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"For a Wonderful Father"

One undated greeting card addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Front of card contains text that reads, "For a Wonderful Father, Love and a Happy Thanksgiving." Front image is of a turkey. Text inside of card wishes him a happy birthday.

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to Daddy

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Pertains to her getting a haircut like Dorothy Hamill and says she looks like a boy. Mentions news about neighbors.

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to Daddy

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Pertains to receiving letters from him. Includes a short poem.

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to Daddy

One undated letter addressed to Rod Wetmore from Kathy Wetmore. Pertains to him coming home for Christmas.

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to Donna

One postcard addressed to Donna Doniak from Marguerite Mayfield dated September 24, 1947. Pertains to upcoming church services.

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to Donna

One postcard addressed to Donna Doniak from W.B. Harvey of the First Baptist Church dated October 23, 1947. Pertains to upcoming church services. Mentions that they will be showing "God of the Atom."

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[Wedding invitation materials addressed to Donna Doniak]

Wedding invitation materials addressed to Donna Doniak from Nadene Ynez Schwilk and George Golliker, the bride and groom respectively dated 1950.

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[Wedding invitation addressed to Donna Doniak]

One wedding invitiation addressed to Donna Doniak from Nadene Ynez Schwilk and George Golliker, the bride and groom respectively dated 1950.

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[Blank envelope]

One blank envelope enclosed with GLC10079.16.01.

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The New Citizen [Vol 3 no 3, (January 1914)]

One magazine entitled The New Citizen published January 1914. The magazine is dedicated to the woman's suffrage movement and contains a series of articles that are both political and informational regarding suffrage and general politics. Of...

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to George Clinton

Written by Allen the Vermont adventurer and land speculator, who had lost his fortune by the time this letter was written. Allen was the brother to Ethan Allen. Written to Vice President Clinton at the Senate's request. Describes Vermont's role in...

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The New York Times

One printing of The New-York Times dated June 22, 1873. Contains articles related to international and local news. News is related to various crimes committed across the country; the arrest of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting; the Grand Prix in...

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Catalyst for Change; Shirley Chisholm for President

One white button with red and blue text that reads, "Catalyst for Change; Shirley Chisholm for President."

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The Epistle from the Yearly Meeting Held In London [Revolution]

Contains a letter to friends at the quarterly and monthly meetings in Great Britain and Ireland, and another letter to friends at their yearly meeting in Philadelphia. Both letters guide the conduct of Quakers, and encourage peaceful conduct in the...

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Brandy Station, Virginia. Tent of A. Foulke, Sutler at headquarters of 1st Brigade, Horse Artillery

A print of a photograph showing two groups of men posed near a sutlers cabin. The foremost group appears to be officers conversing. The second group stands near the sutlers counter and faces the camera. The sign on the store reads: "A. Foulke Sutler...

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to his family

Ticknor writes to his family from Cairo, Illinois. Reports ten boats of rebel prisoners are in the harbor. Mentions they were in Kentucky for fifteen days. Comments the march was very hard due to rain and mud. Writes abut one regiment "...that could...

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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 Vol 1

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...

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Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 Vol 2

Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...

GLC00267.274.02

Jeannette Rankin for Congress

One advertisting card with text that reads, "Jeannette Rankin for Congress," dated circa 1940. Contains a portrait of Rankin. States that she is running under the Republican Party. Running for Congress Club.

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Engraving of Mercy Otis Warren

One engraving of Mercy Otis Warren dated circa 1800. Standing portrait of Warren. Based on the painting by John Singleton Copley.

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Engraving of Armenia S. White

One engraving of Armenia S. White dated circa 1910. Bust profile portrait of White.

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Public Ledger [Vol. CLXXIL, No. 86 (December 19, 1921)]

One issue of the Public Ledger dated December 19, 1921. Contains local, international, financial and political news articles as well as advertisments.

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to Eleanor Hammond

Glad to hear she is well; he is also well. Leg has improved so much that he can "[wear] my boot some and run some on it." The rest of his company arrived today to pitch tents for the winter. Sent ten dollars from Washington and twenty by express from...

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to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff

One postcard from Leonard Eugene Graeff to Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff dated December 27, 1943. Blank postcard features images of four locations with servicemen enjoying the venues. In the center of the postcard is a logo of the...

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[Family portrait]

One undated photograph of an unknown family. The family consists of an older couple, two older women, and a young boy. They are all in traditional outfits possibly from a Slavic culture.

