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Early in the war, prisoners were treated well.
But by October 1864, the population grew from 5,000 to 10,000, and death rates soared as prisoners began
According to Encyclopedia Virginia , "hundreds and even thousands of prisoners at a time were held in
the dark, grimy warehouses from which they were forbidden even to look out the windows.
The food rations were not terrible by most standards, and the prisoners were allowed to use the unused
Early in the war, prisoners were treated well.
But by October 1864, the population grew from 5,000 to 10,000, and death rates soared as prisoners began
According to Encyclopedia Virginia, "hundreds and even thousands of prisoners at a time were held in
the dark, grimy warehouses from which they were forbidden even to look out the windows.
The food rations were not terrible by most standards, and the prisoners were allowed to use the unused
have set for myself to do, to meet people and The States face to face, to confront them with an American
Their shadows are projected in employments, in books, in the cities, in trade; their feet are on the
The instincts of the American people are all perfect, and tend to make heroes.
First-rate American persons are to be supplied.
There are Thirty-Two States sketched—the population thirty millions.
caused the seizure and detention of certain steamboats; and afterwards, and while such steamboats were
subject to his power as an officer, or supposed to be so subject, and before the actions were brought
agents of said steamboats, to the effect that if they would pay the costs of court, of which they were
paid said sum of money in many instances—while, in fact, the fee allowed him by law could not have exceeded
—Your clients were purchasers at the Marshal's sale.
pursuance of estimates for the general Judicial expenses of the Government; and such payments as these were
Hence I am obliged to exercise the greatest circumspection in expenditure, in order to avoid exceeding
Bent Claims, at a total expense not exceeding three hundred dollars. Very Respectfully yours, M. F.
If you can now supply the books mentioned on this list at rates not exceeding the prices there intimated
If they can now be supplied by you at rates not exceeding those mentioned on said list, you are requested
considered in force For the reasons given in your letter you have leave of absence for a time not exceeding
is reconsidered, and permission is granted you to be absent from the Territory for a period not exceeding
requested to supply this Office with the following State Reports, provided it can be done at rates not exceeding
I suggest that it is possible that the papers which were in the hands of the Attorney General when he
prepared his opinion of July 8, 1860, (IX Opinions p. 455,) at the call of the President, were returned
whether, in your opinion, qualified gentlemen will engage to assist with an expectation of pay not exceeding
Muir produced a certificate of naturalization from the Superior Court of the city of Chicago, and claimed
under it the privileges of an American citizen.
District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois to make the motion in the Superior Court of the city
Muir has had the benefit of American citizenship by virtue of naturalization fraudulently obtained, I
office, over and above his necessary office expenses, the necessary clerk-hire included, a sum not exceeding
telegraphed to him that there ought to be a Commissioner of the United States Court resident in that city
I was not aware, and the Solicitor was not aware, that there was any Commissioner in that city, and we
add that the reason for telegraphing instead of writing was, that the Solicitor understood that you were
then in Nashville, and were about to leave the city.
come to this Department, deemed reliable, to the effect that operations are being carried on in the city
On the same day there appeared in one of the public papers of the city of Buffalo, an advertisement to
It is also understood here that there are numerous & strong associations in the city of Buffalo, having
their common lead in one of the police of the city who is in full sympathy with them, their object being
An auctioneer in the city of Buffalo, it is said, received, between the 16th and 20th ult. twenty seven
The Amnesty Proclamations of the President embraced, with but a very few exceptions, the whole population
directed the suspension, delay, or discontinuance of proceedings against parties prosecuted in New York City
The prosecutions referred to in my letters were for frauds upon Internal Revenue, as I then understood
Fullerton to ascertain whether the charges were to be duly submitted, or would be withdrawn.
Attorney Courtney— and these, and these alone, were the reasons for my direction of the suspension or
Murray were immediately advised thereof, and their presence required to meet these charges.
Lewis, Boisé City, Idaho Terr. Sir: I have promised your friend, Gen.
There was no complaint of you, and I had no reason to suppose that you were not serving well in your
A letter was received here in due course of mail, postmarked "Boisé City," tendering your resignation
Miller, Silver City, Idaho Terr. Sir: The Hon E. D.
Attorney General your letter to him of the 31st ultimo, asking information of the vacancy which you were
I am directed to say, in reply, that you were nominated to, and confirmed by, the Senate, "to be associate
Attorney General has received your report of the 12th inst. informing him that in January 1866, sundry Americans
property of the inhabitants of Bagdad, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, and that indictments were
—You add that "the dignity of the American name requires that something be done to bring the arch offenders
Salt Lake City, Utah Terr.
transmit a copy of your official oath, and furnish me with the name of the state or county in which you were
African Americans could join the Union army beginning in July 1862 when Lincoln signed the Militia Act
Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred
from becoming officers, African Americans joined the effort and helped make the Civil War unmistakably
African Americans could join the Union army beginning in July 1862 when Lincoln signed the Militia Act
Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred
from becoming officers, African Americans joined the effort and helped make the Civil War unmistakably
for a military force to seize certain boxes of arms & accoutrements then in the possession of the American
Donnelley, Buffalo, New York, were seized and stored in Fort Porter, Buffalo, for safe keeping—where
property, & the order of the Secretary of War, an order requesting the delivery of the property to the American
Court of the state of New York, for the city and county of New York, and either removed or attempted
These suits were all, I think, originally brought in the Courts of the State of New York.
In all these suits, one of the issues is, whether the acts, (to recover damages for which the suits were
Cushing & Schley were employed as attorneys for the defendant in that case, which you may remember was
I desire to know whether any arrangements were made by you with either Mr. Butler, or Messrs.
relative to the reïnstatement of the records of the Courts of the United States in your District, which were
destroyed by the recent conflagration in your city.
Garden City Planing Mill Co. Chicago, Ill.
If it were an illegal exaction, as you suppose, your remedy is to sue him for the amount.
As I have already stated, my inquiries addressed to you were made at the request of the Secretary of
whom the contents of your letter would have been communicated—but at present he is absent from this city
Gilson, then Secretary of that Territory, with the designated depository of the United States at Oregon City
one of Gilson's sureties,) dated at Paris, France, September 1, 1867, that Gilson was then in that city
"sporting his American buggy, fast horse," etc. which letter also contains an offer on the part of the
The vessel & cargo were clearly liable to condemnation on the proofs in the record.
assigned to that Circuit, but who does not purpose going to the south, will sign a decree in this city
Marshal at New York City to you, and a letter of H. W.
Esq. who was employed as special counsel in the case, and asked him his opinion, whether the charges were
Phelps on the bill that three gentlemen were employed to do this printing by Judge Person, one of the
Maynard to me enclosing these papers states that Thomas Barr was in jail in the city of Detroit, in June
his assistant to Windsor, Canada, to institute proceedings for his extradition—that two examinations were
If the picture were here, or in any northern city, I have no doubt that I could get a copy that would
The sentence was, to imprisonment for one year in the penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri, and to
is a good reason why the execution of the sentence should have been temporarily suspended, if there were
Samuel Blatchford, United States District Judge, New York City Sir: I have the honor to ask your attention
in the case of William Muller, now in prison under your sentence for contempt of court, and which were
You are aware that last spring very grave charges were made against you—and having some reason to distrust
Smith Tenn. city.
15th inst. purporting to be a communication from a correspondent of that paper, writing from this city
recited in this publication, in the archives of the Attorney General's Office, except those which were
William Fullerton, 11 Pine street New York City.
of your letter, I called your attention to this statement of the extent of the protection which you were
defendants, as made to you, had not furnished directly or indirectly the evidence for the indictments, and were
Samuel Blatchford, Judge United States Court, New York City. Sir: The case of John H.
attention to that point, as doubtless at the time of the conviction the grounds of this discrimination were
June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City
His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).
June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City
His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).
will forward this office the following books: Supplements of General Statutes of Massachusetts, from 1860
The proper papers were prepared, and Davis was arrested.
City) On the 27th day of February, 1869, Attorney General Evarts addressed a letter of instructions to
On the 18th of May, 1869, Davis was arrested in the City of New York, upon a bench warrant from the United
whom these securities are held, as well as the several treaties and acts under which the investments were
The abstracted Bonds above mentioned are understood to be a part of those which were stolen while in
By Act of July 12, 1862 [12 Stat. at Large, p. 539.] sums amounting in the aggregate to $660,412:01 were
(City of Wheeling) Bonds 168,000 65,520 6 pr. ct. Certificate or Reg.
Bonds 100,000 The Bonds of the City of Wheeling and of the Richmond and Danville RR. above described,
the Attorney General to furnish the House, "a statement of the amounts paid during each year since 1860
stands upon the clause quoted from the Act of 1853, and upon clauses in the Appropriation Acts of 1860
Thielepape, Mayor of the City of San Antonio, Texas.
your communication of the 20th of December, ultimo, containing a copy of a resolution adopted by the City
If the Courts of The United States should be removed to your city, and this Department should have any
U.S. for Louisiana, to defend the interests of the U.S. against the proceedings instituted by the city
Orleans, to prepent the erection of the Quartermaster's Depots, &c. on the Government Wharf in that city
for certain information touching the defence and character of the title by which the claim of the city
6th August, 1867, and 17th July, 1862, the condemnation could not extend beyond the interest of the city
You now represent, as Mayor of Memphis, that the interest of the city urgently requires the immediate
Attorney General Stanbery favorable to the claim of the city.
Jefferson City, Mo.
inform you that the opinion of the Attorney General in the case of the National Cemetery at Jefferson City
New York City. Sir: I have your letter of yesterday advising me that the case of Jones, vs .
In reply I regret to have to say that my absence from the city at that time will be impracticable.
The Attorney General is not now in the city, and I do not know certainly when he will return, but probably
Boise City, Idaho Terr. Sir: I have this day forwarded your commission, (duplicate) as U. S.
David Noggle, Chief Justice, Boise City, Idaho T."