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1872/09/23
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
Carte de visite 3/4 profile, half-length portrait, by Sarony, with AQS on verso
With a short quotation from his own poetry on verso: "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again...."
GLC05596.04
1861 ca.
Warren's Portraits
Carte de visite half length standing portrait of James R. Lowell by Warren
Shows the poet standing with his hand draped over the top of a chair, holding his hat, and wearing a substantial beard.
GLC05596.14
circa 1867-1884
Rogers
[Harriet Beecher Stowe's winter home]
Cabinet card showing the winter home of the Stowes with four people sitting on the front lawn, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband, Professor Calvin Stowe. Inscription on verso states the house has been torn down. Inscribed "For my...
GLC01584.02
circa 1870-1880
Hastings, fl. 1880
[Harriet Beecher Stowe]
Side profile image of Stowe as an older woman. Signed by Stowe beneath the image. Photographed by Hastings. "Dunbar" is written in the upper-left corner.
GLC01584.03
12 October 1861
Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878
to his family
Comments on the Aide de Camp position and how he wishes he could leave the regiment to visit General Casey in Washington. Laments that he would have a hard time with the dictation aspect of the position because of his poor spelling. Writes from the...
GLC03603.009
23-26 January 1862
Written on board the ship "H. J. Brookman." Mentions still being anchored in the sound and finally receiving mail from home. Discusses what he is reading and how he wishes he had brought a book of poetry. Reports receiving a pair of stockings from...
GLC03603.069
28 January 1862
Mentions the boredom and laziness of being aboard the ship. The men pass time between meals by playing checkers and reading. Writes that Captain Harland has shared that he believes General Burnside is attempting to join the division with another...
GLC03603.070
November 1862 - December 1862
Bagby, George William, 1828-1883
Southern literary messenger. [Vol. 33, no. 11 & 12 (November & December]
History of the War - General Turner Ashby, Our liberation from Yankee Bondage is already developing in the field of literature. Exile and Empire Pocahontas Red Hair
GLC05959.75.02
15 March 1864
Writes of the lull in activity for officers in the camp. He is reading a book titled "Hard Cash." Describes a problem with the Ordinance Officer over vouchers.
GLC03603.261
12 April 1864
to his sister
Describes a quiet camp and reading a novel called "Pique" until his candle went out at 4 a.m. Thanks her for sending a book called "Lady of the Lake." Describes singing hymns with the other officers and requests that he be sent his chess set from...
GLC03603.267
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