Frémont, John C. Collection, 1828-1890

By RBML Staff and Meg Hixon

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1

Item 1: Document from John W. Mitchell, Charleston, S.C., to Peter Campbell, Angus Stewart, Matthew Redmond, Robert C. Cumming, Alphy Benney, and Henry Tovey, 1828 July 10

1 item (1 page): printed, with manuscript additions. Subpeona for recipients to testify in the case of Thomas Mounsey v. Neill McDuffie. With a signed note by John C. Fremont.

Folder 2

Item 2: Letter from Joseph N. Nicollet, Washington, D.C., to John C. Fremont, 1841 July 11

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. In French. A letter to Fremont, then stationed in Saint Louis, Mo.

Item 3: Letter from John C. Fremont, Washington, D.C., to Lewis J. Cist, 1848 March 3

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Offers an apology for an unstated offense.

Folder 3

Item 4: Document by John C. Fremont and Jessie Benton Fremont, Washington, D.C., 1853 July 7

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Signed statements regarding the illness that prevented John C. Fremont from attending the second session of the 31st U.S. Congress.

Item 5: Portrait of John C. Fremont, 1856?

1 item (1 page): print. Engraving of John C. Fremont. Printed on an envelope.

Folder 4

Item 6: Document from John C. Fremont, New York, N.Y., to Charles Gould, 1857 January 1

1 item (2 pages): printed, with manuscript additions. $1,000 bond between John C. Fremont and Charles Gould. With signed manuscript addenda regarding Charles Gould's transfer of the bond to John T. Howard (1857 August 4) and Howard's transfer of the bond to Fremont (1861 February 26).

Item 7: Letter from John C. Fremont, New York, N.Y., to L. O. Bierer, 1857 January 19

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Offers to make Bierer's acquaintance.

Folder 5

Item 8: Letter from John C. Fremont, Athenaeum Club, London, to A. A. Selover, 1861 May 1

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Requests that Mrs. Selover temporarily look after his niece, Nina, following Nina's unexpected arrival in London.

Item 9: Letter from John C. Fremont, Astor House, to Simon Cameron, 1861 July 14

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Recommends Edmund Blunt, Jr., for a lieutenant's commission in the United States Army, based on information from George W. Blunt and Edmund Blunt.

Item 10: Letter from John C. Fremont, Astor House, to Marshall O. Roberts, 1861 December 6

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Requests that Roberts help Lewis Wood, an injured member of Fremont's body guard, travel to San Francisco.

Folder 6

Item 11: Letter from John C. Fremont, Washington, D.C., to Clarence Bell, 1886 May 15

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Shares his reasons for declining and invitation to speak for a Grand Army of the Republic event.

Item 12: Letter from John C. Fremont, Washington, D.C., to William G. Stahlnecker, 1887 February 19

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Expresses his support for awarding a medal to Captain d'Arnaud and mentions d'Arnaud's work as a "confidential agent."

Folder 7

Item 13: Photograph by L. H. Doremus, Paterson, N.J.,, 1890

1 item (1 page): cabinet card. Autographed portrait of John C. Fremont.

Folder 8

Item 14: Note from John C. Fremont, New York, N.Y.?, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. A brief note regarding a possible economic transaction.

Folder 9

Item 15: Photograph of John C. Fremont's birthplace in Savannah, Ga., undated

1 item (1 page): photographic print.

Item 16: Photograph of John C. Fremont's birthplace in Savannah, Ga., undated

1 item (1 page): photographic print.

Folder 10

Item 17: Charcoal portrait of John C. Fremont, undated

1 item (1 page): print. Artist's signature: "Bray."