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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...
Location: MC 2003.4
Subject: Business and Industry, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Engravings and Illustrations, Financial Documents, Legal and Government Documents, Letters/Correspondence, Photographs
Collection Inventory: 
mc2003.04.pdf
Collection Inventory: Appendix A - Civil War Units
Collection Inventory: Appendix B - Military Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix C- Political Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix D - Business Affairs
Collection Inventory: Appendix E - Miscellaneous Affairs
George Miller writes sixteen letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he discusses construction of the Sunbury and Erie railroad, repeal of the tonnage tax, the raising of a Corps of Engineers, developments in local elections, several legal cases, as...
Location: MC 2003.4, B8, F3
Subject: Economics and Finance, Legal Affairs, Military Affairs and Conflict, Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
George Miller writes nine letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth, in which he suggests candidates for Notary Public, requests information on Governor Curtin's doctor, discusses military appointments, inquires about free passes issued by railroad companies to members of Congress....
Location: MC 2003.4, B8, F4
Subject: Politics and Government
Format: Letters/Correspondence
Time Period: 1860-1879
