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Regrets having to decline attending a meeting: "Consider me always as deeply interested in the cause, but as reluctantly compelled to forego participation in your meeting."

GLC02095.02

to Thomas L. Sprague

Thanks Sprague, a schoolboy, for his compliments: "Through my mother, who recently visited your friends in Hingham, I have learned your kind interest in me, & the manner in which you have spoken of me in one of your exercises at school. The words of...

GLC02095.04

to unknown

Thanks an unknown "sir" for his words of sympathy: "Accept my thanks for the words of cheer & sympathy which you kindly write. I have tried to do my duty & shall continue unto the end."

GLC02095.08

[Note declining Charles Sumner's attendance at Mr. Lincoln's circle]

Signed in text. Dated 6 January, no year specified. States that Sumner regrets not being able to attend "Mr. Lincoln's circle," to be held that evening, due to the state of his health.

GLC02095.09

to Epes Sargent

Sumner thanks Sargent for his sympathetic praise. Writes, "The verses on Shaw I had enjoyed before, & had sent to England," likely a reference to Sargent's poem, "Colonel Shaw: On Hearing that the Rebels Had Buried His Body Under a Pile of Twenty...

GLC02095.12

to Theseus Apoleon Cheney

Writes that he is glad Cheney is regaining his health. Comments on the upcoming presidential election and the Civil War: "The good news must stimulate you. Of the result, political or military I cannot doubt. Mr. Lincoln will be re-elected, &...

GLC02095.14

Mr. Sumner's Lecture on White Slavery in the Barbary States.

Sumner's lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company. Printed in Cambridge by Metcalf and Company, printers to the University. Inscribed on the original orange cover...

GLC02095.19

The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.

Sumner delivered this speech after the May 1856 debates on slavery in Kansas. Condemns Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. Published by Greeley and McElrath, New York. Advertised on cover page as being "for sale at the office of the New...

GLC02095.20

to Mr. Kennard

Saint-Gaudens, a noted Gilded Age sculptor, discusses an inscription with Kennard (possibly Martin P. Kennard, a Boston abolitionist and political reformer). States that the inscription, designated for a Boston monument honoring Robert Gould Shaw...

GLC02928.01

to Mr. Kennard

Saint-Gaudens discusses his upcoming visit to Boston, Massachusetts with Kennard (possibly Martin P. Kennard, a Boston abolitionist and political reformer). States that any message Kennard leaves for him at the office of McKim, Mead, and White will...

GLC02928.02

to Mr. Kennard

Saint-Gaudens discusses the inscription on a monument honoring Robert Gould Shaw with Kennard (possibly Martin P. Kennard, a Boston abolitionist and political reformer). Encloses a letter (not included) from Edward Atkinson, treasurer of the Shaw...

GLC02928.03

to the committee on the Shaw monument

Atkinson, treasurer of the Robert Gould Shaw monument committee, informs other members of the committee that he intends to depart for London, England, and St. Petersburg, Russia. States that he hopes to finish matters concerning the monument before...

GLC02928.04

[Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument]

Includes hand written corrections. Describes the Shaw monument as a tribute to the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry, organized in Boston and reviewed by Massachusetts Governor John Albion Andrew 18 May 1863. Includes extracts from Andrew...

GLC02928.05

[Draft of inscription intended for the Robert Gould Shaw monument]

Includes hand written corrections by an unknown writer. Honors Robert Gould Shaw, who commanded the famous 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry during the Civil War. Features excerpts from a speech delivered by Massachusetts Governor John Albion...

GLC02928.06

[Promissory note from George Romney to Thomas Jenkins]

Promising Jenkins fifty pounds. Sent to Thomas Green at Gray's Inn in London. Signed by Romney and Jenkins. Signed on verso by Moses V. Montefiore to whom the money was eventually paid.

GLC03148.01

A Song of praise to Moses Montefiore

In English and Hebrew. A song praising Montefiore for his work for the Jewish people. Also includes a quote from Proverbs. The song mentions Montefiore's travels to Morocco, which occurred in 1863, so the document could have been written any time...

GLC03148.02

[Special Orders No. 36, sent to Captain Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Cosigned by Timothy W. Challis. The orders relieve 1st Lieutenant L.D. Huntress from duty in Company F of the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and instruct him to turn over all relevant property to Sarsons. Marked "Extract."

GLC03953.10

[Stock certificate for the Louis Bell Building Association]

Partially printed document signed by Abner as president, and cosigned by Piper as treasurer and Morgan as secretary. Certifies that Eleazer L. Sarsons owns one share in the Louis Bell Building Association, which was created "for the use and...

GLC03953.11

[Twenty two newspaper clippings collected by Eleazer L. Sarsons]

Mostly printed photos and obituaries of New Hampshire Civil War Veterans. Some material related to ex-prisoners of war; Sarsons had been a POW and spent time at Andersonville. There is also an article on Thomas Carter, who had been awarded the...

GLC03953.12

[John B. Moore]

Twentieth century paper print of GLC 4196.01 in a decorative frame hanging on a post in front of bushes. Same as GLC 4196.05.

GLC04196.04

[John B. Moore]

Twentieth century paper print of GLC 4196.01 in a decorative frame hanging on a post in front of bushes. Same as GLC 4196.04.

GLC04196.05

Grandpa and his precious granddaughter "Zip"

"Grandpa & his precious Granddaughter 'Zip,'" identified on back as Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford. Twentieth century paper print of seated old man and a little girl holding a kitten.

GLC04196.06

[John Moore and granddaughter Mary Md. Moore]

Twentieth century paper print of Mary M. Moore and William H. Ford [sic?] seated on porch steps, the little girl barefoot. Purple stamp on verso "[illegible] B. Moore" (illegible due to abrasion).

GLC04196.07

[John B. Moore family members]

Twentieth century paper print of old man ["Ford"?] with woman [wife] holding a newspaper, both seated in a parlor looking away from the camera. Verso imprint stamp "Faultlers Kodak Service. Stinson and Jenkins. Jacksonville, Fla." Additional Moore...

GLC04196.08

[Epaulet of John B. Moore]

Shoulder epaulets from Moore's dress uniform. The letter "M" appears, possibly accompanied by a missing "S" for "medical staff," accompanied by the other epaulet in GLC04196.13. These accoutrements appear in GLC 4196.01, Moore's photograph in dress...

GLC04196.12