130 25 22278 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/ef04c75a36644c4c805a87bd83154aa9.pdf f91c9b3822dd979dca905640dabcaf3b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 16, Folder 03 (May 21-31, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. C. Wooll to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-05-30 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 507677 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/d86b815851265b17205b7c9f751b3434.pdf a1b30d78249417347922f6ce2c32049c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. DeWitt Ills Feb 2nd /62 To His Excellency Hon Richard Yates Gov of the State of Illinois In pursuance of the many private & public opinions exprefsed by the citizens of this & surrounding vicinities I beg leave as a private citizen of DeWitt County & State of Ills to to ask of you an answer to the few interrog gations that I shall submit in the following Epistle I shall approach you as the chief Executive of this State & hope that your dignity may condescend to answer the few Broken Interrogations of an humble Farmer Citizen. First, therefore, we feel the unusual Pressure in businefs in consequence of the present Rebellion against our Great & good Government and in consequence thereof those of us who under more favorable circumstances have involved ourselves in Debt to a greater of lefs degree & now there are perhaps Four-fifths of our Community thus unable to Pay our debts under the present state of affairs. Although our harvests have been abundant the prices of Produce are so extremely low that the amounts realized are insufficient to defray the necessary Expenses of living & the payment of Taxes that are necessary to be paid for the purpose of Putting down this Treasonable rebellion. There are a few Tyranical Capitalists who are purposed to encourage the forced sales of all kinds of property by Law and are anxious to purchase the Same at a Sacrifice of at least Nine-tenths its real value to the holder and are making their boasts that they intend Making their fortunes thus off the many poor honest men who are unable to Extricate themselves from this dilemma in which they are unfortunately placed & no fault of theirs either <hr /> Can there be no remedy for to save the property [illegible] of the many very many poor honest citizens who are toiling day & night through Sunshine & storm to secure themselves homes in this fair State? Why Sir If your honor please through all our Country are to be found those who have Emigrated to this fair and beautiful State which under more favourable circumstances is destined to be (as has been anticipated) styled the Garden of the West Yea & of the world, the very bone & sinew of this great & noble State are they thus to be crushed out in the Spring time of life & these Dishonest Gourmands suffered to accumulate their treasures at the Expense of those who are thus toiling to Support by their Labour the Popular Name of this great State. The Majority of the People would ask for something to be done to Exonerate them from the tenacious hands of those, whom it is their boast that the Law Must take its Course & it is your own misfortune & we are bound to live on the fat of the Land. I am satisfied that there can be procured from at least Four-fifths of our Citizens an assent to have the Legal proceedings for the Collection of debts of a civil nature Stayed for a Season & let us have an opportunity to save our property from the hands of speculators & Capitalists. We do not wish to be exonerated from the payment of our just honest debts nay verily far be it from us; but let us have a chance to live, defray the Expenses of our Government & then when as we fondly anticipate our Glorious Government shall be again restored let us pay our debts and be saved from the curse of being Made Bankrupt as a large portion of our people must necessarily be unlefs there is something done for our relief; we feel that this thing may be looked at by Professional Men at the <hr /> Bar and at the Bench, but Sir this is undoubtedly the voice of the Labouring Clafs of Community the voice of the people who should hold Sovereign all the rights of citizens in Life Liberty & the pursuit of happinefs I may perhaps be trefspasfing on the valuable time of your Honor but I claim that it will be but justice to this important moment of our lives to be heard when the voice of our people would emphatically tell to the above Question I am convinced & can fully assure your Honor that if the thing Could be put in motion a voice would go up from the people that would tell to your Excellency's Satisfaction With these few Broken Suggestions I now hope to hear from you as one who feels deeply the importance of Something of the nature of the above proposition & I presume that Ere long Petitions to this effect will go up from the people to your Honor for the self same purpose I have the Honor to be your humble Solicitor in behalf of Many Citizens D. Cheney To the Hon Richard Yates Gov of Ills P.S. Direct your reply to DeWitt P.O. DeWitt Co Ills <hr /> D. Cheney Dewitt Feby 2 Wants a Bankrupt Law or something of the sort ansd 11 Feby [illegible] Answer sympathy zing - and say that perhaps his best course now would be to get up a petition to the con vention Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 5, Folder 07 (February 1-14, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. Clurrey to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-02-02 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501302 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. DeWitt Ills Feb 2nd /62 To His Excellency Hon Richard Yates Gov of the State of Illinois In pursuance of the many private & public opinions exprefsed by the citizens of this & surrounding vicinities I beg leave as a private citizen of DeWitt County & State of Ills to to ask of you an answer to the few interrog gations that I shall submit in the following Epistle I shall approach you as the chief Executive of this State & hope that your dignity may condescend to answer the few Broken Interrogations of an humble Farmer Citizen. First, therefore, we feel the unusual Pressure in businefs in consequence of the present Rebellion against our Great & good Government and in consequence thereof those of us who under more favorable circumstances have involved ourselves in Debt to a greater of lefs degree & now there are perhaps Four-fifths of our Community thus unable to Pay our debts under the present state of affairs. Although our harvests have been abundant the prices of Produce are so extremely low that the amounts realized are insufficient to defray the necessary Expenses of living & the payment of Taxes that are necessary to be paid for the purpose of Putting down this Treasonable rebellion. There are a few Tyranical Capitalists who are purposed to encourage the forced sales of all kinds of property by Law and are anxious to purchase the Same at a Sacrifice of at least Nine-tenths its real value to the holder and are making their boasts that they intend Making their fortunes thus off the many poor honest men who are unable to Extricate themselves from this dilemma in which they are unfortunately placed & no fault of theirs either <hr /> Can there be no remedy for to save the property [illegible] of the many very many poor honest citizens who are toiling day & night through Sunshine & storm to secure themselves homes in this fair State? Why Sir If your honor please through all our Country are to be found those who have Emigrated to this fair and beautiful State which under more favourable circumstances is destined to be (as has been anticipated) styled the Garden of the West Yea & of the world, the very bone & sinew of this great & noble State are they thus to be crushed out in the Spring time of life & these Dishonest Gourmands suffered to accumulate their treasures at the Expense of those who are thus toiling to Support by their Labour the Popular Name of this great State. The Majority of the People would ask for something to be done to Exonerate them from the tenacious hands of those, whom it is their boast that the Law Must take its Course & it is your own misfortune & we are bound to live on the fat of the Land. I am satisfied that there can be procured from at least Four-fifths of our Citizens an assent to have the Legal proceedings for the Collection of debts of a civil nature Stayed for a Season & let us have an opportunity to save our property from the hands of speculators & Capitalists. We do not wish to be exonerated from the payment of our just honest debts nay verily far be it from us; but let us have a chance to live, defray the Expenses of our Government & then when as we fondly anticipate our Glorious Government shall be again restored let us pay our debts and be saved from the curse of being Made Bankrupt as a large portion of our people must necessarily be unlefs there is something done for our relief; we feel that this thing may be looked at by Professional Men at the <hr /> Bar and at the Bench, but Sir this is undoubtedly the voice of the Labouring Clafs of Community the voice of the people who should hold Sovereign all the rights of citizens in Life Liberty & the pursuit of happinefs I may perhaps be trefspasfing on the valuable time of your Honor but I claim that it will be but justice to this important moment of our lives to be heard when the voice of our people would emphatically tell to the above Question I am convinced & can fully assure your Honor that if the thing Could be put in motion a voice would go up from the people that would tell to your Excellency's Satisfaction With these few Broken Suggestions I now hope to hear from you as one who feels deeply the importance of Something of the nature of the above proposition & I presume that Ere long Petitions to this effect will go up from the people to your Honor for the self same purpose I have the Honor to be your humble Solicitor in behalf of Many Citizens D. Cheney To the Hon Richard Yates Gov of Ills P.S. Direct your reply to DeWitt P.O. DeWitt Co Ills <hr /> D. Cheney Dewitt Feby 2 Wants a Bankrupt Law or something of the sort ansd 11 Feby [illegible] Answer sympathy zing - and say that perhaps his best course now would be to get up a petition to the con vention Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/240c91784fdf43d32ad3febd943e4102.pdf 3118ad368fabcde853a661aae4d92f87 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 7, Folder 07 (August 12, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. D. C. Porter to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-08-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 506006 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/66af80a5cd727a3e330d0d9ae083f765.pdf 83de38680fc2477616df0572133f8949 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 16, Folder 05 (June 