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| Date: | 04 1862 |
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| Description: | Hand-tinted stationery showing the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1862. The blue tint on the dome may have been intended to represent the unfinished natur... |
| Date: | 04 30 1982 |
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| Description: | A friendly letter from President Ronald Reagan to Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding the publication of a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 07 17 1881 |
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| Description: | The second page of a letter written by Walt Whitman regarding publishing a book he was writing. |
| Date: | 09 28 1842 |
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| Description: | A page in Samuel Marshall's diary, dated September 28, 1842, with several short entries. |
| Date: | 1846 |
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| Description: | Two pages of Samuel Marshall's 1846 diary, filled with daily entries. |
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| Description: | The first page of a poem written by John Muir entitled "The Sabbath." |
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| Description: | Large sheet of paper used to gather ideas for the creation of the Mifflin Street Co-op mural. The top says: The mural project is underway--and we need your... |
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| Description: | Page from the Lyman Draper manuscript regarding Governor Blacksnake. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo. |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Letter from Carol Lampe of Fairfield, Connecticut to Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on colorful stationery with a writing surface in the shape of a... |
| Date: | 07 1774 |
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| Description: | Front page of a letter written and signed by Dan Smith. |
| Date: | 07 1774 |
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| Description: | Back page of a letter written and signed by Dan Smith. |
| Date: | 05 1863 |
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| Description: | Two pages, dated May 23-24, 1863, of a diary kept by H.H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 10 08 1862 |
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| Description: | An introduction to the Kentucky Papers, written by Spencer Records, which begins, "I have written the following narrative partly for my own satisfaction an... |
| Date: | 07 08 1863 |
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| Description: | Diary entries for July 7 and 8, 1863 written by Emilie Quiner while caring for Union soldiers in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Date: | 03 14 1812 |
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| Description: | A fur trade engagement for Charles St. Antoine dit Vacher, written in French. |
| Date: | 02 25 1956 |
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| Description: | A typed letter written to Myles Horton of Highlander Folk School from Rosa L. Parks. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Front page of sheet music to "Those Segregated Blues" words and music written by Milt Klamen. A song written about segregation and equal rights for all. |
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| Description: | Drawing of older gentleman presenting the regimental flag of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, presumably at a Grand Army of the Republic meeting. The image is ... |
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