Loading...
- Creator
- Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903
- Call number
- MssCol 2794
- Physical description
- .21 linear feet (1 volume)
- Preferred Citation
- Report of Special Commission, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
William Farrar Smith (1824-1903) was a civil engineer, a member of the New York City Police Commission, and a Union General in the American Civil War. James T. Brady (1815-1869) was a prominent lawyer and jurist in New York City. Smith and Brady were appointed to a presidential commission to investigate Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks. The collection consists of an official certified copy of a report made to the Secretary of War by General William F. Smith and James T. Brady on the civil and military administration in the military department bordering upon the west of the Mississippi dated September 23, 1865
Key terms
Names
- Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903
- Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
- Brady, James T. (James Topham), 1815-1869
Subjects
Places
Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328