circa 1900

Engraving Signed

Title: Engraving of Robert Charles Winthrop

One engraving of Robert Charles Winthrop dated circa 1900. Bust portrait of Winthrop.

GLC08878.0931

26 April 1793

Gunn, James, 1753-1801

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Georgia Senator Gunn writes to Knox to inform him of problems with the Indians in the Southeast. References a previous conversation they had where Knox pledged two companies of troops would arrive in Georgia by April. Says "The death of General McGillivray and the late murders committed by a party of Indians headed by John Galphin makes it necessary that Troops be sent to protect the low country and I am persuaded you will find on inquiry the Troops are badly posted." Reports that if the troops were more strategically placed, Georgia would be better protected. Believes General Thomas Posey…

GLC02437.05880

19 November 1788

Phillips, Samuel, 1752-1802

Broadside

Title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Commonwealth of Masachusetts set of resolutions to create separate districts within Massachusetts with representatives from each district. States the common dates for election of representatives and establishes that elected representatives must then vote for an assembly President and Vice President. Motion passed in the House of Representatives on November 20, 1788; Motion passed in the Senate on November 19, 1788. Signed by Samuel Phillips as jun. President, Theodore Sedgwick as Speaker, John Avery as jun. Secretary, and John Hancock. Writing on verso notes the meeting date and time for a…

GLC02444

23 April 1818

Autograph document

Title: [Certification that Robert Taylor is not married]

This document is a response to the claim that Robert Taylor is married and has abandoned his with and children, stating that neither is true to the best of the authors knowledge. On the back of the document there are notes about day work that appear unrelated to the certification.

GLC02669.076

1861-1877

Trumbull, John, 1756-1843

Engraving

Title: Battle of Bunker Hill

One engraving entitled, "Battle of Bunker Hill" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the death of General Joseph Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 18, 1775. In the center of the paiting General Joseph Warren collapses in the arms of a fellow American who pushes away the incoming bayonett of a British officer. On the right side of the painting an enlisted African American man stands behind a British solider. Caption notes "from the celebrated picture by Trumbull." Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0050

1861-1877

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888

Engraving

Title: Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore

One engraving entitled "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" circa 1861-1877. Depicts the Baltimore riot of April 19, 1861. Massachusetts militia passing through Baltimore are attacked by a seccessionist mob. In the center of the painting Union forces defend themselves against violent seccesionist weilding pickaxes and rifles.On the left a woman in white uses her body to shield a wounded woman lying in the street. In the background smoke and flying debris fill the street. Engraved by F.F. Walker after a painting by Felix Octavius Carr Darley.

GLC08878.0151

1884

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

Engraving

Title: Shaw Memorial

One untitled engraving dated circa 1884. Depicts the Shaw Memorial from afar with two trees in the forefront. The Shaw Memorial was commissioned from the American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1884.

GLC08878.0011

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Barracks at Camp Devens, Boys on Hillside Writing Letters, Ayer, Mass.

A scene at Camp Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts. In the background, there are barracks. In the foreground, soldiers sit on a hillside writing letters.

GLC09584.185

1975

Pamphlet

Title: "Gay Legislation '75 in Massachusetts"

One flyer entitled, "Gay Legislation '75 in Massachusetts," dated 1975. Details representatives and senators who have vote for and against a "gay discrimination bill last year." Provides sponsors of gay rights bills, form letters to be sent to state legislators, hwo to visit local representatives in Boston, and a summary of Gay American's Day.

GLC09870

1861-1877

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Engraving

Title: Geo. S. Boutwell

One engraving entititled "Geo. S. Boutwell" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of George Sewall Boutwell. Engraver unknown.

GLC08878.0233

1838/07/21

Niles, William O., ?-1857

Newspaper

Title: Niles' national register. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (July 21, 1838)]

Contains several notes on both the Bank of the United States and other banks, including the resumption of specie payment in Philadelphia. Also gives detailed news of events in Congress, lists army promotions, and contains articles on countless other subjects.

GLC08725.04

1788/02/13

J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2816 (February 13, 1788)]

Reports on the ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts. Recounts the proceedings of the New York Senate. Contains various advertisements and a promotional article for a book concerning the geography and topography of the United States, addressed "To the Friends of Science."

GLC08650