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circa 1861-1864
Annie Lisle
Down near the wavering willows/'Neath the Sunbeams's Smile...
GLC07705.402
23 May 1862
Horace, fl. 1862
to Unknown
He qoutes Shakespeare and asks the recipitent to relay a couple messages to Lydia and Bell.
GLC07205.035
A Christmas card featuring a picture of an early airplane and a qoute from Tennyson.
GLC07705.437
27 March 1863
Tracy, Frank J., fl. 1863
to Ann
He likes to picture her reading by the stove. He tells her to ahve courage because he thinks he should be home in six or seven weeks.
GLC03047.03
2 April 1904
Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904
Application for Copyright Registration
Copyright is claimed for The One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vounteer Infantry periodical. Library of Congress official registration.
GLC08284.122
1861-1877
"And like said Jimmy when he had his quiet play spell..."
Seems to be about a child playing who later has to clean up. Other side features illustration showing little boy asking his grandma if she needs help.
GLC08284.016
Where Have All My Tools Gone?
Child holds an empty box. Other side features partial story about child waking up at three or four in the morning.
GLC08284.028
Harry Marching Down the Aisle, with His Christmas Tree Present
Other side contains partial manuscript about the Christmas season,
GLC08284.030
Girl Pulling a Cat's Tail
Other side contains partial manuscript. Cut from a larger work.
GLC08284.031
The Engine Must Get Up More Steam
A child in bed taking a cookie from the nightstand. Other side features partial manuscript about a child named Jimmy.
GLC08284.032
"I eat dat poor ittle mousey's cheese up."
Features girl holding cheese with mouse on the end of it. Other side is partial manuscript.
GLC08284.035
Ise, Making a Train of Cars to Bring Grandma Wait in.
Other side features partial manuscript.
GLC08284.036
1911
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914
The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont
Features a section on Joseph Wait, 1776.
GLC08284.047
22 June 1911
Lanier, Robert, fl. 1911
to Horatio L. Wait
A publisher thanks him for his contributions to war history and is sending him a contributor's copy of the Photographic History of the Civil War.
GLC08284.049
6 April 1866
Wait, Horatio L., 1836-1916
to darling Cherry (wife)
He discusses what she can do to occupy her time and suggests Sunday reading. He watched a religious procession in Lisbon. He is embarrassed to say that while the officers of the Prussian ships can all speak English, no one on board his ship can speak...
GLC08284.064
8 August 1867
They are doing business with a couple of Israelites that have a contract to furnish sevral thousand tons of coal to the fleet. Lately he stays on board the ship and studies French. He has been to several ballet performances. He is thinkng to go to...
GLC08284.070
to Sam
He received the first chapter of Horatio Wait's book. He tells the story of a boiler explosion on board a ship.
GLC08284.013
15 July 1861
Mitchell, George B., ?-1865
The Star Spangled Banner Independent
One booklet of the Star Spangled Banner Independent. Item is a handwritten newsletter with ribbons tying the spine together. Includes watercolor paintings of the American flag and poems.
GLC08334.15
January 19, 1870
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
to T. Apoleon Cheney
Written by Dahlgren as commander of the Washington Navy Yard. References Cheney's notes of 6 and 10 January. Has not responded because of the "many demands on my time." Says some of the books he has requested are procurable and will be forwarded...
GLC01545.09
June 5, 1866
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
to James Thomas Fields
Bryant writes to Fields, editor of the Atlantic Monthly. Transmits a poem, "The Death of Slavery" (GLC 1543.02). Remarks that the poem was "meditated a year since but written out within the last few days. I had a good deal of trouble with some of...
GLC01543.01
August 20, 1861
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
to Mr. Laighton
Regrets that he is unable to attend a meeting held at Allston Hall the following Friday, in remembrance of Theodore Parker. Emerson claims, "I do not know that I could add any facts of interest to the recollections of the occasion. Yet Theodore...
GLC01549
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