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Dana, James J. (James Jackson), 1821-1898. Military officer correspondence, 1841-1910.

Title: Military officer correspondence, 1841-1910.

Correspondence before, during, and after the Civil War from James J. Dana to D. N. Stanton and Horatio C. King; John W. Daniel to James Beale; Nelson H. Davis to Horatio C. King and George B. Patrick; Hannibal Day to Marsena R. Patrick; Edgar S. Dudley to Mrs. Horatio (Esther H.) King; William Wade Dudley; Alfred Nattie Duffie to William Sprague; Richard C. Drum to Horatio C. King; and W. McKee Dunn to Rutherford B. Hayes.

ArchivalResource: 12 items

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Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

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Dunn, W. McKee (William McKee), 1814-1887. Petition recommending W. McKee Dunn, 1864.

Title: Petition recommending W. McKee Dunn, 1864.

Petition (1864 July) signed by members of Congress and sent to Abraham Lincoln in July 1864 recommending Dunn as assistant judge advocate general with the rank of colonel.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874. Papers of William Silliman Hillyer, 1822 (1861-1874) 1931, [manuscript].

Title: Papers of William Silliman Hillyer, 1822 (1861-1874) 1931, [manuscript].

Correspondence, military papers, speeches, photographs, printed material and memorabilia. Military papers of Hillyer include district provost marshall reports; special and general orders of Grant, Sherman, Hillyer and others, especially one of congratulations on Port Gibson; passes; accounts; oaths of allegiance; and a receipt for Ulric Dahlgren's ring. Correspondence of Hillyer, his parents, children, and Grant chiefly pertains to the Civil War. There are discussions of the secession riots in St. Louis, and Grant's "Jew Order" of Dec. 17, 1862; a denial of Grant's drunkeness at Ft. Donelson; references to various services by blacks; and descriptions of the battles of Iuka, Holly Springs, Campbell's Station and Chickamauga, and of the Chattanooga campaign. Of unusual interest are a signed copy of Grant's letter to Simon B. Buckner demanding unconditional surrender at Ft. Donelson; a draft of a letter from Grant to Henry Halleck asking either relief from Command or full restoration to it; a letter of Grant's discussing his plans for the Vicksburg campaign; and a photocopy of Robert E. Lee's April 9, 1865, letter asking for a suspension of hostilities with a forwarding note by E.O.C. Ord mentioning Sheridan. Other Civil War papers concern a Union Army scout; a claim from a spy near Richmond who supplied information for Hugh Kilpatrick's Rappahannock raid; the military service of John H.H. Ward; the Senate investigation of George K. Leet; Hillyer's connection with Mann's Accoutrement Manufacturing Company; and a reunion of the Army of the Tennessee. Hillyer family letters include considerable correspondence between Anna Rankin Hillyer and Julia Dent Grant; and correspondence of Hillyer's father from Henderson, Ky., 1825-1833. There are impressions of a Mississippi voyage to New Orleans, 1834; Lafayette College, 1842; a temperance speech by Richard Johnson, 1842; Washington, D.C., 1868-1869, including Grant's inauguration, and visits to Johnson, Grant, and Hancock; and Sewanee and the University of the South, 1873. Additional items of interest include an 1870 letter from Horace Greeley mentioning Hillyer's Congressional nomination; a lampoon of Lew Wallace; and an account of how New York Daily News reporter Benjamin Wood scooped the news of Andrew Johnson's acquittal.

ArchivalResource: ca. 640 items.

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Dunn, George Grundy, 1812-1857. Papers 1831-1864.

Title: Papers 1831-1864.

Consists of papers of George Grundy Dunn, lawyer and congressman of Bedford, Indiana. The papers in this collection consist of both personal and legal correspondence. Legal correspondence concerns cases ranging from property suits to murder. Several letters and documents deal with the extension of the New Albany and Salem Railroad through Bedford under the direction of Doolittle and Chamberlain, contractors from Cincinnati. Another group of letters reflect Indiana political activity, particularly in the early 1850's. Included in the collection are two prayers by Daniel Waldo, Chaplin of the House of Representatives, 1856; an address delivered by Dunn to the Philomathean society, 1833; patriotic speech on George Washington's birthday; several compositions by Dunn, 1831, 1832; and two letters on the death of Andrew Wylie, 1851.

ArchivalResource: 85 items.

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Dunn, William McKee, 1814-1887. Autograph letter signed : "War Department," to Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, 1869 Nov. 27.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "War Department," to Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, 1869 Nov. 27.

Recommending Abram W. Hendricks for a judgeship.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

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Squire, Watson C. (Watson Carvosso), 1838-1926. Watson C. Squire papers, 1850-1973 (bulk 1850-1920)

Title: Watson C. Squire papers, 1850-1973 (bulk 1850-1920)

The Watson C. Squire papers consist of biographical information, correspondence, speeches, financial records, legal documents, writings, real estate documents, reports, legislation, proclamations, clippings, and other materials that document the life of the Civil War veteran, businessman, and public servant. The papers measure 9.12 cubic feet and span the years 1850 to 1926. They include material on Squire's early years in New York, his Civil War service, political activities, and business affairs, including his work at E. Remington & Sons. Less well documented are Squire's tenures as territorial governor and U.S. senator, but there are materials from those periods on the anti-Chinese riots in Seattle and Tacoma, the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The papers are arranged into subgroups, each representing a phase of Squire's career and grouped by public service, business affairs, school years, and Civil War service. There are also subgroups for Squire's personal papers and members of Squire's family, specifically, Ida Remington Squire, Orra Squire, Erretta Wheeler Squire, and members of the Remington family. Major correspondents include W.H. Grimwade, Samuel Norris, S. [Samuel] Remington, Philo Remington, E. Remington & Sons, Judge Advocate Major G.P. Thurston, Assistant Judge Advocate General William M. Dunn, Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt, Orra and Erretta Squire (Watson Squire's parents), Ida Remington Squire, and Philo Remington Squire (Watson Squire's wife and son). Major correspondents include Philo Remington, Orra Squire, Ida Remington Squire, Philo Remington Squire, Erretta Wheeler Squire, and S.R. Remington.

ArchivalResource: 11.28 cubic feet (21 boxes and 1 oversize folder)

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Dunn family. Dunn family collection, 1850-1940 (bulk 1880-1900).

Title: Dunn family collection, 1850-1940 (bulk 1880-1900).

Collection includes correspondence; writings; deeds and other real estate documents; insurance contracts; miscellaneous receipts; cemetery drawings and plot plans for Dunn Cemetery, located on the IU Bloomington campus; and family photographs.

ArchivalResource: .6 cubic feet (1 box)

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