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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
no date
Bachelder, John B.
[watercolor. panoramic view of #28 showing American flag and outbuildings]
Hall & Spaulding. note on verso. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.29
1841-1846
Reily, James
Letters to Thomas Ward re: business, Texas finances, Mexican War [Decimalized .01- .04]
Letters all written from Houston, as follows:
1) 8/4/1841 3 p. + FF re: business, Texas finaces & poverty. 2) 9/22/1841 5 p. + FF re: land cases, politics 3) 11/10/1841 1 p. + FF re: land business 4) 6/11/1846 3 p. + addr. re: impending war with...
GLC02145.23
5 November 1864
Punch, or the London Charivari
The American Brothers; Or, "How WIll They Get Out of It?"
Reproduced from Punch.
GLC05603.02.92
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
1826-1917
American literary figures: 36 letters, quotes and documents [decimalized .01-.37]
Hopkinson was a congressman, jurist and author of the lyrics to "Hail Columbia!"
GLC02453
1828
Ley de Colonizacion... [law opening Texas to American colonization] [In Spanish]
Printed by Samuel Bangs. First printing. References: Streeter 727; Streeter Sale 297.
GLC04247
[Various statue designs based on Greek ideals of "Education, War, [and] Statesmanship"]
Ten separate sketches. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.011
3 November 1881
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
[Annual Report to Sec. of War Robert Lincoln from Commanding General William T. Sherman]
Sherman's working copy of his annual report for 1881. Sherman enumerates and sums up the reports of various generals. He updates Lincoln on Indian affairs, " ... no serious Indian or other war has occurred but great progress has been Made in...
GLC03005
1800-1820 ca.
Native American manuscripts re: Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians [Decimalized .01- .23]
This collection consists largely of correspondence and legal documents pertaining to Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee Nation. Topics include despoiled property (#9, 17, and 18); compensation (#6, 7, 8, and 21); the Treaty of 1805 (#11)...
GLC07562.03
1862
Unknown
State Arsenal in Central Park 57th St. Troops Leaving for the War
GLC09118.18
1 January 1918 - 29 April 1919
Osborn, Ella Jane (fl. 1918-1919)
[Diary of World War I army nurse Ella Jane Osborn] [word processed inventory available]
Ella Jane Osborn, originally from Wainscott, Long Island, New York, departed as an Army Nurse in January of 1918 and spent the majority of her assignment stationed near Toul and Nancy, in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, near the German...
GLC06570
Osborn, Ella Jane, (1881-1966)
GLC06570.01
25 August 1867
[Front side of "American Institute" medal design with male and female figures]
Inscribed, "Awarded To." Iron gall ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.156
1856
Brewerton, George Douglas (1820-1901)
The War in Kansas: a rough trip to the border, among new homes and a strange people.
Published by Derby & Jackson. Signed by Julia E. M. Hodge on the inner front cover. Also contains inscription related to Sheridan Edward Mott: "Young, handsome, brave and intellectual he gave his life in the war of the Rebellion. Shot Sep. 20 1863...
GLC00267.161
[Relief sketch of man in robe with staff, a Native American, and a woman's head]
Various sketches depicting a man in hooded robe with staff, and other figures and vignettes. On reverse side, several profile sketches of a woman's head. Graphite on wove paper.
GLC06343.016
31 May 1850
Clarke, Matthew St. Clair (1791-1852)
[American Colonization Society circular proposing steamship line between the United States and Africa]
Addressed to "His Excellency the Gov of NJ" (Daniel Haines). Signed by [Matthew St. Clair Clarke]. Copy of the memorial of Joseph Bryan, of Alabama, to Congress, proposing to establish a line of steam ships between the U.S. and Africa. Cites the...
GLC05492
1937-1963
Various
[World War II letters of Leonard Eugene Graeff of Harrisburg Pennsylvania] [Decimalized .001-.601]
672 items, primarily letters from and to Leonard Eugene Graeff. Many of the letters are between him and his parents Raymond James Graeff and Susan Prowell Graeff. The items date from 1937 to 1963 with the bulk of the material from 1942-1945. The...
GLC09611
1740/12
Livingston, Philip
to Robert Livingston, Jr. re: fear of war with the French, trade on the Oswego
Philip believes it will not be long until they are at war with the French, at which time he will retreat from the troublesome town of Albany. He discusses in length the trading ventures of the ship Oswego, forecasts high prices for bread and flour...
GLC03107.02607
1861
Bachmann, John (fl. 1849-1885)
Panorama of the Seat of War. Birds Eye View Of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama And Part Of Florida.
One of Bachman's six lithographic views of the Confederate States in the series: "Panorama of the Seat of War." Shows the American Gulf Coast from Vermillion Bay, Louisiana, east to Santa Rosa Sound, Florida, and inland as far as Vicksburg...
GLC01856
n.d.
Ward, John Q. A.
Standing Native American [profile] with arrow quiver, standing on mount; black ink; tracing paper.
GLC06343.217
[Buffalo and rough figure on horse in Native American style, with heads on reverse]
Iron gall ink, graphite, lined wove paper.
GLC06343.134
1894/06
Article: "The Monumental News. American Sculptors.--J.Q.A. Ward and his Work . . . No. 6, Vol. 6"
GLC06343.276
circa 25 August 1867
[Sketches of medal designs for American Institue award, male and female figures surrounded by symbols]
Eagle seal on reverse side. Graphite.
GLC06343.155
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
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