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15 October 1861
Stafford, Robert H. (fl. 1837-1866)
to Ma
He writes that he received the blanket and requests his shoes and suspenders. He will send his pistol along with some money home.
GLC02618.009
circa 1852-1893
Bachelder, John B. (1825-1894)
[Collection of sketches and watercolors] [decimalized]
Consists of sketches of mostly scenery but some house portraits, monument studies, and notes. Watercolor and graphite. The dates span from 1852 to 1893 but many are undated scenes of Pennsylvania and the New York Finger Lakes region from 1874-1875...
GLC02673
no date
Bachelder, John B.
[Pencil / charcoal drawing of house on a hill beside water, with sail boat in background.]
Appears to be early work.
GLC02673.01
[Pencil drawing. Finely delineated. Shown from a distance through trees.]
JBB specialized in landscape view of towns before and after the Civil War
GLC02673.02
16 March 1852
[Pencil sketch. Man on boulders]
GLC02673.03
24 August 1853
[Pencil and watercolor. Scenic]
GLC02673.04
16 May 1861
[Pencil and watercolor. House]
incompletely colored. Not clearly a Civil War related piece
GLC02673.05
[Pencil sketch. Green Room in the White House]
colors of room noted in margin. Apparently a study for a Presidential print or painting; possibly JBB's Lincoln painting
GLC02673.06
17 August 1874
[Pencil and ink wash. Glen Onoko]
GLC02673.07
no date August 1874
[Pencil and ink wash. Eagle Cliff]
GLC02673.08
18 August 1874
[Pencil and ink wash. Catawissa Railroad]
Railroad bridge in mountainous terrain
GLC02673.09
[Pencil and ink wash. Twin Bridge. Catawissa Railroad]
signed
GLC02673.10
26 August 1874
[Pencil and ink. Lake View Hotel]
The hotel building and carriages are cut and pasted from a comtemporary print; JBB has supplied the background. Signed
GLC02673.11
[Water color. Hotel on Seneca Lake]
Water color on tissue-backed paper.
GLC02673.12
[Pencil and ink. Seneca Lake]
GLC02673.13
28 August 1874
[Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel]
GLC02673.14
[Pencil and ink. Pavilion Hotel in the distance]
note on verso: "Do not charge Mr. Bacthelder [sic] my Hotel Bill. J.W.G."
GLC02673.15
16 August 1875
[Pencil and ink wash. Mauchunk Pennsylvania from Booth Mountain]
GLC02673.16
no date 1876
[Autograph notes concerning a model, possibly seen at the Centennial Fair, 1876, and probably intended to guide a model he was making.]
Plan of the movements and battles of the Spanish Forces against the Moors in Moroco [sic] during 1859-60.... JBB's large panoramic Gettysburg prints are copyright 1877.
GLC02673.17
[notes on terra cotta fountain of two children]
One of the most charming designs in the Exhibition is the fountain of Terra Cotta representing two children standing under a spread umbrella above which the jet of water plays.... Autograph note, probably ca. 1876 and accompanied by #19, upon which...
GLC02673.18
[ink and water color. Terra cotta fountain of children]
On verso is pasted-down newsclipping: "Old Abe" at the Centennial. Describing the famous war eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin, clipped from the Philadelphia Times.
GLC02673.19
19 August 1893
[watercolor. Marsh Creek]
Hoffman's Dam. Shows a fisherman
GLC02673.20
[pencil. Man on foot bridge]
Dr. P. D. Keiser. Showing man on foot bridge. Another figure facing this one has been erased.
GLC02673.21
[brown and blue wash on textured paper. Panorama of mountain and forest scene]
GLC02673.22
[watercolor. Two horizons with house]
GLC02673.23
[pencil. unfinished sketch for waterfall]
GLC02673.24
[pencil and watercolor in blue. House on tree lined street]
A striking image, done entirely in different shades of blue. The house cannot be identified from any other material --including photographs of the Bachelder home-- in the collection.
