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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
[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
[Spinning wheel]
Graphite or charcoal; wove paper.
GLC06343.060
[Reclining bull]
Iron gall ink; wove paper.
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
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