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15 October 1861
Stafford, Robert H., fl. 1837-1866
to Ma
He writes that he received the blanket and requests his shoes and suspenders. He will send his pistol along with some money home. Written at Camp Masked Battery
GLC02618.009
circa 1860-1869
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
[General Hooker's staff in mock battle]
Albumen print of Alexander Gardner photograph showing General Hooker's staff in mock battle. With notes by Capt. Benjamin H. Ticknor, 45th Mass. Infantry and 2nd Mass. Heavy Artillery, identifying "Mock fight over the body of A. R. Waud, artist" and...
GLC09247
1856-1859
Jackson, George E.G., 1856-1859
[2 ship's logs]
The HMS Antelope, on anti-slavery duty off the West African coast. Two ship's logs,"From 3rd Dec 1856 till 20th March 1859, Commanded by Lieutenant John Wm. Pike, Kept by Geo. E. G. Jackson, Master's Asst." Text and hand-drawn pencil sketches...
GLC09275
25 October 1842
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Alice Egerton
An engraved portrait of Jackson with lock of his white hair.
GLC00548.02
1815-1860
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm)
"Private Box at Ford's Theatre, the place where President Lincoln was assassinated"
Yellow mount with printed inscription "Photographic History, The War for the Union." Anthony's War Views, #3403.
GLC05136.36
[carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family]
Carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family containing eleven photographs (#i-xi) and one engraving (#xii).
i. "Death bed of Lincoln." Photo of engraving showing Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, and other political figures gathered...
GLC05136.52
[Action scene with soldiers and cannon]
Print of an action scene with soldiers and cannon (possibly a re-enactment?)
GLC02179.01.046
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, standing, three-quarter length view]
White mount with red border. Standing, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing cloak.
GLC05136.23
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, three-quarter length view]
White mount with red border. Seated, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing one glove and holding the other. Similar to images 26, 28, and 29.
GLC05136.24
Snell, W., fl. 1860
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]
White mount with gold border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop.
GLC05136.25
Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865
White mount with thin black border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Lighter, vignetted version of images 24, 28, and 29.
GLC05136.26
J.H. Bufford & Sons
White mount. Seated half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop. Photo from engraving of image #25.
GLC05136.27
White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26 and 29.
GLC05136.28
White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26, and 28.
GLC05136.29
Gracy, Tracy, fl. 1815-1860
[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]
White mount with thin black border. Seated, half length view of Edwin Booth.
GLC05136.30
[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length profile view]
White mount with gray border. Seated, half length profile view of Edwin Booth.
GLC05136.31
[metallic token with lithograph of Lincoln]
Metallic token painted black with gold designs and gold back. Center of token has colored lithograph of Lincoln under glass
GLC05136.53
Priest, R. R.
Lincoln and Family
White mount. Image of Lincoln and son Tad looking at Brady album, with Mary Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, and portrait of Willie Lincoln added. Photo of engraving. [O-93 variant].
GLC05136.14
25 September 1861
McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904
to his father and wife
re: news of his new station outside Norfolk; request for some rosin and his violin book; African American cook; and march to Bird's Point
GLC02179.01.011
14 February 1862
Higgins, Patrick, fl. 1859-1862
to Fannie Schoonmaker
Received a letter from her yesterday, and is glad to hear she is in good health. Does not have much to ask her because she wrote a very long letter. Wrote to her the Saturday before, but it appears that that letter did not arrive before she sent her...
GLC02164.05
Smith, Henry Wright, 1828-?
[Engraving of Andrew Johnson]
Johnson's signature appears on engraving. Unable to determine authenticity.
GLC00496.118.02
circa 1830-1880
Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892
Engraving of Dolley Madison
Hand colored portrait engraving of a middle-age Dolley Madison, drawn by J. Herring after J. Wood.
GLC02231.02
24 February 1859
Moore, John, 1826-1907
to Mary Kelly
Moore comments on local places of leisure: the theater is drawing full houses, and there are two billiard saloons and fifteen or twenty gambling houses. Mentions that "knives and pistols are freely used," and that the town helps advance surgical...
GLC04194.12
5 December 1860
Discusses balls, dramatic representations, and social meetings in camp: the first officer's ball of the season occurred last week, but soldiers' balls occur two or three times per week; dramatic representations occur twice weekly; social meetings...
GLC04194.36
1 October 1850
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's niece's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
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