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to Tobias Lear re: a donation to Peale's Museum in Philadelphia

Requesting to make "the donation to the Museum" in Lear's name. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02794.022

Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay [Decimalized .01- .63]

Collection of correspondence of Catharine Macaulay Graham with various people from England, Scotland, France, and America, including a folder of transcripts of letters not included in this collection.

Materials in this collection consist of...

GLC01794

L'abbe Sicard

Makes Catherine Macaulay a correspondent of the Musée de Bordeaux. Signed document with a letter. In French

GLC01794.28

to Saige

The letter is a draft. She has read the political tracts and responds to them. She will attempt to make copies available in England. She comments on a museum's response to her work.

GLC01794.31

[Appointment of Richard Harlan as professor of comparative anatomy at the Philadelphia Museum]

Appointment signed by museum directors Butler, Robert Patterson, Zacchaeus Collins, Coleman Sellers, and Rubens Peale. Written in Latin.

GLC01808

Will Japan Heed Hitler's Plea for an Attack on Siberia?

One newsmap entitled, "Will Japan Heed Hitler's Plea for an Attack on Siberia?" dated, January 24, 1944. Consists of a map of East Asia including Russian Far East, China, Manchuria, and Japan. Includes possible American counter-manuevers from the...

GLC09619.051

Sally Rand Will Keep Fans, Chicago Museum Its Dignity

One newspaper clipping of an article entitled, "Sally Rand Will Keep Fans, Chicago Museum Its Dignity." Pertains to fan dancer, Sally Rand donating her ostrich feathers to the Chicago Historical Society. The museum claimed in the article that they...

GLC09953.026

[Photograph of George Washington Carver Museum]

One black-and-white photograph of the front entrance of the George Washington Carver Museum.

GLC09645.089

Grand Historic Mirror of the American War

Civil War broadside advertising a three day exhibition (June 26-28, 1862) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, of Robert Pearson's artistic rendition of the "Progress of the War illustrated with startling dioramic accompaniments!" Also, to be accompanied...

GLC08442.01

to Charles Lanman

Discusses Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Commodore James Lawrence, and informs that it would probably be worth $300 or more. Mentions some institutions that may be interested in acquiring it, like The Academy of Fine Arts, Congress, the City Council...

GLC05503.01