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AUTOBIOGRPAHY OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR

by Wistar, Isaac Jones

Philadelphia: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1937

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC JONES WISTAR 1827 - 1905. HALF A CENTURY IN WAR AND PEACE

by WISTAR, Isaac

Philadelphia : The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology , 1937

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED AS UNITED STATES SENATOR, WRITTEN FROM "BOSTON 31ST OCT '71" ASKING AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT TO PROVIDE HIM WITH SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE BILLS RELATING TO RECONSTRUCTION

by Sumner, Charles

Boston 1871

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

by [CIVIL WAR]

Stevenson, AL 24 August 1863

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED C. L. VALLANDIGHAM, FROM DAYTON, OHIO, 12 NOVEMBER 1870, TO "MR. WM. SMITH, PRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOL. SIR: - YOUR 'REPORT' FOR THE QR. ENDING NOV. 11TH 1870, AS TO CHARLIE, WAS RECEIVED AT MY HOUSE UNOPENED. HE HAS NO INHERITED TALENT FOR MATHEMATICS; BUT OUGHT, THEREFORE, THE MORE DILIGENTLY TO APPLY HIMSELF TO THEM. C. L. VALLANDIGHAM

by Vallandigham, Clement

Dayton 1870

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM "HD. QTRS FORCES MIDDLE TENN. NOV. 23RD" [1862]. LT. COL. BUCKNER, GENERAL JOHN BRECKINRIDGE'S AAG, URGES BRIGADIER GENERAL AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY JOSEPH WHEELER TO "SO ARRANGE IT THAT COURIERS MAY ARRIVE EITHER BEFORE 12 M. OR AFTER DAY LIGHT. WE ARE SO SITUATED THAT EVERY ONE IN THE HOUSE IS AROUSED BY ANY COURIER THAT ARRIVES IN THE NIGHT. OF COURSE WHEN PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT SEND THEM AT ANY HOUR.

by Buckner, John A.

Middle Tennessee 1862

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM CAPTAIN AND AAG R.C. SHANNON, TO GENERAL THOMAS H. RUGER, SOLICITING HIS RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ORDINANCE BOARD, ADVISING OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS, AND INFORMING HIM OF THE PROGRESS IN ORGANIZING THE 20TH U.S.C.T.

by Shannon, Richard Cutts

Rikers Island, Draft Rendezvous, New York 1863

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, BY COLONEL GILES WALDO SHURTLEFF OF THE 5TH U.S. COLORED TROOPS, CAMP DELAWARE, NOVEMBER 10, 1863, TO FRIEND PROFESSOR EDWARD H. MERRELL OF WISCONSIN: "TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY, I STARTED TO OH ON A VISIT, HAD BEEN HOME TWO DAYS RETURN A DISPATCH CAME ORDERING ME IMMEDIATELY BACK TO CAMP. I CAME AND FOUND THAT WE WERE UNDER ORDERS TO REMOVE TO FORT MONROE. BUT AS WE WERE DELAYED SOME DAYS IN CAMP I GOT LEAVE TO GO TO PAINESVILLE. STAID THIRTY HOURS - WHAT HOURS!" "THINGS IN CAMP ARE AS USUAL. MCCOY HAS JUST RECEIVED APPOINTMENT AS COLONEL. THE OFFICERS ALL WANTED ME AND PETITIONED SEC. OF WAR TO THAT EFFECT, BUT THE GOV. WAS BOUND TO APPOINT A PET. HE WAS TERRIBLY WRATHY WHEN HE HEARD OF THAT PETITION THOUGH IT WAS SIGNED BY EVERY OFFICER IN CAMP EXCEPT MYSELF. IT WAS CIRCULATED WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. THE OLD GOV. SWORE ABOUT ME TERRIBLY, CALLED ME A 'DAMN MEAN INTRIGUING CUSS' AND APPLIED OTHER COMPLIMENTARY EPITHETS. I SAID NOT A WORD FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN WROTE HIM A HUGE LETTER, CALLIN

by [U.S. Colored Troops] Shurtleff, Giles Waldo

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED BY CONFEDERATE COMMISSARY AGENT C.F. STUBBS FROM LAKE CITY FLORIDA 1 SEPTEMBER 1863, TO MAJOR P.W. WHITE AT QUINCY FLORIDA, COMPLAINING THAT "CAPT. McKAY HAS NOT BOUGHT OR ENGAGED A SINGLE BEEF AND SAYS HE WILL NOT MOVE A PEG UNTIL FUNDS ARE PLACED IN HIS HANDS

by [Confederate Letter] Stubbs, C.F.

