Kay, John, 1742-1826

Print by Scottish caricaturist, John Kay

Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870.

Papers of the U.S. naval officer, established ordnance system. Collection includes correspondence (1836-1905); 13 diaries (1834-1870); notebooks, memoranda, articles, and other papers relating to Dahlgren's naval career, including his pioneer work in naval ordnance, and the development of the Dahlgren gun. Includes a diary of his wife, Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, and a Civil War journal of an unidentified person. Correspondence includes that of Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren, Percival Drayton, Andrew H. Foote, R.B. Forbes, R.P. Parrott, Henry Augustus Wise, and others.

Dix, John A. (John Adams), 1798-1879.

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.

McKeon, John, 1808-1883.

Letters from Congressman John McKeon, most to Secretary of the Navy Mahlon Dickerson

Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869.

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.

Van Buren, James Lyman.

American Civil War general. Collection contains correspondence and memorabilia.

Brown, John, 1821-1895.

Papers of the farmer and soldier, free soil advocate, son of abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859). 13 combination diary/account books (1856-1895), and 3 letters of his father to family members.

Sewall, John S. (John Smith), 1830-1911.

Papers of the U.S. naval officer. Journal of "J. S. Sewall, Vagabonde," serving on the U.S.S. Saratoga as Captain's Clerk during a Pacific cruise, 1850-1854. Also a list of officers and deaths, and clippings.

Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932.

U.S. Army officer (U.S. Civil War, Spanish-American War) and legislator (U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, 1877-1885, 1905-1911). Collection contains correspondence, primarily from 1881-1883, when Keifer was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two items of miscellany. Incoming letters, mostly from military and political figures, of Susan B. Anthony, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Carrie Chapman Catt, James A. Garfield, Marcus A. Hanna, Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Nicholas Longworth, Whitelaw Reid, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, William Howard Taft, Leonard Wood, and others.

Wainwright, John D., b. 1839.

Rear Admiral, United States Navy. Collection includes correspondence, photographs, clippings relating to Wainwright and to his father, Civil War Colonel John Wainwright, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Fort Fisher (North Carolina).

Foster, John Edward.

Union soldier (1834?-1864), served with Vermont Volunteers. Collection includes correspondence with family in Vermont during Civil War service; some letters from brother, Julian, to family members; miscellaneous material including two diary pages, a list of debts, and a pencil drawing of encampment of Company E, 2nd Regiment, Vermont Volunteers.

Bogert, John A., 1836-

Papers of the Union soldier. Bogert was an officer in the 127th New York Volunteer Infantry, and a lieutenant colonel in the 103rd Colored Infantry. Letters, mostly to his parents in New York City concerning family matters, camp life, the progress of Civil War.

Foster, Joseph C., fl. 1863.

Diary of a Civil War soldier in the Union army. Also includes one photograph of a young woman.

Wood, John S. (John Shirley), 1888-1966.

Papers of the U.S. Army officer. Collection consists of correspondence (1928-1967); articles and speeches on military subjects (1934-1967); photographs (1937-1965); and memorabilia (1917-1966), including address books. Notable correspondents include Creighton W. Abrams, Hanson Baldwin, Alan Bible, Howard W. Cannon, Bruce C. Clarke, James B. Conant, Bing Crosby, William O. Douglas, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leopold Figl, J. William Fulbright, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Curtis E. LeMay, Basil Henry Liddell Hart, John L. McClellan, Frank Pace, George S. Patton, Francis T.P. Plimpton, Syngman Rhee, Eddie Rickenbacker, L. Mendel Rivers, Karl F. Rolvaag, Eleanor Roosevelt, DeWitt C. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Maxwell D. Taylor, James A. Van Fleet, William C. Westmoreland, Stephen M. Young, and others.

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.

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.

Holloway, James L. (James Lemuel), 1898-

Papers of the American naval officer. Personal correspondence (1959-1964); memoranda and reports; articles and clippings; photographs; and other memorabilia.

Quint, John D.

Correspondence and printed material related to Quint's service in World War II

Wheat, John Potter.

American painter. Collection contains artwork (original and photographs), correspondence, printed material and biographical material, including a diary from Vietnam in late 1968.