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.
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
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 01: On sheet 30.1 x 24.3 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 02: On sheet 30.5 x 23.9 cm., and Engraving based on Matthew Brady studio photograph.
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 01: On sheet 30.1 x 24.3 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 02: On sheet 30.5 x 23.9 cm., and Engraving based on Matthew Brady studio photograph.
Bust-length portrait in profile to right of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in field uniform. Facsimile signature below image. Image based on a photographic portrait of Custer in half-length, seated pose
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc10 865ga: On sheet 30.3 x 24.0 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 01: On sheet 30.1 x 24.3 cm., BEIN BrSides Zc10 865gaz 02: On sheet 30.5 x 23.9 cm., and Engraving based on Matthew Brady studio photograph.
Gallup's guide auto route & highway map of Oklahoma and N. Texas, S. Kansas, Gallup's guide auto route and highway map of Oklahoma and N. Texas, S. Kansas, Gallup's guide auto route and highway map of the United States, and Gallup's official auto road map
BEIN Richards Kipling 2671: From the David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling., Caption title., First line of text: You may talk o' gin and beer., and For low voice and piano, in C.
Publisher:
John Church Co.
Subject (Geographic):
India, India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Songs and music, and United States
Subject (Name):
British Occupation of India (1765-1947), Great Britain.--Army, Great Britain.--Army--Colonial forces--India--Songs and music, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936--Musical settings, and Richards, David Alan, 1945---Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces--Colonial forces, Popular music, Popular music--United States, and Songs (Low voice) with piano