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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[Various sketches and sculpture designs]
Greco-Roman themes, nude models, soldiers, etc. Bound with string. Graphite, charcoal, tissue and wove papers.
GLC06343.080
[Numerous small sketches on both sides]
Man slaughtering goat or deer, one figure holding another, etc. Possibly representing the biblical story of Abraham nearly sacrificing his son and slaying the ram. Black ink and graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.082
[Man seated in arm chair with legs crossed and nude woman seated drawing on reverse]
Graphite; thick wove paper.
GLC06343.083
[Monarch in royal robe holding scepter]
Numeric calculations top right. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.084
[Nude male wrestling goat or ram]
Graphite; yellow, lined, wove paper.
GLC06343.086
[Three sketches of nude males with torches]
One figure traced on the reverse side. Graphite; thin tracing paper.
GLC06343.087
[Profile of figure [Jesus?] in robe with raised hand]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.088
[Two sketches of male figure, one in loin cloth holding object next to head]
Graphite; yellow tracing paper.
GLC06343.089
[Four sketches of men in ancient garb, one holding arrows and shield]
Graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.091
[Numerous sketches of figures on both sides]
Sketches: bust portrait of man, man sitting with elbow resting on knee and hand in palm, man with loincloth and arm resting on head, robed woman, nude man [in sepia conte crayon] and several other small sketches. Graphite, black ink, sepia conte...
GLC06343.092
[Male and female nudes embracing in dance]
GLC06343.093
[Four standing figures: Native Americans and European explorer]
Reverse side, numerous small sketches with dragons and horse. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.095
[n.d.]
Seated man in top hat, and person with harp on reverse side; graphite; wove paper.
# 96 decorative borders; graphite, iron gall ink; tracing paper fragment; 16 x 10cm (irregular); fragmented
GLC06343.096
[Bearded man with upraised arm and naval emblem with anchor on reverse side]
Tracing paper fragment.
GLC06343.097
[Two sketches of female nudes from behind with drapes]
GLC06343.098
[Reclining nude male playing with goat]
Graphite [also traced on reverse]; tracing paper.
GLC06343.099
[Numerous sketches with figures, lion, and stork]
Graphite, black ink; tan wove paper.
GLC06343.100
[Kneeling figure bending forward]
Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.102
[Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]
Black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.103
[Female figure from behind]
Graphite, black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.105
[Two sketches: one woman standing with knee resting on mount, one sitting holding hair]
Graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.106
[Nude woman standing with one arm raised]
Black ink with pale skirt drawn in graphite; thick tracing paper.
GLC06343.107
[Man in loincloth holding dagger]
GLC06343.108
[Two small figures on panel surrounded by various grasses and Cat Tails sprouts]
GLC06343.109
16 March 1791
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Charles Storer
Recalling the Boston Massacre, also his defense of Constitution: "Equal laws cannot be preserved without there independent orders forming a mutual balance."
GLC08080
09 March 1831
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
To: Joseph Blunt.
Criticizing Jackson administration and spoils system, including mention of Peggy Eaton affair: They have no "character to lose."
GLC08081
16 October 1845
to Richard Rush
Predicting Civil War in wake of slavery's expansion. .
GLC08082
11 December 1859
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
To: William Kellogg.
Re: Election of 1860 & difficulties in dealing with Horace Greeley and Greeley's support of Stephen Douglas.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. III 1858 - 1860, p. 506
GLC08086
21 May 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
To: Ambrose Burnside.
Specifying the route Burnside's troops will march from Spotsylvania to the north Anna river (prelude to battle of cold harbor).
GLC08087
30 January 1865
To: Thomas J. Eckert.
Arranging secret Hampton Roads peace conference.
GLC08088
29 March 1865
To: Ulysses S. Grant.
Re: Troop movements at Port Stedman at the end of the war: "From what direction did the enemy come?"
GLC08089
14 April 1865
Edict.
Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.
GLC08091
08 December 1869
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
To: Gideon Welles.
Condemning Reconstruction. "There has never been a greater outrage perpetrated...since the formation of the government."
GLC08092
12 June1783
Washington, George, 1732-1799
To: William Livingston.
Washington's farewell address ("Circular to the States") as Commander-in-Chief,spelling out principles esssential to new nation's future existence, now that the United States are "proposed of absolute freedom and independency." With printed copy of...
GLC08079.01
[Two sketches of female nudes, one standing, one seated with leg up on knee]
GLC06343.111
[Two standing males, one nude with musket, one in 18th century garb]
Graphite; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.112
[Woman with foot raised holding tablet and lightning bolt (?)]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.113
[Nude figure with out-stretched hand]
Pale charcoal or graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.114
[Three male nudes, two sitting, one standing with cloth draped over arm]
Graphite; tracing paper fragment.
GLC06343.117
[Standing female figure with crown, staff, and out-stretched arm]
Charcoal and graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.118
[Boy leaning on stool]
With 3 action sketches on reverse side. Graphite; thick wove paper.
GLC06343.121
1830-1910 circa
[Hunched male figure with bent leg]
GLC06343.122
[Winged figure (sketched on both sides), seated male nude with small woman]
Graphite, tracing paper.
GLC06343.123
[Seated female in Roman garb with hand covering face]
Graphite; textured wove paper.
GLC06343.125
[Winged figure from behind, small sketches of soldiers on reverse side]
GLC06343.126
[Grided sculpture design of angel offering peace between a victorious warrior about to strike a vanquished warrior]
Black ink, graphite; thick wove pap
GLC06343.127
[Geometric designs: cube, cylinder, star-shaped design]
GLC06343.128
[Flowers attached to stems]
GLC06343.129
[Two sketches of flowers]
GLC06343.131
[Seven floral designs]
One with acorns. Black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.132
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