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 Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1860-62

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1860-62
Date
1860-1862

Alexander McClure writes thirteen letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, in which he criticizes the management of local military troops, proposes raising regiments for the Union Army, comments

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F12
Time Period

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1854-59

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1854-59
Date
1854-1859

Alexander McClure writes seventeen letters to Eli Slifer in which he discusses the political campaigns of various Pennsylvania politicians, denies his opposition towards Whigs, expresses joy at the success of Pennsylvania Governor James Pollock an

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F11
Time Period

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1850-52

Letters from Alexander McClure to Eli Slifer, 1850-52
Date
1850-1852

Alexander McClure writes sixteen letters to Eli Slifer, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, on a number of different topics, including the senatorial and representative delegate elections, reports on "Abolishing Capital Punishme

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F10
Time Period

Letters from Alexander McClure to Andrew Curtin

Letters from Alexander McClure to Andrew Curtin
Date
1862-1864

Alexander McClure writes two letters to Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin regarding McClure's recent newspaper article that on Pennsylvania and the Civil War as well as the qualifications of a Lieutenant serving in the 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery

Location
MC 2003.4
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

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.

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Location
MC 2003.4