Lake City FL 1863

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED 12 MARCH 1861, TO JAMES PECKHAM OF MISSOURI, CONGRATULATING PECKHAM ON HIS FIERY DEFENSE OF THE UNION DELIVERED IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE AND REPORTED IN THE MISSOURI DEMOCRAT ON 9 MARCH 1861

by Finkbine, Reverend Tobias

Shelbyville, Illinois 1861

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR SHORTER, AGREEING THAT RAISING A COMPANY OF EXEMPTS IS NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION AGAINST "INSURRECTIONARY MOVEMENTS" AND PROPOSING TO RAISE A COMPANY OF HORSEMEN "FOR HOME PROTECTION.

by Pack, James T.

Hamburg, Alabama 1862

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO GENERAL GIDEON J. PILLOW, FROM CAPT. J.L. WHITE OF WHITE HALL, ABBE[VILLE] DISTRICT S.C., AND LIEUT. WILLIAM JAY, 29 APRIL 1863, CONCERNING EFFORTS TO ROUND UP ABSENTEES FROM THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AFTER THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO

by [Pillow, Gideon]

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED 9 SEPTEMBER 1863 AT MADISON, FLORIDA, TO MAJOR P.W. WHITE AT QUINCY, FLORIDA, CONCERNING THE CONFEDERACY'S "PRESSING DEMAND FOR BEEF.

by [Confederate Letter] Stubbs, C.F.

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ON PLAIN LINED PAPER, TO E.B. FRENCH, DATED AT HAMPDEN [MAINE], AUGUST 19, 1861, ASKING FOR HELP IN SECURING A CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION FOR J.C. PETERSON: "I DESIRE TO ASK A PERSONAL FAVOR OF YOU. IT IS FOR YOU TO SEE THE SECY OR AST SECY OF WAR, FOR ME, IN THE CASE I WILL STATE, AND YOU WILL SUBMIT THIS LETTER TO THE SECY. I FEAR IF I WRITE AN ORDINARY LETTER, IT MAY BE OVERLOOKED IN THE PRESS OF BUSINESS AND HENCE I ASK YOUR IMMEDIATE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO IT. "I INTENDED TO RECOMMEND J.C. PETERSON, A NATIVE OF N.Y. BUT NOW A PHYSICIAN AT ST. JOHN N.B. FOR A CAPT IN THE ARMY. I SUPPOSED I DID SO, BUT J.C. PATTERSON - NOT PETERSON, HAS BEEN NOMINATED & CONFIRMED A CAPT. THERE IS NO SUCH MAN. THERE MUST THEREFORE BE A VACANCY IN THAT PLACE OF CAPT. AS THERE IS NO J.C. PATTERSON TO ACCEPT. HENCE I SUPPOSE J.C. PETERSON CAN BE APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED TO SUPPLY THAT VACANCY, AND HIS NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE AT THE NEXT SESSION. I WANT IT DONE AT ONCE BECAUSE I INFORMED PETERSON THAT

by Hamlin, Hannibal

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM CONGRESSMAN RANDALL TO AN UNKNOWN RECIPIENT, FROM WASHINGTON, 19 MARCH 1869

by Randall, Samuel Jackson [Ulysses S. Grant]

Washington D.C. 1869

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM HIS GEORGIA HOME, 1 MARCH 1877, EXPLAINING THE ADVANTAGES OF AUGUSTA FOR A YOUNG LAWYER

by Toombs, Robert

Washington, Georgia 1877

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED 5 SEPTEMBER 1861, FROM WEALTHY PHILADELPHIA PHILANTHROPIST FISHER, TO FORMER RHODE ISLAND CONGRESSMAN ELISHA POTTER, AGREEING WITH FISHER'S OPPOSITION TO LINCOLN ADMINISTRATION POLICIES

by Fisher, J. Francis

Philadelphia 1861

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM F.S. LYON OF DEMOPOLIS, TO GOVERNOR A.B. MOORE, 4 MARCH 1861, RECOMMENDING THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. WILLIAM C. ASHE AS SURGEON TO THE REGIMENT WITH RANK OF MAJOR

by [Alabama in the Confederacy]

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED "A.J. TOUTANT," TO CONFEDERATE GENERAL SAMUEL COOPER, ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, INQUIRING WHETHER, AS A MOUNTED OFFICER AND AIDE-DE-CAMP TO MAJOR GENERAL MANSFIELD LOVELL, HE IS ENTITLED TO CAVALRY PAY

by Toutant, Alcee J.

Richmond Va. 1863

AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WILLIAM H. WATSON, GOVERNOR SALOMON'S MILITARY SECRETARY, TO COLONEL THOMAS H. RUGER, COMMANDING THE THIRD WISCONSIN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, 13 AUGUST 1862, CONCERNING PROMOTION OF OFFICERS

by [Wisconsin]

Madison 1862