09 October 1884

Goldsmith, J.S.

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Fessenden

One letter from J.S. Goldsmith to Samuel Fressenden, the Secretary of the Republican National Committee. In it he requests compensation for a 5 page anti-Cleveland pamphlet that Goldsmith created.

GLC09762.03

23 November 1896

Cox, George C., 1851-1903

Engraving

Title: Grover Cleveland

One print of President Grover Cleveland dated November 23, 1896. Photograph originally taken by George C. Cox.

GLC08878.1103a

1877-1900

Photograph

Title: [Stereocard of John B Bachelor]

My Uncle John B. Bachelder. Born in Gilmanton N.H. 1825. Artist and Historian. [inscription on verso] Stereocard of middle-aged JBB reading a newspaper.

GLC02673.36

6 January 1898

Meyers, A.L., fl. 1898

Document signed

Title: [Postal money order to Para-Parilla Drug Co. ]

Partially printed. A money order paid to Para-Parilla Drug Company in the sum of $1.66.

GLC02674.04

circa 1880

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred

Addressed to "My dear Alfred." Hopes he will be able to see his paintings while they are on view for the next two weeks. Gives the address as Kreveden, 355 Fifth Ave. Remarks, "Some of them may enter the caverns of your memory - may linch up the 'old hoss' a little." Marked Saturday. Written on stationary printed with address 301 Webster Avenue, New Rochelle, NY.

GLC02686

January 31, 1889

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Heram Hitchcock

States that they must begin at once for Carnegie Hall to be ready by next winter. Remarks that the location of the hall should not be below 56th Street. Discusses other financial and real estate arrangements for building Carnegie Hall. Written on 5 West Fifty-first Street, New York, stationery.

GLC02896

2 March 1888

Barnum, P.T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. E. Barr & Co.

Begins by asking Burr to consider this letter private and confidential. Discusses the possible mistaken publication of his letter in the Times. Informs he received a request from a reporter from the Hartford Times and might have answered incorrectly. "I answered as I supposed correctly - but upon consulting with my partner & manager this A.M. I find I was 'all at Sea' on the subject. I telegraphed you just now, & hope I thus prevented publication of my letter ... " Includes a postscript enclosing tickets to his show in case Burr comes to New York. Calls the show, "by far the…

GLC02925.02

4 May 1884

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John E. Tourtelotte

Addressed to Tourtelotte as Major, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Comments upon his retirement three months earlier. " ... I feel that the End which we have so long contemplated has at last come, and looking at it in a Common Sense view it is better this than a first Class funeral." Responds to Tourtelotte's desire for Sherman to hire a clerk. He says that presently he does not need one as he can still write well. But assures that he will apply to the War Department for a clerk should the correspondence become too much. Writes that he has plenty of money and mentions a real estate boom happening in…

GLC02964

12 October 1893

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Typed letter signed

Title: to Mr. Peck

Typed on stationery of the Exposition Universelle de Chicago, Pavillon Haitien. Sympathizes with Peck, recently removed from a governmental office. Notes that he would have written a letter to the President (Grover Cleveland) on Peck's behalf, but felt he had no influence with the present administration. Remarks, "I do not like to fight, unless I have a hope of hitting somebody. I have no claims on this democratic administration whatever. I did all I could to get it out of power, and do not feel now like begging it to keep my friends in office."

GLC02990

29 July 1880

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Document signed

Title: to John W. Stevenson and John P. Stockton

Accepts nomination for President of the United States by the National Democratic Convention. Supports the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution. Describes his commitment to the Union and the federal system of government. Argues against corruption as an impediment to the participation of people in their government: "Public office is a trust, not a bounty bestowed upon the holder; no incompetent or dishonest persons should ever be entrusted with it, or if appointed, they should be promptly ejected. The basis of a substantial, practical civil service reform, must first be…

GLC02992

11 October 1878

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Edward Buckley, convicted of malicious trespass.

