Letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton at the War Department, Washington, DC to Nathaniel Springer Berry, telling him that Stanton is sending Mr. Clarke to explain the urgency for more troops to be raised to Governor Berry.

Letter from Edwib Stanton McMasters in Washington, DC to Salmn Portland Chase, sending an extract relative to the illicit trade in Alaska from the report of Jefferson C. Davis.

Commission by US President Andrew Johnson in Washington, DC for S.H. Lathrop, commissioning brevet colonel in U.S. Volunteers. Signed by President Andrew Johnson by Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton.

Two-page letter from Edwin McMasters Stanton in Washington, DC to James Speed, telling him of affairs in Washington and speaks of the political convenention in Philadelphia.