circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As commodore, standing full-length portrait Napoleon pose

Ink inscription on recto "Farragut." Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by E. Anthony, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the U.S. for the So. District of New York." Graphite inscription on verso "Faragut [sic]." Photographers imprint on verso: "[E. Anthony crest]."

GLC05111.02.1425

circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As rear-admiral, seated 1/2 length portrait with hat in lap, sword on hip

Graphite inscription on recto "Com. Farragut."

GLC05111.02.1426

circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As rear-admiral, seated 3/4 length portrait

Farragut is wearing dress uniform with epaulettes. His left hand holds his sword, and his hat rests on a table to his left. Imprint on recto "W. Bienmuller, Phot." Graphite inscription on verso "9/02." Ink inscription on verso "D.G. Farragut Admiral U.S. Navy." Photographers imprint on verso: "Photographie W. Bienmuller Mention Honorable Rue Chauvain 3 Nice."

GLC05111.02.1427

circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As rear-admiral, seated 3/4 length portrait

Subject has his right arm on an arm-rest, his left hand is in his lap, and he is wearing a large ring on the left hand. Imprint on recto "J. Gurney & Son Photo, N.Y." Ink inscription on verso "D.G.Farragut vice-admiral." Photographers imprint on verso: "J. Gurney & Son 707 Broadway, N.Y. Photographic Artists." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.1428

circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As rear-admiral, bust portrait

Graphite inscription on image "Farragut." Graphite inscription on recto "Farragut." Photographers imprint on verso: "C.D. Fredricks & Co. 587 Broadway, New York. 408 Calle de la Habana, Habana. 31 Passage du Havre, Paris."

GLC05111.02.1429

circa 1861-1865

Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870

Photograph

Title: As rear-admiral, seated 3/4 length portrait with hands in lap

Graphite inscription on verso "[struck: Winfield Scott] Farragut" "25.--." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.1430

circa 1861-1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: As major general, seated 1/2 length portrait

General Irwin McDowell is seated in the chair with his right hand clutching a gauntlet and his left fist resting on his lap, behind the hilt of his sword. Graphite inscription on recto "McDowell." Graphite inscription on verso "Genl McDowell." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony 501 Broadway New York Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums from Photographic Negative by Brady."

GLC05111.02.1431

circa 1861-1865

Pope, John, 1822-1892

Photograph

Title: As major general, seated 1/2 length portrait

Graphite inscription on recto "Gen. John Pope." Graphite inscription on verso "Pope" "John Pope son of Nathaniel Pope Pope Co Named after him" "r.1927." Photographers imprint on verso: "E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery." Photographers imprint on label on verso: "Earles' Galleries & Looking Glass Warerooms 816 Chestnut Street Philadelphia."

GLC05111.02.1432

1864/01

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: As brigadier general, standing full length portrait with cape and hat in hand

Wearing his cape to obscure his rank, Meigs holds his hat in his right hand and the pommel of his sword in his left. Ink inscription on verso "Montgomery C. Meigs. Brig Genl V.Q.M.C. USA May 15, 1861" "Jan 1864" "Bvt Maj gen USA July 5, 1864. Retired Feb 6 1882 (over 62 years of age)." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.1433

1864

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Photograph

Title: As major general, seated 1/2 length portrait with open jacket

Graphite inscription on verso "23." Ink inscription on verso "William T. Sherman Major General Vols & Brigadier General USA" "1864" Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony 501 Broadway New York. Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1435

circa 1861-1865

Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

Photograph

Title: As major general, seated 1/2 length portrait

Graphite inscription on verso "164" "Gen. Dan Sickles" Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony 501 Broadway New York from Photographic Negatives in Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.1436

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Unidentified brigadier general, seated 1/2 length profile portrait

Possibly an image of General Edward Ferrero. Graphite inscription on verso "McClellan?" Photographers imprint on verso: "J. Loeffler's Photographic Gallery corner of Bay and Grant Streets Tompkinsville Staten Island New York Duplicates can be had at any time." Cancelled blue two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.1437

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: In civilian suit, vignette bust portrait

Graphite inscription on recto "Owen Lovejoy." Imprint on recto "Williamson, Brooklyn." Graphite inscription on verso "Owen Lovejoy."

