QUANTITY: | 98 containers (50 cubic feet) |
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ACCESS: | Open to Research |
ACQUISITION: | Gift: Sara G. Tenney, Williamstown, Mass., 1963, with accretions, 1965 and 1966; also includes a collection of documents purchased from Henry V. Button, Waterford, N.Y., July 1949 (acc. #SC12777) |
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: | A number of documents in this collection may be missing. The inventory list reflects those documents, marked with an asterisk (*), that were recovered in 2008 by the Office of the New York State Attorney General. |
PROCESSED BY: | Fred Bassett, Senior Librarian, Manuscripts and Special Collections, 1993. |
The papers of John Ellis Wool are valuable to scholars primarily because he was a disciplined correspondent and nearly a complete record is present of his long and varied military career that commenced with the War of 1812 and concluded with the Civil War. Comprising fifty cubic feet, these papers include letters between Wool and his wife, Sarah; correspondence with friends, relatives, and associates; and numerous official military dispatches, orders, memoranda, and reports. Materials are generally arranged chronologically in three series:
Correspondence, Military Papers, and Bound Record Books.
These papers are especially valuable for the following five areas of interest: (1) The reports and memoranda relating to inspections of military posts that offer insight into the everyday operations of the United States Army during the first half of the nineteenth century. (2) The Cherokee Indian nation transfer expedition, 1836-1837, which provides a well-documented record of how the army acquired and distributed subsistence and other necessary provisions to Indians enroute. In addition, these papers touch upon the controversial treaty of 1835 that mandated Cherokee Indian resettlement and the Army's problem of dealing with disaffected Cherokees. (3) The War between the United States and Mexico, the most extensively documented event in these papers, covering Wool's mobilization of Western volunteers, the march from San Antonio to Saltillo, the Battle of Buena Vista, and the occupation of Monterrey, Mexico. (4) General Wool's command of the Pacific Department from 1854 to 1857, with many details of the confrontation between white settlers and native peoples that developed into a bitter dispute between Wool and the territorial governors of Oregon and Washington. Also, there are materials relating to the controversial arrest of a French consul in accordance with President Franklin Pierce's orders to quash filibusters. (5) General Wool's service during the Civil War, especially his command of the Department of Virginia at Fortress Monroe, that was the principal base of operation for the Union capture of Norfolk.
For these areas along with many other aspects of Wool's military career, his papers are one of the best sources of information on the history of the United States military in the nineteenth century.
John Ellis Wool was born February 29, 1784, in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. At an early age, both his parents passed away; thereupon he moved to Troy to live with his grandfather, James Wool. His formal education was limited to that of a country school, and at the age of twelve he entered the store of a Troy merchant and remained with him for six years. During the next decade he worked at various places including the law office of John Russell. When the War of 1812 broke out, he raised and headed a company of volunteers in Troy, and on April 14, 1812, he was commissioned a captain in the 13th Infantry. His troops were engaged in action at the battles of Queenstown and Plattsburgh. In between the battles he was promoted to a major in the 29th Infantry on April 13, 1813, and, afterwards, was brevetted a lieutenant colonel on September 11, 1814. He was made colonel and inspector general of the Army on April 29, 1816, and maintained this grade for more than a quarter of a century. As inspector general, Wool's duties required visits to military posts to ascertain the fighting effectiveness and preparedness of the troops. In 1832 he was sent by the government to Europe to study the military policies and procedures of several nations that could be adopted by the United States Army.
In 1836 Wool was ordered to Cherokee country in Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas to assist General Winfield Scott in transferring the native peoples to Oklahoma in accordance with the terms of a treaty of 1835. It would prove to be a difficult mission as Wool's conduct was called into question by Alabama civil authorities for allegedly seizing private property for subsistence and other provision needed by soldiers and Cherokees. As a result, Wool was recalled from service, but was exonerated by a court of inquiry. Shortly thereafter, Wool was ordered to command troops along the United States-Canada border in northern New York and New England to ensure American neutrality during the Canadian Rebellion. Problems arose from many Canadian refugees and sympathetic Americans who had designs on annexing Canada. They were engaged in cross-border raids and other subversive activities that nearly instigated a conflict with Great Britain. The forces under the command of Wool and others were successful in quelling such activities and thus preserving peace.
The Mexican War of 1846-1848 provided Wool with an opportunity for active and distinguished service. Now a brigadier general, Wool mobilized, trained, and marched his own army, composed mostly of western volunteers, for the invasion of Mexico by land. Placed under the command of General Zachery Taylor as commander-in-chief with Wool second in command, this army won the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847. Wool was commended for his achievement and, in subsequent years, presented with decorative awards of honor by the United States Congress, the State of New York, and the City of Troy.
