The back of the postcard has a handwritten note. Dated July 11, 1911, the postcard is addressed to Mrs. Ella Bidwell of Prairie City, Iowa. It reads, "Dear Mother, I arrived in New York yesterday, 3 pm. Had a fine trip. We are seeing the sights...
The back of the postcard gives the history of the Empire State Building site:, "In 1799 a man named Thompson owned a farm at what is now Fifth Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street, New York City. He later sold it and in 1827 the Astor Mansions were...
The back of the postcard has a note written to Miss Laura M. Horton of Albany, Oregon, "Had Marlene and Debbie over here today. Dottie is sick, so Lillian stayed home with her. It is sure windy up here today and really cool. Hope you arrive home...
There is a personal note written to William Vincent Murray of Belgrade Lakes, Maine, "How did you like the cruise, dear? I am sure you had a good time. I have sent you some films for your camera." It is signed, "With usual love, Pat."
Back of postcard has a personal note addressed to Lena in Forth Worth, Texas, "Dear Lena, Dog gone it Lena, you get all the dates while I am gone. I can't even give you any competition at all. Isn't that terrible? Well, may the best man win. Had a...
Four-page letter dated January 18, 1852, from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to [George] Bradburn, regarding a letter from Mrs. [Frances] Bradburn delivered to a Miss Hinkely and discussing political relations between Russia and...
Manuscript copy in Lysander Spooner's hand of a four-page letter dated February 11, 1854, from Lysander Spooner, Wendell Phillips, and Francis Jackson to Charles D. Cleveland, responding to a letter that Cleveland had sent to the Commonwealth to be...
One-page letter plus note and envelope from Wendell Phillips to Lysander Spooner, undated, in which Phillips declines Spooner's request for assistance.
Manuscript copy of a letter from L. [Lysander] Spooner in Boston [Massachusetts] to Gerrit Smith dated October 30, 1863, asking Smith to return all letters ever sent to him by Spooner, with the exception of those referring to his libel suit in 1860.
One-page letter from Lewis Tappan in New York [City] to Lysander Spooner dated May 28, 1853, disucssing the legal aspects of a court case involving a one Jane Trainer [?].
Four-page letter from Jno. [John] A. Thomson in Summit Point, West Virginia, to Lysander Spooner dated September 30, 1871, thanking him for obtaining the assistance of [Arthur W. Austin] and discussing topics of slavery and monetary systems.
