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of Engineers Commanding, 1p, 7½x10.
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Iowa politician William B. Allison wrote this letter to James S.
Lehmaier, Chairman of the Committee for the New York Republican Club.
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SEVEN WEEKS AFTER SURRENDERING FORT SUMTER, COLONEL ROBERT ANDERSON WRITES TO
GENERAL LORENZO THOMAS ABOUT A RECENT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LIFELONG
FRIEND, JOSHUA SPEED
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Manuscript Letter signed by him as Governor of Massachusetts, writing to
Governor Fenton of New York to vouch for a woman seeking pardon of a
convict
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Letter to Chicago real estate develop Samuel E. Gross, praising his
wife's appearance at a Washington, D.C. event held in honor of Anthony's
eightieth birthday. She has added a handwritten postscript, remembering to thank
him for a gift.
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ALS: "DR Atchison", 1p,
7¾x9½. Washington, 1853 March 30. "To the Hon Sec.
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The Civil War Union officer penned this handwritten letter and signed it in ink
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Grant's chief of staff, involved in many of the scandals of that
Presidency and indicted in two of them, requests a $110 check from Jay Cooke
& Co., whose bankruptcy would later trigger the Panic of 1873.
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Orville E. Babcock, President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary, signed
this letter on White House stationery in 1871. In it, he says that Grant
couldn't attend a ball in honor of Russia's Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, who
was in the United States as a goodwill ambassador.
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THEODORUS BAILEY
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The politician and soldier from Massachusetts signs this handwritten
letter to a Mr. Bright
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Banks sends a letter to Governor Ramsay in regards to introducing a
constituent
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Nathaniel P. Banks wrote this letter from his lifelong home of
Waltham, Massachusetts in 1889, at the beginning of his last term in Congress,
about his appointments and to apologize for not being able to make it to
Washington, D. C. that week.
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Banks sends a letter in regards to the volumes of Perry's Japan
Expedition
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Banks sends a letter in regards to Prisoners that attended the State
Reform School
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Nathaniel P. Banks signed this manuscript letter to a friend in 1870
to say that "I was glad to get your letter assuring me, that you were still
in the land of the living."
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Letter written as Chief Marshall of the Garfield Memorial
Association
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As President of Cleveland's First National Bank, the Union veteran
writes about a matter affecting the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, of which
he was a Director.
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Album page containing two items signed by Barton: a 4x6 photo and a 4x7
autograph letter circa 1895. On verso is a typed letter signed by general and
politician Benjamin F. Butler in 1890.
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Beaver writes a letter saying he would be glad to be at the first
Annual Dinner of the Republican Club, if nothing else comes up
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A letter from the Pennsylvania Governor saying he will be unable to
attend a Republican Club of New York dinner due to a prior engagement in
Ohio
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A letter from the Governor on Executive Department letterhead to an
associate, saying he will be unable to meet for dinner due to prior
engagements
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War-dated letter to a US Paymaster about a payment owed a soldier's
dependent, and offering to help locate deserters
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Letter from the Secretary of War dated 1875, transcribing a previous
letter sent confirming the shipment of seeds to a Captain in Wisconsin
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ALS: "Wm. W. Belknap" as Grant's
Secretary of War, 1½p, front and verso, 5x7¾.
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Just a year before his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of
War declines an invitation to speak to the Chamber of Commerce.
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William W. Belknap sends an autograph letter forwarding
information.
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Writing to a former foe, Confederate General M. J. Wright, Belknap
looks forward to a veterans' reunion. Discredited politically, he could still
find satisfaction in the fellowship of fellow soldiers.
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Two weeks before Congress launched the investigation which would lead
to his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of War signed this transmittal
letter to the Attorney General.
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Manuscript LS: "Wm. W.
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The American Rear Admiral pens this letter in which he discuss the value of
some belongings, in iron gall ink
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As Commander of the US East India Squadron, he issues orders to the
commander of the flagship Hartford to read a General Order to all
officers and crew.
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Admiral Henry H. Bell signed this manuscript letter, written in Hingo
Japan in 1868, as commander of the U. S. Navy's Asiatic Fleet. In it, he
instructs a ship commander to send all future communications to him to Hong
Kong. Bell was Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron for two years
during the American Civil War. He wrote this letter less than two weeks
before drowning near Hyogo, Japan.
