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[Discharge of Peter Delany]

Written at Verplank's Point, near present-day Verplanck. Contains two notes; the first, signed by Lieutenant D. N. Lane is directed to General Knox, requesting Delany's discharge. The second note, written and signed 26 June 1781 by Samuel Shaw...

GLC02437.00978

[Return of ordnance and military stores in garrison at Fort Herkimer]

Recto contains the return. Verso contains detailed remarks on the return. Includes two dockets, one written by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.00979

[Certificate related to Captain Lieutenant Thomas Barr]

Certifies that Barr has served in the 3rd Regiment of Artillery from the beginning of 1777 - 1 January 1781. Docket written by Samuel Shaw, Henry Knox's aide-de-camp.

GLC02437.00980

to Henry Knox

Peters writes from the War Office on behalf of the Board of War. Informs Knox that 216 barrels of powder have been sent from Boston to West Point, and directs Knox to deposit the powder where he thinks most proper.

GLC02437.00982

[Discharge for Peter Delany]

Donnell signs as commander of the 3rd Regiment of Artillery. Directed to Brigadier General Henry Knox.

GLC02437.00984

to Henry Knox

Informs his brother, Brigadier General Henry Knox, he has received a sum of money [for Henry] from Colonel Henry Jackson. Discusses currency and depreciation. Reports that Colonel Sears will likely not be able to join Knox in attempting to regain...

GLC02437.00985

to the Board of War and Ordnance

In Samuel Shaw's hand, signed by Shaw for Henry Knox. Discusses loans of cannon, powder, and other supplies from various states, to be gathered in his vicinity. Docket, also written by Shaw, indicates the letter was sent by General [Ezekiel]...

GLC02437.00986

Return of tools and other matterals [sic] found with Capt. Anthony Post at Fredericksburgh

Written at Fredericksburgh. Tharp notes, "Received the above Mentioned Articles of Capt. Anthony Post at Fredericksburgh... And they are Lodged with the Q. Master at Fish Kill Landing..." Also includes a return of articles left with Captain Post to...

GLC02437.10490

To: Morton Eddy.

Lambasting Daniel Webster: "His Constitutional doctrins are radically unsound."

GLC08068

To: Robert Tyler.

Re: Recalling earliea era of "Political Romance," Jefferson's ideals, and role in nullification crisis: "History will not do me justice."

GLC08069

To: Gideon Welles

Directing the temporary suppression of information about a nephew of William Seward, who was involved with the blockade running trade during the Civil War. With FF.

GLC08070

To: Ambrose Burnside.

Re: Ordering a "Vigorous attack against the enemy" at Spotsylvania.

GLC08071

Carte de visite decimalized

GLC02911

To: Col. Rockwell. Re: facsimile of "the Declaration" (presumably, Independence) and attempt to acquire an"impression" of the Presidential Seal.

Discussing a facsimile "of the Declaration" (presumably, Independence) and the Presidential Seal.

GLC06343.301

Newspaper: "Harper's Weekly." Engraving of [Ward's] Washington statue unveiling on Wall Street, NY.

"Evacuation-Day" sculpture in front of U.S. Treasury building.

GLC06343.362

[Collection of Carte de visites] [Decimalized .01-.34]

GLC00241

to Henry Knox

Requests shot, "to fire with hot balls upon the british ships in case they should come up the river..."

GLC02437.01106

to Henry Knox

Written at Fort Herkimer. Expresses concern that the departure of Colonel [Philip van] Cortlandt's regiment left the Fort's artillery and stores in a vulnerable state: "...we are no protection to the Inhabitants & in Case the Enemy should make an...

GLC02437.01107

to Andrew Moodie

Replies to a letter from Captain Moodie (GLC02437.01107): "I am much pain'd at the disagreeable state of things at Fort Herkimer and sincerely wish it was in my power to remedy these." Refers to an order for thread and paper (possibly used in musket...

GLC02437.01108

to [Jeremiah] Wadsworth

Informs Colonel Wadsworth that William Richards, commissary of stores at Litchfield, Connecticut, intends to retire (malpractice charges were filed against Richards, see GLC02437.01110). Richards hopes to be able to remain in Connecticut, and Shaw...

