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[Envelope containing one thirty-cent Great Central Fair postage stamp]

Addressed to Charles H. Hart.

GLC04645

Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter...

GLC04654

to T.W. Colley

Offering to purchase artificial foot for T. W. Colley, a Confederate amputee. Hopes to purchase the foot with the money he raised during a fair "for the relief of the South." Lee is now "engaged in farming."

GLC03990

[Appeal to women of all nations for aid to the Armenians].

Draft for an appeal for aid for the Armenian persecution of 1894-1897. States that Turkish authorities will not interfere and Clara Barton is at her post. Howe adopted this cause in 1894. Title from content of the appeal.

GLC04014

to Mrs. M. E. Boswell

Thanks her for her New Year's present which was some sort of cooked fowl. Remarks, "General Lee is in town and if he leaves before we can enjoy it together I shall insist upon his taking it to camp." Comments on "the dear old church where we and...

GLC04020

Collection of 23 letters pertaining to the Red Cross [Decimalized .01- .27]

Greely was a Polar Explorer.

GLC04033

[Biography of Adolphus W. Greely]

GLC04033.01

[Envelope]

Addressed to Mr. J. J. Frank, 345 W 88th Street, New York City

GLC04033.03

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.07

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.08

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.09

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.15

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.18

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.19

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.20

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.22

to Julius. J. Frank

GLC04033.23

to Mary Moore

He feels close to home when he writes letters home. He comments on good housekeeping skills, and a wedding by candlelight he recently attended, where he was matched up with a very beautiful young woman. Money is being raised for the suffering in...

GLC04191.10

to Mary Moore

He comments on the slowness of the mail, and he comments on the pending marriages of several girls from home as well as other events. As spring approaches, the farmers prepare for what they hope is a good planting season. Relief efforts for the...

GLC04191.11

to Robert E. Moore

He is delighted to receive the letter and hopes to communicate more in the future. He reports conditions of famine, sickness, and waste and efforts to provide subsistence through public works, limited to certain numbers from each family. He updates...

GLC04191.12

to Robert E. Moore

He is eager to communicate with Moore's mother about the changes that have occurred there since she left. He reports deaths in the family, saying "all the old stock of Ireland are dead." Crops are promising this year, although potatoes continue to be...

GLC04191.14

to Mary Moore

He describes the students in his class, less wild than he expected. He reports a recent Catholic fair to benefit an orphan asylum, doing more for the relief of the destitute than any other denomination. M. Fitzsimmons, an Irish refugee and leader in...

GLC04191.29

to Sue

Mr. Kelly still does not eat much. He has been away from his regiment without leave. Mr. Cherry has been most unhelpful to them while Mr. Khan has called three times, offered her money, and given her a bottle of wine, "so there's the difference...

GLC04197.31

to Maria Woolston

Reports to his mother that they have marching for miles and miles to Essex County, Virginia in order to get to the house of Virginia Senator Robert Mercer T. Hunter, whom they captured. He called Hunter, "a big dark complected man and said to been...

GLC03523.26.09

to Benjamin A. Woolston

As a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission, Drew writes to B. A. Woolston, the father of Charles Woolston, a soldier in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, to inform him that is son is very sick with fever. On stationary of the U.S. Christian Commission.

GLC03523.26.11