11-20, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. D. Duscoll to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-20 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511428 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/b2ceb6ab0fe5e139d87da880de7f8906.pdf 93d2938ec7c77dbf0719c6d52c3f8f73 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. East Paw Paw DeKalb Co June, 6 1863. His Excellency, Richard Yates Gov. of Ill. sir: I send herewith a "Copperhead" pin which one of our citizens took from the bosom of a "Copperhead". We, the Union men of this place regard it as being a Secesh. Emblem, analogous to a Secesh. flag. We think the serpent, the head of which you will notice near the termination of the word "Liberty", confirms this supposition. The "Copperheads" on the other hand, deny its being such an Emblem, and say there is no snake there <hr /> Therefore, I have been directed by the Union League of Paw Paw to inquire of you as follows: (1) Is this a Secesh. Emblem? (2) Should any one be allowed to wear such an Emblem in public? (3) If not what means would you advise us to take to prevent it? I am also requested to ask if you will grant a Commission to some suitable person in this place to raise a company of "Home Guards" Of course we would not expect any pay, but if you could do anything towards furnishing arms, we would be glad of it. By advising us concerning these points, you will very much oblige Your obedient servants, Union Men of Paw Paw D. D. McGiberry - Committee. <hr /> File "M" (R) D D McGibbery East Paw Paw Ills June 6 63. Sends the Governor a Copperhead pin, and wishes to know if it is a Secesh Emblem. Also wishes to know if the Governor cannot give some one of their citizens authority to raise a company of Home guards, and supply them with arms. Recd Ex O. June 15 1863. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 5 (June 1-15, 1863) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. D. McGibbery to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-06-06 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 509987 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. East Paw Paw DeKalb Co June, 6 1863. His Excellency, Richard Yates Gov. of Ill. sir: I send herewith a "Copperhead" pin which one of our citizens took from the bosom of a "Copperhead". We, the Union men of this place regard it as being a Secesh. Emblem, analogous to a Secesh. flag. We think the serpent, the head of which you will notice near the termination of the word "Liberty", confirms this supposition. The "Copperheads" on the other hand, deny its being such an Emblem, and say there is no snake there <hr /> Therefore, I have been directed by the Union League of Paw Paw to inquire of you as follows: (1) Is this a Secesh. Emblem? (2) Should any one be allowed to wear such an Emblem in public? (3) If not what means would you advise us to take to prevent it? I am also requested to ask if you will grant a Commission to some suitable person in this place to raise a company of "Home Guards" Of course we would not expect any pay, but if you could do anything towards furnishing arms, we would be glad of it. By advising us concerning these points, you will very much oblige Your obedient servants, Union Men of Paw Paw D. D. McGiberry - Committee. <hr /> File "M" (R) D D McGibbery East Paw Paw Ills June 6 63. Sends the Governor a Copperhead pin, and wishes to know if it is a Secesh Emblem. Also wishes to know if the Governor cannot give some one of their citizens authority to raise a company of Home guards, and supply them with arms. Recd Ex O. June 15 1863. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/3ebf1451bb55bb2321da094ef36a48fa.pdf 738e8dba602855c73ba010e47c70653f Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. War Department, Adjutant General's Office Original by Telegraph. Washington August 29 1864 His Excellency Richard Yates Governor of Illinois. The orders of the Department are adverse to your request. Seven officers have been ordered to report to Major Hefferman and provision has been made for immediate disposition of the recruits now at Rendezvous. "Signed" D.D. Perkins Asst. Adjt. Genl. Official Copy DD Perkins Asst. Adjt. Genl. <hr /> D.D. Perkins Ass. Adjt. Genl. War Department Aug. 29/64 The order of War Dpt. are adverse to Gov's request. Seven officers were ordered to report to Maj. Hefferman & immediate disposition will be made of troops now at Rendezvous- (File) Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 18, Folder 02 (August 25-31, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. D. Perkins to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-29 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 509387 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. War Department, Adjutant General's Office Original by Telegraph. Washington August 29 1864 His Excellency Richard Yates Governor of Illinois. The orders of the Department are adverse to your request. Seven officers have been ordered to report to Major Hefferman and provision has been made for immediate disposition of the recruits now at Rendezvous. "Signed" D.D. Perkins Asst. Adjt. Genl. Official Copy DD Perkins Asst. Adjt. Genl. <hr /> D.D. Perkins Ass. Adjt. Genl. War Department Aug. 29/64 The order of War Dpt. are adverse to Gov's request. Seven officers were ordered to report to Maj. Hefferman & immediate disposition will be made of troops now at Rendezvous- (File) Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/f7a48233323eb25689c151effdc8b867.jpg e9d7dfb894351e9229caf4bdc72bd417 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Davidson-Springer Family Collection Subject The topic of the resource Stevens, R. F. Springer, Mattie Clergy Davidson, James Monroe, 1828-1894 Davidson, William Taylor, 1837-1915 Newspapers Newspaper editors Description An account of the resource The Davidson-Springer family descended from Isham Gilham Davidson and Sarah Ann Springer of Edwardsville, Illinois, and later Petersburg, Illinois. The couple had eight children including James Monroe Davidson and William Taylor Davidson, editors of The Fulton Democrat newspaper in Lewistown, Illinois. The Davidson-Springer Collection includes images of several individuals including Reverend R. F. Stevens and Mattie Springer. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data tintype b&w 1 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 10 x 7 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 403770 Davidson-Springer Family Collection Title A name given to the resource D. Davidson Description An account of the resource D. Davidson poses for a portrait. The image is signed "Yrs. very truly, D. Davidson "[ ]"." Subject The topic of the resource Men Fashion Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource n.d. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpg Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource eng https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/84bdb7939099d14ad600b09614efce57.pdf 6a679dfa694055556cdc90ddec593062 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Bloomington Dec. 11th Gov. Yates The apology due you for thus intruding myself upon your time and attention, you will find in the statement which, after long hesitation I have concluded to make - trusting to the noble and generous impulses of your nature for pardon should the liberty I am taking be unwarrantable and the request I make unreasonable --- I am unused to beg - for scarce anything else would I -- My husband Delos Carson enlisted in the U.S. service about Oct. 28th 1862 in the 3rd Ills. Cavalry - Co. I. <hr /> He served as private until some time in November or December of the following year when he recruited and was commissioned Captain of Battery D. 1st Alabama Heavy Artillery (Colored) -- afterwards 6th U. S. Heavy Artillery -- a part of which regiment you are aware helped make up the garrison at Fort Pillow - April last-- My Husband was of the number who survived the battle to be cruelly murdered after laying down his arms - for proof of which I beg leave to refer you to the published report of the Investigating Committee upon the conduct of the war &.c. His body was placed in a coffin & [illegible] so that I could have it removed to this place - The season has arrived when I could best have it done & my greatest desire is to have it accomplished -- Leaving home - his business was sacrificed -- He served faithfully & well never leaving his post for once to visit even me --- <hr /> I have supported myself & child by teaching thus far - but my salary is too small (and I have received nothing from Government yet) to allow me the means of defraying the expense of a trip to the Fort & back with my husbands body -- a vacation occurs in our school between the 22nd of this & the 7th of next month. Could you among your constant acts of mercy and generosity give me a pass so that during my vacation I may accomplish that which next to my country's salvation is my intensest desire --- In giving my husband - I gave my all -- a costly sacrifice - if he had met his fate other [illegible] wise I might have felt a free one --- I address you upon this subject because you have shown yourself so preeminently the friend of the soldier & the unfortunate -- I might refer you to Kersey Fell or Judge Davis in regard to this statement -- Begging pardon for <hr /> occupying your time to such an extent & praying that you will consider my petition I close Gratefully and Truly Your Humbl Servant Mrs. D. E. Carson Bloomington Ills. Carson Mrs D. E Bloomington Dec 11/64 In reference to her husband in the army. Ans File Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 19, Folder 06 (December 11-16, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. E. Carson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-12-11 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 513818 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Bloomington Dec. 11th Gov. Yates The apology due you for thus intruding myself upon your time and attention, you will find in the statement which, after long hesitation I have concluded to make - trusting to the noble and generous impulses of your nature for pardon should the liberty I am taking be unwarrantable and the request I make unreasonable --- I am unused to beg - for scarce anything else would I -- My husband Delos Carson enlisted in the U.S. service about Oct. 28th 1862 in the 3rd Ills. Cavalry - Co. I. <hr /> He served as private until some time in November or December of the following year when he recruited and was commissioned Captain of Battery D. 1st Alabama Heavy Artillery (Colored) -- afterwards 6th U. S. Heavy Artillery -- a part of which regiment you are aware helped make up the garrison at Fort Pillow - April last-- My Husband was of the number who survived the battle to be cruelly murdered after laying down his arms - for proof of which I beg leave to refer you to the published report of the Investigating Committee upon the conduct of the war &.c. His body was placed in a coffin & [illegible] so that I could have it removed to this place - The season has arrived when I could best have it done & my greatest desire is to have it accomplished -- Leaving home - his business was sacrificed -- He served faithfully & well never leaving his post for once to visit even me --- <hr /> I have supported myself & child by teaching thus far - but my salary is too small (and I have received nothing from Government yet) to allow me the means of defraying the expense of a trip to the Fort & back with my husbands body -- a vacation occurs in our school between the 22nd of this & the 7th of next month. Could you among your constant acts of mercy and generosity give me a pass so that during my vacation I may accomplish that which next to my country's salvation is my intensest desire --- In giving my husband - I gave my all -- a costly sacrifice - if he had met his fate other [illegible] wise I might have felt a free one --- I address you upon this subject because you have shown yourself so preeminently the friend of the soldier & the unfortunate -- I might refer you to Kersey Fell or Judge Davis in regard to this statement -- Begging pardon for <hr /> occupying your time to such an extent & praying that you will consider my petition I close Gratefully and Truly Your Humbl Servant Mrs. D. E. Carson Bloomington Ills. Carson Mrs D. E Bloomington Dec 11/64 In reference to her husband in the army. Ans File Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/54adcb38f0ffe50101fe4ae99982b486.pdf 29eba460ff65cedfbdd8628b04979b5e Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Bloomington Dec. 16th </pre> <pre> Governor Yates, </pre> <pre> Dear Sir, </pre> <pre> Your very kind letter was duly received__ I feel deeply grateful for the expression of sympathy it contained. The kindly offer to furnish me a pass to Cairo & back __ and more than all for the noble generosity which prompted you to tender aid to me an entire stranger __ from your own private purse __ so Liberally too. The pass I will gladly accept ___ The contribution I respectfully decline __ I have no doubt Mr Fell & others of my friends here would assist me__ but it seems </pre> <hr /> too much like asking charity __ With the aid I accept from you I think I shall be able to accomplish the removal of my husbands remains__ <pre> For your very great kindness I shall ever hold you in grateful remembrance May the Infinite Father bless you for your many acts of mercy ___ </pre> <pre> Yours Truly </pre> <pre> Mrs D.E. Carson </pre> Sent pass as directed <pre> Snyder </pre> <pre> A D C </pre> <hr /> Carson Mrs D.E Bloomington Dec 16th64 Thanks you for interest in her behalf - (Disposed of) <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 19, Folder 06 (December 11-16, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. E. Carson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-12-16 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 513865 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. <pre> Bloomington Dec. 16th </pre> <pre> Governor Yates, </pre> <pre> Dear Sir, </pre> <pre> Your very kind letter was duly received__ I feel deeply grateful for the expression of sympathy it contained. The kindly offer to furnish me a pass to Cairo & back __ and more than all for the noble generosity which prompted you to tender aid to me an entire stranger __ from your own private purse __ so Liberally too. The pass I will gladly accept ___ The contribution I respectfully decline __ I have no doubt Mr Fell & others of my friends here would assist me__ but it seems </pre> <hr /> too much like asking charity __ With the aid I accept from you I think I shall be able to accomplish the removal of my husbands remains__ <pre> For your very great kindness I shall ever hold you in grateful remembrance May the Infinite Father bless you for your many acts of mercy ___ </pre> <pre> Yours Truly </pre> <pre> Mrs D.E. Carson </pre> Sent pass as directed <pre> Snyder </pre> <pre> A D C </pre> <hr /> Carson Mrs D.E Bloomington Dec 16th64 Thanks you for interest in her behalf - (Disposed of) <hr /> Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/78bfcdf26d18822cd705acb139fbf962.pdf 75eb938f4d7bcb3a781ee39c04b0c7e9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 5, Folder 04 (January 1-14, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. E. Williams to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-01-14 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501194 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/db4ddbb0b4e05c4c8a04eeeecf35e13d.pdf 88e156150aff3e55e9300c6aa3c7a222 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 15, Folder 08 (March 21-31, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. F. Coffey to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-03-25 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 508762 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/62b3441e9eaa926b36021d14ed4f3c24.pdf 0bf4997b5ef84c703eed0be612f6f38e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 7, Folder 05 (August 8-9, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. F. Hitt to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-[08]-[08] Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501887 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/63d01f2c60a64bb7b147e55a4aec6ae7.pdf 8e4e4d263978aa4187abd322d65628ee Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Matoon Ill's July 7th 1864 Hon. Richard Yates Governor of Illinois Dear Sir Enclosed please find a copy of a Circular we wish to have published. It fully explains itself as to the importance & justness of the cause. The Trustees direct me as the Principal, to forward this copy to you & respectfully ask your name to the first recommendation after the names of the Trustees, Also would you be kind enough to have Mr Jesse Dubois insert his name & we would like the Name of Sec. of State or State Superintendant of C. Schools/ In behalf of these dear orphans Truly Yours D.F. McFarland <hr /> McFarland D.F. Maltoon Ills. July 7, 1864 Enclosing Circular to have Govs name affixed thereto. Answered July 11th 1864 Circular signed & returned Loomis A.D.C. P.S. An immediate answer will greatly oblige as the agents in the field & those about to go out are very anxious to get this Circular MF Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 16, Folder 08 (July 6-14, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. F. McFarland to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-07-07 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511514 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Matoon Ill's July 7th 1864 Hon. Richard Yates Governor of Illinois Dear Sir Enclosed please find a copy of a Circular we wish to have published. It fully explains itself as to the importance & justness of the cause. The Trustees direct me as the Principal, to forward this copy to you & respectfully ask your name to the first recommendation after the names of the Trustees, Also would you be kind enough to have Mr Jesse Dubois insert his name & we would like the Name of Sec. of State or State Superintendant of C. Schools/ In behalf of these dear orphans Truly Yours D.F. McFarland <hr /> McFarland D.F. Maltoon Ills. July 7, 1864 Enclosing Circular to have Govs name affixed thereto. Answered July 11th 1864 Circular signed & returned Loomis A.D.C. P.S. An immediate answer will greatly oblige as the agents in the field & those about to go out are very anxious to get this Circular MF Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/29f292c31d01daa315409758e5cd4cc0.pdf 1aab1d9bff7b6fa218f3f8883ed3f899 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. U.S. General Hospital Quincy, Ill. Feb 12, 1865. Sir: In reference to the case of John Mockler co "C" 17 N.Y. Vols. whom you ask me to transfer to a General Hospital in the State of New York, I beg leave to say that I have no au- thority to reccommend a transfer in this or any case except when ordered to do so by the Med. Director of the De- partment or other superior officer. I suggest therefore that you forward to him applications of this nature. Very respectfully, Your obdt srvt D.G. Brinton Surg. [illegible] [illegible] Hon. Richard Yates Springfield Illinois <hr /> Dr. Brinton military Apply & Ansd Appt & Ansd [Porter?] Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 20, Folder 03 (February 1-28, 1865) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Brinton to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-02-10 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511852 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. U.S. General Hospital Quincy, Ill. Feb 12, 1865. Sir: In reference to the case of John Mockler co "C" 17 N.Y. Vols. whom you ask me to transfer to a General Hospital in the State of New York, I beg leave to say that I have no au- thority to reccommend a transfer in this or any case except when ordered to do so by the Med. Director of the De- partment or other superior officer. I suggest therefore that you forward to him applications of this nature. Very respectfully, Your obdt srvt D.G. Brinton Surg. [illegible] [illegible] Hon. Richard Yates Springfield Illinois <hr /> Dr. Brinton military Apply & Ansd Appt & Ansd [Porter?] Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/9b44cf46f88f6591148b3d552bb78972.pdf 06777a6d1edc171ce29f2e0a51b66e95 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Burnt Prairie Ills Septr 2nd 1861 My Dear Sir I should have advised you sooner in regard to the Cavalry Company but for your Proclamation that all Companies would be recd. which rendered it apparently unnecessary to report to you whether or not I would get a Company in readiness at the required time. I went to work on receipt of your letter to get the Company together and would probably have succeeded had I not thought it necessary - owing to the shortness of the time to get in readiness - to join with some persons at Grayville and Phillipstown which produced dissatisfaction in my own neighbourhood and resulted <hr /> in my defeat by a small majority at the Election of Officers. The Grayville and Phillipstown men by voting more men that had no intention of going to the war than the majority against me carried all the offices and are endeavoring to make out the Company at Grayville but with what success I am not apprised. If I make another attempt it will not be untill after Wheat is sowed. If the Grayville and Phillipstown party succeed they will have appropriated to their use about $10.00 of expense incured by me beside my time. This however is about in keeping with my fortunes in political matters for I will venture to say and I am of opinion that it is believed by my neighbors <hr /> Sept 2 1861 that of the three persons in my immediate vicinity who have been the recipient of Federal favor Viz Turney, Limgor and Brown the labor and sacrifise given by all of them for Political purposes does not equal that of my own. The fact is that while they were demanding money of the Republican Party for political use I was steadily footing whatever necessary expense for the Cause presented itself. I have taken but little pains to present my claims for the official favor and in that little I have been sent on one occasion by an insinuation that a plea of pecuniary necessity was fatal to an applicant for office under the present Administration. Believing that such a heartless sentiment does not find a response <hr /> in your bosom I desire to say to you that Bankruptcy and a consequent want of the necessaries of life look me full in the face. I have no reason to doubt but that if I had never had anything to do in political matters my situation in life would have been far different. In the beginning of the year 1856 I had attained to a prosperous business at this place. I did not think of anything but affluence during the remainder of my days. At that time I began to distribute Republican Documents and the same was met by threats of destruction to my business which only stimulated me to renewed exertion for the Rep cause. Finally giving up my business I threw my whole sole into the work making it my study and pursuit and my acquaintance being tolerably extensive in this and adjoining counties I made it my study and duty to provide every person with good political reading matter who I thought was at all susceptible of embibing true principles as also the providing of speakers [?c ?c] The result has been that many persons of Democratic faith who were once my warmest friends are now my bitterest enemies and availing themselves of a little circumstance with regard to a fugitive slave (which I believe I explained to you once) they have attatched the odium of Abolitionism on me and having sought in every way to break me down thinking that thereby they could break down the Rep Party in this vicinity have ruined my prospects for business pursuits in this vicinity. <hr /> You expressed to me while at Springfield in June last a purpose of giving me some position. Some place in the Army where business qualifications and industry are necessary would suit me. Anything you can do for me will be thankfully received and remembered. Your sincere friend D. G. Hay His Ex & Gov Yates Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 3, Folder 08 (September 1-5, 1861) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Hay to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource [1861]-09-02 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 500928 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Burnt Prairie Ills Septr 2nd 1861 My Dear Sir I should have advised you sooner in regard to the Cavalry Company but for your Proclamation that all Companies would be recd. which rendered it apparently unnecessary to report to you whether or not I would get a Company in readiness at the required time. I went to work on receipt of your letter to get the Company together and would probably have succeeded had I not thought it necessary - owing to the shortness of the time to get in readiness - to join with some persons at Grayville and Phillipstown which produced dissatisfaction in my own neighbourhood and resulted <hr /> in my defeat by a small majority at the Election of Officers. The Grayville and Phillipstown men by voting more men that had no intention of going to the war than the majority against me carried all the offices & are indeavoring to make out the Company at Grayville but with what success I am not apprised. If I make another attempt it will not be untill after Wheat is sowed. If the Grayville & Phillipstown party succeed they will have appropriated to their use about $10.00 of expense incured by me beside my time. This however is about in keeping with my fortunes in political matters for I will venture to say & I am of opinion that it is believed by my neighbors <hr /> Sept 2 1861 that of the three persons in my immediate vicinity who have been the recipient of Federal favor viz. Turney, Limgor and Brown the labor and sacrifise given by all of them for Political purposes does not equal that of my own. The fact is that while they were demanding money of the Republican Party for political use I was steadily footing whatever necessary expense - for the Cause - presented itself. I have taken but little pains to present my claims for the official favor and in that little I have been met on one occasion by an insinuation that a plea of pecuniary necessity was fatal to an applicant for office under the present Administration. Believing that such a heartless sentiment does not find a response <hr /> in your bosom I desire to say to you that Bankruptcy & a consequent want of the necessaries of life look me full in the face. I have no reason to doubt but that if I had never had anything to do in political matters my situation in life would have been far different. In the beginning of the year 1856 I had attained to a prosperous business at this place. I did not think of anything but affluence during the remainder of my days. At that time I began to distribute Republican Documents & the same was met by threats of destruction to my business, which only stimulated me to renewed exertion for the Rep. cause. Till finally giving up my business I threw my whole sole into the work making it my study & pursuit, and my acquaintance being tolerably extensive in <hr /> 5th Sept 2 1861 this & adjoining counties I made it my study & duty to provide every person with good political reading matter who I thought was at all susceptible of embibing true principles and also the providing of speakers &c. &c. The result has been that many persons of Democratic faith who were once my warmest friends are now my bitterest enemies and availing themselves of a little circumstance with regard to a fugitive slave (which I believe I explained to you once) they have attatched the odium of Abolitionism on me & having sought in every way to break me down thinking that thereby they could break down the Rep. Party in this vicinity have ruined my prospects for business pursuits in this vicinity. <hr /> You expressed to me while at Springfield in June last a purpose of giving me some position. Some place in the Army where business qualifications & industry are necessary would suit me. Anything you can do for me will be thankfully received and remembered. Your sincere friend D. G. Hay His Exy. Gov. Yates. <hr /> D. G. Hay for position Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/3721ec93d7b724fce1a3bb269ed4de95.pdf 6fc45114ed5f16a817c19442bf106dfc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 4, Folder 01 (September 11-20, 1861) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Hay to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-09-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 502014 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/b9215cb70a9136f288ce33a194bfa6d3.pdf c9c84f3a15b41391c86ac9ec73c91d9a Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Macomb Ills Sept 23 1861 Honl Richard Yates Springfield Ills Dear Sir- The undersigned are informed that John J. Mudd Esq of Chicago, desires to join our army in some capacity during the present War. We have been acquainted with him for a number of years, whilst he was engaged in the Commission of business at St. Louis Mo & afterward at Chicago Ill, and known him to be an A No 1 man both as regards honesty and capacity & loyally to our Government, and will fill with credit to himself & service to the country any situation he may desire, and any favor you can consistently do him will greatly oblige. Yours D. G. Tunnicliff Cha. Chandler Carter Van Vleck <hr /> Recommending Jhn J Mudd Chicago This man has been appt- File. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 4, Folder 02 (September 21-27, 1861) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Tunnicliff and others to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-09-23 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 502098 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Macomb Ills Sept 23 1861 Honl Richard Yates Springfield Ills Dear Sir- The undersigned are informed that John J. Mudd Esq of Chicago, desires to join our army in some capacity during the present War. We have been acquainted with him for a number of years, whilst he was engaged in the Commission of business at St. Louis Mo & afterward at Chicago Ill, and known him to be an A No 1 man both as regards honesty and capacity & loyally to our Government, and will fill with credit to himself & service to the country any situation he may desire, and any favor you can consistently do him will greatly oblige. Yours D. G. Tunnicliff Cha. Chandler Carter Van Vleck <hr /> Recommending Jhn J Mudd Chicago This man has been appt- File. Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/7a5978e4215bdb15a6ac21aec2e610dd.pdf c437ba2104e864d8c0b07a3bd594a16c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Walnut, Ill June 5th, 1865 Hon Richard Yates Springfield Ill Dear Sir - I enclose you a letter just rec'd by me from Dr. Jas G Waters who desires a position in the regular army, and seems to be laboring under the very eronious notion that I may have some influence with you, and I have no doubt [illegible] supposes that your aid in the matter would settle the question in his favor - Joseph is a brother of Col. L. H. Waters of the 84th in whose regiment he enlisted as a private, after having stumped <hr /> this county for the purpose of raising volunteers for that regiment He is a lawyer by profession, of good habits, and a very [proper?] efficient young man - has been wounded one or twice during the war, and I believe is now on General Kimball's staff - You can return his letter to me after you have read it - Yours etc. D. G. Tunnicliff <hr /> wrote the letter requested and answered knew of no reason for his remark. June 19, 1865 D. G. Tunnicliff Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 20, Folder 07 (June 1-30, 1865) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Tunnicliff to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-05 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511976 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Walnut, Ill June 5th, 1865 Hon Richard Yates Springfield Ill Dear Sir - I enclose you a letter just rec'd by me from Dr. Jas G Waters who desires a position in the regular army, and seems to be laboring under the very eronious notion that I may have some influence with you, and I have no doubt [illegible] supposes that your aid in the matter would settle the question in his favor - Joseph is a