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Manuscript

Boone Family Genealogical Pedigree

Date: 
Description: Handwritten letter of genealogical information about the Boone family.
Manuscript

Seventies Stationery

Date: 1972
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...
Manuscript

Letter From Peterson to Michael Price

Date: 06 22 1780
Description: A letter written by (illegible first name) Peterson to Michael Price in the 1700s.
Manuscript

Address of Michael Price

Date: 06 21 1780
Description: The address page of a letter written by Peterson to Michael Price.
Manuscript

Letter From Clark To Hamilton

Date: 02 24 1779
Description: Letter from Colonel George Rogers Clark to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton demanding unconditional surrender of Fort Vincennes.
Photograph

"What You Want"

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Description: A man is standing and writing a letter to a senator, with a similar, enlarged letter behind him. The body of this larger letter reads: "I will appreciate i...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
Manuscript

"Notes from Negroes of Mississippi to the White People of Mississippi"

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Description: A letter from the perspective of an African American Mississippian to white members of the community.
Manuscript

Letter to William Preston from Howard Heavin

Date: 1780
Description: A letter written to William Preston. From Preston and Virginia Papers [Calendar series Volume 1]: "List of officers and number of men in their compa...
Photograph

Irna Phillips Dictacting to Her Secretary

Date: 10 1940
Description: Irna Phillips sits at her desk dictating a letter to her secretary.
Manuscript

Earth Day Stationery

Date: 1972
Description: Letter from Martha MacMillan of Farmington, Michigan to the group Women for a Peaceful Christmas written on stationery bearing an Earth Day logo.
Print

A. Whittemore & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of A. Whittemore & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bookseller, stationer, and manufacturer of blank books of various types. In the center is a ...
Drawing

Anti-Communist Envelope

Date: 1962
Description: Envelope of a letter addressed to Senator William Proxmire from a constituent in Kansasville, Wisconsin, which graphically illustrates a perceived connecti...
Document

H.C. Miller Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the H.C. Miller Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturing stationers, with images of five types of loose leaf business ledger bindings a...
Poster

The Secretary of The Treasury, Washington, D.C. [A Message From]

Date: 1918
Description: Poster reprinting a letter from Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo. The letter reads: "American does not intend to become spoil for the ...
Photograph

Aaron Bohrod in his Studio

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Description: Caption with image reads: "Aaron Bohrod, pictured here in his studio, is the established American master of trompe l'oeil ('fool the eye') painting. This i...

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