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1890 ca.
Smith and Buck
[Cabinet card of Mrs. Harriet Chapman]
Shows Mrs. Chapman, daughter of Lincoln's cousin Dennis Hanks, at about age 72. Provenance notes in pencil on back.
GLC07088.02
1880 ca.
Hastings, fl. 1880
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Heavily vignetted profile portrait of Stowe as an older woman. Signed on mount.
GLC07093
1888/08/07
Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898
to E.T. Lawsing re: answering inquiries on Shiloh
"In case of a battle on Monday without my command, Genl. Grant would without doubt have been defeated."
GLC07052
1893
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
The wilderness hunter; an account of the big game of the United States and its chase with horse, hound, and rifle
Inscription to Miss Margaret on front endpaper dated 13 December 1893 discusses Roosevelt's love of hunting and the wilderness. Note inscribed inside cover by Bill dated 14 December 1893 Bookplate of Alastair Penrose Gordon-Cumming affxed to inside...
GLC07151
1895/01/04
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
to I.J. Dunn
"Certainly there never was more urgent need for the vigorous enforcement of demecratic principles and never . . . a time when true democracy as taught by the fathers would be welcomed more heartily by the masses."
GLC07189
1890
Birch, Thomas, fl. 1890
Thomas Birch's sons auction catalog of Washington's papers [catalog no. 657]
Lacks cover
GLC07215.01
1886/08/12
Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
re: phonplex system of telegraphy
Edison explains that the system will: "Enable you to duplicate your way wire circuits and to add circuits to your existing through wires."
GLC07616.01
1896/01/03
to James C. Parrish re: raising funds
For venture to separate phosphorous via magnetic process.
GLC07616.02
circa 1889
[Seated portrait of Thomas Edison]
Seated portrait of Edison in one of his characteristic poses. His left arm rests on the arm of the chair, while his right is propped on a nearby table, with his hand pressed against his temple. Ink inscription on mount reads, "To my friend Simpkin...
GLC07616.04
1881
[Photograph of Edison Machine Works building]
Signed by principal lighting engineer, Charles L. Clarke. Ink inscription on mount reads, "Edison Machine Works, Goerck St., New York City, Photo, 1881." Edison established his Machine Works factory in 1881 to produce dynamos and other electrical...
GLC07616.05
Caravalho, D.N., fl. 1881
The Edison 150-light dynamo.
Signed by principal lighting engineer, Charles L. Clarke. Depicts generator body with four stacks. Printed text on mount identifies Edison Machine Works as the site of the dynamo's production. Pencil inscription below title reads, "1881." Image is...
GLC07616.06
The Edison 250-light dynamo.
Signed by principal lighting engineer, Charles L. Clarke. Depicts generator body with six stacks, larger than the 150-light dynamo. Printed text on mount identifies Edison Machine Works as the site of the dynamo's production. Pencil inscription...
GLC07616.07
1879/05/19
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
The Exodus [oppression of blacks in the South and their leaving for the North]
Apparently a sentiment or quotation written on blue lined paper, removed from a notebook or autograph album. This may be unrhymed verse. "If they were generally and systematically whipt starved and shot to death and if there were no rational ground...
GLC07563
1882/06/01
Guiteau, Charles, 1841-1882
My Case [poem]
Faded ink. "For Saturday's Star." A poem justifying his assassination of President Garfield. "I executed / the Divine command. And Garfield did remove / to save my party / and my country / from the bitter fate of war...." The fifth page has had...
GLC06319
circa 1880
Willard, Mary B., fl. 1880
Why the W.C.T.U. seeks the ballot.
Willard explains why the Women's Christian Temperance Union seeks suffrage for women.
GLC06306.02
1877/01/13
Baker, David, fl. 1877
to Peter Cooper
Partially printed letter from the Division of Loans, with Treasury Department letterhead. Acknowledges the recipient's desire to redeem $100,000 worth of bonds.
GLC06473.06
1880
Workingmen's Party of California
Chinatown declared a nuisance!
Attacks both the Democratic and Republican Parties for not stopping Chinese immigration, but reserves special vitriol for Ulysses S. Grant. Includes notes from a Board of Health meeting describing sub-par living conditions and rampant disease. Part...
GLC06232.03
1878/01/01
Vallarta, I.T., fl. 1878
Translation of Account of Relations between Mexico and Pawnee Tribes of Texas
Consists of clerical transmittal, bound with a copy of the treaty written in the same hand.
GLC07389
1883/11/07
Bushyhead, Dennis W., 1826-1898
First Annual Message (second term)
Speech delivered at Talequah by principal chief of Cherokee Nation.
GLC07384.05
1886
Bourke, John G., 1846-1896
An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre: An account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883
Published by Charled Scribner's Sons. Dedication included on the first blank page to C. M. Lanitis Jr. from Mrs. Lieutenant Seyburn, May 1886. Describes a campaign led by General George Crook against the Chiricahua Apache Tribe in 1883. In the...
GLC07380.02
Rasmus, William T., fl. 1881
Compiled Laws... Cherokee Nation
Laws passed in Talequah Indian Territory; presentation copy by assistant executive secretary of Cherokee Nation.
GLC07384.02
Constitution, Treaties and Laws of the Chickasaw
Inscribed to D. Fisher. Written from the Indian Territory of Atoka.
GLC07384.03
12 November 1883
to S. S. Conant
Douglass writes to Conant, Editor of Harper's Weekly. Because of other engagements, he may have trouble writing an article for Harper's immediately. Intends to send the article within the course of a fortnight.
GLC07483.01
24 March 1894
to Benjamin Franklin Auld
Thanks Auld for helping him obtain the date when Auld's father, Hugh, began the ship building firm where Douglass served in Baltimore. Asserts that Hugh may have begun the business as early as 1827, and he (Douglass) may have been eight years old in...
GLC07484.01
9 April 1891
Thanks Auld for "an elegantly bound and finely illustrated volume containing a biographical history" of the Baltimore police. Recalls his boyhood days and many pleasant memories with the Auld family. Written on Cedar Hill, Anacostia, D.C...
GLC07484.02
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