Then followed quieter years of peace, which were actually a troubled brief interlude between the Mexican War and the Civil War, then already brewing. Wool served as a commander at the Department of the East most of these years allowing him to maintain headquarters in Troy. In 1854, Wool was transferred to the Department of the Pacific, headquartered in San Francisco, California, with orders from President Franklin Pierce to halt filibustering expeditions against Mexico. In the course of duty, Wool placed under arrest the French Consul, Guillaume Patrice Dillon, who was tried for complicity in such activities by a San Francisco jury. This action provoked anger from the French government, which subsequently led the Pierce administration to abandon support of Wool's course in literally carrying out the President's orders. Shortly thereafter, his headquarters were transferred to a bleak part of Benicia, where he would have to contend with the problem of land disputes between white settlers and native people in the Oregon and Washington territories. Having limited manpower and supplies for such a large expanse of territory, Wool's solution was to exclude settlements west of the Cascade Mountains. This action resulted in a bitter dispute with the Oregon and Washington territorial governors, George L. Carry and Isaac Stevens, respectively, who already felt Wool was not responding quickly enough to protect white settlers. Ultimately, Wool was again relieved of command for political reasons.
The Civil War provided Wool one last opportunity for military service. He was seventy-seven years old, and in seniority and rank, he was second only to General Winfield Scott, whose career also dated back to the War of 1812. Despite his advanced age, Wool performed duties of remarkable variety and intensity. As commander of the Department of the East, first from Troy, with its nearby Watervliet Arsenal, and then from New York headquarters, Wool mobilized the resources of the most populous region for military service. Later in 1861, he was moved closer to the front to command the Department of Virginia, with headquarters at Fortress Monroe. There he extended the Union line by the capture of Norfolk, and was quite critical of General George McClellan for his dilatory program in preparing his forces for the capture of Richmond.
General Wool's final tour of duty was in 1863, as military commander of New York City, so important politically and economically for the conduct of the war. Here, he lived through the draft riots, which nearly tore the city apart. He shared with the police and state militia responsibility for suppressing the riots.
Instead of support and commendation for his effort, Wool was retired from active duty on August 1, 1863, and he returned to Troy, where he stayed for the remainder of the war. Despite his seventy-nine years, he was never fully reconciled to retirement perhaps as much for the manner as the fact of what he regarded as a peremptory dismissal.
From his home in Troy, almost to his death on November 10, 1869, General Wool continued to write long letters to the War Department and General Grant demanding a kind of exoneration, if not reinstatement. On his death, he received a ceremonial funeral befitting a war hero in his hometown. He was survived by his wife Sarah Moulton, whom he had married September 27, 1810. They had no children. She passed away five years later.
Box | Folder | Contents |
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Correspondence | ||
1 | 1-18 | Letters of John E. Wool to Sarah M. Wool, 1812-1858. |
2 | 1-6 | Letters of John E. Wool to Sarah M. Wool, 1861-1863. |
2 | 7-17 | Letters of Sarah M. Wool to John E. Wool, 1833; 1836-1845. |
3 | 1-8 | Letters of Sarah M. Wool to John E. Wool, 1846-1863. |
3 | 9-14 | Letters of Francis Baylies to John E. Wool, 1822-1846. |
3 | 15-16 | Letters of Henrietta Hart to John E. Wool, 1841-1861. |
3 | 17-18 | Letters to Sarah M. Wool, 1825-1870. |
3 | 19 | Letters of Wool and Moulton family relatives, 1824-1832. |
4 | 1-14 | Letters of John E. Wool to friends and associates, 1811-1845. (mostly copies and drafts of outgoing letters). |
5 | 1-13 | Letters of John E. Wool to friends and associates, 1847-1860. |
6 | 1-10 | Letters of John E. Wool to friends and associates, 1861-1869. |
Letters to John Ellis Wool. | ||
7 | 1-14 | 1812-1836 (September) |
8 | 1-12 | 1836 (October)-1837 (March) |
9 | 1-14 | 1837 (April)-1838 |
10 | 1-14 | 1839-1847 (March) |
11 | 1-13 | 1847 (April-September) |
12 | 1-15 | 1847 (October)-1848 (June) |
13 | 1-15 | 1848 (July)-1851 (April) |
14 | 1-17 | 1851 (May)-1852 |
15 | 1-15 | 1853-1855 |
16 | 1-19 | 1856-1861 (March) |
17 | 1-15 | 1861 (April-September) |
18 | 1-13 | 1861 (October-December) |
19 | 1-14 | 1862 (January-May) |
20 | 1-14 | 1862 (June)-1869 |
Military Papers Copies of letters addressed to Wool's field staff and copies of letters between other army offices. |
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Alphabetical Files | ||
21 | 1 | Arnold, Richard |
