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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Five sculpture designs: man and woman embracing, 2 soldiers, figure with arm raised, two figures facing each other]
Graphite; thin wove paper, many creases and wrinkles.
GLC06343.120
[Figures around old bearded man in coffin]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.124
[Lotus blossoms]
Watercolor, graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.130
[Sketches of heads [both sides], some with Japanese top-knot hairstyles]
Graphite; embossed "W"; textured wove paper with watermark.
GLC06343.136
[Japanese banner and calligraphy characters "Great Niphon"]
Graphite, embossed "W"; textured wove paper, watermark.
GLC06343.142
[Martial decorative borders with shield, cannons, "Pluribus Unum"]
Reverse side, with decorative helmet. Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.146
[Decorative sword scabbard with armored knight at top]
Small mounted knights and angelic warriors. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.152
25 August 1867
[Front side of "American Institute" medal design with male and female figures]
Inscribed, "Awarded To." Iron gall ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.156
[Man wearing hat and petticoat, sword hilt, leg]
Reverse side, two scenes with nude women and children. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.161
[Partial floral border]
Graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.166
[Sconce or chandelier design]
GLC06343.171
[Decorative pipe design with (Burmese) lion/dragon's head]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.175
[Six pitcher designs]
Graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.180
[Stanchion]
Black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.183
[Acanthus leaf (pipe design?)]
GLC06343.188
9 July 1872
[Decorative urn with plants]
Both sides. Iron gall ink, graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.191
16 October 1867 circa
[Vignette sketches of workmen]
On both sides. With letterhead "New York, 16 Oct. 1867." Graphite, iron gall ink; wove paper.
GLC06343.194
[Five sketches of busts resting on crafted stands]
Pale graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.199
circa 1860
Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917
[Copy book]
Green marbled boards, black leather corners and spine, pocket inside front cover containing "Metal Tablet" and "Pasteboard Guard", also includes a pen loop, advertisements on front pastedown, instructions in English and French on rear pastedown, and...
GLC01896.160
1881/05/09-1917/08/06
[Account book of E. R. Archer]
Property and financial account book. P. 1 - 17 record the building and maintenance of the "dwelling house on Franklin Street" 1881/5/9 - 1896/10/2; p 18 - 51 record the building and maintenance expenses for the "house on 6th Street" 1890/5/1 -...
GLC01896.164
9 June 1781
Frothingham, Richard, 1748-1819
Return of arms and cartridge boxes at New Windsor West Point & Fishkill
Possibly created at New Windsor. Lists good and damaged muskets and cartridge boxes. Frothingham signs as Field Commissary of Military Stores.
GLC02437.00967
August 24, 1782
Washington, George, 1732-1799
[Later copy of a letter August 24, 1782 letter to Lord Stirling]
"My Lord: I thank you for naming a gentleman for the officer of Commissary of Prisoners...I thank you, also for the loan of the History of Jno. Sobeiski...If your Lordship is done with the map of Staten Island, I should be glad to have it returned as...
GLC09069
February 11, 1862
Whiting, Jasper S., fl. 1861-1862
to Paul J. Semmes
Major and Assistant Adjutant General Whiting replies to a report Semmes filed noting deficiencies in supplies for his command. Informs Semmes that he should do whatever is necessary to obtain the necessary supplies. Advises that brigade commanders...
GLC00572.35.06
February 1, 1863
Gorsuch, Joseph B., 1834-1908
to Joseph and his wife
Written in the field near Vicksburg, on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River. Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, discusses recent Union attempts to take Vicksburg, Mississippi by way of a constructed canal. Writes...
GLC00653.09.03
February 23, 1863
Gorsuch, Joseph B., ?-1864
to Joseph Curtis and his wife, Mary Gorsuch Curtis
Written in camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi (possibly in Louisiana). Gorsuch, Captain of the 83rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, replies to a letter from his aunt and uncle. Relates that two men from his company, Daniel D. Avey and Hillriah G...
GLC00653.09.07
July 4, 1863
to William Beckett
Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal of the 13th Army Corps, writes to his friend the day the Union won the Battle of Vicksburg. Declares "Today is an era in our career as an army, and as individuals, for today Vicksburg has fallen. Long and...
GLC00653.09.12
November 15, 1860
Columbus Guard
Encloses a copy of the "Southern Guard" (see GLC 715.09.01) a publication of the proceeds of a meeting held at Temperance Hall on 13 November. Announces that Semmes has been appointed commander. Ask that Semmes accept this proposition. Signed all...
GLC00715.09.02
February 18, 1863
Jones, William, 1760-1831
to Philip B. Jones
One letter addressed to Philip B. Jones from William W. Jones dated Feburary 18, 1863. Pertains to paying $1,400 for a 35-year old enslaved man named Joe currently being held in Gradys Jail. Also mentions that Joe's wife (unnamed) was included in the...
GLC01449.02
16 June 1815
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
to James Maury Esq.
"...what is incomprehensible to me is that the Marquis of Wellesly...says that 'the aggression which led to war was from the US, not from England.' is there a person in the world who, knowing the circumstances, thinks this? the acts which produced...
