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1864/12/25
Ashley, James Mitchell, 1824-1896
Urging support of Thirteenth Amendment
Includes ANS by Ashley: "Don't you know of one 'sinner' among the opposition who is on praying ground?"
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1862/03/06
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard, 1809-1870
to Andrew H. Foote re: Fort Donelson, weapons, etc.
In part: "If you had eleven inch guns instead of 42 pds, I have no doubt you would have silenced Fort Donelson in less than one hour.... I think we see land -- Tennessee ought to be pacified in 30 days"
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1875/11/11
Bissell, George E., fl. 1875-1895
to Benson J. Lossing re: Colchester Monument; Saratoga Monument
Writes about descriptions of Colchester Monument for Harper's Bazaar and ideas for Saratoga Monument.
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December 21, 1895
to Benson J. Lossing re: Colchester Monument; traveling to Rome
Writes of Colchester Monument and a planned trip to Rome where he will embrace "The atmosphere of art, which I suppose must make artists of all who inhale it".
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1838/09/27
Page, William, fl. 1838
to John P. Ridner re: financial matters, portrait in progress of J.Q. Adams
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1859/12/18
Sully, Thomas, 1738-1872
to Alfred Sully re: fashion in art
Sully writes "The taste for modern, and perhaps for ancient paintings is very changeable. The reign of a fashionable artist is short, and he does well who 'makes hay, while the sun shines'."
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1793/04/04
Trumbull, John, fl. 1775-1793
to Andrew Craigie re: sending pictures of the President and Vice-President
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1848/06/12
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
to Ingraham Kip re: selling his work
Discussed the inability to sell two "views of Niagra Falls", "It is painful and humiliating to the artist to be obliged to stoop...to procure a sale".
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1818/09/23
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
to June Porter re: sending three pencils used in creating religious works
(Pencils not included.) Written on Newman Street of London
GLC07030
1864/04/16 ca.
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
re: removing chaplain at Camp Dennison; on verso of M.T. Carey ALS
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