brother of Col. L. H. Waters of the 84th in whose regiment he enlisted as a private, after having stumped <hr /> this county for the purpose of raising volunteers for that regiment He is a lawyer by profession, of good habits, and a very [proper?] efficient young man - has been wounded one or twice during the war, and I believe is now on General Kimball's staff - You can return his letter to me after you have read it - Yours etc. D. G. Tunnicliff <hr /> wrote the letter requested and answered knew of no reason for his remark. June 19, 1865 D. G. Tunnicliff Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/06b89d4d9bce7dfd915ee8d889dcfe11.pdf 3e74abdb8b8d50e404d52d76a8a59e77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 7, Folder 01 (July 29-31, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. G. Turncliff to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-07-31 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501675 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/8945e9cfdf9062bc7c152cc3c983f9bc.pdf 9d5fa73a5a91ea584fa101349a1f6011 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 15, Folder 01 (February 1-5, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. Goodrich to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-02-02 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 508469 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/01aef1d2727cd68e530294b1063d54cc.pdf 42b06d1e40e84361f6326079c337c94c Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Chicago Feby. 3d 1864 Friend Gov, I to day red some choice Tubs Butter. & sent one to your address by Express. Please accept with kind regard & wishes for your health & prosperity Truly yours with much respect D Goodrich <hr /> Goodrich D. Chicago Feby 3 1864. Sends Governor a Keg of choice butter - which please accept with kind regards &c private file Ex O Feby 6 64 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 14 (February 1-14, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Chicago Feby. 3d 1864 Friend Gov, I to day red some choice Tubs Butter. & sent one to your address by Express. Please accept with kind regard & wishes for your health & prosperity Truly yours with much respect D Goodrich <hr /> Goodrich D. Chicago Feby 3 1864. Sends Governor a Keg of choice butter - which please accept with kind regards &c private file Ex O Feby 6 64 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/14f6cb8615f85664c8d649d96d7108b3.pdf 73ce98807d034f19cc78f2afb9bf13e7 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. June 27, 1865 enter/return enter/return To the President and members of the Cabinet of the United States. <pre> GENTLEMEN: The undersigned beg leave respectfully to represent: That in the appointment of Lewis E. Parsons, Provisional Governor of Alabama, you have placed the executive administration of that State in the hands of a man of notoriously disloyal proclivities and rebellious antecedents, and whose record has been stained with treasonable opposition to the United States Government from the inauguration of the rebellion. He has been a rebel judge of a district court of the so-called confederacy, sitting in judgment upon the lives and property of loyal Union citizens of Alabama. He has also been a member of the rebel legislature of that State, and has twice taken the oath of allegiance to the confederate government. From the inauguration of hostilities by the firing upon Sumpter, he has been a hearty sympathiser with treason, and an efficient and influential co-worker with traitors in their paricidal efforts to destroy this Government. With recommending him for the position conferred upon him, the truly loyal and Union men of Alabama have had nothing to do. The delegation which accompanied him to this city, are all notorious throughout the State for their disloyalty. They were self constituted, or sent by rebel cliques and did not represent or reflect the sentiment of the Union people and loyal element of the State. They have all been active instigators, aiders, and abettors of the rebellion from the beginning, have not breathed a loyal sentiment, nor entertained a loyal, friendly feeling for this Government, or for the administration of Mr. Lincoln, since April, 1861, notwithstanding two of them, to wit: Geo. S. Houston and Nicholas Davis, have resided more than half the period of the war within the federal lines and been protected by federal bayonets. As this delegation has played a prominent part in the programme of deception practiced upon the Executive of the nation, in securing the federal offices in Alabama to the possession of disloyal men, identified in interest and feeling with the old slave dynasty of our State, we beg leave to present for your information the following concise history of the treasonable record of each, as it came under our observation during the first two years of the rebellion. Joseph C. Bradley, of Huntsville, Alabama, has been the collector of the rebel war tax of that State and also Receiver General of the debts due from southern men to northern and western merchants under the sequestration act of the rebel congress; but finding no immediate pecuniary consideration in the office, he soon declined it. He uniformed and otherwise equipped a company of men raised in and about Huntsville, at his own individual expense; baptised them by the name of "JOE BRADLEY REBELS" and sent them to the rebel army to fight against the Government, the Union, and perpetaity of these States, over the disruption of which, he is now here in the City of Washington shedding crocodile tears--not of repentance for his treason, but of hypocrisy and deception, to aid in securing the political control and patronage of the Government to the old slave dynasty and enable that class of men to control the reconstruction policy of the State of Alabama, and keep themselves in political power and authority. He furnished many thousand dollars to a Mrs. Jordon and Mrs. Bradford, two rebel women of Huntsville, for the purchase of contraband medicines and clothing to be run through the federal lines at Nashville, Tennessee, who were detected, arrested, and imprisoned at Nashville, as his excellency the President will probably recollect. Upon the advent of General Mitchel's army into Huntsville, (April 11th, 1862,) Bradley fled south of Tennessee river, within the rebel lines, where he remained consorting and fraternizing with rebels, employing al his energies, wealth, and influence in support of the rebel cause, till the armies of the rebellion were vanquished and overthrown when he concocted the plan of securing the offices of the state government and its patronage in the hands of his confederates intreason; comes up here to Washington, falsely representing himself and his associates as delegated by the truly loyal men of Alabama to represent and reflect their wishes and sentiments; engineers the appointment of rebels, who are his pliant tools, into office; procures the executive pardon, an upon his return home will no doubt be ready and prepared to crucify, at the first opportunity, the President with the whole republican party, if in his power, with more ferocity than Pontius Pilot did the Saviour. Colonel Nicholas Davis went into the seccession convention of Alabama, pledged to the people to resist the mad heresy to the bitter end. He voted against the ordinance in pursuance of his pledge, but asked and obtained leave to change his vote. He has been a member of the rebel congress, was commissioned a colonel in the rebel army, went to Mobile to assume command, but owing to some difficulty about his regiment, returned to Huntsville, took an interest in a gun factory at Pulaski, Tennessee, for the manufacture of arms and munitions of war for the use of the confederacy, and like Bradley, employed all his wealth, energies, and influence in aid of the rebellion. He has been about half the period of the war within the federal lines, enjoying federal protection, but instead of giving his hearty cooperation to the support and defence of the flag of his country, as a truly loyal man would, he has been quite the reverse, and while not openly defiant, still the spirit of resistance is plainly perceptible as lurking in his heart, and is only subdued by the presence of federal bayonets. General George S. Houston left his seat in the U.S. Congress, returned to Alabama and was a Union man up to the attack upon Fort Sumter. He soon after took the stump, beating up for volunteers for the rebel army, canvassed his congressional district, denounced in his speeches the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln calling for seventy-five thousand men as an unwarrantable attempt at coercion, declared it a usurpation of power, unauthorized by the Constitution, or authority of law, and branded him with the epithets of tyrant and despot, put his sons (one as a captain) into the rebel army, and was instrumental in levying a tax of one hundred and fifty per cent (upon the State and county tax of the county) upon the people of Limestone, to clothe and otherwise fit out these county volunteers, (his own sons among the rest,) preparatory to sending them to the rebel army. He was a member of the vigilance committee of Limestone county, a body of men who assumed the prerogative and authority to arrest, bring before them, try, condemn, and execute men suspected of disloyalty to the so-called confederacy. This committee was the chief committee of the county, and held a supervisory control over the sub-vigilance committees, organized in the several precincts, or election districts of the county; and when the reign of terror was inaugurated, and the bloodhounds of slavery let loose with a savage ferocity, upon unoffending and defenceless Union men, when a free negro, and old defenceless preacher </pre> <hr /> 2 was taken up, tried before a sub-vigilance committee, condemned in secret, and forthwith executed by hanging, his heart afterwards cut out and carried upon the point of a bowie-knife through the streets of Mooresville--when an Italian pedlar of tablecloths, who could hardly speak the English language intelligibly, was reported to have been shot in cold blood by these minions of the slave power, under the pretence of being a northern emissary and abolitionist, George S. Houston was not the man to raise his voice, or use his efforts against the perpetration of these barbarous atrocities, notwithstanding, such was his wealth, influence, and prestige of character in that country, that he could have effectually suppressed such violence, had he had the moral or physical courage to have done so. At the meeting of the legislature in November, 1861, he was anxious to represent the State of Alabama in the senate of the rebel congress, and his friends at Montgomery canvassed his claims for the nominations, and as late as the winter of 1863, he refused to sell his crop