21 | 2 | Benet, S.V. – Jefferson Davis |
21 | 3 | Franklin, W.R. – J.H. Kilpatrick |
21 | 4-6 | McDowell, Irwin |
21 | 7 | McLean, S.E. – E.M. Stanton |
21 | 8 | Strong, G.E. – Abraham Yell |
Chronological Files | ||
22 | 1-13 | 1812-1847 |
23 | 1-9 | 1848-1862 |
Certificates of Appointment | ||
24 | 1 | Ensign of a Company in Battalion of Riflemen, 19 June 1811. Captain of Infantry, 14 April 1812. Major of 29th Regiment of Infantry, 13 April 1813. Inspector General in the United States Army, 3 May 1816. |
General Orders of the War Department and the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office, 1821-1833 | ||
24 | 2 | 1821-1823 |
24 | 3 | 1824-1826 |
24 | 4 | 1827-1829 |
24 | 5 | 1830-1833 |
24 | 6 | Original drafts of confidential reports of General Wool while Inspector General to the Secretary of War and Major General Alexander Macomb, 1826-1834. |
24 | 7 | Inventory of ordnance and ordnance stores condemned by General Wool, Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, September 1831. |
24 | 8 | State and War Department documents authorizing General Wool's travel to Europe on official business, 1832. |
24 | 9-15 | Proceedings, reports, expense account abstracts, letters, and other papers, relating to Wool's proposed job title classifications and wage scales for persons employed at the armory in Springfield, Massachusetts, 1832-1833. |
Cherokee Indian Transfer Expedition, 1836-1837 | ||
25 | 1 | General Orders, 1836-1837. |
25 | 2 | Rolls of the names of the Cherokee Indians at New Eschota, Georgia, who received provisions of food and clothing from the U.S. Army, April-September 1836. |
25 | 3 | Summary abstracts of the provisions issued to the Cherokee Indians, April-September 1836. |
25 | 4 | Account abstracts of U.S. Army purchases and disbursements for food and clothing provided to Cherokee Indians, 1836. |
25 | 5-6 | Invoices for food, clothing, transportation, and other purchases of the U.S. Army from private vendors, July-December 1836. |
25 | 7-9 | Account abstracts and other assorted financial papers, Athens, Tennessee, October-December 1836. |
25 | 10 | Reports, regulations, and other legal papers, New Eschota, Georgia, and Athens, Tennessee, July-December 1836. |
25 | 11 | Rolls of names and summary abstracts regarding food and clothing provisions issued to Cherokee Indians, January-June 1837. |
25 | 12 | Abstracts of purchases, disbursements, and returns of provision of food, clothing, etc., issued to Cherokee Indians, January-June 1837. |
25 | 13 | Account current statements of U.S. Army expenditures and disbursements, 1837. |
25 | 14 | Invoices, 1837. |
26 | 1 | Cherokee Subsistence Receipts, January-June 1837. |
26 | 2 | Cherokee Indian Contingent Receipts, 1837. Cashier checks of the Union Bank of Maryland, 1837. Invoice of Subsistence Store at New Eschota, Georgia, 1837. |
26 | 3-4 | Provision return of Cherokee Indians at New Eschota, Georgia, January-May 1837. |
26 | 5-6 | Provision return of each individual Cherokee Indian at New Eschota, Georgia, January-May 1837. |
26 | 7 | Provision returns of U.S. Army companies, 1837. |
26 | 8-11 | Reports, memoranda, and assorted financial and legal papers, 1837. |
26 | 12 | Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry concerning the conduct of General Wool, 1837. Letters written in defense of Wool, including those from members of the Cherokee nation. |
26 | 13 | U.S. House of Representatives Document No. 46 (25th Congress, 1st Session). Message of the President of the United States (Martin Van Buren). Transmitting the Proceedings of the Court of Inquiry in the case of Brevet Brigadier General Wool, October 9, 1837. U.S. House of Representatives Document No. 82 (25th Congress, 2nd Session). Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2nd instant, in relation to the Cherokee Indians east of the Mississippi, January 9, 1838. U.S. House of Representatives Document No. 99 (25th Congress, 2nd Session). Memorial of a Delegation of the Cherokee Nation demonstrating against the instrument of writing (treaty of December, 1837, January 15, 1838). |
U.S. Department of the East | ||
27 | 1 | Papers concerning the effects of the Canadian Rebellion upon the northern frontier of New York State and Vermont, 1838. |
27 | 2 | Affidavits of U.S. citizens residing in Vermont regarding problems encountered upon entering lower Canada, 1838. |
27 | 3 | Depositions from Potton, Lower Canada, regarding U.S. citizens residing in Troy, New York, who are engaged in an invasion of Potton, 1838. |
27 | 4 | Depositions of residents of Troy regarding their involvement in the invasion of Potton, Lower Canada, 1838. |
27 | 5 | Depositions and last names of U.S. citizens involved in the invasion of Potton, Lower Canada, 1838. |
Inspection Reports and Inventories of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores of the U.S. Army. | ||
27 | 6 | Fort Griswold, Connecticut, April 1840. Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, April 1840. |
27 | 7 | U.S. Army Depot, New York, New York, September 1840. |
