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McCall, George A. (George Archibald), 1802-1868. Papers, 1818-1864.

Title: Papers, 1818-1864.

The papers provide a fragmentary record of McCall's rise through the ranks from 2nd Lieutenant to Brigadier General of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps (a.k.a McCall's Division) in the Civil War. Most of the correspondence is routine; but there are some references to McCall's service in the Seminole War, 1835-1842, and Mexican War. The Civil War correspondence largely consists of letters pertaining to rumors of McCall's removal from command. There are also descriptions of the battles at New Market Crossroad, June 1862, and Drainsville. December 1861. Major correspondents include General Edmund P. Gaines and Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122489002 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Horatio King Papers, 1832-1906, (bulk 1857-1891)

Title: Horatio King Papers 1832-1906 (bulk 1857-1891)

United States postmaster general, editor, and author. Chiefly letters received by King relating to politics, to his literary, historical, and social activities, and social life in Washington, D.C., in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

ArchivalResource: 3,000 items; 13 containers; 3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010222 View

Slifer, Eli, 1818-1888. Papers, 1850-1891.

Title: Papers, 1850-1891.

Correspondence of Eli Slifer, primarily during his years as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, 1861-1867. Most of the letters were written during the Civil War and reveal the pressures of local politicians, office seekers and military men upon the Governor's office. Correspondents include Andrew Gregg Curtin, Alexander Kelly McClure, Andrew Carnegie, Simon Cameron, Edwin McMasters Stanton, and Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 13 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21110613 View

Swank, James Moore, 1836-1914. Papers, 1785-1898 (inclusive), 1785, 1871-1898 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1785-1898 (inclusive), 1785, 1871-1898 (bulk).

Correspondence of James M. Swank, secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, with industrialists, political leaders, and others, relating to tariff and to the development of the iron industry in the United States. Among the correspondents are: George Bancroft, 1885; William Belknap, 1871; Simon Cameron, 1876; H. C. Carey, 1871; Andrew Carnegie, 1898; S. P. Chase, 1872; A. G. Curtin, 1878; John Dallzell, 1896; Hamilton Fish, 1871; H. C. Frick, 1893; A. Gorman, 1894; Benjamin Harrison, 1888; Marcus A. Hanna, 1902; William McKinley, 1891; Justin S. Morrill, 1893; O. H. Platt, 1884; M. S. Quay, 1884; Samuel J. Randall, 1884; Carl Schurz, 1872; General W. T. Sherman, 1871; J. W. Forney, and others. There are also letters of an earlier period contributing information on political and economic trends; Hugh H. Brackenridge, 1808; John Binns, 1812; Abner Lacock, draft of a letter, 1832, to President Andrew Jackson concerning the Seminole and Florida War, and revealing J. C. Calhoun's attitude toward Jackson in 1818; Henry C. Clay, 1849; John C. Breckinridge, 1860; James Monroe, 1822; deeds of John Penn, Jr., and John Penn, 1785, conveying land in Westmoreland County; and other items.

ArchivalResource: ca. 250 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122523997 View

MacVeagh family. MacVeagh family papers, 1831-1950, bulk 1851-1917.

Title: MacVeagh family papers, 1831-1950, bulk 1851-1917.

The MacVeagh (or McVeagh, with spellings used interchangeably) collection centers on the papers of Wayne MacVeagh, whose life is well documented through correspondence, legal and financial records, addresses and writings, and various diplomatic materials. Also included in the collection are some papers belonging to the Cameron family, including correspondence of MacVeagh's wife, Virginia Cameron MacVeagh, her parents, and other relatives. Other MacVeagh family members included are Wayne's sons Charles and Lincoln, as well as some correspondence belonging to Margaretta MacVeagh, the daughter of Virginia and Wayne. Rounding out the collection are papers belonging to Charles's sons Lincoln Francis Wayne, and Ewen, correspondence of Wayne's close friend John Pinkerton, Ella Ormsby Warder, and a small amount of scattered family correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes, 39 vols., (10 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77625196 View

