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Five albumen photographs of Annapolis, officer training and sailors [word processed inventory available]

Includes: 1. Gunnery Molde Room, 2. Infantry [sic] Drill, 3. Inside of Arm Ward, 4. Dress Parade in Summer, and 5. Hager's Class of 1861.

GLC05173

Stereograph view of Citadel at Fort Morgan showing effects of Farragut's shells

GLC05174.01

Stereograph view of freight shed at Savannah, by J.N. Wilson

GLC05174.02

The History of Woman Suffrage... in Four Volumes, Vol. IV. 1883-1900

Inscribed to Emily M. Gross. Edited by Anthony and Ida Husted Harper. Published by Susan B. Anthony.

GLC05175

[Richard Yates]

Inlaid on paper.

GLC05177

to Campbell

Regarding a petition to Congress for women's suffrage. Written on "The Revolution" printed stationery, listing their platform. Written at the time when New York state was revising its Constitution (the revisions were rejected).

GLC05178

Statement of bills paid by Cornelius Vanderbilt for steamboat Thistle at first cost

Co-signed by William Gibbons. Lists bills Vanderbilt paid in April and May 1824, settled at $4617.88. Written on ledger paper.

GLC05179

Nellie Norton: or, Southern slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural refutation of the principal arguments upon which the abolitionists rely. A vindication of Southern slavery from the Old and New Testaments.

Published by Burke, Boykin & Company. Cover consists of faded yellow paper. Outer back cover contains advertisements for other books.

GLC05180

to Hamilton Fish, Jr.

Three letters typed in blue inks on Treasury Department stationery: n.d., 3/5/1929 and 5/15/1924, regarding efforts to stop manufacture and traffic in addictive drugs. With additional TLS of H. J. Anslinger, commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics...

GLC05185

[Draft of Page 66 of "Fear God and Take Your Own Part"]

The page beginning: "of cheap platitudes, not by windy orating...." With lengthy autograph annotations by Roosevelt.

GLC05186

Republican "Wide-Awake," sixth-plate ruby glass ambrotype, election of 1860

Depicts a serious young man in a waterproof cap and cape, holding an oil torch. The image has been painted to suggest light from the torch. The "wide awakes" led processions supporting Lincoln in the election of 1860. Nevins "Emergence of Lincoln"...

GLC05187

Three portaits of a NYC reformer mayor: daguerreotype, ambrotype & later carte

The three items are: 1. Daguerreotype. Half view, seated, with left hand holding jacket label and right holding a book. Cased: 15.2 x 12.0 (2.0) cm. 2. Ambrotype half view, seated with hands in lap, no case, 8.2 x 7.1 (.6) cm. Varnished back. 3...

GLC05188

Autograph letter by and copyright photo of Ely S. Parker [Decimalized]

GLC05190

to John Andrew Shulze

Printed resolution signed by Parris as Governor of Maine to Pennsylvania Governor John Andrew Shulze. Certified by A. Nichols as Maine's Secretary of State. First page claims he is passing along a copy of a resolution passed by the legislature of...

GLC05191

An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Vol. II

Signed on titlepage "Wm H. Harrison." Printed by Thomas Dobson. With bookplate of J. Cleves Short / Short-Hill / Nov. 17, 1817." and stamp of "Transylvania Library" on front pastedown. (Sprinkled calf binding was severely warped; front board...

GLC05192

Address of the President at Chautauqua, N.Y.

Speech focuses on peace, America as a good neighbor to other nations, and preventing war internationally. Discusses the causes that produce war such as fanaticism, racial hatreds, and religious intolerance. Finishes with, "We believe in democracy...

GLC05193

Narrative of Sojourner Truth : a northern slave, emancipated from bodily servitude by the state of New York, in 1828. With a portrait.

Printed for the author by J.B. Yerrinton and Son. Original paper front cover but lacks original back wrapper.

GLC05194

[Collection of Jonathan Bunnell, 121st regiment, New York, cavalry]

GLC05195

Lynchburg Virginian. [October 20, 1864]

Includes an article discussing the recruitment of African Americans for military service. States "We prefer to organize colored regiments now, while we have an abundance of the white element in the field to absorb the other, and to guard effectually...

GLC05196

to Colonel Beall

Orders Beall to pursue and overtake a party of Indians escaping to Florida during the second Seminole War.
Written at Camp Roanoke.

GLC05197

to Abraham Yates, Jr.

Signed as member of the New York Committee of Safety, asking members of Congress to arrive punctually on the day the Session adjourns. Launches into a discourse on what it means to have a senate and to be a senator.

GLC05199

Address to the Republican electors of the state of New York

Address to the Republican electors of New York from the Committee of Publication and Correspondence reccomending Morgan Lewis over Aaron Burr to become the Governor of New York state. Docket on verso. Twelve names are printed on the bottom of the...

GLC05200

Letters of Army doctor under McCook, McKenzie & Miles re: Indian Wars [decimalized]

GLC05201

A Letter... to his Constituents... relative to his return to America

Fourth edition. Printed by J. Almon. With advertisements.

GLC05202

An Appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain...

Attributed to Arthur Lee. Full title: "An Appeal to the justice and interests of the people of Great Britain, in the present disputes with America. By an old member of Parliament." Printed by J. Almon. Includes half-title and advertisements.

GLC05203