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Woods, John R., fl. 1867. Correspondence, 1862-1867.

Title: Correspondence, 1862-1867.

Letters to Woods from Andrew McFarland, Gov. Richard Yates (4), Melvin Jameson, Sen. Henry Wilson, and Representative Shelby M. Cullom (2). Most pertain to Woods's duties with the state sanitary commission and his reports. The Cullom letters concern pensions.

ArchivalResource: 9 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458603491 View

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS : Springfield, Ill., to John M. Palmer, 1856 Aug. 1.

Title: ALS : Springfield, Ill., to John M. Palmer, 1856 Aug. 1.

Advises Palmer to wait a while before declining publicly to run for Congress. Signed also by William H. Herndon, Richard Yates, and William Jayne; members of the newly-formed Republican Party in Illinois.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122617064 View

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. Letter, April 30, 1853.

Title: Letter, April 30, 1853.

Letter from Jacksonville, Illinois to "James," asking him to investigate the case of a Mrs. McGinnis, whose son Thomas had sent some money for her from California, which had been garnished by Mr. Jackson, to whom Thomas had previously been apprenticed.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Walbridge, Henry Strong, 1821-1895. Form letter, October 24, 1862.

Title: Form letter, October 24, 1862.

Form letter from Illinois Governor Richard Yates ordering Walbridge to be at the polls for the election on November 4, 1862 to be sure that all eligible voters are registered for the draft.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

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Morton, Oliver P. (Oliver Perry), 1823-1877. Oliver P. Morton papers, 1850-1909.

Title: Oliver P. Morton papers, 1850-1909.

This collection consist primarily of correspondence and papers from Morton's Senatorial career with an emphasis on the1876 presidential election and Louisiana politics in 1873 and 1874. There is also family correspondence, financial papers, speeches and notes on Republican politics, the Civil War, secession, and Reconstruction. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, Henry W. Halleck, Andrew Johnson, Henry S. Lane, Abraham Lincoln, George B. McClellan, Joaquin Miller, William H. Seward, Caleb B. Smith, Edwin M. Stanton, Lew Wallace, and Richard Yates.

ArchivalResource: 6 mss. boxes, 3 ov. folders, 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/247223876 View

Stephenson, Benjamin F., 1822-1871. Papers, 1863, 1866, n.d.

Title: Papers, 1863, 1866, n.d.

2 letters of recommendation signed by numbers of people, one to Abraham Lincoln; note from Governor Richard Yates; 2 miscellaneous certificates.

ArchivalResource: 5 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/131392791 View

Richards Yates letter to William Collis, 1869 January 9

Title: Richards Yates letter to William Collis 1869 January 9

Letter from Richards Yates to William Collis, 9 January 1869, reminiscing of his childhood.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brayman, Mason, 1813-1895. Papers, 1861-1862, January 11, 1864.

Title: Papers, 1861-1862, January 11, 1864.

Commissions as major (August 29, 1861) and colonel (April 15, 1862) of the 29th Illinois Infantry; letter from Camp Dennison, Ohio of January 11, 1864 to an unidentified captain, about Arkansas politics and Brayman's desire to be appointed military governor of Arkansas, as well as his support for Lincoln despite being a Democrat.

ArchivalResource: 3 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144570662 View

Dummer, Henry E. (Henry Enoch), 1808-1878. Papers, 1831-1891.

Title: Papers, 1831-1891.

Primarily incoming correspondence concerning legal matters and land transactions. A July 19, 1835 letter from Edward McConnell gives an early description of Chicago. 2 documents concern freedom papers of former slave, Jack Smith of Jacksonville, Illinois. Other correspondents include Peter Cartwright, David Davis, William Herndon, Elihu B. Washburne and Richard Yates. 2 letters are addressed to C. H. Dummer.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29761099 View

Yates family. Papers, 1789-1936.

Title: Papers, 1789-1936.

Correspondence, scrapbooks, notebooks, letterpress books, genealogy notes, manuscripts, speeches, news clippings, legal documents and pamphlets. Letters from many important political figures of the Civil War period including Lincoln, Grant, Herndon, Seward, Stanton, McClernand, Logan, Ingersoll, Dubois, Koerner, David Davis, Jesse Fell, Lyman Trumbull, O.H. Browning, and Augustus French. Also many letters from enlisted men and their families. Letters from Holly Springs, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Vicksburg and Corinth. Also Yates letters to his wife while he was in Washington, D.C. Richard, Jr.'s include letters to his friend, Chicago lawyer James E. Babb, often discussing his political career. Letters from John Palmer, William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Also letters to and from distant relatives discussing genealogy. Copies of speeches for both men. Scrapbooks of political clippings and family news. Bound volumes of accounts, letters, congressional material and campaign material. Unpublished biography of Yates, Sr. by L.U. Reavis.