W. Atlee Burpee Jr. collection of Lincoln papers, 1861-1865

Title: W. Atlee Burpee Jr. collection of Lincoln papers 1861-1865

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until he was assassinated in April 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery. The Burpee collection of Lincoln papers covers the time period between 1861 and 1865 and consists of thirty-four items.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 Linear feet

http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?id=PACSCL_FLP_FLPRBDLINCOLN View

Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War). 1861 - 1907. Lists of Recruiting Agents

Title: Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War). 1861 - 1907. Lists of Recruiting Agents

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/3370912 View

Lincoln Collection. Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1587-1924

Title: Lincoln Collection. Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscripts 1587-1924

The Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscript section of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana contains an array of material relating to Abraham Lincoln, his parentage, the Civil War, and his presidency. This section includes briefs, pardons, and commissions in Lincoln's hand, original letters of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the few extant letters written by Lincoln to his wife, and a letter written by Willie Lincoln while accompanying his father on a trip to Chicago. It also includes letters written by members of the Lincoln cabinet and other notable political and military figures of the time, material by Gideon Welles.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.LINCOLNMSS View

Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents, 1780-1990

Title: Norman H. and Charlotte Strouse collection of letters of the presidents 1780-1990

This is a collection of manuscript letters of presidents of the United States dating from 1780 to 1993 collected by Norman H. Strouse. All of the presidents are represented except for Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The letters and other documents relating to Abraham Lincoln have been separated into their own collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Older letters are generally more substantive, with more recent letters mostly being short notes of thanks.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 Linear feet

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/collections/finding-aids/Presidents View

Hickman, John, 1810-1875. Letter, 1860 Sept. 24, West Chester, Pa., to A.N. Swain / Jno: Hickman.

Title: Letter, 1860 Sept. 24, West Chester, Pa., to A.N. Swain / Jno: Hickman.

States that Lincoln and A.G. Curtin are likely to carry Pennsylvania in the 1860 election; other comments on Pennsylvania politics.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7585977 View

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894. Autograph letter signed : Bellefonte, Pa., to unknown person, n.p., 1859 Mar. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Bellefonte, Pa., to unknown person, n.p., 1859 Mar. 28.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80868116 View

Childs, George William, 1829-1894. George William Childs papers [manuscript], 1882-1892.

Title: George William Childs papers [manuscript], 1882-1892.

The papers consist chiefly of letters to Childs in thanks for copies of "Recollections" and "The Stratford upon Avon memorial fountain to Shakespeare." There are very brief mentions of the Philadelphia "Public Ledger," the "Commercial Bulletin," and "Lippincott's magazine," hopes for fairer treatment of American Indians, U.S. Grant's travels in Grenada and Peking, memorial church windows in London, the common bond between England and the U. S., and portraits of Union generals at West Point. In addition there are letters, 1851-1881, bound in an extra-illustrated copy of "Recollections" which are to or from people mentioned in the book. These include letters from G.P.R. James on the consulate at Norfolk, Va., Hablot Knight Brown on graphotypes, Lytton Bulwer on a charitable request, William Howitt requesting Irish sketches from Carlton, and a patronage request from Simon Cameron to President Grant. Also Charles Dickens on funeral arrangements for a Mr. Fleming, Samuel Randall and William T. Sherman conveying personal news, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow and Fitz-Greene Halleck sending regrets, Matthew Arnold sending thanks, and George Bancroft sending checks.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647871090 View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln collection : Lincoln miscellaneous manuscripts, 1587-1924.

Title: Lincoln collection : Lincoln miscellaneous manuscripts, 1587-1924.

The Lincoln Miscellaneous Manuscript section of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana contains an array of material, originals and copies, relating to Abraham Lincoln, his parentage, ancestors (including John Lincoln's rental records in Norfolk, England, 1587-1599), the Civil War, and his presidency. This collection includes briefs, pardons, and commissions in Lincoln's hand, original letters of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the few extant letters written by Lincoln to his wife, and a letter written by Willie Lincoln while accompanying his father on a trip to Chicago. It also includes letters written by members of the Lincoln cabinet and other notable political and military figures of the time including Montgomery Blair, Salmon P. Chase, Roscoe Conkling, Jefferson Davis, Stephen Douglas, Andrew Johnson, George B. McClellan, William Henry Seward, William Tecumseh Sherman, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Charles Sumner, and Gideon Welles.

