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Manuscript document signed

2 August

Camminos, Manuel, fl. 1871

[Document recording the enslavement of Joaquin, 13 years old]

One undated document pertaining to the enslavement of a 13-year-old boy named Joaquin by Juan Catasus. Joaquin was sold for 4,000 pesetas and 80 pesos. Document is signed by Manuel Camminos on August 2.

GLC09958.01
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Autograph letter signed

18 February 1871

Lee, John F., 1813-1884

to Henry Jackson Hunt

Requests information from Hunt regarding Robert E. Lee's heroic crossing of the pedregal (a lava field) during the Mexican American war. This inquiry is for Emily V. Mason, who is writing a pictorial school book on the life of Lee. Mentions...

GLC02382.086
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Document signed

15 January 1875

Items related to the military service of Martin Sterling, Company E, 24th Regiment [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC07334.03
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Pamphlet

January 1930

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

20th annual report of the NAACP for the year 1929

Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1929. Foreword states "Uncompromising insistence upon full participation by the Negro in all phases of life is coming more and more to be the attitude of thinking and intelligent white and colored people."...

GLC06135.05
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Document signed

4 October 1822

George IV, King of the United Kingdom, 1762-1830

[Additional convention to Treaty of Ghent]

The Russian copy in French and English in side by side columns. Signed by George IV and countersigned by George Canning as head of the Foreign Office. Diplomatic document comprising a rider or supplemental convention to the Treaty of Ghent, agreed...

GLC02304
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Newspaper clipping

27 September 1943

Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Russian Might Smashing Nazis Back Across Dnieper River

One newsmap entitled, "Russian Might Smashing Nazis Back Across Dnieper River" dated, September 27, 1943. Consists of a map depicting Russian army fighting along the Dnieper River. On reverse side contains articles related to Americans aiding Italian...

GLC09619.040
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Photograph

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

[View of uncovered teepee frame with three Native Americans inside]

No series assigned. Negative number 351.

GLC03095.96
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Photograph

1871

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

[View of open teepee with seven Native Americans inside]

No series assigned. Negative number 361.

GLC03095.97
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Autograph letter signed

27 November 1775

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to Lucy Knox

Writes affectionately, asking about Lucy's journey from Worcester. Discusses his own journey to New York City on his way to Fort Ticonderoga, where George Washington had ordered him to travel to in order to bring back to Cambridge the British...

GLC02437.00211

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