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6 June 1883
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to Mr. Kip
Declines an invitation from H. G. Chapman to attend the Hemenway Gymnasium on class day.
GLC03998.04
1 October 1850
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
1811-1884
Peace if possible -- Justice at any rate.
GLC03998.06
circa 1871
to George William Curtis
Requests details on Curtis's interview with Grant. Asks if he has heard anyone besides Grant assert that Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was removed from chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Relations because of negligence. Curtis was...
GLC03998.07
12 October 1781
Wigglesworth, Edward, 1732-1794
At a meeting of the Corporation of Harvard College.
Copy of Harvard Corporation's vote of thanks to Granville Sharp of London for a donation of a six volume Polyglot Bible and seven copies of Sharp's "The Law of Retribution" to Harvard's library. The copy was sent by Wigglesworth to William Knox...
GLC02437.01220
ca. 1840-1890
Webb, Maria, 1804-1873
[Scrapbook of Maria Webb]
Bound collection of letters from leading abolitionists of the period, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe, among others.
GLC08360
28 June 1879
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Maria Child
Discusses the Yearly Quaker Meeting he just returned from, in addition to speakers at Garrison's funeral and William Lloyd Garrison's views on the after life. Whittier is "shocked by the barbarism & superstition of our popular faith." He says...
GLC05508.262.01
circa 1872-1874
Currier & Ives
Lithograph of Frederick Douglass
Circa dates based on several sources, indicating Currier and Ives' location at 125 Nassau St. between 1872 and 1874.
GLC08630.03
7 August 1855
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
to unknown
Directed to "Gentlemen." Agrees to deliver a lecture on slavery during the upcoming winter, noting, "I shall fail to say anything possessing either novelty or merit upon a topic which has been more profoundly and carefully discussed in Boston than...
GLC05603.01.25
1925 circa
Tanner, James, 1844-1927
"At the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln"
One article entitled, "At the Deathbed of Abraham Lincoln," written by James Tanner and printed by the National Republic. Consists of an eye witness account related to Lincoln's assassination and his deathbed. Relays the chaos at the scene at Ford's...
GLC05603.03.04
3 January 1840-31 December 1841
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 11, no. 53 (December 31, 1841)]
GLC06109.01
7 January 1842-29 December 1843
The liberator. [Vol. 12, no. 1 (January 7, 1842) - v. 13, no. 52 ( December 29, 1843)]
GLC06109.02
5 January 1844-26 December 1845
The liberator. [Vol. 14, no. 1 (January 5, 1844) - v. 15, no. 52 (December 26, 1845)]
GLC06109.03
2 January 1846-31 December 1847
The liberator. [Vol. 16, no. 1 (January 2, 1846) - v. 17, no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]
GLC06109.04
[n.d.]
J.E., Tilton, & Co., 1851-1878
Lowell, James Russell.
Tilton imprint on recto. Identified in ink on verso. Vignette half length seated portrait, holding cane. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.19
1864
Truth, Sojourner.
Printed inscription on recto: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." Blue two-cent tax stamp and pencil inscription "11902" on verso. Full length standing portrait with walking stick. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.20
1861-1877
[Carte de visite of Horace Greeley]
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Three quarter length standing portrait of a bald, heavyset man in civilian dress. White mount with gold border
GLC06391.28
D. Appleton & Company, fl. 1861-1880
Bright, John.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Three quarter length seated portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.29
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
Subdun[?], Benj[amin]
With Charles Taber imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Oval vignette bust portrait. [Photograph from painting or engraving?] White mount
GLC06391.30
[Unidentified ]
Oval bust portrait of a middle-aged man. White mount.
GLC06391.31
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, Lyman Beecher, and Henry Ward Beecher.
From negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Full length seated portrait of all three. White mount with red border.
GLC06391.32
Bryant, W[illia]m Cullen.
Photograph by A.A. Turner. ; Appleton imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on verso. Half length seated portrait of Bryant as an old man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.33
Paxson, Chas., fl. 1863-1864
"Our Protection. Rosa, Charley, Rebecca. Slave Children from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso.Portrait of three children wrapped in what appear to be flags. White mount
GLC06391.38
1863
"Rebecca: A Slave Girl from New Orleans."
With printed identification on recto; imprint and copyright on verso. Vignette bust portrait of a young girl. White mount
GLC06391.39
27 January 1864
Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 2, no. 16 (January 27, 1864)]
"The New Doctrine of Church and State" notes changes made in proscribed church doctrine through a lengthy article examining the debate between church and state with particular consideration given to the Confederate Congress. An editorial titled...
GLC05959.39.47
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