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November 21, 1883
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
Cabinet portrait of Ulysses S. Grant
Image signed on mounted and dated (in a different hand November 21, 1883, New York. Image from Philadelphia.
GLC01635
8 July 1898
Bates, John C., 1842-1919
to Joseph Wheeler
Bates writes, from "in front [of] Santiago," "I have swung my line forward so that it is now along the bluff next to the city. Am holding the 9th Mass. to cover any turning movement the enemy might make around my left flank. It was my intention, as...
GLC01650
1898
Rockwood, George Gardner, 1832-1911
[Cabinet photograph of Theodore Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform]
Three-quarter length photogravure portrait of Roosevelt in "Rough Rider" uniform, with hat, gloves, and glasses.
GLC01681
15 April 1890
Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896
[Signed portrait of seated William T. Sherman]
Seated portrait of Sherman holding sword and ceremonial hat. Inscribed and dated by Sherman on the mount to Frederic G. Huntington, Cincinnati, Ohio, a few years before his death.
GLC02138
12 January 1880
Lawton, Alexander Robert, 1818-1896
to Henry W. Cleveland
Cleveland is in the process of applying for appointment as British Consul and has asked Lawton for a recommendation. Lawton questions his own former position as Quarter Master in the Confederacy would not aid the application.
GLC01941
1889/11
Davis, Varina, 1826-1906
to James Redpath
Sends memoranda (not included) and a brief account of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreat of the 1862 Battle of Yorktown, on behalf of her ill husband, Jefferson Davis. Redpath was writing an account of the battle.
GLC01945
8 August 1878
Hood, John Bell, 1831-1879
to dear General
Replies to correspondence from an unknown recipient. Remarks that the delay in his reply is due to serious illness in his family, and a recent yellow fever outbreak (possibly in New Orleans, where Hood lived after the Civil War). Discusses records...
GLC02063.02
4 July 1895
American Bank Note Company
[Membership certificate of John B. Bachelder as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association]
Steel engraved certificate, published by the American Bank Note Company, apparently prepared for Bachelder's heirs the year after his death in 1894. With gold seal. States that Bachelder was director from 22 June 1881 through 26 June 1882. Decorated...
GLC02131.05
4 April 1899
Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Proclamation to the people of the Philippine Islands
Title continued: "The Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, ratified several weeks ago by the former, having on March 20th been ratified by the latter, the cession to the United States...."
GLC02134
1886 August 24
Kuhn Bros., fl. 1886
[Cabinet photograph of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman]
Signed on mount and verso. On mount of the West End Gallery, St. Louis, Mo., inscribed on verso to "Dr. Thomas T. Mirror, Seattle, W[ashington]. T[erritory]." on 1886 August 24.
GLC02136.04
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