Signed engraving of Charles Dickens, dated as 1870. Faint type at the bottom of the page describes it as an engraving by J.H. Baker "from a Photograph taken in 1868, by Mason & Co."
Notes written in pencil on beige paper. Perkins also writes biographical information on Ellery and Huntington taken from Appleton's Encyclopaedia of American Biography. There is some yellow discoloration.
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879;Collecteana files; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.);
Clipping from the Los Angeles Sunday Times of photograph taken at the first meeting of the International Council of Women. Thirteen women are depicted in the pictures, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The caption describes the...
Full page obituary for Rudyard Kipling. Inset pictures show the author with King George, a photograph of Kipling taken in 1935, the author's home in Sussex, and photographs of his wife and daughter.
Lincoln photograph taken from the New York Times and subtitled: "A forgotten portrait of Abraham Lincoln emerges from the dead-letter office of the Postoffice Department."
Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858; Letters; Sealing-wax; Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848;
In this letter, marked "Private," Benton mentions that he has taken interest in the questions that the recipient of this letter has asked, but cannot answer them himself. Benton advises this person to direct his queries toward Astor. Benton closes...
Notes written in pencil on off-white paper. There is some discoloration on Page 1. Biographical information is taken fro the Encyclopaedia Britannica and Century Cyclopedia.
