Manuscripts

Joseph H. Rogers papers, (bulk 1861-1864)

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Description: Contains Civil War diaries, 1861-1864; synopsis of drill for constructing French boat bridge, 1862; pass for Rogers and Henry Rice; photographs, ephemera, and clippings.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861-1927.
Call number: mssHM 30521-30522
Creator: Rogers, Joseph H(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 1959.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Calvin Gibbs Hutchinson papers, (bulk 1862-1864)

Manuscripts

Letters from Calvin G. Hutchinson to his wife Roxanna (1862-1864); letters to William W. Hill, assistant editor of the Boston Morning Journal, many of them intended for publication; a prize list (Jan. 1865) of the capture of the Stag, a Confederate steamer, official correspondence relating to Hutchinson's duties of the paymaster, his memoirs (1911-1912), and ephemera.

mssHM 41742-41749

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Joseph M. Chambers letters, (bulk 1864-1865)

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Chambers, an accomplished letter writer and a keen observer, faithfully recounted his war experiences and political concerns (he was a bit skeptical about abolitionist sympathies of his friends back home and rather ambivalent about Abraham Lincoln's reelection, preferring a "peace candidate").The letters cover the period from July 2, 1864 to July 14, 1865.

mssHM 70889-70909

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Massachusetts Governor (1861-1866). Commission to Joseph W. Collingwood, Capt. of Comp. H 18th Regt. Mass. Volunteers. Boston, Mass

Manuscripts

Letters, chiefly 1861-1862, from Joseph W. Collingwood to his wife and children.

HM 64637

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Gideon Welles papers, (bulk 1861-1870)

Manuscripts

Letters, manuscripts (including Welles' 1846-1849 diaries), documents and ephemera covering Welles' career as a naval administrator: Chief of Bureau of Provision & Clothing for the Navy, 1846-1849; Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1869 (requests for appointments, purchase of government vessels by George D. Morgan); criticism of Welles's successor, George Maxwell Robeson, and Robeson's assistant David Dixon Porter. Naval operations during the Civil War, including blockades, letters of marque, and the capture of New Orleans in April, 1862; Welles' views on Reconstruction politics; Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Much of the correspondence is written to Welles' son, Edgar T. Welles.

mssWE

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Gideon Welles papers, (bulk 1861-1870)

Manuscripts

mssWE

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Gideon Welles papers, (bulk 1861-1870)

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mssWE

Joseph H. Rogers papers, (bulk 1861-1864)

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