GLC02673.25
[pencil and watercolor. Cemetery cross]
cross with measurements
GLC02673.26
[pencil. horse rider watching covered wagon]
unfinished sketch in oval. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.27
[watercolor. Horses and riders outside a rough house with mountains in the background]
Hall & Spaulding. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.28
[watercolor. panoramic view of #28 showing American flag and outbuildings]
Hall & Spaulding. note on verso. Frontier flavor
GLC02673.29
[pencil and brown watercolor. Waterfall with fir tree and visitors]
with unfinished pencil sketch of a woman in bed on verso
GLC02673.30
Unknown
[wood engraving. Charge of the 40th N.Y. (Col. Egan) at the Devil's Den. Gettysburg, July 2d. 1863]
Wood engraving. "Richardson, sc." This engraving appears to be an angle similar to JBB's drawing of the Devil's Den in the Gettysburg sketchbook. GLC# 2670 leaf 5.
GLC02673.31
[wood engraving. 9th Mass. (Bigelow's) Battery. Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. ]
"Hold this position at all hazards." Major M'Gilvery. Wood engraving, "Richardson."
GLC02673.32
[Military or soldier's decorative alphabet with Civil War scenes within each letter. Wood engraving. 12 letters]
GLC02673.33
[Wood engraving of Civil War battle in arch form]
signed "T.W." in left margin. Possibly a printer's proof
GLC02673.34
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
circa 1850
Parker Sc., G.
Engraving of Fitz-Greene Halleck.
Adhered to scrapbook mount. Below the image is "From an Original Picture by Henry Inman." "Our Contributors No. VIII"
GLC02453.52
circa 1860
H.B. Hall & Sons
Engraving of John James Ingalls.
Adhered to scrapbook mount.
GLC02453.56
Engraving of Henry Timrod.
Adhered to scrapbook mount. "Drawn from a painting by P.P. Carter." "Owned by the Hon. William A. Courtenay."
GLC02453.58
Buttre, John Chester (1821-1893)
Engraving of George William Curtis.
Adhered to scrapbook mount. Adhered to lower right is a short biographical note.
GLC02453.59
September 4, 1846
Thomas, Lorenzo (1804-1875)
to John Anthony Quitman
Written from camp near Camargo. Thomas transmits orders prohibiting the discharge of firearms near camp and restricting non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates from leaving camp, among other details. One bust engraving of Thomas included...
GLC02456.30
circa 1859 - 1862
McClees, J.E. (fl. 1859 - 1862)
J.L. Reno
Photo taken by J.E. McClees, engraving done by J.C. Buttre. General Jesse L. Reno is pictured in his union uniform.
GLC02457.15.02
circa 1848
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
to Harriette Story Paige
Informs his sister-in-law Paige that it is "no day for a daguerreotype." States that he can not reconcile himself to a change in his stance suggested by the artist George P. A. Healy, claiming "everyone who knows me would laugh to see me holding out...
GLC01946.55
Writes to his sister-in-law, "What say you, shall you, & I, & Mr. [George P. A] Healey leave & depart, this P.M - at 3 oclock - in a close coach for Marshfield [Massachusetts] to stay there thro the week. I let him have a chance at your ugly & my...
GLC01946.56
1842-1870
D. Rice & A.N. Hart (fl. 1854)
[Lithograph of Wat-Che-Mon-Ne, Ioway Chief]
Published by Rice & Hart, printed and colored by Bowen. From The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall, and published between 1842 and 1870.
GLC01993.04
Harmon, A.W.
The soldier's return
Printed copy of the lyrics to "The Soldier's Return" or "Air, Just before the Battle, Mother".
GLC02016.179.01
1860
Currier & Ives
Lithographs depicting Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin following their nomination as Republican candidates for President and Vice President respectively [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC02132
[Color print depicting Abraham Lincoln]
The caption underneath this print describes Lincoln as the Republican candidate for sixteenth President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the...
GLC02132.01
[Color print depicting Hannibal Hamlin]
A caption underneath this print describes Hamlin as the Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Hamlin served as a U.S. congressman from Maine (1843-1846), U.S...
GLC02132.02
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