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to Benjamin Rush re: coming glories of Constitution, future end of slavery & rum

Also concerns his hopes that slavery and alcohol would be abolished (prohibition), and the debate on the power to remove officials from office. He expects that the excise tax on rum will help defend people "against the poison." Concerning New...

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Phelp's Ornamental Map of the United States and Mexico

One hand-colored map dated approximatley 1846 printed by Humphrey Phelps. Contains the territory boundary lines for states in the Midwest, Southwest and expanding West. Also includes portraits of George Washington, Hernan Cortes, Montezuma. Phelps...

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"American Mercury" [June 1947]

One issue of "The American Mercury" dated June 1947. Pencil notation on the cover reads, "P 706 Harlem's Aristocracy by Will Chasan." This essay is the only content of the publication. Article pertains to the history of the neighbhorhood, Sugar Hill...

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to sister Kate

Writes that there is nothing to report from camp. Is disappointed that his sister Ella couldn't find the time to respond to his letter. Writes that he turned in a man to the Provost Marshall because the man's daughter was singing anti-Yankee songs...

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to Annie Woodlief Jeffery

Genealogical history of the Jeffery family that traces the roots of the Jeffery clan from Devonshire England to America, including a fantastic story about one ancestor, Mr. Sylvester, who lived to "the age of one hundred and twenty." Galt mentions...

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to William Gordon

Writes that he is unaware of a present being sent from the King of France to General George Washington; declares that Colonel Laurens received money and goods but he thought they had been purchased. Provides information about a wartime incident...

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[Deposition by Johannes DePeyster regarding a Six Nations land deed]

DePeyster, a former mayor of Albany, gives the history the Indian deed to a property called Tiondrogue, possibly present day Ticonderoga. Describes an incident on 12 September 1733 in which colonial Governor William Cosby told DePeyster the deed was...

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[Susan B. Anthony]

Three quarter length standing portrait in black dress, holding flower. Imprint of Masceau on verso.

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Dignified retirement: parody on the house that Jack built, -- fitted to the times

A parody of the nursery rhyme styled upon eighteenth century children's chapbooks making fun of Jefferson's retirement at a time of national crisis. The figures are rough allegories of Jefferson (alternately a king then a priest, retiring to a...

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to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One letter from Lucy Wilson Benson to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated December 13, 1973. Benson supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Document is written on behalf of the League of Women Voters of the United States. The document was also...

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to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Robert A. Winemiller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 8, 1942. Robert has been transferred to the "doughboy" outfit of the army. He hopes to receive a furlough in December. He asks Leonard how the women are treating him. He...

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to Leonard Eugene Graeff

One letter from Robert A. Winemiller to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 14, 1942. Robert conveys that he misses women, and one in particular that he does not name. Life on base consists mostly of "drilling, training, & etc." He received a new...

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Authentic and impartial narrative of the tragical scene which was witnessed in Southampton County (Virginia) on Monday the 22d of August last...

(title continues)... when fifty-five of its inhabitants (mostly women and children) were inhumanly massacred by the blacks! Communicated by those who were eye witnesses of the bloody scene, and confirmed by the confessions of several of the blacks...

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A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ...

Title continues, " ... Including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also, a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches...

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to George A. Otis

Thanks Otis for the copy of a translation of Carlo Botta's History of the War of Independence, Vol. 2 (Storia della guerra della indipendenza degli Stati Uniti d'America, in Italian). Discusses the translation, noting that "Of the original work the...

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Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage [Decimalized .01-.02]

Two documents regarding woman's suffrage. The first is a note regarding historical society dues and sending the second item. The second item is a broadside entitles Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage.

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Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage

One broadside entitled Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage by Hamilton Willcox dated March 5, 1885. The broadside compiles cases and laws in New York State which effect suffrage.

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[Journal of a privateer and of prisoner of war during the War of 1812]

Diary written while aboard the privateer Alfred and as a prisoner of war in Melville Island Prison, Halifax, and Dartmoor Prison. Records many sightings and occasional capturing of ships. Entry on 22 February 1814 records the capture of Green's...

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to his friend Frank

He writes that he is disappointed in not receiving as much correspondence as promised by his friend. Informs Frank that since the last time he wrote, he has taught himself how to use a telegraph machine. As a telegraph operator, he has been able...

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