Convicted of malicious trespass; sentenced to pay a $25 fine and "...in default to serve 60 days..." imprisonment. Pardoned since he was innocent of the charges. (c/s F. W. Durand)

GLC02839

1 April 1884

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: State of New York

Pardons commuting 30 Sing Sing convicts' prison sentences due to good conduct, signed by New York Governor Grover Cleveland.

GLC02846

21 June 1899

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mrs. Wetmore

Schurz notes the "joy" of growth characteristically American, a movement towards socialism and Theodore Roosevelt's belief that the American people will perish in a "slothfull peace."

GLC02871

26 May 1891

Worden, John L., 1818-1897

Autograph quotation signed

Title: [Quote from Dickens's "Oliver Twist"]

Quotes, "We need be careful how we deal with those about us, for death carries with it to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much omitted, and so little done - of so many things forgotten, and so many more which might have been repaired, that such recollections are among the bitterest we can have. There is no remorse so deep as that which is unavailing; if we would be spared its tortures let us remember this in time." One bust engraving of Worden included.

GLC02737

4 December 1877

Remington, Philo, 1816-1889

Typed letter signed

Title: to Edward Clark

Signed as President of the Remington Company. Discusses debt owed to the Singer Company which he is not able to pay at this time. Remarks on why he entered into the manufacture of sewing machines, "It was not primarily to make money; ... the impelling motive which drove me into it, was to give my people, ... more especially our skilled labor, - to keep them with us contented in the intervals -- in the periods when we should be without military work." Clark was President of the Singer Company. Singer held Remington's sewing machine division debt. Typed on stationary from the Office of…

GLC02764

9 July 1878

Porter, Horace, 1837-1921

Letter signed

Title: to George C. Pullman

Written as Vice President of the Pullman Company to the President. Discusses revenues through the previous day. Mentions that night travel has remained unchanged and daytime usage has fallen off due to the warm weather. Reports on fuel usage and conservation and employee numbers. Lists the new board members of the Metropolitan Company, of which both Pullman and Porter are members. Reports on the stockholders' meeting, of which the issue of noise pollution was mentioned. Porter writes that Thomas Edison can fix the problem with little expense. Written on Pullman's Palace Car Company…

GLC02879

13 May 1880

Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Provides the address of A. M. Foote, whom he recommended for a position. Addressed to "Dear General."

GLC03468.06

15 June 1881

French, Samuel Gibbs, 1818-1910

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marcus J. Wright

Says he will examine Wright's papers, and will report back. Also promises to send photographs.

GLC03467.03

14 March 1887

Hill, Daniel H., 1821-1889

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Darwin C. Pavey

Says that the picture of himself in Century Magazine is as good as any he has personally.

GLC03467.04

27 December 1880

Johnson, Badley T., 1829-1903

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marcus J. Wright

Regarding the roster of company officers of the First Maryland Regiment, which he hopes to have published.

GLC03467.05

29 December 1883

Pryor, Roger Atkinson, 1828-1919

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Darwin C. Pavey

Gives biographical information on himself. Mounted on paper 29.5 x 20 cm.

GLC03467.06

5 April 1886

Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Marcus J. Wright

Thanks Wright for sending him certain statistics, and sends him a copy of one of his speeches.

GLC03469.03

4 January 1895

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Autograph letter signed

Title: to J. Stanley Brown

Thanks Brown sincerely for the "beautiful bear skin" he had given him. Promises to put it in his home as a constant reminder of Brown's consideration.

GLC03141

1889

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Book signed

Title: Uncle Tom's cabin

Inscribed by Stowe to Edward W. Seymour, dated June 27, 1890, with quotation from Psalms 72:12, "He shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor, & him that hath no Helper." A later edition, printed by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Edward Woodruff Seymour was a Connecticut politician and state supreme court justice from Litchfield, Connecticut, Stowe's home town.

GLC03363

9 December 1879

Getty, George Washington, 1819-1901

Autograph note signed

Title: to unknown

States that he entered the United States service as a Second Lieutenant on July 1, 1840. Mounted on paper 20.5 x 29.5 cm. Written at Fort Monroe.

GLC03474.03