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Abraham Lincoln cartes-de-visite (2)
1860 ca.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
.1= Portrait: "Abe Lincoln/Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking/ W. Duke Son & co., NY. .2= President and Cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863).
GLC00732
Abe Lincoln
1860
W. Duke, Sons, & Co., fl. 1860
(title continues) Honest Long Cut Chewing and Smoking.Printed by W. Duke Son & Co., NY.
GLC00732.01
President and cabinet
1862
Carte de visite of President Lincoln and his cabinet (ca. 1862, not after 1863). A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits in the middle. Surrounding him (from top, clockwise): Secretary of State William H. Seward; Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase...
GLC00732.02
Collection of 3 legal documents with W.S. Hancock photograph [decimalized]
1876, 1890
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886
GLC00733
[Deed of trust for land sale in St. Louis]
December 28, 1876
Partially printed deed with blanks filled in by hand. Cosigned by Hancock's wife Almira Russell Hancock and Adaline Russell (possibly Almira's sister) as sellers. Also signed by John F. Lee as a buyer (Thomas T. Turner, Trustee for Elizabeth W...
GLC00733.01
[Promissory note for $104]
Hancock, George, 1819-1876
Cosigned by Adaline Russell (possibly Hancock's sister). Payable to Thomas T. Turner, Trustee (see GLC00733.01). Drawn upon Lucas Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. The amounts owed to trusts Turner was in charge of are specified by Turner on the verso...
GLC00733.03
Cabinet card portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock
1861-1865 ca.
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
Unsigned, identified on back
GLC00733.04
Photo of William T. Sherman, inscribed to Mr and Mrs Hopkins
February 12, 1888
Falk, Benjamin J., 1853-1925
Signed on front mount and inscribed on mount verso. Mrs. Hopkins' father, Henry Augustus Wise met Sherman in California in 1847. See WTS's Memoirs I:18, 24.
GLC00735
Carte de visite of Schuyler Colfax, signed
1865 ca.
Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Published by Anthony from the Brady negative. Nearly full-length standing portrait . (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)
GLC00736
The last moments of John Brown
1885
Hovenden, Thomas, 1840-1895
Etching on vellum, based on Hovenden's 1884 painting depicting John Brown kissing a black baby while on his way to the gallows. The painting was based on an incident reported in the New York Tribune, that later proved to be apocryphal. Printed by...
GLC00737
[Mourning ribbon]
15 April 1865
Silk ribbon mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln with bold black print that appears above and below a portrait of Lincoln. The print above the portrait reads "we mourn" below the portrait, "a father slain".
GLC00738
White silk mourning ribbon with printed shield and small metal frame containing Lincoln photograph. Printed photograph measures 2.5 x 2 cm.
GLC00739
[Appointment of Richard Varick, Mayor of New York]
February 13, 1798
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Appointment of Varick to the positions of Mayor, Water Bailiff, and Clerk of the Market. Includes large pendant seal attached with ribbon. Modern mounting.
GLC00740
Collection -- includes GLC#740-751 [decimalized]
1779-1935
GLC00740.001
Emancipation Proclamation [California printing, Cheesman copy]
January 1, 1863
One of three color lithographic broadsides. Printed by L. Nagel and copyright by "F.S. Butler, 1864." Presented to Lincoln for signing by David Williams Cheesman. Signed on back: "Property of Mrs. Maria Cheesman/ Phoenix/ Oregon." See Eberstadt,...
GLC00742
to Edwin M. Stanton
May 20, 1862
"Hon Mr. Wadsworth of Ky. wishes five hundred arms for reasons which he will explain to you. Unless you know some strong objection, please let him have them. Yours truly, A. Lincoln."
GLC00746
to Benjamin Rush
September 19, 1779
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Adams had returned from France, and comments upon the importance of having an American in Paris "who knows somewhat of the affairs of America, as well as Europe...." Letter also mentions the fight for independence and French negotiations.
GLC00748
to Governor Francis W. Pickens
May 29, 1862
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
Written to South Carolina's governor, Pickens in response to Pickens concerns about the city of Charleston. Lee writes in part, "The loss of Charleston would cut us off almost entirely from communication with the rest of the world and close the only...
GLC00751
Peace Congress, Versailles 1919, Session of 28 June 1919: Agenda. Signature of the Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany
28 June 1919
Paris Peace Conference, 1919-1920
Printed souvenir program signed by Wilson, Lansing, Balfour and others, including Paderewski (Polish premier and pianist) and the new leaders of the new nations of Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.
GLC00752
[Act of Assembly constituting a Council of Safety]
March 14, 1777
Hart, John, 1708-1780
Written by Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as speaker of the New Jersey Assembly. Also signed by Stevens as Vice President of the New Jersey Assembly. Establishes a committee of safety to govern New Jersey during the Revolutionary...
GLC00753
An Act making Appropriations for the Support of Government for the Year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three.
February 28, 1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Sets the federal budget for the year at $1,589,044.72. Lists the salaries to be paid to members and employees of government, the amount of their expenses, such as stationary, to be covered, and other costs of the federal government, such as the...
GLC00755
to Lewis M. Hays
November 11, 1853
Encloses a draft for $100 (not present). States he did not receive Hays' letter dated October 12th until yesterday as he was out of town.
GLC00756
Constitution of the Confederate States of America
March 11, 1861
Cobb, Howell, 1815-1868
First printing, signed by Howell Cobb, President of the Constitutional Congress at end. Parrish & Willingham 8 is a variant with space for signing by Cobb, for private distribution (cf. Parrish 1)
GLC00759
Printed land bond of the Independence Loan Fund for the Republic of Sonoma
circa May 1853
Walker, William, 1824-1860
GLC01358.02
Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.
1852
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in...
GLC01361
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