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The politician and statesman who served as Lincoln's Minister to France pens this letter
arranging a appointment
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The American statesman, Lincoln's ambassador to France, writes as President of the
New York Public Library, trying to track down old associates. A rare signature!
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Civil War-dated letter to Secretary of War Stanton, recommending the
appointment of a Presbyterian minister and classics instructor as a military
hospital chaplain. (The applicant's son was a Union Major-General.) As a legal
advocate for President Lincoln's emergency war measures, Binney had a right to
expect that his recommendation would carry some weight.
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TLS: "William H. Bisbee", 1p, 6½x9.
Brookline, Mass., 1939 February 14. To John E.
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Congressman Black responds to an invitation to attend a function
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James V. Bomford signed this manuscript letter to a Washington, D. C.
auditor as commander of the 8th Infantry regiment in 1868. It accompanied a list
of deceased soldiers. Bomford was a Union officer during the American Civil War
and brevetted a brigadier general at war's end.
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Recommending applicants for office while criticizing the practice:
"The custom is always done and half the time is a fraud upon the public & an
impertinence to the party addressed."
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THE UNION CIVIL WAR GENERAL WRITES HOME WHILE RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED
AT THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES (FAIR OAKS)
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The Governor of Connecticut from 1858-1866 signs his name on this
letter and mentions that the recipient found out a good way to acquire his
autograph
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This handwritten letter introducing his predecessor to the American
Minister in Paris is signed by the Connecticut Governor a year before his
death
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The Union cavalry commander, whose decision to "hold the high ground"
on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg may have saved the Union, prepares
to inspect the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the first year of the war.
Double-matted and framed with a biographic plaque to an overall size of 20½x22½.
Buford died less than five months after Gettysburg. A very scarce war-dated
document!
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"I offer as reward of $25 to any soldier who will capture a Horse thief or
marauder, dead or alive."
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In a lengthy ALS written shortly before his death, the Union general
advocates a single organization uniting Union and Confederate veterans, and also
claims that the battle of Chickamauga would have been won if he had been
present.
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ALS: "A.E. Burnside", 1p, 4½x7.
Liverpool Adelphi Hotel Company Limited, Liverpool. No date. To Reynolds.
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Autograph Letter signed as US Senator (1880), accompanied by his
hand-addressed mailing envelope
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Written from London after he tried, unsuccessfully, to negotiate the end of
the Franco-Prussian War.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this long letter to
his law partner Oliver D. Barrett in 1889 regarding a case brought by Samuel
Strong and about his house being "possessed" on Inauguration Day.
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Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1854 to say that he had "a
man to work for his board through the winter" available and that he didn't
want the recipient to stay at his mother's home for pay, because "Mother has
Kept. Boarders long enough and is at present not obliged so to
do"
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1876
to Charles P. Thompson, U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. It accompanied
a resolution about a private claim against the British Government, not included,
and detailed Butler's reasons why it should be supported.
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter to Charles A.
Dana, former Assistant Secretary of War, in 1884 to apologize for not meeting
him when he was in New York City.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1882,
when he was Governor of Massachusetts, for information about two Supreme Court
cases.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this manuscript
letter in New York City in 1892, one year before his death, to request
information on how a railroad got into and out of receivership.
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1877 to answer a
question, not about himself, but about someone that he was often confused with:
U. S. Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this war-dated
letter, written on stationery from the headquarters of the 18th Army Corps in
1863, about a Confederate soldier who had made an oath of allegiance to the
United States. This letter was written less than two weeks after President
Abraham Lincoln's amnesty for Confederate soldiers who took this oath.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on his law firm's letterhead in 1892, to turn down a request for a
photograph.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this typed letter
in Washington, D. C. to his law partner Frank L. Washburn in 1887. In it, he
mentions that he can't try a case, nor does he really want to due to unpaid fees
from another case.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on his law office letterhead in 1888, to Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York
Sun.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on the letterhead of his law office in 1885, to a friend about her mother's
estate.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on the letterhead of his law office in 1887, to say that a shopkeeper wanted to
employ the recipient's son.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter to say
that he didn't have time to write an article.
