Winthrop Handwriting Collection
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Winthrop Handwriting Collection
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A collection of correspondence and signatures by historically significant persons, including politicians, statesmen and military leaders. Included among these are Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Mark Twain.
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Institution: Winthrop Public Library and Museum
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Note written by John Greenleaf Whittier
Personal note about weather and visitors -
Letter written by John Greenleaf Whittier, 1876
Personal letter of poet and abolitionist -
Letter written by Henry Cabot Lodge, 1903
Re: Ethnology reports from U.S. Senate -
Letter written by Henry Cabot Lodge, 1897
Letter from U.S. Senate to David Floyd -
Thank you letter written by Robert C. Winthrop, 1889
Thank you to David Floyd for calendar -
Letter written by Henry Wilson, 1860s(?)
Critique of opposition to Gen. McClellan -
Letter written by Artemus Ward, 1864
Appeal to his wife (?) Josephine -
Note written by George Francis Train, 1862
Anecdote about Sumner Committee -
Letter written by Gerrit Smith, 1870
Letter regarding banking -
Letter written by John Sherman, 1880
Re: late tax payment drawbacks -
Editorial corrections by John G. Saxe
Editorial corrections -
Letter written by Alexander Hamilton Rice, 1885
Acceptanc of theater invitation -
Letter written by Reverend Samuel May, 1890
Decline inclusion in abolitionist meeting -
Letter written by John D. Long, 1881
Governor, 1880-1883, "Pomeroy" -
Letter written by J. Howard, Jr.
Editorial rooms at "The World" -
Letter written by William Gaston, 1888
Acceptance of theater invitation -
Letter written by Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1858
Letter to comply to request -
Note written by George Washington Cable, 1888
Note re: lecture about race -
Letter written by Benjamin F. Butler, 1865
Note re: orders to arm troops -
Letter written by A.H. Bullock, 1864
House Rep. note "for the Journal" -
Letter written by John Q.A. Brackett, 1886
Lieut. Gov. of Massachusetts, 1887-1890 -
Letter written by J. P. Benjamin, 1862
Secy. Of State Letter re: salaries -
Letter written by John B. Alley
Letter re: Capt. Gregory -
Letter written by Henry Clark Corgin, 1899
Adjutant General, War Dept. -
Letter written by Lincoln Levi, 1830(?)
Governor 1825-1834 -- State Seal -
Letter written by Nelson Appleton Miles, 1890s(?)
Major General Com. U.S. Army -
Letter written by Elihu Root, 1899(?)
War Office Seal -
Letter written by John Cowles Scofield, 1899
Chief Clerk, War Department -
Signature of J. Brooks
Signature only -
Signature of John Davis
Signature only -
Signature of Marcus Morton
Signature only, Gov. 1824-1825 -
Thank you letter written by Oliver Ames, 1886
Thank you for invitation to lecture -
Thank you letter written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1877
Thank you for invitation to theater -
Calling card of Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1884
Calling card - Boston -
Letter written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1880
Letter about unpublished poem -
Letter written by William Tecumseh Sherman, 1880
Letter included with his taxes -
Letter written by Mark Twain, 1905
Letter with short story on back -
Letter written by Frederick Douglass, 1889
Appointment--Haitian Consulate -
Letter written by Jefferson Davis, 1863
Ordnance letters -- 3 pages -
Letter written by Thomas Jefferson
Receipt for salary -
Letter written by James, Madison, 1779
Receipt for delegate wages -
Letter written by Edward Everett, 1779
With Massachusetts State Seal -
Signature of Philip Henry Sheridan
Signature only -
Signature of William Lloyd Garrison
Signature only -
Signature of William Lloyd Garrison
Signature only -
Signature of Abraham Lincoln
Signature only