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1864/02/19
Stedman, Edmund C.
to Richard H. Stoddard re: asking person to proof an article
Stedman was a noted American poet and literary critic.
GLC02453.32
30 January 1861
Hindman, Thomas Carmichael (1828-1868)
to Alexander Dallas Bache
Hindman asks Professor Bache to assist him in obtaining a note or letter written or signed by Baron Humboldt (possibly Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, a German naturalist and explorer).
GLC02460.08
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Free Negroes in the North
Depicts a scene of urban depravity. Volck is seeking to convey the hypocrisy of the North when it comes to the plight of blacks. The focal point of the sketch is a well-dressed white man who may be Henry Ward Beecher, a leader in the antislavery...
GLC00493.26
1 November 1851
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
to Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Greeley tries to discourage Smith from founding a woman's newspaper as a poor business decision and discusses differences between business and reform. He concludes by preferring that they be "former acquaintances" rather than "friends" or "enemies."...
GLC00496.026
18 July 1822
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to James Ronaldson
Docketed by Ronaldson. Jefferson compares the speciments (probably Ronaldson and Binney no. 1) to those used in a book in the mid-eighteenth century, and is cheered by the prospect of human progress. Ronaldson-Binney's first typeface was the first...
GLC00496.042
12 January 1860
Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)
to R.L.C. White
Replies that White's modest request will be easily granted.
GLC00496.223
1 November 1874
Whittier, John G. (1807–92)
G. L. S.
Poem in memory of George Luther Stearns. This copy was written for his wife, Mary Stearns. Mounted on a piece of letter sized paper. The poem was first published in May 1867 in the "Atlantic Monthly."
GLC00546
08 December 1812
Adams, John (1735-1826)
to Dr. Benjamin Rush re: dream of American glory, early history
"The history of the hobby horse" -p.4 (Adams's humorous name for the story he tells in this letter.) Free frank on p.4
GLC00599
4 March 1809
to Benjamin Rush
Discusses Madison taking office, politics, national divisions.
GLC00639.01
10 January 1813
To: Gov. William Plumer.
New York State, party and sectionalism.
GLC00639.02
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