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He writes to insure that the rent on a property in Washington gets
paid.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed on his
law office letterhead in 1890, to say that "Perhaps it would amuse you to write
out for her what you remember of the Ellison family."
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Union General Daniel Butterfield sends an autograph letter of
invitation to a meeting.
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Union General Daniel Butterfield sends an autograph letter of regret
that he will not be able to give a speech due to illness.
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Daniel Butterfield sends a typed letter to Felix Campbell about House
Bill 9210.
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This letter is handwritten and signed by the Civil War infantry man
who was captured and wrote the infamous poem, "Sherman's March to the Sea" while
in prison. He mentions to the recipient that he never had the honor of meeting
"the immortal Lincoln". Extremely rare!
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ALS: Geo. Cadwalader", 1p, 7¾x9¾.
Philadelphia, 1836 July 16.
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Fulfilling a request.
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An elder Cameron writes to a friend in the hospital - 1887
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ALS sending a referral
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At 90, he writes of sending a case of wine to an old frined
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Signed Autograph Letter as Pennsylvania State Printer (1827), impatiently
demanding a shipment of paper
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Signed Autograph Letter (1888), inviting a friend for a luncheon and an
overnight visit
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Pennsylvanian asks Ohioan to speak in his state.
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As Secretary of War, he writes to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the
Navy
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About passing laws "which prevent cruelty to our 'dumb
friends'".
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Manuscript LS: "E.R.S. Canby", 1¼p, 7¾x9¾.
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As president of an artists' institute, he writes a professor about
two students and about the school's future.
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The hero of the Battle of Gettysburg expressing his gratitude for receiving a photo of
President Lincoln from Frederick Meserve, famed collector of Lincoln and Civil War
photos
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Four-page invitation for a trip on his yacht, eloquently describing
the joys of the Maine coast
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Letter recommending employment of an art student, and discussing the
future of the Stinson Institute for Artist-Artisans, which Chamberlain served as
President for in the 1890s.
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Four-page letter strongly supporting an art student's hopes of
joining a New York company
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He signs a handwritten 1871 letter responding to a bill for nautical
equipment, complaining that some of it was faulty.
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As Governor of Maine (1868), he solicits agricultural statistics to include
in an upcoming speech.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain wrote this letter in 1890, saying that he
couldn't speak out on a tariff, but adding that Massachusetts "has well
enough rebuked the rash & headstrong extremists of the Republican
party".
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The highly-decorated Union officer pens this letter to a Judge Whitehouse in which he
states that friendship is more important to him than any official title
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Chamberlain handwrote, signed and dated this letter in 1892 as president of
the Florida West Coast Improvement Company "constructing the Silver Springs,
Ocala and Gulf Railroad". Accompanied by unsigned b/w photograph of
Chamberlain.
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Writing 25 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the hero of Little Round Top gives a
judicious but convincing answer to a question of whether Union Corps Commander
Daniel Sickles acted wisely or foolishly by advancing his men on the 2nd day of the
battle.
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As Corresponding Secretary of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, an army he chronicled extensively, he sends the wording for the
plate on the Society's statue honoring President Garfield.
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George Stephenson signs an autograph letter to the colonel commanding his
artillery regiment, urging that his lieutenant's commission be made official so
that he can see to the re-supply of his company.
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A U.S. soldier in Grant's army during the Vicksburg Campaign, writes
to his sister, describing life in camp and sending home a portion of his
pay.
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This war-dated letter was written by a Union soldier to his friend
early in 1862, from Fort Warren, Massachusetts, a prison for Confederate
prisoners. It was written in the wake of several Union victories and reveals
high morale among Union troops and high faith in the abilities of Abraham
Lincoln and General George McClellan. It also reveals some interesting
details about life in a prison for prisoners-of-war, including the gleeful
schadenfreude that the author felt at the prisoners' plights.
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Letter to Civil War General Joseph J. Morrison, who was trying to
locate a fellow soldier.
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CIVIL WAR: UNION
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A soldier writes home about the
disastrous consequences of the Union loss at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
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