395 25 22278 https://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/2a4b2b7eee9be09cd4eb3ab60d232a9e.pdf 6e1ec52263c9f53bb66df1273fbaaaa1 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. St Paul. Sept 21. 62 My dear Governor. This letter will be handed to you by Genl Roberts an old and distinguished officer in the Army who served with me throughout the Virginia Campaign & who can tell as much of that sad & shameful story as will be useful to you in your deliberations. I will not therefore go into details farther than to express to you my convictions that the country, (by which I mean our Institutions) is in more danger of destruction if MClellan be successful in his present campaign than if he be defeated. Unless you had been present in Washington and had seen & knew what I did, you can scarcely realize the condition of things. The Pretorian system is as fully developed and in as active operation in Washington as it ever was in ancient Rome. To day the thirty or forty officers who clamor about the White House of disaffection in the Army only seek the removal of one General and the replacement of another, but with success in their clamor <hr /> the demands will not be slow to increase in extent & importance & under the present system and practice as soon as they demand the removal of Lincoln and the substitution of some one else whether citizen or soldier he cannot in view of his antecedent practice refuse to abdicate & I doubt if he would do so. Already this Potomac Army clique talk openly of Lincoln's weakness & the necessity of replacing him by some stronger man of [shooting?] Wilson, Sumner Chase &c & making but one State of New England &c &c. You would be surprised & alarmed to see how openly these things are talked of by the very officers of the Potomac Army who now by their mutinous clamor control the administration. Of my own case I have little to say. Time will correct in the public mind all error & the shameful story of neglect, & abandonment by my manifest to the country. You have doubtless read the brief official report I made which was published without my knowledge or consent. You do not know however that every statement contained in it is substantiated by documents attached to the report so that no part of it rests on my authority alone. I have only this to say <hr /> about it. Either what I state is true or it is false. If true every officer implicated from McClellan down should be shot. If false I should be subjected to the same penalty. This is the bare and naked issue I present & am ready and anxious to stand or fall by. Three hours would enable the Govt. to ascertain the facts. I urge & have urged with persistent energy the investigation. It is resisted and successfully for the present, by those charged with the crime. The public without farther examination can readily judge from this simple state of the case where the [illegible] lies & who fear the truth. The truth is known to the Govt. I say this knowing it. Mr Lincoln himself told me that he knew several days before hand from dispatches from Fitz John Porter to McClellan, which were intercepted at the War Dept that Porter was sure to fail me. He wished to take him from the Rolls of the Army but [could?] not I suppose. Letters of the highest commendation from the Sec of War and Genl Halleck are in my possession assuring me that I had done all that mortal man could do & expressing implicit confidence in me. I declined <hr /> to serve longer with that army & told Mr Lincoln as I also did the Sec of War & Genl Halleck that I had not the slightest confidence in the ability or trustworthiness of McClellan or many of his Generals. That they would at any time betray the country & abandon their comrades in the face of the enemy where their own personal purposes were to be served. Mr Lincoln and the War Dept. know well McClellans's atrocious withholding of troops & supplies and were very indignant about it to the extent of deciding that he should never have a command again. Of this you can inform yourself through almost any member of the Cabinet, Seward & Blair excepted. The clamor of a certain faction of officers allied to McClellan; fortunes induced the President to believe that the Potomac Army would only serve under McClellan & notwithstanding the atrocious facts charged against him & others & which the President knows to be true, he was placed in command & the other officers continued in their [illegible] without the knowledge of his Cabinet & against their deliberate action of only a day previous. These are facts easily verified <hr /> They show you what sort of action prevails & what we are to expect. My error has been (viewed by McClellan & his followers, the semi treasonable papers & people of this country) that I wished in [earnest?] & sincerity of purpose to make war upon the Rebels. I was from the west and an interloper in the Army of the Potomac neither to be bribed nor frightened & I must if possible be ruined. I looked to the West where I have served honorably to protect me from an infamous conspiracy as dangerous to our liberties as to my own reputation. I shall face the investigation if possible but under present circumstances I doubt whether it will ever be made. I do not venture to suggest what your action in the meeting you are about to hold at Altoona should be. I only express to you my firm conviction that unless the present system with its leaders be swept away & the Administration relieved from the Pretorian control which now dominates over it our Government is not worth a day's purchase. <hr /> A man has read History in vain who does not know that it is impossible to encamp a great army around the capital of a nation, & maintain it there a whole year in [illegible], without corrupting the Army as well as the Government. Whether the persistent resolution with which the commander of the Army of the Potomac refused to advance against a greatly inferior enemy badly posted, & the determination with which that Army was held back in the force of the powerful influences urging its action were based upon knowledge of this fact remains a matter of opinion, but that the effect of alienating this Army from the people of the country, weakening if not destroying all sympathy & affiliation between it and the States which put it into the field, quenching all its enthusiasm & educating it to fight for individuals & not for principles or for Government, has been fully accomplished, no man who has served with the Army of the Potomac can fail to see, with apprehension and sorrow. The very organization of this Army was made with such a view & it is openly proclaimed by those who effected it, that it was designed to put an end to all State notions or local ties & to make a consolidated Army aside from popular influence or from local <hr /> responsibility. You will remember that the first proposition was to make a "Grand National Union Army" where States should not appear in the organization. That instead of the 10th Regt from Illinois we should have the 100th U.S. Infantry, instead of the 16th Massachusetts we should have then 90th U.S. Infantry &c. & that the promotions should be made as in the regular Army. By this time if such an organization had been adopted, we should have had a regiment from Illinois commanded by a Col (perhaps) from New Jersey, a Lieut Col. from Maine, a Major from Missouri & Captains & Lieutenants from every State of the Union. All local ties and attachments, all responsibility of every kind to the people who sent them forth would have been lost & we should now have had a great machine subject only to the order of its Commander. Fortunately & wisely Congress refused its assent but the nearest approach has been made to such an organization that was possible. It is & has been a fixed rule in the Potomac Army not to put two regiments from the same state into one Brigade so that as <hr /> that army now stands the regiments composing it have completely lost their identity. They belong not to Massachusetts or Illinois or Ohio but to the 1st Brigade, of the 2nd Division, of the 5th Army Corps. It is the reputation of a certain Brigade made up from every where that they fight, not for the State or the community which sent them to the field. Once destroy the local ties & attachments of the members of any military force & the sense of responsibility for their action to their friends & neighbors and you have taken the first step (and it is a long one) towards