1861

Wallcut, Robert Folger, 1797-1884

Pamphlet

Title: The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power.

Printed by Wallcut. Stitched. Prints extracts from the speech of John Quincy Adams, delivered in House of Representatives on 14 and 15 April 1842 on the War with Great Britain and Mexico. Contains a reprint of a letter by Joshua Reed Giddings submitted to the New York Tribune arguing that fugitive slaves from Confederate owners should not be sent back as they would be lending help to their owners who are in rebellion against the government. Includes other editorials and essays on this topic.

GLC06232.10

1861

May, Samuel, 1810-1899

Pamphlet

Title: The fugitive slave law and its victims.

Printed by the American Anti-slavery Society. No. 15 of American Anti-Slavery Tracts. Pages are separated from binding. Contains an Essex Institute stamp. Small burn mark on front cover.

GLC06232.11

1842

Peters, Richard, 1780-1848

Book

Title: Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States at January term, 1842.

In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void; and that Congress has the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. By Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Printed by L. Johnson. Cover is fragile, consisting of green wrapper.

GLC06232.12

1805

Alexander, Ann Tuke, 1767-1849

Pamphlet

Title: An address to the inhabitants of Charleston, South Carolina.

"I lament- exceedingly lament, that a custom, so barbarous as well as so repugnant to every principle of humanity and justice, as the African Slave-Trade, should be continued in this or any other nation." Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co. Wrapper is extremely fragile. Bound with string.

GLC06232.13

1865

Claxton, James S., fl. 1865

Pamphlet

Title: The African's right to citizenship.

Printed by James S. Claxton. With original blue wrappers. Stitched as issued. Covers "The right of individuals of any race, subject to a well-defined limitation, to inhabit the country of their choice." and "The inconsistency of a Democracy which excludes them from citizenship for any other cause than their inability to exercise the privilege of the elective franchise with discretion."

GLC06232.14

May 1863

Educational Commission for Freedmen (Boston, Mass.)

Pamphlet

Title: First annual report of the educational commission for freedmen.

Printed by Prentiss & Deland. Discusses the Port Royal Experiment, in which former slaves successfully worked on land abandoned by plantation owners on islands off the coast of South Carolina. Includes a report of the committee of teachers sent to Port Royal: "The instruction most needed by the blacks was not in the knowledge of school books, but in that which should lead them to appreciate the advantages of civilized life, to relinquish many of the habits and customs of slavery, and to learn the duties and responsibilities of free men." John Albion Andrew was chosen as President of…

GLC06232.15

1861-1865 circa

Stager, Anson, 1825-1885

Manuscript

Title: Cipher for telegraphic correspondence

Printed book with manuscript annotations indicating classified code words. The book lists code words for telegraphs, the actual words they correspond to are written by hand. Book was printed for the years "1861 & '62" but contains note on the cover page reading "O.C. Hatton, Cumb Gap Tenn Feb 20th 1865." Annotations in the text could be from any time between the book's publishing and the end of the war. Book printed by Stenger, annotations possibly by Hatton.

GLC06233

28 July 1864

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867

Broadside

Title: A Proclamation for a day of humiliation and prayer.

Reprinting of Lincoln's proclamation of 7 July 1864 calling for a day of prayer for the people of the United States in order to bring about the end of the Civil War and the continuation of the Union. Printed again by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Governor John A. Andrew calling again for the first Thursday of August to be designated the day of prayer. Requests that this be published and sent out to communities. This copy was mailed to Rev. Edward P. Hale at Milton. Address and Andrew Jackson postage stamp on verso.

GLC06234

25 April 1861 - 16 May 1861

Header Record

Title: Orders regarding George McClellan's command of the Department of the Ohio [Decimalized .01-.09]

Nine printed orders issued by George McClellan during his command of the Department of the Ohio. Some orders signed by McClellan and his chief of staff, Randolph Marcy. The orders were originally tied together with a pink ribbon, also included.

