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John A. Gilmore letters

Description: A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861-1906
Call number: mssHM 58021-58066
Creator: Gilmore, John A (1840-1911)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Scott Winslow and Associates, Lot 557, July 1998.
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John A. Gilmore letters

Manuscripts

A collection of American Civil War correspondence between John A. Gilmore, his parents, and his siblings. Also included is a "Certificate of Record" of John A. Gilmore issued by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Historical and Benevolent Society (1906).

mssHM 58021-58066

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Certificate of record

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mssHM 58021-58066

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John Curtis Gilmore, Jr. memorandum to the Chief Clerk, War Department, Washington, D.C. :

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Sending aggregate estimates for the defense of the Pacific coast, 1906-1909. Presumably sent in response to John C. Scofield memorandum, 1908 March 19 (mssHM 41539).

mssHM 41540

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John C. Scofield memorandum to the Chief of Artillery, War Department, Washington, D.C. :

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Scofield requests a memorandum showing aggregate amount of estimates sent to Congress relating to the defense of the Pacific coast for 1906-1909. Response to this request appears to be in John Curtis Gilmore memorandum, 1908 March 21 (mssHM 41540).

mssHM 41539

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Letters and manuscripts of William H. Smyley

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Set of five letters and manuscripts related to Captain William H. Smyley and his time in and around the Falkland Islands and Patagonia. Includes an undated letter from Smyley to William Rawson offering his services as an expert adviser on the Indians, climate, and landscape of the "coast of Patagonia," should Rawson wish to "form a settlement in any part of the Straits [of Magellan]"; a certificate awarded to Smyley by the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society for "great personal risk" in saving the "lives of your fellow creatures" (1851); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State John Appleton granting Smyley permission to leave Port Stanley to rescue sailors shipwrecked in the Straights of Magellan, with admiration for his "zealous and humane efforts for the rescue of seamen in distress, and the protection of American property" (1859); a letter from Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Frederick William Seward commending Smyley's rescue of three boats' crew who "but for your benevolent efforts would have perished at sea, or on the sterile coast of Patagonia" (1863); and an undated receipt for payment to Smyley "on account of the Public Service."

mssHM 80137-80141

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Jeptha S. Dillon papers

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A collection containing a diary, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. The letters from Jeptha S. Dillon to his wife discuss camp life, military operations, war and political news and rumors, and religious life. There is also a pocket diary kept by Dillon from December 1862 to May 1863. Also included are a few letters from other family members, photographs, printed pamphlets of the 1908 and 1909 reunions of the 118th Regiment, and a blank book "Personal military and civil history" presented to Dillon by Soldiers' and Sailors' Benevolent Society.

mssHM 50456-50507

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John A. Gilmore letters

Certificate of record

John Curtis Gilmore, Jr. memorandum to the Chief Clerk, War Department, Washington, D.C. :

John C. Scofield memorandum to the Chief of Artillery, War Department, Washington, D.C. :

Letters and manuscripts of William H. Smyley

Jeptha S. Dillon papers