consolidation under military rule. The centrifugal force which exists such consolidation is to be found in the State pride, the local attachments & the influences of friends & home. You know that in the West we have understood and acted upon this principle. Whether the persistence with which the opposite course has been insisted on by the military authorities in the Potomac, has been an error of judgement or the result of well understood purpose, every man is at liberty to think as he pleases. Whatever the intention the result has been accomplished and we see in <hr /> the history of the past few weeks, and the action of the Administration under Military clamor the worst consequences of such a State of things. Whether it has been deliberately planned or not, it must be controlled or destroyed now or evil days are upon us. Let me be distinctly understood. Our Government and our Institutions must at all hazards be preserved & this Rebellion put down. No half way measures will answer for this purpose. We must make war, with this sole & only purpose & we must use all means, whether black or white to accomplish this object. War means desolation and death, and it is neither humanity nor wisdom to carry it as upon any other theory. The more bitter it is made to the delinquents the sooner it will end. Whilst the laws of war are to be carefully & strictly observed, they surely need no lenient modifications when we [illegible] or traitors who seek to destroy our Government & plunge millions of our people unto all the horrors of anarchy and political disintegration. Every thing that stands in the <hr /> way of such a war must be set aside or [overturned?]. We must preserve the Govt. pure and undefiled or we are lost as a people. It is not alone the rebels in arms we are to contend against. We must also meet and overcome thousands of enemies among ourselves. We must detect & check at the very outset abuses which arise necessarily under such a state of things as now exists in this country. Among our most fearful dangers is the rapid [illegible] of the military [power?], and as thousands of instances in History have made manifest to us, the gradual submission of our civil Government, by undue influence of military factions & leaders. The continuance of the influence which now prevails at Washington threatens our Government far more than the Rebels in arms. It is the [illegible] [dangers?] that it represents the interest in this country most favorable to Southern traitors. It represents inaction or war so mild & peaceable as not to merit the name. It represents the expenditure of untold wealth, & the indefinite prolongation of hostilities. With these follow necessarily increased control of the <hr /> military over the Civil Departments, increased separation from their homes & home feelings and influences of the great hosts of men sent forth to fight for our Government; increased danger of the utter demoralization of our people and finally danger if not certainly of the final overthrow of our liberties by the very armies we marshalled for their defense. We must make, quick vigorous & aggressive war upon the Enemy, equally speedy & vigorous war upon the Pretorian factions which now threaten our destruction by undermining and corrupting the Administration of the Government. Forever come & destroy utterly the malign military influences which war render honor & duty a [illegible] & reproach, which paralyze the army of the Patriotic soldier, which seek personal & not national ends, which point plainly in every action to concession & not punishment, should be the first and great mission of your convention. The people are right and true. The Administration designs to be so but is controlled through fear of the fall of the Capital, by influences which threaten to withdraw support unless their clamors <hr /> are complied with. In what respect does our present condition differ from the signs which have always preceded the dissolution of a Govt.? How long will it be before the military factions (as in a thousand past instances in History) demand another ruler and then another until the seat of Washington shall be occupied by a military despot. Or by a creature of the military power. It is against this danger we now need most protection. The occurrences of the past few weeks must make the danger plain to you. A [man?] high [illegible] & command, charged with offences the basest the most criminal and most dangerous to his country, whose crime if not fully known, in all its enormity, is fully believed by the Administration cannot be tried is removed from his command as consequence of threats of the military factions in his interest, not to fight for the Government in its time of danger. This is our enemy & upon this enemy first of all I urge you to war to the death. If it be not destroyed before it is too strong our Government and our liberties are gone from us for ever. Very truly yours Jno Pope Hon Richard Yates Gov of Ills. <hr /> Maj. Genl. John Pope St. Paul. Sept. 21 - 62 Private Important! <hr /> State of Illinois Executive Department Springfield 186__ 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 1, Folder 13 (September-December 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 14 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 John S. Pope to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-09-21 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 509865 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. St Paul. Sept 21. 62 My dear Governor. This letter will be handed to you by Genl Roberts an old and distinguished officer in the Army who served with me throughout the Virginia Campaign & who can tell as much of that sad & shameful story as will be useful to you in your deliberations. I will not therefore go into details farther than to express to you my convictions that the country, (by which I mean our Institutions) is in more danger of destruction if MClellan be successful in his present campaign than if he be defeated. Unless you had been present in Washington and had seen & knew what I did, you can scarcely realize the condition of things. The Pretorian system is as fully developed and in as active operation in Washington as it ever was in ancient Rome. To day the thirty or forty officers who clamor about the White House of disaffection in the Army only seek the removal of one General and the replacement of another, but with success in their clamor <hr /> the demands will not be slow to increase in extent & importance & under the present system and practice as soon as they demand the removal of Lincoln and the substitution of some one else whether citizen or soldier he cannot in view of his antecedent practice refuse to abdicate & I doubt if he would do so. Already this Potomac Army clique talk openly of Lincoln's weakness & the necessity of replacing him by some stronger man of [shooting?] Wilson, Sumner Chase &c & making but one State of New England &c &c. You would be surprised & alarmed to see how openly these things are talked of by the very officers of the Potomac Army who now by their mutinous clamor control the administration. Of my own case I have little to say. Time will correct in the public mind all error & the shameful story of neglect, & abandonment by my manifest to the country. You have doubtless read the brief official report I made which was published without my knowledge or consent. You do not know however that every statement contained in it is substantiated by documents attached to the report so that no part of it rests on my authority alone. I have only this to say <hr /> about it. Either what I state is true or it is false. If true every officer implicated from McClellan down should be shot. If false I should be subjected to the same penalty. This is the bare and naked issue I present & am ready and anxious to stand or fall by. Three hours would enable the Govt. to ascertain the facts. I urge & have urged with persistent energy the investigation. It is resisted and successfully for the present, by those charged with the crime. The public without farther examination can readily judge from this simple state of the case where the [illegible] lies & who fear the truth. The truth is known to the Govt. I say this knowing it. Mr Lincoln himself told me that he knew several days before hand from dispatches from Fitz John Porter to McClellan, which were intercepted at the War Dept that Porter was sure to fail me. He wished to take him from