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Col. Horace Randal and his wife, Nannie
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(photDAG 120)
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Allan M. Pope letter to George S. Patton
Manuscripts
Letter was originally assigned at date of [July?] 1915 supposing that this was written just before Patton's reassignment to the 15th Cavalry before he requested a reassignment to the 8th Cavalry. It was actually written in June or July of 1909 just after graduation from the U.S. Military Academy and before Patton's first assignment to the 15th Cavalry as a Second Lieutenant. In the letter signed "Allan M. Pope, 2"Lt., 2" Cav.," 2LT Pope writes that he sees that Patton has been assigned to the 15th Cavalry and for personal reasons wants to be join the same regiment. He asks if Patton would like to instead transfer to the 2nd Cavalry that is due to deploy to the Philippine Islands in December. He describes the 2nd Cavalry as having a better bunch of youngsters than in any regiment. He writes that he hates to leave, but he must get into the 15th Cavalry. Pope says he can arrange a transfer and that it will not affect his military career at all. Allan M. Pope was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1911 and the 2nd Cavalry was in the Philippines in early 1910.
mssHM 48790
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Ditson, -----. Affidavit of his Civil War service
Manuscripts
Letters that Hardy wrote to his parents during his Civil War service constitute the bulk of the collection. The letters describe the work on the defenses of Washington, D.C., including Forts Massachusetts (Stevens), DeRussey, Talbot, Ripley, Alexander, Franklin and Sumner; life in camp, particularly the food, healthcare, and various sports and amusements; the men of his regiment, including the hated regimental surgeon suspected of killing off "weak soldiers" and an "old Hypocrite" of a chaplain' encounters with fugitive slaves, slaveholders, Confederate prisoners, Union conscripts, etc. Hardy also discusses the affairs at home, (including the fate of his dog), and renders his opinion on war news and state and national politics, e.g. the draft and the Copperheads. Longing for a battle, he also shared various schemes that would allow him to be transferred to cavalry or the Navy. The letters also contain accounts of the beginning of Grant's Overland campaign and the battle of Poplar Springs where he lost his arm as well as descriptions of the Columbian Hospital in Washington, D.C. and the Beverly Hospital in New Jersey.
HM 81829
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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. To Mr. Jermingham on his comedyof the Welch Heiress [manuscript]
Rare Books
Notes: Verses by Walpole, but never published. Transcript in hand of Mr. Clarke of Bond Street. Has a note at end "Mr. Clarke's respects to Mr. Bull, has sent him the verses he mentioned"
90524
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Gustavus F. Jocknick, 1817-, letter to John Wilkin
Manuscripts
The collection, which is arranged chronologically, contains mostly correspondence from Gustavus F. Jocknick to his friend John Wilkin. In the first two letters, which are written from San Francisco, Jocknick talks about San Francisco and his life in California. In his letters of 1860, Jocknick talks about his attempt to find work in New Jersey, the news of the upcoming war, and secession, the possibility of enlisting in the army, Abraham Lincoln, James G. Bennett and Nehemiah Perry. In his letters from 1861 to 1865, Jocknick talks about the impending war, his decision to enlist, William H. Seward, John C. Ten Eyck, Nathaniel Banks, and the election of Abraham Lincoln; he also talks about his enlistment in the 3rd Regiment of New York Cavalry under James Van Alen and John Mix. Jocknick also talks much about the movements of the armies and possible battles and mentions specifically: George McClellan, Charles P. Stone, Ambrose Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin F. Butler, August V. Kautz, G. T. Beauregard, George Mead, and Winfield Scott Hancock. Jocknick also mentions the Emancipation Proclamation and his fellow soldiers' reaction to it which were mostly negative.
HM 72625
