1878/02/18

Norton, Joshua Abraham, 1819-1880

Document signed

Title: [Fifty-cent interest-bearing note from the Imperial Government of Norton I]

Signed by Joshua Abraham Norton as Norton I, self-proclaimed emperor of the United States. Check number 2510. On verso, affixed note reads "Yours Truly A.J. Bryant Mayor, San Francisco. Oct. 22nd, '78."

GLC02729.02

1881/06/27

Ingalls, John James, fl. 1881

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Opportunity [poem signed]

Written on the verso of stationery of the Wilmer Hotel, Anniston, Ala.

GLC02453.20

1862/12/29

O'Hara, Theodore, fl. 1862

Autograph letter signed

Title: re: as AAG of CSA army, a request to see brigade commanders [circular]

O'Hara was author of several poems, including "Bivouac of the Dead"

GLC02453.02

1895/03/08

Wallace, Lew, fl. 1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. G. Sibley re: personal matters

Apparently thanking Sibley for a positive review, letting Wallace "rank above Dickens."

GLC02453.04

1889/10/13

Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Riding re: thanking for editing his article

GLC02453.05

1907/02/03

Carney, Julia A. Fletcher, 1823-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to D. F. Thompson re: about child's poetry

GLC02453.06

[1917/02/24]

Cheny, John Vance, fl. 1917

Autograph quotation signed

Title: By and by [poem or quote]

GLC02453.08

1863/06/01

Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George Bancroft re: telling Bancroft he was elected honorary member

GLC02453.09

1887/03/10

English, Thomas, fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: Thank you note, with AMS poem "Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt"

Thank you note, accompanied by poem 23 September 1843 (22.6 x 18 cm.).

GLC02453.10

1892/12/22

Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Herbert re: regarding brother's arrival in Chicago

GLC02453.11

1897/05/30

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Review of Reviews re: about article edits

GLC02453.12

1901/01/14

Fiske, John, 1842-1901

Autograph letter signed

Title: to H. L. Sibley re: about writing plans

GLC02453.13

1884/08/06

George, Henry, 1839-1897

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Knight re: about writing an essay

GLC02453.14

1876/11/27

Gilder, Richard W., fl. 1876

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stedman re: a letter enclosing other people's poems (not included)

Gilder was an American poet and editor

GLC02453.15

1874/09/26

Hayne, Paul H., fl. 1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: publication of a poem "My Daughter"

GLC02453.16

1843/04/13

Hoffman, Charles, fl. 1843

Autograph letter signed

Title: to B. F. Schneck re: personal matters

Charles Fenno Hoffman, founder of the Knickerbocker magazine?

GLC02453.17

1867/10/01

Holland, Josiah, fl. 1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edward De Forest re: about lecture tour

Holland was the founder of "Scribner's" magazine

GLC02453.18

1826/03/02

Hopkinson, Joseoph, 1770-1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James C. Fisher re: personal matters

GLC02453.19

1853/02/23

Lossing, Benson, fl. 1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown recipient re: thank you letter for a note

GLC02453.22

1869/05/13

Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877

Autograph letter signed

Title: to W. R. Darling re: reply to someone asking him for a job

Motley was an American historian.

GLC02453.24

1871/08/01

Parton, James, fl. 1871

Autograph letter signed

Title: to an unknown recipient re: about a lecture tour

Parton was an American biographer

GLC02453.25

1990/04/25

Bush, George, 1924-2018

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dr. F. Terry Hambrecht re: enjoying "The Toy Shop" and a story of Lincoln

Written as President

GLC02793.119

1939/01/27

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Typed letter signed

Title: to William E. Shepherd re: declining membership in the Beaux-Arts Institute

Signed as President on White House stationery. He notes he is a rank amateur

GLC02793.083

1840/03/04

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution

Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."

GLC02847

1864 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Barbara Fietchie at the Great Central Fair]

Barbara Frietchie gained fame for telling T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson to harm her rather than the Union flag at the time he entered Frederick, Maryland. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the poem in Nov. 1863 and it was printed with the carte to raise money for the war effort. The Great Central (Sanitary) Fair in Philadelphia opened in 1864. (Lincoln addressed the fair in 6/16/1864)

GLC02909