the Rolls of the Army but [could?] not I suppose. Letters of the highest commendation from the Sec of War and Genl Halleck are in my possession assuring me that I had done all that mortal man could do & expressing implicit confidence in me. I declined <hr /> to serve longer with that army & told Mr Lincoln as I also did the Sec of War & Genl Halleck that I had not the slightest confidence in the ability or trustworthiness of McClellan or many of his Generals. That they would at any time betray the country & abandon their comrades in the face of the enemy where their own personal purposes were to be served. Mr Lincoln and the War Dept. know well McClellans's atrocious withholding of troops & supplies and were very indignant about it to the extent of deciding that he should never have a command again. Of this you can inform yourself through almost any member of the Cabinet, Seward & Blair excepted. The clamor of a certain faction of officers allied to McClellan; fortunes induced the President to believe that the Potomac Army would only serve under McClellan & notwithstanding the atrocious facts charged against him & others & which the President knows to be true, he was placed in command & the other officers continued in their [illegible] without the knowledge of his Cabinet & against their deliberate action of only a day previous. These are facts easily verified <hr /> They show you what sort of action prevails & what we are to expect. My error has been (viewed by McClellan & his followers, the semi treasonable papers & people of this country) that I wished in [earnest?] & sincerity of purpose to make war upon the Rebels. I was from the west and an interloper in the Army of the Potomac neither to be bribed nor frightened & I must if possible be ruined. I looked to the West where I have served honorably to protect me from an infamous conspiracy as dangerous to our liberties as to my own reputation. I shall face the investigation if possible but under present circumstances I doubt whether it will ever be made. I do not venture to suggest what your action in the meeting you are about to hold at Altoona should be. I only express to you my firm conviction that unless the present system with its leaders be swept away & the Administration relieved from the Pretorian control which now dominates over it our Government is not worth a day's purchase. <hr /> A man has read History in vain who does not know that it is impossible to encamp a great army around the capital of a nation, & maintain it there a whole year in [illegible], without corrupting the Army as well as the Government. Whether the persistent resolution with which the commander of the Army of the Potomac refused to advance against a greatly inferior enemy badly posted, & the determination with which that Army was held back in the force of the powerful influences urging its action were based upon knowledge of this fact remains a matter of opinion, but that the effect of alienating this Army from the people of the country, weakening if not destroying all sympathy & affiliation between it and the States which put it into the field, quenching all its enthusiasm & educating it to fight for individuals & not for principles or for Government, has been fully accomplished, no man who has served with the Army of the Potomac can fail to see, with apprehension and sorrow. The very organization of this Army was made with such a view & it is openly proclaimed by those who effected it, that it was designed to put an end to all State notions or local ties & to make a consolidated Army aside from popular influence or from local <hr /> responsibility. You will remember that the first proposition was to make a "Grand National Union Army" where States should not appear in the organization. That instead of the 10th Regt from Illinois we should have the 100th U.S. Infantry, instead of the 16th Massachusetts we should have then 90th U.S. Infantry &c. & that the promotions should be made as in the regular Army. By this time if such an organization had been adopted, we should have had a regiment from Illinois commanded by a Col (perhaps) from New Jersey, a Lieut Col. from Maine, a Major from Missouri & Captains & Lieutenants from every State of the Union. All local ties and attachments, all responsibility of every kind to the people who sent them forth would have been lost & we should now have had a great machine subject only to the order of its Commander. Fortunately & wisely Congress refused its assent but the nearest approach has been made to such an organization that was possible. It is & has been a fixed rule in the Potomac Army not to put two regiments from the same state into one Brigade so that as <hr /> that army now stands the regiments composing it have completely lost their identity. They belong not to Massachusetts or Illinois or Ohio but to the 1st Brigade, of the 2nd Division, of the 5th Army Corps. It is the reputation of a certain Brigade made up from every where that they fight, not for the State or the community which sent them to the field. Once destroy the local ties & attachments of the members of any military force & the sense of responsibility for their action to their friends & neighbors and you have taken the first step (and it is a long one) towards consolidation under military rule. The centrifugal force which exists such consolidation is to be found in the State pride, the local attachments & the influences of friends & home. You know that in the West we have understood and acted upon this principle. Whether the persistence with which the opposite course has been insisted on by the military authorities in the Potomac, has been an error of judgement or the result of well understood purpose, every man is at liberty to think as he pleases. Whatever the intention the result has been accomplished and we see in <hr /> the history of the past few weeks, and the action of the Administration under Military clamor the worst consequences of such a State of things. Whether it has been deliberately planned or not, it must be controlled or destroyed now or evil days are upon us. Let me be distinctly understood. Our Government and our Institutions must at all hazards be preserved & this Rebellion put down. No half way measures will answer for this purpose. We must make war, with this sole & only purpose & we must use all means, whether black or white to accomplish this object. War means desolation and death, and it is neither humanity nor wisdom to carry it as upon any other theory. The more bitter it is made to the delinquents the sooner it will end. Whilst the laws of war are to be carefully & strictly observed, they surely need no lenient modifications when we [illegible] or traitors who seek to destroy our Government & plunge millions of our people unto all the horrors of anarchy and political disintegration. Every thing that stands in the <hr /> way of such a war must be set aside or [overturned?]. We must preserve the Govt. pure and undefiled or we are lost as a people. It is not alone the rebels in arms we are to contend against. We must also meet and overcome thousands of enemies among ourselves. We must detect & check at the very outset abuses which arise necessarily under such a state of things as now exists in this country. Among our most fearful dangers is the rapid [illegible] of the military [power?], and as thousands of instances in History have made manifest to us, the gradual submission of our civil Government, by undue influence of military factions & leaders. The continuance of the influence which now prevails at Washington threatens our Government far more than the Rebels in arms. It is the [illegible] [dangers?] that it represents the interest in this country most favorable to Southern traitors. It represents inaction or war so mild & peaceable as not to merit the name. It represents the expenditure of untold wealth, & the indefinite prolongation of hostilities. With these follow necessarily increased control of the <hr /> military over the Civil Departments, increased separation from their homes & home feelings and influences of the great hosts of men sent forth to fight for our Government; increased danger of the utter demoralization of our people and finally danger if not certainly of the final overthrow of our liberties by the very armies we marshalled for their defense. We must make, quick vigorous & aggressive war upon the Enemy, equally speedy & vigorous war upon the Pretorian factions which