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1857
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Dr. Edward Ruggles, Brooklyn 1857
Sketch of a man working at a sewing machine. Iron gall ink; wove paper glued at back corners to heavy backing.
GLC06343.072
circa 1830-1910
[Goateed man in defensive pose]
Graphite or charcoal; orange wove paper.
GLC06343.073
[Sketch of heavenly scene with haloed figure and couple in hammock]
Text on reverse, "Bring wood to make me bright and banish every evil sprite . . . The family is the Nation. The hearth [illegible] the alter of Liberty." Wove paper.
GLC06343.074
[Sculpture design: standing man [possibly James A. Garfield] holding up a paper in one hand]
Graphite; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.075
[Four sculpture designs: standing man (James A. Garfield)]
GLC06343.076
[Sculpture design: standing man]
Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.077
Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper; pressure sensitive tapes.
GLC06343.078
Possibly James A. Garfield. With hand on pedestal. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.079
[Various sketches and sculpture designs]
Greco-Roman themes, nude models, soldiers, etc. Bound with string. Graphite, charcoal, tissue and wove papers.
GLC06343.080
[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.081
[Numerous small sketches on both sides]
Man slaughtering goat or deer, one figure holding another, etc. Possibly representing the biblical story of Abraham nearly sacrificing his son and slaying the ram. Black ink and graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.082
[Man seated in arm chair with legs crossed and nude woman seated drawing on reverse]
Graphite; thick wove paper.
GLC06343.083
[Monarch in royal robe holding scepter]
Numeric calculations top right. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.084
[Two angels, one with sword, in heavenly setting]
Granite, grey ink wash; charcoal ink smudge; wove paper.
GLC06343.085
[Nude male wrestling goat or ram]
Graphite; yellow, lined, wove paper.
GLC06343.086
[Three sketches of nude males with torches]
One figure traced on the reverse side. Graphite; thin tracing paper.
GLC06343.087
[Profile of figure [Jesus?] in robe with raised hand]
GLC06343.088
[Two sketches of male figure, one in loin cloth holding object next to head]
Graphite; yellow tracing paper.
GLC06343.089
[Sketches of buffalo]
Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.
GLC06343.090
[Four sketches of men in ancient garb, one holding arrows and shield]
Graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.091
[Numerous sketches of figures on both sides]
Sketches: bust portrait of man, man sitting with elbow resting on knee and hand in palm, man with loincloth and arm resting on head, robed woman, nude man [in sepia conte crayon] and several other small sketches. Graphite, black ink, sepia conte...
GLC06343.092
[Male and female nudes embracing in dance]
GLC06343.093
[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]
Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.094
[Four standing figures: Native Americans and European explorer]
Reverse side, numerous small sketches with dragons and horse. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.095
[n.d.]
Seated man in top hat, and person with harp on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.
# 96 decorative borders; graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper fragment; 16 x 10cm (irregular); fragmented
GLC06343.096
[Bearded man with upraised arm and naval emblem with anchor on reverse side]
Tracing paper fragment.
GLC06343.097
[Two sketches of female nudes from behind with drapes]
GLC06343.098
[Reclining nude male playing with goat]
Graphite [also traced on reverse]; tracing paper.
GLC06343.099
[Numerous sketches with figures, lion, and stork]
Graphite, black ink; tan wove paper.
GLC06343.100
[Goateed man holding book to chest]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.101
[Kneeling figure bending forward]
Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.102
[Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]
Black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.103
[Woman with large bird]
GLC06343.104
[Female figure from behind]
Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.105
[Two sketches: one woman standing with knee resting on mount, one sitting holding hair]
GLC06343.106
[Nude woman standing with one arm raised]
Black ink with pale skirt drawn in graphite; thick tracing paper.
GLC06343.107
[Man in loincloth holding dagger]
GLC06343.108
[Two small figures on panel surrounded by various grasses and Cat Tails sprouts]
GLC06343.109
[Two female figures, one in water]
Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.
GLC06343.110
09 March 1831
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
To: Joseph Blunt.
Criticizing Jackson administration and spoils system, including mention of Peggy Eaton affair: They have no "character to lose."
GLC08081
16 October 1845
to Richard Rush
Predicting Civil War in wake of slavery's expansion. .
GLC08082
7 May 1837
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Owens
To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...
GLC08085
11 December 1859
To: William Kellogg.
Re: Election of 1860 & difficulties in dealing with Horace Greeley and Greeley's support of Stephen Douglas.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860, p. 506
GLC08086
[Two sketches of female nudes, one standing, one seated with leg up on knee]
GLC06343.111
[Two standing males, one nude with musket, one in 18th century garb]
GLC06343.112
[Woman with foot raised holding tablet and lightning bolt (?)]
GLC06343.113
[Nude figure with out-stretched hand]
Pale charcoal or graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.114
[Standing male holding musket]
GLC06343.116
[Three male nudes, two sitting, one standing with cloth draped over arm]
Graphite; tracing paper fragment.
GLC06343.117
[Standing female figure with crown, staff, and out-stretched arm]
Charcoal and graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.118
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