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An exterior view shows several cars parked in front of the Paterson-McCormick Mansion in the Gold Coast Historic District of Chicago.

John Todd Stuart II, husband of Elizabeth Huntington Stuart, wears a bow tie during a portrait session.

A woman stands on the grounds of the Monticello Ladies Academy in front of the school's main building.Photo caption: "Burned in 1888."

Several large trees stand in front of the Evergreens, the Monticello Female Seminary president Harriet Haskell's mansion private residence. The building was donated to the school upon her death and served as a faculty residence until 1935 and as the…

Several women relax along the tree-lined main walkway on the Monticello Seminary campus in 1888.On verso: "Taken from steeple in [ ] church."

Monticello Female Seminary principal Harriet Haskell sits in the drivers seat of a carriage while O. W. Maxfield holds onto the horse. Several women sit in the grass near the carriage. Maxfield, a Monticello Female Seminary employee, lived with his…

Members of the Monticello Female Seminary Class of 1888, pose for a photograph on the stairs of a building. Principal Harriet Haskell is seated on the top row on the left.

Benaiah Gustin Jayne poses for a portrait.

Edmund Skiff sits for a portrait next to a table covered by a floral tablecloth. The Skiff family is related to the Jannotta family through Stella Skiff Jannotta on her father's side.

Mrs. Edmund Skiff sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress with a light collar. The Skiff family is related to the Jannotta family through Stella Skiff Jannotta on her father's side.

Winfield Scott Hancock poses for a portrait wearing a suit and bow tie.On verso: "For Ms. Julia Parsons. With compliments of Mr. W. S. Hancock, Governor's Island, New York, May 25, 1882."

Ada Pearl Filson Wilson sits for a portrait wearing a light dress.

Leonora Hand Wilhoite Filson sits for a portrait wearing a dark dress.

A portion cut from a letter contains the closing and accompanying signature of Agnes Booth, wife of Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., from 1867 until his death in 1883.

Mary Devlin onced owned this autograph album titled "Album of Pearls" bound in decorative tooled leather. The album includes a poem of three stanzas written to her by her future husband, Edwin Booth. Booth and Devlin were married on July 17, 1860.

Edwin Booth pens a cheerful letter to James Lorimer Graham wishing Mrs. Graham a speedy recovery.

Edwin Booth explains to James Lorimer Graham that his letter is delayed due to his illness and weakened condition due to a swollen jaw and toothache.

Edwin Booth writes a lengthy letter to painter Thomas Hicks on the birth of Edwin's daughter and Hicks's painting of Booth as Iago.

A letter by Edwin Booth to James Lorimer Graham speaks of his toothache and announces "I am a father."

Edwin Booth writes to James Lorimer Graham regarding his new desirable location in Hyde Park.