now threaten our destruction by undermining and corrupting the Administration of the Government. Forever come & destroy utterly the malign military influences which war render honor & duty a [illegible] & reproach, which paralyze the army of the Patriotic soldier, which seek personal & not national ends, which point plainly in every action to concession & not punishment, should be the first and great mission of your convention. The people are right and true. The Administration designs to be so but is controlled through fear of the fall of the Capital, by influences which threaten to withdraw support unless their clamors <hr /> are complied with. In what respect does our present condition differ from the signs which have always preceded the dissolution of a Govt.? How long will it be before the military factions (as in a thousand past instances in History) demand another ruler and then another until the seat of Washington shall be occupied by a military despot. Or by a creature of the military power. It is against this danger we now need most protection. The occurrences of the past few weeks must make the danger plain to you. A [man?] high [illegible] & command, charged with offences the basest the most criminal and most dangerous to his country, whose crime if not fully known, in all its enormity, is fully believed by the Administration cannot be tried is removed from his command as consequence of threats of the military factions in his interest, not to fight for the Government in its time of danger. This is our enemy & upon this enemy first of all I urge you to war to the death. If it be not destroyed before it is too strong our Government and our liberties are gone from us for ever. Very truly yours Jno Pope Hon Richard Yates Gov of Ills. <hr /> Maj. Genl. John Pope St. Paul. Sept. 21 - 62 Private Important! <hr /> State of Illinois Executive Department Springfield 186__ 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/509e23e5929fd5262f00ab962c961e62.jpg dce634d90c3458a9cf3c023fb6c7c595 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 Paul Powell Collection Subject The topic of the resource Powell, Paul, 1902-1970 Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives Illinois. Office of Secretary of State Politicians Legislators Description An account of the resource Paul Powell served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1935 through 1964, representing the fifty-first and then fifty-ninth districts. During that time he held the positions of Minority Whip, Minority Leader, and Speaker of the House. In 1964, Powell won the first of two elections to the office of Illinois Secretary of State. Powell died in 1970 while serving as Secretary of State. After Powell's death in 1970, almost $800,000 was discovered in shoeboxes in Powell's apartment leading to a ninety-three month investigation by the Internal Revenue Service. The settlement of the estate was finally negotiated in 1978.  The finding aid for the Paul Powell and Estate Papers, 1910-1976 at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum may be found at <a title="Paul Powell and Estate Papers, 1910-1976" href="http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/514" target="_blank">http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/514</a>. Photographs in this collection include images of Paul Powell speaking and attending events and meetings during his time as a state legislator and Illinois Secretary of State. 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 commercial print b&w 1 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 20 x 25 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 405130 Paul Powell Collection Title A name given to the resource John S. Rendleman, Clyde Choate, Paul Powell, and Delyte W. Morris Description An account of the resource Members of the Illinois Budgetary Commission subcommittee stand outside an unidentified building on the Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville campus. On verso: "Friday, April 17, 1964 - Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville Campus - visit of the subcommittee of the Budgetary Commission. L-R: SIU General Counsel John S. Rendleman; Representative Clyde Choate of Anna, Chairman of the sub committee; Representative Paul Powell of Vienna; and SIU President Delyte W. Morris." Subject The topic of the resource Rendleman, John S., 1927-1976 Choate, Clyde L., 1920-2001 Powell, Paul, 1902-1970 Morris, Delyte W., 1906-1982 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives Politicians College presidents Illinois Budgetary Commission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1964-04-17 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/a9bced22d6af3b8a33e1e803ed53714a.pdf 804b30c456a89315c9d6f4e0d1ec6cf2 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 John S. Schultze to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-05-26 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 507657 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/6132ba3998e799da1896ac80bc3c9a97.jpg 29eb1c8248c65a6452898ff7ff8a51d4 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 Monticello College Collection Subject The topic of the resource Women's colleges Universities and colleges Monticello College Monticello Female Seminary Haskell, Harriet, 1835-1907 Illinois--Godfrey Godfrey, Benjamin, 1794-1862 Description An account of the resource Monticello College first began as the Monticello Female Seminary in 1838. Founded by Captain Benjamin Godfrey to provide education for women, the school offered two years of classes for attendees based on the idea that “if you educate a man you educate an individual; educate a woman and you educate a whole family.” Godfrey selected Reverend Theron Baldwin to serve as the first head of the Monticello Female Seminary. In 1867 Harriet Haskell became principal, a position she held until her death in 1907.  On November 4, 1888, a fire broke out in the building and consumed the entire structure. Ms. Haskell and the school's Board of Trustees successfully fundraised for a new building and rebuilt the school in two years. The school's leadership made the decision to close the school in 1970 with the final class graduating in 1971. Lewis and Clark Community College completed the purchase of the Monticello College campus in 1972. The finding aid for the Monticello College (Godfrey, IL) Records at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library may be found at <a href="https://illinois.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/545" title="Monticello College (Godfrey, IL) Records">https://illinois.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/545</a>. The finding aid for the photographic Monticello College Collection at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum may be found at <a href="https://illinois.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/3/resources/4702" title="Monticello College Collection ">https://illinois.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/3/resources/4702</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Manuscript: BC466 Audiovisual: AV-01-08-Monticello Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1830 - 1970 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 carte de visite b&w 1 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 11 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 402339 Monticello College Collection Monticello College Collection Photo Album Title A name given to the resource John S. Snedeker Description An account of the resource John S. Snedeker, brother of Monticello Female Seminary alumnae Catherine Elizabeth Snedeker Hill, sits for a portrait. John, a farmer from Jerseyville, fought in the American Civil War, Company B Regiment, 144 IL U.S. Infantry. Subject The topic of the resource Snedeker, John S., 1846-1866 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/15528950acc88298d7729fa438997395.pdf eafbcc76303b4eacc54623ba32d8c6cb Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. New York Jan. 13, 1865 Genl A. C. Harding My Dear Sir: I had not time to thank you in writing for your kind letter of introduction which you did me the honor of sending just before my departure for Europe. That letter with others did me much good and I can only say that for your kindness to me generally and especially I thank you and authorize you to draw on me at any time. I returned per Scotia yesterday much