1863 ca.

Adams, William Wirt, 1819-1888

Photograph

Title: [William Wirt Adams]

Full length standing portrait of William Wirt Adams, a Confederate Brigadier General. On a later mount with signature scratched off front lower left corner.

GLC05888.02

circa 1862-1863

Bumm, Harry, fl. 1862-1863

Broadside

Title: Democratic Creed!

National Union illustrated election broadside. "Democratic Creed! Love Creed! Love for Civilization and Niggers!... Worship of Southern aristocracy! Sneer for Northern Mechanics." An anti-slavery and anti-Democrat broadside for National Union candidate Harry Bumm. Appeals to the working class. Indirectly refers to the competition for jobs by freed Black labor in the North. The broadside quotes a supposed letter from Bumm's opponent for Philadelphia city treasurer, John Brodhead, to Jefferson Davis. Brodhead is said to have Southern sympathies and favor the institution of slavery over…

GLC05889

3 April 1865 after

Broadside

Title: Victory! Victory!! Victory!!! We celebrate the fall of Richmond April 3d, 1865.

Shows a triumphant elephant waving victory banner. Text printed in red with the elephant in blue. The end of the banner is drawn to look like a grinning face.

GLC05890

1854-1874

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

Header Record

Title: Letters from Simon Cameron to Robert G. White [Decimalized .01-.17]

Seventeen letters from Simon Cameron to Robert G. White. Most of the letters concern Cameron's campaigns for various offices and his political maneuverings and use of influence. Cameron was a Senator from Pennsylvania and President Lincoln's Secretary of War in 1861. Thanks to his wealth and connections he was power broker in national and Pennsylvania politics throughout his life. Robert Gray White was a district court judge in Pennsylvania, and was Cameron's friend and political ally.

GLC05891

14 September 1870

Hearn, J.A., fl. 1870

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Annual report on the Grand River Agency in South Dakota]

Addressed to Ely S. Parker, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Comments on different tribes, their numbers and their willingness to farm. Recommends providing government assistance to the friendly Indians, who "are fully convinced that the Government will not always provide for them, if they do not by and help themselves." Describing a meeting with Father Pierre-Jean de Smet, a Jesuit missionary, who planned to start a mission school. Describes the Agency's location as poor. Mentions the military presence. Lists the buildings constructed. Commends the Indians good conduct over…

GLC05893

1856

Bradford, William, fl. 1856

Book

Title: The History of Plymouth Plantation, printed from the original manuscript

Published for the Massachusetts Historical Society by Little, Brown & Co.

GLC05894

May 1777

Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Writes a very detailed letter to her husband in Morristown, New Jersey during the American Revolution. Discusses the arrival in Boston of General Charles Tronson du Coudray, a French military engineer "who stiles himself Commander in Chief of the Continental Artillery" (Knox's current position) and claimed the appointment was from Silas Deane. Discusses the illness of Henry's brother William ("Billy") and her "fear we shall lose him, or at least that the humour in the blood has taken such deep root, as to embitter his future days." Also comments on various items she sent to Knox.…

GLC05895

1785-1812

Langdon, John, 1741-1819

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Autograph letterbook of outgoing correspondence, most 1785-88, 1805-8 & 1811-12

Including letters to John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Pickering, John Sullivan, Charles Thomson, James Bowdin, and other State governors regarding military affairs, state customs regulations and the need for interstate coordination, appropriations for the Continental Congress. The need for a stronger central government, the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

GLC05896

1869/01/19

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States... [Pardon proclamation]

Pardon proclamation justifying his constitutional right to pardon, noting similar proclamations from previous presidents.

GLC07725

1953

Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

Book signed

Title: Brown v. Topeka Board of Education [In: "Brief for Appellants...."]

Case printed in "brief for appellants...in Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1953."

GLC07726

24 February 1882

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Miss Lena

Thanks Lena, a young girl, for a potholder (GLC07731.02). Apparently Lena had read Douglass's narrative, and he thanks her for reading and thinking kindly of his life and history. Writes "Please accept my best thanks for 'Any holder but a slaveholder.'" Accompanied by a blank sheet of paper of the same size, possibly formerly attached to the note.

