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A Memoir of the life of William Livingston

Printed by J & J. Harper. Ex-libris copy of New England Historical & Genealogical Society.

GLC08871

Portraits of historical figures: engravings, lithographs, photographs &c.

Short separate lists of images available. This artificially formed collection of engravings, lithographs, photogravures, photo-offset and halftones was put together in the 1970s and 1980s. Every signer of the Declaration of Independence and the...

GLC08878

Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 41, no. 46 (August 4, 1804)]

Includes an editorial account of the 11 July 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton on page 1 which criticizes the practice of dueling and calls Aaron Burr an outlaw. Also includes an article on the capture of the British sloop of war...

GLC08726.03

New-York daily tribune. [Vol. II, no. 285 (March 11, 1843)]

Includes Horace Greeley's endorsement of Henry Clay for president. Also contains an article on a naval court marshall, financial news, and news items from Albany, the New York capital, and an article on a comet. There are also various local...

GLC08726.28

Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 41, no. 43 (July 25, 1804)]

Includes an article reviewing Thomas Jefferson's administration and another denouncing Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Has coverage of the 11 July 1804 Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel on pages 1 and 2. Other articles detail local...

GLC08751

The Herald; a gazette for the country. [Vol. 2, no. 154 (November 21, 1795)]

Issue in which Alexander Hamilton defends salaries paid by the government. Other news includes local New York news, news from Europe, ship arrivals, postings, and advertisements.

GLC08762

[Endorsed check from Gideon Welles]

Printed check for $40 signed by Welles to "G" on recto and endorsed by Gardner on verso. With two cent Revenue stamp, drawn on Riggs & Co. Stamped paid on verso by the Nat'l Bank of the Republic, Washington, D.C.

GLC03016

to William McPherson

Secretary of State Calhoun asks U.S. Attorney for the District of Missouri McPherson that execution of convicted murderers John McDaniel and Joseph Brown be stayed. He adds "It is not... designed, by this interference, to create any hope of the...

GLC03019

to Sarah Jay

Refers to his wife Sarah as Sally. Comments to his wife that he dined with President Washington. Relates there is a suspenseful atmosphere in the capital over a possible war with Britain. He says peace will probably prevail, but that war should be...

GLC04011

[Clipped signature from letter addressed to Lucy Knox]

Close of a letter to his wife: "Your ever affectionate HKnox." A partial address appears on the verso. Date written in pencil at a later date.

GLC04053

Autograph album signed by 4 Presidents, members of the Supreme Court, etc.

Signers includes: four men who became president: Andrew Johnson, U.S. Grant (as General), James A. Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes. Eight justices of the Supreme Court: Justices R. M. Waite (Chief Justice), W. H. Swampe, S. F. Miller, Nathan...

GLC04224

Collection of autographs, including Clay, Mary Eddy Baker, Z. Pike (Sr) [Decimalized .01- .08]

GLC04352

to Erasmus J. Pierce

Acknowledging receipt of letter on umbrella manufacturing and responds that he will consider giving his endorsement.

GLC04119.02

[Sam Houston]

Early salt print of Houston sitting and holding his cane.

GLC04124

to Mr. Holman

A letter of condolence over the death of Holman's child. Blaine share's the story of losing his first-born child. He writes that such a loss taxes one's faith, but expresses a belief that "Time's cloud has its radiant silver lining in Eternity."...

GLC05508.038

to Archbishop Purcell

Responding that he cannot adopt the Archbishop's suggestions. Although he believes Christianity is the greatest moral and social boon to man, he can neither avow nor disavow Catholicism before he has sincere and complete faith.

GLC05508.100

to Edward Wigglesworth

Circular letter. As Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton tells Wigglesworth of Newburyport, Massachusetts (possibly port collector there) to henceforth deposit no public monies in the Bank of Massachusetts, but rather to deposit them in the United...

GLC05540

A Comprehensive and Explanatory Dictionary of the English Language

Published by Jenks, Hickling and Swann, 1854. Signed on front loose endpaper: "Jno G. Nicolay / Springfield, Ill. / Dec 19th 1858."

GLC05552

Observations on certain documents contained in... no. V & VI ...

Disbound. Printed by John Bioren for John Fenno. The famous "Reynolds pamphlet." Responding to charges against Hamilton of speculation while serving as Sec. of State. Howes H120, Evans 32222. Full title: "Observations on certain documents contained...

