1861/03/23

Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]

The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over to the South and on Sumter, where a stalemate is underway. There is an illustration of a steam boat. The issue also contains a number of chapters from Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" in their earliest American publication. The story is accompanied by a number of illustrations by John McLenan.

GLC04661.05

1867/06/24

Autograph note signed

Title: To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for Ward's payment of $15.00 toward preliminary studies for a pedestal design to a Lincoln monument.

Pencil inscription in different hand reads: "All right - thanks!!" 2 cent stamp in center. Note: docket appears to be wrongly addressing contents of note.Docket reads: "M[illegible]. Architect, Shakespear [sic] Pedestal in C[entral]. Park

GLC06343.293

1866/04/23-1905/06/01

Document

Title: 7 invitations to various special and commemorative events, 1866-1905.

Invitations: to "Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner", "The Salmagundi Sketch Club", reunion of "The Society of the Army of the Cumberland", "Chamber of Commerce of the State" banquet, inauguration of new Metropolitan Museum of Art, memorial book in memory of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, and "The Lewis and Clarke Centennial Exposition" commemorating the founding of "Oregon County." Some of the items feature designs and drawings created by Ward.

GLC06343.225

1868/05/22

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Manuscript document signed

Title: "Memorandum of an Agreement" or work contract. Re: creation of a statue honoring William Shakespeare in Central Park, NY.

Contract establishes commission costs, materials to be used in construction [bronze], etc.

GLC06343.275

1906/05/30

Document

Title: Article: "New-York Tribune . . . For Fulton Monument." Re: elections of officers for the Robert Fulton Memorial Association.

Executive committee includes, among others: W.H. Fletcher, John Jacob Astor, General F.D. Grant, Samuel L. Clemens [Mark Twain], and Colonel H.O.S. Heistand [pictured].

GLC06343.278

1865/04/14

Newspaper clipping

Title: Abraham Lincoln [Poem]

Clipping of the poem "Abraham Lincoln."

GLC05603.03.01

15 April

Clymer, George, 1739-1813

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Clymer

Clymer writes his brother a humorous letter re-naming the family farm: "You want I suppose it should be like Don Quixote's horse at once sonorous and significant." Includes two illustrations. No year.

GLC08256

circa 1861-1864

Various

Newspaper

Title: The Benton Banner (manuscript camp newspaper)

Includes an editorial section, news, and original writings by soldiers including poems and essays. Edited by S. J. Mansfield and John F. Weeks.

GLC06728.133

20 July 1863

Various

Newspaper

Title: The Benton Banner (manuscript camp newspaper) Vol. 1 No. 1

Includes an editorial section, news, and original writings by soldiers including poems and essays. Edited by S. J. Mansfield and John F. Weeks. Written at Camp Benton.

GLC06728.134

3 August 1863

Various

Newspaper

Title: The Benton Banner (manuscript camp newspaper) Vol. 1 No. 2

Includes an editorial section, news, and original writings by soldiers including poems and essays. Edited by S. J. Mansfield and John F. Weeks. Written at Camp Benton.

GLC06728.135

February 29, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Midnight: Sylvia responds to various letters she has received from Moe, mentions Jim, Al and Harry, encloses typed lyrics of a song, not clear whether it is an original song or not.

GLC09414.0183

1866/02/25

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Header Record

Title: Letters and poems of Bryant and Holmes [Decimalized .01-.07]

GLC06631

1891/03/13

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown re" appreciative letter to a reader

GLC06631.05

February 19, 1785

Manteau, fl. 1785

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox [in French]

Recently arrived in London. Offers his regards to Mrs. Knox and other acquaintances. In a post script, notes that he has not forgotten the dictionary.

GLC02437.03098

1959/02/06

Allred, William David, 1933-1996

Typed letter signed

Title: to Sam Houston Allred

Writes to his brother about a chat he had with Senator John F. Kennedy. Dave had mentioned Sam in their conversation and Kennedy remembered him from the previous summer. Kennedy commented on his namesake, Sam Houston, being featured in his book "Profiles in Courage." They talked about Houston and inscribed a book to Sam, which Dave was sending to him from Washington. Written on stationary of the United States Senate.

GLC02530.02

February 8, 1944

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Sylvia notes Moe bought a new pen and says as soon as time permits she will go to Waterman and get him a new point. Wants to learn all of the "Englishisims" he is learning while stationed in England. Wishes he were home to advise her about filling out the income taxes. Reports on friends. Went to the Selective Service Board and received 30 new cases that needed psychiatric evaluation.

GLC09414.0153

February 19, 1944

Gellis, Joe, fl. 1944

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sylvia Weiner

Gellis writes that he is confused by all the English expressions, especially the way they refer to money. He thinks Sylvia's work with the selective service is interesting.

GLC09414.1585

February 19, 1962

Pulowski, Xavier-Franncis, fl. 1961

Typed letter signed

Title: to Guy Fenton

Written on mourning paper. He mentions a painting at the Louvre that shows the drowning of Marshal Poniatowski. He was moved when he saw Fenton's name on the cover of Country Life. He enjoys Victorian authors like Dickens.

GLC02766.042

1863/06/18-186312/10

Newspaper

Title: Record of news, history and literature, vol. 1 nos. 1-26

Complete set of 26 issues and 7 supplements containing news and other related articles concerning Southern life and culture. The Record was published for six months (the latter half of 1863) and was published by West and Johnson. The masthead was engraved by Julius Baumgarten and depicts the seal of the Confederacy between two Confederate flags. Topics include battle reports, casualties, laws, political news, poems, short stories, etc. There is even a "Black List" of southern-born soldiers who betrayed their home to serve in the federal army.

GLC06844

1852 after

Object

Title: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" banner [on cloth]

Red banner with nine scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Textile.

GLC06894

1865 ca.

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

Pamphlet

Title: "Nelly's Hospital" reprinted by U.S. Sanitary Commission for "our young folks"

Fiction.

GLC06896

1838/09/13

Livingston, Crawfurd, 1811-1847

Autograph letter

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: gratitude for the receipt of Johnston's letter

[Crawfurd] describes the relief he felt when he received Johnston's kind letter, and regrets accusing Johnston of coldness. He describes his painful physical condition, and also his inclination towards melancholy thoughts. He also encloses a few lines of original verse. Address leaf on p.4.

GLC03107.04133

1887/10/01

Benjamin, Marcus, fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to [Johnston Livingston] re: necessity to hurry up the "Livingston matter"

The letter was printed on stationary of "Office Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography."

GLC03107.04172

1887/10/06

Benjamin, Marcus, fl. 1887

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Johnston Livingston re: Livingston genealogy

GLC03107.04173

1834/07/31

Union College (Cranford, N.J.)

Document

Title: College bill sent to John S. Livingston for his son Johnston Livingston

The bill lists the charges for Johnston's education for the session commencing 25 April 1834 and ending 23 July 1834. Charges include tuition, room-rent, use of college library, servants' hire, printing, etc. The document also gives Johnston's scores for attendance, conduct, and performance in the courses Political Economy, Latin, and Mechanics. The remainder of the document states the college's offical course of studies, standard payments, and the rules and regulations.

GLC03107.04092