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14 May 1881
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
to Sallie E. Bickford
Whittier declines Bickford's invitation to a Union meeting because he has a Quaker meeting the day before in Amesbury.
GLC05092.02
circa 25 October 1892
Unknown
[Program for the play Hiawatha]
Performed at the Shawmut Universalist Church. Includes pencil notes (possibly designating who will perform each part). Contains a list of names on verso of persons responsible for different aspects of production. The name "Sarah Bickford" is...
GLC05092.03.01
[Poem found within a play program]
Found within GLC05092.03.01, a program for the play "Hiawatha" performed at the Shawmut Universalist Church. Possibly created in Boston, Massachusetts, where "Hiawatha" was performed.
GLC05092.03.02
20 May 1896
Randall, James Ryder (1839-1908)
to unknown
Responds to a request from an unknown woman and writes out one verse of his poem, "Maryland My Maryland." States that he is not able to write out the entire poem because so many people ask for it.
GLC05094
1892/04
Field, Eugene (fl. 1892)
A Woman is a Blessing [poem] (with ALS of his brother 6/20/1903)
GLC04352.08
circa 25 March 1892
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
[Final page of manuscript praising book on Civil War by Mr. Trent ]
Writes that Trent has "studied too deeply to waste his time" and discusses his proposition "that a battle for human slavery can really be called a battle for civil liberty." Roosevelt's signature is struck. Date is inferred from a stamp on verso...
GLC04725
4 October 1892
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]
"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.
GLC03969.02
24 October 1888
Walke, Henry (1808-1896)
to J. W. Weidemeyer
Written by retired Rear Admiral Walke to Weidemeyer as Secretary of Appleton & Co. Encloses a copy of a photograph that Weidemeyer requested. Says it "represents, (as it is generally the case) the beard and mustaches too white, instead of iron-gray."...
GLC03479.56
28 June 1888
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
to Mr. Victor
Responds to his request for a brief memoir of her life and a photograph. Insists that he make use of it in any way that seems to be appropriate, but that he must not change her words.
GLC04353.05
1882
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Autograph signature on titlepage of 1882 edition of "Leaves of Grass"
GLC04353.10
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