circa 1861-1877

Suluma, Melek, fl. 1861-1877

Photograph

Title: Full length seated carte de visite portrait

Imprint of H.D. Ward, North Adams, Mass., on verso. Pencil inscription on verso reads: "Suluma Melek, Circassian Lady, Born in Solder Cale, Asia Minor, Age 20 years." Melek's dress is tinted bright purple, her underskirt is tinted deep pink, and the tassels of the chair upon which she is seated are yellow-green.

GLC00241.26

circa 1861-1877

Warren, W.S., ?

Photograph

Title: Full length carte de visite portrait of twins Waino and Plutano

Imprint of W.S. Warren, Boston, on verso. Printed caption in lower margin on recto reads: "Waino and Plutano, Age about 50 years, Weight about 45 lbs."

GLC00241.27

circa 1861-1877

Photograph

Title: Full length seated carte de visite portrait of African American girl

GLC00241.28

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Full length carte de visite view of Javanese girl brushing her hair

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso. Pencil and ink inscription on verso reads: "A Porto Rico Belle."

GLC00241.29

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Full length carte de visite view of two Javanese men[?]

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso.

GLC00241.30

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Full length carte de visite portrait of Javanese woman in elaborate headdress

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso.

GLC00241.31

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite view of two oxen pulling a cart

Imprint of Woodbury & Page on both recto and verso.

GLC00241.32

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Half length seated carte de visite portrait of young Javanese woman

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso.

GLC00241.33

circa 1861-1877

Woodbury & Page

Photograph

Title: Portrait of Javanese gamelan ensemble with dancer

Imprint of Woodbury & Page, Java, on both recto and verso.

GLC00241.34

1865, 1890s

Header Record

Title: Stereographs & cartes, including Lincoln, McClellan, Gettysburg [decimalized]

Including the famous Brady posed image of Lincoln and McClellan having a conference at Antietam. At least one of the Gettysburg views is similar to GL# 244 and 2435, showing corpses.

GLC00242

July 1863

Photograph

Title: Scene on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. A dead Union Soldier... [stereocard]

GLC00242.01

1865

Photograph

Title: Mills House. Charleston, S.C. and Forts in Vicinity by John Soule [stereocard]

GLC00242.03

1865

Photograph

Title: Union Picket line in front of the rebel Fort Mahone... Richmond, Va.[stereocard]

GLC00242.04

1865

Photograph

Title: Castle Thunder, Carey St., Richmond, Va., [Prisoners of War] [stereocard]

GLC00242.05

1865

Photograph

Title: Harpers Ferry in war time, no. 1. [stereocard]

GLC00242.06

1865

Photograph

Title: Brooklyn Navy Yard. [New York] Stereoscopic gems. [stereocard]

Published by Anthony from a Barnard & Bostwick photograph. War Views series.

GLC00242.07

1865

Photograph

Title: The Funeral of President Lincoln, New-York, April 25th, 1865 [stereocard]

From Anthony's Instantaneous Views.

GLC00242.08

1865

Photograph

Title: The Ruins of Charleston, S.C., showing the Sister Churches [stereocard]

Published by Anthony

GLC00242.09

February 4, 1863

Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864

Newspaper

Title: The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]

Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and Teutons of the North from the amalgamation and fraternity of the Latin races of the Southern part of this continent, and which there have been destructive to both." Contains numerous letters to the editor. Includes various articles covering local and national politics, as well as Civil War events. Includes several articles discussing Clement Laird…

GLC08786

February 15, 1872

Woodruff, George B., fl. 1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Singer Manufacturing Company

Written to The New York Singer Office, enclosing an invoice of the "Pearl" amounting to slightly over 136 pounds (not included). Says he has been busy "flying" all over the United Kingdom completing business. Is pleased that their offices are being organized efficiently. Says business is good except for "those bug-bear Alabama claims." American claims against Great Britain for outfitting the CSS "Alabama" privateer had gone to an international arbiter, which will hurt their bottom line and might lead to war between American and Britain.

GLC08682

February 13- February 14,1850

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the subject of slavery in the territories.

Senator Davis, future President of the Confederacy, speech made while a member of Congress. Responds to resolutions introduced by Senator Henry Clay pertaining to the Compromise of 1850. Davis asks, "...is there such incompatibility of interest between the two sections of this country that they cannot profitable live together? Does the agriculture of the South injure the manufactures of the North? On the other hand are they not their life-blood?"

GLC08461

February 14, 1865

Confederate States of America. Congress

Printed document

Title: Amendment to the negro soldier bill

Invests the Confederate General-in-Chief with the power to call slaves in to military service. States that clothing and rations will be provided to slaves impressed or voluntarily offered for service by their owner. States "By Mr. Swan" (likely Confederate Congressman William Graham Swan). Contains a Rebel Archives stamp. Possibly created in Richmond, Virginia.

GLC08472

February 25, 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the Confederate President to the Confederate Congress]

State of the Union-like address to the Confederate Congress made in accordance with a constitutional provision. Admits that since the start of the Civil War they had "been so exposed as recently to encounter serious disasters." Discusses their limited manufacturing capability, arms procurement in Europe, the humiliating "surrender at Roanoke Island," and exaggerated "losses at Fort Donelson." Also discusses problems with the short enlistment periods occasioned by the popular belief that the war would not be long. Praises the financial system. Mentions reports being prepared by several…

GLC08503

1894

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

Book

Title: Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War

With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated with photographs. The final chapter is "Woman's contribution to the cause." Reprinted by Trident Press International in 1999.

GLC00267.267

February 5, 1839

Thompson, Waddy, 1798-1868

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Waddy Thompson of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives of the United States, being in Committee of the whole on the state of the union.

Favors states' rights and criticizes former President Andrew Jackson as "a man who has done more to break down all the landmarks of the Constitution, and to consolidate all power in this Federal Government, than every other man who has preceded him." Opposes all programs favored by the industrializing North and West. Printed at the Madisonian Office, Washington, D.C.

GLC00267.024