GLC02437.01111

[Return of military stores]

Return of military stores, possibly related to GLC02437.01115. Signed by Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores. Lists lead aprons, powder horns, sheep skins, wine, and other supplies and stores. Date, written in pencil at the top of pages...

GLC02437.01116

to Henry Knox

Record of distribution of drum and fife for Scammell's detachment--made up of various state regiments of infantry and artillery. Refer to GLC02437.01118 for related letter. In the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide.

GLC02437.01119

[Certificate of pay] [In French]

Certificate to pay Mr. De Valnais, possibly Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul in America. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William...

GLC02437.01121

to Samuel Shaw

Gives Shaw notice, on behalf of Henry Knox, of a change in orders: cannon will be transported on sloops, not flat boats. The flat boats are to be reserved for other purposes.

GLC02437.01138

[Certificate of pay] [In French]

Partially printed certificate to pay Valnais, Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William Knox....

GLC02437.01141

[Certificate of pay] [In French]

Partially printed certificate to pay Valnais, Joseph Dupas de Valnais, a French consul. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William Knox....

GLC02437.01142

[Certificate of pay] [In French]

Partially printed certificate to pay [Joseph Dupas de] Valnais, a French consul. Signed by the Comte de Barras, and [Graucheau], major of the squadron under Barras. On verso, Valnais signs a note, transferring the money to William Knox. Serves as...

GLC02437.01143

to John Ruddock

Knox orders Ruddock, a commissary at Fishkill, to deliver artillery to Captain Burbeck. The list includes artillery and other ordnance and stores.

GLC02437.01144

to Sebastian Bauman

Written by Major Shaw as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Henry Knox to Major Bauman. Says that "Immediately on receipt of this letter Gen Knox desires you to set out in order to meet him at this place." Tells him to provide himself with clothes for...

GLC02437.01146

to Thomas Frothingham

Knox orders Frothingham, a deputy commissary of military stores, to "repair instantly to West Point," to transport stores to the West side of Kings Ferry by the following morning, where they will be received by Richard Frothingham, principal field...

GLC02437.01149

Slave life! or Uncle Tom's Cabin

Poster for a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Starting 16 December 1852, the production is not "a mere Stage Version of the Tale, but a Play, in which free use has been made of [Stowe's] personages and most striking incidents." The broadside...

GLC05508.013.10

The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 11, no. 53 (December 31, 1841)]

GLC06109.01

The liberator. [Vol. 12, no. 1 (January 7, 1842) - v. 13, no. 52 ( December 29, 1843)]

GLC06109.02

The liberator. [Vol. 14, no. 1 (January 5, 1844) - v. 15, no. 52 (December 26, 1845)]

GLC06109.03

The liberator. [Vol. 16, no. 1 (January 2, 1846) - v. 17, no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]

GLC06109.04

Sketches of hand, figures [two in oval] and decorative border

GLC06343.210b

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt confirming that Ward paid $165, in relation to a monument of Van Buren.

2 cent stamp in left margin.

GLC06343.289

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: thanks and praise to Ward for his work [bust of the late President Van Buren] and kindness from Mrs. Van Buren (most likely the late President's daughter-in-law).

Written on stationary trimmed in black and the letters "VB" imprinted in top margin.

GLC06343.290

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt confirming that Ward paid $500, in relation to the "Indian Hunter" statue.

2 cent stamp in left margin.

GLC06343.292

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for Ward's payment of $15.00 toward preliminary studies for a pedestal design to a Lincoln monument.

Pencil inscription in different hand reads: "All right - thanks!!" 2 cent stamp in center. Note: docket appears to be wrongly addressing contents of note.Docket reads: "M[illegible]. Architect, Shakespear [sic] Pedestal in C[entral]. Park

GLC06343.293

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for two separate payments from Ward for construction work done on his studio, per contract agreement.

2 cent brown stamp on left side.

GLC06343.296

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for items installed in construction work on Ward's studio, including a skylight, ventillator, and damper box.

Receipt made on stationary reading: "Hudson River Iron Works . . . Iron Railings, Bank Doors, Vaults, Shutters, Iron Roofs, Stairs and Sashes, Cemetery Railings, &c." 2 cent brown stamp on right side.

