John Bigelow: An American Abroad Between 1850-1886
Title
John Bigelow: An American Abroad Between 1850-1886
Description
An exhibit that showcases the travels of John Bigelow between 1850 and 1886 through letters and other collection materials from the John Bigelow Papers (SCA-0022).
A typed letter to Otto von Bismarck from John Bigelow written on June 6, 1890 letting the Prussian prince know he was elected as an honorary member of the New-York Historical Society.
A letter from George Bancroft to John Bigelow from June 1870. Bancroft was the U.S. minister to Prussia in 1867 and the U.S. minister to the German Empire in 1871.
he letter discusses U.S. politics and the state of the country in 1858. Gideon Welles was the U.S. Secretary of the Navy appointed by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
The letter discusses U.S. politics and the state of the country in 1858. Gideon Welles was the U.S. Secretary of the Navy appointed by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
The front covers of 21 newspaper issues belonging to three different Haitian periodicals: Le Moniteur Haitien (12 issues), Feuille du Commerce (10 issues), and Revue du Commerce et des Tribunaux (7 issues).
Le Moniteur Haitien: January 7, 1854 to December 9, 1854
Feuille du Commerce: March 18, 1854 to July 1, 1854
Revue du Commerce et des Tribunaux: April 29, 1854 to June 10, 1854
An editorial from the New York Evening Post by John Bigelow describing Baron Montgomery's experience as a Black American émigré living in Haiti in the mid-19th century.
A 1904 postcard sent from Poultney Bigelow to his sister Grace Bigelow. Poultney was in Germany at the time, and Grace was in Highland Falls, NY with her father, John Bigelow.