27 | 8 | Fort Columbus, New York, September 1840. Fort Hamilton, New York, September 1840. Fort LaFayette, New York, September 1840. Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, September 1840. Fort Wood, New York, September 1840. |
27 | 9 | Charleston Depot and Arsenal, March 1841. |
27 | 10 | Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, April 1841. Fort Monroe, Virginia, April 1841. Fort Constitution, April 1841. |
27 | 11 | Frankfort Arsenal, April 1841. Fort Dickens, April 1841. Fort Jackson and Fort Philip, April 1841. Fort Pike, April 1841. |
27 | 12 | Fort Independence and Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1841. Fort Johnson, North Carolina, May 1841. Fort Morgan, Alabama, May 1841. Fort Preble, Maine, May 1841. |
Watervliet Arsenal Inspection, May 1841 | ||
27 | 13 |
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Inspection Reports of Troops, May 1845 | ||
27 | 14 | New York State Posts
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27 | 15 | New England Posts
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27 | 16 | Military Posts of other states
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27 | 17 | Proceedings of the General Court Martial of Lieutenant F.O. Wyse, Augusta, Georgia, June 1845. |
27 | 18 | Official telegraph messages, undated, ca. 1840s. |
Mexican War, 1846-1848 | ||
28 | 1 | Orders, 1846. Issued from Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and San Antonio. |
28 | 2 | Orders, 1847. Headquarters Buena Vista. |
28 | 3 | Orders, 1847-1848. Army of Occupation Headquarters, Monterrey, Mexico. |
28 | 4 | Orders, 1847-1848. Headquarters Saltillo, Mexico. |
28 | 5 | Orders, 1848. Headquarters office of the Rio Grande, Matamoros, Mexico, and War Department, Washington, D.C. |
28 | 6 | Reports and Memoranda, 1846. Regarding advancement of U.S. Army troops under the command of Wool from San Antonio, Texas, to Mexico. |
28 | 7 |
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28 | 8 | List and return of prisoners of the Army of Mexico captured at the Battle of Buena Vista, February 1847. |
28 | 9 | Journal of the march from Monterrey to Camargo and back, November 8-28, 1847. |
28 | 10 | Official reports, memoranda, etc., 1847-1848. Army of Occupation, Monterrey, Mexico. |
Statistical Reports | ||
28 | 11 |
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28 | 12 | Inventories of ordnance and ordnance stores at Monterrey and Saltillo, 1847-1848. |
28 | 13-14 | Reports and statements of subsistence stores at depots in Monterrey, Saltillo, and other points, 1847-1848. |
28 | 15 | Reports, memoranda and other papers concerning purchase orders and shipment of military supplies. |
28 | 16 | Claims submitted by Mexican authorities to recover the value of property seized or damaged at Saltillo, U.S. Army troops, 1847. |
28 | 17 | Documents relating to Order No. 404 and the discharge of Lieutenant Penders and others of the North Carolina regiment, June-October 1847. |
28 | 18 | Court martial orders, 1847-1848. |
29 | 1-11 | Correspondence, reports, memoranda of the Mexican Army. (Documents are written in Spanish.) |
29 | 12-13 | Translations of Spanish-language documents. |
29 | 14 | Extracts from Mexican newspapers (In Spanish). |
U.S. Army Department of the Pacific, 1854-1857. | ||
30 | 1 | Statements and Testimonies, 1855, regarding the arrest of French Consul [Guillaume] P[atrice]. Dillon for his involvement in filibustering expeditions against Mexico. |
30 | 2 | Report, November 12, 1855. Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. Contains an extract from Captain Dall's journal about the wreck of a California steamer on a bar in the Columbia River without any casualties among the passengers and crew. |
30 | 3 | Reports, November 28 and 30, 1855. Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory.
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30 | 4 | Report, February 18, 1856. Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory. Regarding memos of a military reconnaissance from Post Oxford, Oregon Territory, to Fort Lane, Oregon Territory, by Lieutenant A.V. Kantz, 4th Infantry. |
30 | 5 | Statement of J. Neely Johnson, Governor of California, in reply to John E. Wool's report on military affairs in California, 1856. |
30 | 6 | Reports, 1856
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30 | 7 | Reports, 1856-1857 Benicia, California
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Civil War Service | ||
30 | 8 | Special Order No. 85, headquarters of the Army, New York, September 8, 1859, regarding inspection of Fort Monroe, Virginia. |
30 | 9 | Correspondence of J.E. Bristol, June 1862, regarding Union Army spies. |
30 | 10-19 | Letters of Benjamin Huger to John E. Wool, September 1861-May 1862, regarding the passage of persons and goods from U.S. Army Department headquarters at Norfolk, Virginia, to Fort Monroe, Virginia. |
31 | 1-9 | Letters, September-December 1861, addressed to General Wool at Fort Monroe from civilians requesting letters to be forwarded to soldiers. |
