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to Lucretia Mott
circa 27 October 1858
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Encloses a sum of money. "I need none other than the wish to help the cause to make me do so the moment it shall be in my power."
GLC03998.01
to unknown
03 October 1832
Gerry, Ann, fl. 1832
Discuss making a claim to Congress for the remaining salary of her late husband, Vice President Elbridge Gerry. Efforts include contacting John Quincy Adams, a longtime family friend.
GLC08219
Carte de visite [Portrait of Frances Clalin].
circa 1862
GLC08233
to his wife
26 April 1864
Discussing Sherman's order to cut civilian rations and expressing some sympathy for its impact on "secesh women": "it is hard for the authorities to see women starve." Analyzing the upcoming presidential election: "we hope to elect Lincoln again and...
GLC08248
[Certificate of marriage for Mingo and Dinah Night]
06 October 1795
Adams, Thomas, fl. 1795
Records the marriage of Mingo and Dinah Night, "free black people."
GLC08257
to Oliver Johnson
18 April 1860
Requests Johnson to mail him a copy of the "Independent" containing Beecher's speech at Cooper Institute on women's rights.
GLC03998.03
"A Chance of War"
1861-1865
Jeffery, ?
Short story re: "a romance connected with the Master" that takes place during the Civil War "...at the time our [Federal] troops were endeavouring to surround Stonewall Jackson and prevent his falling back towards Richmond."
GLC01896.149
[Draft letter]
Re: "It is a quaint perhaps a true saying, that women bear misfortunes better than men…."
GLC01896.153
[Cabinet card of Roberta Archer Jeffery]
circa 1888
Davis, G.W., fl. 1878-1888
Roberta Archer Jeffery, vignette portrait on cabinet card. Albumen print [Richmond, Virginia: Davis Portraits]. Inscribed: "Roberta Archer Jeffery" on verso. Davis trademark includes Virginia state seal and "First Premium" medal awarded by...
GLC01896.171
[Carte de visite of unidentified woman]
1865/07/04
Anderson & Co.
Unidentified woman. Carte de visite, vignette portrait. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson & Co.).
GLC01896.181
[Carte de visite of two unidentified women]
1864/5/29
Disderi, Andre, 1819-1894
Domestic set piece, two unidentified women [one standing behind one sitting] with pastoral background studying books. Albumen print (Paris: Disderi, Photographe de S. M. L'Empereur"). Inscribed: "For M. Archer with our kind remembrance. London May...
GLC01896.185
[Collection of Carte de visites] [Decimalized .01-.34]
1860 ca.
GLC00241
Slave life! or Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852
Poster for a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Starting 16 December 1852, the production is not "a mere Stage Version of the Tale, but a Play, in which free use has been made of [Stowe's] personages and most striking incidents." The broadside...
GLC05508.013.10
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: thanks and praise to Ward for his work [bust of the late President Van Buren] and kindness from Mrs. Van Buren (most likely the late President's daughter-in-law).
1866/03/29
Van Buren, fl. 1866
Written on stationary trimmed in black and the letters "VB" imprinted in top margin.
GLC06343.290
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: sending Ward Gen. Logan's clothes and his measurements to use in studies for a monument to him.
1892/04/19
Logan, Mary, fl. 1892
Also, mentions Ward's work on the Sheridan statue. Written on stationary reading: "The Home Magazine. Conducted By Mrs. John A. Logan. . . The Brodix Publishing Co."
GLC06343.305
Elegiac lines, inscrib'd to Mrs Knox, occasioned by the death of her infant daughter, who deceas'd near Pluckemin N. Jersey July 2 1779
circa 2 July 1779
Signed "JBC." "This little Cherub like some blooming flower/ The soft Exotic of an happier clime/ Shrunk from the dawn of beauteous Childhood Hour/ And, drooping sought It's native realms sublime..."
GLC02437.10473
Diary of Neta Snook [Southern]
1917-1920
Southern, Neta Snook, 1896-1991
The bulk of the diary documents Snook's experiences as a pilot between 1917 and 1920 when she was a student at the Davenport and Curtiss Schools of Aviation. Includes various formulas and notations on engineering and aerodynamics. In addition...
GLC07243.002
Diary of Neta Snook Southern
1934-1963
This daily diary book primarily includes lists and notes regarding Snook Southern's farm and home. The diary is used sporadically for a nineteen year period. Also included with the diary are various newspaper clippings and receipts.
GLC07243.003
[Papers of Neta Snook Southern]
1916-1982
The earlier papers include a newspaper clipping advertising Snook's flight instruction and a short note most likely written by Neta Snook to her mother. There is correspondence regarding Snook's publication, photocopies of letters written by Amelia...
GLC07243.004
[Photographs of Neta Snook Southern with others]
August 1981
Photographs of Neta Snook Southern accompanied by various people possibly attending a Lockheed Martin function. One of the people is identified as Carol Osborne of Lockheed Martin. Also includes a dinner ticket belonging to Snook Southern.
GLC07243.006.01
[Curtiss airplane blueprints]
1900-1920
A collection of blueprints detailing the parts of a Curtiss Jenny airplane; the type of airplane flown by Neta Snook. The blueprints come from the David D. Hatfield Aviation Collection.
GLC07243.007
to Mrs. Henry Slocum
February 9, 1889
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Thanking her for flowers sent on his 69th birthday: "If I can worry through another year...time with his scythe... may make a deep swath, but cannot cheat me of seventy years on this insignificant globe with a fair measure of life's pleasures and...
GLC08113.01
21 May 1889
Declining invitation to her daughter's wedding
GLC08113.03
[Letters belonging to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, 1876-1880][Decimalized .01-.22]
circa 1876-1880
Collection of letters belonging to Hugh Judson Kilpatrick dated 1876-1880. Consists of 21 items sent primarily to Luisa Kilpatrick and William T. Sherman. Recounts events of the campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea and other Civil War historical...
GLC08133
[Depiction of Lincoln and family]
Smyser, G. H., fl. 1860
Depicts Lincoln with his wife Mary Todd and sons Robert Todd, William Wallace, and Thomas Lincoln circa 1860. Lincoln reads to Thomas, the youngest. Mary and their other two sons are seated around a dining room table. Contains an obviously false...
GLC08879.03
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