1812/06/17

Adams, John, 1735-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: Samuel B. Malcom.

Politics, party & family feuds.

GLC04524

1826/06/24

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Broadside

Title: Jefferson's last letter to Mayor of Washington [small broadside on silk]

A printing of Jefferson's famous letter to the mayor of Washington, D.C., declining an invitation to a Fourth of July celebration. Jefferson hopes the Declaration to be a "signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessing of self government." Jefferson died on July 4. Only 3 other copies. Printed on silk.

GLC04525

1920/04/29

Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933

Typed letter signed

Title: to Otto A. Rosalsky re: as Gov. of Mass., urging leniency for Bernard Manning

Written as Governor of Massachusetts (on stationery) to Judge Rosalsky, asking leniency for Bernard Manning of Northampton, his hometown. He attests to the character of Manning's family and asserts that "[i]t appears to me simply a case of a country boy going to a large city and ignoring the restraints of home life and giving himself over to the propensities of youth than the exhibition of criminal intent."

GLC04476

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: [William T. Sherman]

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of William T. Sherman in uniform. Inscribed by Ulysses S. Grant on verso, and given to Edwin Stanton.

GLC04504.02

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: [James B. McPherson]

Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of James B. McPherson in uniform. Inscribed by Ulysses S. Grant, and given to Edwin Stanton.

GLC04504.03

1865/05/09

Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925

Broadside

Title: [Lincoln assassination reward]

Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay, and Thompson, $100,000 each, Saunders and Tucker, $25,000, and Cleary, $10,000.

GLC04527

1807/12/22

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

Printed letter signed

Title: [Announcement of the passage of the Embargo Act to port collectors]

Circular letter addressed to the Collector of the port of Penobscot. The act forbade all exports between the United States and foreign countries, and precipitated the War of 1812. Gallatin was then secretary of the treasury. Signed in type, "Approved : TH: JEFFERSON".

GLC04539

1781/12/12

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Letter signed

Title: to Moses Rawlings re: moving British POW's to Lancaster & Philadelphia

Washington also mentions allowing foreigners to stay in frontier towns.

GLC04566

1918/05/09

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Typed document signed

Title: [Acknowledging America's debt to Italy for help in World War I]

On the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into World War I, Hoover, who was then the U.S. Food Administrator under President Wilson, acknowledges "our indebtedness to the country to which we are bound, not only by ties historical, but also by the common ideals which now unite us."

GLC04569

1861 March

Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite portrait by C.D. Fredericks & Co. [O-55]

Ostendorf pp. 88-89 dates this somewhat unattractive portrait March-June 1861. This image, published by Fredericks, appears to be a variant of O-55. (See also GLB 477, a retouched variant of this same negative.)

GLC04584

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Album of 200 cartes de visite, most by Brady. [word processed inventory available]

Album with "A.A." initials embossed on front knob. Includes images of Lincoln, Mary Lincoln (2), Lincoln's Cabinet, generals, writers, emancipated people, prisoners of war, Confederate leaders, etc. Lacks one clasp. Due to album's fragility, pages removed from album 6/97 and boxed as album pages. 50 pages with four cartes per page, most labeled in a contemporary hand (and sometimes humorously, as in Jefferson Davis). Another copy of the New Orleans freed slaves is in GLB 75.

GLC04609

1902/08/14

Buffington, Thomas Mitchell, 1855-1938

Typed letter signed

Title: to Theodore Roosevelt re: urging sale of buildings to benefit Cherokee Indians

Buffington writes the President to urge approval of an act to allow sale of buildings at Fort Gibson, owned by the Cherokee Nation, but occupied by various people. Was written while it was Cherokee Nation Territory.

GLC04612

[1803]

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Book

Title: An Account of Louisiana, being an abstract of documents, in the offices...

Bound with "Appendix to an Account of Louisiana." (The Appendix is sometimes bound separately.) First (true) edition of the official documents relating to the recently purchased Louisiana Territory.