ArchivalResource: 14.9 linear feet 35 1/2 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48749270 View

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. Richard Yates papers, 1861-1865.

Title: Richard Yates papers, 1861-1865.

Letters written to Governor Richard Yates of Illinois from various individuals. The majority of the letters are written by General John Pope and concern military affairs such as: the promotion of Illinois generals, opposition to overly political and inexperienced generals, his loss at the second Battle of Bull Run, and his reassignment to St. Paul, Minnesota. Thomas Allen of the 80th Illinois also wrote to Yates concerning Union actions following the battle of Perryville. Other letters included discuss political events in Kentucky such as unionism, neutrality, and the governorship.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60849634 View

Bagby, John Courts, 1819-1896. Correspondence, 1849-1886.

Title: Correspondence, 1849-1886.

Personal, business and political correspondence concerning the California gold rush; political campaigns of 1852, 1856 and 1858; the Civil War; railroads; appointments and legal affairs.

ArchivalResource: 160 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26677705 View

Roper, Samuel, b. 1839. Papers of Samuel Roper, 1862-1865.

Title: Papers of Samuel Roper, 1862-1865.

The collection consists of various letters and documents. The letters discuss the Battle of Vicksburg, the Chattanooga Campaign, Sherman's victory march to Washington D. C. along with family affairs. There are a few documents relating to Roper's military activities including his appointment as Captain signed by Richard Yates, governor of Illinois. There is also a receipt given to Roper for turning in 137 Confederate prisoners.

ArchivalResource: 68 pieces.1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228718354 View

Miller, Anson S. (Anson Stowe), 1810-1891. Papers, 1841-1891, 1953.

Title: Papers, 1841-1891, 1953.

A little family correspondence (1841, 1845); about 20 letters of recommendation for Miller sent to Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P. Chase from various Illinois political and legal figures (1861, 1863); land and election certificates; a few memorial and miscellaneous items; 1 Civil War letter from Asher Miller.

ArchivalResource: ca. 70 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/665070305 View

Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872. Letters, 1862-1863.

Title: Letters, 1862-1863.

3 letters, Feb. 1862 to Richard Yates and W.T. Sherman, concern instructions for troops; letter Feb. 9, 1862 to D.K. Green states sick and wounded are being cared for without respect to home state; letter, July 11, 1863 to U.S. Grant recommends W.T. Sherman and James McPherson as generals.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32880700 View

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. Correspondence, 1847-1868.

Title: Correspondence, 1847-1868.

Affidavit related to Nancy Berry Turner's widow's portion of her first husband's land (1847); letter from Yates to D. C. Brown about campaigning (1854); letter from H. L. S. Haskell to Yates about war preparations (1861); and Yates note to Bailey and Rives about copies of the Congressional Globe (1868).

ArchivalResource: 4 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/690959905 View

Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875. Papers of Henry Wilson, 1851-1875.

Title: Papers of Henry Wilson, 1851-1875.

Chiefly letters received; together with copies of some outgoing correspondence, relating to State and national politics, abolition, the Civil War, Reconstruction, patronage, and the organization of the Army. Correspondents include George A. Ashmun, Nathaniel P. Banks, Benjamin F. Butler, Cassius M. Clay, Schuyler Colfax, Count Adam G. De Gurowski, Neal Dow, William Lloyd Garrison, Joseph Hooker, John Jay, Benson J. Lossing, Theodore Parker, Gerrit Smith, Charles Sumner, Elihu B. Washburne, Thurlow Weed, and Richard Yates.

ArchivalResource: 200 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71131253 View

Freeman, Mrs. Henry Clay, ca. 1825-fl. 1901. Civil War reminiscence, ca. 1901-1904.

Title: Civil War reminiscence, ca. 1901-1904.

Recollections of Freeman's experience early in the Civil War riding to Anna, Illinois to send word to Governor Richard Yates about a Confederate plot to destroy the homes and possessions of the Unionists of Union County, Illinois. Written during the administration of the second Governor Yates.

