The members of the committee issue an invitation to Harvard College's Class Day to be held in Stoughton Hall immediately following the exercises in the church. Robert Todd Lincoln is listed as a member of the committee for this event.
Mary Lincoln completes a partially-printed invitation and addresses its envelope to Vice President Hannibal Hamlin inviting him to a dinner for Zachariah Chandler on Monday, February 13, 1865. Hamlin is a lame-duck vice-president at this date and not…
Two people in a boat view flooding looking south from Route 1 to the intersection with Route 34 in Harrisburg. Gaskin City can be seen in the distance.
Interior of the Illinois State Capitol building showing members who were elected to the state government in 1884. Names listed on verso include, from left to right: "John R. Tanner, Treasurer," "Charles P. Swigert, Auditor," "Henry D. Dement, Sec. of…
Senator Joseph L. ALdrich yells "Robber!" at Senator Nelson W. Aldrich who sits contentedly in his seat. The man thinks of another way to attack Aldrich, finally yelling "Rubber!" which shocks Aldrich.Kansas Senator Joseph L. Bristow locks his sights…
The Illinois Senate President elections of Walter I. Manny on January 22, 1913, and Stephen D. Canady on January 6, 1915, gave the Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since 1893. Political cartoonist John T. McCutcheon hints towards…
Major General Riseley and his inspection party enter a PX, or Post Exchange. From left to right, Brigadier General Roy E. Lindquist, CG, 187th ARCT; Major General James P. Riseley, CG, Prov. Corps; Unknown Marine Colonel; Colonel Curtis J. Herrick,…
A penned inscription on a separate proof sheet of the dedication page of vol. 2 of Neumann's Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (Berlin: Carl Heymann's Verlag, 1866; Paris, London, New-York also) reads: "To Mrs. Lincoln. Hommage from the…
Edwin Booth inscribes and signs a photograph of the painting of him by John Singer Sargent. The inscription reads: "To Peter Gilsey with kind regards of Edwin Booth. 1891".