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Visual Materials
Image of the monument to the 125th New York Infantry. Monument is topped by the shamrock of the U.S. Army, 2nd Corps. On the face of the monument is carved: 125th New York Infantry, / 3d Brig. 3d Div. 2d Corps. / Recruited in Rensselaer Co. N. Y. / Mustered in at Troy, N. Y. Aug. 27th 1862. / Engaged in 23 battles. / Mustered out at Albany, N.Y. June 5th 1865. Below this above the base is the seal for the State of New York. In the lower left corner of the image, in small neat handwriting, in white, are the numbers: 1074. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.
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Image of the monument of a tall stone monument, obelisk in style, to the 1st Ohio Cavalry, Companies A and C. There is a bas-relief of a horse head at the top with crossed sabers above. Below the horse is written: Companies A and C, 1st Ohio Cavalry, Headquarters Guard, 2d and 3d Division Calvary Corps. On the base: Erected by the State of Ohio. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.
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Manuscripts
Printed report. Comparison of Weights and Measures of Length and Capacity, Reported to the Senate of the United States by the Treasury Department in 1832 and made by Ferd. Rod. Hassler (Washington, D.C.), printed by Duff Green, 1832). (122 pages, bound volume)
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Image of five vignettes of dramatic scenes with a central image of two men dueling outdoors in winter captioned "Act 4th. The Duel in the Snow"; two scenes of men and women in a parlor, presumably courting, captioned "Act 1st." and "Act 2d."; a fist fight between men in tuxedos at the bottom of a grand staircase with party guests looking on, captioned "Act 3d. The Insult."; and a woman crying in a parlor while a little girl pulls at her father's arm, captioned "Act 5th. 'Pappa Kiss Mama!'" with three inset images of two older men and a young woman in a mourning veil captioned "The Widow"; with date sheet for a March 18, [1882], show, presumably at the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Banker's Daughter" written by Bronson Howard.
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Manuscripts
The volume contains the orders of Engineer-in-Chief Charles S. Bulkley, and Chief of Marine Charles M. Scammon from May 1865 to December 1866. The orders deal with the following issues: destinations for the ships including San Francisco, California, Victoria, B.C., Sitka, Alaska, the Bering Strait, Siberia and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiǐ, Russia; directions to certain ports; the rules and regulations of the expedition; the promotions, transfers, and punishments of sailors; work to be done by the land parties; ship repairs; the selling and buying of furs; and interactions with the native Alaskans. The volume also mentions the body of Robert Kennicott being brought aboard; Kennicott was the Chief of the Scientific Corps of the expedition and died in Alaska in May 1866.
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Rare Books
At head of title: Philippus hispaniarum et indiarum rex. Compiled by Vasco de Puga. Commonly known as the Cedulario de Puga. Colophon: A ho[n]rra y gloria de nuestro Señor Jesu Christo acabose este presente libro en Mexico en casa de Pedro Ocharte, a veynte y tres dias del mes de nouiembre del mill [et] quinientos [et] sesenta y tres años. Esta tassado por el illustrissimo señor do[n] Luys de Uelasco uirrey a real el pliego. Por ma[n]dado de su señoria Antonio de Turcios secretario. Woodcut illustrated title page with a coat of arms in the center of the t.p. and on the verso of leaf 5. Signatures: a-2d⁸ chi². Leaves d4 and 2a4 missigned as c4 and a4 respectively. Leaf t2 not signed. Verso of final leaf blank. Includes index.
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