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Autograph letter signed

Title: A War Reminiscence by Frances B. Ormsbee

First a manuscript copy and then typed.

GLC03523.09.59

n.d.

Autograph letter signed

Title: Invitation

Invitation.

GLC03523.24.125

30 September 1865

Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)

Autograph note signed

Title: "I have concluded to issue a pardon in the case of Percy Walker" (Former U.S. Congressman from Alabama, and brother of Confederate Secretary of War.)

GLC08287

30 September 1865

Autograph note signed

Title: "I have concluded to issue a pardon in the case of Percy Walker" (Former U.S. Congressman from Alabama, and brother of Confederate Secretary of War.)

GLC08287

[1785] "1782"

Book signed

Title: Notes on the State of Virginia [Edmund Randolph's copy] [with other works]

Bound with three rare pamphlets: "Draught of a Fundamental Constitution for ... Virginia", "An Act for Establishment of a Money Unit..." (normally attributed to Jefferson), "An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, Passed ...1786." Edmund Randolph's copy with his signature on the first page of text, his personal table of contents before the titlepage (including two citations to "Slaves" and "Slavery" in the book) and annotations in various places (mostly glosses; only one note is substantive: adding the Osprey to Jefferson's list of birds). Other notes in pencil seem to be ca. 1822 (see p.…

GLC05096

[1785] "1782"

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

Book signed

Title: Notes on the State of Virginia [Edmund Randolph's copy] [with other works]

GLC05096

1800-1855 ca.

Header Record

Title: War of 1812 documents and correspondence including muster rolls [decimalized .001 - .107]

Mostly receipts, militia muster rolls, etc. relating to the Bailey family. Includes some legal documents before and after the war. Also contains correspondence of the Flitner family (1850s) and a single letter concerning the Union blockade off the North Carolina coast.

GLC02669

1800-1855 ca.

Various

Title: War of 1812 documents and correspondence including muster rolls

Mostly receipts, militia muster rolls, etc. relating to the Bailey family. With some legal documents before and after the war.

GLC02669.01

1800-1855 ca.

Various

Title: War of 1812 documents and correspondence including muster rolls

Correspondence of the Flitner family (1850s) and a single letter concerning the Union blockade off the North Carolina coast.

GLC02669.02

1800-1855 ca.

Bailey Family (fl. ca. 1800-1855)

Header Record

Title: War of 1812 documents and correspondence including muster rolls [decimalized .001 - .107]

GLC02669

no date 1876

Sketch

Title: [ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]

On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.

GLC02673.19

no date

Title: [wood engraving. Charge of the 40th N.Y. (Col. Egan) at the Devil's Den. Gettysburg, July 2d. 1863]

Wood engraving. "Richardson, sc." This engraving appears to be an angle similar to JBB's drawing of the Devil's Den in the Gettysburg sketchbook. GLC# 2670 leaf 5.

GLC02673.31

no date

Title: [wood engraving. 9th Mass. (Bigelow's) Battery. Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. ]

"Hold this position at all hazards." Major M'Gilvery. Wood engraving, "Richardson."

GLC02673.32

no date

Title: [Military or soldier's decorative alphabet with Civil War scenes within each letter. Wood engraving. 12 letters]

GLC02673.33

no date

Title: [Wood engraving of Civil War battle in arch form]

signed "T.W." in left margin. Possibly a printer's proof

GLC02673.34

no date

Pamphlet

Title: [printed sheet on Gettysburg National Military Park cemetery]

Photographs of memorials

GLC02673.35

no date

Unknown

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Poem in the Style of Greco-Roman Epics]

Poem that opens with an invocation to Muse

GLC02181.72

no date

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Fannie Schoonmaker

Lonely, decided to write her. Is very happy with his new place. Does not know what to write; asks for suggestions in her response. Asks if her parents are going away, and, if so, to let him know in advance so he can see her. Promises that he will not forget her. Does not want her to be insulted for him asking her to keep her poise and will. Does not want her to make fun of this letter, for it is "as good as can compose it." Will mail it in such a way that her parents cannot tell whom it is from. She is the only friend he has. Dated June. No year given.

GLC02164.04

no date

Photograph album

Title: [carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family]

Carte de visite photograph album of Lincoln and family containing eleven photographs (#i-xi) and one engraving (#xii). i. "Death bed of Lincoln." Photo of engraving showing Andrew Johnson, Charles Sumner, and other political figures gathered around Lincoln's deathbed. ii. Close-up image of grave marker with vignetted image of Brady's five-dollar bill pose and the inscription: "A. Lincoln. The Martyr President. Born Feb. 12 1809, Died April 15 1865." Photo of engraving. iii. [Gardner, Alexander. Washington, D.C., 5 February 1865.] Shows Lincoln, seated, and son Tad, standing, on opposite ends…

GLC05136.52