Papers of the American naval officer. Personal correspondence (1959-1964); memoranda and reports; articles and clippings; photographs; and other memorabilia.
Papers of the Army officer; U.S. Senator (1845-1849); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. During the Civil War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major-general, and ordered him to take charge of the Alexandria and Arlington Department, then reassigned him to the Department of Maryland. Dix later served as commander of the Department of the East. After the Civil War, Dix was named Minister to France (1866-1869), and following his return to the U.S., the life-long Democrat became the Republican Party nominee and the successful candidate for the Governorship of New York State (1873-1875). Includes more than 130 items of outgoing correspondence, more than half of which were written to Edwards Pierrepont between 1861 and 1877. Subjects include the Civil War, Reconstruction, New York State and national politics, and French politics and foreign relations preceding the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.
Papers of the U.S. Army officer. The Isle of Pines was ceded by Spain to the U.S. Draft of letter and report on Isle of Pines, Cuba, discussing land disposition and political situation, addressed to George Bridges.
Letter from the American army officer to A.G. Moore, Esq. Accompanied by sales slip and letter documenting its purchase by Charles Devens Osborne in 1950.
American military historian, author. Collection contains correspondence, scrapbooks, notes, manuscripts, and published material. Correspondents include Bruce Catton, H.L. Mencken, and Francis E. Walter.
American naval officer, engineer. Collection includes correspondence (1947-1958); speeches; a diary kept during a mission to French West Africa in 1942; and printed material.
Major General, U.S. Army; Superintendent of U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Chief of Engineers, 1864. Collection contains one volume, a letterbook belonging to Delafield while in command of engineers in New York City. Majority of letters are addressed to Joseph G. Totten, then Chief of Army Engineers.