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Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865
Fessenden, William.
Fredricks imprint on verso. Identification in pencil on verso. Vignette bust portrait in profile, facing proper right. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.36
W., Schaus, ?
[Unidentified]
Photograph by Duchochois & Klauser. With Schaus imprint on verso. Three quarter length seated portrait of bearded man in profile, facing proper left. Photograph from engraving. White mount
GLC06391.37
1864
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
Lincoln, Abraham.
With gold border; Fredricks imprint on verso. Vignette bust portrait. White mount
GLC06391.40
J. Byerly & Son
With gold border; Bylerly imprint on verso. Oval seated half length portrait of an old woman. White mount
GLC06391.41
Whipple, Amiel W., 1816-1863
Shaw, [?].
With Whipple imprint on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Col. Shaw, 54th Masstts Regt." Half length seated portrait in uniform. White mount.
GLC06391.42
Carte de visite of B.F. Butler
With gold border; Fredricks imprint on verso. Half length seated portrait of an older man in civilian dress. White mount.
GLC06391.43
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria.
With Taber imprint and identification printed on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount.
GLC06391.44
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
From a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Half length seated portrait of a middle aged man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.45
Carte de visite of [Ambrose Burnside]
Bust portrait. Photograph from engraving.
GLC06391.46
1861/02/21
Morris, Charles F., fl. 1861-1862
to: "Dear Brother."
Charles wishes his brother would write more as he barely gets two letters per month and asks his brother to thank their mother for the box she sent him. Written at Camp Pierpont
GLC06451.001
1861/08/31
to: George M. Morris.
Charles received Elizabeth's letter and was glad to hear from George. He would like to know if Jesse is in camp.
GLC06451.002
1861/09/20
Charles reports that a boy in his regiment was killed while on picket by an officer of his own company. His general had told the men they will be home by New Years but he does not believe it.
GLC06451.003
1861/10/06
There was a fight and the men had to march 6 miles only to "drill quick" back to cross the "Chane Bridge." He tells his mother and brother that he is going to enlist for 15 years if they approve "for I like to sold[i]er."
GLC06451.004
1861/10/10
to: Susannah L. Morris
Charles is enjoying himself, stating "I hafe [have] a grate [great] [deal] of fune [fun] hear [here] and I hop [hope] you hafe [have] as much at home." He hopes that Susannah is still good friends with William and that George and Mage "will not fall...
GLC06451.005
1861/10/15
Charles is expecting "a bat[t]le hear [here] soon and I do not care how soon fore I would like to fight." Written at Camp Pierpont.
GLC06451.006
1861/10/27
[in another hand] Charles seems content declaring "I have a fine time here." He is cooking for the company and they only drill for an hour a day now. He promises to send Elizabeth and his mother his likeness. George has told him that there are no...
GLC06451.007
1862/01/26
Charles received and appreciated the box his brother sent to him. Written at Camp Pierpont.
GLC06451.008
1862/08/08
to: "Dear brother."
Charles was not hurt but his hat was blown off and his gun knocked out of his hand in battle. The fight was hard and he hopes there won't be another like it soon.
GLC06451.010
to: brother.
Charles is unsure whether he will make it home this winter. He describes the meals the soldiers are served.
GLC06451.011
to: John Morris.
There was a fight and they were close enough to see the Confederates but they were unable to kill any of them.
GLC06451.012
Morris Family
to unknown
List of names with numeric notations written after each. [with Charles Morris' papers]
GLC06451.013
1862/02/09
Morris, George, fl. 1862
to: Wilmor W. Morris.
George tells Wilmor that he saw Tilley Wilson and Jones Stuart who "is s[u]ch a devel of a fool and it is good fun to watch him." George would like to know "if Matt Mitchel [got an] honorable discharge" as he so claims.
GLC06451.014
1862/10/31
George reports that their father is getting better and promises to write Joseph very soon. He sends word to Joseph that "his purty girl Miss E. Talor had a litt[l]e one by old Hicky."
GLC06451.015
1862/06/06
Morris, Jesse M., fl. 1862
Jesse was wounded in the shoulder in the last battle. The steamer is headed for New York and then Pennsylvania but he will try to get a furlough to come home if his shoulder does not heal.
GLC06451.016
1 April 1777
Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809
to Henry Knox
Received Knox's letter via Captain Shaw, and was pleased by Knox's good spirits. Hopes to defeat the British, but worries about the lack of manpower, hearing that Washington only has 4,000 men. "If this is the case you must expect a whipping very...
GLC02437.00561
1905
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Indian Chiefs: Quanah Parker, Geronimo, Buckskin Charlie, American Horse, Little Plume, Hollow Horn Boar, in the Inaugural Parade .
The Native Americans ride in a tight cluster at the head of the parade.
GLC06449.49
H. C. White Co.
Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to President Roosevelt
Frontal view, taken from behind the guard at the front of the podium, slightly to the right side. The guard appears in the foreground. Roosevelt and Fuller can be seen as small figures, slightly below and to the left of center, in front of a large...
