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| Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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| Description: | Front side of a letter written and sent by Robert E. Lee from Washington College in Lexington, Virginia to Cyrus McCormick. Lee acted as president of Washi... |
| Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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| Description: | Reverse side of a letter written and sent by Robert E. Lee from Washington College in Lexington, Virginia to Cyrus McCormick. Lee acted as president of Was... |
| Date: | 04 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Letter from Theodore Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, to Anita McCormick Blaine. Roosevelt expresses regret at "missing a chance to see you" and her son... |
| Date: | 06 28 1863 |
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| Description: | A letter written by W.D. Bartlett to his cousin describing life as a Civil War soldier. |
| Date: | 03 05 1891 |
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| Description: | Front cover and inside of menu for a dinner honoring U.S. Senator John C. Spooner when he was Chairman of the Committee on Claims, with an oval photograph ... |
| Date: | 06 05 1884 |
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| Description: | Die cut elongated octagonal menu for the 7th annual banquet of the Merchants Association at The Plankinton. On the cover is an oval portrait of a deer with... |
| Date: | 08 01 1889 |
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| Description: | Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background... |
| Date: | 10 02 1884 |
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| Description: | Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim... |
| Date: | 05 24 1898 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ... |
| Date: | 05 24 1898 |
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| Description: | Interior of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with four scenes, perhaps representing the seasons, amidst flower... |
| Date: | 12 22 1868 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co... |
| Date: | 07 13 1871 |
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| Description: | Menu printed on taupe silk for a banquet given to the Northwestern Amateur Boating Association by the Milwaukee Boat Club at Newhall House. At the top is a... |
| Date: | 08 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Menu from the midsummer dinner of the Thirteen Club, with the seal of the club on the front cover: the legend, "Morituri te salutamus" ("We who are about t... |
| Date: | 06 28 1887 |
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| Description: | Menu for a senior reception catered by W.H. Burleson, with a wide border of pig or demon half-faces, and in the center a figure in a kimono and sandals wit... |
| Date: | 01 27 1899 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the menu for the "Fest-Mahl zur Feier des Geburtstages" given to Wilhelm II in Frankfurt, with a brown leather medallion embossed with a hea... |
| Date: | 11 05 1891 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page of the third annual banquet of the Alpha Iota of Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On the cover is a por... |
| Date: | 12 18 1899 |
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| Description: | Front cover, menu, and program pages of the second dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, with a studio portrait of three men, one seated and two standing. The ma... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Front and back covers for the Ninth International Medical Congress banquet, with a female figure draped in a gown with stars and stripes, a head wrap with ... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ... |
| Date: | 10 14 1887 |
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| Description: | One-page menu for the visit of President Grover Cleveland to Memphis, with a woman with an upswept hairstyle and a choker, wearing a low-necked Delftware-p... |
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