32 | 1-11 | Passes issued by the Department of State and War to civilians wishing to enter Virginia via Fort Monroe, May 1861-February 1862. |
33 | 1 | Muster Roll of noncommissioned officers and enlisted men of the 2nd New York Regiment of Infantry, 1861. |
33 | 2 | Inventories, returns, and other established reports on ordnance and ordnance stores of Fort Monroe, 1861. |
33 | 3-4 | Reports on guard duty at Fort Monroe, Virginia, September 1861. |
33 | 5-6 | Reports of picket guard mounted at Camp McMillan and Fortress Monroe, Virginia, September-December 1861. |
33 | 7-10 | Reports of the officers of the day on guard positions at Camp Hamilton and Fort Monroe, September-November 1861. |
33 | 11 | Special orders and other statistical reports, Camp Hamilton and Fort Monroe, August-December 1861. |
33 | 12 | Proceedings of the Board of Officers convened at Fort Monroe, Virginia by Special Order No. 181, July 23, 1861. Regarding quartering troops in private buildings. |
33 | 13 | Report of Colonel T.J. Cram, aide-de-camp, Chief Topographical Engineer and Inspector, General Military Department, Virginia, in detail, upon the taking of Norfolk, by Major General Wool, U.S.A., May 10, 1862. |
33 | 14 | Patent project files for Hotchkiss rifled cannon, 1861. |
34 | 1 | Orders, 1861-1863. |
34 | 2 | Orders, reports, memoranda, 1861-1862, regarding capture of Norfolk, Virginia. |
34 | 3 | Certificates and testimonies concerning sailing vessels on the Chesapeake Bay, 1861. |
34 | 4 | List of prisoners held at Fort Calhoun, 1861. |
34 | 5 | Reports, memoranda and maps concerning the capture of Harpers Ferry depot, 1862. |
34 | 6-7 | Reports, memoranda, letters, etc., relating to charges of misconduct of Colonel John C. Lemon and other officers of the 10th New York Regiment of Cavalry, 1862. |
34 | 8 | Documents relating to Federal and State elections held in the State of Delaware, 1862. |
34 | 9 | Notes of a tour of inspection made by General John E. Wool commanding the Department of the East, February 23-March 6, 1863. |
34 | 10 | Record of outgoing telegrams of John Ellis Wool, April 21-May 1, 1861. |
34 | 11 | Book of telegrams received by John Ellis Wool, April 21- May 4, 1861. |
34 | 12 | Telegrams (outgoing), Fort Monroe, Virginia, March-April 1862. |
34 | 13 | Telegrams (outgoing), Baltimore, Maryland, April-December 1862. |
34 | 14-16 | Telegrams received by John Ellis Wool, 1863-1864. |
34 | 17 | Express Company receipts, 1861. |
34 | 18 | Assorted military papers, 1861-1863. |
Manuscripts and Research Notes of Memories of John Ellis Wool by Francis Baylies, ca. 1850 | ||
35 | 1 | Early life of John Ellis Wool. |
35 | 2-3 | War of 1812. |
35 | 4-5 | Cherokee Indian Transfer Expedition. |
35 | 6-7 | Rebellion in Canada. |
35 | 8-13 | War with Mexico. |
Publications and other papers of Francis Baylies | ||
36 | 1 | A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of Major General John E. Wool, United States Army. (New York: Kettell and Moore, 1851) |
36 | 2 | A Narrative of Major General Wool's Campaign in Mexico in the years 1846, 1847, and 1848. (Albany, New York: Little & Company, 1851) |
36 | 3 | Galley pages for a chapter on the Battle of Queenstown. |
36 | 4 | Register of correspondence and other papers of John Ellis Wool. |
36 | 5 | Extracts of correspondence, memoranda and other papers relating to Indian Wars in Oregon and Washington Territories, 1856-1857. |
36 | 6 | Copies of letters from Captain G.W. Hughes, 1846-1849, regarding the Battle of Buena Vista and the march from Monclova to Parras. |
36 | 7-8 | Excerpts from U.S. Congressional debates on the National Bank, tariffs, and other commercial matters, 1815. |
36 | 9 | Speech on Greece, 1823. |
36 | 10 | "Life and Character of General David Cobb", 1830. |
36 | 11 | Assorted notes. |
Sundry Papers of John Ellis Wool | ||
37 | 1 | Military pension records. |
37 | 2-4 | Hotel invoices, 1830-1859. |
37 | 5 | Assorted invoices, 1824-1828; 1848-1862. |
37 | 6 | Cancelled checks, 1820-1828. |
37 | 7 | Official Proclamations/Resolutions regarding John Ellis Wool
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37 | 8 | Banquets, receptions, etc., honoring John Ellis Wool
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37 | 9 | Speeches of John Ellis Wool (place and date)
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37 | 10 | Manuscript of a commentary upon War Policies written by John Ellis Wool that was published in the New York Herald, November 1862. |
37 | 11 | Manuscripts of articles and commentaries of John Ellis Wool. |
37 | 12 | Social invitations and calling cards, 1858-1859. |
37 | 13 | Printed circulars from the War Department, 1820s-1840s, regarding military rules and regulations. |
37 | 14 | Printed circulars of the U.S. Congress, 1830s-1840s, regarding legislation concerning the military. |
37 | 15 | Printed circulars of the Treasury Department, 1847, regarding tariff or duties on imports, etc. |
37 | 16 | Printed circulars: Railroad and Canal Companies, 1850s. |
