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F.R.R. East Deerfield, Mass.

Title from verso. Two rail cars atop a wooden railroad bridge over the Deerfield river in East Deerfield, Mass.

GLC05235.07

[Trolley car]

Trolley car with four sets of bench seats.

GLC05235.08

Composite images of railroad tracks going around a curve

Five copies (three double exposures) of a curve in the rail line near the Deerfield River.

GLC05235.09

Station house, North Adams, MA

Two images of the North Adams, Mass. station house.

GLC05235.10

Vies of Fitchburg, Mass. in winter

Two views from the Fitchburg office window, both taken in winter.

GLC05235.11

View South from office window Fitchburg

Two copies of the same image, looking over roundhouse and town in winter.

GLC05235.12

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Two copies of the same image. Title from verso. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the...

GLC05235.13

Diary as secret US agent at New Orleans, Natchitoches, La., Washington, etc.

Shaler served as Madison and Monroe's secret agent in Louisiana on the Texas border. He was instructed to try to encourage revolution in Texas against Spanish and Mexican authority. At the same time, all of his activities had to be deniable. His...

GLC05246.01

Diary as secret US agent at New Orleans, Natchitoches, La., Washington, etc.

GLC05246.02

Salt print portrait of Pierce, oval, mounted on lined paper

Depicts as a middle-aged man with a little gray hair at the side-burns. The photograph is mounted on lined paper which has slightly cockled. (Actual image size: 19 x13.5 cm) (Per Peter Mustardo, this appears to be a copy of a daguerreotype from the...

GLC05247

to James Ewell B. Stuart, Jr.

Offers assistance in an unspecified endeavor of Stuart's (possibly a political appointment or campaign). Encourages Stuart, son of Civil War General James Ewell Brown Stuart, to call on President Taft when Taft travels to Richmond, Virginia....

GLC05252

to Horace Greeley re: correspondence on Greeley's peace mission, Stephens

Concerning Greeley's peace mission and his dealings with Alexander Stephens.

GLC05256

Original printing of patent for Bell's telephone patent no.174,465]

The original printing of the patent for Bell's telephone, with two pages of lithographed diagrams. Lithography by N. Peters, Photo-Lithographer, Washington, D. C. The pages have been stenciled (per Christies) 110-117.

GLC05257

to William C. Bryant re: seeking re-election of Martin Van Buren

"The interest of the country requires him [Van Buren] to be re-elected."

GLC05264.01

to unknown

Has heard a report that the recipient has received a letter from Doctor Griffith stating that Lee, following his court martial, was persuaded "by some members of Congress to embarrass General Washington." Wishes to know if any such letter really...

GLC05264.03

to Mamie D. Eisenhower

States that he is just back from Berlin and Prague. Discusses some family and friends. Writes that politicians are trying to get him to accept a job in Washington or with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to whom he...

GLC05266

to Franz Sigel

President Grant asks former General Franz Sigel to be Secretary of the Commission to Santo Domingo. In 1869 the Senate refused to approve a treaty annexing Santo Domingo, but in his 1870 message to Congress, Grant reopened the issue. The House...

GLC05269

to E. B. Penrose

Declines an invitation to attend militia training, praises American militia: "Please assure my fellow citizens of that division that I look with delight upon every step taken to improve the disapline of our militia, and if my duties did not prevent...

GLC05270

House members who voted in favor of Johnson's impeachment, signed by 127 members

Resolution, engrossed on vellum and signed by House members who voted in favor of Johnson's impeachment. Signed by Speaker of the House, Schuyler Colfax, the House Clerk and 126 congressmen. Accompanied (5274.02) by small format Brady composite...

GLC05274.01

Managers of the House of Representatives of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

A small format composite picture by Brady. Includes images of Benjamin F. Butler, James F. Wilson, Thaddeus Stevens, George S. Boutwell, Thomas Williams, John A. Logan and John Armour Bingham. These men were selected by the House to serve as managers...

GLC05274.02

to Edward George Washington Butler

Lee, President of Washington College, replies to a letter from General Butler. Acknowledges the receipt of a pamphlet entitled "Oaths, Amnesties, & Rebellions." Discusses the execution of Ferdinand Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, before a firing...

GLC05275

[Pardon of William Peacock]

Pardoning William Peacock, a Union army deserter, with the condition that he serve in the army for two years. With General John A. Dix note on verso dated 6 February 1865 stating that Brigadier General [Lewis Cass] Hunt in New York will execute the...

GLC05278

To the Senate & House of Reps of the U. S.

Fragments of two messages to the House of Representatives of the United States. The first concerns an "act to authorize payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy while in the military service of the U. S. & for other purposes...

GLC05279

to unknown

Monroe discusses the establishment of a standing militia. He also criticizes the Hartford Convention, arguing that it may lengthen the War of 1812. Authorizes military protection for the Springfield Arsenal, should it be necessary. A half-sheet of...

GLC05280

to: Unknown.

Discusses his ill health, Napoleon's demise and a treaty with Algiers

GLC05281