ArchivalResource: 9 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/458603440 View

Bennett-Carter family. Papers, 1836-1942.

Title: Papers, 1836-1942.

Family correspondence between members of the Bennett, Carter, Fouche, Wright and other families.

ArchivalResource: .42 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24424532 View

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873. Appointment, June 13, 1861.

Title: Appointment, June 13, 1861.

Appointment of George Taylor as a notary public for Chicago.

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Paine, Eleazer Arthur, 1815-1882. Papers, 1817-1936 (1861-1864).

Title: Papers, 1817-1936 (1861-1864).

Includes commissions as 2nd lieutenant and colonel; a series of orders written to Paine by Ulysses S. Grant; a series of Special Orders issued by Paine at Gallatin, Tennessee; consolidated reports; a land grant signed by James Monroe; and a letter each from Wendell Phillips and Benjamin Harrison.

ArchivalResource: 59 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/673625279 View

Saunders, Alvin, 1817-1899. Letter : Omaha, Neb., to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1869 Apr. 21.

Title: Letter : Omaha, Neb., to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1869 Apr. 21.

Autograph letters signed. One is written by Saunders, another by Yates. Both recommend that Matthew H.G. Jones be appointed to a position by Grant.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83993159 View

Douglas, Adele Cutts, b. 1835. Letter: Douglas Place, [Washington, D.C.], to [Richard] Yates, 1865 April.

Title: Letter: Douglas Place, [Washington, D.C.], to [Richard] Yates, 1865 April.

Offers condolence and support to Mrs. Lincoln on the death of Abraham Lincoln.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.); 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29551841 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)

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Eccles, Joseph T., 1807-fl. 1880. Papers, 1859-1871.

Title: Papers, 1859-1871.

Correspondence received by Eccles pertaining to Republican politics and patronage in Illinois, especially six items from Richard Yates and three from Richard J. Oglesby.

ArchivalResource: 17 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320531876 View

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Letters, 1862.

Title: Letters, 1862.

Letters written by Grant, July 25, 1862 and H.W. Halleck, August 9, 1862, and February 18, 1862 recommendation signed by Grant, Richard Yates, O.M. Hatch and Jesse K. Dubois concern the promotion and later discharge of William W. Leland. Includes note signed by Abraham Lincoln, March 7, 1862.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31995475 View

Buswell, Nicholas Colby, b. 1831. Letter: to Richard Yates, [no date]

Title: Letter: to Richard Yates, [no date]

Sends the Illinois governor the 93rd Illinois Infantry's flag (not included) to be retired after being damaged in several battles.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.); 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27988915 View

Morrison, Robert. Letters, 1805-1853.

Title: Letters, 1805-1853.

Letters, 1805-1807, to Joseph discuss land speculation especially with regard to the "large numbers of people coming from Europe", the Indiana legislature, the governor's corruption and the need for Illinois Territory to break away from Indiana, mail contracts and slavery (Morrison owned slaves). Letter,1814, from Joseph to Anne, while in Pittsburgh on bank business. Letter, 1847, to Anne from Eloise Morrison discuss family news and the Mexican War. Two letters, 1850, from Jacksonville, one to Richard Yates discusses Illinois politics and another discusses Yates and the division in the Whigs over the congressional candidate.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52975276 View

Strong, John D., 1833-1902. Papers, 1855-1902.

Title: Papers, 1855-1902.

Letters from local and national politicians reflect the reconstruction polities and attitudes of the Republican Party with several letters specifically discussing problems in Savannah, Georgia. Five letters from William B. Lynn discuss the 1868 election in New York state. Illinois politics are discussed in a number of letters. Yates letters (33 items) to Strong mainly discuss routine matters, with one letter, May 1873, giving a disillusioned warning about patronage. Material from the post office (150 items) includes quarterly reports, audits and a number of letters from Strong's assistant that give a glimpse of the intrigue involved in political appointments. Family letters(33 items) include many from his brother a lawyer in St. Joseph, Missouri.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56511143 View

Weber, Jessie Palmer, 1863-1926. Correspondence on dedication of John M. Palmer statue, 1923.

Title: Correspondence on dedication of John M. Palmer statue, 1923.

Efforts to locate members of Illinois 37th General Assembly, the "101" who elected John M. Palmer senator in 1891, to invite to dedication ceremony of statues of Palmer and Richard Yates at the Illinois state capitol. Includes copy of letter by Lorado Taft about the statues.

