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[Illustrated Civil War "Union Envelopes"]: "Jewels" of the "1st Families" of Virginia, consisting of [slave] "chains, bracelets, & anklets"

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and U.S. belt buckle with pistol holding hand-drawn map of Virginia]

[Private Joseph T. Rowland of Co. A, 41st Virginia Infantry Regiment in uniform with epaulets and kepi with pistol in belt]

[Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket]

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing United Confederate Veterans Joseph E. Johnston Camp No. 1 ribbon with his wife and daughter Monfort, Bardstown, Ky

Trailers occupied by torpedo plant workers and their families. Trailer camp Alexandria, Virginia

The coat of arms of the most noble & ancient family of the O'Sullivans ... [by] P. J. O'Daly. Boston. Copyright 1879.

Sketch of the seat of war in Alexandria & Fairfax Cos., by V. P. Corbett.

Alexandria, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. American Civil War glass negative.

"Jewels" found at Alexandria, by the Federal Army; consisting of chains, bracelets, and anklets. Supposed to have belonged to the "First Families" of Virginia / S.C. Upham, 310 Chestnut St.

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Summary

Picture shows shackles, leg irons and handcuffs.

Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Envelope 11; leg and arm slave shackles.

Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.231)

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african americans civil rights shackles slavery history civil war social aspects patriotic envelopes political cartoons wood engravings jewels alexandria federal army federal army chains bracelets anklets families first families virginia upham chestnut chestnut st vintage images 1861 south carolina philadelphia chestnut street union pennsylvania lot 14024 gladstone collection of african american photographs samuel c upham samuel c samuel curtis upham ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress
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01/01/1861
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Upham, Samuel C. (Samuel Curtis), 1819-1885, engraver
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication.

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The great sanitary fair, Philadelphia, 1864 - dining saloon

Alfred W. Upham to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 26, 1860 (Political advice; warns Lincoln to guard his health)

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just before the gate is broken down by the storming party - Col. Washington and his associates as captives, held by Brown as hostages

Sparkling jewels - Public domain American sheet music, 1879

[Arrival of visitors outside home of James A. Garfield, at Mentor, Ohio] / from a sketch by our special artist.

John Casper & Elizabeth Roth House, 601-601 1/2-603 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Edward S. Curtis - A chief's daughter--Nakoaktok

Frederick Law Olmsted / engraved by T. Johnson ; from a photograph by James Notman.

[803rd Pioneer Infantry Battalion on the U.S.S. Philippine (troop ship) from Brest harbor, France, July 18, 1919]. no. 4, U.S.S. Imperator (one of the largest ships afloat) taken from the U.S.S. Philippine at Brest

Mary Allen Watson, 15, June, 1866 / Disbrow & Few, Photographers, Albion, N. Y.

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african americans civil rights shackles slavery history civil war social aspects patriotic envelopes political cartoons wood engravings jewels alexandria federal army federal army chains bracelets anklets families first families virginia upham chestnut chestnut st vintage images 1861 south carolina philadelphia chestnut street union pennsylvania lot 14024 gladstone collection of african american photographs samuel c upham samuel c samuel curtis upham ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress