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[Man with his feet up on a table covered with books]

Wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe. Graphite. Inscription reads, "Crawfords [illegible]."

GLC06343.047

[Woman reclining on sofa with blankets draped over body]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.048

[Woman washing clothes with a man seated reading]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.049

[Small rock formation with plants]

Signed by the artist. Light sketch of three figures on reverse side. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.050

[Hooded man with hand over face]

Graphite; thin wove paper.

GLC06343.051

[Girl sitting on a fence, and two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side]

Girl sitting on a fence with the inscription, "Newburgh." Two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side. Graphite, iron gall ink respectively; laid paper.

GLC06343.052

[Five sketches of a bull, and a seated man]

Iron gall ink, wove paper.

GLC06343.053

[Clothing draped on a bed post with door in background]

Graphite; laid paper.

GLC06343.054

[Spinning wheel]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.055

[Portrait of a mustached man wearing a hat and spectacles]

Reverse side has an incomplete sketch of the hindquarters of a cow. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.056

[Four sketches of a bull]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.057

[Profile portrait of a woman]

Possibly a Native American woman. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.058

[Back of a woman in frock coat and long skirt]

Reverse side has faint design of either a fountain or sculpture. Graphite; tan wove paper.

GLC06343.059

[Spinning wheel]

Graphite or charcoal; wove paper.

GLC06343.060

[Reclining bull]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.061

to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...

GLC08076

To: John Mckinley

Appealing for provisions, including shoes . For troops soon to be at Valley Forge. (To the president of Delaware).

GLC08078

to James Kirke Paulding

Vowing to destroy second bank of the United States.

GLC08083

to Benjamin P. Butler.

To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."

GLC08084

to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.

GLC08090

to Simon Cameron

Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

GLC08093

to Sir John Sinclair

Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...

GLC08095

[Two dogs in profile]

With additional sketches on reverse side. Iron gall ink, graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.062

[Two skulls with partial skull sketch on reverse]

Conte crayon, chalk, graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.063

[Three men sailing with wind-beings blowing sails]

Iron gall ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.064

[Two portraits of man in hat]

Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.065

[Two portraits of man in hat]

Mirror images signed. Graphite; crease down center; wove paper.

GLC06343.066

Boy sitting on bench; reverse side, man in rocking chair drawn in boundaries of large brown stain; graphite; wove paper.

Seagulls and cricket; black ink wash; wove paper

GLC06343.067

[Woman eating and sketch of boy below]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.068

[Landscape, rock formation with trees]

Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.069

[Five sketches of cats]

Graphite, iron gall ink; lined wove paper.

GLC06343.070

The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles

Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.

GLC06343.071

Dr. Edward Ruggles, Brooklyn 1857

Sketch of a man working at a sewing machine. Iron gall ink; wove paper glued at back corners to heavy backing.

GLC06343.072

[Goateed man in defensive pose]

Graphite or charcoal; orange wove paper.

GLC06343.073

[Sketch of heavenly scene with haloed figure and couple in hammock]

Text on reverse, "Bring wood to make me bright and banish every evil sprite . . . The family is the Nation. The hearth [illegible] the alter of Liberty." Wove paper.

GLC06343.074

[Sculpture design: standing man [possibly James A. Garfield] holding up a paper in one hand]

Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.075

[Four sculpture designs: standing man (James A. Garfield)]

Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.076

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.077

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper; pressure sensitive tapes.

GLC06343.078

[Sculpture design: standing man]

Possibly James A. Garfield. With hand on pedestal. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.079

[Various sketches and sculpture designs]

Greco-Roman themes, nude models, soldiers, etc. Bound with string. Graphite, charcoal, tissue and wove papers.

GLC06343.080

[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.081

[Numerous small sketches on both sides]

Man slaughtering goat or deer, one figure holding another, etc. Possibly representing the biblical story of Abraham nearly sacrificing his son and slaying the ram. Black ink and graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.082

[Man seated in arm chair with legs crossed and nude woman seated drawing on reverse]

Graphite; thick wove paper.

GLC06343.083

[Monarch in royal robe holding scepter]

Numeric calculations top right. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.084

[Two angels, one with sword, in heavenly setting]

Granite, grey ink wash; charcoal ink smudge; wove paper.

GLC06343.085

[Nude male wrestling goat or ram]

Graphite; yellow, lined, wove paper.

GLC06343.086

[Three sketches of nude males with torches]

One figure traced on the reverse side. Graphite; thin tracing paper.

GLC06343.087

[Profile of figure [Jesus?] in robe with raised hand]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.088

[Two sketches of male figure, one in loin cloth holding object next to head]

Graphite; yellow tracing paper.

GLC06343.089

[Sketches of buffalo]

Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.

GLC06343.090

[Four sketches of men in ancient garb, one holding arrows and shield]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.091

[Numerous sketches of figures on both sides]

Sketches: bust portrait of man, man sitting with elbow resting on knee and hand in palm, man with loincloth and arm resting on head, robed woman, nude man [in sepia conte crayon] and several other small sketches. Graphite, black ink, sepia conte...

GLC06343.092

[Male and female nudes embracing in dance]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.093

[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]

Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.094

[Four standing figures: Native Americans and European explorer]

Reverse side, numerous small sketches with dragons and horse. Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.095

Seated man in top hat, and person with harp on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.

