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[metallic token with lithograph of Lincoln]
Metallic token painted black with gold designs and gold back. Center of token has colored lithograph of Lincoln under glass
GLC05136.53
W.J. Ferguson, actor, dies; saw Lincoln shot
Newspaper clipping announcing the death of W.J. Ferguson, the last living actor to have witnessed the assasination of President Lincoln. Ferguson played the part of Lietenant Vernon in "Our American Cousin." The actor and Laura Keene were in the...
GLC05603.03.02
circa 1863
[Newspaper clipping from Shakepeare's Hamlet]
Possibly transmitted with a letter (refer to GLC06298.03) from John A. Bogert to his parents Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert, 7 June 1863.
GLC06298.03.01
1867
Chambers, Joht W. (fl. 1867)
The Late Dr. Edward Ruggles
Newspaper clipping of obituary of Dr. Edward Ruggles. Chambers signed as Secretary of the American Institute.
GLC06343.071
3 December 1747
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 990 (December 3, 1747)]
Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Letter to Benjamin Franklin discussing the provenance of a previously published picture. Article discussing a newly formed...
GLC06670.120
5 June 1861
Averell, William W. (1832-1900)
Pressed Flower
GLC06581.04.04
24 December 1861
GLC06581.04.05
29 November 1863
GLC06581.04.06
1966
Menconi, Ralph (1915-1972)
[Thomas Jefferson medal]
Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.
GLC08626
26 November 1898
Harper & Brothers (1833-1962)
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
GLC08725.13
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