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Joseph Proctor write to his father and brothers from "the Bonnie North, Englands divided Isle" Proctor recounts his tour of the Highlands and his plans to go to Cottage in mid-November. Proctor discusses the activities of his agents. He plans to…

Joseph Proctor writes to his father and brothers: "You will perceive that I have arrived thus far towards home. I have arranged to open here at the Walnut St. Theatre on Monday, Nov. 4th, so you see I shall only be able to stop one week in…

Joseph Proctor writes to his brother John, about the state of Americans in England on the eve of the Civil War. Proctor is pro-Union. He informs his brother that the English government proposes a "strict new treaty" and will likely find "some…

Joseph Proctor writes to Thomas McKeon regarding his upcoming schedule and the many cities he plans to visit. On the reverse side is a letter written by G.S. Ballard to N.B. and H.E. Proctor sending them the frock measurements of F.W. Kinsman and…

Song sung from the perspective of former slave or "Contraband" who has recently found security and freedom behind Union lines. The song is dedicated to Union general Benjamin F. Butler, who was the first Union commander to allow escaped slaves to…

Pablo Casals (center) meets with Robert Carleton Smith and his wife. On verso: "San Juan, Puerto Rico - Pablo Casals offers wedding congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Carleton Smith of New York, who visited the master cellist in his San Juan home…

Cover dedication: "To his Excellency, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor of Pennsylvania." "Sung at the Consecration of the Soldiers' Cemetery at Gettysburg: (November 19th 1863)."Governor Curtin organized the effort to create a national soldiers' cemetery…