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- Collection: Civil War and Slavery Collection
Letter about the Lincoln-McClellan campaign by Reverdy Johnson
Letter about the Lincoln-McClellan campaign by former Attorney General, Reverdy Johnson supporter of McClellan. Believing that Lincoln's actions on emancipation and other areas to be illegal, he states "I hope you can keep the case before the public.…
Letter from D.S. Austin to his brother
Letter from D.S. Austin from Sandstone, Michigan to his brother Asa H. Austin in Romeo, Michigan, Sept. 14, 1865. Letter is an update on the family.
Letter from David Davis
Letter from David Davis, U.S. Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the US Supreme Court requesting a meeting, Feb. 28th.
Letter from Edward Bates
Note from Edward Bates, US Attorney General under Abraham Lincoln from 1861 to 1864. "Sir, Coming home, after an absence of six weeks, I find your letter of July 11. It is dated only at "Hartford" the poststamp, as usual, is illegible, so I direct…
Letter from Gideon Welles to Commodore H. H. Bell
Letter from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, to Commadore H. H. Bell refusing to accept his resignation, July 30, 1863.
Letter from James Tanner to A.S. Clark
Letter from James Tanner to A.S. Clark requesting copies of newspapers from the Civil War era. Tanner served as Secretary Stanton's stenographer and was at Lincoln's deathbed. His notes were the first official evidence and the most comprehensive…
Letter from Sidney Riley to his brother and sister
Personal letter from Sidney Riley in Oxford, Michigan to his brother and sister in Romeo Michigan, August 6, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Richard M. Blatchford
Letter from William Henry Seward, Sec. of State under Abraham Lincoln, to the Hon. R.M. Blatchford
Letter of agreement for James Garrard
Contract guaranteeing James Garrard, the Governor of Kentucky, three thousand dollars.
Letter to Abraham. L. Pennock, June 18, 1845
Letter to Quaker abolitionist Abraham L. Pennock in Haverford, Pennsylvania from a fellow Quaker in England cautioning him about activism with Abolitionist societies in America. The correspondent also inquires about the availability of work and…
Letter to Caleb B. Smith from Wm. P. Fessenden recommending Mr. John E. Sherman
Letter to Secretary of the Interior, Caleb B. Smith from U.S. Senator from Maine, William P. Fessenden recommending Mr. John E. Sherman for a clerkship.
Letter to James Anderson from George Washington Parke Custis, June 26, 1806
Letter to James Anderson, manager of the White House Plantation from George Washington Parke Custis, the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, from Mt. Washington. The letter concerns the management of the properties, sale of livestock, and…