Manuscripts
William Borrowe papers
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Thomas William Sweeny papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Thomas William Sweeny, including his personal and official correspondence, military records, and diaries, and the correspondence of William Montgomery Sweeny. Also included photographs, some pencil and ink drawings, and ephemera. Personal correspondence of Thomas William Sweeny, chiefly his letters to the family and friends written from 1846 to 1892. Military correspondence and documents - letters, orders, communications, reports, ordnance receipts, commissions, recruiting records, etc. -- accumulated by Sweeny during his service in the Mexican War, the tours in California and Nebraska Territory, and the Civil War, chiefly those received by him or his staff. There are some retained copies of outgoing communications and reports, including official reports on the battles of Shiloh and Corinth, and the march on the Holly Springs, some with by hand-drawn maps. Also included are the speech that Sweeny delivered on the first anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh, and his farewell address to the troops (July 1864). A large part of Sweeny's correspondence that he kept after his retirement from the army consists of letters from veterans and veteran organizations, including the associations of the veterans of the Mexican War, the 52nd Illinois Infantry, Army of the Tennessee, officers of the Irish Brigade, Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California, Military Service Institution, the Grand Army of the Republic, Hibernian Benevolent Society, and others. Also included is the diary that Thomas William Sweeny kept during his service at Fort Yuma in 1851-1853. Another diary, titled "Life in the American Desert" (1851, June-July) consists of clippings of the articles published in installments by the New York Atlas in 1856-1857, with author's annotations. Correspondence and papers of William Montgomery Sweeny, chiefly letters addressed to him and related to his biographical and genealogical studies, including some genealogical data.Materials created by US presidents include: Ulysses S. Grant letter to Thomas Sidney Jesup, 1847 January 31 (SW 181); James K. Polk commission to Thomas W. Sweeny, 1848 April 21 (SW 358); Millard Fillmore commission to Thomas W. Sweeny, 1852 July 3 (SW 154); all items are in box 1. Note: This collection doesn't contain any materials dealing with the Fenian invasion. Persons represented by 5 or more items consist of: Sarah A (Sweeny) Barnard (7 pieces); Emile H. Brie (7 pieces); Charles Brower (9 pieces); Francis D. Clark (10 pieces); James Edward Kelly (5 pieces); W. H. Lane (6 pieces); C. Osgood Morse (7 pieces); Samuel Vincent Niles (7 pieces); James Rowan O'Beirne (6 pieces); Grenville Mellen Dodge (5 pieces); Mary P. Kilby (7 pieces); Fitz John Porter (7 pieces); Franz Sigel (11 pieces); Edward B Spalding Spalding (8 pieces); Charles Baxter Sweeny (15 pieces); Eugenia O. (Reagan) Sweeny (5 pieces); Frances Ellen Sweeny (11 pieces); Sarah Bernard Sweeny (5 pieces); Sarah Bernard Sweeny (5 pieces); and Thomas William Sweeny (335 (approx.) pieces) Some notable items include: SW 181 Grant, Ulysses S. Letter to Gen. Thomas S. Jesup. 1847, Jan. 31 SW 403 Scott, Winfield. Letter to David Conner: re. Taylor's victory over Santa Ana. 1847, Mar. 16 SW 540 Sweeny, Thomas W. To C. Lovell: Report on Battle of Corinth (Miss.). 1862, Oct. 15 SW 626 Sweeny, Thomas W. Official Report of the Battle of Shiloh. 1862 SW 627 Sweeny, Thomas W. Official Report of Brig. Gen. Sweeny of the March to Holly Springs (Miss.). 1863, Oct. 21 SW 634 Sweeny, Thomas W. "The Siege and Occopation of Corinth" (of 1862). c. 1865 SW 771 Account of battle of 52nd Ill. Reg. at Pittsburg Landing under command of Thomas William Sweeny, Feb. 1862 SW 850(1-120) Sweeny, Thomas W. & others. Letterbook. Contains correspondence re Yuma military reservation on the Colorado River, and the Sioux expedition in Nebraska Territory. SW 862(1-195) Sweeny, Thomas W. & others. Letterbook. Contains correspondence during Civil War The letterbook containing Civil War correspondence (SW 862) has been disbound for conservation purposes and the individual letters foldered sequentially in 4 boxes.
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William Ladew papers
Manuscripts
Letters, orders, communications, dispatches, and other military records accumulated by William Ladew from 1857 to 1862. Also included are some family records and newspaper clippings dating from 1862 to 1934.
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William Marshall Swayne papers
Manuscripts
William Marshall Swayne was a self-taught Pennsylvania artist known for his sculptures of Abraham LIncoln, Salmon P. Chase, Edwin M. Stanton, WIlliam H. Seward, and others. He also served in the Department of the Treasury during the Civil War. Collection includes excerpts from Swayne's letters to his wife Mary, written between 1859 and 1867 while he was away in Washington D.C., and compiled by him in a separate letterbook. Letters discuss Swayne's work with his portrait subjects, including Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Joshua Gidding, and others; Lincon's first inauguration, public affairs in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, Lincoln's assassination, and reactions to the arrest of Jefferson Davis. Collection also includes manuscript and typescript copies of Swayne's reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, family photographs, correspondence between Swayne's children and the Smithsonian regarding the family's donation of a plaster bust of Lincoln, and some clippings and research related to Lincoln.
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Johnsons military company and regimental record : Company "D." Empire Boys. Tenth Regiment, N.Y.G.C
Visual Materials
Image of a military register with an American bald eagle on the Union shield with snake in beak and talons; background images of United States tranquil town scene in 1776 contrasting with military camp and naval ships in 1862; American flag at center; portraits of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in top corners with United States presidents' surnames in between; names of military personnel at center.
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Johnsons military company and regimental record : Company B, 129th Reg't. New York Volunteers. State of New York
Visual Materials
Image of a military register with an American bald eagle on the Union shield with snake in beak and talons; background images of United States tranquil town scene in 1776 contrasting with military camp and naval ships in 1862; American flag at center; portraits of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in top corners with United States presidents' surnames in between; names of military personnel at center.
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The might of the Republic : a collection of original autographs
Visual Materials
Photomontage of reduced-size carte-de-visite portraits of important Union figures from the American Civil War. All the portraits are signed. Image includes military generals and officers, Abraham Lincoln and other government officials, and "A Private Soldier" under the text "The last in rank, but not in honor."
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