37 | 17 | Printed circulars: Societies, Clubs, etc., 1830s-1860s. |
37 | 18 | Printed poetry and verse, ca. 1850s-1860s. |
37 | 19 | Blank U.S. Army report forms, ca. 1820-1830s. |
37 | 20 | Miscellaneous printout and manuscript material. |
United States Congressional Documents | ||
38 | 1 | 25th Congress 2nd Session – House of Representatives – Document No. 305. Increase of the Army of the United States, April 5, 1838. |
38 | 2 | 25th Congress 3rd Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 181. Message of the President of the United states, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State touching the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent, February 11, 1839. |
38 | 3 | 25th Congress 3rd Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 183. Message from the President of the United States, regarding destruction of steamboat Caroline, February 11, 1839. |
38 | 4 | 25th Congress 3rd Session – Senate – Executive Document No. 35. Report of the Secretary of War in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the defense of the frontier of Maine, December 21, 1838. |
38 | 5 | 25th Congress 2nd Session – Senate – Document No. 121. Documents in relation to the validity of the Cherokee Treaty of 1835, January 22, 1838. |
38 | 6 | 26th Congress 1st Session – Senate – Document No. 306. Report of the Secretary of the Navy in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to the adoption of the improved boarding- pistols and rifles invented by Samuel Colt, May 18, 1840. |
38 | 7 | 30th Congress 1st Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 59. Correspondence between the Secretary of War and Major General Scott, with accompanying documents, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, April 20, 1848. |
38 | 8 | 33rd Congress 2nd Session – Senate – Executive Document No. 16. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the instructions and correspondence between the government and Major General Wool in regard to his operations on the coast of the Pacific. Washington. D.C., December 26, 1854. |
38 | 9 | 33rd Congress 2nd Session – Senate – Executive Document No. 25. Message of the President of the United States, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1854, requesting correspondence between Major General Wool and the different departments of government, January 17, 1855. |
38 | 10 | 34th Congress 1st Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 118. Message of the President of the United States transmitting the correspondence of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington territories. Washington, D.C., July 8, 1856. |
38 | 11 | 35th Congress 1st Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 51. Letter from the third auditor addressed to the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs on the subject of claims growing out of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington, January 15, 1859. |
38 | 12 | 35th Congress 1st Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 88. Message of the President of the United States communicating correspondence between the late Secretary of War and Major General John Ellis Wool, March 23, 1858. |
38 | 13 | 36th Congress 1st Session – House of Representatives – Executive Document No. 11. Report of the third auditor of the Treasury, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives passed February 8, 1858, regarding claims growing out of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington in 1855 and 1856. February 10, 1860. - - Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. |
38 | 14 | Message to Congress from President Franklin S. Pierce, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1852. |
Printed Military Orders | ||
39 | 1 | 1818-1826 |
39 | 2 | 1827-1829 |
39 | 3 | 1830-1832 |
39 | 4 | 1835-1837 |
39 | 5 | 1841-1845 |
39 | 6 | 1846-1847 |
39 | 7 | 1848-1849 |
40 | 1 | January 28, 1847-October 30, 1847 – Headquarters of the U.S. Army, Mexico |
40 | 2 | November-December 1847 – Headquarters of the U.S. Army, Mexico |
40 | 3 | January 5, 1848-March 23, 1848 – Headquarters of the U.S. Army, Mexico |
40 | 4 | 1851 |
40 | 5 | 1852-1853 |
40 | 6 | "Printed Orders file for Major Gen'l Wool, commanding the Department of the Pacific": March 3, 1851; October 31, 1853; November 13, 1853 ; January 20, 1854-December 27, 1854 |
40 | 7 | 1855-1856 (Bound) |
40 | 8 | 1857 (Bound) |
41 | 1860-1863 (Loose Bundles) | |
42 | 1864-1869 (Loose Bundles) | |
43 | News clippings: Mostly related to the Mexican War. | |
44 | News clippings: Mexican War, speeches of John Ellis Wool. | |
45 | News clippings: Pacific Department Military Affairs. | |
46 | News clippings: Civil War. | |
47 | 1 | Letter/Scrapbook, 1812-1838, 306 pages. Contains original correspondence and news clippings relating to various military matters. |
Inspector General's Office, Brownville, New York | ||
48 | 2 | Letterbook, 1813-1821, ca. 90 pages. |
48 | 3 | Reports, 1816-1819, ca. 85 pages. |
Inspector General's Office, v.p. | ||
49 | 4 | Inspection reports, 1816-1819, ca. 370 pages. |