of cotton to a respectable gentleman of Nashville, alleging that "the Confederate laws prohibited it," thus recognizing the supremacy of the rebel laws, and admitting their paramount authority to the laws of the United States, notwithstanding the federal forces had once had possession of his end of the State, and his intelligence should have admonished him that they would have possession again. Such has been the rebellious record of the Hon. George S. Houston, during these four years of bloody strife and internicine warfare, which he has fomented and encouraged by every means at his command. Yet he comes here now, with his garments stained with the blood of his countrymen, whom he has influenced to rush madly into this awful rebellion, and claims to have been a good loyal Union citizen of the United States, emphatically alleging, that neither "the State of Alabama or himself have ever yet been out of the Union." This is true as to his State, but his record shows that he himself has made most desperate efforts to get out of it. <pre> With the particular incidents connected with the rebel history of Messrs. Saffold and Bibb we are not familiar. It is known that they are slave-holders, belonging to that class who went into rebellion knowingly, voluntarily, and anxiously as a general thing; and from their association with the delegation, it is presumed they have established a record similar to that of the colleagues. Of Mr. Roberts, it is only necessary to say, that he is the editorof the "Montgomery Mail," in order to understand and appreciate the intensity of his hate and bitter opposition to the Federal Government. Such, Mr. President and gentlemen of the Cabinet, is the history in brief of the men (as it came under our personal observation for the first two years nearly of the rebellion) who have come here, and by falsely representing themselves as reflecting the sentiments of the loyal men of Alabama, have induced you to commit the administration of the governmant of the State of Alabama into the hands of disloyal men, and endorse them with the authority and patronage of the Federal Government, whereby they and their associates in treason may retain the political power and control of the State for the benefit and aggrandizement of the old slave dynasty under a reconstructed governmant of their own distroying. Information received from Alabama last night informs us that the truly loyal men of the State had no agency in sending thi selegation here; that they will shortly be heard from; and that the appointment of rebels to place and power will not only not be acquiesced in, but will be productive of much future strife, blood-she, and many evil consquences. This class of men have been instruments of destroying the old government, and are therefore not the fit instruments to mend up the new government, put in motion, or to run the machine after is is repaired. In their oppositiion to the reinstatement of rebels to control and administer the State government during the process of reconstruction, the truly loysl men of Alabama are contending for principle. Their record is unstained by treason. They have sacrificed everything but life and honor for the sake of the flag of their country. Many of them have been driven from the State; others left voluntarily; and escaping from under the despotic rule of the rebellous slave-holder, entered the Union army, and have been fighting to regain their homes, to which, pillaged and desolated, they hoped, though in poverty, once more to return; and, with the cankering curse of slavery destroyed, to spend the remainder of their lives in peace and quiet under a government which they had helped to save, make free, and in the administration of which the would fell safe both in their persons and property. They have beenassured that when the rebellion was crushed out, and its cause destroyed, the political power of the slave-holder should likewise perish. They have read in all the speeches of our worthy chief magistrate that the southern people engaged in this rebellion "must be taught that treason is a crime, and that traitors should be punished,"and they have been led to expect that none but the loyal men would again be permitted to enjoy power and place, and the confidence of the Government in the insurgent States. They have also been let to believe that to excuse or palliate crime, without thorough conversion of the criminal, is but to encourage crime still further; and the pardon and forgiveness of conscious, intelligend and influential traitors against the Government of the United States, without a long probationary repentance, (of which this class of rebels should give unmistakable evidence,) if the rankest kind of injustice. But he appointment of rebels to office in the State of Alabama will disappoint their expectations in this respect. Those of us, however, in this city can find an wxcuse to these appointments, in the belief that the Executive and his Cabinet have been deceived by wicked and designing men, whom we know to be such, and whom the truly loyal men of Alabama will declare to be such as soon as information can reach them. In making this opposition, we are not seeking the overthrow of any but rebels. There are but two parties in Alabama, nor have there been since the rebellion commenced, and these are Union men and secessionists-the former friendly to the Governmant and the latter opposed to it-and the strife for supremacy is not a strife between factions of the same party. The loyal men of Alabama can furnish ability enough to restore the government, and to administer it after so restored, without calling in the aid of slave-holding rebels who have done all in their power to break up and destroy it, and if permitted, will restore it upon a very different basis, and infuse into its organization and machinery a very different spirit of enthusiasm and enterprise from that which slave-holding rebels will adopt. We have lived under the dominion, and are quite familiar with the policy of slave-holdin legislation, the tendency of which has always been to make the rich richer and poor poorer, and the masses degraded and demoralized. Republican liberty and equality among the white race (slave-holders and non-slaveholders) has never existed in the Southern States only in name, since the organization of the Government, and it never will till the political prestige of the old slave-holding dynasty is destroyed-and the progress of the Staates will be retrogade till they become yankeeized by the introduction of free schools, free speech, and free labor, which will never be done till the non-slaveholding element of society is in full and free possession of all political power. We are informed that the rebels who have returned, except the conscripts, are a defiant and disloyal as ever; they have returned with their arms, if not in their hands, they have been deposited </pre> (----) <pre> 3 </pre> where they can readily get possession of them in any future emergency, and they swear vengeance against all Union men as soon as the federal armies are withdrawn, asserting that the fire of resistance is only "smothered, not extinguished," and that it shall burst forth again and will not be quenched till it culminates in the successful achievement of southern independence. <pre> These, we admit are idle threats, but they indicate the feeling that exists; abd with the government of the State in the hands of men who have done all in their power to resist the authority of the United States, these men may be made, very readily, the instruments of much future mischief and blood-shed. We are informed that the rebel General Roddy surrendered a few days ago two thousand of his men at Athens, and with them he turned over onl ninety stand in arms, alleging that the balance had been stollen, thrown away, and lost. Such however is not the fact. They no doubt have been deposited where they can be got again for future use in case of emergency. This is signiticant and shows that evil intent still lurks in the hearts of these rebels. In view of the foregoing staatements and facts, and in view also of the fact that, as we believe, loyal Union men, conscripts, and refugees will not longer consent to submit to the rule and domination of revel slave-holders to control and administer the government of Alabama, (without intending any officious interference,) in behal of our loyal fellow-citizens at home, with all due deference and respect, request the President and the several members of the Cabinet to suspend the official action of the appointees you have made to civil offices in the State of Alabama, except Dr. Monteque, Collector at Mobile, and James Q. Smith, Esq., (we having been informed that all other officers have been appointed upon the recommendation of the rebel delegation, who came prepared with a list,) until the true Union men of Alabama can be heard from. In doing this we are actuated by a desire to avert the calamity of further strife and blood-shed, which we believe will certanily ensue if the attempt be made to force upon the Union men of our State, rebel slave-holders to govern them sstill longer. We have the honor to be, very respectfully, D.H. BINGHAM, Athens, Ala., J.H. LARCOMBE, Huntsville, Ala. </pre> Washington, June 27,1865 (----) DH Bingham JH Larcombe Ala <pre> To </pre> President Johnson _______________ Remostrate against the appointmend of Parsons as Governor of Alabama Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 20, Folder 07 (June 1-30, 1865) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. H. Bingham and J. H. Larcombe to Andrew Johnson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-27 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514013 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. June 27, 1865 enter/return enter/return To the President and members of the Cabinet of the United States. <pre> GENTLEMEN: The undersigned beg leave respectfully to represent: That in the appointment of Lewis E. Parsons, Provisional Governor of Alabama, you have placed the executive administration of that State in the hands of a man of notoriously disloyal proclivities and rebellious antecedents, and whose record has been stained with treasonable opposition to the United States Government from the inauguration of the rebellion. He has been a rebel judge of a district court of the so-called confederacy, sitting in judgment upon the lives and property of loyal Union citizens of Alabama. He has also been a member of the rebel legislature of that State, and has twice taken the oath of allegiance to the confederate government. From the inauguration of hostilities by the firing upon Sumpter, he has been a hearty sympathiser with treason, and an efficient and influential co-worker with traitors in their paricidal efforts to destroy this Government. With recommending him for the position conferred upon him, the