| Box |
Person Named and Contents |
Date |
| 10 |
Gales & Seaton
Letter: to Mr. Gronard
1 item (1 p.) ; 20 x 13 cm
ALS. This letter to a printer, written in Joseph Gales's hand, protests
the delayed printing of recent issues of the National Intelligencer,
a record of Congressional proceedings.
|
1832 Feb 9 |
| 10 |
Gaul, Clarissa (recipient)
Letter: Lenox, Mass., to Mrs. John Gaul (Clarissa), Hudson,
N.Y.
1 item (3 p on double sheet.)
ALS. From "Your affectionate Lucy," the letter discusses a recent
visit she has made to Mrs. Gaul's house.
|
1898 Nov 19 |
| 10 |
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 (Italian Patriot)
Letter: Caprera, to Vincenzo Conti
1 item (1 p.) ; 13 x 21 cm
ALS. Letter of introduction, reading: "Galliano e un uomo onesto
e patriota--se potrete ajutarlo in qualcunque modo ve ne saro ben riconoscente--".
|
1865 Dec 5 |
| 10 |
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Letter: to the Nabob of Ascot
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 33 x 41 cm folded to 33 x 21 cm
ALS. Draft of a letter to an Indian ruler. "If . . . I should be
driven to the painful necessity of complying with the request of the Nation
in taking upon me the Regency of these Realms it will make me happy to
hear of the Prosperity of the Princes of India who are the friends of
this country, and I hope and am persuaded that I shall always find the
Court of Poona the foremost of that description."
|
[ca. 1819] |
| 10 |
George Wostenholm & Son
Invoice: Sheffield, to Messrs. Baker & Moss, Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 33 x 42 cm folded to 33 x 21 cm
ADS. Invoice for shipment of knives. With letter noting incomplete shipment
because of recent injuries to workers.
|
1835 Aug 5 |
| 10 |
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer)
Letter: New York, N.Y., to Clarence Axman, New York, N.Y.
1 item (1 p.) ; 25 x 20 cm
TLS. Responds to a request for pianists to play his Rhapsody in Blue
at a dinner. Recommends several he knows. With 8" x 10"
black & white glossy portrait photograph of Gershwin, by Vandamm
Studio.
|
1926 Dec 14 |
| 10 |
Getz, George
Letter: Reading, Pa., to Mssrs. Lindsay & Blackiston, Booksellers,
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Informs bookseller of change in ownership of company.
|
1847 Mar 18 |
| 10 |
Getz, George
Letter: Reading, Pa., to Mssrs. Lindsay & Blackiston, Booksellers,
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (1 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Places order for books.
|
1847 Feb 16 |
| 10 |
Gibbs, Patience
Letter: Sandwich, Mass., to Nancy Burgess, Grafton, Vt.
1 item (3 p on double sheet.)
ALS. Written to "Cousin Nancy," the letter chattily discusses
mutual friends and acquaintances.
|
1821 Sept 22 |
| 10 |
Gifford, William
Letter: to "My dear Taylor"
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. "Christmas is so near that I may . . . wish you 'a merry one,'
as our Devonshire folks say."
|
n.d. |
| 10 |
Gilbert, Alfred, 1854-1934 (Sculptor)
Letter: London, to "My dear Olivier"
1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. "I fear I cannot send my promised contribution this week, but
I will endeavour to do so as soon as possible. I think I mentioned . .
. that I should not be able to pay immediately."
|
1900 Oct 28 |
| 10 |
Glies, G.
Letters: To S. Cadell, Esq., London; to J. Campbell, London
2 items (2 p. each on double sheet.)
2 ALS. Letters discuss publishing and other matters.
|
1827 Apr 24 - 1830 Mar 1 |
| 10 |
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 (Poet)
Drawing
1 item (1 p.) ; 28 x 21 cm
AMsS. Drawing is of a large Star of David with a death's head in the center
with the letters "Howl" used to depict the features of the skull.
Signed and dated, "For Seymour Adelman."
|
1984 Apr 28 |
| 10 |
Gladstone, Robert, 1833-1919
Note
1 item (1 p.)
ANS. The author acknowledges "Tompkins' letter of 19. Nov. and has
much pleasure in sending him the enclosed envelope addressed by the Rt.
Honble. W.E. Gladstone."
|
1889 Dec 4 |
| 10 |
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 (Statesman)
Postcard: to A. Warren, London
1 item ; 12 x 8 cm
APcS. "I am unable to accept your obliging proposal as I am already
charged with engagements which I shall find it difficult to fulfill."
|
1889 Nov 18 |
| 10 |
Gleister, James
Letter: Blackheath, to Sam E. Pocock, Esq.
