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    Joshua Coit correspondence,
    Joshua Coit papers Catalog Record Only
    Letters from Coit to his wife Nancy, his eldest son Robert, and Charles Bulkeley, all of New London, Conn., chiefly written in Philadelphia, Penn., while Coit was serving in Congress as a Federalist representative from Connecticut, 1793-1798. Subjects include a dinner with President George Washington, levees for Martha Washington, politics, the prospect of war with Great Britain, the XYZ Affair, an altercation between fellow...
    • Contributor: Coit, Joshua
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    Ulysses Doubleday order-book,
    Ulysses Doubleday papers Catalog Record Only
    Order-book (248 pages) concerning Doubleday's service as a major in the 4th N.Y. Artillery, as lieutenant colonel of the 3rd U.S. Colored Troops, and as colonel commanding a brigade of the 45th U.S. Colored Troops at the Battle of Five Forks. Consists of correspondence, inspection records, rosters of officers, military lessons, newspaper clippings, and material pertaining to armaments and arrangement of artillery of Forts...
    • Contributor: Doubleday, Ulysses
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    John Martin papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Martin during his Civil War service as a soldier and musician in the 116th New York Infantry Regiment. Discusses regimental operations in Louisiana especially during the siege of Port Hudson in 1863; Baltimore and Frederick, Md.; New York state; Camp Sheridan in Winchester, Va.; and Washington D.C. Includes a pro-Union speech from 1861, a newspaper clipping concerning death of Martin, and...
    • Contributor: Martin, John
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    Chandler B. Gillam papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence primarily with Gillam's wife, Sarah Larned, and his parents; diary; journal; writings; Gillam (Gilliam) family papers; photograph; and other papers relating chiefly to his Civil War service with the Twenty-eighth New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. Includes correspondence, diary, and pension papers of the regimental clerk, W.L. Hicks. Also includes one broadside relating to Capt. E.A. Bowen's Civil War service with the twenty-eighth...
    • Contributor: Hicks, W. L. (Washington L.) - Gillam, Chandler B. - Collier, Ellen C. (Ellen Clodfelter)
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    Nancy Dickerson papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speech files, writings, television scripts, family papers, financial records, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Dickerson's work as a pioneering woman in television journalism and to her leading role in the social life of Washington, D.C. Includes material pertaining to her production companies, Nancy Dickerson and Company and the Television Corporation of America; Dickerson's television news documentaries including 784 Days...
    • Contributor: Dickerson, Nancy (Nancy Hanschman)
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    John C. Doty diary,
    John C. Doty papers Catalog Record Only
    Diary kept by Doty while serving with the 122nd New York Infantry Regiment, Company G, in which he describes the Appomattox Campaign, Robert E. Lee's surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
    • Contributor: Doty, John C.
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    Alonzo Ameli papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence between Ameli and his brother, Peter Ameli, relating to Alonzo Ameli's Civil War service with the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as Duryée's Zouaves (Duryea's Zouaves), chiefly in Maryland, Virginia, and the area surrounding Washington, D.C. Ameli describes camp life, movements of the regiment, and details of skirmishes and battles including the Battle of Big Bethel, Va., 1861. He provides...
    • Contributor: Ameli, Alonzo
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    Edwin B. Weist diary,
    Edwin B. Weist papers | Edwin Bascome Weist papers Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Diary kept by Weist (1863 January 1-1864 March 4) during his Civil War service in the 20th Indiana Regiment Company A of the U.S. Army. Chronicles the regiment's encampment at Falmouth, Va., from January to April 1863 and a review of the troops in April by a "rather pale and weary" President Abraham Lincoln. Documents participation of the regiment during 1863 in campaigns in...
    • Contributor: Weist, Edwin B. (Edwin Bascome) - Bradshaw, Gordon V.
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    Charles Kline papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence including originals and transcripts of letters, envelopes, newspaper clippings, pension documents, a copy of a photograph, and a drawing relating mainly to Kline's Civil War service with the 115th New York Infantry Regiment, Company D. Subjects include Kline's capture at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and time in a prison camp in Chicago, Ill.; daily camp life; his service near Alexandria, Va., and Hilton...
    • Contributor: Kline, Charles
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    Lawrence F. Shields papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly letters written by Shields to his sister, Mary Shields, in Massachusetts during his Civil War service. He recounts his experiences as a recent immigrant from Ireland serving with the 37th New York Infantry Regiment or "Irish Rifles," a regiment chiefly composed of Irish-born members. Shields describes the daily life and military actions of his regiment including the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Includes an...
    • Contributor: Shields, Lawrence F.
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    Nelson W. Jordan family papers,
    Jordan family papers Catalog Record Only
    Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, sermons, notebooks, family trees and other genealogical information, family and personal bibles, school papers and publications, posters, photographs, and other papers pertaining to life of an African American family in Virginia and New Jersey in the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Papers of Nelson W. Jordan and his wife, Carrie Jordan, concern their activities in the...
    • Contributor: Jordan, D. Mozella - Jordan, Julia D. - Jordan, Nelson W. - Price, Peter W. - Jordan, Nelson R. - Jordan, Walker Harrison - Jordan, Carrie - Turner, Ruth - Womack, G. H. (General Henry)
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    Charles T. Fitts papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Fitts during his Civil War service in the 76th and 179th New York infantry regiments, U.S. Army, relating chiefly to his service prior to any major military action. Includes correspondence of his brother, Henry W. Fitts, while serving in the 143rd New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, written from before his enlistment to his participation on the battlefield in Tennessee and...
    • Contributor: Fitts, Charles T.
