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1903
Stock Exchange Pediment
Photograph of John Quincy Adams Ward's Stock Exchange Pediment. With black ink inscription on back, "Stock Exchange Pediment, 1903." Wove paper.
GLC06343.038
circa 1900
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[New York Stock Exchange Pediment sketches]
Iron gall ink; blue wove graph paper.
GLC06343.039
1900 circa
[Rough sketch of New York Stock Exchange Pediment]
Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.040
circa 1830-1910
[Two inkings of a shacks and boats on one side, sketch with measurements and fish on other side]
Iron gall ink, graphite; laid paper.
GLC06343.041
[Man seated at easel with top hat on one side, profile portrait of man's face on other side]
GLC06343.042
[Profile of man seated in rocking chair wearing top hat and holding spectacles]
Iron gall ink over graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.043
[Back of sleeping man in top hat lying on bench]
GLC06343.044
circa 1830-1950
[Fisherman with peg leg on one side and walking stick]
Sketch of sculpture of a woman's back on reverse side. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.045
[Sketch of a rock formation and trees with a person sleeping below]
Also sketch of plant. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.046
2 August 1859
[Man with his feet up on a table covered with books]
Wearing a top hat and smoking a pipe. Graphite. Inscription reads, "Crawfords [illegible]."
GLC06343.047
[Woman reclining on sofa with blankets draped over body]
GLC06343.048
[Woman washing clothes with a man seated reading]
GLC06343.049
May 1863
[Small rock formation with plants]
Signed by the artist. Light sketch of three figures on reverse side. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.050
[Hooded man with hand over face]
Graphite; thin wove paper.
GLC06343.051
[Girl sitting on a fence, and two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side]
Girl sitting on a fence with the inscription, "Newburgh." Two bearded men with crossed arms on reverse side. Graphite, iron gall ink respectively; laid paper.
GLC06343.052
[Five sketches of a bull, and a seated man]
Iron gall ink, wove paper.
GLC06343.053
[Clothing draped on a bed post with door in background]
Graphite; laid paper.
GLC06343.054
[Spinning wheel]
GLC06343.055
[Portrait of a mustached man wearing a hat and spectacles]
Reverse side has an incomplete sketch of the hindquarters of a cow. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.056
[Four sketches of a bull]
Iron gall ink; wove paper.
GLC06343.057
[Profile portrait of a woman]
Possibly a Native American woman. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.058
[Back of a woman in frock coat and long skirt]
Reverse side has faint design of either a fountain or sculpture. Graphite; tan wove paper.
GLC06343.059
Graphite or charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.060
[Reclining bull]
GLC06343.061
[Two dogs in profile]
With additional sketches on reverse side. Iron gall ink, graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.062
14 April 1684
Indian Treaty
Indian land sale-Flushing Meadows, NY. MDS by 8 Indians.
GLC08077
01 January 1834
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to James Kirke Paulding
Vowing to destroy second bank of the United States.
GLC08083
24 June 1837
to Benjamin P. Butler.
To the Attorney General; blaming the banks for the Panic of 1837: "The connection of banks with the government I have considered more dangerous to liberty than the union of church and state."
GLC08084
02 April 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Mary Todd Lincoln.
Lincoln's last letter to Mary Lincoln, day before the fall of Richmond, Re: dramatic news of the final collapse of the confederate defenses.
GLC08090
29 March 1861
to Simon Cameron
Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.
GLC08093
11 December 1796
Washington, George, 1732-1799
to Sir John Sinclair
Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative...
GLC08095
[Two skulls with partial skull sketch on reverse]
Conte crayon, chalk, graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.063
[Three men sailing with wind-beings blowing sails]
GLC06343.064
[Two portraits of man in hat]
Mirror images signed. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.065
Mirror images signed. Graphite; crease down center; wove paper.
GLC06343.066
Boy sitting on bench; reverse side, man in rocking chair drawn in boundaries of large brown stain; graphite; wove paper.
Seagulls and cricket; black ink wash; wove paper
GLC06343.067
[Woman eating and sketch of boy below]
GLC06343.068
4 August 1855
[Landscape, rock formation with trees]
Inscribed, "Mount Morris." Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.069
[Five sketches of cats]
Graphite, iron gall ink; lined wove paper.
GLC06343.070
1867
Chambers, Joht W., fl. 1867
The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles
Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.
GLC06343.071
1857
Dr. Edward Ruggles, Brooklyn 1857
Sketch of a man working at a sewing machine. Iron gall ink; wove paper glued at back corners to heavy backing.
GLC06343.072
[Goateed man in defensive pose]
Graphite or charcoal; orange wove paper.
GLC06343.073
[Sketch of heavenly scene with haloed figure and couple in hammock]
Text on reverse, "Bring wood to make me bright and banish every evil sprite . . . The family is the Nation. The hearth [illegible] the alter of Liberty." Wove paper.
GLC06343.074
[Sculpture design: standing man [possibly James A. Garfield] holding up a paper in one hand]
Graphite; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.075
[Four sculpture designs: standing man (James A. Garfield)]
GLC06343.076
[Sculpture design: standing man]
Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.077
Possibly James A. Garfield. Graphite; tan tracing paper; pressure sensitive tapes.
GLC06343.078
Possibly James A. Garfield. With hand on pedestal. Graphite; wove paper.
GLC06343.079
[Various sketches and sculpture designs]
Greco-Roman themes, nude models, soldiers, etc. Bound with string. Graphite, charcoal, tissue and wove papers.
GLC06343.080
[Small woman figure being wrestled by a large male figure]
GLC06343.081
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