October 1, 1883

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Audenreid

Signed on top of the first page. Sherman writes to Mary Audenreid, the widow of Sherman's aid from 1863 to 1880, Col. Joseph C. Audenreid. Sherman began an eight-year romantic relationship with her starting in 1880. He discusses remodeling his house. He explains his plans to retire due to his age; he will be turning over command of the Army to Philip Sheridan, on November 1, 1883. He plans to then move to St. Louis, and morbidly adds: "to wait for the final summons to Bellefontaine [Cemetery]."

GLC00651

17 June 1890

Hancock, Almira R., 1829-1893

Printed document signed

Title: [Check payable to Woodword & Lathrop for $6.70]

Check no. 14. Drawn on Riggs & Co. Cleared 19 June 1890.

GLC00733.02

February 12, 1888

Falk, Benjamin J., 1853-1925

Photograph signed

Title: Photo of William T. Sherman, inscribed to Mr and Mrs Hopkins

Signed on front mount and inscribed on mount verso. Mrs. Hopkins' father, Henry Augustus Wise met Sherman in California in 1847. See WTS's Memoirs I:18, 24.

GLC00735

08 July 1884

Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829-1886

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas Ward, Assistant Adj. General with rank of Major]

Appointment of Thomas War as Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of Major, beginning on June 28, 1884. Signed by Chester A. Arthur as President, countersigned by Robert T. Lincoln as Secretary of War. No reason given for promotion. Docketed at top by Acting Adjutant General, reads "Recorded Volume 22 page 593. Adjutant General's Office, July 8, 1884". Features a paper seal from the Office of War and two detailed patriotic scenes.

GLC00778.09

11 September 1893

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Thomas Ward, Asst. Adj. General with rank of Lieutenant]

Appointment of Thomas Ward as Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Lieutenant, beginning on August 31, 1893. Signed by Grover Cleveland as President, countersigned by L.A. Grant as acting Secretary of War. Docketed at top, reads "Recorded Volume 24 page 547. Adjutant General's Office September 11, 1893". Features paper seal from the Office of War and two detailed patriotic scenes.

GLC00778.10

1902-1903

MacKay, Clarence H., 1874-1938

Scrapbook

Title: [The laying and completion of the Pacific cable]

Two volume scrapbook covering the completion of the Pacific cable linking North America to Hawaii, Australia, and the South Pacific. Includes cablegrams charting progress of the cable and sending congratulations from officials in places along the route such as California, Hawaii, the Philippines, etc., photographs with captions, and press clippings, all inlaid or mounted in two scrapbooks. Also includes two congratulatory telegraphs from Theodore Roosevelt (vol. 2), one draft autograph telegram signed by Grover Cleveland (vol. 2). Volume 1 entitled, "The Laying of the Pacific Cable,…

GLC01020

1899

Matsukata, Masayoshi, 1835-1924

Book

Title: Report on the adoption of the gold standard in Japan

Printed by the Government Printing Press. Contains information on the development of the coinage system in Japan during the Meiji Period. Discusses implementation of the Coinage Law of 1897.

GLC01045

1892

Semple, fl. 1892

Photograph signed

Title: Cabinet portrait of Daniel Butterfield, signed

Signed and dated on mount. 3/4 bust profile

GLC00810

07 July 1881

Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

Document signed

Title: Subscription to create a trust fund for the Garfield family

Written and signed after Garfield's assassination. Also signed by businessmen Junius S. Morgan, Collis P. Huntington, J. Seligman, Henry M. Flagler, William Rockefellar (also John D. by Flagler), Russell Sage and Jay Gould, and others.

GLC00811

July 18, 1880

Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ward Smith

Written as Democratic presidential candidate against Garfield, and discusses receiving the Democratic nomination. Also mentions the conflict between the parties. Sarah Ward Smith was wife of Gen. W.F. Smith.

GLC00859

May 31, 1880

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

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stilson Hutchins, Esq.

Sherman inquires if he is correct in believing that an article entitled "Afraid of the Facts" has been "inspired by the officers of Ordnance, Who regard Washington's Arsenal as their individual property - instead of the property of the U.S." Sherman claims the article is false. Hutchins was the founder of the Washington Post.

