[AMERICAN ANTHEMS.] HOWE, Julia Ward (1819-1910). Autograph manuscript signed ("Julia Ward Howe"), "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," 2 May 1891. 3pp., 4to, gilt edges (evidently removed from an autograph album), tipped to another sheet, mat burn on first page. "AS HE DIED TO MAKE MEN HOLY, LET US DIE TO MAKE MEN FREE"... A full autograph transcription of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, signed by the author almost thirty years after she originally composed it in the dim early morning light at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C., her mind ablaze with the stirring scenes and martial spirit she imbibed in a tour of the Union Army encampments outside Washington, D. C. in November 1861. -- SMITH, Samuel Francis (1808-1895), Hymnist, Baptist Minsiter. AMS ("S. F. Smith"), "America," 31 October 1892. 1 page, 4to, light age-toning, closed tear along length of left margin (not affecting text). A four-stanza fair copy of Smith's great hymn. -- SMITH. Cabinet card photograph, signed and inscribed twice, 4 October 1892. 6 3/8 x 4¼in. Signed and inscribed along lower edge of recto: "S. F. Smith, born in Boston, Oct. 21, 1808." And inscribed and signed on the verso with the first stanza of "America," "S. F. Smith, Written in 1832." With another, unsigned photograph. Smith's memory is slightly faulty when he notes, "Written in 1832." It was in fact written in 1831, and performed first on July 4 of that year, in the Park Street Church of Boston. Together 4 items. (4)