49 | 5 | Inspection reports, 1819-1841, ca. 300 pages. |
Inspector General's Office, Inspection Tour Reports, 1820- | ||
50 | 6 | Reports, 1824-1841. |
50 | 7 | Memoranda book, May-September 1820, v.p., ca. 150 pages. |
50 | 8 | Memoranda book, May-September 1822, v.p., ca. 150 pages. |
50 | 9 | Memoranda book, April 1823-May 1824, New York, New York, 150 pages. |
50 | 10 | Memoranda book, February-August 1824, Georgia, 150 pages. |
50 | 11 | Memoranda book, November 1825-March 1826, v.p., ca. 170 pages. |
51 | 12 | Memoranda book, March 1825-December 1826, v.p., ca. 100 pages. |
51 | 13 | Memoranda book, May 1826-May 1829, v.p., ca. 110 pages. |
51 | 14 | Memoranda book, May 1830-May 1831, v.p., ca. 120 pages. |
51 | 15 | Memoranda book, June 1831-October 1835, v.p., ca. 100 pages. |
51 | 16 | Memoranda book, June 1832-February 1833, France, 140 pages. |
51 | 17 | Memoranda book, January-April 1841, Washington, D.C., 60 pages. |
Cherokee Nation Transfer Expedition, 1836-1837 | ||
52 | 18 | Letterbook, June 1836-May 1837. Athens, Tennessee, ca. 191 pages. |
52 | 19 | Letterbook, July 1836-April 1837. New Eschota, Georgia, 371 pages. |
52 | 20 | Letterbook, September-October 1836, and August 1837, 32 pages. |
52 | 21 | Orders and reports, June-September 1836, 23 pages. |
52 | 22 | Orderbook, July 1836-July 1837, 225 pages. |
53 | 23 | Letterbook, April-July 1837, 87 (312) pages. |
United States-Canada Border Patrol, 1838 | ||
53 | 24 | Letterbook, February-June 1838, ca. 102 pages. |
53 | 25 | Letterbook, January-March 1838, ca. 133 pages. |
Eastern Division Command, Troy, New York, 1841-1846 | ||
54 | 26 | Letterbook, 1841-1846, 384 pages. United States War with Mexico |
54 | 27 | Correspondence and Memoranda, May-July 1846, 210 pages regarding mobilization of State militia forces. |
55 | 28 | Letterbook, June 5, 1846-March 30, 1847, 393 pages. Indexed. |
56 | 29 | Letterbook, February 26, 1847-January 29, 1848, 364 pages. Indexed. |
57 | 30 | Letterbook, February 12, 1848-March 27, 1852, 362 pages. Indexed. |
58 | 31 | Abstracts of Letters Received, July 1846-December 1847. "Army of Chihuahua", ca. 160 pages. |
59 | 32 | Letterbook, July 23, 1846-May 10, 1847, 319 pages. Indexed. "Army of Chihuahua" |
59 | 33 | Letterbook, May 11, 1847-December 9, 1847, 129 pages. "Centre Division". |
60 | 34 | Letterbook, 1847-1848, 300 pages. Indexed. Part I. 1st Division, August 20, 1846-February 12, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation, December 9, 1847-July 18, 1848. |
61 | 35 | Letters Received Abstract, 1847-1848. Army of Occupation. |
62 | 36 | Orderbook, 1846-1847, 285 pages. "Army of Chihuahua" Centre Division Nos. 1-460, August 2, 1846- September 28, 1847. |
63 | 37 | Orderbook, 1847-1858, 316 pages. Folio. Part I. Centre Division Orders, Nos. 461-503, 2 September-November 2, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation Orders, Nos. 132 of 1847 to No. 1 of 1848, November 26, 1847-17 July 1848. |
64 | 38 | Orderbook, 1846-1848, ca. 400 pages. Part I. Centre Division/Buena Vista Orders 1-517, August 2, 1846-November 5, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation (Monterrey) Orders No. 133 of 1847 to No. 18 of 1848, December 9, 1847-January 17, 1848. |
39 | Orderbook, 1848, 186 pages. Army of Occupation (Monterrey) Orders No. 19-175, January 17- July10, 1848. |
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65 | 40 | Orderbook, 1846-1848, 320 pages. Part I. "Army of Chihuahua" Centre Division/Buena Vista Special Order Nos. 1-695, August 4, 1846-December 7, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation (Monterrey) Special Order Nos. 141 of 1847 to 82 of 1848, December 9, 1847- March 31, 1848. |
66 | 41 | Orderbook, 1846-1848, 351 pages Part I. Centre Division/Buena Vista Special Order Nos. 1-475, August 4, 1846-December 9, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation (Monterrey) Special Order Nos. 141 of 1847 to 240 of 1848, December 9, 1847-July 20, 1848. |
67 | 42 | Orderbook, 1846-1848, 351 pages. Indexed Part I. 1st Division General Order Nos. 1-19, August 24, 1846-February 12, 1847. Part II. Army of Occupation Special Order Nos. 85 to 240 of 1848, March 1, 1848-July 20, 1848. Part III. 1st Division Special Order Nos. 1-17, August 26, 1846-February 8, 1847. |
68 | 43 | Morning Reports of Generals Wool's Troops at San Antonio, Texas, September 1-October 12, 1846. |
Mexican Army Orderbooks, 1846 | ||
68 | 44 | Regiment Perm de Cor. 3rd Co., October 1846. |
68 | 45 | Regiment Perm de Husares. 2nd Co., October 1-October 25, 1846. |
69 | 46 | Regiment Perm de Husares. 3rd Co., October 20-?. |
69 | 47 | Letterbook, 1852-1853, Troy, New York, 92 pages. |
69 | 48 | Letterbook, 1854-1858, 391 pages. Indexed. |
70 | 49 | Record of General Wool's Tour of Service in the Pacific Department, 1853-1856, 400 pages. Includes copies of letters, orders and other related documents. |
71 | 50 | Appendix No. 1 of Wool's Record of Service in the Pacific Department. Contains original letters, orders, and documents. |
