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Showing posts with label George Opdyke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Opdyke. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, January 29, 1863

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New-York , Jan. 29th, 1863. My own dear Son: I enclose a copy of a letter received by your Uncle Phelps from Col. Allen . Mr. Phelps ...
Thursday, March 8, 2018

William Walter Phelps to Captain William Thompson Lusk, November 28, 1862

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Nov. 28th, Evening. My dear Will: The end of a day marked by the alternation of joy with sorrow in an extreme degree. This morning th...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Mayor George Opdyke to Edwin Stanton, July 14, 1863 – Received 4:25 p.m.

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NEW YORK, July 14 , 1863 .   (Received 4 . 25 p.m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: SIR: Your dispatch received. Demonstr...

Edwin M. Stanton to Mayor George Opdyke, July 14, 1863 – 6:55 p.m.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington, July 14 , 1863 — 6 . 55 p.m. Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE, Mayor of New York: SIR: Five regiments a...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Abraham Lincoln to the Congress of the United States, May 26, 1862

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WASHINGTON, May 26 , 1862 . To the SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: The insurrection which is yet existing in the United States...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, June 27, 1863

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A telegram last night informed me of the death of Admiral Foote. The information of the last few days made it a not unexpected event, yet t...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 8, 1863

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Wrote Secretary of State on the subject of the complaints of the Danish Government against Wilkes, who is charged with abusing hospitality ...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Diary of John Hay: October 30, 1863

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. . . The President and Mrs. Lincoln went to see “Fanchon.” About midnight, the President came in. I told him about Dennison’s note and ask...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, February 17, 1863

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The President read to the Cabinet a correspondence between himself and Fernando Wood. The latter wrote the President on the 8th of December...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

William Cullen Bryant to Abraham Lincoln, January 4, 1861

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New York January 4th 1861. My dear Sir, I wrote to you yesterday concerning the rumored intention to give Mr. Simon Cameron of Pennsy...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

William Cullen Bryant to Abraham Lincoln, January 22, 1861

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New York January 22, 1861. My dear Sir. At the risk of being deemed somewhat troublesome, yet with the greatest respect and deference...
Sunday, November 2, 2014

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: December 4, 1861

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The latest, best and most ardently wished for Republican triumph has been achieved. Fernando Wood is defeated and George Opdyke is Mayor o...