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Scrapbook page (Meade Brothers)

Scrapbook page (Meade Brothers)

Document
c. 1923
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons
Letter from Isabel Lyon to Eulabee Dix

Letter from Isabel Lyon to Eulabee Dix

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May 25, 1941
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Draft of John F. Kennedy's Nobel Prize Speech

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April 29, 1963
Owner: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Biography of Daniel Webster

Biography of Daniel Webster

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published 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter from William Clement Bryant to Benson J. Lossing

Letter from William Clement Bryant to Benson J. Lossing

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January 14, 1874
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Booksellers
Letter from Thomas Hart Benton to Robert Stewart

Letter from Thomas Hart Benton to Robert Stewart

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August 29, 1974
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
James A. Garfield's autograph

James A. Garfield's autograph

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October 5, 1880
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Robert M. Grace in memory of her father, John E. Rovensky
Biography of Winfield Scott

Biography of Winfield Scott

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published 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter from Susan B. Anthony

Letter from Susan B. Anthony

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December 20, 1880
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

"The Daguerreotype" in Niles' National Register

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published January 11, 1840
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns

Letter from John Brown to George L. Stearns

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August 10, 1857
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Rosskam Statement from Ben Shahn's

Rosskam Statement from Ben Shahn's "Human Relations" portfolio

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1965
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter addressed to

Letter addressed to "Dear Nephew" (L.C. Handy) from Mathew Brady

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May 13, 1895
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland
Biography of Lewis Cass

Biography of Lewis Cass

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published 1850
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter from John Vaughan to Jeremiah W. Bronaugh concerning 1817 James Monroe peace medals

Letter from John Vaughan to Jeremiah W. Bronaugh concerning 1817 James Monroe peace medals

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February 11, 1823
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Betty A. and Lloyd G. Schermer
Invitation signed by Joseph Henry

Invitation signed by Joseph Henry

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January 28, 1853
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of Charles Edison

Premarital Agreement

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1931
Owner: Purdue University Libraries
Frederick Douglass's autograph

Frederick Douglass's autograph

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October 7, 1892
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Le Tumulte Noir (frontispiece text handwritten by Josephine Baker)

Le Tumulte Noir (frontispiece text handwritten by Josephine Baker)

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1927
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter from Elisha Kent Kane to

Letter from Elisha Kent Kane to "Miss Van der Kemp"

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May 18, 1853
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Letter to Henry Meade from James P. Fletcher

Letter to Henry Meade from James P. Fletcher

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March 24, 1854
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Emerson Lyons
James Buchanan's autograph

James Buchanan's autograph

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December 20, 1852
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Robert M. Grace in memory of her father, John E. Rovensky
Envelope addressed to L.C. Handy from William M. Riley

Envelope addressed to L.C. Handy from William M. Riley

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January 21, 1896
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland
Envelope addressed to Mathew Brady from E.M. Crawford & Son

Envelope addressed to Mathew Brady from E.M. Crawford & Son

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May 17, 1894
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Claire Kaland

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