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[Miscellaneous sketches of people performing various activities]

Sculpture design sketches. Reverse side features several more vignettes. Graphite on wove paper.

GLC06343.008

[Sculpture design sketch of a Cavalier-looking man standing atop a large foundation]

Sculpture design of a Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] standing atop a large foundation, holding a script in one hand and a sword in the other. The man appears to be standing on a small boat with surf breaking on its bow. There are several...

GLC06343.009

[Sculpture design of a cavalier-looking man [European explorer] with Native Americans]

Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] armed with a musket and sword standing with Native Americans. A ship appears anchored in the background. Graphite and iron gall ink. Reverse side features variations on this subject. Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.010

[Various statue designs based on Greek ideals of "Education, War, [and] Statesmanship"]

Ten separate sketches. Graphite on wove paper.

GLC06343.011

[Two sketches of European explorers with Native Americans]

Graphite, iron gall ink on wove paper.

GLC06343.012

[Fountain design]

Graphite and markings in red wax pencil, tan thin wove [sketch] paper.

GLC06343.013

[Sculpture design of two seated figures back to back]

Along with a profile portrait of a man in hat. A leg extends out from the right border of the paper. Graphite, ink on tan thin wove paper.

GLC06343.014

[Two sketches: portraits of Reverend John Davenport and John Winslow]

Sketched portraits of "Rev. John Davenport" and "John Winslow" holding paper. Graphite, coated linen. Written below sketches, "Rev. John Davinport, 1597 [to] 1670, Yale College, New Haven . . . John Winslow, Gov. Plymouth Colony 1639."

GLC06343.015

[Relief sketch of man in robe with staff, a Native American, and a woman's head]

Various sketches depicting a man in hooded robe with staff, and other figures and vignettes. On reverse side, several profile sketches of a woman's head. Graphite on wove paper.

GLC06343.016

[Fountain design topped with standing woman and girl]

Three other small sketches below. Black ink on tan thin wove paper.

GLC06343.017

[Officer standing on canon waving a sword and a dead horse lying below him]

Similar rough sketches appear below the inking and on reverse side. Black ink over charcoal; laid paper with printed address.

GLC06343.018

[Officer on horseback galloping by destroyed cannon]

A light sketch of a man on horseback appears below along with some doodling. Black ink, graphite on laid paper.

GLC06343.019

[Fountain design and several sketches of one person standing with fist to chest and one sitting with head in hands]

Graphite on wove paper.

GLC06343.020

[New Years cupid [Eros] wearing a top hat and holding a champagne glass and bottle]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.021

[Nude woman and a flying fairy in cat-tails]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.022

[Fairy playing harp]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.023

[Monument design]

Large central column mounted by a seated figure and bordered by numerous other figures. Measurements "50 x 25." Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.024

[Fairy holding branch with one knee bent up and the other leg extended]

Apparently kneeling on a ladder. Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.025

[Fairy seated with legs dangling, viewed from behind]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.026

[A cupid ("cherub" or "putti") creeping below a grape leaf and holding a bow]

Black ink on tracing paper.

GLC06343.027

[Sculpture design: Cavalier-looking man [European explorer] holding a sword and a paper]

Below it is a small sketch of another sculpture design. Black ink, graphite on wove paper with corner losses.

GLC06343.028

[Fairy playing violin with music stand and candle]

Black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.029

[Nude woman with hands behind head]

Crosshatching and rectangular border. Black ink, graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.030

[Female, nude from waist up, holding wine bottle and glass]

Black ink, graphite, tracing paper.

GLC06343.031

[Six sketches: angels, cherubs, animals, etc.]

Iron gall or bistre ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.032

Stock Exchange Pediment

Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward's Stock Exchange Pediment. With black ink inscription on back, "Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903." Wove paper.

GLC06343.038

[New York Stock Exchange Pediment sketches]

Iron gall ink; blue wove graph paper.

GLC06343.039

[Rough sketch of New York Stock Exchange Pediment]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.040

[Two inkings of a shacks and boats on one side, sketch with measurements and fish on other side]

Iron gall ink, graphite; laid paper.

GLC06343.041

[Man seated at easel with top hat on one side, profile portrait of man's face on other side]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.042

[Profile of man seated in rocking chair wearing top hat and holding spectacles]

Iron gall ink over graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.043

[Back of sleeping man in top hat lying on bench]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.044

[Fisherman with peg leg on one side and walking stick]

Sketch of sculpture of a woman's back on reverse side. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.045

[Sketch of a rock formation and trees with a person sleeping below]

Also sketch of plant. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.046

[Man with his feet up on a table covered with books]

Wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe. Graphite. Inscription reads, "Crawfords [illegible]."

GLC06343.047

[Woman reclining on sofa with blankets draped over body]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.048

[Woman washing clothes with a man seated reading]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.049

[Small rock formation with plants]

Signed by the artist. Light sketch of three figures on reverse side. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.050

[Hooded man with hand over face]

Graphite; thin wove paper.

GLC06343.051

[Girl sitting on a fence, and two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side]

Girl sitting on a fence with the inscription, "Newburgh." Two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side. Graphite, iron gall ink respectively; laid paper.

GLC06343.052

[Five sketches of a bull, and a seated man]

Iron gall ink, wove paper.