GLC06449.50
1861-1877
General Ordway
Small version of image 7000.53. Ring which was present on ring finger left hand in all photos of youth no longer present.
GLC07000.07
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
[General Ordway as a civilian]
An image of Ordway as a civilian in a coat with a bow tie. Close up - head and shoulders present only
GLC07000.08
23 March 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox [incomplete]
The first page or pages of the letter are missing. Feels it is wrong that other officers were promoted over the more senior Benedict Arnold. Worries this action will push Arnold out of the service, and hopes it is remedied. The lack of a promotion...
GLC02437.00557
25 March 1777
Knox, William, 1756-1795
Continues the discussion about raising money from his last letter, GLC02437.00555. Still believes that he will soon have raised the necessary funds, and will then be free to join the army. Hopes to receive the quills, wax, etc. that day. A French...
GLC02437.00558
26 March 1777
Eveleigh, Nicholas, 1748-1791
Says his main purpose in writing is to ask Knox to forward an enclosed letter to Mr. Rose. Also states that he has been marching fifty miles a day and has no artillery captain. Discusses his desire to see his wife, a feeling he knows Knox shares....
GLC02437.00559
31 March 1777
to Lucy Knox
Loves her and thinks of her constantly. Thinks America will soon rise and Britain fall. Sees the recent arrival of arms as a positive sign from above. Feels the war has lost all virtue. If not for her he think he would not have the will to live....
GLC02437.00560
Knox, Lucy Flucker, 1756-1824
Thanks him for his letter, which Samuel Shaw delivered. When she had not heard from him for two posts she began to worry. She loves him more than ever, and will send the goods he requested in his previous letter. Details her plans to be inoculated...
GLC02437.00562
1720-1839
Collection of letters and documents correspondence of North Family [Decimalized .01-.29]
GLC02542.32
Underwood & Underwood, fl. 1888-1930
Working for Peace - President Roosevelt and Envoys of Mikado and Czar
Stereoview. Roosevelt stands in the center of the picture with his top hat in his hand. The two Japanese envoys are on his left, while the Russians are on his right. An explanation of the historical situation appears on the back of the card...
GLC06449.46
Beginning of the great hunt, President Roosevelt and party entering the bear country.
Roosevelt on horseback, riding up a trail toward the foreground of the picture with a group of other horsemen. Some hunting dogs occupy the picture's foreground.
GLC06449.47
On the great bear hunt, President Roosevelt after leaving Newcastle for the mountains .
Roosevelt is shown in western gear, mounted on a white horse with a rifle in his hand.
GLC06449.48
The return from the bear hunt, - President Roosevelt and party on road from Newcastle, Col.
President Roosevelt on a white horse flanked by two riders on dark horses. Behind them are a wire fence and a telegraph pole. A steep mountain forms the background.
GLC06449.51
Pres. and Mrs. Roosevelt in Carriage with Pres. Francis, Pres. Roosevelt's visit to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
A side view of the carriage, near an ornately decorated building. At the picture's right edge, Mrs. Roosevelt, her body in profile facing proper right, looks directly at the viewer. President Roosevelt, sitting on her right, gazes downwards.
GLC06449.52
Pres. Roosevelt addressing a typical Western crowd from the rear of his private car, Presidential Tour, 1905.
President Roosevelt with entourage, addressing a flag-waving crowd from the back of a railway car. The shot is taken from near the front of the audience.
GLC06449.53
"We got ten bears in all."
President Roosevelt's first interview on the road from the bear hunt. President Roosevelt, leaning from the back of a white horse, speaks with a man in a dark suit and bowler hat before a mountainous background.
GLC06449.54
1907
Keystone View Company
Our Famous and Fearless President Stating Facts - Opening Day at the Jamestown Exposition.
President Roosevelt, facing proper right, stands just inside a flag-festooned tent filled with people. Many in the crowd behind him share his orientation. Women in white fill the first row.
GLC06449.55
[Officer from Md. regiment outside his tent]
Officer from Md. (Maryland?) regiment outside his tent, surrounded by picket fence. Clothing, sponges hanging, washtub, and buckets visible.[General Ordway's Estate and Officer Unknown] on back.
GLC07000.01
Sutter, fl. 1861-1877
Union Officer leaning against pedestal standing at ease.
Union Officer (as shown by Sabre) leaning against pedestal standing at ease. Background seems to be a backdrop * probably Ordway daguerreotype [Sutter 128 Wisconsin St. Milwaukee, Wis.]
GLC07000.02
Judd, A.W., fl. 1919
[Lieut. Walter M Hotz Co St 1st Vols. US Army Lieut.]
Lieut. Walter M Hotz Co St 1st Vols. US Army Lieut. Hotz stands in front of tent wearing dress uniform and jacket [275 in white in lower 3rd of photo, A.W. Judd Chattanooga, Tenn. on bottom of stock]
GLC07000.03
[Same officer as 7000.02 (again, probably Ordway) against same backdrop]
Close-up (torso and head only) with hat off - possible for mother or sweetheart.
GLC07000.04
[Union Officer seated in parade dress resting sabre across person]
(Likely not Ordway)
GLC07000.05
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