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Title: M-012 Botts, John
Date: 1867-01-26
Description: One letter, autographed, signed, and dated 26 January, 1867, from John Botts; American congressman, lawyer, and author. Leader in the Whig party, called to Washington by Henry Clay to aid in the Constitutional Compromise of 1850.

Title: M-060 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Date: 1878-11-25
Description: One letter, autograph letter signed, dated 25 November 1878 from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1887-1882) 19th century American Poet, to a Miss Whiting concerning literary references.

Title: Letter of Senator Douglas
Date: 1854-04-06
Description: Open letter from Senator Stephen A. Douglas defending his position on the Nebraska Bill to the Chicago clergy.

Title: Letter of Hon. John A. McClernand, in Favor of Establishing a National Armory and Foundry in the Mississippi Valley
Date: 1848-03-04

Title: Letter from John Jacob Astor to Charles Gratiot, July 24, 1811
Date: 1811-07-24
Description: Letter from the fur trading businessman John Jacob Astor to Charles Gratiot of St. Louis in July of 1811 about the Astoria expedition led from St. Louis to the Pacific Coast under the leadership of Wilson Price Hunt. Astor asked if Gratiot had any information about Hunt's party.

Title: To the Citizens of the State of Missouri
Date: 1838-07-02
Description: An open letter from Missouri senator John Miller regarding an upcoming senatorial election.

Title: George Washington to To Hon.able James Wood. [Forgery]
Description: 1 letter, September 12, 1796. [Forgery- unknown] To Hon.able James Wood. [Authenticated by Mount Verson Ladies' Association]

Title: FOIA Letter
Date: 2016, 2016
Description: Letter from FBI FOIA Office regarding request for documents relating to the FBI's investigation of the wreck of The Federal.

Title: M-023: Henry Clay Letters
Description: Two letters written by Henry Clay, American Statesman, Speaker of the House of Representatives and a U. S. Senator from Kentucky. The letters concern peace with Great Britain and cholera.

Title: Wreck of Pennsylvania Railroad Train, Federal Express, 1-15-53, Washington Terminal, Washington, D.C.
Date: 1953-03-10, 1953-03-10
Description: Letter reporting that the brake beam balance spring can be discarded.
Text: ~::.*:'os:: '1';.my1I;smI.,..~ wAsm:u'G&*.o.:4‘,' D.’.Gj. T‘ SABOTAGE; "FEDERAL TRAIN‘ .—.;m«:c2:.bsTA-“at-Um}; _» , - _ Referenge is made to.Ba1timore letter dated February 17, ‘ '19S3; in instant Qaseg advising that A. Pa SCHLEGAL, Car Foreman, Penhsylvania Rai1road,_Baltimore, Maryland, adviaed'that the br0ken" brake beam balance spring which was forwarded to thg
Show more~::.*:'os:: '1';.my1I;smI.,..~ wAsm:u'G&*.o.:4‘,' D.’.Gj. T‘ SABOTAGE; "FEDERAL TRAIN‘ .—.;m«:c2:.bsTA-“at-Um}; _» , - _ Referenge is made to.Ba1timore letter dated February 17, ‘ '19S3; in instant Qaseg advising that A. Pa SCHLEGAL, Car Foreman, Penhsylvania Rai1road,_Baltimore, Maryland, adviaed'that the br0ken" brake beam balance spring which was forwarded to thg
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Title: Letter from James Wilkinson to Thomas Hunt, May 6, 1805
Page From: info:fedora/umsl:39462
Date: 1805-05-06
Description: Letter from General James Wilkinson to Colonel Thomas Hunt in May of 1805. The letter addresses troop movements under various officers.
Text: No 2 Pittsburgh May 6th 05 Dear Sir, I arrived the day before yesterday, at this place, where I met Lt. Pinckney, who surprized me by the information that on the 14th Ultimo you had received orders for your own movement, or that of Capt. Richmond- as those orders had been transmited long since, both by myself and the Inspector. I entertained no doubt, of their safe arrival to your hands, and I ...
Show moreNo 2 Pittsburgh May 6th 05 Dear Sir, I arrived the day before yesterday, at this place, where I met Lt. Pinckney, who surprized me by the information that on the 14th Ultimo you had received orders for your own movement, or that of Capt. Richmond- as those orders had been transmited long since, both by myself and the Inspector. I entertained no doubt, of their safe arrival to your hands, and I will still flatter myself, that they reached soon after Mr. Pinckneys departure from Detroit- but fearing this may not have been the case, I think proper to repeat the General import of those orders for your government- Capt. Richmond with his own company And
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Title: George Washington to Landon Carter, Esq.
Date: 1799-09-11
Description: 1 letter, September 11, 1799. A.L.S. To Landon Carter, Esq. concerning farming.

Title: To the Hon. John Quincy Adams, and the Other Twenty Members of Congress
Date: 1843-10-20
Description: Open letter from a citizen of Texas to Congress concerning the ongoing process of the annexation of Texas to the United States.

Title: A Letter From Hon. John S. Phelps
Date: 1857-12-26
Description: To Citizens of Arkansas in Relation to a Pacific Railroad

Title: To the Democratic Party of Illinois
Date: 1843-01-16
Description: Letter to the Democratic Party regarding Mr. Young's re-election to the Senate of the United States

Title: M-306: Early Account of Pearl Harbor Bombing
Date: 1941-12-08
Description: This typescript is one of the first detailed accounts of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. The account was written on December 8, 1941 by the Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay to the Commandant of the Fourteenth Naval District, and then forwarded on to "All Stations, Ships, and Units Concerned with Aircraft" on December 16th.

Title: North Newark, NJ, Greenwood Lake Division, Erie Railroad (4)
Date: 1972-10-21
Description: Letter from photographer Wilson Jones to William Rapp

Title: Letter from Maria Moore to Her Friend Describing Their House 1864
Date: 1864-01-19
Description: Letter from Maria Moore to her friend, also named Maria, describing the house they lived in. The letter is four pages long, and goes into great detail from the rug and the color of the curtains, to the yard and the books on their shelves. She described that her daughter, Mary, had whooping cough but was getting over it. She described a trip to Niagara Falls and signed the letter back on the front

Title: Letter from a Woman to Maria Moore About Her Illness and Home 1865
Date: 1865-04-6
Description: Letter from a woman to Maria Moore (author mentions addressee's daughters Mary and Fanny). The author made mention of her "dear husband", but the signature is not legible. She wrote about being ill with a cough, and that she was taking cod liver oil and other medications recommended by friends. She declined an invitation to Iowa stating her political views would be in conflict with the people

Title: Letter from Captain Enos B. Moore to Miss W. Moore About Men 1865
Date: 1865-06-12
Description: Letter from Enos B. Moore to Miss W. Moore. He had found as many men as she had sent for. He did not believe their physiognomy was to his standards, but thought if she saw them they would be fine.

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