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Date Created
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Messr. Smith, Greene & White

October 30, 1846

Yancey, William L., 1814-1863

William L. Yancey accepts an honorary membership in Phi-Delta Society of Oglethorpe University in Midway, Georgia.

GLC00496.256
Collection Item
Autograph quotation signed

[In all things seek the truth!]

circa 1850

Bremer, Fredrika, fl. 1850

Manuscript consists of an aphorism in German, its English translation ("Trans. In all things seek the truth!"), and the signature. Verso is an inscription, "with Mrs. Porter's compliments and thanks, to Mr. Ryland", and (in a third hand) the...

GLC00496.132
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

[Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

9 March 1847

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

In response to Henry Horn's third party request for a naval position for R. Manley. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason

GLC00496.169
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Robert Howe Gould

March 28, 1847

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

Thomas Moore congratulates Gould on the publication of his poetry. Moore discusses his own timidity in publishing.

GLC00496.200
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

[Endorsement securing midshipman's commission]

14 June 1847

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

In response to J.B. Blake's third party request for a naval position. Forwarded to Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason.

GLC00496.130
Collection Item
Letter signed

to John Young Mason

January 21, 1848

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Co-signed by James H. Thomas, Frederick Stanton, and Hopkins L. Turney. Endorses Baird Scott Hopkins for a midshipman position.

GLC00496.180
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to J.M. Dawson

January 23, 1848

Lover, Samuel, 1797-1868

Describes the reception of his poem in New York City and Philadelphia. Discusses Broadway and the New York theatre scene. Affixed to verso is a satirical letter from Dawson dated February 25, 1854 presenting Lover with a diamond ring.

GLC00496.189
Collection Item
Newspaper

California herald. [(December 26, 1848)]

December 26, 1848

Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918

Large map on front titled "Gold and Quicksilver District of California." Articles discuss California's gold supply, Americans' excitement about the gold supply, and migration of workers to California. Includes "song of the gold digger" on second page...

GLC00496.260
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to unknown

June 6, 1849

Ellis, Sarah Stickney, 1812-1872

Plans to visit recipient on next trip to London. Written in Rose Hill Neighborhood.

GLC00496.154
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to A.F. Cunningham

July 9, 1849

Matthew, Theobald, 1790-1856

Declines an invitation to visit with The Temperance Societies of Washington due to a prior engagement. Compliments the Societies' work by stating that "the recollection of the Friends of the Temperance in Washington, being amongst the earliest to...

GLC00496.197

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