GLC04138

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth seated view with left hand on hip

Graphite inscription on verso "Booth, John Wilkes." Photographers imprint on verso: "Black, 163 Washington St., Boston."

GLC05111.02.0120

1865 ca.

Case & Getchell, Photographic Artists

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth seated view holding riding crop between his legs

Graphite inscription on recto "Booth." Imprint on recto "[Ca]se & Getchell Bost[on]." Graphite inscription on verso "J. Wilkes Booth 1860" "From L.F. Deyo, Peoria, Ill. Dec. 20, 1920" "2 col whole fig." Photographers imprint on verso: "Cartes de Visite by Case & Getchell Photographic Artists, 299 1/2 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0122

1865 ca.

J.H. Bufford & Sons

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth vignette, seated view holding riding crop

Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.H. Bufford & Sons, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Buffords Publishing House....313 Washington St., Boston, Mass." Graphite inscription on verso "Booth assasin [sic] of Lincoln." Photographers imprint on verso: "J.H. Bufford & Sons, Publishers Trademark 313 Washington St. Boston."

GLC05111.02.0126

1864/11/26

Gardner, James, 1832-?

Photograph

Title: Seated view of trapper who gave elk-horn chair to Lincoln

The California hunter and trapper is seated holding his rifle across his lap. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress by . . ." Graphite inscription on verso "Seth Kinman." Photographers imprint on verso: "Alex. Gardner. Photographer to the Army of the Potomac. Galleries 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington D.C."

GLC05111.02.0131

1864/11/26

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Standing view of trapper who gave elk-horn chair to Lincoln

Leaning against his rifle. Imprint on recto "California Hunter and Trapper, who presented President Lincoln with the elk-horn Chair. Entered according to Act of Congress, by Seth Kinman, in the year 1865 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia. Brady Washington." Graphite inscription on verso "Seth Kinman Eureka Humbolete, Ca. Ca" "Call" "Anna Mana Sharpless." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries No 352 Pennsylvania Av. Washington D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St. New York."

GLC05111.02.0132

1864/11/26

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: Elk-Horn Chair, presented by Seth Kinman

Imprint on recto "Presented to President Lincoln, Nov. 26, 1864 by Seth Kinman, the California Hunter and Trapper. Entered according to Act of Congress by Seth Kinman, in the year 1864, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Columbia. Brady, Washington." Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery No 352 Pennsylvania Av Washington D.C. & Broadway & Tenth St. New York."

GLC05111.02.0133

1861 ca.

Nicolay, John G., 1832-1901

Photograph

Title: Full length standing view of Lincoln's private secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "J.G. Nicolay 1st P. Secy 1861" "6 3/4 x 4 1/8 Type page size" "486."

GLC05111.02.0112

1861 ca.

Nicolay, John G., 1832-1901

Photograph

Title: Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln's private secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "**Book" "Nicolay private Secretary to Lincoln."

GLC05111.02.0113

1862 ca.

Hay, John, 1838-1905

Photograph

Title: Full length standing view of Lincoln's secretary

Graphite inscription on verso "John Hay 2 P. Sec. 1862." "John Hay." "Paris."

GLC05111.02.0114

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: The Assassin's Vision

The images shows John Wilkes Booth riding on a black horse through a group of trees with the capitol building visible in the background. A ghostly image of Abraham Lincoln appears between two trees on the left side of the photograph. The trees surrounding Lincoln's ghost are peppered with tiny ghostly Lincoln heads. A sign posted on a tree on the right of the photograph points to St. Marys, MD. Pasted on the verso is an advertisement for a cholera remedy. Graphite inscription on verso "80318 B.F. Dec. 31, 1928."

GLC05111.02.0115

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: Tintype bust view of John Wilkes Booth

Tintype image surrounded by embossed frame-like design.

GLC05111.02.0116

1865 ca.

Photograph

Title: John Wilkes Booth seated in an elaboratedly carved chair

Ink inscription on recto "Murderer of A. Lincoln." Ink inscription on verso "J. Wilks [sic] Booth."

GLC05111.02.0117