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Forsyth, John, 1812-1877. John Forsyth deputy postmaster commission, 1845.

Title: John Forsyth deputy postmaster commission, 1845.

Commission, 3 July 1845, designating John Forsyth (1812-1877) as deputy postmaster at Columbus, Ga., with signatures of President James K. Polk and Secretary of State James Buchanan.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226292177 View

Miscellaneous Papers

Title: Miscellaneous Papers

The collection consists of single or small groupings of items arranged in units by provenance. Included are tax forms, records of accounts, slave lists and bills of sale, land patents, schedules of debt, wills, marriage licenses, naturalization papers, invitations, proclamations, commissions, sermons, speeches, and reminiscences, predominantly from North Carolina, Virginia, and other southern states. There is little correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 800; 3.0

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Misc.Papers.html View

Yale University, Beinecke Library. Loomis Papers.

Title: Yale University, Beinecke Library. Loomis Papers.

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Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

Title: James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884

These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)

https://sova.si.edu/record/SIA.FARU7060 View

Commissioners of the Confederate States of America to the Government of the United States. Letter book, 1861 Feb. 27-Apr. 11.

Title: Letter book, 1861 Feb. 27-Apr. 11.

Letter book maintained by J.T. Pickett, secretary to the commissioners, containing copies of 72 letters, dispatches, and telegrams sent and received by the commissioners from the time of their appointment to the demand for the evacuation of Fort Sumter. The bulk of the correspondence is with officials of the U.S. and Confederate departments of state. Correspondents include General G.T. Beauregard, William M. Browne, Abraham Lincoln, F.W. Pickens, William H. Seward, Robert Toombs, and L.P. Walker.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (111 p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122585654 View

Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885. Robert Augustus Toombs papers, 1861.

Title: Robert Augustus Toombs papers, 1861.

Chiefly records documenting expenses of Confederate commission sent to negotiate with United States government and correspondence re diplomatic ties between Confederate States of America and United States, from office of Secretary of State in Montgomery, Ala. Including letter, 3 Mar. 1861, Washington, D.C., from Martin J. Crawford, to Robert Toombs, Secretary of State, Confederate States of America, Montgomery, Ala., discussing conversations with U.S. government re Southern secession and diplomatic relations; letter, 12 Mar. 1861, from John Forsythe and Martin J. Crawford, Washington, D.C., to William H. Seward, U.S. Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., re proclamation of secession and independence for Confederacy, and request for peaceful settlement. Letter, 15 Apr. 1861, from J.J. Pickett, Washington, D.C., to Robert Toombs, re mustering of 75,000 volunteers in the ranks of U.S. Army in preparation for war; undated letter from John Forsythe, Martin J[enkins] Crawford, and A[lfred] B. Roman, Washington, D.C., to William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the U.S., Washington, D.C., re Confederate offer to negotiate peace, U.S. refusal to negotiate, end of discussions, and preparation for war. Also including undated real estate records, including questions and answers re real estate and terms of property ownership.

ArchivalResource: v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42576031 View