GLC06343.297

Check: to J.Q.A. Ward. Re: payment of $150 "For Professional Services, rendered to family."

2 cent orange stamp in bottom margin.

GLC06343.298

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for sum of $1000 paid by Ward to "Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Company."

Written on "Pottier & Stymus Manufacturing Company" stationary. Cancelled 2 cent orange stamp on right side.

GLC06343.299

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: requesting for Ward to send a letter backing his nomination for membership to the Century Club.

Asking Ward to send a letter to back his nomination for membership to the Century Club.

GLC06343.303

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: sending Ward Gen. Logan's clothes and his measurements to use in studies for a monument to him.

Also, mentions Ward's work on the Sheridan statue. Written on stationary reading: "The Home Magazine. Conducted By Mrs. John A. Logan. . . The Brodix Publishing Co."

GLC06343.305

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: list of those "considered eminently qualified to serve on the Special Committee for Ill[inois]."

Heading on stationary reads: "The Century . . . 7 West Forty-Third St."

GLC06343.306

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: completed busts and their proper location. [Carbon Copy]

"I did not know that we were to pass on the busts after they were completed, and I should certainly prefer not doing so; but my memory is beautifully inconsistent, that it is quite possible that I suggested that we look at the work after its...

GLC06343.308

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: disdain and reluctance to engage in a certain "part of the work" process St. Gaudens wishes to avoid. [Carbon Copy]

"...[O]n second thought I feel that perhaps I ought to do it, to prevent some fellow's inflicting a monstrosity on us, of course if there is anything of that character in the busts you have seen let me know, and I will go up for forms sake see them...

GLC06343.309

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: a fellow sculptor's declining of a work commission, and in turn, the need to find another sculptor for the job. [Carbon Copy]

Penciled mathmatic equation on reverse side.

GLC06343.310

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: arranging an appointment time to meet [in regards to finding a sculptor for an upcoming project]. [Carbon Copy]

Strike outs, corrections, and additions throughout.

GLC06343.311

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: arranging an appointment time and place with Ward for the following day. [Carbon Copy]

Arranging an appointment with Ward for the following day.
Written at Grand Central Station.

GLC06343.312

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: agreement [work contract] between J.Q.A. Ward and the city of Urbana, Ohio, regarding a proposed unspecified sculpture.

An agreement between J.Q.A. Ward and the city of Urbana, Ohio, regarding a proposed unspecified sculpture.

GLC06343.313

"Motions and Resolutions." Re: New York [City's] appreciation of the National Sculpture Society.

Dealing with the City of New York's pride in the National Sculpture Society. Badly chipped, with near complete horizontal tear across midsection.

GLC06343.314

List of 29 artists, mostly sculptors.

Written at 215 West Fifty-Seventh Street

GLC06343.315

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: appointment for Ward to a committee on the discovery of the Hudson River.

Written on "City of New York, Office of the Mayor."

GLC06343.328

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: Ward's tickets for the "land parade" and commenting on Ward's sculpture atop the Dewey Arch ["the thing looks bully"].

GLC06343.330

2 sketches Christmas [street] garlands with "electric lights" including notes on details about garland and set-up.

Reverse side: "Studio of Karl Bitter . . . Weehawken, New Jersey".

GLC06343.331

2 sketches of female statue and two flag poles, figure holding up hoop.

Reverse side: "Studio of Karl Bitter . . . Weehawken, New Jersey".

GLC06343.332

Rough sketch of urn with stick figure of person, a list of sketches and some notes. Lined paper.

One sketch of an urn with stick figure and some unrelated writing by Ward

GLC06343.333

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: matters of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.

Typed on "The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" stationary.

GLC06343.335

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: fundraising for his work for the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.

Typed on "Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art" stationary.

GLC06343.336

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: committee matters for the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.

Typed on "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" stationary.
Written at Fifth Avenue and Eighty second St.

GLC06343.337

To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: fundraising for his work committee matters for the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.

Typed on "The Metropolitan Museum of Art" stationary.

GLC06343.338

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 337, June 1878. "Articles about J.Q.A. Ward. Pages 62 + 68."