# 96 decorative borders; graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper fragment; 16 x 10cm (irregular); fragmented

GLC06343.096

[Bearded man with upraised arm and naval emblem with anchor on reverse side]

Tracing paper fragment.

GLC06343.097

[Two sketches of female nudes from behind with drapes]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.098

[Reclining nude male playing with goat]

Graphite [also traced on reverse]; tracing paper.

GLC06343.099

[Numerous sketches with figures, lion, and stork]

Graphite, black ink; tan wove paper.

GLC06343.100

[Goateed man holding book to chest]

Black ink over graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.101

[Kneeling figure bending forward]

Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.

GLC06343.102

[Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]

Black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.103

[Woman with large bird]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.104

[Female figure from behind]

Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.105

[Two sketches: one woman standing with knee resting on mount, one sitting holding hair]

Graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.106

[Nude woman standing with one arm raised]

Black ink with pale skirt drawn in graphite; thick tracing paper.

GLC06343.107

[Man in loincloth holding dagger]

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.108

[Two small figures on panel surrounded by various grasses and Cat Tails sprouts]

Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.109

[Two female figures, one in water]

Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.

GLC06343.110

[Two sketches of female nudes, one standing, one seated with leg up on knee]

Black ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.111

[Two standing males, one nude with musket, one in 18th century garb]

Graphite; tan tracing paper.

GLC06343.112

[Woman with foot raised holding tablet and lightning bolt (?)]

Black ink over graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.113

[Nude figure with out-stretched hand]

Pale charcoal or graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.114

[Standing male holding musket]

Graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.116

[Three male nudes, two sitting, one standing with cloth draped over arm]

Graphite; tracing paper fragment.

GLC06343.117

[Standing female figure with crown, staff, and out-stretched arm]

Charcoal and graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.118

[Five sculpture designs: man and woman embracing, 2 soldiers, figure with arm raised, two figures facing each other]

Graphite; thin wove paper, many creases and wrinkles.

GLC06343.120

Indian Treaty

Indian land sale-Flushing Meadows, NY. MDS by 8 Indians.

GLC08077

to Charles Storer

Recalling the Boston Massacre, also his defense of Constitution: "Equal laws cannot be preserved without there independent orders forming a mutual balance."

GLC08080

To: Joseph Blunt.

Criticizing Jackson administration and spoils system, including mention of Peggy Eaton affair: They have no "character to lose."

GLC08081

to Richard Rush

Predicting Civil War in wake of slavery's expansion.
.

GLC08082

to Mary Owens

To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...

GLC08085

To: William Kellogg.

Re: Election of 1860 & difficulties in dealing with Horace Greeley and Greeley's support of Stephen Douglas.

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860,
p. 506

GLC08086

To: Ambrose Burnside.

Specifying the route Burnside's troops will march from Spotsylvania to the north Anna river (prelude to battle of cold harbor).

GLC08087

To: Thomas J. Eckert.

Arranging secret Hampton Roads peace conference.

GLC08088

To: Ulysses S. Grant.

Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"

GLC08089

Edict.

Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.

GLC08091

To: Gideon Welles.

Condemning Reconstruction. "There has never been a greater outrage perpetrated...since the formation of the government."

GLC08092

[Fragment of Lincoln's last State of the Union address concerning the thirteenth amendment]

An 11-line fragment of his last Annual Message to Congress dealing with the failure of Congress to pass the thirteenth amendment and recommending they reconsider: "At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution [inserted...

GLC08094

To: William Livingston.

Washington's farewell address ("Circular to the States") as Commander-in-Chief,spelling out principles esssential to new nation's future existence, now that the United States are "proposed of absolute freedom and independency." With printed copy of...

GLC08079.01

to George Washington

Mentions doubts George Washington expressed in a previous letter regarding the upcoming campaign (initially the campaign was to be against the British in New York, but Washington revised these plans to launch the Siege of Yorktown). Discusses...

GLC02437.00994

to George Washington

Recently arrived in Peekskill. Expresses disappointment that Washington had moved by the time he arrived. Asks Washington to write to the Board of War if he plans to alter the time of arrival of stores sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a post...

GLC02437.01006

[Carte de visite of unidentified woman]

Unidentified woman, vignette portrait. Albumen print (Philadelphia: Whitaker & Co.). Inscribed: "20019".

GLC01896.191

[Carte de visite of Ella Taylor Waring]

Ella Taylor Waring, vignette portrait, hand coloured and outlined in ink. Albumen print (Pollock). Inscribed: "Mrs. Ella Taylor Waring Mrs. Thos. W. Waring]

GLC01896.192

[Carte de visite of "The Penitent Thief"]

"The Penitent Thief" sculpture carte de visite. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson & Co.). Caption: "The Penitent Thief. 'Lord remember me when Thou comest into Thy Kingdom' Modelled by Edward V. Valentine".

GLC01896.193

[Carte de visite of unidentified man]

Unidentified man, vignette portrait. Albumen print (Philadelphia: Whitaker & Co.). Inscribed: "20040".

GLC01896.194

[Cart de visite of Edward Richard Archer]

Edward Richard Archer. Half portrait. [oval] Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: Anderson) Inscribed on verso: "Uncle Ned".

GLC01896.195

[Carte de visite of Dr. Robert Archer]

Dr. Robert Archer, half portrait. Albumen print (Richmond, Virginia: E. S. Lumpkin & Co.)

GLC01896.196