1849

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Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 21, 1849  (Post Office in Kentucky)
Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 11, 1849  (Postmaster Appointment)
Map of Burlington County / - Public domain old map

Map of Burlington County / - Public domain old map

Also shows locations of rural houses and cites householders' names. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Includes text, inset of Burlington city, ... More

Wells, Miller, and Provost's Compound Extract of Blackberry

Wells, Miller, and Provost's Compound Extract of Blackberry

LOT subdivision subject: Bible-Picture illustrations, etc. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Copyright by Wells, Miller and Provost.

Zenas C. Robbins to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 13, 1849  (Patent)
Saucy Kate. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Saucy Kate. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Music cover showing beautiful woman in field, holding flowers. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by A. Fiot. Lithograph ... More

Interior of Grace Church, New York / Renwick, archt., Ackerman's, lith.

Interior of Grace Church, New York / Renwick, archt., Ackerman's, lith...

Published in Hints on Public Architecture by Robert Dale Owen (1849), before p. 49. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Ackerman.

William Goodrich & Co. to Abraham Lincoln and John T. Stuart, Friday, March 09, 1849  (Legal Business)
[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker and Alexander Rudolph Becker as children]

[Unidentified boys, half-length portraits, probably George F. Becker a...

Identification based on similarities to carte-de-visite photographs in LOT 6507. Case: front - mixed flowers; back - cross motif. Originally in LOT 6507. George Ferdinand Becker Collection. Date based on age of... More

Richard W. Thompson to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 15, 1849  (Cover letter)
George S. Gideon to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 18, 1849  (Printed Newspaper Prospectus)
Specimens of stereotypes - Print, Library of Congress collection

Specimens of stereotypes - Print, Library of Congress collection

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Baldwin, J. Lewis.

New York city hall, park and environs

New York city hall, park and environs

493 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bachmann, John.

J. C. Lonnerman Company to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, May 02, 1849  (Carpet Bill)
William Chumasero to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 22, 1849  (Law business)
Republican extra--- St. Louis, March 5, 5. P. M. President Taylor's inaugural address. Washington, Monday, March 5, 1839 [i. e. 1849] [St. Louis, 1849].

Republican extra--- St. Louis, March 5, 5. P. M. President Taylor's in...

0675 E 7 D 45.; $15.00.; On verso: 06755, .7245. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio ... More

Jesse K. Dubois to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 02, 1849  (Appointment)
(No. 35) Circular to registers and receivers. Treasury department. [Washington D. C,] February 24th, 1849.

(No. 35) Circular to registers and receivers. Treasury department. [Wa...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 199, Folder 19b.

Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress

Europe. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Sheet removed from atlas publication. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: Removed from atlas, rubber-stamped in lower margin "... More

Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego; the central route through South Pass and on to San Francisco and "Puget's Sound," and connecting railroads east of the Mississippi.

Map without title showing the railroad route to Santa Fe and San Diego...

Outline map of North America showing proposed railroad routes within the present limits of the United States. This is one of the earliest promotional maps for a transcontinental railroad to come before the Uni... More

Daughter of the regiment - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Daughter of the regiment - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congr...

Public domain scan of 19th-19th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

E. O. Smith to Edward D. Baker, Thursday, May 17, 1849  (Appointment)
Nathaniel Pope to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, February 20, 1849  (Appointment)
Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Mr. Golightly, bound to California, Political Cartoon

Caricature of man riding on rocket with items to sell to gold miners. Copyright by A. Donnely. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Prints and Drawings.

Sunday morning ; Log cabin / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco, Cal.

Sunday morning ; Log cabin / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners in camp eating and reading; and (bottom) miners standing in front of log cabin; with attached blank leaf. Baird, California pictorial letter... More

William D. Alt to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 15, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
John Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 07, 1849  (Request for Report and Speech)
Uriel, portrait - Public domain portrait engraving

Uriel, portrait - Public domain portrait engraving

Uriel, full-length, seated, facing left, holding spear. Illus. in: Outlines & sketches / by Washington Allston. Boston : 1850, illus. 11. Engraving by J. & S.W. Cheney of a pen and ink drawing made by Washingto... More

W.T. Chellares & Co to Stephen T. Logan and Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 11, 1849  (Legal Business; Introduction for Appointment)
Genl. Görgey, the Hungarian patriot / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Genl. Görgey, the Hungarian patriot / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

György Kmety, full-length portrait, facing slightly right, seated on horse.

Robert Moseley to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 17, 1849  (Appointment)
[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing front]

[Unidentified man, possibly Hosea Curtice, seated in chair, facing fro...

No electronic surrogate available. Case: back only Rinhart 144. Stamped on brass mat: Senter, Auburn. Paper note with daguerreotype: "Hosea Curtice." Transfer, Mauscript Division (Cooper Curtice Papers); 2001; ... More

James M. McLean to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 11, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Sweet Memories of Thee - Engraving, Public domain image

Sweet Memories of Thee - Engraving, Public domain image

Music cover showing beautiful woman standing on small wooden bridge. LOT subdivision subject: Sentimental - Women. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Copyright by Wm. Hall & Son... More

[Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama]

[Americans convertng canoes into schooners, in the Bay of Panama]

California Gold Rush. Wood engraving in Illustrated London News, July 14, 1849. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Map of railroad line commencing at a point on the West-Philadelphia R.R. 4 miles below its junction with the Columbia R.R. & terminating at the R.R. bridge at Gray's Ferry; showing it to be the easiest & most economical route for avoiding the inclined plans & approaching the city of Philadelphia; surveyed February, 1849.

