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58. Celebration In Memory Of Abraham Lincoln - William Howard Day (1865), William Howard Day, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Day, WM. Howard. “Oration.” In Celebration by the Colored People's Educational Monument Association in memory of Abraham Lincoln, on the Fourth of July, in the Presidential grounds, Washington, D.C. by The Colored People’s Educational Monument Association, pg. 14-17. Washington, D.C.: McGill & Witherow, 1865.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/12030032/

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 18, No. 52): June 30, 1865, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

General Orders No. 29, Soldiers To Celebrate The Fourth In Florida, Ed W. Denny

Print Materials from the Richard Mette Collection

General Orders No. 29, Soldiers to Celebrate the Fourth in Florida; June 30, 1865

Circular Number 16: Headquarters, Department Of The Gulf, June 29, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular orders Commanding Officers to investigate any instances of prisoners held beyond their enlistment period.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Brevetted Lieutenant Col. J. Schuyler Crosby, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 12 cm. Single page

Letter From Stephen Patterson To His Brother John Written June 29, 1865, Stephen Patterson

Patterson Family Correspondence

This letter was written from Stephen Patterson to his brother John, dated June 29, 1865. In the letter Stephen writes from Burning Springs, West Virginia, and talks about his employment with the Old Burning Spring Richey Company and Standing Stone Oil Company, and about working in the oil business in general.

Circular Number 15: Headquarters, Department Of The Gulf, June 27, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular clarifies what is to be done with seized public property.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Brevetted Lieutenant Col. J. Schuyler Crosby, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 12 cm. Single page

Circular Number 14: Headquarters, Department Of The Gulf, June 25, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular republishes General Order 98 and clarifies that prisoners found guilty by military tribunals during the war were to be freed.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Brevetted Lieutenant Col. J. Schuyler Crosby, Acting Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 12 cm. Single page

Letter To Julia Patterson From Her Sister Elizabeth Jones Dated June 25, 1865, Elizabeth Jones

Patterson Family Correspondence

This letter was sent to Julia Patterson from her sister Elizabeth Jones, dated June 25, 1865. In the letter she writes of daily life and family news.

Discharge Of Myron Kennedy, U.S. Government

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Myron Kennedy, 19, of New York, is discharged from the United States Army in June 1865 after almost 3 years of service.

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 18, No. 51): June 23, 1865, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

Circular Number 13: Headquarters, Department Of The Gulf, June 22, 1865, E

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular orders all service men who are necessary in connection with mustering out troops will be retained until the end of their term. Orders the Chief Mustering Officer to send a list of those names to Headquarters.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Brevetted. Brigadier General C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 12 cm. Single page

Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1865 June 22), Roxana Chapin Gerdine

Correspondence

Roxana writes in detail about what is happening in post-Civil-War Mississippi; freedmen; death of (daughter-in-law) Maddie (married to Joe Gerdine) and their baby; death of a freewoman's baby that morning; the sending of a former slave "Aunt Tempe" away in part due to the running away of her daughter Harriet with Federal troops came through Columbus and resulting consequences

Circular Number 12: Headquarters, Department Of The Gulf, June 20th, 1865

Rhode Island 11th United States Heavy Artillery Circulars Collection

This official circular reminds officers to supply the appropriate orders when filing Court Martial papers.

By order of Major General E.R.S. Canby via Lieut. Col. C.T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General.

20 x 12 cm. Single page

1865-06-18 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 18, 1865.

1865-06-17 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 17, 1865.

1865-06-16 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 16, 1865.

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 18, No. 50): June 16, 1865, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

1865-06-15 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 15, 1865.

Supplement To "Natchez Courier"., O. O. Howard, United States. Bureau Of Refugees, Freedmen, And Abandoned Lands, Ulysses S. Grant

Clippings and Pamphlets

No abstract provided.

General Orders, No. 113 (U.S. Army. 15 June 1865), United States. Adjutant-General's Office, E. D. Townsend

Military Records

Order regarding sale of unserviceable Quartermaster's property

1865-06-14 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 14, 1865.

County Tax Receipt, John B. Cornell, June 10, 1865, John B. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for John B. Cornell from the Franklin County Treasury, dated June 10, 1865. The total is twelve dollars and thirty cents. Signed by Jon Falkenbach and John Stauring.

County Tax Receipt, Angeline C. Cornell, June 10, 1865, Angeline C. Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for Angeline C. Cornell from the Franklin County Treasury, dated June 10, 1865. The total is thirteen dollars and nineteen cents. Signed by Jon Falkenbach and John Stauring.

County Tax Receipt, Elias Cornell Heirs, June 10, 1865, Elias Cornell

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

Printed personal property tax receipt for the heirs of Elias Cornell from the Franklin County Treasury, dated June 10, 1865. The total is twenty seven dollars and thirty seven cents. Signed by Jon Falkenbach and John Stauring.

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 18, No. 49): June 9, 1865, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

Circular (U.S. Army. 7 June 1865), Lew Wallace (1827-1905), United States. Army. Ordnance Dept.

Military Records

Circular issued regarding prices for volunteerΓÇÖs retention of arms

The Waterville Mail (Vol. 18, No. 48): June 2, 1865, Maxham & Wing

The Waterville Mail (Waterville, Maine)

Continues The Eastern Mail (July 1847-August 1863).
Published weekly, September 4, 1863 - May 9, 1906.
Publishers: Maxham & Wing (1863 - December 2,1885); Ephraim Maxham (December 1885); Wing & Wing (January 1886 - March 21, 1891); Charles G. Wing (March 21, 1891 - April 17, 1891); Prince & Wyman (April 17, 1891 - February 26, 1896); The Mail Publishing Company (February 26, 1896 - May 9, 1906).
See Gerould, W.G.: American newspapers, 1821-1836; Whittemore, E.C.: Centennial history of Waterville.
Colby Libraries catalog record (CBBcat): http://cbbcat.net/record=b1209701~S19
WorldCat record (OCLC): http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10486964

H. A. Wigfall To Kinloch Falconer, (2 June 1865)., H. A. Wigfall, Kinloch Falconer

Correspondence

Regarding a Confederate army surrender and various travel arrangements

1865-06-01 Federal Union, Federal Union (Paducah, Ky.)

The Federal Union Archive

Federal Union published on June 1, 1865.

A. C. Treadwell To T. L. Treadwell, 26 May 1865, Allison C. Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.