Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer

Letters from William Meredith to Eli Slifer
Date
1864-1866

William Meredith writes seven letters to Eli Slifer, Secretary of the Commonwealth, regarding the applicability of the Act of 1840 to interest payments, the announcement of a draft for more soldiers , warrants against various railroad companies, a

Location
MC 2003.4, B7, F24
Time Period

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer (Jan. - Dec. 1862)

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer (Jan. - Dec. 1862)
Date
January - December 1862

Israel Gutelius writes nineteen letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he describes his efforts to secure an appointment of collector of taxes for the U.S.

Location
MC 2003.4, B5, F10
Time Period

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer (Apr. - Dec. 1861)

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer (Apr. - Dec. 1861)
Date
April - December 1861

Israel Gutelius writes fifteen letters to Eli Slifer, the Secretary of the Commonwealth during the Civil War, in which he asks Slifer to go to Washington and request the Secretary of the Navy to appoint Gutelius to a position in Philadelphia.

Location
MC 2003.4, B5, F9
Time Period

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer, 1855-59

Letters from Israel Gutelius to Eli Slifer, 1855-59
Date
1855-1859

Israel Gutelius writes sixteen letters to Eli Slifer in which he primarily discusses his political activity and its relation to his paper, a German language newspaper published in New Berlin, Pennsylvania (The Der Demokrat, which is also

Location
MC 2003.4, B5, F8
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

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

Letter from John Young to William Young

Letter from John Young to William Young
Date
January 18, 1791

John Young writes William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, to express his intentions to withdraw his subscription for The Universal Asylum, and Columbian Magazine.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F13
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1792-93

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1792-93
Date
1792-1793

Charles Nisbet writes a seven letters to William Young from 1792 to 1793 that mostly focus on Nisbet’s transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F5-6
Time Period

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1790-91

Letters from Charles Nisbet to William Young, 1790-91
Date
1790-1791

Dickinson President Charles Nisbet writes a series of five letters to William Young that mostly focus on Nisbet's transactions with Young as a printer and book dealer.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F3-4
Time Period

Letters from Alexander Nisbet to William Young

Letters from Alexander Nisbet to William Young
Date
1799-1801

Alexander Nisbet writes four letters to William Young, a bookseller and printer in Philadelphia, on issues that include Young's suit involving a Mr. Webber and a payment made by the Estate of Webber for a parcel of books.

Location
MC 2001.5, B1, F2
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to A. Boyd Hamilton

Letter from James Buchanan to A. Boyd Hamilton
Date
January 2, 1850

James Buchanan writes A. Boyd Hamilton to discuss the details of a loan, Buchanan's decision to sell his house in Lancaster, and to criticize articles in the Pennsylvanian.

Location
MC 1998.10, B2, F24
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

Letters from James Buchanan to Thomas Elder

Letters from James Buchanan to Thomas Elder
Date
1827-1828

Representative James Buchanan writes Thomas Elder and discusses a number of issues in two letters, including the health of Judge Duncan, the 1829 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, cities that a transcontinental road would pass through, a trial

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to Reah Frazer

Letters from James Buchanan to Reah Frazer
Date
1840-1844

Senator James Buchanan writes five letters to Col Reah Frazer regarding a number of different political issues, including the 1840 Democratic National Convention, the 1840 and 1844 Presidential Elections, the Independent Treasury Bill, appointment

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to Joseph Gales and William Seaton

Letter from James Buchanan to Joseph Gales and William Seaton
Date
April 16, 1828

Representative James Buchanan writes Joseph Gales and William Seaton to complain about being misquoted in a newspaper article. "I never expressed such an opinion" on imports, as Buchanan notes. Buchanan also asks them to publish a correction.

Location
MC 1998.10, B1, F8
Time Period

Letter from James Buchanan to Levi Woodbury

Letter from James Buchanan to Levi Woodbury
Date
January 20, 1837

Senator James Buchanan writes to Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury regarding a recent resolution from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that selected the Philadelphia Bank "as one of the Depositories of the public money." Transcript

Location
MC 1998.10, B1, F18
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to John Reynolds

Letters from James Buchanan to John Reynolds
Date
1827-1842

James Buchanan writes six letters to John Reynolds on a variety of different legal and political matters, including the Presidential elections of 1828 and 1844, Buchanan's experience living in Russia as the US minister, and increasing sectional te

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to Joel R. Poinsett

Letters from James Buchanan to Joel R. Poinsett
Date
1838-1839

Senator James Buchanan writes two letters to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett regarding the appointment of William S. Ramsey as a paymaster in the US Army and issues with how Ordnance Department grants contracts. Transcripts included.

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period

Letters from James Buchanan to James Webb

Letters from James Buchanan to James Webb
Date
March 30 - December 7, 1855

James Buchanan, the United States Minister to the United Kingdom, writes four letters to General James Watson Webb regarding Buchanan's experiences living in London and international affairs, including the Ostend Manifesto, the Vienna Conference,

Location
MC 1998.10
Time Period