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. Thanks Pocock for an invitation, but politely declines.
|
1873 Sep 12 |
| 10 |
Glindoni, Henry Gilliard, 1852-1913 (Painter and
Watercolorist)
Letter: London, to E. Landseer Grundy
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Explains the subject of his picture "The Audience." "The
scene represents George the Third and his Physicians giving an audience
to prove him perfectly capable of holding the Crown and Sceptre."
|
1882 Oct 24 |
| 10 |
Gloucester, W.
Letter: Pier Park, to Mr. White
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. On an error in administering Queen Anne's Bounty (the Poor Clergy
Bill): "The blundering Secretary of the Governors of Q. Anne's bounty
has not so much as mentioned the name of the Minister of Lea, for
which you see I have reprimanded him at the Bottom. To that I send it
to you to invent half a dozen names of the neighbouring Clergy, and send
it to the Minister; who when he has done what is required, must send it
back to this worthy secretary."
|
1766 Feb 22 |
| 10* |
Goforth, John
Diary
1 item (242 p. in 2 v.) ; 20 x 14 cm
AMs. Detailed journal of Goforth's voyage from Philadelphia, Pa., to Liverpool,
England, and his travels in England, France, and Italy. Describes in great
detail life aboard ship, the passengers and crew, their amusements, and
the sights seen en route. He also vividly describes his time spent in
London, Paris, Lyons, Naples, and Rome. He writes of being in Paris when
an assassination attempt was made on the Emperor; arriving in Naples Bay
during an eruption of Mt. Vesuvius; and visiting the graves of Keats and
Shelley.
|
1855 Mar 29 - Jul 16 |
| 10 |
Goodall, Frederick, 1822-1904 (Painter)
Letters: London, to unknown correspondents
2 items (2 p.) ; 18 x 12 cm
2 ALsS. In the first note, acknowledges receipt of payment for his picture
"The Anxious Wife." In the second, he writes that he has decided
not to part with his "Angel's Whisper" until "an engagement
could be entered into . . . on the same terms as Mr. Boys'."
|
1849 Jun 25 |
| 10 |
Goodrich, C.
Letter: to Mssrs. Burgess
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. Requests sixty reams of paper.
|
1849 Jan 16 |
| 10 |
Gordon, William Fitzhugh, 1787-1858 (Congressman from Virginia)
Letter: Washington, D.C., to John S. Willford et al.
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 26 x 41 cm folded to 26 x 21 cm
ALS. Regrets that he must decline the group's invitation to a festival
on Brown's Island. "It would afford me much satisfaction . . . [but]
my public duties deny me this gratification." Twenty recipients of
the letter are listed.
|
1834 May 28 |
| 10 |
Goshen, Wirt
Letter: to West Chester Railroad Co.
1 item (1 p)
ALS. "Thirteen pannel fence Destroyed by the Engene Running off the
track Last fall Valued at one Dollar pr. P. $13.00."
|
1854 May 23 |
| 10 |
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
Letter: London, to Sidney Colvin, 1845-1927, London
1 item (1 p)
ALS. Regretfully declines to take part in a "volume about Keats"
as he is busy with a number of other projects.
|
1920 Jul 20 |
| 10 |
Gowers, W. R.
Letter: London, to D. Collins
1 item (4 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Letter discusses two candidates applying for a position as "Head
of the Pathology Lab."
|
Dec 30 |
| 10 |
Graham, Isaac
Letters: to Samuel Hood, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 items (2 p)
2 ALS. Items appear to be the second pages of multi-page letters and discuss
legal and financial matters.
|
1839 Sep 18 - Oct 11 |
| 10 |
Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 (Author)
Letter: Rome, to "Mr. Ambassador"
1 item (1 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Accepts invitation to speak on the occasion of the Keats centenary.
"It will be to me a deeply interesting event."
|
1921 Jan 31 |
| 11 |
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885 (U. S. President)
Autographed note
1 item (1 p.)
ANS. "These volumes are dedicated to the American soldier and sailor.
U. S. Grant. New York City, May 23, 1885."
|
1885 May 23 |
| 11 |
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 (Poet and Novelist)
Letter: Lugano-Paradiso, Switzerland, to Anne
Wynick
1 item (1 p.) ; 33 x 21 cm
ALS. "No, I did not know Isaac Rosenberg, though I have always thought
highly of his poems." Promises to try to get the job of reviewing
a forthcoming edition of Rosenberg's works. Also declines to give a talk.
|
1937 Jun 3 |
| 11 |
Gray, John; Mills, Samuel; and Bailey, Thomas
Letter: London, to Warder Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (2 p. on double leaf)
ALS. On the topic of power of attorney over the estate of Mr. Fry, Jr.,
passing from the trustees of the estate to the Warder Brothers.
|
1816 Dec 9 |
| 11 |
Greene, William Thomas (Ornithologist)
Letter: Peckham Rye, to Robert Dashwood, Esq.