GLC05649.01

[Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa letter and photographs] [decimalized]

See descriptions in GLC05508.124.01-.03

GLC05508.124

to Bishop Earl Hunt

Letter sending autographed card with the quote: "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God."

GLC05508.184

[I propose that God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations...]

Lodge writes: "I propose that God should be openly and audibly invoked at the United Nations in accordance with any one of the religious faiths which are represented here. I do so in the conviction that we cannot make the United Nations into a...

GLC05508.170

to Mr. Beck

Written by one of Rush's secretaries. Rush thanks Beck for the copy of the sermon, "On the Errors of Ultraism in Morals and Religion," Beck sent to him through Mr. Williams. The sermon was preached at Newport the previous summer. He briefly...

GLC05508.222

The Religion of Benjamin Franklin

Original edition of 1919 address.

GLC05508.236

Carte de visite vignette profile bust portrait of J.M. Ashley, by Brady

1865 imprint, signed and dated 3/26/1867.

GLC05596.01

Carte de visite 3/4 bust portrait, by M.B. Brady, signed front and back

Shows Bramlette in civilian clothing (as Gov. of Kentucky?), facing slightly to the left. Signature is dated postwar.

GLC05596.02

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Abner C. Harding

Date from Brady copyright notice.

GLC05596.11

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Loan, Benjamin F.

GLC05596.13

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

With printed label "Horace Maynard, ex-Postmaster General" pasted on front.

GLC05596.15

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady, with 2 cent revenue stamp, vers

Date from Brady copyright date.

GLC05596.16

[to Mary Todd Lincoln]

Last three pages of a longer letter. Recipient inferred based on content. Senator Sumner, en route with Mrs. Lincoln to City Point to meet up with the president, responds to her note regarding Lincoln's return to Washington in the wake of Secretary...

GLC05603.01.03

Carte de visite portrait by Mathew Brady & Co.

Vignette bust view with Colfax facing forward. With Signature beneath image on mount.

GLC05604.07

Cartes de visite of Civil War era Nothern statesmen and others [decimalized]

GLC05596

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of William G. Brownlow with retouching

GLC05596.03

Carte de visite "Mezzo-Tinto photograph" bust portrait of Caleb Cushing

Vignette image. Cushing wears an unusual tie which appears to be speckled and tied in the "four-in-hand" method.

GLC05596.05

Daniel S. Dickinson, carte de visite half length portrait by Brady

Said to have been beaten by Andrew Johnson for Lincon's second Vice President.

GLC05596.06

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Landy

GLC05596.07

Carte de visite half-length portrait by Brady

Fenton was New York's first Republican governor.

GLC05596.08

Carte de visite, vignette bust portrait by Russian photographer, signed verso

Portrait with imprint of Russian photographer, signed on back "Paris 1864"

GLC05596.09

Carte de visite profile bust portrait of Reverdy Johnson by Bedann, with 3 cent revenue stamp verso

GLC05596.12

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait

Assistant Postmaster General under Lincoln (1864) and served as U.S. Postmaster General 1866-69.

GLC05596.17

Carte de visite bust portrait

GLC05596.18

Carte de visite 3/4 length seated portrait by Brady, published by Anthony

GLC05596.19

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait

GLC05596.20

Carte de visite 3/4 length seated portrait

Whittlesy served as Lincoln's Comptroller of the Treasury. Portrait shows a very old man in the seat.

GLC05596.21

Carte de visite half length profile portrait by Brady, published by Anthony

(Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

GLC05596.22

to James C. Dobbins

Letter to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Mr. Wharton for a Lieutenancy in the Marine Corps.

GLC05603.01.04

Speeches of William Jennings Bryan, revised and arranged by himself, with a biographical introduction by Mary Baird Bryan, his wife

Inscribed to P.L. Goldsborough, who may be Phillips Lee Goldsborough, governor of Maryland. Volume one consists of 347 pages; volume two 428 pages plus ten pages of advertisements.

GLC05683

Colonization society membership certificate for Millard Fillmore [slavery]

Certificate countersigned by William McLain. Certificate made out to Fillmore as President of the US. Damaged, with slight loss of paper at top center.

GLC06216

California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut. Argues for the admission of California into the Union (as a free state).

GLC05938