1836

Mote, W.T., fl. 1829-1839

Engraving

Title: Engraving of Robert Greville, Lord Brooke

One engraving of Robert Greville, Lord Brooke dated 1836. Half portrait of Greville.

GLC08878.1579

circa 1860

Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887

Engraving

Title: Landing of Roger Williams

One engraving of the Landing of Roger Williams dated circa 1860. Features a scene of Roger Williams steping of a row boat to great a tribe of Native Americans on shore. Based on the painting by Alonzo Chappel

GLC08878.0906

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Worship of the North

Depicts Lincoln in front of an altar with a black idol sitting on a platform with the words "Chicago Platform" on it. A sheet hanging from the platform says "The end justifies the means." Shows a white person being sacrificed in front of it. Henry Ward Beecher is shown having just used the sacrificial knife, Charles Sumner bearing a torch, Horace Greeley swinging a censer that emits snakes, and General Benjamin Butler (Volck had a special enmity for Butler after he occupied Baltimore, Volck's hometown, in early 1861) kneeling in worship with a knapsack full of stolen money. Also shows General…

GLC00493.01

1 October 1862

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1, 1862)]

"Salutatory" explains the purpose of this paper to advance the Baptist denomination, with support of the Confederacy, and to cultivate fraternal relations with others. Blurbs following this article invite readers to write letters, to solicit exchanges with other Southern journals, and to subscribe. A report of "Domestic and Indian Missions" is printed. An editorial encourages "Temperance in the Army." A letter from Mrs. Mary E. Savage portrays the trials of war while expressing the nobleness of Southern women. Additional articles include "The New England Puritan," "Flattery," and "Church…

GLC05959.39.01

23 December 1863

Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877

Newspaper

Title: Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 12 (December 23, 1863)]

Letters to the editor address situations at the writers' locations, including Jackson Hospital in Richmond and Sullivan's Island, amongst other places. An article describes the "Patriotism of Southern Women" and their efforts to support the war cause. A brief editorial titled "Lincoln's Proclamation" comments on it as an attempt to demoralize the Confederacy. Also printed are brief comments on various religious topics, including "The Cost of Blessings," "New England Puritans," "Christmas," "Courage," "Happiness," "Tolerance," and "A Just Vindication." "Trials -- A Test of Faith" asks readers…

GLC05959.39.44

circa 1860

Oertal, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909

Engraving

Title: Elliot, the First Missionary Among the Indians.

One engraving entitled "Elliot, The First Missionary Among the Indians" circa 1860. Depicts John Eliot (mispelled as Elliot), a Puritan missionary, holding a bible and preaching to a group of Native American men, women, and children. From a painting by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel.

GLC08878.0007