improved in healthy and weighing 20 lbs heavier. I am happy to tell you that I fully succeeded in negotiating for iron &c for our [road?] and now it is a fixed fact. We have to organize our Company and I would like and all interested would like to put you on our Board as a Director. [illegible] directors are all good men but they are not all distinguished gentlemen. Our object in asking this of you is to [give?] a little more character abroad. We will not [illegible] on your time for we have it so arranged that we will not probably find it necessary to have a meeting during the year. I have written to Gov. Yates on this subject and hope he will also consent. In Europe big names go a great way. I have also written to the Gov. about the American Cotton Planters Association and I wish you would see him about it and get him to sign the letter I sent, sign yourself, and get as many other prominent gentlemen to do so as possible. Write me at Aledo, where I expect to be in a few days. Yours truly John S. Thompson 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 01 (January 11-20, 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 John S. Thompson to A. C. Harding Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-01-13 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511757 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. New York Jan. 13, 1865 Genl A. C. Harding My Dear Sir: I had not time to thank you in writing for your kind letter of introduction which you did me the honor of sending just before my departure for Europe. That letter with others did me much good and I can only say that for your kindness to me generally and especially I thank you and authorize you to draw on me at any time. I returned per Scotia yesterday much improved in healthy and weighing 20 lbs heavier. I am happy to tell you that I fully succeeded in negotiating for iron &c for our [road?] and now it is a fixed fact. We have to organize our Company and I would like and all interested would like to put you on our Board as a Director. [illegible] directors are all good men but they are not all distinguished gentlemen. Our object in asking this of you is to [give?] a little more character abroad. We will not [illegible] on your time for we have it so arranged that we will not probably find it necessary to have a meeting during the year. I have written to Gov. Yates on this subject and hope he will also consent. In Europe big names go a great way. I have also written to the Gov. about the American Cotton Planters Association and I wish you would see him about it and get him to sign the letter I sent, sign yourself, and get as many other prominent gentlemen to do so as possible. Write me at Aledo, where I expect to be in a few days. Yours truly John S. Thompson 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/78231859ec7d9883c19c773bb04e8795.pdf 86be95ba8e4f8fb3bf07252d63099989 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 01 (December 2-10, 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 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 John S. Thompson to Allen C. Fuller Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-12-18 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501067 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/91e52fa30769fba8d800b1dd05014824.pdf 758228a3f170ee2bab2dbdd9c6875cbe 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 04 (August 1-12, 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 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-08-12 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 500716 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/c0f8aa7c4a004e63bc739132a9966fd3.pdf 4a3adef9651b29eca247a9129a4bdc5d 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 09 (March 1-16, 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-03-03 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 501400 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/431f0c6bd2cf3cd6ee918a917257412c.pdf 797eecc48be6d631ed645b6091873f1e 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 8, Folder 05 (August 25-26, 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-8-26 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 504258 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/330b6c6557bdd740c6ddab474615758d.pdf 57d1b584d28f933697491889309ae665 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Aledo Ills. Aug 18. '63 Hon. Richd Yates Dear Sir: On my return home and following your suggestion to me, I have this day forwarded to you a recommendation for Col Good for Post Commissary at Rock Island Ill. Your will gratify me & the other friends of the Col. if you will not only indorse it as you proposed, but to send to the President or Secty. War a private letter urging his appointment. You will remember that the Col. has been quite efficient in organizing Companies & procuring volunteers, without compensation & at great pecuniary sacrifice. If it should please the government to appoint him, it would be very gratifying to his friends. I hope you will fell free to yield your aid to him in the [process?] Yours truly John B. Thompson <hr /> Ans & petition & letter forwarded Aug 22/63. Thompson John S. Aledo Augst 18 1863. Following the Governors suggestions he encloses a petition recommending Col Good for Post Commissary at Rock Island Wishes the Governor to write a letter urging his appointment. Recd Ex O. Aug 21 1863 Write good letter as requested & send to Sec of War Write Judge Thompson that your have forwarded both letter & petition Endorse Petition saying -- "Strongly recommend & hope be granted" 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 13, Folder 02 (August 16-25, 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 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-08-18 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 503732 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 Status The current transcription status of a document or a page. Needs Review Percent Needs Review The percentage of pages with Needs Review status. 100 Weight A 6-digit number used to sort items quickly. 200 https://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/bd8b79b3fd40972ef616aa6775a47676.pdf 2f0baaec3c011a82c0b3b4bf3cec935d Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. [Aledo] Ill. Mar 4. 1865 Hon. Richd Yates Dear Sir:- I beg to trouble you to do me a favor. I have often- too often perhaps- written to you for favors in behalf of my friends; but the fact that I have never yet been fortunate enough to secure anything for any of them, leads me to ask again, in the hope that your present position may enable you to do what you have not been enable heretofore to do. I ask nothing for myself. While a good appointment would by no means be unacceptable to me, I would not, for anything within the gift of the administration, use the means and appliances necessary to procure it. I [therefore?] leave the [farm?] of 'Uncle Abe' so far as I am concerned to be bought and obtained by those who feel differently inclined. My experience in such matters, altho quite limited, has disgusted me with politics & a very large majority of politicians. The Senatorial Contest and the [Curse?] of our last Legislature's burning shame and disgrace to any people, and [fitly?] prove what opposition may be organized to the clear choice of the people and what measure may be carried through however repugnant to [justice?] by the power and influence of money. To an [unsophis- ticated?] young man like myself, the power of money is truly marvellous! But what of our country! Are we to be sunk beneath the [Corruption?] of the times! Are new [Contimcally?