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Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
[Draft of first inaugural address]
circa February 1817
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
First draft of president-elect Monroe's inauguration address. Monroe gave the address, with substantial changes, on 4 March 1817, beginning the Era of Good Feelings. The speech was the first outdoor inauguration since Washington's in 1789. Monroe's...
GLC03880
Daily telegraph --- extra. Inaugural address of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin
January 15, 1861
Curtin, Andrew Gregg, 1815-1894
Broadside of inaugural address of newly-elected Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, who would serve through the Civil War. Top of the broadside says "Daily Telegraph --- Extra," which is probably a reference to the "Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph," based...
GLC03086
New-York Tribune. [Vol. XX, no. 6196 (March 5, 1861)]
5 March 1861
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
Includes Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address and news about the inaugural ceremony. Other articles detail military news, local reports, Congressional updates, public postings, and advertisements.
GLC01509
Chicago Tribune Extra. Inaugural message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
4 March 1861
Chicago Tribune (fl. 1861)
Printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address in three columns. This was printed the day of Lincoln's inauguration. Lincoln proclaims his determination to preserve the Union. In an attempt to assuage the South, he says he will not interfere with the...
GLC02316
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