Map of railroad line commencing at a point on the West-Philadelphia R....

The distance and cost of grading is tabulated at the lower right of the map. The area covered is along Mill Creek and from the Lancaster Pike to Schuylkill River. Scale 1:9,600. Across bottom of map: "Profiles ... More

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 - Public domain book illustration, Library of ...

Portrait, three-quarter length, facing left. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Saunders, no. 2.

Charles W. Noble to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 30, 1849  (Appointment)
Josiah B. Herrick to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 20, 1849  (Appointment)
Jean Baptiste Plauché - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Jean Baptiste Plauché - Andrew Jackson correspondence

Public domain scan of Andrew Jackson's correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George W. Dole to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 11, 1849  (Appointment)
John E. Collins to William Larned Marcy, Saturday, February 24, 1849  (Appointment)
Abraham Lincoln to William M. Meredith, Friday, March 09, 1849  (Appointments)
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Ewing, Saturday, April 07, 1849  (Recommendation)
Circular letter. Harvard, Mass., March 20th, 1849. Esteemed friend:- Have you read the publications of the United Believers? and if so, what do you think of the views therein presented? ... I am your friend. Lorenzo D. Grosvenor.

Circular letter. Harvard, Mass., March 20th, 1849. Esteemed friend:- H...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 16.

Moses Hampton to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 30, 1849  (Appointment)
John H. Morrison to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 11, 1849  (Appointment in Land Office)
Map exhibiting the rail road, canal, lake, and river routes from New York and Boston to the west : via Ocdensburgh [sic] and Sacket's [sic] Harbor, N.Y.

Map exhibiting the rail road, canal, lake, and river routes from New Y...

Covers New York State and New England (west of Portland, Me.). Also shows railroads completed, under construction, chartered, and/or planned. Does not contain statement of attribution. Relief shown by hachures.... More

A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

A prospecting party / Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

Pictorial lettersheet shows progression of optimistic to disappointed prospectors. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 209 (variation) Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.03

Temperance poem. Dedicated to the noble crew of the United States receiving ship Franklin, at Charlestown Navy Yard and sung in the Boston Baptist Bethen, corner of Lewis and Commercial Streets, Friday evening September 7th, 1849, after the pres

Temperance poem. Dedicated to the noble crew of the United States rece...

Verse.; Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 17.

Peter Menard to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, April 15, 1849  (Appointment)
The following resolutions, being substantially the same as those offered at two of its previous meetings, were, with the exception of one dissenting voice in the cases of nos. 4, 6, and 9, passed unanimously by the Church of Peterboro. June 1st,

The following resolutions, being substantially the same as those offer...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 24f.

William Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 11, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Elevation Drawing for the Lighthouse at Monhegan, Maine

Elevation Drawing for the Lighthouse at Monhegan, Maine

Lighthouse Plans for Monhegan, Maine Public domain photograph of a lighthouse, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James L. Edwards to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 28, 1849  (Pension Claims)
It has been the intention of the American people from the close of the war of the revolution, to rear some monument to the memory of Washington. This was expressed first, by their representatives in Congress on the 7th day of August 1783, by the

It has been the intention of the American people from the close of the...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 232, Folder 33.

Abraham Lincoln to Duff Green, Tuesday, June 05, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office; endorsed by Green)
Chester Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 18, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta Proliva Kuprei︠a︡nova : nakhodi︠a︡shchagosi︠a︡ mezhdu ostrovami Kadʹi︠a︡kom i Afognakom /

Merkatorskai︠a︡ karta Proliva Kuprei︠a︡nova : nakhodi︠a︡shchagosi︠a︡ m...

Depths shown by soundings. Ms. in black and red inks with blue wash on tracing linen. Traced names in Russian. Names added in red ink in English. Handwritten in ink at bottom: March 1891. Received this from Lie... More

Map of Mercer County, New Jersey / - Public domain map

Map of Mercer County, New Jersey / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Includes names of property owners. Insets : Plan of Trenton ; Plan of Princeton. LC Land ownership maps, 454 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Justin Butterfield to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 09, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Edward D. Baker to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 08, 1849  (Recommendation; endorsed by James)
Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, March 31, 1849  (Postmaster Appointment)
Charles H. Constable to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, June 10, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Oaks Turner and George Dent to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, February 24, 1849  (Dixon Land Office)
Grand patent India-rubber air line railway to California: competition defied

Grand patent India-rubber air line railway to California: competition ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2748

Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 01, 1849  (Recommendations; copy in John G. Nicolay's hand)
Inauguration of General Taylor, March fourth, 1849 / W.W. Butt.

Inauguration of General Taylor, March fourth, 1849 / W.W. Butt.

