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to Mrs. Wetmore

Schurz notes the "joy" of growth characteristically American, a movement towards socialism and Theodore Roosevelt's belief that the American people will perish in a "slothfull peace."

GLC02871

to Arthur Ruhl

One letter dated Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 31, 1930 from Louise Bourke. Describes the political situation in Haiti and the presence of the media and military in the country. Mentions recent elections for the Legislature.

GLC09757.12

[Portraits of Notable People]

One untitled engraving circa 1861-1877. Portraits of Charles Gravier, Count of Vergennes, William Alexander Stirling, General Charles Lee, Lord William Howe, and M. Gerard. Engraved by J. Rogers.

GLC08878.0101

to George Washington [incomplete]

Letterpress copy. Opinions of governmental heads related to Genet's use of privateers manned and equipped by American citizens to capture British prizes and bring them into U.S. ports. Discussing whether British prizes taken by French privateers...

GLC02437.10355

[Photograph of Japanese-Americans woman in a field]

One undated black-and-white photograph of Japanese-American woman in a field.

GLC09860.327

to Henry Knox

Lafayette references receiving Knox's letter. Says he cannot respond fully as he has to attend a meeting on internal affairs. He wishes to introduce Jacques Pierre Brissot (who Lafayette refers to by the name he assumed, de Warville) and a man named...

GLC02437.03880

[Photograph of military officers lined up]

One undated black and white photograph of military officers wearing American fiber helmets lined up at Tuskegee Army Air Field.

GLC09645.095

The Colored Alabamian

One issue of the newspaper "The Colored Alabamian." Volume IV. Number 25. dated August 13, 1910. Published in Montgomery, Alabama by the Colored Alabamian Co. This issue has a report from S.R.W. Smith, the dean of Selma University's literary...

GLC10121

Account of the Revenue of the Excise at Albany

The revenue of Albany was counted from 12 November 1683 to 1 May 1690, collecting £1750. The collection was continued from 28 May 1692 to 25 March 1700, collecting £1663. According to the tabulation, the former total was considered "Before the...

GLC03107.00107

[Indian Peace Medal containing the image of Andrew Johnson]

One side of this medal contains the bust of President Andrew Johnson. The reverse side contains an engraving of a Native American and an American colonist shaking hands while standing in front of an altar. George Washington's bust stands on top of...

GLC01993.02

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on patriotic card

Small cameo sized albumen prints of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington appear side by side in ovals decorated with stars. The Union shield appears below the photographs. An American eagle holding a scroll perches over two American flags above...

GLC05111.02.0031

Engraving of Francisco "Pancho" Villa

One engraving of Francisco "Pancho" Villa dated circa 1910. Portrait of Villa sitting on a white horse.

GLC08878.0648

Engraving of Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney

One engraving of Constantin François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney dated circa 1800. Profile portrait of Volney.

GLC08878.0660

[Authorization for Mr. Macdonogh of Brampton, England, to have power of attorney for Dawson]

Dawson, son of the late Roper Dawson, attests that he is serving as a captain of a company in the British Legion and has been deprived of property in New York and elsewhere in America "on Account of my Loyalty to his Majesty and my Attachment to...

GLC01450.610.05

to Henry Knox

Letter written by the Count de Noailles, the well known French officer under Lafayette during the American Revolution to Major General Knox. Hopes Knox received a letter he directed from Boston. Hoped to see him this spring, but says fate has kept...

GLC02437.01415

The Father of His Country Left This to His Children

features American flag

GLC08413.48

Project It!

features American flag against sunrise

GLC08413.49

Observations on Paine's Rights of Man, in a series of lectures, by Publicola

Edinburgh edition. First separate printing, originally published in Boston newspaper June-July 1791. Disbound. Attributed to John Quincy Adams by himself (see GLC 958.07)

GLC04398

National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 10, no. 48, whole no. 516 (April 25, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains a review of the Southern press, William Lloyd Garrison's announcement for the sixteenth anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and...

GLC08875.21

[Photograph of Japanese-Americans in a backyard]

One undated black-and-white photograph of Japanese-American men and women in a backyard.

GLC09860.533

to Henry Knox

Responds to a letter from Secretary of War Knox relating to the security of the Old Northwest. Comments on a speech by Lord Dorchester [Sir Guy Carleton], the commander in chief in British North America, and states his belief that the British intend...

GLC08076

Americans will always fight for liberty

OWI No. 26. Government printing Office O-502684. By artist Bernard Perlin (1918- ). U.S. soldiers in helmets and coats march forward on snow, looking back in review at colonial militiamen with rifles, some in torn clothing or bloody bandages. A badge...

GLC09520.37