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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[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
[Spinning wheel]
Graphite or charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.060
[Reclining bull]
Iron gall ink; wove paper.
GLC06343.061
[Two dogs in profile]
With additional sketches on reverse side. Iron gall ink, graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.062
14 April 1684
Indian Treaty
Indian land sale-Flushing Meadows, NY. MDS by 8 Indians.
GLC08077
01 January 1834
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to James Kirke Paulding
Vowing to destroy second bank of the United States.
GLC08083
24 June 1837
to Benjamin P. Butler.
To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."
GLC08084
02 April 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Todd Lincoln.
Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.
GLC08090
29 March 1861
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 skulls with partial skull sketch on reverse]
Conte crayon, chalk, graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.063
[Three men sailing with wind-beings blowing sails]
GLC06343.064
[Two portraits of man in hat]
Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.065
Mirror images signed. Graphite; crease down center; wove paper.
GLC06343.066
Boy sitting on bench; reverse side, man in rocking chair drawn in boundaries of large brown stain; graphite; wove paper.
Seagulls and cricket; black ink wash; wove paper
GLC06343.067
[Woman eating and sketch of boy below]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.068
4 August 1855
[Landscape, rock formation with trees]
Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.069
[Five sketches of cats]
Graphite, iron gall ink; lined wove paper.
GLC06343.070
1867
Chambers, Joht W., fl. 1867
The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles
Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.
GLC06343.071
1857
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
[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]
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
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