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1879/02/18

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Louis Abraham

Discusses the separation of church and states. Corrects a misunderstanding from a speech in which he gave the impression that the "Constitution forbade the states to make any law in aid of religion." What he meant was that the spirit of American institutions was against the establishment of state religion, as is "the tendency of American opinion. Also argues that the exemption of the YMCA and churches in Washington D.C. should be considered aids to educational instead of "Congressional Legislation about religion."

GLC05559

1814/11/12

Morris, Phebe, fl. 1814

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Anthony Morris re: War of 1812

Terms offered by nation Britain have "contributed more than any circumstance whatever to unite all parties in the resolution of repelling unitedly, the enemy;" burning of the White House: "It would have shocked you my dear papa to have heard how many persons rejoiced in the barbarous and wanton destruction committed at Washington...it is actually true that Admiral Cockburn placed himself in the chair of the House of Representatives and deliberately took the votes of 'to burn or not to burn.'"

GLC07721

1865/04/15

Bradford, Peleg, fl. 1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C.C. McPherson re: Washington, D.C. after Lincoln's assassination

GLC07745

1836/07/08

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Document signed

Title: Authorization for Richard Rush to prosecute claim to the Smithsonian bequest

GLC07787

1861/09/12

Morris, Wilmor W., fl. 1861-1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Tilley Wilson.

Wilmor has heard that "the battle of yesterday is in our favor…our men took 1300 prisoners and 18 army wagons [but] it may not be true." He was only given "a pair of shoes a gunn a flanel shirt a pair of drawers." His camp moved so that is just half a mile from the capitol. He lightheartedly describes the goats nearby, wishing he could send one "by mail to you." The firing he heard earlier was a skirmish, "the rebbles wer[e] drove back" but "we lost 6 men."

GLC06451.037

1866/3/25

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

Plans to attend a big government auction in Macon, Georgia. Before he goes home, he must stop in Washington and settle his old quartermaster accounts. He advises his mother on financial affairs including rent houses, and an oil well.

GLC04662.121

1866/5/2

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to mother

His quartermaster paper work is being inspected. He has met many of his army friends in the city.

GLC04662.123

1865/04/19

Photograph

Title: President Lincoln's funeral procession on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Funeral of Pres. Lincoln." Lines of soldiers [blurred in motion] march down Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds look on from the sidewalks. The buildings have been decorated for the occassion.

GLC05111.01.0696

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "162 (872)." A mounted officer is in front [left] of a line of seven other mounted soldiers. Infantry carrying a U.S. flag can be seen on the extreme right and along the bottom of theimage in the foreground are several civilian men's hats, denoting the crowd of spectators.

GLC05111.01.0697

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review Washington 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "171." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it. Civilian spectators crowd the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0698

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Front of Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "186." Mounted soldiers followed by infantry units form a long line of columns down Constitution Ave. with the dome of the Capitol building visible in the distant background. A building on the left has a staff with a large U.S. flag flying over it.

GLC05111.01.0699

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Covered Wagons in the Grand Review of the armies of the Union, Consitution Ave. Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

Inscription on verso: "Grand Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "170." A seemingly unending line of covered army wagons extends down Constitution Ave. Soldiers and civilians stand and walk alongside the wagons.

GLC05111.01.0700

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The marching lines of soldiers are blurred due to their motion, as they travel over a woods-lined dirt road lined with spectators. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "187."

GLC05111.01.0701

1865/05/23-24

Photograph

Title: Back end of Grand Review of the armies of the Union as it proceeds from Washington D.C. May 23-23, 1865.

The Review of the armies of the Union, as seen from behind and to the right of the covered wagons. A large U.S. flag hangs over the roadway in the background. Inscription on verso: "Review." Numeric Notation on verso: "172(169)."

GLC05111.01.0702

1874/05/02

Bassett, F.S., fl. 1874

Photograph

Title: West Portico view of front of Capitol [stereocard]

Inscription on verso: "Washington City Views. No. 2989. North front of the Capitol, from the West Portico."

GLC05111.01.0835

1865/04/19

Photograph

Title: Lincoln's Funeral parade at the Treasury Building, Washington D.C. April 19, 1865.

Inscription of verso: "North end of Court of Review" [sic]. Numeric notation on verso: "167." Image taken from apparently a second-story height, as the roof of another building is in the foreground.

GLC05111.01.0703

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union stand according to unit, ready to be reviewed. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric Notation on verso: "169." It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. See GLC 5111.01.0705

GLC05111.01.0704

1865/04 ca.

Photograph

Title: Federal units standing for review, Lincoln's funeral parade, Washington D.C. [April 1865 ca.]

The armies of the Union, waiting to be reviewed. It is a wet day, the mud being clearly visible and the soldiers wearing their greatcoats. A regiment's state flag can be seen in the center of the image. Inscription on verso: "Review" [sic]. Numeric Notation on verso: "160."

GLC05111.01.0705

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: A view looking up High Street, Georgetown. [1865 ca.]

A view down the dirt and cobblestoned High Street in Georgetown, in a commercial region of the city. Inscription on verso: "High Street, Georgetown 1865." Numeric Notation on verso: "159."

GLC05111.01.0706

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: US Sanitary Commission in Washington D.C. [1865 ca.]

A view from across a wide dirt street at the United States Sanitary Commission, with twenty-five men standing in uniform in front of the building. Inscription on verso: "U.S. Sanitary Commission Wash." Numeric Notation on verso: "189."

GLC05111.01.0707

1865/05

Photograph

Title: The Capitol Building mourning Lincoln

The Capitol bedecked in mourning for Lincoln's funeral. Hundreds of mourners are seen all around the building, on both the stairs and the balconies of the second floor. Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Funeral Capitol Wash." Numeric notation on verso: "188."

GLC05111.01.0928

1814/11/28

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the Joint Committee... for the Library of Mr. Jefferson

Report of members of Congress concerning the library of Thomas Jefferson, which the retired president had offered to the country to replace that destroyed by the British when they burned the capitol in 1814. Jefferson's library became the core of the Library of Congress. Printed by Weightman.

GLC06792