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PORTER, David D. (1813-1891).  Copy of a telegram from Rear Admiral Porter to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus V. Fox. 2 December 1864 on "United States Military Telegraph" paper. Porter relays details on a meeting with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant: "I have just seen Genl Grant he can only send 5 [?] he depends upon the louisiana [sic] she is at the yard will you send an order to work on her night & day...?" This telegram likely refers to the USS Louisiana, which was converted to a type of "bomb" in November 1864 for use in the attack on Fort Fisher.

[With:] MONTGOMERY, J. B.  
ALs, 1 p., 9 May 1865, to the Secretary of the Navy, indicating that, per the Secretary’s telegram, he has sent “a Marine guard to the Depot to arrest and bring Ho_ _ ason and Cramford[?] to the Navy Yard.” 

MONTGOMERY, J. B., Commdt, Washington Navy Yard, ALS, 1 ½ pp., 8vo, 10 May 1865, informing Gideon WELLES, that “there is no money on board of the Malvern,” though requisition has been made. Montgomery has received no complaints regarding “fresh provisions or liberty to the men, or remedy would have been promptly applied.”  He has directed provisioning of the ship and liberty “to such as may be trusted to visit the city.  The Malvern will leave in three or four days.  The trouble has no doubt grown out of the general change officers of the ‘Malvern.’” 

SALTONSTALL, W. G., Act. Lt. Comm the Kensington, Ls, 1 p., 4to, 19 August 1864, onboard the USS Kensington at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to Dr. John Swinburn, Health Officer of Port.  He finds in the log book that tugs Hiram Perry pulled the Kensington off the Romer Shoal [in Lower New York Bay], after which the tug Virginia Seymour towed her away.  He has signed the bills for their service and looks forward to signing Swinburn’s bill when it is presented. 

WINSLOW, Edward D.  Receipt for medical supplies, 2 folio ledger pp., 10 October 1862: “I have received from the Medical Purveyor at Cairo, Ill. the following articles, which are of good quality: for the Medical Department of the U. S. Gun Boat Saint Clair, now upon the Ohio River.”  Lists 63 items and the quantity of each received.  

A. H. COBB to Col. Lewis B. PARSONS, 1 p., 4to, 2 Sept. 1863, marked “copy.”  Cobb details how he chartered the Steamer Diligent on the Ohio for $90 a day, excluding fuel. Details the crew onboard during year of service. 

[Also with:] Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac: of the Prophetic Messenger, Weather Guide, and Ephemeris, for1862.  Comprising a Variety of Useful Matter; With Predictions of Events, and the Weather, That Will Occur during Each Month in 1862.  Illustrated with a Large Coloured Hieroglyphic, An Explanation of which Will Be Given in Next Year’s Almanac.  By Raphael, the Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century.  Forty-Second Year, 1862.  London: Published by T. T. Lemare, n.d.  Pocket-sized publication of 64 pp., 6 7/8 x 4 inches, in original plain drab wrappers, “hieroglyphic” not present.  A truly alarming “prediction” for January appears on p. 18: “The United States are torn to pieces by faction, there, all is in disorder.”  How could Raphael possibly have “predicted” this?! WITH Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac for 1863, hieroglyphic absent.  WITH Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac for 1864, hieroglyphic absent.  Predictions for April 1864 include, p. 31: “In the States of America I look for great disorder, discontent, and disunion; affairs there wear a more gloomy aspect than ever; their financial difficulties will be very great, and the Government will resort to every expedient to obtain money to carry on this mad and fanatical war.” Pencil notations in the margins of this volume. -- Patriotic letter sheet featuring bold colors and the song "The Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars." -- Letter from William A. Kirkland, USN, aboard the US Steamer Pulaski at the Harbor of Montevideo requesting supplies for the Boatswain's Department. 17 June 1861.