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Volume 1863 Number 2 ( 1863) pps. 86- 
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86 AKSAI.8 OF IOWA.
1/
CoEEESPONDEKOB. It is the custom of the Officers of the State
Historical Society at once to answer all letters requiring acknowl-
edgement. They preserve, also, files of letters received. From
these, the following, as only a part of those, which they hope to
pnblish, are inserted, as connected with the history of current
events, and so embraced in the design of this publication.
•"LETTER OF U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL BATES.
WASHINGTON, D. C , ATTOENET GENERAL'S OFFICE, )
July, 19, 1863. )
Sam. J. Kirkwood, Esquire,
President State Historical Society, Iowa City:
SIE—I have received your letter of July 9th, requesting me to
farnish, for use of yo;ir Society, a "copy of each and all the pub-
lished documents of [my] Department at [my] disposal."
Appreciating very highly, as I do, the excellent objects of such
societies as yours, and their probable great usefulness in the future^
I wotild take pleasure in complying with your wishes, if my office
furnished any ptiblished matter worthy of a place amoug the pre-
served materials of history.
My office, considering the character of its duties, can hardly be
called administrative. It deals little with the things and facts
which constitute the current history of the country ; but rather
with the investigation of principles and the giving of opinions
upon them. And, hence, there are very few documents published
from my department ; and, of that few, perhaps, none worthy of
historic memory. Nevertheless, at the risk of'being thought ego-
tistic, I send yau two pamphlets containing offitial opinions of
mine, which have been published, because they were thought to
concern great legal principles, and to toueh the interest of a great
many people :—1st, upon the power of the President to arrest
and imprison individuals:—Sd, upon the power of public officers
to create debts binding iipon tho nation.
Very respectfully your ob't serv't,
ED. W. BATES.



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Letter of U.  S.  Attorney General Bates

Eastman, G. W.

The Annals of Iowa 
Volume 1863 Number 3 ( 1863) pps. 140- 
Letter of G. W. Eastman 
G. W. Eastman 
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AKNAT.8 OF IOWA.
KEAD QuAiiTERS, 2n BiiiG.. 3D DIV., ARMY MISS. )
CAMP NEAU COUINTII, MISS., Oct. 14, 1862. \
SIR—I liave the honor to present to Your Excellency, for the
Seventeenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteers, a stand of rebel colors,
captured under my own eyes, by the regiment ou the battle field
of Corinth, on the 4th inst., in its gallant charge on the advancing
columns of the enemy, which the Seventeenth alone met, hroke
and pursued until ordered to halt.
I have never led braver men into action than the soldiers of the
Seventeenth proved themselves to be, in the desperate and bloody
battle of Corinth.
I am sir, most respectfully,
JER C. SULLIVAN, Brig. General.
HIS EXCELLENCY, SAM'L J. KIKIÍU'OOD, Governor of State of
Iowa.
LETTER OF G. W. EASTMAN.
IOWA CITY, June 4, 1863.
Bev. S. S. Howe :
DEAR SIR—Herewith I hand you a fifty dollar bill of the'^Uni-
ted States Bank of N'ew Orleans, dated 1805. Also, a letter written
1776, at New Madrid, Mo., to parties in Louisville, (thtn called
Falls of Ohio.) I found these old papers in New Madrid, a few
days after the evacuation of that place by the rebels, March 23,
1862. I give you these papers, thinking you may prize them on
account of their antiquity, and place them in the State Historical
Society.
Very trnly yours,
G. W EASTMAX.



Letter of G.  W.  Eastman

Subjects of the article also include advertisements, and erratum,  the State Deaf and Dumb Institution, the anniversary of the State University, and the flag of Maj. Gen. S. R. Curtis

