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Correspondence
Manuscripts
The William Marton Gable correspondence consists primarily of letters from Gable to his mother, Martha Gable and his sister from 1852 to 1864. The letters cover the entire period of Gable's service in the Union Army and contain descriptions of the camp life, hospitals, the military actions, including the bombardment of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of South Mountain. Also included are two prewar promissory notes, Gable's disability discharge, and letters from Gable's chaplain and commanding officers regarding the circumstances of his death and pension rights.
mssHM 49347-49419
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William Marton Gable correspondence
Manuscripts
The William Marton Gable correspondence consists primarily of letters from Gable to his mother, Martha Gable and his sister from 1852 to 1886. The letters cover the entire period of Gable's service in the Union Army and contain descriptions of the camp life, hospitals, the military actions, including the bombardment of Fort Pulaski and the Battle of South Mountain. Also included are two prewar promissory notes, Gable's disability discharge, and letters from Gable's chaplain and commanding officers regarding the circumstances of his death and pension rights.
mssHM 49347-49419
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Correspondence on the United States Mint in San Francisco
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Letters, telegraphs, and receipts relating to the operations of the United States Mint at San Francisco. The items mainly focus on shipping bullion from Philadelphia to San Francisco and accounting discrepancies between the Treasury Department and the San Francisco Mint. Includes correspondence from United States Treasurers Samuel Casey and James Guthrie.
mssHM 73744-73748
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Thoams Aloysius Dornin letterbook
Manuscripts
The letterbook that Dornin kept while in command of the San Jacinto, from May 14, 1860 and August 8, 1861. The correspondents include Isaac Toucey, Secretary of the Navy, officers of Africa Squadron, the sailors and officers under his command, and the United States consul in Monrovia. Included are reports of captured slavers. The last two letters, dated Sept. 9 and 16, 1861, were written onboard the Constellation. Includes laid in letter from John L. Broome regarding prizeship Bonito, 1873.
mssHM 30206
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American French Relations
Manuscripts
Copies of the original correspondence relative to the French captures and the spoliations of American seamen, the Genet Affair, and the treaty with Great Britain, including copies of letters by Edmond Randolph, Timothy Pickering, George Washington, Joseph Fauchet and P.A. Adet.
mssHM 709