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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04035.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters |
| Date | 1855-1886 |
| Author | McNear, Franklin E. (fl. 1855-1886) |
| Additional authors | Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891); Everett, Edward (1794-1865); Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879); Greeley, Horace (1811-1872); Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894); Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); Sumner, Charles (1811-1874); Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894); Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895); Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888); Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Consists of eighty-four signatures, most of which were obtained by McNear between 1860 and 1861. Incorporating numerous historical figures, the book includes autographs from (among others) Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, Jean-François (Charles) Gravelet-Blondin, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Sumner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ward Beecher, James Freeman Clarke and Frederick Douglass. 83 pages contain signatures, and page numbers are written in pencil in the bottom right corner of each page. The book contains several autograph letters by various correspondents, including Hannibal Hamlin (p. 13); William H. Seward (p. 89); and P.T. Barnum (p. 137), as well as the clipped signature and seal from an Andrew Johnson document (p. 169). Signed McNear 20 August 1860. Signatures obtained from various locations. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics President Abolition Literature and Language Arts African American History Reform Movement Vice President |
| People | McNear, Franklin E. (fl. 1855-1886) Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) Everett, Edward (1794-1865) Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Greeley, Horace (1811-1872) Winthrop, Robert Charles (1809-1894) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Sumner, Charles (1811-1874) Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894) Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |