Re: proper location within Washington, D.C., for the erection of the President Garfield memorial statue.
GLC06343.247
16 February 1886
"War Department" stationary. Secretary of War Endicott approves an extension requested by Ward on the deadline for the completion of the President Garfield memorial pedestal. Lined paper.
GLC06343.244
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