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Miss Peace of the Hague: Ach! I blow in so sweet and it comes out so awful!

The angel of peace sits on a rocky ledge, playing a large horn, with a dove sitting on her feet. Around her in the night sky are discordant images emerging from the horn, such as Marianne knocking over the “French Cabinet,” Turkey and Greece as Jack-in-the-boxes shooting at each other, King George V and “Lords” dealing with a firecracker labeled “Ulster” and the “Home Rule Bill,” a man carrying a large stick labeled “Interstate Commerce” about to strike a menacingly snake-like railroad train, and “Huerta” and “Villa” fighting atop a pile of dead bodies.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1914-07-18

Beyond control

Print shows W. E. Gladstone, possibly dressed as a Greek marathon runner, passing an “Altar of Peace” on which there appears to be a small fire and a rifle labeled “Coercion.” A red military tunic and helmet have fallen to the ground near the altar. Several dogs labeled “Assassin, Ribbon Man, Desperado, Secret Society, [and] Fenian” attack Gladstone. Michael Davitt and Charles Stuart Parnell, with a leash labeled “Land League,” struggle to hold onto the dogs. Davitt has stumbled over John Dillon; all three are lying on the ground. In the background, a man runs into the forest after stabbing two men who were wearing top hats and may have been British government officials.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-05-17

The declaration of dependence

Members of the clergy sign a document labeled “Declaration of Dependence” and are joined together by long strings of beads that are held by Pope Leo XIII sitting on a chair in the left foreground. Cardinal John McCloskey is sitting at the table where the document is being signed, glaring at the Pope. The American Declaration of Independence, torn and crumpled, lies at his feet. Caption: Made at Cincinnati, on the 19th of March, in the year of the Republic 106, by the Fourth Provincial Council of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-04-12

Independence Day

A wide-eyed man (Mr. Henry Peck) sits in a canoe loaded with camping gear while a Native guide rows him out on a wilderness lake. A woman (Mrs. Henry Peck) stands on the shore with her hands on her hips. A large building, possibly a lodge, stands at the top of a hillside leading up from the lake.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-07-02

Summary of letter from W. C. Dix

W. C. Dix encloses correspondence with Felipe Buencamino of the Federal Party in the Philippines. Dix is confident in the Roosevelt administration’s handling of insular affairs but would like to confidentially know President Roosevelt’s views on granting territorial government to “civilized Filipinos.” The lack of information is a major complaint of the Federal Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-17

Letter from W. C. Dix to Theodore Roosevelt

W. C. Dix encloses correspondence with Felipe Buencamino of the Federal Party in the Philippines. Dix is confident in the Roosevelt administration’s handling of insular affairs but would like to confidentially know President Roosevelt’s views on granting territorial government to “civilized Filipinos.” The lack of information is a major complaint of the Federal Party.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-10-17

Letter from Frederick Funston to Theodore Roosevelt

General Funston thanks Vice President Roosevelt for the congratulatory letter upon Funston’s commission as a brigadier general. He regrets that his military service will prevent him from “whooping it up” for a Roosevelt presidential campaign in 1904. Funston reports that the situation in the Philippines is difficult and he wishes the army could use an “iron hand.” He has a low opinion of Filipinos and does not believe they are currently suitable for self government.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-09-02