GLC01086

circa 1889

Parker, Charles W., fl. 1889-1890

Photograph signed

Title: Mrs. Benjamin Harrison

Cabinet photograph of Caroline Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison.

GLC01456.02

1887

McKecknie, & Oswald, fl. 1887

Photograph signed

Title: [Rutherford B. Hayes]

Cabinet photograph of Hayes by McKecknie & Oswald of Toledo, Ohio. Signed and dated by Hayes on the mount.

GLC01452

1890

Ephemera

Title: Yellow cloth ribbon featuring portrait of Grant

"Sun Flower Association Post No. 5 G.A.R. Philadelphia 1890." Yellow cloth ribbon featuring portrait of Grant. Mounting inscribed: "1890."

GLC04360.075

1885

Rice, R., fl. 1776

Typed document

Title: "The Death Knell. To the Hon. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States."

"The Death Knell. To the Hon. Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States." A printed poem by R. Rice of Cambridge New York.

GLC04360.077

1879

Engraving Signed

Title: Bust portrait of a mature Grant in civilian dress

Bust portrait of a mature Grant in civilian dress. "Designed & engraved by Wm. E. Marshall for Around the World with General Grant." With printed signature. Printed by Wm. E. Marshall, 1879.

GLC04360.101

1879

Engraving Signed

Title: Bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress.

Bust portrait of Grant in civilian dress. [Same as # 101.]

GLC04360.102

16 March 1896

Nott, Charles Cooper, 1827-1916

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Cephas Brainerd

Discusses a disagreement over which group was responsible for booking Abraham Lincoln to speak at the Cooper Institute on 27 February 1860. Lincoln was invited by the Young Men's Republican Union. States that Mr. Bowen had no influence over the decision and remarks that if Bowen was involved with Mr. Briggs and his young men (possibly referring to another branch of the Young Men's Republican Union), it is his own fault. Mentions that Brigg's group abandoned their plan to have the lecture in Brooklyn because they would lose money, so it was held at the Cooper Institute. Brigg's group still…

GLC04471.05

circa 1880-1890

Photograph

Title: [Photograph of Cephas Brainerd]

Portrait photograph of Cephas Brainerd as a middle aged man wearing a suit. Mounted on backing board.

GLC04471.10

16 July 1878

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Letter signed

Title: to William Lewis Maury

Includes a letter for Maury to forward to the Collector (of Customs in New York). Failed to get the endorsement of any cabinet members because they are too busy, and presumes that if they knew the vacancy existed they would want to fill it with their own people. Admiral Porter was a former Union naval commander and superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.

GLC04572.46

24 July 1878

Merritt, Edwin A., 1828-1916

Letter

Title: to David Dixon Porter

Marked "Copy" at the top. Has not yet made Mr. Maury's acquaintance but assumes he is "performing his duties satisfactorily."

GLC04572.47

January 14, 1881-March 2, 1886

Simpson, Edward, 1824-1888

Manuscript

Title: Letter press book

Commodore Simpson's letterpress book with blotter papers and original correspondence interleaved in chronological order.

GLC05911.16

20 September 1885

Manuscript

Title: French conjugation chart

Written from U.S. Marine Barracks, in Annapolis, Maryland. "Locality being a powerful aid to the Memory . . . to conjugate the verbs... and... the gender of French nouns." Red, blue and yellow "swirl" marbled boards.

GLC05911.23

13 July 1893

Capens, E., fl. 1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John William Flinn

He invites Reverend Flinn to attend his consecration as the "Assistant Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church, for the Diocese of South Carolina."

GLC04573.08

23 March 1880

Temperance Republican Headquarters, fl. 1880

Broadsheet

Title: Recent work of grog shops

Gives detailed accounts of crimes and murders committed at liquor saloons due to excessive drinking. Stories are reprinted from other newspapers or publications. Printed by the Temperance Republicans. Subtitle reads: "It is high time for the law-maker to advocate laws which shall make safe the homes of honest citizens. Those who help enact laws whereby the rum seller is protected in his nefarious business are equally guilty with him for the murders committed."

GLC01733.15