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circa 1890-1899
Randall, James Ryder (1839-1908)
Verse one of poem "Maryland, my Maryland"
On stationary printed "United States Senate, Washington, D.C." Date is also printed "189_" but exact year is not filled in.
GLC02453.03
circa 1880
Buttre, John Chester (1821-1893)
Engraving of Jacob Thompson
Biographical note is adhered below the image. Photograph by J.E. M'Clees Washington D.C. Engraved by J.C. Buttre N.Y.
GLC02459.62
1823/07/15
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to John Trumbull re: his engraving "Declaration of Independence", Univ. of Va.
With integral address leaf, free franked. Docketed by recipient. Jefferson agrees to subscribe to a copy of Trumbull's engraving of the signing of Declaration (Staufer 679) and also orders a print of Washington's resignation. He invites Trumbull...
GLC02483
1865
Kimmel & Forster (fl. 1864-1865)
Columbia's noblest sons
Print of Columbia crowning an image of George Washington and an image of Abraham Lincoln with laurel leaves. To the left of Washington are images from his presidency and the American Revolution, and on the right of Lincoln are images from his...
GLC02597
11 July - August 1863
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894)
[Sketchbook with drawings and notes on the Gettysburg campaign] [word processed inventory available]
Signed by Bachelder on the first blank page, "Jno. B Bachelder, Print Publisher, no. 123 Washington St. Boston." Drawings, pencil and watercolor sketches, and notes on the Gettysburg campaign. Includes sketches of Hanover Junction, PA, 11 July...
GLC02670.01
1889
Kurz & Allison
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.
Published by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers at 76 and 78 Wabash Avenue in Chicago. Depicts a charging column of mixed Confederate calvary and infantry on the right side of the image. Most of the Confederate calvary are American Indians dressed in...
GLC00317.01
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation
Depicts a menacing-looking Lincoln slumping in his chair writing the Emancipation Proclamation with his left foot sitting on top of a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Demon imagery is found throughout. The Statue of Liberty's head is covered by Lincoln...
GLC00493.03
Enlistment of Sickles Brigade
Shows the duplicitous agents of Daniel Sickles recruiting the brigade he raised and equipped himself at considerable expense. A throng of bedraggled men congregate around a Federal officer who holds out a medal and wears a "Colonel Sickle's Brigade"...
GLC00493.06
Buying a substitute in the North during the war
Image comments negatively upon the Northern policy of allowing men to find a substitute to take their place in the draft. Shows a well-dressed and dandified agent with a holstered pistol showing a timid gentleman into a low class pub where the...
GLC00493.07
Stone Blockade off Charleston, S.C.
Depicts the treacherous route into Charleston Harbor with several sunken ships. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso.
GLC00493.10
Making clothes for the boys in the army
Depicts three women sitting in a crowded bedchamber, engaged in the entire process of making clothing. On the far left, a woman wearing a bonnet spins the raw material into thread. The thread is then woven into cloth by the woman working the loom. On...
GLC00493.11
circa 1861-1863
Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party
One etching entitled, "Slaves Concealing Their Master From a Search Party," by Adalbert John Volck, political cartoonist and sympathist with the Confederacy. Depicts an enslaved woman, directing mounted Federal soldiers as the enslaver hides in the...
GLC00493.12
Return of a raiding party from Pennsylvania
Depicts the booty of a very successful Confederate cavalry raid. Shows soldiers driving dozens of captured cattle and pigs. A wagon train, possibly full of pilfered goods, snakes in the background. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of...
GLC00493.13
Tracks of the armies
Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is...
GLC00493.15
Formation of guerrilla bands
Foreground depicts an angry figure trying to convince a farmer, who has had his homestead destroyed by Union forces, to take revenge by joining a guerrilla band in the background. The farmer sits with his wife and son among the ruins of what appears...
GLC00493.16
Offering of bells to be cast into cannon
Depicts a pastor and members of his congregation presenting church bells to be used to create weapons of war. The officer who accepts the bells removes his hat in recognition of the reverence of the occasion. Slaves perform the work of lifting the...
