1861 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: Zachariah Chandler carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "Z.Chandler, Mich."

GLC05597.01

1861 ca.

Conness, John, 1821-1909

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "John Conness." (Slightly stronger image than the Bogardus.)

GLC05597.03

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Garrett Davis, carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "Garret Davis of Ky." Unionist, turned anti-war in 1864.

GLC05597.04

1861 ca.

Photograph signed

Title: Jams R. Doolittle, carte de visite vignette bust profile portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "J. R. Doolittle Wis." [Wisconsin added in different hand].

GLC05597.06

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Soloman Foot, carte de visite vignette bust profile portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "S. Foot, Vt."

GLC05597.07

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of James Harlan by Brady

Signed on front: "Jas. Harlan, Iowa."

GLC05597.10

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "Ira Harris, New York."

GLC05597.11

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait of Tomothy O. Howe by Brady

Signed on front: "Timy O. Howe, Wis."

GLC05597.13

1865

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by M.B. Brady

Signed on front: "L. M. Morrill." Signer of the 13th Amendment. (Autograph also available in GLC 4224, autograph album.)

GLC05597.16

1861 ca.

Pomeroy, Samuel C., 1816-1891

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust profile portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "S.C. Pomeroy, Kansas."

GLC05597.17

1861 ca.

Powell, L.W. (Lazarus Whitehead), 1812-1867

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "L.W. Powell, Kentucky"

GLC05597.18

1861 ca.

Saulsbury, Willard, fl. 1861

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "Willard Saulsbury, Delaware"

GLC05597.19

1861 ca.

Sprague, William, fl. 1861

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite 3/4 length standing portrait by Brady

Shows Sprague standing near ornate chair. Signed on photograph image area: "Wm Sprague [illegible]."

GLC05597.20

1861 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "JohnB. Henderson, Mo."

GLC05597.21

1864 ca.

Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Gardner

Dating based on existence of pre-printed frame for tax stamp on verso. Another signed photograph in GLC 558.05. Signed on front: "Wm. M. Stewart"

GLC05597.22

1861 ca.

Riddle, George Read, 1817-1867

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "Geo Read Riddle, Del" ("Del." added in another hand).

GLC05597.25

1861 ca.

Richardson, William Adams, 1821-1896

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "W. A. Richardson, Ill." Note on back identifies him as Wm. A. Richardson, Sen. Ill 1861-63. (Not William Adams Richardson, 1821-1896.)

GLC05597.26

1861

Nesmith, James W., fl. 1861

Photograph signed

Title: Carte de visite vignette bust portrait by Brady

Signed on front: "JW Nesmith, Oregon"

GLC05597.27

1840-1841

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Book signed

Title: Bound collection of 45 Congressional speeches of various people

Bound volume of printed speeches from Congress signed on the front pastedown by James K. Polk. Most pamphlets have been printed at Washington by Blair and Rives. This bound volume of printed speeches from Congress is signed on the front pastedown by James K. Polk. The book has some damage; one pamphlet even has a portion razored out (#19) Most pamphlets have been printed at Washington by Blair and Rives. Two are signed (# 20, 39). Speech topics include Sub-Treasury Bill; Treasury Note Bill, debt assumption; appropriations; attacks on the Van Buren administration; and a few on abolition…

GLC05598

1882

Bell, Charles Milton, 1848-1893

Photograph signed

Title: [Chester A. Arthur]

Arthur with sideburn and mustache. Signed on mount.

GLC05600

1861-1863

Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872

Header Record

Title: Archive of 104 dispatches, notes and letters from Dept. of Mississippi [decimalized: .001-.104]

This collection of 104 documents contains 99 telegraph dispatches (#1-99) and four letters (#100-103) written by Major General Henry W. Halleck. Also, one letter written by William H. Seward to Halleck is included in the collection (#104) (thanking him for a copy of his book , International Law or Rules Regulating Intercourse of States in Peace and War, written during the Trent Affrair). Most of the dispatches direct troop movements or discuss official business in that theater during the winter of 1861-1862. Halleck wrote three of the letters to union generals (# 101 - 103) and one letter…

GLC05601

1861-1865 circa

Header Record

Title: Collection of letters, clipped signatures, and newsclippings from Lincoln's cabinet members [decimalized]

The collection is split into three subsections: .01, .02, and .03. GLC05603.01 is a collection of letters from Lincoln's cabinet members regarding Civil War legislation and other matters. It is decimalized .01-.33. GLC05603.02 is a collection of clipped signatures and notes from members of Lincoln's cabinet, the Civil War legislature, and other associates. Includes items of Charles Sumner, Horace Greeley, Edward Everett, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe among others. Also includes nine Lincoln cartoons reproduced from Punch. It is decimalized .01-.94. GLC05603.03 is a…

GLC05603

24 July 1864

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Grimes

Worries about the defense of Washington and discusses his new position as Secretary of the Treasury. The state of the treasury is bad, his task is very complicated, and his health makes the problem worse. Worries about the safety of Washington, the strategy of the Union army, and the actions of the politicians. "In my humble judgment, we are going to the Devil politically, at a pretty swift pace. Every body sees it except those who should see it most clearly, and yet we blunder on as stupidly, or more stupidly, than ever. Only worse blunders on the part of our adversaries will save us -…

GLC05603.01.01

22 March 1864

Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Evarts

Recounts a private conversation with the Secretary of State William H. Seward. Discusses presidential politics. Reports that Salmon P. Chase has withdrawn from the election. Remarks, "Mr. Lincoln has the people; there is no doubt of this; but he has not the upper classes nor the Politicians ... The Copperheads are all for McClellan. The radicals and Germans for Fremont. The Common Man for Lincoln ... " Mentions the ongoing Civil War, "Grant [General Ulysses S.] comes here today and leads the Army of the Potomac. We have every confidence that Lee must be destroyed ... We expect bloody…

GLC05603.01.02

circa April 6, 1865

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Autograph letter signed

Title: [to Mary Todd Lincoln]

Last three pages of a longer letter. Recipient inferred based on content. Senator Sumner, en route with Mrs. Lincoln to City Point to meet up with the president, responds to her note regarding Lincoln's return to Washington in the wake of Secretary of State Seward's serious carriage accident. The First Lady wanted the president to wait at City Point for their arrival; Sumner strongly advises that they wait for the president. The carriage accident would end up, indirectly, saving Seward's life on the night of the Lincoln assassination.

GLC05603.01.03