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2.
- Creator:
- Carlow, John
- Published / Created:
- 1839.
- Call Number:
- E530 C37
- Image Count:
- 55
- Publisher:
- C.W. Pennell, printer
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Topic):
- Voyages and travels, Privateering, History, and Naval operations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A journal of adventures at sea, before and during the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America ...
- Published / Created:
- [1870?]
- Call Number:
- USA160
- Image Count:
- 24
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN USA160: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: Liberty bells, British lions, American arms, British crowns., Each card contains a brief note on an American or British military or political leaders in the period of the American Revolution., and Composition of deck: 48 [1-12 in each suit.]
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > American Revolution themed playing cards
4.
- Published / Created:
- September 18, 1886.
- Call Number:
- 1978 +S3 1
- Image Count:
- 16
- Description:
- BEIN 1978 +S3 1: No. 17 of 55 works bound together with binder's title: Leisure hour library., Caption title., Text in two columns., and Advertising matter on p. 16.
- Publisher:
- F.M. Lupton, publisher, 3 Park Place, New York
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdotes of the rebellion : a collection of humorous, pathetic and thrilling narratives of actual experiences during the war, embracing the reminiscences of bivouac and battlefield, march and picket, thrilling adventures of scouts and spies, stories of prison life, stories of the great generals, stories of Mr. Lincoln, etc
- Published / Created:
- [1865]
- Call Number:
- USA198
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN USA198: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from wrapper., Suit system: Monitors, Merrimacks, Zouaves, drummer boys., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Issued in Wrapper, red, white, and blue: ARMY & NAVY / PLAYING CARDS / MANUFACTURED BY / A. DOUGHERTY, New York. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by / ANDREW DOUGHERTY, / In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for / the Southern District of New York., Aces: Ace of Monitors: TO COMMEMORATE / THE GREATEST EVENT IN NAVAL HISTORY. / THE SUBSTITUTION OF / IRON FOR WOOD. / A. DOUGHERTY / MANUFACTURER / 26 BEEKMAN ST. N.Y.; ace of Merrimacks: A. DOUGHERTY / MANUFACTURER / 26 BEEKMAN ST. N.Y., and CourtCards: Courts are caricatures.
- Publisher:
- A. Dougherty
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Army & Navy playing cards
- Creator:
- Magnus, Charles, playing card maker
- Published / Created:
- [1863?]
- Call Number:
- USA152
- Image Count:
- 11
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN USA152: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., and Each card bears the portrait of a Confederate military officer or statesman: Maj. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, Gen. Braxton Bragg, Gen. Buckner, Jefferson Davis, Gen. John B. Floyd, Gen. R.S. Garnett, Brig. Gen. Hardee, Brig, Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson, Maj. Gen. A. S. Johnston, Gen. Joe E. Johnston, Gen. R. E. Lee, Maj.Gen. G. J. Pillow, Brig.Gen. L. Polk, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Com. Maury, Gen. Benj. McCullough, Gen. Parsons, Alexander H. Stephens, Judah P. Benjamin, Gen. M. L. Bonham, Gen. John C. Breckenridge, Gen. W.O.B. Branch, Gen. Frank Cheatham, Gen. R. D. Hanson, Gen. John B. Magruder, Gen. Humphrey Marshall, Col. John Morgan, Gen. Henningsen, Gen. Hindman, Comm. Hollins, Gen.Benj. Huger, Gen. Lovel Mansfield, Gen. Albert Pike, Gen. Rob. Toombs, Gen. Tilghman, Gen. A. P. Hill, Gen. Rains, Capt. R. Semmes, Maj.Gen. Simmons, Maj.Gen. Gus. A. Smith, Maj.Gen. Kirby Smith, Com. F. Buchanan, Gen. D. E. Twiggs, Gen. Van Dorn, Capt. Chatard, Gen. T. L. Clingman, Gen. Edw. Priue, Maj.Gen. Jeff. Thompson.
- Publisher:
- Chas. Magnus
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States and Confederate States of America
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards and Generals
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Confederate generals and statesmen
- Creator:
- Smith, William, 1762-1840
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3197 Sm684
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript contract, signed, in the hand of William Smith, between Smith and Andrew C. Barnett, for relocation of one hundred sixty enslaved African American plantation workers and farming property owned by Smith from his plantations in Alabama to his plantations in Louisiana
- Description:
- William Smith (1762-1840), plantation owner and member of the Alabama House of Representatives, 1836-1840. and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alabama., Louisiana., Louisiana, and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Barnett, Andrew C. and Smith, William, 1762-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- African Americans, Farmers, Slavery, History, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Contract with Andrew C. Barnett to move enslaved people and property to Louisiana, 1839
8.
- Published / Created:
- March 1st, 1884.
- Call Number:
- 1978 +S3 1
- Image Count:
- 16
- Alternative Title:
- Biographical sketches
- Description:
- BEIN 1978 +S3 1: No. 32 of 55 works bound together with binder's title: Leisure hour library., Caption title., Text in two columns., and Advertising matter on p. 16.
- Publisher:
- F.M. Lupton, publisher, 3 Park Place, New York
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Distinguished people : biographical sketches : illustrated with portraits of Jay Gould, William H. Vanderbilt, Roscoe Conkling, James G. Blaine, Henry Ward Beecher, T. De Witt Talmage, Charles A. Dana, Bret Harte, Walt Whitman, Henry W. Longfellow, Thomas F. Bayard, John Sherman, Col. Robert Ingersoll, the late Frank Leslie, Louise Chandler Moulton, Grace Greenwood, Julia Ward Howe, and others
- Creator:
- Humphreys, James Y., 1783?-1850, playing card maker
- Published / Created:
- [1800?]
- Call Number:
- USA204
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Description:
- BEIN USA204: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Ace of Spades., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: AS: [eagle] / E. PLURIBUS UNUM / [pip] / J.Y. HUMPHREYS., and CourtCards: KS: Andrew Jackson; QS: Athena; JS: King Phillip; KH: George Washington; QH: Venus; JH: Red Jacket; KD: John Quincy Adams; QD: Justice; JD: Gy-ant-wachia; KC: Thomas Jefferson; QC: Ceres; JC: Joseph Brant.
- Publisher:
- J.Y. Humphreys
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Topic):
- Playing cards
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > E pluribus unum
- Creator:
- Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
- Published / Created:
- 1853 December 30.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3404 Or2
- Container / Volume:
- (File)
- Image Count:
- 3
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and the negative perception of the sale by Mexican citizens, particularly clergy, who were concerned that their land would be taken and distributed to American settlers. Ord also describes a topographical survey of the newly acquired territory and the possibility of constructing a railroad in the new territory
- Description:
- Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854. and In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
- Subject (Name):
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Edward Otho Cresap Ord letter to Jefferson Davis, 1853 December 30 : manuscript