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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Sketch of a rock formation and trees with a person sleeping below]
Also sketch of plant. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.046
[Woman washing clothes with a man seated reading]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.049
[Portrait of a mustached man wearing a hat and spectacles]
Reverse side has an incomplete sketch of the hindquarters of a cow. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.056
[Back of a woman in frock coat and long skirt]
Reverse side has faint design of either a fountain or sculpture. Graphite; tan wove paper.
GLC06343.059
29 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Simon Cameron
Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
GLC08093
11 December 1796
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Sir John Sinclair
Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...
GLC08095
[Two portraits of man in hat]
Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.065
4 August 1855
[Landscape, rock formation with trees]
Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.069
[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
[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]
GLC06343.081
[Two angels, one with sword, in heavenly setting]
Granite, grey ink wash; charcoal ink smudge; wove paper.
GLC06343.085
[Sketches of buffalo]
Graphite; tracing paper mounted to thick wove paper fragment with corner of printed image on back.
GLC06343.090
[Angel offering peace between a victorious warrior and defeated warrior]
Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.094
[Goateed man holding book to chest]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.101
[Woman with large bird]
GLC06343.104
[Two female figures, one in water]
Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.
GLC06343.110
7 May 1837
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
6 December 1864
[Fragment of Lincoln's last State of the Union address concerning the thirteenth amendment]
An 11-line fragment of his last Annual Message to Congress dealing with the failure of Congress to pass the thirteenth amendment and recommending they reconsider: "At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution [inserted...
GLC08094
31 July 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
to Henry Knox
Patten, Captain of Artillery Artificers, reports details of work completed at New Windsor, including the building of wagon carriages, wooden bottoms (for artillery) and mortar carriages. Writes, "My Men are Very unease for want of Money, and more...
GLC02437.01103
[Standing male holding musket]
GLC06343.116
[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]
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
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