Letters from William Wagenseller to Eli Slifer

Letters from William Wagenseller to Eli Slifer
Date
1851-1861

William Wagenseller writes ten letters to Eli Slifer on a number of different topics, including funding a monument for his late brother and recommending his nephew for a position as a doctor in the Union army.

Location
MC 2003.4, B10, F21
Time Period

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer, 1851-54

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer, 1851-54
Date
1851-1854

Israel Gutelius writes eight letters to Eli Slifer regarding issues related to the publication of Gutelius' German language newspaper, including laws that would allow "reasonable compensation" for the work in translating and publishing county news

Location
MC 2003.4, B5, F7
Time Period

Letter from William Wagenseller and P. R. Wagenseller to Eli Slifer

Letter from William Wagenseller and P. R. Wagenseller to Eli Slifer
Date
September 15, 1862

William Wagenseller and P. R. Wagenseller write Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, to request that Dr. B. F. Wagenseller be promoted from Assistant Surgeon to the rank of Surgeon just like Dr. H. P. Hattenstein.

Location
MC 2003.4, B10, F22
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