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24 December 1863
Dewey, Orville S.
to mother
Mr. Page came to see him yesterday. He took him to a grand artillery review. He is looking forward to carving the turkey tomorrow.
GLC02161.109
14 February 1862
Higgins, Patrick
to Fannie Schoonmaker
Received a letter from her yesterday, and is glad to hear she is in good health. Does not have much to ask her because she wrote a very long letter. Wrote to her the Saturday before, but it appears that that letter did not arrive before she sent her...
GLC02164.05
5 July 1861
Porter, Charles B. (fl. 1860-)
to Heather Henry
He got a pass to go down to Washington the other day. He visited the gallery and the senate chambers. Very Faded.
GLC02172.04
1849-1856
Histed, William (fl. 1849)
Journal of a whaling voyage on board ship Cortes of New Bedford, [Massachusetts]
Includes five separate pages of watercolors that were possibly previously bound in the log. Includes daily entries of the whaling voyage and numerous miscellaneous newspaper clippings, poems, and songs. Many entries are accompanied by an ink stamp...
GLC02212
6 March 1849
Madison, Dolley (1768-1849)
[Collection of two items, quotation signed by Dolley Madison and engraving] Decimalized
GLC02231
10 October 1885
Cowan, Andrew (fl. 1861-1887)
to Henry Jackson Hunt
Mentions Hunt's appointment as Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C. Refers to General Abner Doubleday's book, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Indignantly declares "As usual in every account or description of that Battle the 1st New...
GLC02382.104
1864
Kimmel & Forster (fl. 1864-1865)
The Defenders of Our Union.
Lithograph print with touches of white gouache added by hand. Five ovals in which there are portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Andrew Johnson, Naval officers David Porter, David G. Farragut (spelled Faragut), John A. B. Dahlgren...
GLC02434
1880-1895
Jackson, William Hicks (1835-1903)
Selected western views [Yellowstone] [some with U.S. Dept. of Interior imprints]
21 large and 29 smaller photographic prints.
GLC02436
Lower Falls on Lake Fork
Lower Falls on Lake Fork, attributed to number 243. Photo of waterfall in forest. Another copy of the same photo in GLC02436.02. With gilded edges.
GLC02436.01
Lower Falls on Lake Fork, attributed to number 243. Photo of waterfall in forest. Another copy of the same photo in GLC02436.01. With gilded edges.
GLC02436.02
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