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7 August 1888
Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910)
to Clarence Stedman
Sends a picture. Promises a copy of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Written at Oak Glen, Howe's summer home.
GLC00496.033.01
circa 1880's
Engraved portrait of Julia Ward Howe
Letter mentions a portrait; signature appears printed
GLC00496.033.03
1886
Stedman, Edmund C. (1833-1908)
[Lithographic letter requesting autograph].
Hopes to insert into his private copy of "Poets of America" original drafts or autographic copies of poems by the authors represented in the book. He is also collecting engravings of the authors, and asks his correspondent to send a photograph if...
GLC00496.033.04
17 December 1880
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)
to Ronald
A letter of condolence. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery.
GLC00496.093
21 December 1880
Regarding proposed memorial and funeral. Written on Osborne black-bordered stationery.
GLC00496.094
26 December 1880
Regarding funeral service and burial. Reminisces about deceased daughter and husband. Eulogizes Constance, recipient's mother. Written on black-bordered stationery
GLC00496.095
10 July 1884
Reply to letter of condolence for Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Expresses self-pity and adds an inspirational poem (page 2). Sees this as a pilgrimage to inner strength. Written on Windsor Castle black-bordered stationery. Leopold, Queen...
GLC00496.096
3 November 1879
Schurz, Carl (1829-1906)
to A. C. Barstow
Secretary of the Interior Schurz writes to the Chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners about the Meeker Massacre at the White River Ute Reservation in Colorado. Mentions that Special Agent General Charles Adams secured the return of women and...
GLC06009
1879
Pamphlet
Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report to accompany bill S. Res. 12.
Committee rejection of a proposed amendment that would have granted women the right to vote, issued as Senate Report No. 523 (45th Congress, 3rd Session). Collateral with this is the minority report in support of the proposed amendment, with title...
GLC06081
1 June 1882
Guiteau, Charles (1841-1882)
The Truth and Removal [assassination of Garfield]
Signed only weeks before he was hanged for the assassination of President Garfield. The title refers to the "removal" of Garfield from the presidency as part of a cosmic belief system which Guiteau explains in his book. Inscribed to Miss Maggie...
GLC06095
21 June 1885
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to W. F. Giles [?]
Last name of recipient is illegible. Takes responsibility for his former law partner's death at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain under Sherman's command. "McCook was my law partner and I caused his death. I have already written his child the exact...
GLC06340
20 November 1886
Rillegible, A.F.
to Mrs. [Lucretia] Garfield
Written on blue, laid "Office of Public Buildings and Grounds" stationary [envelope labeled as such]. The friend is confident in the mutual interest between Ward and Mrs. Garfield to meet each other, since Ward is the sculptor of the President...
GLC06343.249
no date
Smithsonian Institute
Gown worn by Edith Roosevelt displayed on mannequin.
Pencil note on back: "From Smithsonian Institute Gown Collection."
GLC07002.91
1884/02/01
Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906)
re: apathy of women in Suffrage movement
"And my answer to the Men-is-that if they insist of leaving the women of this republic disfranchised until the vast majority of them demand it-there is no hope for our emancipation from political serfdom."
GLC07419
24 February 1882
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
to Miss Lena
Thanks Lena, a young girl, for a potholder (GLC07731.02). Apparently Lena had read Douglass's narrative, and he thanks her for reading and thinking kindly of his life and history. Writes "Please accept my best thanks for 'Any holder but a...
GLC07731.01
1882/08/20
to Sarah Pillsbury re: death of his wife Anna Douglass
Douglass writes "Thanks for your kind letter. Mrs Douglass was all you say of her and more. She was the post in the centre of my house. Different we were in many things. She was conservative and I radical, she was for the old I for the new, She did...
GLC07752.01
01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
25 December 1886
Mahone, William (1826-1895)
to E. F. Strickland
Mahone replies to correspondence from Reverend Strickland in Des Moines, Iowa. Notes that he has not forgotten Strickland's former request. Writes, "I would hope the God given Spirit of Liberty may never tire- not before, its blessings are freely...
GLC04733
21 November 1877
Unknown
Rome daily. [Vol. 2, no. 214 (November 21, 1877)]
Features a tribute to woman, obituary and advertisements and short blurbs. Subtitle reads: "a daily journal devoted to the interests of Rome and Cherokee Georgia."
GLC02691.12.13
6 September 1879
Alelay, Harriet C. (fl. 1879)
to Mary M. Epperly
Sends her condolences over her Aunt's death. Writes that she hopes one day to see her mother and four children in heaven. Says that she is homesick for the county she grew up in.
GLC02715.130
4 May 1882
Martin, Victorie A. (fl. 1882)
to Nisenous E. Epperly
Comments that she is ill. Asks who Senous's sweetheart is. Discusses friends who may visit.
GLC02715.135
3 August 1882
James, Frank (1844-1915)
to Anna Ralston James
In pencil, writes to wife regarding how much he misses her and their son, Robie. He speaks of a letter from Liv and says "we are all bound to have an opinion on every subject and let Liv have hers, and you, our friend, and myself will have ours."...
GLC01648
3 September 1882
Writes to his wife, Anna, about the reward offered for his capture. Mentions Dick Liddil, a member of the same gang, and the way Liddil was treated by the authorities. Comments on turning himself in and states that " ... when ever I surrendered up...
GLC01693
20 January 1878
Hemans, Nancy A. (b. 1843)
to Frances B. Shiras
Discusses her husband's declining health and how she recovered her own health, which became bad after her daughter Mary died, while camping. Notes visiting the sick via horseback. Comments on the local school, Christmas, and a visit by whites to...
GLC02429.41
14 March 1878
to Alexander Shiras
Discusses her husband's sickness and impending death. Comments on sympathetic visitors, her friendship with the Shiras's, and the tragedy the death will be for their son.
GLC02429.42
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