Manuscripts
Daniel Leonard signature
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Leonard F. Ross papers
Manuscripts
This collection consists of four items relating to Leonard F. Ross' Civil War career, including two communications from Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's autograph letter signed dated 1861 December 4 (HM 69444) discusses confiscations from Missouri citizens and instructions for dealing with marauding Confederates; the contemporary copy of his 1862 October 5 letter (HM 69445) recaps a dispatch from General William S. Rosecrans detailing the movement of federal troops during the pursuit of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's forces at Corinth, Chewalla and Ripley, Mississippi on 1862 October 3-4. Also present is a receipt from Henry P. Noble to Ross for a payment for a horse, 1863 April 28 (HM 69446), and an undated copy of "Foraging Parties Instructions," with Ross' note "Please read to the guards" (HM 69447).
mssHM 69444-69447
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John Bannister signature
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The autograph note by John Bannister is signed Sylvester Daggerwood to Samuel Rogers, 1736-1855. The note does not contain any written content.
mssHM 80183
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William Pitt signature
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Autograph envelope signed by William Pitt to W. Sturges Bowne. Along with the envelope is an engraved portrait print of Pitt and a brief biographical note.
mssHM 80184
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Leonard Gale letter to C. F. Wood
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In his short letter to C. F. Wood, Gale states: "Knowing that you feel interested in the correspondence about the telegraph, I send to you for perusal...the enclosed pamphlet which I received last week." The "pamphlet" is a reprint of an article entitled "History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph." This article implies that the true inventor of the telegraph was Professor Joseph Henry and that Samuel Morse, Gale, and Alfred Vail are getting improper credit. Gale writes in his letter "Of course, I shall not reply to such a low attack."
mssHM 75972
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Daniel Webster "Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury":
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Partial autograph draft of speech "Second Speech on the Sub-Treasury" delivered in the Senate 1838 March 12 and published in The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume IV (1851), bound together with Daniel Webster autograph letter signed to Nicholas Biddle, 1837 February 24; printed excerpts from North American Review and Harper's Magazine; and portraits of Webster.
mssHM 789
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Daniel Knaus letter to Simon Ruply
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In this letter, Daniel Knaus states that "this town [Franklin], which was only laid out a twelve month ago, contains at least 50 families and is rapidly increasing." Knaus was a blacksmith..."I follow making guns at the present...the country is too new to sell many sickles, but will come to be in a short time a great wheat country as the soil is most excellent." The letter is written to Knaus' friend Simon Ruply of Greencastle, Pennsylvania.
mssHM 82436