truly loyal and Union men of Alabama have had nothing to do. The delegation which accompanied him to this city, are all notorious throughout the State for their disloyalty. They were self constituted, or sent by rebel cliques and did not represent or reflect the sentiment of the Union people and loyal element of the State. They have all been active instigators, aiders, and abettors of the rebellion from the beginning, have not breathed a loyal sentiment, nor entertained a loyal, friendly feeling for this Government, or for the administration of Mr. Lincoln, since April, 1861, notwithstanding two of them, to wit: Geo. S. Houston and Nicholas Davis, have resided more than half the period of the war within the federal lines and been protected by federal bayonets. As this delegation has played a prominent part in the programme of deception practiced upon the Executive of the nation, in securing the federal offices in Alabama to the possession of disloyal men, identified in interest and feeling with the old slave dynasty of our State, we beg leave to present for your information the following concise history of the treasonable record of each, as it came under our observation during the first two years of the rebellion. Joseph C. Bradley, of Huntsville, Alabama, has been the collector of the rebel war tax of that State and also Receiver General of the debts due from southern men to northern and western merchants under the sequestration act of the rebel congress; but finding no immediate pecuniary consideration in the office, he soon declined it. He uniformed and otherwise equipped a company of men raised in and about Huntsville, at his own individual expense; baptised them by the name of "JOE BRADLEY REBELS" and sent them to the rebel army to fight against the Government, the Union, and perpetaity of these States, over the disruption of which, he is now here in the City of Washington shedding crocodile tears--not of repentance for his treason, but of hypocrisy and deception, to aid in securing the political control and patronage of the Government to the old slave dynasty and enable that class of men to control the reconstruction policy of the State of Alabama, and keep themselves in political power and authority. He furnished many thousand dollars to a Mrs. Jordon and Mrs. Bradford, two rebel women of Huntsville, for the purchase of contraband medicines and clothing to be run through the federal lines at Nashville, Tennessee, who were detected, arrested, and imprisoned at Nashville, as his excellency the President will probably recollect. Upon the advent of General Mitchel's army into Huntsville, (April 11th, 1862,) Bradley fled south of Tennessee river, within the rebel lines, where he remained consorting and fraternizing with rebels, employing al his energies, wealth, and influence in support of the rebel cause, till the armies of the rebellion were vanquished and overthrown when he concocted the plan of securing the offices of the state government and its patronage in the hands of his confederates intreason; comes up here to Washington, falsely representing himself and his associates as delegated by the truly loyal men of Alabama to represent and reflect their wishes and sentiments; engineers the appointment of rebels, who are his pliant tools, into office; procures the executive pardon, an upon his return home will no doubt be ready and prepared to crucify, at the first opportunity, the President with the whole republican party, if in his power, with more ferocity than Pontius Pilot did the Saviour. Colonel Nicholas Davis went into the seccession convention of Alabama, pledged to the people to resist the mad heresy to the bitter end. He voted against the ordinance in pursuance of his pledge, but asked and obtained leave to change his vote. He has been a member of the rebel congress, was commissioned a colonel in the rebel army, went to Mobile to assume command, but owing to some difficulty about his regiment, returned to Huntsville, took an interest in a gun factory at Pulaski, Tennessee, for the manufacture of arms and munitions of war for the use of the confederacy, and like Bradley, employed all his wealth, energies, and influence in aid of the rebellion. He has been about half the period of the war within the federal lines, enjoying federal protection, but instead of giving his hearty cooperation to the support and defence of the flag of his country, as a truly loyal man would, he has been quite the reverse, and while not openly defiant, still the spirit of resistance is plainly perceptible as lurking in his heart, and is only subdued by the presence of federal bayonets. General George S. Houston left his seat in the U.S. Congress, returned to Alabama and was a Union man up to the attack upon Fort Sumter. He soon after took the stump, beating up for volunteers for the rebel army, canvassed his congressional district, denounced in his speeches the proclamation of Mr. Lincoln calling for seventy-five thousand men as an unwarrantable attempt at coercion, declared it a usurpation of power, unauthorized by the Constitution, or authority of law, and branded him with the epithets of tyrant and despot, put his sons (one as a captain) into the rebel army, and was instrumental in levying a tax of one hundred and fifty per cent (upon the State and county tax of the county) upon the people of Limestone, to clothe and otherwise fit out these county volunteers, (his own sons among the rest,) preparatory to sending them to the rebel army. He was a member of the vigilance committee of Limestone county, a body of men who assumed the prerogative and authority to arrest, bring before them, try, condemn, and execute men suspected of disloyalty to the so-called confederacy. This committee was the chief committee of the county, and held a supervisory control over the sub-vigilance committees, organized in the several precincts, or election districts of the county; and when the reign of terror was inaugurated, and the bloodhounds of slavery let loose with a savage ferocity, upon unoffending and defenceless Union men, when a free negro, and old defenceless preacher </pre> <hr /> 2 was taken up, tried before a sub-vigilance committee, condemned in secret, and forthwith executed by hanging, his heart afterwards cut out and carried upon the point of a bowie-knife through the streets of Mooresville--when an Italian pedlar of tablecloths, who could hardly speak the English language intelligibly, was reported to have been shot in cold blood by these minions of the slave power, under the pretence of being a northern emissary and abolitionist, George S. Houston was not the man to raise his voice, or use his efforts against the perpetration of these barbarous atrocities, notwithstanding, such was his wealth, influence, and prestige of character in that country, that he could have effectually suppressed such violence, had he had the moral or physical courage to have done so. At the meeting of the legislature in November, 1861, he was anxious to represent the State of Alabama in the senate of the rebel congress, and his friends at Montgomery canvassed his claims for the nominations, and as late as the winter of 1863, he refused to sell his crop of cotton to a respectable gentleman of Nashville, alleging that "the Confederate laws prohibited it," thus recognizing the supremacy of the rebel laws, and admitting their paramount authority to the laws of the United States, notwithstanding the federal forces had once had possession of his end of the State, and his intelligence should have admonished him that they would have possession again. Such has been the rebellious record of the Hon. George S. Houston, during these four years of bloody strife and internicine warfare, which he has fomented and encouraged by every means at his command. Yet he comes here now, with his garments stained with the blood of his countrymen, whom he has influenced to rush madly into this awful rebellion, and claims to have been a good loyal Union citizen of the United States, emphatically alleging, that neither "the State of Alabama or himself have ever yet been out of the Union." This is true as to his State, but his record shows that he himself has made most desperate efforts to get out of it. <pre> With the particular incidents connected with the rebel history of Messrs. Saffold and Bibb we are not familiar. It is known that they are slave-holders, belonging to that class who went into rebellion knowingly, voluntarily, and anxiously as a general thing; and from their association with the delegation, it is presumed they have established a record similar to that of the colleagues. Of Mr. Roberts, it is only necessary to say, that he is the editorof the "Montgomery Mail," in order to understand and appreciate the intensity of his hate and bitter opposition to the Federal Government. Such, Mr. President and gentlemen of the Cabinet, is the history in brief of the men (as it came under our personal observation for the first two years nearly of the rebellion) who have come here, and by falsely representing themselves as reflecting the sentiments of the loyal men of Alabama, have induced you to commit the administration of the governmant of the State of Alabama into the hands of disloyal men, and endorse them with the authority and patronage of the Federal Government, whereby they and their associates in treason may retain the political power and control of the State for the benefit and aggrandizement of the old slave dynasty under a reconstructed governmant of their own distroying. Information received from Alabama last night informs us that the truly loyal men of the State had no agency in sending thi selegation here; that they will shortly be heard from; and that the appointment of rebels to place and power will not only not be acquiesced in, but will be productive of much future strife, blood-she, and many evil consquences. This class of men have been instruments of destroying the old government, and are therefore not the fit instruments to mend up the new government, put in motion, or to run the machine after is is repaired. In their oppositiion to the reinstatement of rebels to control and administer the State government during the process of reconstruction, the truly loysl men of Alabama are contending for principle. Their record is unstained by treason. They have sacrificed everything but life and honor for the sake of the flag of their country. Many of them have been driven from the State; others left voluntarily; and escaping from under the despotic rule of the rebellous slave-holder, entered the Union army, and have been fighting to regain their homes, to which, pillaged and desolated, they hoped, though in poverty, once more to return; and, with the cankering curse of slavery destroyed, to spend the remainder of their lives in peace and quiet under a government which they had helped to save, make free, and