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Discusses with Dashwood the purchasing or trading of some stuffed
birds. He also informs Dashwood that "there is no immediate prospect
of the resumption of" his multi-volume work Parrots in Captivity.
He speculates that if there is sufficient interest, the publisher "may
be induced to take up the matter, at least to the extent of completing
the 4th vol. now in progress."
|
1888 Sep 21 |
| 11 |
Greenwood, Miss Emma (recipient)
Letters: New York, N.Y., to Miss Emma Greenwood, Boston, Mass.
2 item (3 p. each on double sheet)
2 ALS. Signed "Charles," the letters are written by a male friend
and discuss the writer's daily activities.
|
1840 May 31 - Jul 30 |
| 11 |
Griffitts, Samuel Powel, 1759-1826
Letter: Philadelphia, Pa., to F.C. Wemyss, Esq., 1797-1859,
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (1 p.) ; 26 x 21 cm
ALS. The Board of Trustees of the Association for the Relief of Disabled
Firemen asks Wemyss for his assistance in planning their annual fundraising
event. Also signed by P.C. Ellmolter and Alexander S. Henry.
|
1837 Feb 3 |
| 11 |
Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873 (Abolitionist
and Women's Rights Advocate)
Letter: Liverpool, to Jane Bettle,
1773-1840, Philadelphia, Pa.
1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 25 x 40 cm folded to 25 x 20 cm
ALS. Grimke writes a thoughtful and deeply spiritual letter to Jane Bettle,
a prominent Philadelphia Quaker. Grimké, making reference to her
difficult decision to leave South Carolina in 1820 and to pursue her Quaker
beliefs in Philadelphia, begins her letter: "My beloved Friend--who
. . . inclined thy mind towards me when I felt very desolate having left
all that was near and dear in this World behind me and about to engage
in an arduous embassy." She also mentions the case of Joseph Hunton,
an English Quaker accused of forgery. "Whilst the act cannot be considered
otherwise than one that deserved punishment, we cannot but deeply regret
our sanguinary laws that go to the greatest extremity in depriving man
of life for an offence that by no means warrants it, if indeed it is right
to take the life of man in any case which I doubt even for murder of the
first magnitude."
|
1828 Dec 6 |
| 11 |
Grossmith, Weedon, 1852-1919 (Painter)
Letter: London, to Bernard Evans, 1843-1922
1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 18 x 23 cm folded to 18 x 12 cm
ALS. Asks Evans to stop by on his way to a private viewing at the Academy:
"I have a . . . picture which I have some thoughts of sending to
the Guild Hall Galleries, but cannot make up my mind."
|
[18--] May 1 |
| |
Grundy, E. Landseer
This collection contains many letters addressed to Grundy. Correspondents
include: E. Collingwood, W.G.
Collingwood, Henry Glindoni, William
Holman Hunt, Frederick Lewis, Thomas
Lloyd, Walter Merrett, M.
Sacharowski, E. Samuelson,
W. A. Shackleton, and Horace
Hughes Stanton.
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Grundy, Robert Hindmarsh
This collection contains many letters addressed to Grundy. Correspondents
include: Thomas Creswick, Edward
Duncan, William Henry Hunt,
William Denholm Kennedy, Charles
Leslie, William Calder Marshall,
Joseph Nash, Paul
Poole, David Roberts, and Francis
Topham.
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| 11 |
Guilmant, Alex, 1837-1911 (French Organist)
Letter: Delaware, Ohio, to "Cher Monsieur Carl"
1 item (1 p.)
ALS. Discusses his travel route. In French.
|
1893 Oct 6 |
| 11 |
Guise, B. W.
Letter: Cirencester, to William
Crowdy, Esq., Wilts
1 item (1 p.)
TL. "In consequence of the probability of a Contest for this County,
I beg to solicit the favor of your kind support as one of your Representatives;
I trust that my Parliamentary conduct has met with your approbation."
|
1832 Sept 12 |
| 11 |
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847 (Quaker Philanthropist,
Writer, and Minister)
Letter: Charleston, S.C., to Samuel
Bettle, 1774-1861
1 item (4 p. on double sheet) ; 27 x 44 cm folded to 27 x 22 cm
ALS. Sends his condolences on the death of Bettle's wife, Jane. In addition,
Gurney outlines to Bettle, in great detail, the means by which American
shipbuilders and merchants are flouting slave trading restrictions and
treaties.
|
1840 May 3 |
| 11 |
Guthrie, James, Esq.
Letter: Louisville, Ky., to Cornelius Comings, Philadelphia,
Pa.
1 item (4 p. on double sheet)
ALS. Discusses financial and legal matters.
|
1830 Feb 11 |
