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25 September 1861
McKinney, Erastus R. (fl. 1851-1904)
to his father and wife
re: news of his new station outside Norfolk; request for some rosin and his violin book; African American cook; and march to Bird's Point
GLC02179.01.011
no date
Unknown
[Action scene with soldiers and cannon]
Print of an action scene with soldiers and cannon (possibly a re-enactment?)
GLC02179.01.046
circa 1830-1880
Prud'homme, John Francis Eugene (1800-1892)
Engraving of Dolley Madison
Hand colored portrait engraving of a middle-age Dolley Madison, drawn by J. Herring after J. Wood.
GLC02231.02
21 November 1831
Tower, Reuben (fl. 1831)
to Julius Tower
Tower writes his son that he has been traveling to Augusta, Georgia and that his health is improving. Gives the details of his journey, and discusses business, finances and the family homestead.
Excerpt: "…Since we came into S. Carolina the...
GLC02233.01
24 December 1852
Peale, Rembrandt (1778-1860)
to Enoch Dean
Peale writes to say he is glad Dean is pleased with the portrait of George Washington he painted (see GLC 9199.01) and states he took great pains to make it an exact copy of the original. He comments, "Your Picture will survive me, and as my mortal...
GLC09119.02
circa 1840
McKenney, Thomas Loraine (1785-1859)
Naw-Kaw A Winnebago Chief
Color lithograph of Naw-Kaw, a Winnebago Chief. He is holding a pipe and is wearing several medals around his neck.
GLC05120.02
27 April 1847
Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
to George Bowers
Requests that northern New Hampshire send more volunteer soldiers. Suggests using musicians to attract recruits. Lauds the hard work given to recruiting by Bowers, his father, and Frank Fletcher.
GLC03659
1858
Beyer, Edward (1820-1865)
Album of Virginia
Contains 40 lithograph plates picturing prominent places (notable towns, geographic formations, sulfur springs, and panoramic views), illustrated by Beyer. With a descriptive book.
GLC03797
1824
Klinckowström, Axel Leonhard, friherre (1775-1837)
[Pictorial atlas and book] [In Swedish] [Decimalized]
GLC03799
Atlas til Freherre Klinkowströms Bref Om De Forenta Staterna [In Swedish]
The prints of various sizes are stitched in original blue paper wrapper. Includes lithographs of the White House, cut-away views of Fulton's steamboat the "Chancellor Livingston," and six aquatint views of Philadelphia and New York's Broadway. There...
GLC03799.01
Bref om de Forenta Staterna, författade under en resa till Amerika, åren 1818, 1819, 1820, af friherre Axel Klinkowström [In Swedish]
Atlas of North America.
GLC03799.02
1 October 1850
Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
to Francis Jackson
Requests Jackson to sign a statement in support of women's rights and to ask Theodore Parker to do the same. Sends his admiration of Jackson's neice's sketch of Parker and promises to sit for her when he returns to Boston. Encloses a letter from...
GLC03998.05
[Engraving of John Quincy Adams]
Black and white engraving of John Quincy Adams. Date is unknown, but the engraving was originally included as collateral to GLC04006.01, which is dated circa 1833. Printed by D. Appleton & co.
GLC04006.02
18 November 1829
Audubon, John James (1785-1851)
to Richard Harlan
Describes his journey from Philadelphia to Louisiana and states that he was able to see his wife. Mentions birds he has been studying, particularly swallows. Also states that a friend of his has discovered new birds, which he will tell Harlan about...
GLC04031.01
11 February 1832
Harlan, Richard (1796-1843)
to John James Audubon
Addressed to John Backman in Charleston, South Carolina but noted that the letter is for Audubon. Thanks him for a recent letter containing interesting information which he has shared with others. Mentions that he received a letter from Mrs...
GLC04031.02
1854
Bingham, George Caleb (1811-1879)
The County election [hand colored engraving, mezzotint and roulette by Sartain]
GLC04074
1856
Stump Speaking
Text underneath image reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Geo C. Bingham Esq. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York." Text underneath title reads, "This...
GLC04075
Priest, R. R.
Lincoln and Family
White mount. Image of Lincoln and son Tad looking at Brady album, with Mary Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, and portrait of Willie Lincoln added. Photo of engraving. [O-93 variant].
GLC05136.14
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, standing, three-quarter length view]
White mount with red border. Standing, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing cloak.
GLC05136.23
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, three-quarter length view]
White mount with red border. Seated, three-quarter length view of John Wilkes Booth wearing one glove and holding the other. Similar to images 26, 28, and 29.
GLC05136.24
Snell, W.
[John Wilkes Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]
White mount with gold border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop.
GLC05136.25
C.D. Fredericks & Co.
White mount with thin black border. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Lighter, vignetted version of images 24, 28, and 29.
GLC05136.26
J.H. Bufford & Sons.
White mount. Seated half-length view of John Wilkes Booth holding riding crop. Photo from engraving of image #25.
GLC05136.27
White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26 and 29.
GLC05136.28
White mount. Seated, half-length view of John Wilkes Booth. Similar to images 24, 26, and 28.
GLC05136.29
Gracy, Tracy
[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length view]
White mount with thin black border. Seated, half length view of Edwin Booth.
GLC05136.30
[Edwin Booth, carte de visite, seated, half length profile view]
White mount with gray border. Seated, half length profile view of Edwin Booth.
GLC05136.31
[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
1855
Collection of two items pertaining to Thomas Sully [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC05503
circa 1855-1870
Lanman, Charles (1795-1870)
Untitled
Note explains letter in GLC05503.01. Writes that he corresponded with Thomas Sully in 1853 in regard to a portrait of his wife. States that Sully gave him prices: head $80, bust $100, kit kat $200, half length $600. Mentions that in 1855 he...
