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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[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]
Graphite; wove paper.
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
[Goateed man holding book to chest]
Black ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.101
[Kneeling figure bending forward]
Graphite over charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.102
[Angel watching over reclining figure in circle]
Black ink; tracing paper.
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[Woman with large bird]
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[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]
Graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.108
[Two small figures on panel surrounded by various grasses and Cat Tails sprouts]
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[Two female figures, one in water]
Graphite, black ink, tracing paper.
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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."
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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."
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16 October 1845
to Richard Rush
Predicting Civil War in wake of slavery's expansion. .
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7 May 1837
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Owens
To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...
GLC08085
11 December 1859
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
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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).
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30 January 1865
To: Thomas J. Eckert.
Arranging secret Hampton Roads peace conference.
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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."
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6 December 1864
[Fragment of Lincoln's last State of the Union address concerning the thirteenth amendment]
An 11-line fragment of his last Annual Message to Congress dealing with the failure of Congress to pass the thirteenth amendment and recommending they reconsider: "At the last session of Congress a proposed amendment of the Constitution [inserted...
GLC08094
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
31 July 1781
Patten, Thomas, fl. 1777-1785
to Henry Knox
Patten, Captain of Artillery Artificers, reports details of work completed at New Windsor, including the building of wagon carriages, wooden bottoms (for artillery) and mortar carriages. Writes, "My Men are Very unease for want of Money, and more...
GLC02437.01103
[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 (?)]
GLC06343.113
[Nude figure with out-stretched hand]
Pale charcoal or graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.114
[Standing male holding musket]
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[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
[Five sculpture designs: man and woman embracing, 2 soldiers, figure with arm raised, two figures facing each other]
Graphite; thin wove paper, many creases and wrinkles.
GLC06343.120
[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]
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[Winged figure (sketched on both sides), seated male nude with small woman]
Graphite, tracing paper.
GLC06343.123
[Figures around old bearded man in coffin]
GLC06343.124
[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
[Lotus blossoms]
Watercolor, graphite, wove paper.
GLC06343.130
[Two sketches of flowers]
GLC06343.131
[Seven floral designs]
One with acorns. Black ink; tracing paper.
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[Six floral designs]
GLC06343.133
[Buffalo and rough figure on horse in Native American style, with heads on reverse]
Iron gall ink, graphite, lined wove paper.
GLC06343.134
[Japanese woman and various bird and plant sketches]
Both sides of paper. Graphite, black ink; wove paper.
GLC06343.135
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