Document containing the broadside entitled "Victory at Last," containing the words of a Christian hymn. The hymn portrays Christians as soldiers in Christ's army ("our Saviour is our Captain"). With the world as their battlefield, the Bible as...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Last Rose of Summer." This broadside is from a poem of the same name written by Irish poet Thomas Moore and set to music by Sir John Stevenson (not indicated on sheet). The speaker compares the last...
Baltimore, Frederick Calvert, Baron, 1731-1771; Colonization; Colonial administrators--Portraits; Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775;
Painting of Frederick Calvert, Sixth Lord Baltimore, that hangs in the main hall of the Central Library, Enoch Pratt Free Library / State Library Resource Center. Named for his father's friend, Frederick, Prince of Wales, the last Lord Baltimore...
Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Death; Soldiers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Dying Confederate's Last Wish." Signed and/or published by "Maryland," this broadside tells the story of a dying Confederate soldier bidding farewell to his comrades in arms and asking them not to...
Ambuhl, Edward; Broadsides; Hackelton, M. W. (Maria Williams), b. 1833; Love; Sadness;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Katie's Secret" from an 1863 song written by M. W. Hackelton with music by Edward Ambuhl. In this broadside a young woman named Katie recounts how her perspective of the world has changed now that her...
Broadsides; Death; Howard, Frank, 1851-1914; Love songs;
Document containing the broadside entitled "When the Robins Nest Again," from an 1883 song written by Frank Howard. Born J. F. Martindale (1851-1914), he performed in minstrel shows and became one of the highest paid writers and composers of songs...
World War, 1939-1945; Victory gardens; Agriculture--Competitions;
Pamphlet for the 1944 Statewide Big Vegetable Contest, organized by the Maryland Victory Garden Committee. The pamphlet includes the rules for the contest, information about contest judges, prize winnings, and an entry blank. According to the...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "God will Repay." Printed in Baltimore during the Civil War and signed by "H. Rebel," this broadside focuses on the Civil War in Baltimore in 1861 and refers to such notable Baltimore figures as Severn...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe begs Maria Clemm to reject the offer made by Neilson Poe to have her and her daughter, Virginia, live with Neilson and his family. At the end of the letter,...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
In this incomplete letter dated December 1, 1864 and written on the stationary of the Library of the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison, a friend of Edgar Allan Poe, tries to reestablish correspondence with Poe's...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Whitman, Sarah Helen, 1803-1878;
In this letter dated November 27 (1859) and written from New York City, Sarah Helen Whitman, once engaged to Edgar Allan Poe, promises to have her publisher, Rudd and Carleton, send Poe's mother-in-law Maria Clemm a copy of her new book "Edgar Poe...
Baltimore (Md.); Death; Grief; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Maria Clemm to Neilson Poe dated October 9, 1849. In this letter, Mrs. Clemm asks Neilson Poe to confirm what she has just heard, that her son-in-law Edgar has passed away. (Editor's note: Obviously upset, Mrs. Clemm makes two mistakes...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe reassures his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia that he is saving money and that if the two agree to come live with him in Richmond he will provide...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Lectures and lecturing; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond (Va.); Travel;
In this letter dated September 18, 1849 from Norfolk, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe tells Maria Clemm of his recent activities, including his travels and lectures around Norfolk, and of his plans for returning to Philadelphia. He is upbeat about work,...
Stipple and line engraving titled The last & newest fashions 1838, morning & evening dresses from the monthly publication titled The world of fashion and continental feuilletons published in 1838 by Mr. Bell of the Strand, London. This engraving...
Baltimore (Md.); Church buildings; Cityscapes; Customhouses; Fells Point (Baltimore, Md.); Hospitals; Hotels; Jails; Monuments; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Watercolor drawing signed by T. Tanssen and dated 1831. A panorama from near what is today the corner of St. Paul and Madison Streets, at that time the southern edge of Howard's Park. The picture was found in Australia by an American sailor, a...
Buildings; Hotels; Monuments; Museums; Streets; Views; War memorials;
Colored lithograph from the cover of the sheet music for "The Very Last Polka" by Francois Bernard, lithographed by E. Weber & Co. (later A. Hoen & Co.) of Baltimore, and published by F. W. Benteen, circa 1843. This lithograph features a view of...
Buildings--Maryland--Baltimore; Hotels; Monuments; War memorials;
Halftone reproduction of an old drawing from a publication of 1892 that features a view of Barnum's City Hotel, Monument Square, in Baltimore. Built in 1825 and operated until his death in 1844 by David Barnum, this hostelry entertained many of the...
