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1845/08/13
Polk, James K. (1795-1849)
to Henry Horn re: offer of a portrait of Polk by Sully
Written as President. Apparently Polk thought the offer was a hoax.
GLC02793.025
1823/07/15
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
to John Trumbull re: his engraving "Declaration of Independence", Univ. of Va.
With integral address leaf, free franked. Docketed by recipient. Jefferson agrees to subscribe to a copy of Trumbull's engraving of the signing of Declaration (Staufer 679) and also orders a print of Washington's resignation. He invites Trumbull...
GLC02483
1846/07/31
Winthrop, Robert C. (1809-1894)
to McClintock Young re: debt owed to sculptor Horatio Greenough
Written as Representative, to Young, in the Treasury Department. Greenough sculpted the famous (notorious) Washington statue in the capital which he completed in 1841. He also did numerous private commissions.
GLC02505.44
November 28, 1826
Trumbull, John (1756-1843)
to Charles Bulfinch
Listing titles for Trumbull's four existing Revolutionary War paintings in the rotunda of the Capitol and four he proposed to create for the rotunda's empty recesses. The extant paintings depicted Independence Day, Saratoga, York Town, and Annapolis...
GLC02510
1837-1908
Stafford, Robert H. (fl. 1837-1866)
Robert H. Stafford Collection [Decimalized .01- .98]
Stafford enlisted as a sergeant in the 12th Alabama infantry. Contains letters and newsclippings about the Peninsula Campaign, advance into Maryland, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Early's raid on Washington, D.C....
GLC02618
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