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Carte de visite [Unidentified]

White mount with Gutekunst imprint on verso. Half length portrait of a woman with shawl and bonnet. Related to image #7.

GLC06391.01

Carte de visite of George W. Curtis

Anthony label on verso. Half length seated portrait of a middle-aged man in civilian dress.

GLC06391.02

Carte de visite of Wendell Phillips

Half length seated portrait of a middle-aged man in civilian dress, with arm resting on table.

GLC06391.03

Carte de visite of Charles Sumner

Anthony imprint on verso. Half length standing portrait in civilian dress, facing proper right.

GLC06391.04

[Garrison, William Lloyd.]

Half length seated portrait of Garrison facing proper left, probably ca. 1850.

GLC06391.05

Carte de visite [Unidentified]

Three quarter length seated portrait of a man in civilian dress. Photograph from sketch or painting.

GLC06391.06

Carte de visite [Unidentified]

Three quarter length seated portrait of a woman in shawl and bonnet. Related to image #1.

GLC06391.07

"Longfellow Children."

Image of three young girls embracing one another. Photo from painting or engraving. White mount with "Longfellow Children" inscribed on verso in pencil.

GLC06391.08

Carte de visite of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Half length seated portrait of an older man in civilian dress, facing proper left. White mount.

GLC06391.09

Carte de visite of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a middle aged man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border.

GLC06391.12

Agassiz, [Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe.]

Photograph by A.A. Turner. Three quarter length standing view of Prof. Agassiz at the chalkboard, facing proper left. White mount with gold border; Appleton imprint on verso.

GLC06391.13

to Henry Knox

Reports on intelligence on British forces gathered from Benjamin Davis, one of about 150 prisoners taken from a ship captured by a privateer named Captain Skimmer and brought it to Marblehead, Massachusetts.

GLC02437.00402

[Supply list for officers in Henry Knox's artillery regiment]

Multiple receipt entries also signed by Eliphilet Newell, John Gilles, and other officers serving under Henry Knox. Notes supplies received by officers in either New York or Mount Washington from Jonathan Pollard, the quartermaster of Knox's...

GLC02437.00404

to Elizabeth Smith

Envelope without letter. Post marked from Washington.

GLC04189.60

to John Adams

Later copy of the original. Notifies Adams' that a founder named Mr. Byers is on his way to Philadelphia to make cannons for the artillery. Seeks Adams' support. Also emphasizes the importance of working copper mines in New Jersey. Adams was then...

GLC02437.00403

to Elizabeth Smith

The unit is still under heavy marching orders. Rumor says they will go to Pennsylvania. He is not looking forward to the long, hard march. He does not want his son to be hired out. Written at Fairfax Court House.

GLC04189.47

to Elizabeth Smith

A description of the old Bull Run battlefield. He describes trees cut in half and open graves. "We passed over an old Battle Field they say it was one of Bull Run Battles. I saw a number of Graves Some with legs out. Some with arms out & Some...

GLC04189.48

to Elizabeth Smith

Describes the Battle of Gettysburg. Smith was stationed in the Union center near a stone wall. Smith's regiment may have missed the first day's battle because he writes Pickett's Charge occurred on the second day. "We was in the front & center for...

GLC04189.49

to Family

He reports that Marylanders act more friendly toward the troops than the people in Pennsylvania. News concerning the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.

GLC04189.50

to Elizabeth Smith

His legs are bothering him again. He hopes to either get a job as a blacksmith in the brigade or get a transfer to the invalid Corps. Currently his regiment is guarding the supply train [wagons] against guerrilla attacks.

GLC04189.51

to Elizabeth Smith

The regiment is once again on picket duty. He discusses losses to the regiment and the Battle of Gettysburg, "but I hope that we shall never get into another fight like that at Gettysburg Pa for it was awful beyond Discription I cannot discribe it...

GLC04189.52

to Elizabeth Smith

Discusses the problem of locating Confederate guerrillas. He is very ill and his legs are swollen. He predicts that the war will be over soon.

GLC04189.53

to Elizabeth Smith

His right leg is getting worse. He believes Lee may attack them near Alexandria. The regiment now totals 343 men out of the 984 men who enlisted one year ago. In a section addressed to his wife, Smith indicates someone wrote him a note, on one of...

GLC04189.54

to Elizabeth Smith

Envelope without letter. Addressed to Stamp. Post mark has been removed.

GLC04189.59

to Owen Horsfall

Complains to his son that business is "very dull" and everyone is "disappointed at the actual conditions when compared with what they had expected." Comments on lowered prices for items such as bread, flour, and lumber. He had stomach cramps and a...

GLC05245.01