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1845/02/05
Eastman, Charles G., fl. 1845
to J. T. Fields re: his poetry with copy of poem [Indian related]
Charles Eastman was a Sioux Indian, Dartmouth graduate and friend of Sitting Bull.
GLC08445.07
1865 ca.
Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896
Carte de visite portrait of John Wilkes Booth
Possibly from a Brady negative.
GLC08521
26 May 1860
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 4, no. 178 (May 26, 1860)]
Includes a front-page article on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate. Accompanied by an engraving of Lincoln after a Mathew Brady photograph. Also: "The Woman in White," news regarding Congress, and reports on foreign...
GLC08621
1966
Menconi, Ralph, 1915-1972
[Thomas Jefferson medal]
Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.
GLC08626
1876
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Life Studies of the Great Army [print portfolio -- incomplete set]
20 of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. Complete set under GLC02199. The condition of this collection is not as good as the complete set listed above.
GLC08653
24 January 1778
Wilkie, J., fl. 1757-1823
The London chronicle. [Vol. 43, no. 3298 (January 24, 1778)]
Contains new of the Revolutionary War, debates in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, literary essays, and local London news.
GLC08690
1790/06/23
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 21 (June 23, 1790)]
Includes an article "On the Means of Preserving the Union of the American States," opining that the "present constitution of the United States appears to be excellent in contemplation; and if the harmony of the States should not be disturbed by...
GLC08720.02
26 November 1898
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
GLC08725.13
1888
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman 1855-1888
Printed on titlepage, "Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.) ... Portraits from Life ... Autograph." Contains printings of Leaves of Grass (1881), Specimen Days and Collect (1882), and November Boughs (1888). Each printing paginated...
GLC08728
February 1791
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
The American Museum, or Universal magazine, for February, 1791.
Disbound. Consists of pages 62-116. Printed by Carey. Contains essays on happiness, Lord Chesterfield's letters, astronomy, the microscope, and English literature, among various other topics. One essay, appearing on pages 99-107, is titled "The...
GLC08741
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