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[Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851].
[Portrait] [of] James Fenimore Cooper/ [artist unknown].
Cooper, the 11th of 12 children born to the man who founded Cooperstown and built Ostego Hall, is remembered for his books of sailing and wilderness adventure, including the Leatherstocking Series featuring Natty Bumppo, the most well-known of which is Last of the Mohicans (1826). In addition to enjoying the life of a country gentleman in New York, Cooper also traveled and wrote extensively in Europe.
[Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963].
[Letter] 1963 April 10, Washington [to] Francis E. Walter, Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D.C. / [Kennedy].
Kennedy sends Walter the pen used to sign the House Resolution 4374 making Churchill an honorary citizen. Calling the Act a "direct result" of Walter's involvement, Kennedy regrets that illness kept Walter from attending the ceremony and hopes that he will soon recover his health. At the time this Act was signed, Churchill had successfully led the British as prime minister to victory as part of the Allied forces of World War II for which he was honored by 37 orders, decorations, and medals as well as honorary degrees and the Nobel prize for literature in 1953. In addition to military service as a young man in Cuba, India, and Africa, Churchill filled cabinet, civil service, and administrative positions in the Colonial Office, the Home Office, the cabinet, and as Lord of the Admiralty and Member of Parliament; in 1921 he participated in negotiations with Michael Collins over the Irish Free State. The letter's recipient, Congressman Walter, was chairman of the Committee on Un-American Activities. Walter also served in World War II and as a Representative from Pennsylvania in the seventy-third and fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from 1933 until his death May 31, 1963, not long after this letter was written.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
[Letter] 1824 September 1, London [to] Robert Gilmore / John James Audubon.
Audubon requests the "privilege of presenting to your acquaintance" his dear friend Edward Deerman, his worthy friend at Liverpool and a partner in the highly respected Rathbone Brothers' firm. Audubon states that the gentleman himself will "open his mercantile views to you" and asks for Gilman's kind attention or advice. The son of a mercantile agent himself, Audubon was born in Haiti and emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia in 1803. He traveled in the South, journeying up the Mississippi River, painting birds in their natural settings. He published his work as Birds of America (1827-38) going on to publish as well Ornithological Biography (1831-39) before settling on his estate in New York City.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
[Letter] 1826 January 19 [to] L. George Streat / John James Audubon.
Audubon invites Streat to come see his nearly finished picture. He explains that "it is intended for the Royal Institution ex[h]ibition, and I would feel proud of your judgement." Artist and ornithologist, Audubon was born in Haiti and emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia in 1803. He traveled in the South, journeying up the Mississippi River, painting birds in their natural settings. He published his work as Birds of America (1827-38) going on to publish as well Ornithological Biography (1831-39) before settling on his estate in New York City.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
[Musical score] [c. 1730] Triosonata No. 3 in D Minor / Johann Sebastian Bach.
The manuscript fragment is from Bach's Triosonata No. 3 in D minor, BMV 527, the first movement, measures 91-112, written during Bach's years in Leipzig (1727-1730) during which he wrote six triosonatas for the organ. This fragment, probably intended as a practice piece, is in the hand of one of Bach's copyists identified as "Kast's Anonymous No. 18." Bach, a German composer and organist, wrote instrumental, chamber, vocal, and church music, serving as the court organist at Weimar (1708-17), the court concert master (1714-17), the court Kapellmeister (1717-25) and the director of university music from 1723 onwards.