} to rule over us who have no fear of God or the public conscience? The calm judgment <hr /> of any good man is that unless we are thoroughly [purged?] as a people and [purified?] as a government, then the blood and treasure of the people in this Contest for the salvation of the nation, [were?] utterly vain. But I did not [intend?] to run off into a lecture and will return to the subject, & I beg you to excuse me. My immediate object in writing to you is to secure for a very particular friend of yours and mine an appointment as a Clerk in some one of the Departments at Washington. He is a man of ability, thouroughly devoted to his friends and proposes if he can get a situation of that kind, to devote his leisure hours in corresponding for the Union paper in this District & perhaps for one of the St. Louis Journals. I can recommend him not only for his ability as a speaker & writer but for his integrity. He is an original Union man & [rnderd?]effective service in the last campaign. Should you be able to secure a position for him, he Could be of service to you & would undoubtedly cheerfully do it. He studied here in my office; but the [business?] in the [profession?] is dull and he is desirous of spending a few years at the Capital. C. W. Searls is the man and his address is at this place. Hoping soon to hear favorably from you. I remain your friend & obt. ser John S. Thompson 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 04 (March 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-03-04 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511891 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. [Aledo] Ill. Mar 4. 1865 Hon. Richd Yates Dear Sir:- I beg to trouble you to do me a favor. I have often- too often perhaps- written to you for favors in behalf of my friends; but the fact that I have never yet been fortunate enough to secure anything for any of them, leads me to ask again, in the hope that your present position may enable you to do what you have not been enable heretofore to do. I ask nothing for myself. While a good appointment would by no means be unacceptable to me, I would not, for anything within the gift of the administration, use the means and appliances necessary to procure it. I [therefore?] leave the [farm?] of 'Uncle Abe' so far as I am concerned to be bought and obtained by those who feel differently inclined. My experience in such matters, altho quite limited, has disgusted me with politics & a very large majority of politicians. The Senatorial Contest and the [Curse?] of our last Legislature's burning shame and disgrace to any people, and [fitly?] prove what opposition may be organized to the clear choice of the people and what measure may be carried through however repugnant to [justice?] by the power and influence of money. To an [unsophis- ticated?] young man like myself, the power of money is truly marvellous! But what of our country! Are we to be sunk beneath the [Corruption?] of the times! Are new [Contimcally?} to rule over us who have no fear of God or the public conscience? The calm judgment <hr /> of any good man is that unless we are thoroughly [purged?] as a people and [purified?] as a government, then the blood and treasure of the people in this Contest for the salvation of the nation, [were?] utterly vain. But I did not [intend?] to run off into a lecture and will return to the subject, & I beg you to excuse me. My immediate object in writing to you is to secure for a very particular friend of yours and mine an appointment as a Clerk in some one of the Departments at Washington. He is a man of ability, thouroughly devoted to his friends and proposes if he can get a situation of that kind, to devote his leisure hours in corresponding for the Union paper in this District & perhaps for one of the St. Louis Journals. I can recommend him not only for his ability as a speaker & writer but for his integrity. He is an original Union man & [rnderd?]effective service in the last campaign. Should you be able to secure a position for him, he Could be of service to you & would undoubtedly cheerfully do it. He studied here in my office; but the [business?] in the [profession?] is dull and he is desirous of spending a few years at the Capital. C. W. Searls is the man and his address is at this place. Hoping soon to hear favorably from you. I remain your friend & obt. ser John S. Thompson 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/5274e9bb73409356740f688bf65a4d53.pdf 4b3944b67217402413bdf67857e89903 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Aledo Ill June 17 1865 Hon Richd Yates Dear Sir your informing me that you have procured a clerkship in the treasury dept for our friend Mr Searle was recd at my office during my absence in New York. I did not return home until about the 15th & have now to answer it. I feel under obligation to you for your promptness in the matter, and Mr Searle disires me to express to you his gratitude for your kindness. The letter you wrote shortly after procurring the situation for him, was not recd and we had no intimation of it until your last letter was read. Mr. S. in the mean time, became engaged in other business and will not now make any further effort for a clerkship. We are doing scarcly anything else than attending to our returning [illegible]. we are endeavouring to give them a better reception than they recvd at Chicago. They (the [illegible]) feel very indignant at their treatment at the "Great Commercial Emporium" and hereafter, with them it will be enough to know that a man hails from that place. It is to be regretted that the chicagonians took no thought of the matter, but left there to shift for themselves. I hope to hear from you again whenever you have leisure & inclination And now allow me, in closing, to wish you personally and politically every success Yours [illegible] John S. Thompson John S. Thompson as to clerkship no answer necesary 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 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-17 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511991 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. Aledo Ill June 17 1865 Hon Richd Yates Dear Sir your informing me that you have procured a clerkship in the treasury dept for our friend Mr Searle was recd at my office during my absence in New York. I did not return home until about the 15th & have now to answer it. I feel under obligation to you for your promptness in the matter, and Mr Searle disires me to express to you his gratitude for your kindness. The letter you wrote shortly after procurring the situation for him, was not recd and we had no intimation of it until your last letter was read. Mr. S. in the mean time, became engaged in other business and will not now make any further effort for a clerkship. We are doing scarcly anything else than attending to our returning [illegible]. we are endeavouring to give them a better reception than they recvd at Chicago. They (the [illegible]) feel very indignant at their treatment at the "Great Commercial Emporium" and hereafter, with them it will be enough to know that a man hails from that place. It is to be regretted that the chicagonians took no thought of the matter, but left there to shift for themselves. I hope to hear from you again whenever you have leisure & inclination And now allow me, in closing, to wish you personally and politically every success Yours [illegible] John S. Thompson John S. Thompson as to clerkship no answer necesary 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/c349526e9a498666235aa7d4652aaf4d.pdf b38499bb103b4f1a9784676e155dbbca Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Aledo Ill. June 24, 1865 Hon. Rich'd Yates Dear Sir - I have to beg of you the favor to endorse the enclosed and return the same to St. Fidler at New Boston, Mercer Co. Ill. He is undoubtedly a very fine young man and would acquit himself in the regular service well. Yours truly John S. Thompson <hr /> John S. Thompson Sent Recommendation for 1st Lt in Reg. Army July 1865 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 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-06-24 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514009 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. Aledo Ill. June 24, 1865 Hon. Rich'd Yates Dear Sir - I have to beg of you the favor to endorse the enclosed and return the same to St. Fidler at New Boston, Mercer Co. Ill. He is undoubtedly a very fine young man and would acquit himself in the regular service well. Yours truly John S. Thompson <hr /> John S. Thompson Sent Recommendation for 1st Lt in Reg. Army July 1865 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/fab2831ae70c4694cdd04b09ccf72821.pdf a42b82740c67f33d68a86428c568d526 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Aledo Ill. Feb. 11. '64 Hon Richd. Yates Dear Sir: Yours of the 6th inst. was duly rec'd. Herewith I send you a list of names as you request. I think you will find them all good, reliable union men. We having nothing new in this origin to communicate. We are, I am happy to say, sound on the Union, cause furnishing the Govt a goodly supply of volunteers. I believe our County is the banner County of the State. - having given more men to the Country, in this war, than any other Co. in the state, in proportion to our population. We rejoice that we have done our duty Yours truly John S. Thompson <hr /> Mercer Co. Aledo S. C. Amberson " A. F. Waterman " W.W. Williams New Boston B. F. Thompson " Col. M. R. Good " Chas. Hall Keithsburg W. W. Ungles " A. B. Sheriff " Wm. Gayle Eliza D.W. Noble " John Glancey Millersburg David Thatcher " J. P. Boyd High Point George Scott Sunbeam Wm. M. Hays " D. R. Harris Pope Creek - Pre-emption H. E. Wright Rivoli - Wm. F. Petrie <hr /> Mercer Co Entered 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. 