GLC09077
June 1, 1864
Unknown
Note regarding a case of malaria
In the collection of Joseph B. Gorsuch, Captain and Provost Marshal 13th Corps, Army of the Tennessee. Written in pencil. The author states "I have taken a fever from the poison of the southern malaria and become very weak. I am getting better now...
GLC00653.09.17
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912
Enlistment of Sickles Brigade
Shows the duplicitous agents of Daniel Sickles recruiting the brigade he raised and equipped himself at considerable expense. A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a "Colonel Sickle's Brigade"...
GLC00493.06
Buying a substitute in the North during the war
Image comments negatively upon the Northern policy of allowing men to find a substitute to take their place in the draft. Shows a well-dressed and dandified agent with a holstered pistol showing a timid gentleman into a low class pub where the...
GLC00493.07
Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C.
Depicts the treacherous route into Charleston Harbor with several sunken ships. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.
GLC00493.10
Making clothes for the boys in the army
Depicts three women sitting in a crowded bedchamber, engaged in the entire process of making clothing. On the far left, a woman wearing a bonnet spins the raw material into thread. The thread is then woven into cloth by the woman working the loom. On...
GLC00493.11
circa 1861-1863
Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party
One etching entitled, "Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party," by Adalbert John Volck, political cartoonist and sympathist with the Confederacy. Depicts an enslaved woman, directing mounted Federal soldiers as the enslaver hides in the...
GLC00493.12
Return of a raiding party from Pennsylvania
Depicts the booty of a very successful Confederate cavalry raid. Shows soldiers driving dozens of captured cattle and pigs. A wagon train, possibly full of pilfered goods, snakes in the background. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of...
GLC00493.13
Tracks of the armies
Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is...
GLC00493.15
Formation of guerrilla bands
Foreground depicts an angry figure trying to convince a farmer, who has had his homestead destroyed by Union forces, to take revenge by joining a guerrilla band in the background. The farmer sits with his wife and son among the ruins of what appears...
GLC00493.16
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon
Depicts a pastor and members of his congregation presenting church bells to be used to create weapons of war. The officer who accepts the bells removes his hat in recognition of the reverence of the occasion. Slaves perform the work of lifting the...
GLC00493.19
Gen'l Stuart's raid to the White House
Depicts Confederate cavalrymen under the command of General J.E.B. Stuart descending upon the Federal line only to find one Hezekiah Skinflint, a sutler who had provided provisions, in this case "ale and lager," to the soldiers. Many Southerners held...
GLC00493.21
Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent
Depicts a scene of quiet piety and great reverence in an army camp. Shows most of the men with their heads bowed in prayer, some weeping. Stonewall Jackson, a man known for his great religiosity, appears to be delivering a sermon to the men. Also...
GLC00493.24
Free Negroes in the North
Depicts a scene of urban depravity. Volck is seeking to convey the hypocrisy of the North when it comes to the plight of blacks. The focal point of the sketch is a well-dressed white man who may be Henry Ward Beecher, a leader in the antislavery...
GLC00493.26
Vicksburg canal
In a lush swamp, two men spy on something unseen, probably the canal. One of the men appears to be a scout, dressed in animal skins and wearing a fur hat. The other man wears a Confederate uniform and peers through a telescope. Both men are armed...
GLC00493.29
circa 1866
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
[Clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant]
Clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant. Signed "U. S. Grant General." Framed along with photo of Grant, GLC01320.01, in a frame 32 x 21 cm.
GLC01320.02
April 21, 1859
Kagi, John, fl. 1859
[Photograph of couple]
Collateral photo accompanied with autograph letter signed (See GLC07235.01).
GLC07235.02
1940's ca.
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
[Blank Postcard]
One blank postcard dated circa 1940's based on a 1880's portrait of Frederick Douglass. Printed on the rear of the postcard is the text, "Frederick Douglass1818-1895 Born a slaveon the eastern shore of Maryland, but ran away to become a great anti...
GLC07926.02
29 April 1851
Pennington, J.W.C., fl. 1851
[Runaway slave]
A runaway slave in his own right, Pennington, while avoiding arrest in Liverpool, England, comments on the situation here in American and a fugitive slave case: "...My constant trouble of mind is the evils now pressing on my nation and people. What...
GLC09088
circa 1868
Ku Klux Klan
To Davie Jeems
Threatening a Black office-holder. "Notice/To Jeems, Davie, you must be a good boy...at night I am a Ku Klux sent here to look after you and all the rest of the radicals and make you know your place. I have got my eye on you every day...[T]ell...
GLC09090
18 May 1862
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
to Herman Dyer
Secretary of War Stanton writes to his friend Reverend Dyer about Union strategy in Peninsula Campaign, responding to criticism in the press. He expresses condemnation of General McClellan. Stanton insists that Lincoln agrees with him concerning the...
GLC07102.01
7 May 1861
Marcy, Randolph B., 1812-1887
General orders, no. 5
Orders that "the Regimental Councils of Administrations, will be organized in conformity to Article 25, Army Regulations." Order issued by McClellan, signed by Marcy, and signed in print by Granger.
GLC06235.04
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