circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Numerous sketches of figures on both sides]

Sketches: bust portrait of man, man sitting with elbow resting on knee and hand in palm, man with loincloth and arm resting on head, robed woman, nude man [in sepia conte crayon] and several other small sketches. Graphite, black ink, sepia conte crayon; wove paper.

GLC06343.092

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Male and female nudes embracing in dance]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.093

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]

Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.094

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Four standing figures: Native Americans and European explorer]

Reverse side, numerous small sketches with dragons and horse. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.095

[n.d.]

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: Seated man in top hat, and person with harp on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.

# 96 decorative borders; graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper fragment; 16 x 10cm (irregular); fragmented

GLC06343.096

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Bearded man with upraised arm and naval emblem with anchor on reverse side]

Tracing paper fragment.

GLC06343.097

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Two sketches of female nudes from behind with drapes]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.098

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Reclining nude male playing with goat]

Graphite [also traced on reverse]; tracing paper.

GLC06343.099

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Numerous sketches with figures, lion, and stork]

Graphite, black ink; tan wove paper.

GLC06343.100

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Goateed man holding book to chest]

Black ink over graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.101

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Kneeling figure bending forward]

Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.

GLC06343.102

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]

Black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.103

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Woman with large bird]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.104

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Female figure from behind]

Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.105

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Two sketches: one woman standing with knee resting on mount, one sitting holding hair]

Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.106

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Nude woman standing with one arm raised]

Black ink with pale skirt drawn in graphite; thick tracing paper.

GLC06343.107

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Man in loincloth holding dagger]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.108

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Two small figures on panel surrounded by various grasses and Cat Tails sprouts]

Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.109

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Two female figures, one in water]

Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.

GLC06343.110

16 March 1791

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Charles Storer

Recalling the Boston Massacre, also his defense of Constitution: "Equal laws cannot be preserved without there independent orders forming a mutual balance."

GLC08080

09 March 1831

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Joseph Blunt.

Criticizing Jackson administration and spoils system, including mention of Peggy Eaton affair: They have no "character to lose."

GLC08081

16 October 1845

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Letter signed

Title: to Richard Rush

Predicting Civil War in wake of slavery's expansion. .

GLC08082

7 May 1837

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Owens

To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three main loves of Lincoln's life; Anna Rutledge, Mary Owens and Mary Todd. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I 1824 - 1828.

GLC08085

11 December 1859

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: William Kellogg.

Re: Election of 1860 & difficulties in dealing with Horace Greeley and Greeley's support of Stephen Douglas. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860, p. 506

GLC08086

21 May 1864

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Ambrose Burnside.

Specifying the route Burnside's troops will march from Spotsylvania to the north Anna river (prelude to battle of cold harbor).

GLC08087