ArchivalResource: 8.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/222109938 View

Williams, Joseph S. Letters, 1857-1882.

Title: Letters, 1857-1882.

Personal letters to Williams chiefly during the Civil War. Topics include Constitutional Union Party candidates John Bell and Edward Everett in the election of 1860; politics in Maryland and Pennsylvania; coal mining and iron manufacture in Pennsylvania; Francis Harrison Pierpont, first governor of West Virginia; Pennsylvania governor Andrew Gregg Curtin; the Peninsular Campaign; the capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.; the battle of Gettysburg; Union Army recruiting and casualties; the 15th and 123rd Regiments, Pennsylvania militia, and the 100th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, U.S.A.; wartime conditions in Philadelphia and Baltimore; and alleged vandalism in Pittsburgh by Afro-American troops in the U.S. Army.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154271044 View

Pennsylvania. Governor (1861-1867 : Curtin). Letter : Harrisburg, Pa., to [Abraham Lincoln], [Washington, D.C.?], 1863 Oct. 26.

Title: Letter : Harrisburg, Pa., to [Abraham Lincoln], [Washington, D.C.?], 1863 Oct. 26.

Letter signed. Concerns the appointment of Brigadier General E.B. Tyler, Major General Schenck's successor as commander of the Middle Department.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84171399 View

Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894. Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, Pa., to H.[E. Leman?], n.p., 1862 Dec. 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Harrisburg, Pa., to H.[E. Leman?], n.p., 1862 Dec. 26.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84172048 View

Haldeman family. Papers, 1801-1885.

Title: Papers, 1801-1885.

Records of Cumberland Forge include production books recording amounts of bar iron and anconies turned out by the forge and rolling mill, with a time record of each worker's output (1810-35). A provision book includes individual accounts of workers at the company store. There are customer orders, individual accounts, bank books and bills paid, along with invoices for pig iron delivered to Haldeman. There are milling and grain orders for the flour mill.

ArchivalResource: 10.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503596 View

Photographic Portrait File

Title: Photographic Portrait File

ArchivalResource:

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf7j49n8zt View

Pennsylvania. Commission appointing James B. Everhart major in the twenty-ninth Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia, 1863 June 23.

Title: Commission appointing James B. Everhart major in the twenty-ninth Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Militia, 1863 June 23.

Document signed. Signed by Andrew G. Curtin who was governor of Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 36 x 44 cm. folded to 36 x 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80243650 View

Dunaway, Wayland Fuller, 1875-1956. Wayland F. Dunaway historical research collection, 1765-1928.

Title: Wayland F. Dunaway historical research collection, 1765-1928.

This Pennsylvania history collection includes miscellaneous letters to or from prominent local and state citizens including Andrew Gregg Curtin (two letters from 1857 and 1877), John Dickinson, Benjamin Latrobe, Noah Webster, Edward Shippen of Lancaster, and John Geary; a will; General Order No. 9 of Robert E. Lee surrendering the Army of Virginia; church cemetery records; a Pennsylvania German manuscript account book; and a U.S. Army sock pattern. There are also a number of printed circulars documenting Sylvester F. Wilson's attempt to create the American Ticket Brokers' Union in about 1881, as a move against the "monopolistic practices if the Pennsylvania Railroad." Also included is a rate sheet amd postcard for Wilson's People's Union Ticket Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ArchivalResource: 0.20 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/772530596 View

Covode, John, 1808-1871. John Covode papers, 1854-1870.

Title: John Covode papers, 1854-1870.

Incoming correspondence together with a draft of a report by Covode on conditions in the Mississippi Valley after the Civil War. Correspondents include Thomas E. Cochrane, Andrew Gregg Curtin, Alexander K. McClure, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Gideon Welles, and Henry White. Covode's report is printed in the Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (1866), part 4, page 114.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145397547 View