GLC06343.053

[Clothing draped on a bed post with door in background]

Graphite; laid paper.

GLC06343.054

[Spinning wheel]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.055

[Portrait of a mustached man wearing a hat and spectacles]

Reverse side has an incomplete sketch of the hindquarters of a cow. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.056

[Four sketches of a bull]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.057

[Profile portrait of a woman]

Possibly a Native American woman. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.058

[Back of a woman in frock coat and long skirt]

Reverse side has faint design of either a fountain or sculpture. Graphite; tan wove paper.

GLC06343.059

[Spinning wheel]

Graphite or charcoal; wove paper.

GLC06343.060

[Reclining bull]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.061

to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...

GLC08076

To: John Mckinley

Appealing for provisions, including shoes . For troops soon to be at Valley Forge. (To the president of Delaware).

GLC08078

to James Kirke Paulding

Vowing to destroy second bank of the United States.

GLC08083

to Benjamin P. Butler.

To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."

GLC08084

to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.

GLC08090

to Simon Cameron

Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

GLC08093

to Sir John Sinclair

Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...

GLC08095

[Two dogs in profile]

With additional sketches on reverse side. Iron gall ink, graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.062

[Two skulls with partial skull sketch on reverse]

Conte crayon, chalk, graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.063

[Three men sailing with wind-beings blowing sails]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.064

[Two portraits of man in hat]

Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.065

[Two portraits of man in hat]

Mirror images signed. Graphite; crease down center; wove paper.

GLC06343.066

Boy sitting on bench; reverse side, man in rocking chair drawn in boundaries of large brown stain; graphite; wove paper.

Seagulls and cricket; black ink wash; wove paper

GLC06343.067

[Woman eating and sketch of boy below]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.068

[Landscape, rock formation with trees]

Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.069

[Five sketches of cats]

Graphite, iron gall ink; lined wove paper.

GLC06343.070

The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles

Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.

GLC06343.071

Dr. Edward Ruggles, Brooklyn 1857

Sketch of a man working at a sewing machine. Iron gall ink; wove paper glued at back corners to heavy backing.

GLC06343.072

[Goateed man in defensive pose]

Graphite or charcoal; orange wove paper.

GLC06343.073

[Sketch of heavenly scene with haloed figure and couple in hammock]

Text on reverse, "Bring wood to make me bright and banish every evil sprite . . . The family is the Nation. The hearth [illegible] the alter of Liberty." Wove paper.

GLC06343.074

[Sculpture design: standing man [possibly James A. Garfield] holding up a paper in one hand]

Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.075

[Four sculpture designs: standing man (James A. Garfield)]

Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.076

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.077

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper; pressure sensitive tapes.

GLC06343.078

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. With hand on pedestal. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.079

[Various sketches and sculpture designs]

Greco-Roman themes, nude models, soldiers, etc. Bound with string. Graphite, charcoal, tissue and wove papers.

GLC06343.080

[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.081

[Numerous small sketches on both sides]

Man slaughtering goat or deer, one figure holding another, etc. Possibly representing the biblical story of Abraham nearly sacrificing his son and slaying the ram. Black ink and graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.082

[Man seated in arm chair with legs crossed and nude woman seated drawing on reverse]

Graphite; thick wove paper.

GLC06343.083

[Monarch in royal robe holding scepter]

Numeric calculations top right. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.084

[Two angels, one with sword, in heavenly setting]

Granite, grey ink wash; charcoal ink smudge; wove paper.

GLC06343.085

[Nude male wrestling goat or ram]

Graphite; yellow, lined, wove paper.

GLC06343.086

[Three sketches of nude males with torches]

One figure traced on the reverse side. Graphite; thin tracing paper.

GLC06343.087

[Profile of figure [Jesus?] in robe with raised hand]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.088

[Two sketches of male figure, one in loin cloth holding object next to head]

Graphite; yellow tracing paper.

GLC06343.089

[Sketches of buffalo]

Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.

GLC06343.090

[Four sketches of men in ancient garb, one holding arrows and shield]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.091

[Numerous sketches of figures on both sides]

Sketches: bust portrait of man, man sitting with elbow resting on knee and hand in palm, man with loincloth and arm resting on head, robed woman, nude man [in sepia conte crayon] and several other small sketches. Graphite, black ink, sepia conte...

GLC06343.092

[Male and female nudes embracing in dance]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.093

[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]

Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.094

[Four standing figures: Native Americans and European explorer]

Reverse side, numerous small sketches with dragons and horse. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.095

Seated man in top hat, and person with harp on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.

# 96 decorative borders; graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper fragment; 16 x 10cm (irregular); fragmented

GLC06343.096

[Bearded man with upraised arm and naval emblem with anchor on reverse side]

Tracing paper fragment.

GLC06343.097

[Two sketches of female nudes from behind with drapes]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.098

[Reclining nude male playing with goat]

Graphite [also traced on reverse]; tracing paper.

GLC06343.099

[Numerous sketches with figures, lion, and stork]

Graphite, black ink; tan wove paper.

GLC06343.100

[Goateed man holding book to chest]

Black ink over graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.101

[Kneeling figure bending forward]

Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.

GLC06343.102

[Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]

Black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.103

[Woman with large bird]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.104

[Female figure from behind]

Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.105