Papers 1796-1882 bulk 1855-1866.

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Papers 1796-1882 bulk 1855-1866.

Papers include correspondence, financial material, official documents pertaining to the Civil War, and other sundry materials, primarily documenting the personal and professional life of John Harper and the school and military life of Albert Harper.

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Harper Family.

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John Harper (1811-1891) was president of the Bank of Pittsburgh and was active in benevolent and commercial associations in the city. His son, Albert Metcalf Harper (1843-1871), served in the Civil War, attaining the rank of Major and Adjutant General of U.S. volunteers. From the description of Papers 1796-1882 bulk 1855-1866. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 28985165 ...

United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry. 139th Regiment.

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Union Veteran Corp (Washington, D.C.)

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Craig, Neville, 1787-1863.

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United States. Army. Dept. of the Monongahela.

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Ross, James, 1762-1847

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Attorney for George Washington's estates in western Pennsylvania, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania. As one of the federal commissioners appointed to negotiate a settlement to the Whiskey Rebellion he was largely responsible for its peaceful conclusion. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Thomas Hamilton, Greensburg, Pa., 1795 Jan. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580981 James Ross was a lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served a...

Bank of Pittsburgh.

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Harper, John A., 1939-

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Harper, Albert M., 1843-1871.

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Collier, Frederick, 1826-

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Pittsburgh Board of Trade.

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Kenwood School (New Brighton, Pa.)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Harper, John, 1811-1891.

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Moody, William

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Grand Army of the Republic. Post 181.

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Agnew, Daniel, 1809-1902

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Daniel Agnew was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. From the description of Daniel Agnew papers, 1861 and 1883. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 48882074 ...

Western Pennsylvania Hospital

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