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14 May 1881
Whittier, John G., 1807-1892
to Sallie E. Bickford
Whittier declines Bickford's invitation to a Union meeting because he has a Quaker meeting the day before in Amesbury.
GLC05092.02
circa 25 October 1892
[Program for the play Hiawatha]
Performed at the Shawmut Universalist Church. Includes pencil notes (possibly designating who will perform each part). Contains a list of names on verso of persons responsible for different aspects of production. The name "Sarah Bickford" is...
GLC05092.03.01
4 October 1892
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
[Quotation from Uncle Tom's Cabin on Christ]
"Not one throb of anguish, not one tear of the oppressed is forgotten by the man of sorrows, the Lord of Glory - In his patient generous bosom He bears the anguish of a world." Quoted from Chapter 12.
GLC03969.02
circa 1880
Kell, John McIntosh, 1823-1900
[Account of battle between C.S.S. Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge]
Writes about the battle between the C.S.S. Alabama and U.S.S. Kearsarge, which "took place in the English Channel, about seven miles distant from the port of Cherbourg, France on the 19th day of June 1864." On first and second pages, gives...
GLC04022
2 June 1905
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918
to Mrs. George W. Childs
Addressed to Childs at "The Manhattan, 42nd Street, New York City." Asks how she is doing in New York and mentions that she planned on visiting her yesterday, but got caught up in errands. Explains that she had not planned to be in Princeton but...
GLC03895.03
26 July 1888
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to my dear editor
Writes to an unidentified editor to clarify his statements about faith in an article. On the whole he prefers "Methodism to any other creed" because of its insistence on discipline and because of the lives lived by its adherents.
GLC04652
19 October 1887
Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910
to Mary E. J. Chapin
"I find it impracticable to see you this week. Am utterly occupied." Assumes Chapin wants to meet with her to discuss a problem she is having with her teacher, Mrs. Woodbury. She empathizes with her and suggests that Chapin work out the problem with...
GLC04352.02
16 March 1886
Ingersoll, Robert G., 1833-1899
to Charles W. Stoddard
Thanks him for sending him the pamphlet The Lepers of Molakai. Takes issue with the discussion of Mosaic law and leprosy and states: "Of one thing I am certain: no leper was ever cured by prayer." Ingersoll was a self-professed agnostic and...
GLC04353.06
1885
Portraits of North American Indians
Photographs of Native Americans: Indian delegation photographs of War chiefs, war dance groups, married couples, children, etc. Images from 1858-1884.
GLC04490
May 13, 1892
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
Pardon of Truman O. Angell, convicted of bigamy.
Convicted of bigamy. Pardoned since he had forswore and avoided bigamy from April 1, 1885 and promised to uphold the laws of the U.S. against the unlawful practices of the Mormon Church. (c/s James G. Blaine)
GLC00045.35
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