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1866
Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882)
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. 2 Vols.
These albums are in the original format, showing photographs taken while in Brady's studio. Depicts Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg, etc.
GLC03547
01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
[n.d]
Unknown
Sperling, Jno V.
Pencil inscription on verso: "Jno. V. Sperling 1st Lt., Co. 'U' 1st W.T.I. of A.D., Corinth, Miss, Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio." Vignette bust portrait in uniform with moustache and beard. White mount with gold border.
GLC03565.29
June 1865 ca.
[Hanging of Henry Wirz]
With pencil notes on verso: "752" and "XXVIII."
GLC03596
1864
United States. Sanitary Commission.
Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.
Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S. Sanitary...
GLC03597
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
1806
Ellery, William (1727-1820)
Message from the President...communicating discoveries made...by...Lewis & Clark
GLC03644
circa 1837
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Farewell address of Andrew Jackson
This document is a copy of Andrew Jackson's farewell address. In it, he says "Our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations," Jackson writes. Like Washington's farewell address, he warns of the...
GLC03680
1864 ca.
Burnside, Ambrose Everett (1824-1881)
6th plate Ambrotype portrait of the General in uniform, in frame
GLC03686
1877
Jackson, William Hicks (1835-1903)
Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians
Printed by the Government Printing Office. This document is a catalogue intended to systematize the collection of photographs taken of Native Americans during the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.
GLC03775.01
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