GLC07731.01

21 February 1839

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C. W. Hanson

Writes briefly of their correspondence and paying a bill for "spring wheat" he purchased. Discusses his candidacy for president in the 1840 election. Mentions Henry Clay, who was a candidate for the Whig nomination, and says he was informed there are many states where the votes would be given to him instead of Clay, including Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. The Whigs ended up nominated Harrison over Clay. On the issue of slavery he writes, "...the Louisville Journal declares that if I were the only candidate opposed to VB [Martin Van Buren], I would…

GLC07732.01

10 March 1910

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Walter S. Field

Roosevelt discusses a suit in Oklahoma against him "as trustee for the Kickapoo Indian Wah-nah-ka" and how to proceed so that the Indian's rights were protected. Wants Field, a Washington Attorney, to appear on his behalf. Also indicates that he wants a new trustee appointed, because he was in Africa. The letter was written from the White Nile River.

GLC07733.01

1910/03/10

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Header Record

Title: to Walter S. Field re: asking Field to appear for Roosevelt in suits in Oklahoma

Includes four related letters: 1. Roosevelt letter to Walter S. Field 3/10.1910. 2. La Follette, Robert M. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 18 January 1910. 1 p. re: land formerly belonging to Kickapoo Indians. 3. Field, Walter S. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 21 January 1910. 2 p. re: request to represent Roosevelt in Kickapoo land dispute. 4. Teller, Henry Moore. TLS: Washington, D.C., to Theodore Roosevelt. 26 January 1910, 2 p. re: urging Roosevelt to allow Walter Field to represent him in the Kickapoo land dispute.

GLC07733.02

February 1865

E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)

Photograph

Title: Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States

Photograph taken February 1865. President Lincoln is wearing a dark coat, vest, bowtie, and white shirt. Printed on the verso of the card: "prominent portraits no. 2969" Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium. There is a three cent stamp on the upper right hand corner and, an address label reading " From J.L. Bates, 129 Washington St., Boston" on the upper left hand corner.

GLC07734

9 February 1864

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln]

Large oval seated photograph of President Lincoln taken for Mathew B. Brady. Albumen photograph on original mount with the Brady studio imprint. Hamilton/Ostendorf O-92.

GLC07735

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Lewis Payne]

Inscribed on verso: "Lewis Payne Conspirator. Hanged." Photograph shows Payne (also known as Lewis Powell) in wrist irons aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.01

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Samuel Arnold]

Inscribed on verso: "Samuel Arnold. Conspirator. Imprisoned for life at Ft. Jefferson Fla. (Dry Tortuges) Pardoned by President Johnson. Released March 21, 1869." Photograph shows Arnold wearing a dark coat, vest, and tie; facing slightly to the right. Arnold is imprisoned aboard the U.S.S. Saugus.

GLC07738.02

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of George A. Atzerodt]

Inscribed on verso: "George A. Atzerodt Conspirator. Hanged." Photograph shows Atzerodt wearing a heavy coat and hat, imprisoned on the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.03

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Edward Spangler]

Inscribed on verso: "Edward Spangler. Conspirator." Photograph shows Spangler in wrist irons imprisoned aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. Spangler is wearing a dark heavy coat and is facing slighlty to the right. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.04

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of David Herold]

Inscribed on verso: "David E. Herold Conspirator. Hanged July 7, 1865. Was with Booth in the barn, but surrendered and came out before the barn was set on fire." Photograph shows Herold wearing coat, vest, and tie, in wrist irons, aboard the U.S.S. Montauk. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.05

April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Unknown suspect

Photograph of a suspect later identified as Captain Joao Celestino. Photograph shows Celestion wearing a heavy coat and facing slightly to the left. The Photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.06

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: Unknown suspect

Photograph of a suspect later identified as Ernest Hartman Richter. Shows Richter sitting with his hands folded and wearing a coat aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.07

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Michael O'Laughlin]

Inscribed on verso: "Michael O'Laughlin." Shows O'Laughlin in wrist irons, wearing a jacket, vest, and tie. He is facing slightly to the left and is imprisoned aboard the U.S.S. Saugus. The photograph is mounted on board.

GLC07738.08

27 April 1865

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

Photograph

Title: [Albumen of Michael O'Laughlin]

Inscribed on verso: : Michael O'Laughlin Conspirator. Imprisoned for life. Died of yellow fever Sept. 23, 1867 at 7 a.m." Photograph shows O'Laughlin in wrist irons, wearing a dark jacket, vest, tie, and hat. He is facing right and is imprisoned aboard the U.S.S. Saugus.

GLC07738.09