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 John S. Thompson to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-02-11 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 516143 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. Aledo Ill. Feb. 11. '64 Hon Richd. Yates Dear Sir: Yours of the 6th inst. was duly rec'd. Herewith I send you a list of names as you request. I think you will find them all good, reliable union men. We having nothing new in this origin to communicate. We are, I am happy to say, sound on the Union, cause furnishing the Govt a goodly supply of volunteers. I believe our County is the banner County of the State. - having given more men to the Country, in this war, than any other Co. in the state, in proportion to our population. We rejoice that we have done our duty Yours truly John S. Thompson <hr /> Mercer Co. Aledo S. C. Amberson " A. F. Waterman " W.W. Williams New Boston B. F. Thompson " Col. M. R. Good " Chas. Hall Keithsburg W. W. Ungles " A. B. Sheriff " Wm. Gayle Eliza D.W. Noble " John Glancey Millersburg David Thatcher " J. P. Boyd High Point George Scott Sunbeam Wm. M. Hays " D. R. Harris Pope Creek - Pre-emption H. E. Wright Rivoli - Wm. F. Petrie <hr /> Mercer Co Entered 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/581368c7434c9c44d506a4f88bcb6544.pdf 73ff13cab711d377bed46ff359df7540 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 04 (December 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 John S. Webster to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-12-14 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 507279 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/7f8e9c93defa93c7d5dc65bdcb248963.pdf 900e3ab468dcd9712364ccf75cc5e280 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Troy Ill Aug 27th 1862 His Excellency Ricd Yates Dear Sir Under date of the 25th ult. I recd permission from you to go before the Board of Medl Examiners. I passed that Board as Surgeon in Feby or March last in anticipation of that place in the 14th Reg. If my certificate is not on record in your office it ought to be. I am at your service "in this hour of our County's peril" Yours with high esteem Jno. S. Weedy M.D <hr /> John S. Weedey M.D. Troy Ills Aug 27, 62 Says he recd permission to go before Board of Medical Exrs on 25th ult Passed Exn in Feby or March last to go as surgeon into the 14th Reg't Certificate ought to be on file in this office and renews offer of his services. 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 8, Folder 06 (August 27-31, 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 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 John S. Weedey to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-08-27 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 504297 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. Troy Ill Aug 27th 1862 His Excellency Ricd Yates Dear Sir Under date of the 25th ult. I recd permission from you to go before the Board of Medl Examiners. I passed that Board as Surgeon in Feby or March last in anticipation of that place in the 14th Reg. If my certificate is not on record in your office it ought to be. I am at your service "in this hour of our County's peril" Yours with high esteem Jno. S. Weedy M.D <hr /> John S. Weedey M.D. Troy Ills Aug 27, 62 Says he recd permission to go before Board of Medical Exrs on 25th ult Passed Exn in Feby or March last to go as surgeon into the 14th Reg't Certificate ought to be on file in this office and renews offer of his services. 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/80e67b30e258ccc04eec02c74228e298.pdf 5356745044e5c56bd655b584a3e7e7f6 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Jerseyville Augst 18th 1865 Hon. Richard Yates Respected Sir Herewith enclosed I have the honor to send you a list of Republicans' in this co, made from memory The list of Jerseyville is large including all or nearly all who vote our tickets In the other precincts I presume the lists should have been larger but they include all of any prominence. There are in this county many Democrats of the better class who are not satisfied with the course of their party leaders & it seems to me there never was a more propitious time than the present for the diffusion of light. Hoping the lists may prove satisfactory I am with much respect Fraternally Yours John L. White 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 10 (August 17-18, 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 John S. White to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-08-18 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 514139 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. Jerseyville Augst 18th 1865 Hon. Richard Yates Respected Sir Herewith enclosed I have the honor to send you a list of Republicans' in this co, made from memory The list of Jerseyville is large including all or nearly all who vote our tickets In the other precincts I presume the lists should have been larger but they include all of any prominence. There are in this county many Democrats of the better class who are not satisfied with the course of their party leaders & it seems to me there never was a more propitious time than the present for the diffusion of light. Hoping the lists may prove satisfactory I am with much respect Fraternally Yours John L. White 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/7b3125ba491c6358d45cff7a9ceb68f7.pdf 73c7213d4d9c8d1490c8c5813aaa0d5c 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 07 (November 7-12, 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 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 John S. Wilcox to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1861-11-07 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 502361 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/745e2ff2eab3671127fd08e224478f87.pdf 88daff9e69af1d8a0992d20706f0faee 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 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 John S. Wilcox to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-02-05 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 508498 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/af52f5786e42ef3726931f4d2c188618.pdf b0dec8c53c26a6a34dfed920a5d34432 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 John S. Wilcox 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 507676 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/8cb9533092597e9ff3e5f9943ec916ca.pdf c44f02bd63c1436c197d98ee7d92c512 Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Chicago ill January 17th 1865 Hon Richd Yates Springfield Ills Dear Sir I am thinking of going soon to the State of Tennessee with a [view] of locating there permanently. A letter of recommendation from you would be of service to me and I address you for the purpose of asking if you would favor me with such a letter. Permit me to congratulate you upon your recent selection to fill the exalted position of Senator from this great State. I am Sir, Very Truly Your Friend, John S. Wilcox Wilcox, [illegible] S Chicago Jany 17th 65 is going to Tennesse to go into business and wants a letter of recommendation 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 01 (January 11-20, 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 John S. Wilcox to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1865-01-16 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 511779 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. Chicago ill January 17th 1865 Hon Richd Yates Springfield Ills Dear Sir I am thinking of going soon to the State of Tennessee with a [view] of locating there permanently. A letter of recommendation from you would be of service to me and I address you for the purpose of asking if you would favor me with such a letter. Permit me to congratulate you upon your recent selection to fill the exalted position of Senator from this great State. I am Sir, Very Truly Your Friend, John S. Wilcox Wilcox, [illegible] S Chicago Jany 17th 65 is going to Tennesse to go into business and wants a letter of recommendation 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/50eb2d60cf0bbefd9dcc824d24b176b3.pdf 73babeee8d69912e771ccae279969c44 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 06 (March 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 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 John S. Wills to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-03-03 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 508682 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/ecbe00d73fc8236f022c92f76e81617c.jpg 71e19ff5e1c7cb1dc05099e39c078880 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 David Davis Collection Subject The topic of the resource Davis, David, 1815-1886 Judges Supreme Court justices United States. Congress. Senate Lawyers Illinois--Bloomington Davis, George P. (George Perrin), 1842-1917 Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives Illinois. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit) Davis, Sarah Woodruff Walker, 1814-1879 Davis, Sarah W., 1852-1934 Description An account of the resource David Davis, a lawyer, politician, distinguished jurist and businessman, was born in Maryland, educated at Kenyon College in Ohio, and studied law at Yale University. Davis married Sarah Woodruff Walker in 1838 and they had five children including George Perrin Davis and Sarah "Sally" Davis. In 1844, Davis won election as a Whig to the Illinois Legislature, and four years later was elected Judge of Illinois Eighth Judicial Circuit, where he served on the bench during Lincoln's remaining years as an attorney on the circuit. The two became close friends, and Davis worked diligently as Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican nominating convention in Chicago. In 1862, President Lincoln appointed Davis to the United States Supreme Court, where Davis wrote the majority opinion in Ex parte Milligan, a landmark decision restricting the rights of military courts to try civilians. In 1877, he resigned from the court after being elected to the United States Senate by the Illinois Legislature. Davis served as Senate president pro tempore from 1881 to 1883, and was known unofficially as "Mr. Vice President." He retired from the Senate in 1883. Davis invested in real estate with De Witt County attorney, Clifton H. Moore, and became a man of considerable wealth. He had the distinction of being the largest landowner in Illinois. At the time of his death, June 26, 1886, his estate was valued between four to five million dollars-a huge fortune in his day.                 The finding aid for the David Davis Family Papers at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum may be found at: http://alplm-cdi.com/chroniclingillinois/items/show/165. Photographs in this collection include portraits of several members of the David Davis and George P. Davis families. The collection also includes portraits of Judge Davis' law colleagues, images of Bloomington, Illinois, and photographs of miscellaneous buildings throughout the United States. 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 carte de visite b&w 1 Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image. 11 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 402827 David Davis Collection Title A name given to the resource John S. Wirt Description An account of the resource John S. Wirt, a lawyer, poses for a portrait wearing a dark suit. Subject The topic of the resource Wirt, John S., 1845-1904 Lawyers Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miller and Tankersley 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/27005aabec4279e864eacad5418d6df8.pdf 39c70100cd35641b621c06a239ca22dc 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 17, Folder 09 (August 18-20, 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 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 John S. Wolfe and others to Richard Yates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1864-08-18 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 509260 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://www.chroniclingillinois.org/files/original/f6e5bb2def877a3cf203a4266bafb090.pdf c09f3faba84f2a3afe51624400a1455d Scripto Manages transcriptions of items and files Transcription A written representation of a document or a page. Champaign Sunday Nov 16th 1862 Gen: Fuller: I send you a clipping from the Chicago Times - give it a perusal if you have not done so before, and then hear what I am going to say: A great many substantial union men demand the Surpression of this paper, because their patriotism and loyalty has been subjected to the daily outrages of such publications, as I send you: If the Gov of this State, or the President, submit to these infernal publications much longer the result is certain, that the people will believe them guilty of all that is charged. Hundreds have be imprisoned, for Political offenses - which immediately become exalted virtues in Comparison with the sins and treasons of this Chicago Times, and there is no good reason why the same may not happen to those who utter and publish this cursed document. Guilt or fear or both combined, must have much to do in sparing this execrable devil from the whole list of pains and penalties attached to the meanest of all the types of Treason. <hr /> Henceforth good and loyal citizens will have but little disposition to fight for the government of the State or Nation when these governments permit the continuation of such vile treachery, when & where they may easily put it down: Now Sir Since our Troops are all gone into the field from this State - and I could not be Recommissioned because I had Resigned - I ask permission to "Raise a Company" to put down the Chicago Times, and I only ask that the government accept our services and furnish transportation to and from the scene of Operations - I believe it would be the most important achievement, that could befall our [Arms? ] - Yours Respectfully John S. Wolfe John S. Wolfe, Champaign, Nov. 16, 1862. Wants to suppress the Chicago Times by War. (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 10, Folder 02 (November 16-30, 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 John S. Wolfe to Fuller Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1862-11-16 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 503207 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. Champaign Sunday Nov 16th 1862 Gen: Fuller: I send you a clipping from the Chicago Times - give it a perusal if you have not done so before, and then hear what I am going to say: A great many substantial union men demand the Surpression of this paper, because their patriotism and loyalty has been subjected to the daily outrages of such publications, as I send you: If the Gov of this State, or the President, submit to these infernal publications much longer the result is certain, that the people will believe them guilty of all that is charged. Hundreds have be imprisoned, for Political offenses - which immediately become exalted virtues in Comparison with the sins and treasons of this Chicago Times, and there is no good reason why the same may not happen to those who utter and publish this cursed document. Guilt or fear or both combined, must have much to do in sparing this execrable devil from the whole list of pains and penalties attached to the meanest of all the types of Treason. <hr /> Henceforth good and loyal citizens will have but little disposition to fight for the government of the State or Nation when these governments permit the continuation of such vile treachery, when & where they may easily put it down: Now Sir Since our Troops are all gone into the field from this State - and I could not be Recommissioned because I had Resigned - I ask permission to "Raise a Company" to put down the Chicago Times, and I only ask that the government accept our services and furnish transportation to and from the scene of Operations - I believe it would be the most important achievement, that could befall our [Arms? ] - Yours Respectfully John S. Wolfe John S. Wolfe, Champaign, Nov. 16, 1862. Wants to suppress the Chicago Times by War. (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