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Carte de visite vignette bust portrait
1861 ca.
Randall, Alexander Williams, 1819-1872
Assistant Postmaster General under Lincoln (1864) and served as U.S. Postmaster General 1866-69.
GLC05596.17
Carte de visite bust portrait
Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868
GLC05596.18
Carte de visite 3/4 length seated portrait by Brady, published by Anthony
Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915
GLC05596.19
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886
GLC05596.20
Carte de visite 3/4 length seated portrait
Whittlesey, Elisha, 1783-1863
Whittlesy served as Lincoln's Comptroller of the Treasury. Portrait shows a very old man in the seat.
GLC05596.21
Carte de visite half length profile portrait by Brady, published by Anthony
Yates, Richard, 1815-1873
(Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)
GLC05596.22
Cartes de visite of Civil War era members of the U.S. Senate [decimalized]
1861-1865 ca.
(Additional congressional portraits in GLC 558, 7 cartes; and GLC 5111, cartes.)
GLC05597
Carte de visite vignette bust protrait by Bogardus
Conness, John, 1821-1909
Signed on front: "John Conness, Cala., U.S.S."
GLC05597.02
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady
Dixon, James, 1814-1873
Signed on front: "John Dixon, Connecticut." (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)
GLC05597.05
Grimes, James W., 1816-1872
Signed on front: "J.W. Grimes, Iowa" ("Iowa" in a different hand). Grimes, from Iowa, was instrumental in getting a not-guilty verdict in President Johnson's impeachment.
GLC05597.08
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Benjamin F. Harding
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Signed on front: "B. F. Harding."
GLC05597.09
Signed on front: "J.M. Howard, Mich." Howard served as Senator from Michigan, 1861-71.
GLC05597.12
Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Henry S. Lane
Signed on front: "H.S. Lane, Ind." Another signed portrait in GLC 558.04. (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)
GLC05597.14
Carte de visite bust portrait, seated in chair
Signed on front: "J. A. McDouglall, Calf."
GLC05597.15
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
(Somewhat better version in GLC 2095.) Signed on front: "Charles Sumner"
GLC05597.23
Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903
Signed on front: "Alex Ramsey Min."
GLC05597.24
[Endorsement refusing to honor a bill of exchange for supplies to militia at Fort Clark]
9 April 1781
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Refuses payment on account the bill's author not having the authority to draw bills of exchange. The bill, written and signed by John Montgomery and George Clark on 7 August 1780, requests $235.60 for "Sundries furnished the Troops Belonging to the...
GLC05602
to James C. Dobbins
January 28, 1857
Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
Letter to the Secretary of the Navy recommending Mr. Wharton for a Lieutenancy in the Marine Corps.
GLC05603.01.04
Employment for Mrs O. Laurence
1815-1860
docket
GLC05603.02.01
CDVs of Lincoln's cabinet members [decimalized]
GLC05604
Carte de visite portrait 3/4 length standing, by Brady, signed on verso
Bates, Edward, 1793-1869
Three-quarter length standing portrait. Bates has his right hand resting on the back of a chair. Signed on verso
GLC05604.01
Carte de visite portrait by Henszey & Co
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Vignette bust portrait, with Cameron facing forward. With signature beneath the image.
GLC05604.02
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Vignette profile portrait with signature beneath the image. The image appears to have been retouched. No imprint.
GLC05604.05
to Mary E. Hurlbut
16 November 1863
Rawlins, John A., 1831-1869
Discusses his love for her and Ulysses Grant's drinking problem. To his fiancée, with pencil lines between the pen. On Grant's drinking: "The necessity of my presence has made almost absolute, by the free use of intoxicating spirits liquors at Head...
GLC05606
to William T. Sherman
12 November 1861
Speed, Joshua F. (Joshua Fry), 1814-1882
Also signed by James Speed, Joshua's brother who served as Attorney General under president Abraham Lincoln. Signed by 32 others. Speed, a close friend to Lincoln, expresses his regret on behalf of the citizens of Kentucky that General Sherman will...
GLC05607
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