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1887/02/06
Grant, Frederick Dent (1850-1912)
To: W.E. Mitchell.
Writing on behalf of Mrs. Grant. There are no Lincoln signatures in her possession from which the signature could be taken without destroying the value of the letter.
GLC04360.008
1897/01/30
To Genl. Wilson
He is unable to read his paper before the "Genealogical & Biographical Society" on 2/12. He already promised to attend a Lincoln Banquet, but suggests that someone else may read his paper.
GLC04360.013
26 June 1887
Porter, Fitz-John (1822-1901)
to Robert Bruce Warden
General Porter, New York City Police Commissioner, writes to Warden, an author and associate judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. Has given General Henry Jackson Hunt, Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., an introduction card. Hopes...
GLC00214.02.12
11 July 1881
to Captain Julius Walker Adams
Mentions a past event involving Senator Henry Moore Teller in which Porter had been banned from residing in the Colorado Territory by an individual who hoped to please Secretary of War Stanton and [John] Pope; both men were enemies of Porter. At the...
GLC00214.02.10
1878-1892
Lansing, Edwin Y. (fl. 1878-1892)
Letterbook of outgoing correspondence with memoirs of military
Containing pressed copies of Lansing's letters and an account of his military career, pp. 73-78 (5/19/1882). These include military letters as clerk in the Depot Quarter Master Dept (1870s), business letters and family letters to his brother Abraham...
GLC00768.02
circa 1880
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke) (1819-1898)
Engraving of William Starke Rosecrans
Engraved by W. Wellstood. Photo by Bogardus. Dick & Fitzgerald, New York.
GLC02463.29
6 April 1891
Andrews, George L. (1828-1899)
to Robert Coster
Reports continued research and suggests other to contact regarding the letter from Robert E. Lee addressed to his son Boo (George Washington Custis Lee) at West Point (GLC07081.01). Andrews was possibly the George L. Andrews who taught French at...
GLC07081.04
25 November 1890
Spinner, Francis Elias (1802-1890)
to unknown
Discusses the origins of the design of the flag of the United States. Encloses something showing what he believes the flag should look like now (not present). Reports that he became Treasurer in 1861 and served under Presidents Lincoln, Johnson...
GLC00431.13
08 July 1884
Arthur, Chester A. (1829-1886)
[Appointment of Thomas Ward, Assistant Adj. General with rank of Major]
Appointment of Thomas War as Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Major, beginning on June 28, 1884. Signed by Chester A. Arthur as President, countersigned by Robert T. Lincoln as Secretary of War. No reason given for promotion. Docketed at...
GLC00778.09
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Worship of the North
Depicts Lincoln in front of an altar with a black idol sitting on a platform with the words "Chicago Platform" on it. A sheet hanging from the platform says "The end justifies the means." Shows a white person being sacrificed in front of it. Henry...
GLC00493.01
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