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Diary kept at Algiers re: lodging, business, etc.

Diary kept from February to April.

GLC03767.01

to Tristram Dalton re: voyage across the Atlantic and arrival at Glasgow

Written to his business partner.

GLC03767.02

Inventory of Lear's household

GLC03767.03

to John Tuttle, John N. Millington, William Holliday, James K. McNeal, and George W. Sherwood

Declines invitation to the Baltimore Typographical Society's anniversary supper on account of his travel plans. Praises their toleration of divergent views, writing, in part: "all would be unworthy of liberty who, whilst they exercise free judgment...

GLC04766

[Photograph of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signing a document]

One undated photograph of President Roosevelt. Image is of Roosevelt's right profile, while holding a pen in his right hand and eyeglasses in his left. He is poised to sign what appears to be a letter. His signature appears directly below the image...

GLC04675.06

to Henry Colman

Invites Reverend Colman to dinner. Written in the third person.

GLC04675.10

Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...

Title continues, " ... on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852." Printed by Buell and Blanchard. Untrimmed.

GLC08644

[Collection of seven Currier & Ives lithographs]

GLC08630

Letters to Alexander Hamilton, king of the Feds

GLC08659

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. [Vol. 51 (1781)]

Accounts of historical news and occurrences throughout the empire, the world and the American colonies. 12 issues plus supplement for 1781 containing reports on the war and news from America, plus a report with fold-out copper plate of "American...

GLC08687

Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority.

Published by Harper & Brothers. Douglas, a United States Senator from Illinois, concludes by stating: "...every distinct political Community, loyal to the Constitution and the Union, is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of self...

GLC08700

Federal gazette & Baltimore daily advertiser. [Vol. IV, no. 785 (May 11, 1790)]

Printed and sold by Leonard Yundt and Matthew Brown at 3 Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Includes 2 page supplement. Front page consists entirely of advertisements. They are mostly ads for various goods and services, real estate sales, and...

GLC08720.04

The Government of the United Provinces [notes]

Gerry's notes on the history and constitution of Holland. Possibly copied from a history.

GLC08596

With cordial regards, Charles E. Hughes

Copyright imprint on image. Signed and dated Nox. 20, 1922.

GLC08571

Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories

On front cover, contains the signature of John Cochrane from Toledo, Indiana. Pages are brittle and frayed along sides.

GLC08587

The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state.

Disbound. Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Senator Sumner declares, "When last I entered into this debate, it became my duty to expose the Crime against Kansas, and to insist upon the immediate admission of that Territory as a State of this Union...

GLC08445.01

Review of Webster's speech on slavery.

Inscribed on cover to the Hon. William Foster. Printed by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08530

[Photograph of John Browned signed commission for Harper's Ferry]

A photograph of the commission, signed by John Brown as Commander in Chief, appointing Owen Brown a captain in John Brown's army. Document is dated 13 October 1859. Photograph is mounted on heavy piece of cardboard. The photograph is 14.5 x 20 cm...

GLC03007.55

Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American army of the Revolution.

Published by Charles T. Evans. Discusses the involvement of African Americans in the American Revolution. Includes a return of African American soldiers on page 17 (lists numbers of African Americans by state for 1778). Discusses the opinions of...

GLC08405

The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser [No. 2763 (December 13, 1787)]

Reports on the ratification of the Constitution in Pennsylvania. Prints Benjamin Franklin's "Last Speech at the late Federal Convention." Contains foreign and domestic news. Many advertisements, including some for slaves.

GLC08809

Eastern argus. [Vol. 1, no. 48 (August 2, 1804)]

Contains an article denouncing modern Federalism. Includes an account of the 11 July 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton on page 3 which condemns the practice of dueling. It reacts to the sympathy generated by Hamilton's murder by...

GLC08818

Massachusetts centinel. [Vol. 8, no. 23 (December 5, 1787)]

Includes the speech of Benjamin Franklin, "delivered immediately previous to his signing of the Federal Constitution." Franklin states, "I confess that I do not entirely approve of this Constitution at present; -but, Sir, I am not sure I shall never...

GLC08828

The Abolitionist

Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...

GLC08844

Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 41, no. 43 (July 25, 1804)]

Includes an article reviewing Thomas Jefferson's administration and another denouncing Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Has coverage of the 11 July 1804 Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel on pages 1 and 2. Other articles detail local...

GLC08864

Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, during his visit to Canada in 1776...

GLC08867