Manuscripts

Har - Haw

Description: Includes Benjamin Harrison letter signed to William E. Doyle, 1882 May 1.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1797-1902.
Call number: mssEG
Creator: Eldridge, James W (1841-1909)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William H. Murray, 1916.
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Ga - Gi

Manuscripts

Includes James A. Garfield autograph letter signed to "My Dear Colonel", 1863 May 6.

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Includes the following Ulysses S. Grant items: contemporary copy of letter to Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1862 February 16; autograph letter signed to Charles Smith Hamilton, 1863 January 25; autograph letter signed to Henry Halleck, 1863 April 19; autograph military pass signed, 1864 June 5; contemporary copy of testimonial for Giles Alexander Smith, 1867 January 13; contemporary copy of letter to Andrew Johnson, 1868 January 24; contemporary copy of letter to William T. Sherman, 1868 June 2; contemporary copy of letter to Frederick Augustus Pike, 1868 December 22 with autograph letter signed to James Wilson Grimes on reverse; contemporary copy of his inaugural address, 1869; autograph letter signed to Orville Elias Babcock, approximately 1869-1873 July 1; also present are copies of Grant letters to John Clifford Pemberton, 1863 July 3, and to Robert Ould, 1864 November 12; and notes and letter drafts, some autograph, undated.

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Hay - Hig

Manuscripts

Includes Rutherford B. Hayes autograph letter signed to E.L. Stanton, 1870 August 21.

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James William Eldridge collection

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes; see container list for item details.

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Ran - Reynolds, Joseph

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs, which date from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

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Envelopes with enclosed calling cards, etc

Manuscripts

The James William Eldridge collection consists of letters, manuscripts, documents, printed military forms, autographs, ephemera, and approximately 4000 portraits and contemporary photographs, which date from 1797-1902. The collection documents military history of the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides, concentrating on commanding officers, military and naval operations and administration, the armed forces of South Carolina and Virginia, and the everyday life of the common soldiers (including prisons and medical care). Also included are materials on civilian administration and politics during the war years, concentrating on governors, mayors, and congressmen. The bulk of the collection deals with the American Civil War, although there is some material on the antebellum and post-war politics and military history, including the raid on Harpers Ferry and the post-war Navy. The collection contains materials from US presidents James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

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