in the administration of which the would fell safe both in their persons and property. They have beenassured that when the rebellion was crushed out, and its cause destroyed, the political power of the slave-holder should likewise perish. They have read in all the speeches of our worthy chief magistrate that the southern people engaged in this rebellion "must be taught that treason is a crime, and that traitors should be punished,"and they have been led to expect that none but the loyal men would again be permitted to enjoy power and place, and the confidence of the Government in the insurgent States. They have also been let to believe that to excuse or palliate crime, without thorough conversion of the criminal, is but to encourage crime still further; and the pardon and forgiveness of conscious, intelligend and influential traitors against the Government of the United States, without a long probationary repentance, (of which this class of rebels should give unmistakable evidence,) if the rankest kind of injustice. But he appointment of rebels to office in the State of Alabama will disappoint their expectations in this respect. Those of us, however, in this city can find an wxcuse to these appointments, in the belief that the Executive and his Cabinet have been deceived by wicked and designing men, whom we know to be such, and whom the truly loyal men of Alabama will declare to be such as soon as information can reach them. In making this opposition, we are not seeking the overthrow of any but rebels. There are but two parties in Alabama, nor have there been since the rebellion commenced, and these are Union men and secessionists-the former friendly to the Governmant and the latter opposed to it-and the strife for supremacy is not a strife between factions of the same party. The loyal men of Alabama can furnish ability enough to restore the government, and to administer it after so restored, without calling in the aid of slave-holding rebels who have done all in their power to break up and destroy it, and if permitted, will restore it upon a very different basis, and infuse into its organization and machinery a very different spirit of enthusiasm and enterprise from that which slave-holding rebels will adopt. We have lived under the dominion, and are quite familiar with the policy of slave-holdin legislation, the tendency of which has always been to make the rich richer and poor poorer, and the masses degraded and demoralized. Republican liberty and equality among the white race (slave-holders and non-slaveholders) has never existed in the Southern States only in name, since the organization of the Government, and it never will till the political prestige of the old slave-holding dynasty is destroyed-and the progress of the Staates will be retrogade till they become yankeeized by the introduction of free schools, free speech, and free labor, which will never be done till the non-slaveholding element of society is in full and free possession of all political power. We are informed that the rebels who have returned, except the conscripts, are a defiant and disloyal as ever; they have returned with their arms, if not in their hands, they have been deposited </pre> (----) <pre> 3 </pre> where they can readily get possession of them in any future emergency, and they swear vengeance against all Union men as soon as the federal armies are withdrawn, asserting that the fire of resistance is only "smothered, not extinguished," and that it shall burst forth again and will not be quenched till it culminates in the successful achievement of southern independence. <pre> These, we admit are idle threats, but they indicate the feeling that exists; abd with the government of the State in the hands of men who have done all in their power to resist the authority of the United States, these men may be made, very readily, the instruments of much future mischief and blood-shed. We are informed that the rebel General Roddy surrendered a few days ago two thousand of his men at Athens, and with them he turned over onl ninety stand in arms, alleging that the balance had been stollen, thrown away, and lost. Such however is not the fact. They no doubt have been deposited where they can be got again for future use in case of emergency. This is signiticant and shows that evil intent still lurks in the hearts of these rebels. In view of the foregoing staatements and facts, and in view also of the fact that, as we believe, loyal Union men, conscripts, and refugees will not longer consent to submit to the rule and domination of revel slave-holders to control and administer the government of Alabama, (without intending any officious interference,) in behal of our loyal fellow-citizens at home, with all due deference and respect, request the President and the several members of the Cabinet to suspend the official action of the appointees you have made to civil offices in the State of Alabama, except Dr. Monteque, Collector at Mobile, and James Q. Smith, Esq., (we having been informed that all other officers have been appointed upon the recommendation of the rebel delegation, who came prepared with a list,) until the true Union men of Alabama can be heard from. In doing this we are actuated by a desire to avert the calamity of further strife and blood-shed, which we believe will certanily ensue if the attempt be made to force upon the Union men of our State, rebel slave-holders to govern them sstill longer. We have the honor to be, very respectfully, D.H. BINGHAM, Athens, Ala., J.H. LARCOMBE, Huntsville, Ala. </pre> Washington, June 27,1865 (----) DH Bingham JH Larcombe Ala <pre> To </pre> President Johnson _______________ Remostrate against the appointmend of Parsons as Governor of Alabama Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/36d289a29f06766f4370179764ebee17.pdf 8fbaa0dfb1bc100f918037bbc620dde3 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Princeton, Ills. Nov. 17th /63 Gov Yates, Dear Sir I received your Notes & pardon me for troubling you with another. I am exceedingly anxious, under this last call of the President, of becoming the almoner of many benefits of many friends to the soldiers & contrabands, to whom the benevolent eye of the church particularly, & of the nation generally, is now directed. Besides, I have a plan, which I now need not stop to delineate - respecting a College in some Southern state, if this war ever closes favorably, which increases my anxiety to help close up this terriable fratricidal conflict, & honor God & my country. It occurred to me that doubtly, <hr /> some new Regt. - Cav or Inft. - would be formed. & in Commissioning a Col. you would commission me chaplain - if the appointment comes directly from you - & if does not, your suggestion would be sufficient. Or in any other way, in any other position favorable for this kind of benevolent work, if you could I should like it much. I feel anxious to enter the field. Can you not soon get or give me a commission. If a Regt. is forming any where, just give me a commission, & I will help form it. - a matter in which I have considerable personal experience. Pardon this intrusion, if any thing turns up to my account, please let me know as soon as possible. otherwise this Note will require no answer. Your obedient servant, D.H. Blake pastor 1st Cong. Ch. <hr /> B. Blake. Rev. D.H. Princeton Ills. Nov 17th 1863 - Very Anxious to enter the Field as an Army Chaplain - to some new regiment - wishes instruction how to procure position if Comn can not be conferred directly - Letter 25th Nov. Explaining fully necessary steps to secure Chaplaincy - No new regts &c under new call - Regrets that nothing more could be done now to further his plans &c &c Loomis ADC E O Nov 20th 1863- Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 14, Folder 01 (November 11-20, 1863) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. H. Blake to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-11-17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 507162 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Princeton, Ills. Nov. 17th /63 Gov Yates, Dear Sir I received your Notes & pardon me for troubling you with another. I am exceedingly anxious, under this last call of the President, of becoming the almoner of many benefits of many friends to the soldiers & contrabands, to whom the benevolent eye of the church particularly, & of the nation generally, is now directed. Besides, I have a plan, which I now need not stop to delineate - respecting a College in some Southern state, if this war ever closes favorably, which increases my anxiety to help close up this terriable fratricidal conflict, & honor God & my country. It occurred to me that doubtly, <hr /> some new Regt. - Cav or Inft. - would be formed. & in Commissioning a Col. you would commission me chaplain - if the appointment comes directly from you - & if does not, your suggestion would be sufficient. Or in any other way, in any other position favorable for this kind of benevolent work, if you could I should like it much. I feel anxious to enter the field. Can you not soon get or give me a commission. If a Regt. is forming any where, just give me a commission, & I will help form it. - a matter in which I have considerable personal experience. Pardon this intrusion, if any thing turns up to my account, please let me know as soon as possible. otherwise this Note will require no answer. Your obedient servant, D.H. Blake pastor 1st Cong. Ch. <hr /> B. Blake. Rev. D.H. Princeton Ills. Nov 17th 1863 - Very Anxious to enter the Field as an Army Chaplain - to some new regiment - wishes instruction how to procure position if Comn can not be conferred directly - Letter 25th Nov. Explaining fully necessary steps to secure Chaplaincy - No new regts &c under new call - Regrets that nothing more could be done now to further his plans &c &c Loomis ADC E O Nov 20th 1863- Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Complete Percent Completed The percentage of pages with Completed status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20 https://chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/31811850a7b64d9c9a1d0e9c5c0aaf66.pdf 7781eee67b543aeeb1d14859cb505118 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 5, Folder 10 (March 17-31, 1862) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. H. 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Title A name given to the resource Yates Family Papers, Box 16, Folder 04 (June 1-10, 1864) Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D. H. Brush to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-06-08 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511375 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Language A language of the resource en Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 20000 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Start Transcribing