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circa 1830-1910
Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)
[Fountain design mounted with crouching Native American with canoe below]
Small figure with sword [Washington?]. Graphite, black ink; tan tracing paper.
GLC06343.201
May 19, 1820
Jones, Edward (fl. 1820-1824)
to Samuel Frothingham
Requests that the attached notice from the Treasury be inserted on every second day into two major Boston newspapers. The notice is a manuscript document signed by Secretary of the Treasury William Crawford. It lays out the rules for the...
GLC03159
4 December 1856
Taney, Roger Brooke (1777-1864)
to Ira Joseph Patch
Declines a request from Patch to part with a letter from Francis Scott Key. Written to Patch at Salem, Massachusetts.
GLC03210.01
1816
Halliday, Thomas (fl. 1797)
[Bronze medal commemorating George Washington's resignation from the Presidency at the end of his second term]
Depicts Washington in profile, with the title "George Washington President of the United States." The opposite side portrays an altar crossed by a sword and ax, with a verse stating "Commission resigned: Presidency relinquished."
GLC03222
1860
Currier & Ives
"The Irrepressible Conflict" or the Republican Barge in Danger
Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Cartoon making reference to the so-called "Irrepressible Conflict" speech given by New York Senator William Seward at Rochester, New York on 25 October 1858. This speech ignited a firestorm...
GLC03489
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