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to David D. Porter

Reminds Porter of a letter he wrote to Sherman last spring in which Porter described everything about a meeting in 1865 where Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman, and Porter discussed the course to be taken when the Confederate forces were...

GLC02984

to Harriette Story Paige

Informs his sister-in-law Paige that it is "no day for a daguerreotype." States that he can not reconcile himself to a change in his stance suggested by the artist George P. A. Healy, claiming "everyone who knows me would laugh to see me holding out...

GLC01946.55

to Harriette Story Paige

Writes to his sister-in-law, "What say you, shall you, & I, & Mr. [George P. A] Healey leave & depart, this P.M - at 3 oclock - in a close coach for Marshfield [Massachusetts] to stay there thro the week. I let him have a chance at your ugly & my...

GLC01946.56

Engraving of James K. Polk

One engraving of James K. Polk dated circa 1860. Half portrait of Polk based on a painting by George Peter Alexander Healy.

GLC08878.1259

Engraving of John Tyler

One engraving of John Tyler dated 1876. Bust portrait of Tyler based on a painting by George Peter Alexander Healy.

GLC08878.1283