The Annals of Iowa 
Volume 1863 Number 2 ( 1863) pps. 94-96 
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ÁSSM.S Oï IOWA.
EDITORIAL A^OÏICES.
After various bindorauces, numbsrs one and two of the Annals
nre issued together. No one, who has never undertaken a new
enterprise of this kind, ean appreciate the difficulties in the way of
prompt publication, especially in the commencement. The July
and October numbers v/ill be issued with more promptness. Aud, -
although the allowance from the State is limited, yet with the
encouragement of subscribers and the low terms of this puhlica-
"•aon, the work may be considered a permanent, quarterly Veriod-
ioal of the State Historical Society. The nature of the publica-
tion, however, will necessarily restrict it to biograpliieal and his-
torical matters, and exclude, to some extent, that variety which
may seem to be essential to a popular Magazine.
EXCIIAXGE PAPERS AXD PERIODICALS.
I t vis especially desired, thac all Newspapers, hitherto or hereaf-
ter sent to the State Historical Society of Iowa, as well as Period-
icals, be addressed as exchanges to the AXN-ALS of the State Hi.*-
torical Society. About fifty leading iN'ewspapers, in th:s State,
come uniformly to the Society; .ind ICditors will please see that
" AxsALs" be prefixed to the auLlro^s.
The Committe« of Publication express the wish that eoi)ies of all
the Newspapers and Periodicals in the State may be sent as
ExchaugL's; and tliey will be deposited in the I..ilir;irv as hcreto-
fi)re those sent have been, and form most valuablf ni;iU'ri:ils for
the iutnre history of Iowa. In the Annals, sometínivj; Hko au
oquiviilcnt- by exchange, will be found. Only one coj)y oí' each
Newspaper is requested to be regularly sent. But, if any special
mitter needs attention in exchanges, or is desired to be copied
into the Aunáis, an e.-itra number should be sent, marked, ¡is is
usual, lest it should esuapo the notice of the acting Editjr oí ihu
Annals.
Í863.J EDITORIAL K0TE8. 9g.
PORTRAITS OF AUTHORS AND CITIZENS.
It bas been tbongbt best to insert portraits of writers for tbe
Annals, and of otbers wbose life-sketebes are foniid in tbis work.
Bnt tbe Society is unable to be at mneb expense ; and it will
depend upon tbe tjenerosity of tbe parties more immediately
interested, wbetber eaeb or all tbe eopies eontain tbem. Tbns,
far, only enongb impressions for a part of tbe edition have been
obtained, with some effort.
AüVERriSEiíESTS.—It is tbe design of tbe Publisbing Commit-
tee, in fnture numbers to insert in separate pages from tbo bod y of
tbe ANSALS, select advertisements, sneb as of Harper's "Weekly
und Montbly, and of Worcester's Dietionary, on the cover of tbij-
issue.
EEKATL-SI.—In tbe January number, on page 48, Adjutant
Duncan is attaebed to tbe 42d Regiment. It slionld bave been
Ihe 40tli.
STATE DICAF AlW DrMB INSTITUTION.
PROF. W J I . E . IJAMS, Priiieipal of tbe Deaf and Dumb Institu-
tion, at Iowa City, gives an exbibition, sbowing the method of
instruction and progress of t]ieini[iils,on Friday evening, the 2 0th of
j\Iay,in Metropolitan n;dl.Tlie:uulii.Mieewillbe highly cut u-rtiiiii ft i[¡' y
exercises in reading, writing, arithmetic, algebra, gcograjihy, his-
tory, astronomy, and pantomijno i-eprcspntiitions, ennsisting of
(3 ilognes, speeches and poems, o'osiiig with the Lord's prayer.
Sixty-three pupils bave bjen adjnitted during the year, wbieb
closes, June lOtb. T.ie ne.vt year begins on tbe23th of September.
AMMALS OP IOWA. [APBII,.
ANNIVERSARY O F T H E STATE XTîîIVERSITT.
The Commencement proper takes place on the 18th of Jane
nest, followed at the close of the exercises ifith the Baccalaureate
address hy the President, Rev. O. M. Speneef. The preceding
week will be spent in written examinations of the students by the
Professors. The public examination occurs on Tuesday and
Wednesday, the 16th and 17th of^June.
' 'Jacob Butler, Esquire, of Muscatine, Í3 appointed by the Faculty
to deliver the annual address.
The next term begins on Thursday, the 17th of Septemher.
The average attendance of students of both sexes and of all
departments of the University proper, has been, for the year
about to elose, over two hundred.
T H E Fr.AG op MA.T. GEX. B. R CURTIS.—This large flag lias
been receiveii, with a letter from Maj. II. Heath. The promise of
a history oi the Arkansas Campaign, through which it was borne,
is thî reason fol' deferring, at present, further notice of it.
HILL'S SECOXD BOOK m GzostETRX.—This small treatise is d
sequel to "F i r s t Lessons in Geometry," and is adapted to persons
" from thirteen to eighteen years of nge." I t is issued by Brewer
& Tileston, Boston, who also publish Worcester's large. Quarto
Dictionary, whieh is acknowledged by many eminent scholars to
be " the best lexicon in the English language." The adveitise--
ment of it may be found on the eover of the Annals, and a copy
inay be seen at the office of the Editor»



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