GLC00493.19
Gen'l Stuart's raid to the White House
Depicts Confederate cavalrymen under the command of General J.E.B. Stuart descending upon the Federal line only to find one Hezekiah Skinflint, a sutler who had provided provisions, in this case "ale and lager," to the soldiers. Many Southerners held...
GLC00493.21
Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's tent
Depicts a scene of quiet piety and great reverence in an army camp. Shows most of the men with their heads bowed in prayer, some weeping. Stonewall Jackson, a man known for his great religiosity, appears to be delivering a sermon to the men. Also...
GLC00493.24
Free Negroes in the North
Depicts a scene of urban depravity. Volck is seeking to convey the hypocrisy of the North when it comes to the plight of blacks. The focal point of the sketch is a well-dressed white man who may be Henry Ward Beecher, a leader in the antislavery...
GLC00493.26
Vicksburg canal
In a lush swamp, two men spy on something unseen, probably the canal. One of the men appears to be a scout, dressed in animal skins and wearing a fur hat. The other man wears a Confederate uniform and peers through a telescope. Both men are armed...
GLC00493.29
circa 1880's
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
Engraved portrait of Julia Ward Howe
Letter mentions a portrait; signature appears printed
GLC00496.033.03
1863 ca.
Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872)
Carte de visite of George G. Meade bust portrait
Appears to be a photograph of an engraving.
GLC00559.09
08 December 1812
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Dr. Benjamin Rush re: dream of American glory, early history
"The history of the hobby horse" -p.4 (Adams's humorous name for the story he tells in this letter.) Free frank on p.4
GLC00599
no date
Van Valkenburgh, Mary (fl. 1849)
to Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh
Written by Mary to her brother Frank. Reports that their parents are well. It appears that Frank is an editor a newspaper from the content of this letter. She asks him to send a copy to several friends. Updates him on family and friends. Says the...
GLC00686.32
26 February 1875
Powell, George May (1835-1905)
to Hurd & Houghton, Publishers and Booksellers
He accepts the terms previously proposed and offers to produce more maps and pictures than previously engraved if necessary. He suggests a full contract to be drawn up.
GLC00687.127
1885
Hovenden, Thomas (1840-1895)
The last moments of John Brown
Etching on vellum, based on Hovenden's 1884 painting depicting John Brown kissing a black baby while on his way to the gallows. The painting was based on an incident reported in the New York Tribune, that later proved to be apocryphal. Printed by...
GLC00737
15 March 1868
Unknown
[Napolean I, carte de visite]
White mount. Pencil inscription on verso: "March 15, 1868." Vignette bust portrait of Napoleon. Photo from engraving.
GLC00919.24.18
1864
Fowx, E. G.
[carte de visite, Grant's headquarters]
White mount with ink inscription on recto: "Lieut-General Grants HdQuarters, Winter of 1864 [and] 5, City Point, Va." Inscribed on negative: "Sketched by Louis Bernkopf, Private 15th N.Y.V. Engr." Sketched view of a quadrangle surrounded by winter...
GLC00919.24.48
[carte de visite, Home on Furlough]
White mount with printed caption on verso: "Home on a Furlough." Scene of a soldier being welcomed home by his exuberant family. Photo from painting or engraving.
GLC00919.24.54
19 October 1783
McDougall, Alexander (1732-1786)
to Henry Knox
Asks Knox to order and send him supplies including nails, paint, and screws. Wonders if one of Knox's artificers can help him hang a new bell he has acquired to summon his servants. Also mentions that "This fellow [most likely referring to Colonel...
GLC02437.02688
December 1783
[Abstract of extra issues for December 1783]
Lists extra issues for barge men, musicians, New York levies, Rhode Island line, garrison and artillery artificers, German deserters, police officer garrisons, and express riders.
GLC02437.02892
2 November 1785
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles (1754-1825)
to Marquis de Lafayette [in French]
Written by Major L'Enfant to Lafayette. Probably in reference to the problems he was having with payments owed to Parisian jewelers for badges made for the Society of the Cincinnati. The eagle insignias did not sell well among American officers...
GLC02437.03212
1863
Marshall, William Edgar (1837-1906)
[Pen and ink drawing of council of war at Gettysburg]
Signed in pencil by Marshall, and apparently intended for publication. The original pen and ink drawing shows Meade, Sykes, Newton, Butterfield, Getty, and Howard. Mounted; dimensions refer to the image.