72 | 51 | Appendix No. 2 of Wool's Record of Service in the Pacific Department. |
72 | 52 | Appendix containing Orders, Special Orders, and Circulars issued by Wool in 1854. |
Pacific Department Blue Book Series | ||
73 | 53 | Letters written and received, 1855. |
73 | 54 | Letters written and received, 1856. |
73 | 55 | Reports, 1854-1856, regarding Indian affairs. |
74 | 56 | Circulars and orders, 1854. |
74 | 57 | Circulars and orders, 1855. |
74 | 58 | Circulars and orders, 1856. |
74 | 59-60 | Military, topographical memoir and report with maps on the United States Military Department of the Pacific, p. 59 text, v. 60 maps. |
Eastern Department, Troy, 1858-1861 | ||
75 | 61 | Correspondence, April 1, 1857-October 6, 1858, 247 pages. Indexed. |
75 | 62 | Correspondence, October 11, 1858-September 24, 1860, 253 pages. Indexed |
75 | 63 | Correspondence, September 23, 1860-August 3, 1861, 70(267) pages. Indexed. |
76 | 64 | Special Orders, March 1857-April 1860. 234(265) pages. |
76 | 65 | Special Orders, April 1860-August 1861. 86(265) pages. |
77 | 66 | Letterbook, October 3, 1859-August 15, 1861. 323(455) pages. |
Fort Monroe (Civil War, 1861-1863) | ||
78 | 67 | Letterbook, August 19, 1861-December 2, 1861. 367 pages. Indexed. |
79 | 68 | Letterbook, December 3, 1861-June 1, 1862. 512 pages. Indexed. |
80 | 69 | Letterbook, June 13, 1862-June 20, 1863. 506 pages. Indexed. (Middle Department, Headquarters, Baltimore, Maryland, June-December 1862). (Headquartered Department of East, New York City, January-June 1863). |
81 | 70 | Letterbook, June 20, 1863-December 9, 1865. (Headquartered Department of East, New York City, Troy) |
82 | 71 | Letters Received Abstracts, 1861-1863, 402 pages. (Fort Monroe) |
83 | 72 | Telegrams, June-September 1862. |
73 | Telegrams, September-October 1862. | |
84 | 74 | General Orders, August 1861-July 1863, 281 pages. Indexed. (Fort Monroe, Baltimore, New York, New York, etc.) |
85 | 75 | Special Order Book, August 1861-July 1862, 375 pages. Indexed. (Fort Monroe, Virginia) |
86 | 76 | Special Order Book, July 1862-April 1863, 372 pages. (Baltimore, New York City) |
Scrapbooks: General Wool in Mexico | ||
87 | 77 | Volume I, 1846 Campaign and Exposition |
87 | 78 | Volume II, 1847 The Battle (Buena Vista) |
88 | 79 | Volume III, 1847 The Battle (continued) |
88 | 80 | Volume IV, 1847 The Battle (continued) |
89 | 81 | Volume V, 1847 Battle and Tribute |
89 | 82 | Volume VI, 1848-1849 Tributes |
Scrapbooks Pacific Department and Beyond | ||
90 | 83 | Clippings, 1851-1864 |
90 | 84 | General Wool in California, 1854-1857 |
91 | 85 | Scrapbook: Civil War Service |
92 | Miscellaneous items | |
Prints and Broadsides | ||
93 | 1 | Portraits of John Ellis Wool. |
93 | 2 | Illustration of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. |
93 | 3 | Broadsides and printed circulars (Spanish). |
93 | 4 | Military broadsides, ca. 1820s. |
93 | 5 | Newspaper Extras |
93 | 6 | Broadsides - Assorted Subjects. |
Annotated Issues of Newspapers (by place of publication). | ||
94 | Troy, New York | |
95 | New York State: Albany - Glens Falls | |
96 | New York State: Kingston - White Plains | |
97 | New York, New York | |
98 | United States | |
Item | John Ellis Wool Papers in the Vault (1 Box) | |
Vault | 1 | Cooper, James Fenimore A.L.S. Cooperstown, [N.Y.], December 2, 1848 |
Vault | 2 | Davis, Jefferson A.L.S. Monterrey, [Mexico], April 9, 1847. |
Vault | 3 | Davis Jefferson L.S. War Department, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1854. with attached draft response by John E. Wool, San Francisco, November 6, 1854 |
Vault | 4 | Doubleday, Abner A.L.S. Saltillo, June 15, 1847 |
Vault | 5 | Fillmore, Millard A.L.S. Albany, [N.Y.], September 19, 1848. |
Vault | 6 | Jackson, Andrew A.L.S. Hermitage [Nashville, Tennessee], February 26, 1828. |
Vault | 7 | Jackson, Andrew A.L.S. Nashville, [Tenn.], August 23, 1836. |
Vault | 8 | Lee, Robert E. A.L.S. Bragus Santiago [Mexico], February 7, 1847. |
Vault | 9 | Lincoln, Abraham A.L.S. Executive Mansion, Washington, [D.C.], July 13, 1862. |
Vault | 10 | Pierce, Franklin L.S. Executive Department, [Washington, D.C.], September 17, 1855. |
Vault | 11 | Seymour, Horatio L.S. Executive Department, Albany, [N.Y.], August 17, 1863 |
Vault | 12 | Sherman, William Tecumseh A.L.S. San Francisco, [Calif.], June 6, 1856. |
Vault | 13 | Taylor, Zachary A.L.S. Camp near Monterrey, [Mexico], September 8, 1847. |
Vault | 14 | Taylor, Zachary L.S. Baton Rouge, La,, January 20, 1848. |
Vault | 15 | Taylor, Zachary L.S. Baton Rouge, La,, April 19, 1848. |
Vault | 16 | Taylor, Zachary L.S. Baton Rouge, La,, May 16, 1848. |
Vault | 17 | Taylor, Zachary A.L.S. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 28. 1848. |
Vault | 18 | Taylor, Zachary L.S. Baton Rouge, La., November 20, 1848. |
Vault | 19 | Taylor, Zachary L.S. Baton Rouge, [La.], January 13, 1849. |
Vault | 20 | Van Buren, Martin A.L.S. May 21, 1821. |
Vault | 21 | Van Buren, Martin A.L.S. May 31, 1829. |
Vault | 22 | Webster, Daniel A.L.S. March 15, 1849 |