GLC05111.02.1439

circa 1861-1865

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Photograph

Title: Seated 1/2 length engraving

Engraving of Scott seated, with four stars appearing on his epaulets. Imprint on recto "Gen. Scott"

GLC05111.02.1440

1862/06/10

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

Photograph

Title: As lieutenant general, seated full length portrait with hand on table

General scott is seated in uniform, resting his right forearm on a small table, and holding his sword by its sheath in his left hand. Imprint on recto "Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Photographers imprint on verso: "This picture of Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott was made at West Point, NY, June 10, 1862. The subscribers claim that, for correctness of portraiture, finish and detail, it is pre-eminently the…

GLC05111.02.1441

circa 1861-1865

Photograph

Title: Loading the transports

A shipyard with hundreds of stacked cannonballs on the lower left and men on- and off-loading supplies along a long pier to the USS Robert Morris. Graphite inscription on verso "7" "Loading the transports The Lower Wharf at Yorktown May 6th" "300-." Ink inscription on verso "2458." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E & HT Anthony 501 Broadway New York Manufacturers of the best Photographic Albums."

GLC05111.02.1442

1861/02/24

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Lincoln seated in chair with hat on table, O-50

Shows Lincoln seated at table. Graphite inscription on verso "68." Photographers imprint on verso: "Collection of Americana Frederick H. Meserve 265 Edgecomb Avenue New York City from Negative in the Possession of F.H. Meserve, 265 Edgecombe Ave., New York, N.Y."

GLC05111.03

1862/07/17

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: Act to carry into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade.

An act of Parliament effecting the 7 April 1862 treaty between Great Britain and the United States .

GLC05112.01

1863/06/29

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: Act to carry into effect an additional article to..[a previous] treaty

An act of Parliament to add additional provisions to the 7 April 1862 treaty between Great Britain and the United States suppressing the African slave trade. Passed on 17 July 1862.

GLC05112.02

1805

Wood, Samuel, 1760-1844

Broadside

Title: Injured Humanity; Being A Representation of What the Unhappy Children of Africa Endure from Those Who Call Themselves Christians

Printed broadside on terrible conditions of slavery and the slave trade in the West Indies. Wood, a prolific Quaker-reformist publisher, printed and sold the broadside out of his office at 362 Pearl Street in New York. Describes the sale, horrendous working conditions, and punishments of the slaves. Seven graphic vinettes depict slaves being whipped, sold, and tortured. There is no date of creation on the broadside, but the printing date was discovered as 1805 through research.

GLC05113

1837

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Salmon P. Chase, in the case of the colored woman Matilda

Speech given before an Ohio court, arguing for the freedom of a slave named Matilda. Argues that Matilda should be free now that she is in Ohio, and argues that the Fugitive Slave Act is unconstitutional. Matilda had been brought before the court by a writ of habeas corpus. She had been working as a servant for Chase's client, when it was discovered she was an escaped slave.

GLC05114

1860

Elliott, E. N., fl. 1860

Book

Title: Cotton is king, and pro-slavery arguments; comprising the writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartwright, on this important subject, by E. N. Elliott...

(title continues)... With an essay on slavery in the light of international law, by the editor. 908 pages of text followed by 4 pages of advertisements at the end of book. Contains prints of some authors whose works are included. Printed by Pritchard, Abbot & Loomis. Includes prefaces to the first, second, and third editions. Includes articles or books by David Christy, Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Thornton Stringfellow, and others.

GLC05115

1854-1858

Pamphlet

Title: Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20]

GLC05116

1846

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Book

Title: The narrative of Frederick Douglass, an American slave. Written by himself.

Third English edition. Contains a frontispiece print of Douglass. Printed by Joseph Barker. Includes a preface to the second Dublin edition, preface to the first American edition, and a letter from Wendell Phillips (22 April 1845). Narrative is followed by an appendix and "American Slavery," a "Report of a public meeting held at Finsbury Chapel, Moorfields, to receive Frederick Douglass" (22 May 1846). Last pages contain information on the American Anti-Slavery Society for the "Friends of the Slave."

GLC05117

1850

Tappan, Lewis, 1788-1873

Pamphlet

Title: The fugitive slave bill: its history and unconstitutionality

Gives various arguments why the Fugitive Slave bill should be declared unconstitutional. Also tells the story of James Hamlet, a mulatto arrested under the law despite protests that he was not a slave. Eventually Hamlet was returned to freedom. Full title reads: "The Fugitive Slave Bill: its history and unconstitutionality; with an account of the seizure and enslavement of James Hamlet, and his subsequent restoration to liberty." Printed by William Harned. First edition. With handwritten notes in an unknown hand in pencil on pages 24-6, 28, 30, 32, 24 and 36.

GLC05118