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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

Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910. Diary, 1865.

Title: Diary, 1865.

Memorandum notebook kept by Eckert recording his income, expenses, major social activities, and travel itineraries while living in Washington, D.C. in 1865.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25696258 View

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886. Collection of Massachusetts literary letters, 1844-1906.

Title: Collection of Massachusetts literary letters, 1844-1906.

Collection of letters written by various Massachusetts authors related to literary pursuits and the publication of books and articles, 1844-1906. Includes letters written by Charles Francis Adams, M.F. Browne, Francis Jackson Garrison, J.S. Dwight, William Everett, George Fogg, Albert Alonzo Folsom, Henry Morgan, Richard Parker, Theophilus Parsons, Walter Shanly, and [Sohier] Welch; and received by Robert Adams, Alice Baker, A.R. Brewer, H.L. Bridgman, William Capen, T.W. Carter, Anna Dresel, Thomas T. Eckert, and B.P. Shillaber. The various letters were originally found among the records of the Book Arts Press at the University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45409371 View

Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904. Letter : Albany, N.Y., to General Eckert, 1881 Feb. 28.

Title: Letter : Albany, N.Y., to General Eckert, 1881 Feb. 28.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to "telegraph matters in Batavia."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154328647 View

David Homer Bates Papers, 1837-1926

Title: David Homer Bates Papers 1837-1926

Telegrapher. Microfilm of correspondence, diary, journal, facsimiles, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and drafts and annotated proof sheets of Bates’s writings. Includes eleven Abraham Lincoln manuscripts. Forms part of Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010083 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Dewey" to "Elliott".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Dewey" to "Elliott".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122623401 View

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869. Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9.

Title: Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9.

Acknowledges receipt of Grant's telegram with news of Lee's surrender.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380613 View

Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910. Thomas T. Eckert letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1892 Sep 13.

Title: Thomas T. Eckert letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1892 Sep 13.

Letter concerning an enclosed photograph to replace a previous one.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/174964728 View

Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910. Papers, 1861-1862.

Title: Papers, 1861-1862.

Collection consists mostly of military telegraph messages with some written correspondence. They are addressed mainly to Eckert and relate to general operational matters of telegraph offices, such as the establishment of new offices and telegraph lines, the hiring of operators, and the requisition of supplies.

ArchivalResource: 245 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36735184 View

Eckert, Thomas Thompson, 1825-1910. Papers of Thomas T. Eckert, 1862-1877, (1862-1867 )

Title: Papers of Thomas T. Eckert, 1862-1877, (1862-1867 )

Archive of Eckert's professional papers that he accumulated from 1862 to 1877; the bulk of the collection covers his Civil War service. The collection includes: 14 ledgers of telegrams received by the War Department (1862, Feb. 2 00 1867, Aug. 1); 7 ledgers of ciphered telegrams sent from Washington (1862, Feb. 1 -- 1867, July 30); 1 ledger of ciphered communications of the Army of the Potomac (1862, Aug. 29- 1863, Apr. 28); 4 ledgers of telegraphic communications of the Union post at Fortress Monroe, Va. (1863, Aug. 29 - Apr. 6, 1865), and 2 ledgers of messages that the special investigating agent Charles A. Dana sent from Chattanooga and Knoxville (1863, Sept. 10- 1864, Aug. 2). Also included are 8 letterpress books of Thomas T. Eckert's own correspondence, supply orders for the Military Telegraph, a ledger of Jay Gould's American Union Telegraph, and cipher code books with different versions of the ciphers in use by various operators. The ledgers of the United States Military Telegraph cover the campaing of the Union armies in the Eastern and Western theaters, intelligence and covert operations, the organization transportation, communications, hospitals, provision of the troops and other aspects of the logistics; personnel issues; fugitive slaves The ledgers contain the initial text of telegraphic messages, as they were transmitted by the operators and before they were copied on loose sheets papers to be delivered to the addressee. Some of the sent messages appear to have been dictated rather than drafted in writing. The sent messages are ciphered; the received telegrams are mostly decoded. Some telegrams are followed by brief messages that operators sent to each other. The letterpress books contain Eckert's own telegrams received between Mar. 30, 1864 and Apr. 7, 1860 and sent between June 4, 1865 and Aug. 7, 1866. Subjects inlude the construction, repair, and maintenance of the Union telegraph lines; transportation; relationship with the press, including with the agents of Reuters and Associated Press, intelligence and covert operations in 1864-1865, the elections of 1864, etc. Correspondents include Abraham Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, Anson Stager, Thomas A. Scott, Charles A. Dana, George B. McClellan, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry W. Halleck, William T. Sherman, John A. Dix, Alan Pinkerton, and others.

ArchivalResource: 76 ledgers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780190980 View

Cornell, Alonzo B., 1832-1904. Letter : Albany, N.Y., to General Eckert, 1881 Feb. 28.

Title: Letter : Albany, N.Y., to General Eckert, 1881 Feb. 28.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to "telegraph matters in Batavia."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246411 View