Written in Franklin Square

GLC06343.339

Sketchbook: filled throughout with drawings and notes by Ward.

Sketches includes people in various positions, figure sketches, sculpture designs, horses, deocrative borders, clothing, etc.

GLC06343.340

Sketch: female figure in toga with flowers in oval, retraced on reverse; graphite, sepia ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.341

Sketch: one woman with female angel and man sitting with arms crossed; graphite; tissue paper.

GLC06343.342

Sketch: woman in toga holding a stock of wheat in oval; graphite, sepia ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.343

Sketches: figure reclining in chariot being dragged by lion-like creatures, other light sketches, including reverse; graphite; heavy, tan wove paper.

GLC06343.344

Sketch: figures riding in chariot being dragged by lion-like creatures; graphite; heavy, tan wove paper.

GLC06343.345

Sketches: fragment of woman in toga, hands clasped, drawn over larger light sketch of woman; graphite; tissue paper.

GLC06343.346

Sculpture designs: Native American hunters [one riding horse hunting buffalo], 3 bust sketches of woman, nude male; graphite, ink; tissue paper.

GLC06343.347

Sketches: large ornamental design with birds and fruit, figure sketches & woman with arms on head on reverse side; graphite, sepia ink; wove paper.

GLC06343.348

Sculpture design: female nude with cloth draped over arm, ornamental decorative borders; graphite; tissue paper

GLC06343.349

Sketches: numerous decorative pedestals, vases, urns, etc. with Greco-Roman themes; graphite; tissue paper.

GLC06343.350

Sketches: numerous sketches of cherubs playing, climbing tree and flying and three angels; iron gall ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.351

Sculpture design: "Garfield Monument" including measurements and scale; "Alternate for No. 2"; graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.352

Sculpture design: "Garfield Monument" including measurements and scale; "Alternate for No. 3"; graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.353

Blueprint: "Proposed Pedestal for the Garfield Monument . . . Profile of Base between Spurs"; wove paper

GLC06343.354

Blueprint: "Proposed Pedestal for the Garfield Monument . . . Ground Plan"; wove paper.

GLC06343.355

Sketch: mourning scene with two dead men being handled, one on stretcher, the other being placed in either coffin or bath, all wearing ancient garbs.

Graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.356

Sculpture designs: six standing female figures [Muses] in togas; graphite; tracing paper.

"Ag[riculture]. . . Love . . . Law . . . Service . . . Art . . . War"

GLC06343.357

Sculpture design: Native American warrior dealing a blow to a felled man with clubbing weapon, and female nude; graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.358

Sculpture, fountain designs: numerous sketches, including one large fountain design on bottom half; graphite; tracing paper.

GLC06343.359

Sculpture, fountain designs: numerous sketches, including large base of fountain on bottom half; graphite, ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.360

Fountain design: large ornamental fountain with seahorses at base and a man with dragon-like creature at top; graphite, ink; tracing paper.

GLC06343.361

Two sculpture designs: General James A. Garfield memorial monument; charcoal, graphite, wove paper.

GLC06343.363

Sculpture design: The Norseman sculpture. "Geo[rge] Booth for Costume"; granite; wove paper mounted on linen.

GLC06343.364

Sketch: seated man holding leg and smoking a cigar, with woman wearing bonnet on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.365

Sculpture design: The Indian Hunter sculpture; graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.366

Sketch: female nude wearing cloth draped over head, 2 other figure sketches and seated person on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.

GLC06343.367

Sketches: two nudes, one sitting, one reclining; charcoal, chalk; brown wove paper.

GLC06343.368

Sketches: two figures, one prostrated and one standing; charcoal, chalk; brown wove paper.

GLC06343.369

Sandusky Weekly Register

One newspaper of the "Sandusky Weekly Register," dated October 19, 1861.

GLC06728.143

Letters of soldier in 9th Alabama infantry

111 wardate plus 62 reconstruction and postwar letters.

GLC06729.01

Letters of soldier in 9th Alabama infantry

111 wardate plus 62 reconstruction and postwar letters.

GLC06729.02

to Dear Parents

Written at Camp Elkwater.

GLC07687.001

to Little Brother Charlie

GLC07687.002

to John Sanders

GLC07900b