1783/09/03

Treaty of Paris, 1783

Pamphlet

Title: The definitive treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America

Printed by Philip Denis Pierres for Benjamin Franklin. Untrimmed and unopened. First printing of the Treaty of Paris. The seal on the title page perhaps the second appearance of the Great Seal of the United States and "E plurubus unum."

GLC01234

1862 ca.

Lumpkin & Co.

Photograph signed

Title: Jefferson Davis

Signed. Apparently a war date photograph of Jefferson Davis. Published by Lumpkin & Co in Richmond, Va.

GLC01257

1860 ca.

Whipple, J.A., fl. 1860-1861

Photograph

Title: The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.

Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.

GLC01262

1870 circa

Photograph

Title: [Cased tintype of unidentified Indian in ceremonial garb]

Cased image depicts a 3/4 length seated portrait of a Native American facing the camera. His hair is shaven into a mohawk hairstyle. Hinged case is missing the lid.

GLC01364

1876 ca.

Barry, D.F., fl. 1876

Photograph

Title: Curley: General Custer's scout and only survivor of that horrible massacre.

A cabinet card of George Custer's scout, Curley, the lone survivor of the battle of Little Big Horn.

GLC01365

1777/01/26

Massachusetts Assembly

Broadside

Title: Address to the People of Massachusetts [call to arms] [broadside]

A call to arms mentioning Declaration of Independence and referring to Battles of Princeton and Trenton. The House of Representatives ordered it to be printed and be read by ministers to Sunday congregations.

GLC01400

1780 ca.

Header Record

Title: Revolutionary War period documents [Decimalized .01- .06]

GLC01412.63

1776 circa

Well, Jonathan, fl. 1776

Document signed

Title: muster roll of Captain Jonathan Well's company

Includes distance each soldier has to travel. It is noted that some of the soldiers were discharged either in or near New York. Well's company was part of Colonel Erastus Wolcott's Connecticut Regiment.

GLC01412.64.08

1782/02/20

Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

Document signed

Title: Resolutions settling states' Revolutionary War debt

Printed broadside signed by Charles Thomson as Secretary of Congress.

GLC01414

1790/05/26

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Printed document signed

Title: An Act to provide for Mitigating or Remitting the Forefeitures and Penalties, accruing under the Revenue-Laws, in certain cases therin mentioned.

Places district judges in charge of all cases of fines, penalty of forfeiture, etc. Judges then report the cases to the Secretary of the Treasury. Printed document signed by Jefferson as Secretary of State, verified as a true copy.

GLC01431.01

1865-1870 ca.

Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Carte de visite bust vignette portrait, signed on front. Lee is posed as a Union lieutenant, with mustache. With presentation on verso to Mrs. Caskie by Mary Custiss Lee ("M.C. Lee"). Reprinted by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01437

1865 ca.

Lee Gallery, fl. 1865

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Robert E. Lee]

Signed on front mount by Lee. Oval bust portrait in uniform as Confederate General. Published by Lee Gallery, Richmond.

GLC01438

1865-1870 ca.

Boude & Miley, fl. 1865-1870

Photograph signed

Title: [Carte de visite of Marty Custis Lee]

Vignette bust portrait signed on mount and inscribed on verso, "For Mrs. E.J. Caskie from her affecte. Mary Custis Lee." With reddened cheeks, lips, and added red flowers in her hand. Reprint by the Stonewall Gallery circa 1865-1870.

GLC01439

1866 ca.

Selden & Ennis

Photograph

Title: [Pierre T. G. Beauregard]

Carte de visite vignette portrait of Pierre G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893) in civilian clothing by Selden & Ennis

GLC01442.01

1862 ca.

Photograph

Title: J.P. Benjamin

Carte de visite vignette photograph of an engraved portrait of Benjamin. No imprint. Benjamin has a slight smile.

GLC01442.02

1861 ca.

Elias, Dexter, fl. 1861

Photograph

Title: [Jefferson Davis]

Carte-de-visite size vignette engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis.

GLC01442.04

1863 ca.

Photograph

Title: ["Stonewall" Jackson

Shows Jackson, Thomas J. "Stonewall" (1824-1863) standing near a tent while cavalry are in formation.

GLC01442.05

1862 ca.

Elias, Dexter, fl. 1861

Photograph

Title: Gen. A.S. Johnston

Carte de visite size vignette engraved portrait of a mustacioed Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) by Elias Dexter.

GLC01442.07

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite, Joseph E. Johnston]

Half-length portrait in profile of Johnston wearing dark civilian clothing. With E. & H.T. Anthony imprint on verso.

GLC01442.08

1870 ca.

Davies, John W., fl. 1870

Photograph

Title: [Henry "Light Horse" Lee]

Carte-de-visite of the painting of Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee in uniform. Originally painted by Gilbert Stuart. Published by "The 'Lee' Photographic Gallery." Paul C. Nagel's The Lees of Virginia (1990) indicates it was said to have been painted shortly before he went to jail for debt in 1809.

GLC01442.09

1865 ca.

Vannerson & Jones

Photograph

Title: [Robert E. Lee]

Base on an earlier photography by Vannerson & Jones. Shows about half of the original Vannerson image.

GLC01442.11

1865 ca.

Wilson, J.N., 1827-1897

Photograph

Title: Carte de visite bust vignette portrait of [Rev. J.F. O'Neill]

Bust vignette portrait as identified from pencil note at top as "Rev. J. F. O'Neill." Imprint of J.N. Wilson, Photographer, of Savannah, Ga. Possibly a friend of the Kaskie Family.

GLC01442.12

1862 ca.

Elias, Dexter, fl. 1861

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite Leonidas Polk]

Carte de vsite size vignette engraved portrait of Gen. Polk in uniform.

GLC01442.13

1865 ca.

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Photograph

Title: Col. Mosby

Heavily retouched image of John Singleton Mosby in Colonel's uniform by an unknown photographer. Probably re-photographed. (Compare v. 1 p.601, William C. Davis, The Civil War Times Photographic History of the Civil War.)

GLC01442.14

1865 ca.

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite photograph of Richard Taylor]

Half length portrait of Richard Taylor wearing civilian clothes. Published from a Brady negative by E. H.T. Anthony.

GLC01442.17