GLC05503.02
circa 1852-1863
[Sheet music, broadsides, and advertisements relating to Uncle Tom's Cabin]. [Decimalized .01- .11]
See descriptions in GLC05508.013.01-.11
GLC05508.013
1852
Stannard & Dixon
Topsy's Polka.
Signed by Henry Lawful. Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Lithograph image in color of a young African American girl with a patterned head scarf. Printed by Stannard & Dixon, lithograph by Louisa Corbaux.
GLC05508.013.02
The Tom-Tit polka.
Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. "Companion to the Topsy Polka, composed by Stephen Glover." Image of a young girl with short, dark, curly hair. Lithograph by A. Laby.
GLC05508.013.03
Poor Tom!
Signed by Charles Still and William Holland Love in upper right corner. Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Written by Charles Jefferys and composed by Stephen Glover. Depicts a white slave owner, Legree, threatening the slave Tom,...
GLC05508.013.04
Hanhart, M. & N. (1852)
Uncle Tom's cabin No. 2: The slave mother.
Sheet music cover from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ballad by George Linley. With illegible signature in upper right corner. Depicts a female slave with a small child fleeing from a master wielding a whip. Image by J. Brandard.
GLC05508.013.05
circa 1852-1860
Swift, H. (fl. 1852-1860)
Uncle Tom.
Title page and sheet music from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Dedicated to W.H.J, music by H. Swift. Published by W. Hill in New York.
GLC05508.013.06
Howard, Frank (fl. 1852)
Uncle Tom's glimpse of glory.
Title page and sheet music from the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Words written by Eliza and dedicated to Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Music by Frank Howard. Published by E.H. Wade, Boston.
GLC05508.013.07
1853
National Theatre (New York, N.Y.: 1850-1860)
[Broadside advertising Uncle Tom's cabin at the National Theatre, New York]
A note from G.L. Aiken, the author of the specific play version of Uncle Tom's Cabin being advertised, warns the public that his play has only been performed at the Troy Museum before its current run at the National Theatre. Also includes excerpts...
GLC05508.013.09
Slave life! or Uncle Tom's Cabin
Poster for a stage production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Starting 16 December 1852, the production is not "a mere Stage Version of the Tale, but a Play, in which free use has been made of [Stowe's] personages and most striking incidents." The broadside...
GLC05508.013.10
circa 1853-1863
Concanen & Lee
Uncle Sam.
Sheet music cover depicting a male runaway slave, Uncle Sam. "The Great Slave Song, respectfully dedicated to Anderson, the fugitive slave & sung with immense success by T. Maclagan." Written by G. W. Hunt with music by Frederic Archer.
GLC05508.013.11
1833-1834
Livingston, Johnston
Journal
The journal contains drawings, poems, excerpts from literary and philosophical works, as well as notes on scholarly subjects. Most likely from Johnston's studies at Union College, Schenectady, N.Y.
GLC03107.04079
1833/10/17
Livingston, Mary
to Johnston Livingston re: news of friends and family
Written by Johnston's youngest sister. Mary informs Johnston that a young man who used to live with them was recently killed while working on a ship, and that their Aunt Maria just sold her house. She also describes a trip to New York where she saw...
GLC03107.04080
[1834]
"Some of Dr. Nott's remarks to the Senior Class . . .
. . . Introductory to the commencement of our studies." The manuscript appears to be notes taken during a lecture given by Dr. Nott. Topics addressed in the lecture include how to read critically, memory & judgement, matter & mind, music, how to...
GLC03107.04083
circa 1816.
Yeager, Joseph (ca. 1792-1859)
Battle of New Orleans and Death of Major General Packenham
Hand colored engraving shows the battle from the British lines. With black and white bust of Andrew Jackson surrounded by flags in the center of the title. This copy is the first state of this print, showing the officer standing to the right of...
GLC03529
circa 1860-1880
Collection of 7 miscellaneous items related to William Remington
Consists of two envelopes addressed to William Remington, two separate pages with notes, one piece of a map showing streets and property lots (possibly in Baltimore), half of a lease document, and two notecards pasted together with a summary of a...
GLC03545.24.39
1849-1852
Moore, John (1826-1907)
[Collection of John B. Moore letters and a 37-page travel diary] [Decimalized .01- .06]
Covers the first few years of Moore's medical career before joining the army. Medical references, including a cholera epidemic in Laconia, Indiana (1) and diseases and medical treatments in England and Ireland (2, 5, 6). Written from Indiana, New...
GLC04192
16 June 1851
To Mary
Excerpt: 16 June 1851: "Soon after my arrival I visited the Crystal Palace. This is a miniature world, where you may see people of every nation; and their advancement in the arts may be learned from the specimens of workmanship which they are here...
GLC04192.02
24 February 1859
to Mary Kelly
Moore comments on local places of leisure: the theater is drawing full houses, and there are two billiard saloons and fifteen or twenty gambling houses. Mentions that "knives and pistols are freely used," and that the town helps advance surgical...
GLC04194.12
5 December 1860
Discusses balls, dramatic representations, and social meetings in camp: the first officer's ball of the season occurred last week, but soldiers' balls occur two or three times per week; dramatic representations occur twice weekly; social meetings...
GLC04194.36
7 November 1836
Lundy, Benjamin (1789-1839)
to Elizur Wright
Lundy writes to Wright, a fellow abolitionist. Lundy is on a committee organizing a convention held to establish a state anti-slavery society. The convention will meet at Harrisburg 19 December, and Lundy solicits Wright's participation. Signed by...
GLC04372.01
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