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    Benjamin Franklin Fuller papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, photographs, and other papers relating to Fuller''s Civil War service with Company A, 1st New York Light Artillery Regiment, U.S. Army, and to the Fuller family. Includes letters written by Fuller to his wife, Emma Williams Fuller, pertaining to preparations of the U.S. Army of the Potomac for the Peninsular Campaign of 1862 under General George B. McClellan as well as to other...
    • Contributor: Fuller, Benjamin Franklin
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    Isaac Hallock papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journals, orders, financial records, certificates, Hallock family papers, and printed matter relating primarily to Hallock's career in the military and the merchant marine. Documents his voyages to China aboard the clipper ship Samuel Russell with stops in Foo Chow (Fuzhou Shi) and Shanghai, China. Also documents his Civil War service as a private in the 13th New York Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, at...
    • Contributor: Hallock, Isaac
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    Fernandina (Bark) logbook,
    George W. Browne journal | George W. Browne papers Catalog Record Only
    Logbook (200 pages) of the ship USS Fernandina (bark), commanded by Browne, recording its voyages and participation in the blockade of Wilmington, N.C. (1861-1862), and other North Carolina ports as part of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, U.S. Navy. Includes records of the USS Arago (survey ship), Empire City (steamship), USS Flag (steamship), USS Philadelphia (side-wheel steamer), and USS Star of the West (steamship)...
    • Contributor: Browne, George W.
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    William Pirie papers, Catalog Record Only General correspondence (1869-1897), family correspondence, congressional reports (1889-1897), accounts and records (1883-1899), account books (8 volumes; 1876-1900), architectural notebooks (4 volumes), memorandum books (3 volumes), architectural plans and sketches, blueprints, time records, printed material, photographs, and other records, concerning granite used in construction of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. Individuals and companies represented include Bernard R. Green, of the Office of the...
    • Contributor: Pirie, William
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    W.W. Corcoran papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, letterpress books, financial records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Corcoran's business and banking interests and philanthropic efforts. Documents his involvement with the brokerage and banking firms, Corcoran & Riggs, Washington, D.C.; Riggs and Co, New York, N.Y.; Bank of America; and Wilson, Colston & Co., Baltimore, Md. Also documents his investment ventures in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad...
    • Contributor: Corcoran, W. W. (William Wilson) - Corcoran, Thomas
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    William Short papers, Catalog Record Only Diplomatic, financial, and personal correspondence, financial and business papers, memorabilia, and other papers relating to Short's activities as secretary to Thomas Jefferson, his diplomatic missions to France, Holland, and Spain, his aborted mission to Russia, and his extensive business interests, especially land speculation in Ohio, Kentucky, New York, and Virginia, and his investments in railroads and canals. Correspondence with American and European diplomatic and...
    • Contributor: Short, William
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    Wilson Barstow papers, Catalog Record Only Letters written by Barstow from Baltimore, Md., Fort Monroe, Va., and New York, N.Y., chiefly to his sister, Elizabeth Stoddard, relating to his activities during the Civil War.
    • Contributor: Barstow, Wilson
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    Daniel O. Drennan papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, military dispatches, reports, notes, documents, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, architectural drawings, memorabilia, and other papers relating to General Philip Henry Sheridan's battlefield command in Virginia in the last months of the Civil War, administration of Reconstruction policy, and actions along the Mexican border. Subjects include other military officers; Indian affairs; Yellowstone National Park; the Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; the Wounded...
    • Contributor: Drennan, Daniel O.
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    Gist family papers, Catalog Record Only Includes letters (1776-1778) of John McClure and William Sterett to Mordecai Gist relating to the Revolution in Maryland; letters (1847-1853) of W. W. H. Gist while serving in the Mexican War in New Mexico and while in California; and letters from various family members who served in the 6th Maryland Infantry and the 17th Kentucky Infantry during the Civil War relating to action in...
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    Burton Norvell Harrison family papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, reports, memoranda, manuscripts of articles, speeches, and books, and other papers. Papers of J.B. Harrison include his correspondence with William W. Norvell relating to national and Virginia politics during the administration of Andrew Jackson, Harrison's travels in Europe (1829-1831), and his notes on conversations with James Madison. Papers of Burton Norvell Harrison include letters written as private secretary to Jefferson Davis during...
    • Contributor: Harrison, Samuel Jordan - Harrison, Burton - Harrison, J. B. (Jesse Burton) - Harrison, Francis Burton - Harrison, Burton Norvell - Harrison, Fairfax
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    James O. Harrison papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, writings, notes, notebooks, biographical material, legal and financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Harrison's personal and professional life, including his law practices in Eatonton, Ga.; Lexington, Ky.; Vicksburg, Miss.; New Orleans, La.; and Richmond, Va. Also documents his work with Lexington, Ky., public schools, and his role as executor of Henry Clay's estate. Correspondents include William T....
    • Contributor: Harrison, James O.
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    Joseph R. Hawley papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, diaries, speeches, notebooks, business records, memorabilia, and other papers relating chiefly to Hawley's service as U.S. senator from Connecticut, Union army officer, and chairman of the United States Centennial Commission; work as a newspaper editor in Hartford, Conn.; and personal and family life. Documents his Civil War service with the 1st and 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiments, U.S. Army, in North Carolina, South Carolina,...
    • Contributor: Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell)
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    Fitz-John Porter papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, telegrams, reports, memoranda, articles, autobiographical, biographical and genealogical material, financial and legal papers, annotated printed matter, scrapbooks, maps, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Porter's court-martial and cashiering out of military service on January 21, 1863, as a result of his conduct during the Second Battle of Bull Run on August 29, 1862, the review by a board of officers, his reinstatement,...
    • Contributor: Porter, Fitz-John