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1901/06/01
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Bridge Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
A detailed proposal with a justification and a cost-breakdown analysis. Includes additions and corrections.
GLC06343.320
1861
Bachmann, John (fl. 1849-1885)
Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of North And South Carolina And Part Of Georgia.
One of Bachman's six lithographic views of the Confederate States in the series: "Panorama of the Seat of War." Shows the Atlantic coast from Albemarle Sound south to Savannah and inland to the Blue Ridge Mountains. All the major towns of the...
GLC02003
1892
Ward, J.Q.A.
To: Olins Warner. Re: receipt for Ward's expenses and travel, written on a US War Department reimbursement form.
GLC06343.307
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Electric Tower Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
A detailed proposal with a justification and a cost-breakdown analysis.
GLC06343.316
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Ethnological Building Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
GLC06343.321
1794/02/23
Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)
to Buchan, the Earl of Erskine re: a portrait of President George Washington by Trumbull and American neutrality.
Buchan, the Earl of Erskine, an English liberal in Edinburgh, Scotland, writes: "I am much pleased to find that the Portrait of our great good Washington meets your Lordship's approbation [. . . .] There is now with Mr. [Benjamin] West in London...
GLC02794.036
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Esplanade (right wing) Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
GLC06343.317
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Esplanade (left wing) Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
A detailed proposal with a justification and a cost-breakdown analysis. Includes strike outs, additions, and corrections.
GLC06343.318
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Court of Fountains Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
GLC06343.319
"Sculpture Proposed in Connection with Temple of Music Pan-American Exposition of 1901, Buffalo, N.Y." [Carbon Copy]
GLC06343.322
[n.d.]
Ward, John Q.A.
Sculpture design: Native American warrior dealing a blow to a felled man with clubbing weapon, and female nude; graphite; tracing paper.
GLC06343.358
May 1770
Revere, Paul (1735-1818)
A view of part of the town of Boston in New-England and Brittish Ships of War landing their troops 1768
One of two copies known to be signed by colorist Christian Remick, and engraved by Paul Revere. Originally framed in worn edge scallop frame and old glass, with frame cut-down for the print. Propaganda print showing disembarkation of British troops...
GLC02873
Ward, John Quincy Adams (1830-1910)
Sculpture designs: Native American hunters [one riding horse hunting buffalo], 3 bust sketches of woman, nude male; graphite, ink; tissue paper.
GLC06343.347
[1901/06 ca.]
"For the Pan American-Exposition". Re: Names and addresses of contributors of art, pottery, and other various items to the exposition.
"Burnt & Carved Wood"
GLC06343.324
13 July 1861
American Anti-Slavery Society
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 22, no. 9, whole no. 1,101 (July 13, 1861)]
Includes a message from President Abraham Lincoln, a speech of abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and miscellaneous other reports. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC08875.45
1836
American Anti-Slavery Society (1836)
Slave Market of America.
American Anti-Slavery Society broadside regarding the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. The text quotes scripture, the Declaration of Independence, the federal Constitution, state constitutions, and news accounts. Illustrated with...
GLC04557
4 July 1895
American Bank Note Company (fl. 1895)
[Membership certificate of John B. Bachelder as director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association]
Steel engraved certificate, published by the American Bank Note Company, apparently prepared for Bachelder's heirs the year after his death in 1894. With gold seal. States that Bachelder was director from 22 June 1881 through 26 June 1882. Decorated...
GLC02131.05
7 June 1895
Root, George F. (George Frederick) (1820-1895)
[Letter and lyrics of Root's song "Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching"]
Root, an American songwriter, thanks Mr. Massett for poems, and transmits the lyrics of "Tramp," a song that became popular during the Civil War.
GLC02467.22
1865
Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)
Speeches and letters of Gerrit Smith (from January, 1864, to January, 1865), on the rebellion. Volume II.
Published by the American News Company. Contains Smith's opinion on the Constitution of the United States in relation to the Civil War, the Democratic Party, and other topics.
GLC04717.10
July 1835
The Anti-Slavery Record. Vol 1, no. 7.
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by S. W. Benedict & Co. With images of a schoolhouse and slave children being whipped, asks, "Which of these systems of education shall we hand down to posterity."
GLC09083
1862
Conway, Moncure Daniel (1832-1907)
The Golden Hour.
Signed by Julia Piatt, 29 July 1862, Washington, D.C. Conway was an American author and preacher, and ardent abolitionist. He lectured in England during the Civil War in the interests of the North. The Golden Hour is a plea for the emancipation of...
GLC00267.249
circa 1862-1865
Hopte, John W. (fl. ca. 1862-1865)
[Pencil illustration of the Cumberland Gap]
Depicts rolling mountainsides dotted with trees. Portrays forts, roads and other details specific to Civil War sites and events. Shows a rifle pit and an American flag waving atop a fortress. Signed by Hopte, who served in Company G, 42nd Regiment...
GLC03604
1957
The American Museum of Immigration
[Miss Charlotte Beyser Bartholdi]
One undated photograph released by The American Museum of Immigration. The photograph is a portrait of Charlotte Beyser Bartholdi. The attached release says that Charlotte Beyser Bartholdi is the mother of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of...
GLC09677.70
14 April 1865
Wallach, William Douglas (1812-1871)
Evening star. [Vol. 25, no. 3782, (April 14, 1865)]
Includes an advertisement for "Our American Cousin" at Ford's New Theatre and an article on the decoration of Washington D.C. in celebration of General Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War. Half of the second sheet has been cut vertically and...
GLC00339.02
16 May 1861
Bachelder, John B.
[Pencil and watercolor. House]
incompletely colored. Not clearly a Civil War related piece
GLC02673.05
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