GLC02057
21 February 1863
Tate, Jeremiah M. (fl. 1829-1877)
to his sister
Continuation of GLC02082.25-.26. Mentions sham battles with North Carolina troops, and includes verses of "Maryland."
GLC02082.27
17 March 1863
Written "Near the Rapperhanock [sic]." Includes camp news and a song called "Wait for the wagon."
GLC02082.29
16 March 1874
Hymns and music at the funeral services of Charles Sumner.
Held at King's Chapel, Boston, 16 March 1874.
GLC02095.35
1862
Capture of a rebel Lunette near Yorktown, Va. April 26th 1862 by detachments from the 1st & 11th Mass. Vols. commanded by Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover
Chromolithograph with hand retouching. Published by John B. Bachelder in Boston and lithographed by Endicott & Co., New York. Depicts a battle scene at sunset. Key identifies officers and regiments featured in the image.
GLC02131.03
4 July 1895
American Bank Note Company (fl. 1895)
[Membership certificate of John B. Bachelder as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association]
Steel engraved certificate, published by the American Bank Note Company, apparently prepared for Bachelder's heirs the year after his death in 1894. With gold seal. States that Bachelder was director from 22 June 1881 through 26 June 1882. Decorated...
GLC02131.05
1860
Currier & Ives
[Color print depicting Hannibal Hamlin]
A caption underneath this print describes Hamlin as the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Hamlin served as a U.S. congressman from Maine (1843-1846), U.S...
GLC02132.02
18 March 1863
Miller, Michael Murray (1861-1864)
to Lile Miller
Comments that mistakes in the letter are due to his companions' singing. Also notes that making rings out of bone or wood has become fashionable in his company.
GLC02155.088
21 May 1863
Complains that some of his fellows have obtained a furlough, while he has not. Discusses Mr. Frey, a sutler, and the sutler store. In a post script, notes that he enclosed a song (not included) with this letter.
GLC02155.101
19 June 1864
Jackson, Edwin (fl. 1862-1865)
to William Jackson
The regiment is in Cairo, IL, on its way to Helena, AK, where Jackson is happy to be going. He describes a parade they were in, where the regiment's "Silver Band" played and ladies blew them kisses and waved their handkerchiefs. He talks about his...
GLC00203.12
[n.d.]
Full length carte de visite portrait of four unidentified men
All four men are wearing 18th century style clothing.
GLC00241.20
15 March 1861
Almy and Milne's Steam Press
[Singing school exhibition handbill]
Printed by Amy & Milne's Steam Press. Possibly created in Fall River, Massachusetts. Advertises Parker Borden's "Juvenile Class" performance, consisting of 150 children. Program lists songs included in the show and ticket sale locations. Contains...
GLC00246.04
21 June 1865
B.A.A. Concert!
Broadside advertising a concert at Bristol, Rhode Island town hall. Program is divided into two sets, with first set having 8 songs, then an intermission, and then a second set with 9 songs. Songs played by an orchestra, great chorus, chorus, and...
GLC00246.06
circa 1863
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa July 3rd 1863.
Handcolored lithograph, possibly contemporary with the battle. Depicts the men engaged in battle. Includes a brief paragraph describing the battle and the commanders on each side, Union and Confederate.
GLC00248
6 March 1886
[Program]
Program for the "First Invitation Concert. Chickering Hall. Saturday Evening, March 6th, 1886, of the Amateur Orchestra of the Amicitia Society." A photograph of the orchestra is on the front cover. Enclosed inside the program is a 3 p. pamphlet re...
GLC01896.115
4 August 1890
Program for the Richmond Mozart Association "667th Musicale."
GLC01896.123
[Carte de visite of William Shakespeare]
William Shakespeare, carte de visite made from steel engraving. Albumen print. Inscribed: "A[aron]. Jeffery / Richmond / E.R.A. [Edward R. Archer]"
GLC01896.198
circa 1865
H. W. Smith (fl. 1865)
[Hand-colored engraving of President Andrew Johnson]
GLC01993.03
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