1725/12/13

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: writing practice

Robert shares with his Grandfather what he has so far learned in the "science of writing."

GLC03107.01744

[1725/06/30]

Livingston, Henry, 1714-1799

Autograph manuscript

Title: "State of Innocence"

Poem on the innocence of childhood.

GLC03107.01749

1724/08/03

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston Jr. re: advice for Robert's studies

Philip reminds Robert to mind his studies now, or he will grow to regret it when it is too late to learn. He asks if Philip would like to return to New Rochelle next winter, and if he gets along with his Master and Mistress. Philip also reminds Philip to read the Bible, to send his mother a letter in French, and to send him a letter every week so that he may observe how Robert's hand improves.

GLC03107.02496

1725/02/12

Livingston, Philip, 1686-1749

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston Jr. re: advice to remain at New Rochelle

Philip admonishes Robert for not writing to his father in his spare time, and states that he would like Robert to master the French language by the end of the year. He therefore advises Robert to remain in New Rochelle and "keep close to [his] book." It is also noted that Jennet Beeckman passed away.

GLC03107.02497

1725/03/10

Livingston, Robert III, 1708-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston of Clermont re: French lessons

Young Robert thanks his uncle for some shoes, and notes that he hopes to master the French language soon. P.2 contains a letter written to the Mayor regarding trade with the Indians and relations with the French in Canada. The letter is not signed, and is dated April 1725, Albany. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01628

1700/08/29

Earl of Bellomont, fl. 1700

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the 5 Nations

The Earl of Belloment states that he is happy to satisfy the Indians' request for a minister, and expresses his hope to translate the Bible into their language. He asks that they send 3 Sachem's sons of each nation to New York, where they will learn to read and write English for 3-4 years, so that they may return home to read the Bible to other Indians of their nation.

GLC03107.02060

1700/08/29

Earl of Bellomont, fl. 1700

Manuscript document

Title: Answer to the 5 Nations [in Dutch]

GLC03107.02061

1860 ca.

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

Photograph signed

Title: [R.W. Emerson]

Carte de visite bust portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Note by previous owner on verso: "1803-1882 t[aken] @ [age] 58 = 1861."

GLC05141

1874 ca.

Warren's Portraits

Photograph signed

Title: Cabinet card photograph by Warren's Portraits, 3/4 seated

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, three-quarter length portrait, seated. Notes from collector inscribed on verso.

GLC05142

1863/10/31

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 17 (October 31, 1863)]

With caricature of Lincoln on the back page, as Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, seeing a Black man in ragged attire appear as the ghost of Caesar.

GLC06055

1833/08/08

Livingston, Robert M., fl. 1833-1834

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Crawfurd Livingston re: writing samples

Robert M. Livingston shares some of his poetry and prose with Crawfurd Livingston.

GLC03107.04476

February 8, 1792

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

Autograph letter

Title: to William Tatham [incomplete]

Discusses a proof sheet for Tatham's publication, "An Analysis of the State of Virginia." Comments on the contents of it, and suggests some edits.

GLC02437.05313

February 8, 1918

Perry, George W., fl. 1918

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Perry

Writes to his mother about meeting a French submarine quartermaster and fumbling through the French language. Mentions meeting an old college friend near camp. Asks his father to send several books, including a French copy of Mark Twain's "Jean D'Arc." Written on YMCA letterhead.

GLC07810.083

February 17, 1812 or 1813

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Hannah Cushing

Comforts Hannah Cushing on the death of her nephew, John Cushing Aylwin, who died aboard the U.S.S. Constitution after its battle with the HMS Java in December 1812. Adams quotes from Cato: "How beautiful is death when earned by virtue / Who would not be that youth? What pity is it / That we can die but once to serve our Country."

GLC09394

[1783]

Barnard, Edward, fl. 1783

Book

Title: The new... history of England from the earliest period...

Printed for the Author and published by Alex. Hogg. Imprint date is "1782" but history ends at 1783.

GLC04204

1880 ca.

Hastings, fl. 1880

Photograph signed

Title: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Heavily vignetted profile portrait of Stowe as an older woman. Signed on mount.

GLC07093

1837/01/30

Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Montgomery Livingston re: encouragement to learn the German language

Robert L. Livingston applauds his son's desire to learn the German language, and encourages him to board with a German family.

GLC03107.04556

1837/05/11

Manuscript

Title: "They won't propose"

Verse poem written in the voice of a single woman exasperated by her many beaux who appear to court her but never propose. The manuscript is addressed to Montgomery Livingston.

GLC03107.04557

1906/12/07

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

Cousin Alice's visit to Covington, Va.; speculation about the Robertson family (from San Francisco); work on his book Stuart's Calvary in the Gettysburg Campaign.

GLC03921.20

1907/10/09

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Typed letter signed

Title: to: Messrs. Moffat Yard & Co.

Defense of his book Stuart's Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign, with enclosed copy of a reader's opinion of the book.

GLC03921.22

1908/09/13

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

letter concerning "the 'true inwardness' of Gen. Lee's staff;" intentions to vote for Taft; Maj. Swift's review of his book for the Journal of the United States Cavalry Association.

GLC03921.24

1916/10/30

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

refusal to let Bennet Young write his biography; enclosing copy of Dolly's [Adolphus Richard] biography written by Young [1914].

GLC03921.56

1915/03/22

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to: Sam Chapman

invitation to speak at the Quill Club; progress on the group painting.

GLC03921.39

circa [1872]

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Refers to Hunt's contribution to the biography, an account of Lee's passage through the pedregal (a lava rock field) during the Mexican American War. Notes that the book is "short & simple... well done for a female- no bad eloquence. except in the appendix- where there is some, very bad, by orators and statesmen... " Notes that Marshall's contribution was good (possibly referring to Charles Marshall, who served as Lee's aide-de-camp). Discusses the implications of Hunt's description of Lee; wonders whether his praise of Lee was appropriate (possibly since Hunt had served the Union and…

GLC02382.092

February 18, 1871

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Jackson Hunt

Requests information from Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's heroic crossing of the pedregal (a lava field) during the Mexican American war. This inquiry is for Emily V. Mason, who is writing a pictorial school book on the life of Lee. Mentions Generals Winfield Scott and David Twiggs, and Poinsett (possibly Joel Roberts Poinsett). Mentions the retirement of General Benjamin Roberts. States "I regret that the army is insufficient under military direction, to suppress the Ku Klux & regulate the elections. The new bill... treats the military machine, as capable of working usefully, only…

GLC02382.086