President Taylor delivering his inaugural speech, on the steps of the Capitol. "From recent daguereotypes [sic] by Plumbe". Illus. in: Brother Jonathan, p. 1. Ref. copy in PRES FILE - Taylor, Zachary Inauguration.

Abraham Lincoln, [May 1, 1849]  (Memorandum on appointment of John R. Jeffries)
Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, San Francisco, Cal.

Flume ; Elevating water wheel / / Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, ...

Pictorial lettersheet with two images on one page shows (top) miners working next to flume; and (bottom) miners working next to river with water wheel leading to sluice; with attached blank leaf. Baird, Califo... More

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front]

[Walt Whitman, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front]

On verso: 1850, Saunders 2. Exhibited: One Life: Walt Whitman, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2006.

A. M. Blackburn to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, April 08, 1849  (Appointment)
Daniel P. King to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, June 15, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Alexander P. Dunbar to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 05, 1849  (Apportionment)
Proceedings of the Church of Peterboro, at their meeting held Nov. 27, 1849.

Proceedings of the Church of Peterboro, at their meeting held Nov. 27,...

On verso: {stamp} Trans. From Manuscripts Div. Oct 29, 1945, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Pr... More

Peter Menard to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, April 04, 1849  (Appointment)
Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Ewing, Saturday, April 07, 1849  (Recommendation)
Royal mail steam ship, Europe - Public domain image of steamship

Royal mail steam ship, Europe - Public domain image of steamship

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5675

William W. Bennett to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 12, 1849  (Appointment)
C. B. Adams to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, April 28, 1849  (Appointment)
James Pollock to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, June 18, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
Monterey - Capitol of California

Monterey - Capitol of California

Bird's-eye view, with ships in harbor. Lithograph by Wm. Endicott & Co. after sketch by J.W. Revere. Illus. in: Joseph Warren Revere. A tour of duty in California. New York : C.S. Francis, 1849, frontispiece. R... More

Yozakura no shita de chanoyu wo suru mitsūji

Yozakura no shita de chanoyu wo suru mitsūji

Print showing a woman and a man beneath a blossoming cherry tree. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: one panel of a vertical Oban... More

Ferdinand Maxwell to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 05, 1849  (Appointment)
Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 21, 1849  (Post Office in Kentucky)
Notice the directors of the Medina County Fire insurance company, have levied the following assessments upon the premium notes of the members of said Company, to wit ... which notes of the assessments are made payable September 15, 1849. ... Med

Notice the directors of the Medina County Fire insurance company, have...

Fire insurance. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 2a.

The high priest in his robes. Exod. xxviii. 39 / lith'y. of A. Kollner Philadelphia ; H. Camp's lith'c. press.

The high priest in his robes. Exod. xxviii. 39 / lith'y. of A. Kollner...

Print shows a priest, full-length portrait, standing, wearing robes, holding a censer with burning incense. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Abraham Lincoln to John M. Clayton, Sunday, March 11, 1849  (United States Marshal Appointment)
Augustus H. Chapman to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, May 24, 1849  (Illness of Thomas Lincoln (father))
Abraham Lincoln to John M. Clayton, Saturday, March 10, 1849  (United States Marshal Appointment; endorsed by Lincoln)
Distance map of the state of New York : containing all the towns in the state.

Distance map of the state of New York : containing all the towns in th...

General-content state wall map. Does not show specific distances or administrative towns (townships). LC copy imperfect: Shellacked, very darkened, brittle, cracked, wooden hanging rods removed. Available also ... More

The Crucifixion / La Crucificazion / La Crucifixion

The Crucifixion / La Crucificazion / La Crucifixion

Picryl description: Public domain image of a crucifix, crucifixion, New Testament, Bible, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Free-soil members of the Legislature. [1849?].

Free-soil members of the Legislature. [1849?].

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 21.

Altar of burnt offering. Exod. xxvii / lith'y. of A. Kollner Philadelphia ; H. Camp's lith'c. press.

Altar of burnt offering. Exod. xxvii / lith'y. of A. Kollner Philadelp...

Print shows a priest standing before a large altar with a grill on top, on which a ram's head is being consumed by flames. (DLC/PP-2001:068) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.

Ned Buntline's own. Extra. Ned never before has had occasion to get out an extra, but he deems it necessary to say that he was not participating in the riot at the Astor Place Opera House on the night of the 10th ... Edward Z. C. Judson, the "Ne

Ned Buntline's own. Extra. Ned never before has had occasion to get ou...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 23.

Fitz Henry Warren to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 09, 1849  (Postmaster Appointment)
James L. Edwards to Maria Davis, Tuesday, March 20, 1849  (Bounty Land Claim)
William H. Henderson to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, May 13, 1849  (Abraham Lincoln in Land Office)
View of New York: from Weehawken

View of New York: from Weehawken

Artist: Frances F. Palmer. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6917

Ode written by Mrs. Balmanno for the fourth of July, 1849. [c. 1849].

Ode written by Mrs. Balmanno for the fourth of July, 1849. [c. 1849].

On verso: So. Dis. N. York, 1849. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 120, Folder 24b.

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