Report of Special Commission 1865

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Report of Special Commission 1865

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2794

William Farrar Smith (1824-1903) was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City Police Commission, and a Union General in the American Civil War. James T. Brady (1815-1869) was a prominent lawyer and jurist in New York City. Smith and Brady were appointed to a presidential commission to investigate Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. The collection consists of an official certified copy of a report made to the Secretary of War by General William F. Smith and James T. Brady on the civil and military administration in the military department bordering upon the west of the Mississippi dated September 23, 1865

.21 linear foot (1 volume)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312823

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Banks, Nathaniel Prentice, 1816-1894

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Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party. However, his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party, through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts ...

Brady, James T. (James Topham), 1815-1869

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to President Buchanan, 1860 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133554 Lawyer. From the description of James T. Brady correspondence, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451262 ...

Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903

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American army officers. From the description of Letter signed for him by James J. Brady : New York, to Joseph Holt, 1865 Aug. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664862 Union army officer. From the description of William Farrar Smith correspondence, 1863-1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980495 William Farrar Smith, also known as Baldy Smith, was born in St. Albans, Vermont, February 17, 1824, the son of Ashbel and Sarah Butler Smith. ...