31 August 1863

Damuth, Dolphus, fl. 1839-1913

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Damuth

Writes on paper sent to him by his sister and teases, "I guess you thought if you sent this size paper you would get large letters." She has also sent him some socks, and Damuth thanks her for them but adds, "I think I would rather be the one that stays at home and knits them than to be the one that stays down here and wears them out." Some men are being discharged for illness, but on the whole, the company is well and eating fresh food. Though the men have marching orders, they have had them "so long that I dont depend much on them. We are soldiering now more as the army under McClellen…

GLC03523.14.35

6 November 1900

Luce, Stephen Bleeker, 1827-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stevenson Taylor

Luce says he heard from Frederick P. Vinton that Taylor was the President of the Webb Institute. Is writing for a copy of the Prospectus of the Institute. Is particularly interested in knowing about a course on naval architecture and ship building. Written on Luce's own stationary with an address at "15 Francis Street, Newport, Rhode Island."

GLC03479.67

circa 1830-1910

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Measurements on "Office of Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, Architect" stationary]

Hand-drawn black ink, printed black ink, graphite, on wove paper.

GLC06343.003

circa 1867

Van Lint, fl. 1867

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of cathedral and leaning tower of Pisa]

Cathedral & Leaning Tower of Pisa, carte de visite. Albumen print (Pisa, Italy: Van Lint)

GLC01896.182

1860

Rivers, W. E., fl. 1860

Print

Title: [Montpelier, Henry Knox's home in Thomaston, Maine]

Drawing of Montpelier printed on glossy photograph paper. Signed in lower right corner, "W.E. Rivers."

GLC02437.10732

circa 1860

Engraving

Title: Birthplace of General Knox.

Engraving of Georgian style house in Boston, Massachusetts, where Henry Knox was born.

GLC02437.10733

21 September 1863

Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Lile Miller

Miller describes the Virginia landscape, noting that Culpeper is "like all the towns nearby that I have saw in Virginia old fashioned looking and dilapidated nothing neat or tidy about it I wish you were here Dear Lile to go with me to see some of those old farm mansions that was once the house of some Rich Old Virginian, But now are left desolate and forsaken it makes one feel sorrowfull and ask yourself what has caused all this wretchedness, the answer comes war unrelenting war Between two parts of what once was a happy and prosperous union... but I suppose the good man has brought this…

GLC02155.107

1860 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

GLC01262

1816/03/19

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Patterson

Signed as Secretary of State to the Director of the Mint, Patterson. The Mint, in Philadelphia, was being repaired. It was unaffected by the British invasion of Washington.

GLC02002

1786/05/04

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Page re: insights on England after visit: "that nation hates us"

Written while serving as U.S. Minister to France. Jefferson encloses a pamphlet (apparently Notes on the State of Virginia; not included), thanks Page for a steady stream of political news from America and records his observations upon returning from a visit to England. Jefferson comments that Notes on the State of Virginia "were written in haste & for his [i.e., Francois Barbe-Marbois] private inspection." based on his visit to England, Jefferson makes general observations on English farming, gardening, architecture and manufacture. Jefferson finds most disturbing the hatred of…

GLC02529

1823/07/15

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Trumbull re: his engraving "Declaration of Independence", Univ. of Va.

With integral address leaf, free franked. Docketed by recipient. Jefferson agrees to subscribe to a copy of Trumbull's engraving of the signing of Declaration (Staufer 679) and also orders a print of Washington's resignation. He invites Trumbull to see the new University of Virginia and review his drawings for the Rotunda. Jefferson suggests an engraving of the University (never made) and extends his warm wishes to Trumbull. One engraving, "The Declaration of Independence", included. Written in Monticello

GLC02483

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

Photograph

Title: 2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

.01= "Wol-pi" is an cluster of adobe homes built on top of each other. .02= "Dancers Rock, Wol-pi" shows a flat rock poised atop a tall rock, next to some adobe. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in calligraphic hand on recto. #.02 has the inscription on verso "A. Bell 665 E. 142nd St." (Showing habitations of Indians of the Southwest.)

GLC03031

1879 ca.

Hillers, John K., fl. 1879

Photograph

Title: 2 Photographs From Series "Views In The Province of Tusayan - Northern Arizona

.01= "The Entrance (covered way) to Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows adobe cluster of buildings. .02= "House of the Governor of Shi-pau-i-luv-vi" shows the same building cluster. Both with label of the USG&G Survey on verso, and names written in calligraphic hand on recto. (Showing habitations of Indians of the Southwest.)

GLC03032

1874/08

Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894

Sketch

Title: [Water color. Hotel on Seneca Lake]

Water color on tissue-backed paper.

GLC02673.12

1899/09

Photograph

Title: [Front of Stone House]

Note on verso: "Francis Carleton [illegible] Grandpa, Nottingham, N.H. Sept. 1899."

GLC02673.47

1924/05/08

Pamphlet

Title: A Debt St. Louis Owes.

"A Debt St. Louis Owes." A pamphlet promoting the preservation of the "Old Grant home" by the Grant-Dent Memorial Association.

GLC04360.046

1909/04

Photograph

Title: [Postcard of Archer house]

"Archer House April 1909_ Norfolk, Va." 1909/04 print.

GLC01896.169

1864/5/29

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visites of Hotel Schreiber]

"Hotel Schreiber", carte de visite. Albumen print (Rigi: Kulm)

GLC01896.186.01

1900 circa

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: [Rough sketch of New York Stock Exchange Pediment]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.040

1830/05/07-1830/08/05

Biddle, Nicholas, 1786-1844

Header Record

Title: Two letters to William Rochester pertaining to the builing of the banking house in Buffalo, NY [Decimalized]

GLC03139

1893 ca.

Fitchburg Railroad Company

Header Record

Title: Station house, North Adams, MA

Two images of the North Adams, Mass. station house.

GLC05235.10

October 1902

Various

Magazine

Title: The Atlantic Monthly [October 1902]

One issue of The Atlantic Monthly dated October 1902. Contains an essay entitled, "Limitations to the Production of Skyscrapers," by Burton J. Hendrick.

GLC09888.10

1941-1945

unknown, fl. 1941-1945

Photograph

Title: [Officer posed by the Tower of Pisa]

One undated photograph of an officer posed by the Tower of Pisa.

GLC09645.008

Stauffer, David M., 1845-1913

Document

Title: [Sketches of curled banners on small scrap of paper]

One undated scrap paper of drawings of curled banners.

GLC07713.02.02

circa 1921-1947

Various

Header Record

Title: [Collection of photographs belonging to a Japanese-American family in Northern California, 1921-1947][Decimalized .001-.643]

One collection of black-and-white photographs belonging to a Japanese American family dated 1921-1947. Consists of 643 items capturing home and recreational life of a family located in California.

GLC09860