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Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC04035

Collection of autographs, quotations, and letters.

Consists of eighty-four signatures, most of which were obtained by McNear between 1860 and 1861. Incorporating numerous historical figures, the book includes autographs from (among others) Horace Greeley, James Buchanan, William Lloyd Garrison...

GLC04035.02

The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1838, being the second after Bissextile or Leap-Year, and the 62nd of American Independence. Adapted to most parts of the United States.

Labeled Vol. 1 no. 3. Southard serves as editor. Published by D. K. Hitchcock. With front paper engraving depicting William [Lloyd] Garrison attempting to chop down a tree labeled "Slavery" while a minister, soldier, businessman and President Van...

GLC05939

[Decimalized: John G. Whittier letter and poem].

GLC05508.262

to Maria Child

Discusses the Yearly Quaker Meeting he just returned from, in addition to speakers at Garrison's funeral and William Lloyd Garrison's views on the after life. Whittier is "shocked by the barbarism & superstition of our popular faith." He says...

GLC05508.262.01

[For still the unseen spirit walks...]

Whittier writes a poem: "For still the unseen spirit walks/ The garden of the heart, and talks/ With man, as under Eden's trees,/ In all his varied languages."

GLC05508.262.02

Liberator. [Vol. 32, no. 39 (September 26, 1862)]

Prints Lincoln's first Emancipation Proclamation. Said to be the first printing of the proclamation in an abolitionist newspaper. Headline reads "Proclamation of Emancipation - Freedom of the Slaves in Rebellious States on the First Day of January...

GLC06107.48

The liberator. [Vol. 10, no. 1 (January 3, 1840) - v. 17. no. 53 (December 31, 1847)]

Run of 416 weekly issues of the famous anti-slavery newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison.

GLC06109

The loyalty & devotion of colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812.

Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Contains excerpts from speeches and quotations related to African American military service. Includes excerpts from a William Howard Day speech delivered at a convention for African Americans held in Cleveland, Ohio...

GLC06130

[Union autograph and sentiment album]

Includes thirty-five autographed quotations and sentiments, and ten signatures. This collection was possibly prepared for sale by the United States Sanitary Commission at the April 1864 Metropolitan Fair, held in New York City. The sentiments and...

GLC06620