Autograph album containing various signatures and short notes by soldiers from the American Civil War, American poets, educators, and social activists. There is an introduction to the autograph album by Lucy J. Sherman and a loose business card belonging to Charles H. Tuxbury.
Collection of signatures from the 59th United States Congress, 1905-1907, on a poster board. Joseph Gurney Cannon, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is the first signature. There are 153 spaces; however, there are only 104 signatures. Note: There is an additional copy.
Contains a prompt book for the play East Lynne, labeled as property of Modjeska; and an autograph album, with signatures dating approximately 1904-1913. The album contains a few letters as well, including two dated 1898 from C. Leslie Allen to Mrs. George Morgan, Highland Park.
An album with 179 cartes-de-visites portraits -- the majority by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Gallery -- of American politicians, most of whom were Representatives of the 38th United States Congress. The portraits, arranged loosely in alphabetical order, include Secretary of State William H. Seward; Clerk of the House Edward McPherson; Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden; Secretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher; Treasurer of the United States Francis E. Spinner (illustrated portrait) and his wife Caroline Spinner. Among the Representatives are James A. Garfield; James E. English; Elihu B. Washburne; Speaker of the House Schuyler Colfax; Senator William B. Allison; Sidney Perham; James G. Blaine; John A.J. Creswell; George S. Boutwell; William Windom; Joseph W. McClurg; Fernando Wood; Reuben E. Fenton; Robert C. Schenck; Samuel S. Cox; Samuel J. Randall; and Thaddeus Stevens. Other images include a portrait of George Washington (illustrated portrait), two unidentified soldiers, an unidentified older man, and an unidentified woman.