ArchivalResource: 69 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34607994 View

Davis, David, 1815-1886. David Davis papers, 1815-1964 (bulk 1815-1886).

Title: David Davis papers, 1815-1964 (bulk 1815-1886).

Primarily copies of correspondence, legal documents, speeches, pamphlets, and newsclippings relating to Davis family matters or to Davis's career as a lawyer; a judge in the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, 1848-1862; Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-1877; and U.S. Senator, 1877-1883. Most materials were collected by Willard L. King while writing a biography of Davis. Also present are a few original Davis items plus correspondence, prepublication manuscript, and reviews relating to King's book, 1950s-1964. Topics of the Davis materials include social and economic conditions in Illinois; life in Bloomington, Ill., and family affairs; political parties, especially the Whig and Republican parties, nationally and in Illinois; presidential campaigns and elections (1856-1876); Mormons in Illinois; the Mexican War; Davis's circuit-riding relationship with Lincoln, his riding partner; the antislavery movement; the rivalry between Norman B. Judd and John Wentworth; the Lincoln-Douglas debates; newspaper activities in Missouri and Chicago during the 1860s; the Civil War and particularly Missouri during the war; Davis as the administrator of Lincoln's estate; and the selection of a successor to Chief Justice Chase. Correspondents include Davis's wife Sarah Walker Davis and his son George Perrin Davis, Orville Browning, Ambrose E. Burnside, Simon Cameron, Aaron Lucius Chapin, Salmon P. Chase, Henry Clay, Grover Cleveland, Henry Winter Davis, Theophilus Lyle Dickey, Stephen A. Douglas, Ninian Edwards, Jesse W. Fell, John C. Fremont, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, John J. Hardin, James Harlan, Ozias M. Hatch, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Henry, William H. Herndon, Joseph Holt, Robert G. Ingersoll, Norman B. Judd, Ward Hill Lamon, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln, Thomas Lincoln, Stephen T. Logan, J.E. McClure, Joseph Medill, Lambdin P. Milligan, Richard J. Oglesby, William W. Orme, Ebenezer Peck, Julius Rockwell, Winfield Scott, William H. Seward, Caleb Smith, Edwin M. Stanton, John T. Stuart, Noah H. Swayne, Leonard Swett, Samuel J. Tilden, Samuel H. Treat, Lyman Trumbull, John P. Usher, Clement L. Vallandigham, Elihu B. Washburne, Thurlow Weed, Gideon Welles, John Wentworth, Horace White, Henry Clay Whitney, and Richard Yates. Correspondence about an autobiography by Davis is filed in box 1, but a copy of the autobiography is not present. This autobiography was owned by J. Grant Burke of Washington, D.C. ca. 1975.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712673728 View

Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896. Papers of Lyman Trumbull, 1843-1894 (bulk 1855-1872).

Title: Papers of Lyman Trumbull, 1843-1894 (bulk 1855-1872).

Chiefly letters (1855-1872) received by Trumbull on political matters, together with a number of drafts or copies of replies. Subjects include the elections of 1856, 1860, 1866, and 1872; Illinois politics; appointments and patronage; Kansas-Nebraska bill; secession; Civil War; Reconstruction; civil rights bill; and Liberal Republican movement of 1872. Correspondents include William Henry Bissell, Montgomery Blair, Orville Hickman Browning, John Dean Caton, Zachariah Chandler, Salmon P. Chase, Shelby M. Cullom, David Davis, Mark W. Delahay, Jesse Kilgore Dubois, Jesse W. Fell, David Dudley Field, James W. Grimes, Hannibal Hamlin, James Harlan, Ozias M. Hatch, William Henry Herndon, Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, Norman Buel Judd, Gustav Philipp Körner, John A. McClernand, Joseph Medill, Richard J. Oglesby, John M. Palmer, Charles Henry Ray, Horace White, and Richard Yates.

ArchivalResource: 4,500 items.77 containers.22 microfilm reels.13 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71063832 View

Saunders, Alvin, 1817-1899. Letter : Omaha, Neb., to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1869 Apr. 21.

Title: Letter : Omaha, Neb., to [Ulysses S. Grant], n.p., 1869 Apr. 21.

Autograph letters signed. One is written by Saunders, another by Yates. Both recommend that Matthew H.G. Jones be appointed to a position by Grant.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53873981 View

Morrison, William R. (William Ralls), 1825-1909. Papers, 1855-1909.

Title: Papers, 1855-1909.