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02 December 1886
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Marriage Certificate for wedding of 25-year-old Edith Kermit Carow, Parish Church of Saint George, London.
GLC08331
21 May 1892
Crouch, Frederick Nicholls, fl. 1892
Civil war campfire song lyrics.
Fair copy of lyrics for popular Civil War campfire song, "Kathleen Mavourneen"
GLC08322
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
09 February 1889
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
to Mrs. Henry Slocum
Thanking her for flowers sent on his 69th birthday: "If I can worry through another year...time with his scythe... may make a deep swath, but cannot cheat me of seventy years on this insignificant globe with a fair measure of life's pleasures and...
GLC08113.01
21 May 1889
Declining invitation to her daughter's wedding
GLC08113.03
1892/04/19
Logan, Mary, fl. 1892
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: sending Ward Gen. Logan's clothes and his measurements to use in studies for a monument to him.
Also, mentions Ward's work on the Sheridan statue. Written on stationary reading: "The Home Magazine. Conducted By Mrs. John A. Logan. . . The Brodix Publishing Co."
GLC06343.305
1886/11/20
Rillegible, A.F., fl. 1886
to Mrs. [Lucretia] Garfield
Written on blue, laid "Office of Public Buildings and Grounds" stationary [envelope labeled as such]. The friend is confident in the mutual interest between Ward and Mrs. Garfield to meet each other, since Ward is the sculptor of the President...
GLC06343.249
1889/06/24
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918
to General [James] Barnett
Paper bordered in black trim and bearing mark "LRG" [Lucretia R. Garfield]. Re: interest in meeting Mr. Ward when she is next in New York.
GLC06343.252
1899/08/21
Butterfield, Julia L., fl. 1899
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's sculpture on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.
GLC06343.260
1899/08/23
To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: expressing appreciation of Ward's "very kind and assuring letter" on behalf of her husband, Gen. Butterfield.
GLC06343.261
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