Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1863-66

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1863-66
Date
1863-1866

Alexander McClure writes fourteen letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, in which he discusses various Pennsylvania political issues, the potential Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania, possib

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F13
Time Period

Letters from Andrew Curtin to Eli Slifer, 1864-66

Letters from Andrew Curtin to Eli Slifer, 1864-66
Date
1864-1866

Governor Andrew Curtin writes eight letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which he reflects upon the recent political election in Philadelphia, his state of health, as well as communications with officers in the Union Army.

Location
MC 2003.4, B3, F12
Time Period

Letters from Andrew Curtin to Eli Slifer, 1860-63

Letters from Andrew Curtin to Eli Slifer, 1860-63
Date
1860-1863

Governor Andrew Curtin writes eleven letters to Eli Slifer in which he offers him the position as Secretary of the Commonwealth, describes his preference for David Wilmot as Senator, recommends Wallace Kerr for the vacant clerkship in Slifer's o

Location
MC 2003.4, B3, F11
Time Period

Letters from James Sellers to Eli Slifer

Letters from James Sellers to Eli Slifer
Date
1851-1858

James Sellers writes fifteen letters to Eli Slifer concerning help with managing his father's estate, the possibility of his election as Senator as a result of his affiliation with the Whig party, questions about the division of Union County, as w

Location
MC 2003.4
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to Unknown Recipients

Letters from James Buchanan to Unknown Recipients
Date
1840-1855

Senator James Buchanan writes four letters on a number of different topics, including Congressional legislation on bankruptcy, banks, the Tariff bill, the 1844 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, and political conditions in Pennsylvania.

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Eli Slifer papers

Letter, 1859 (Box 3, folder 10)
Date Range
1849-1871

This collection consists of folders in 13 manuscript boxes relating to correspondence and papers of Eli Slifer (1818-1888), an active figure in Pennsylvania politics and the Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, 1861-1867. Most of the letters were written during the Civil War and represent the pressures of local politicians, office seekers, and military men upon the Governor's office. There is much material on the enlistment and acceptance of military companies dated 1861 (e.g. Wiliam Foote of the "Lycoming Mountain Ears"), on the operation of the draft law, 1862-1864, on the soldier's vote, election of 1864, and on military surgeons and hospitals. The collection contains 47 letters and telegrams from Curtin, 1852-1866, and 61 from Col. Alexander Kelly McClure, 1851-1866. The political power of Simon and William Cameron is reflected. The political influence of the German and English press appears in letters of Israel Gutelius and his family. Other subjects discussed include banking, transportation, coal, iron, oil industries, military contracts, and the invasion of Pennsylvania.

There is a series of appendices that arranges the correspondence by Civil War Units, Military Affairs, Political Affairs, Business Affairs, and Miscellaneous Affairs.

Time Period
Location
MC 2003.4