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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06620 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Union autograph and sentiment album |
| Date | ca. 1864 |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | Includes thirty-five autographed quotations and sentiments, and ten signatures. This collection was possibly prepared for sale by the United States Sanitary Commission at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair, held in New York City. The sentiments and autographs are written on separate pieces of paper inlaid into the album. Includes signatures and quotations contributed by John Pierpont, J. G. Holland, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Fred A, [Coggins?], Richard Henry Dana, Alfred Billings Street, Thaddeus Stevens, William Lloyd Garrison, Lydia Maria Child, Horace Greeley, John B. [Gerysh?], John G. Whittier, W. Henry [Green?], Grace [Franwood?], Charles Brandon Boynton, Wendell Phillips, Phoebe Cary, John Thomas Duffield, [Olanor?] Bourne, Lucretia Mott, Lowell Mason, Alice Cary, Lydia Howard Huntley Sigourney, James Thomas Fields, William Cullen Bryant, George William Curtis, Samuel Irenæus Prime, Jacob Abbott, Louis Agassiz, Gerrit Smith, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Benson J. Lossing, Caroline Matilda Kirkland, Parke Godwin, William Pitt Fessenden, Benjamin Silliman, Gail Hamilton, M. B. Anderson, Arnold Guyot, and George Barratt. Lydia Maria Child states, "A. S. Carolinian, in a discussion with me concerning Slavery, said, 'You Northern women are mere beasts of burden.' I replied, 'It is better to be beasts of burden, than beasts of prey.' " |
| Subjects | Transcendentalism Politics Art, Music, Theater, and Film Journalism Science and Technology Poetry Morality and Ethics Civil War Military History Union Forces US Sanitary Commission Expositions and Fairs Charity and Philanthropy Woman Author Women's History Abolition African American History Slavery Literature and Language Arts Reform Movement Confederate States of America Uncle Tom Lincoln's Cabinet American Statesmen |
| People | Barratt, George (fl. 1864) Guyot, A. (Arnold) (1807-1884) Anderson, M. B. (fl. 1864) Hamilton, Gail (1833-1896) Silliman, Benjamin (1779-1864) Fessenden, William Pitt (1806-1869) Godwin, Parke (1816-1904) Kirkland, Caroline Matilda (1801-1864) Lossing, Benson John (1813-1891) Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873) Abbott, Jacob (1803-1879) Prime, Samuel Irenæus (1812-1885) Curtis, George William (1824-1892) Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878) Benjamin, Park (1809-1864) Fields, James Thomas (1817-1881) Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard) (1791-1865) Cary, Alice (1820-1871) Mason, Lowell (1792-1872) Mott, Lucretia (1793-1880) Pierpont, John (1785-1866) Holland, Josiah (1819-1881) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Coggins, Fred A. (fl. 1864) Dana, Richard Henry (1815-1882) Street, Alfred Billings (ca. 1811-1881) Stevens, Thaddeus (1792-1868) Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879) Child, Lydia Maria Francis (1802-1880) Geryph, John B. (fl. 1864) Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) Green, W. Henry (fl. 1864) Franwood, Grace (fl. 1864) Boynton, Charles Brandon (1806-1883) Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884) Cary, Phoebe (1824-1871) Duffield, John Thomas (1823-1901) Bourne, Olanor (fl. 1864) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The United States Sanitary Commission, formed in 1861, unified the efforts of benevolent societies and the Federal Government in acquiring donations and provisions for the Union Army. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |