United States Sanitary Commission records, 1861-1878, bulk (1861-1872).

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United States Sanitary Commission records, 1861-1878, bulk (1861-1872).

The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, registers, diaries, financial records, scrapbooks, posters, photographs, printed matter, and ephemera concerning the Commission's sanitary, medical and relief work, and its post-war relief work and publication activities.

765 linear feet (1490 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6771918

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Agnew, Cornelius Rea, 1830-1888

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Professor of eye and ear diseases at College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. From the description of Letters, 1875-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421768 Cornelius Rea Agnew was born on 8 August 1830 in New York City. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1852, having as his preceptor John Kearny Rodgers. Agnew was a founder of the Ophthalmic Clinic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, the Brook...

United States Sanitary Commission

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The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming 1865 dollars, $422.66 million in 2021) and in-kind contributions to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers. The president was Henry Whit...

Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867

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Jenkins, J. Foster (John Foster), 1826-1882

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American Association for the Relief of the Misery of Battle Fields

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Gould, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Apthorp), 1787-1859

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American educator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Professor John Griscom, 1825 Jan. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269564860 Epithet: junior, American astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0003e3 ...

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

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Van Buren, W. H. 1819-1883.

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Newberry, J. S. 1822-1892.

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Harris, Elisha, 1824-1884

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Strong, George Templeton

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Attorney, New York City. From the description of Diary : holograph, 1835-1875. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775484 BIOGHIST REQUIRED New York lawyer, Trustee of Columbia University. Strong took an active role in New York City's cultural and scoial life. From the guide to the George Templeton Strong Papers, 1835-1875., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) New York lawyer, Trustee of Columb...

Knapp, Frederick Newman, 1821-1889

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Unitarian clergyman and associate secretary of the United States Sanitary Commission. From the description of Frederick N. Knapp collection, 1862-1886. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70966259 ...

Schuyler, Louisa Lee

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Social worker. Born 1837; died 1926. From the description of Louisa Lee Schuyler papers, 1852-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981058 ...

Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882

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Unitarian minister; President, United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. From the description of Henry W. Bellows letters, 1861-1863. (Columbia University in the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 62754818 New York City resident and Unitarian clergyman. From the description of Letter, 1844. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31526778 Henry Whitney Bellows (1814-1882) was born in Boston and received a B.A. from Harvard Colleg...

Gibbs, Wolcott, 1822-1908

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Gibbs received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1888. He served as Dean of Lawrence Scientific School and Dean of School of Mining and Practical Engineering, and taught chemistry and physics. From the description of Papers of Wolcott Gibbs, 1885-1944 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77069357 Chemist (Ammonia-cobalt compounds; metals of platinum group; new methods of analysis; complex inorganic acids). A.M. Columbia College, 1841; M.D. Columbia College...

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896

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Blatchford, John Samuel, 1831-

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Elliott, E. B. 1823-1888.

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United States. Navy

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Douglas, John Hancock, 1824-1892

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Physician. From the description of John Hancock Douglas papers, 1861-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83050365 Dr. John Hancock Douglas, 1824-1892, a well-known throat specialist based in New York City, served as Ulysses Grant's primary physician as he suffered from throat cancer. Douglas was a native of Waterford, N.Y. and graduated from medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1847. While he was still living in New York City, Grant came to Dr. Douglas when h...

Stillé, Charles J. (Charles Janeway), 1819-1899

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Educator, historian, and professor of English literature at the University of Pennsylvania. Stillé was also the tenth provost of the University. From the description of Commonplace book, 1835. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122691562 Charles J. Stillé was a historian and Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Reminiscences of a Provost, 1866-1880. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86167266 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...