GLC06235

1864/01/16

Newspaper

Title: Crutch. [Vol. 1, no. 2 (January 16 1864)]

Soldiers' weekly paper from U.S. General Hospital, Annapolis; Div. no. 1. Presented to Miss Susan Dennis, Portland, Maine.

GLC06236

3 November 1864

Cook, John, fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: [Circular concerning interference with the presidential election of 1864]

Signed in print by Brigadier General John Cook and George W. Carter, Captain and Asst. Adjutant General. Issued by the Major General Commanding Northern Department, Joseph Hooker. Issues instructions against interfering with the election voting process. "Information has been received that a large body of men both openly and in disguise will organize to interfere with the integrity of the national election..."

GLC06241

20 April 1873

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

Autograph note signed

Title: [Woman's Festival of Universal Peace].

Written on an offprint of a brief essay by Howe from an 1873 issue of the "Woman's Journal." Howe asks for help to achieve the goals outlined in the essay. Includes a prayer by Mary N. [illegible]: "the root of evil of women's position begins in the worship of a male God. [illegible]. Therefore resolved that to worship a male God alone tends to injust[ice], inequality and irreligion." Also included are Howe's comments that the organization is financially sound and her motion that they "commemorate the day by crowning Mrs. E. C. Stanton[,] the originator of the resolution giving women…

GLC06242

18 July 1862

Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892

Book signed

Title: Elements of military art and science

Signed on the front pastedown and titlepage by Meigs. Book by Henry W. Halleck. Third edition, published in 1862 by D. Appleton & Company. A note on the titlepage updates Halleck's position

GLC06243

December 1870

Arkansas. Supreme Court.

Manuscript document

Title: [Gideon Pillow v. Brown & Childress as executor of John Pointer, appeal from Philips Circuit Court]

Supreme Court of Arkansas case. Involves Pointer's sale of 85 slaves to Pillow on 28 December 1860. Discusses the legitimacy of enforcing slavery related cases. Focuses on unpaid debt, and interest on unpaid debt, that might have accrued during the course of the Civil War. Cites an earlier precedent from the 18th century: "This question first arose in the United States shortly after the War of 1776 and it was held that on contracts made before the War, when the parties belong within the opposing forces, that the debt was suspended and that interest did not run (accrue) unless the creditor…

GLC06244

1862-1904

Arthur, D.B., fl. 1862-1904

Header Record

Title: [Collection of David B. Arthur, I company, 20th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .12]

Arthur writes from various locations in Mississippi and Alabama, and comments most frequently on the weather, his correspondents, and army life, including marching orders, guard duty, and erecting houses, and sleeping conditions. Items of note include the September 1864 entries regarding Mobile Bay; November 1864 entries mentioning Lincoln's election; and July 1863 entries discussing sights in and around Vicksburg. 1. Casey, Silas. B: Infantry Tactics, v. 2, School of the Batallion. New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1862. 279 p. + 6 p. 2. Arthur, D.B. AMS: [various places]. Diary. 4…

GLC06245

1809

Lamb, Roger, fl. 1809

Book

Title: An original and authentic journal of occurrences during the late American war

Signed by William Steele.

GLC06246

8 February 1828

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Document signed

Title: [Patent for Hercules Thomas' invention of the Herculean Hub, an improvement in hubs for carriage wheels]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Thomas' description of the Herculean Hub is signed by [Charles?] Dwight and [Angus?] Peabody as witnesses. Sealed and bound with green ribbon.

GLC06595

6 February 1854

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Directed to "Dear Dr." Hamlin replies to a letter from the recipient. Mentions affidavits pertaining to an unspecified matter. Writes, "How the reopening of the Slavery questions will effect me and our friends, I cannot tell at this time- They ask us to repeal the Missouri Compromise line of 1820- I cannot do so- They assert that the Compromise measures of 1850 intended to repeal that of 1820- It is false, & I will not vote a lie..." Discusses an upcoming political convention, to be held possibly in the spring or fall. Refers to other political matters, and in closing asks that this…

GLC06596

1869/05/06

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Document signed

Title: Executive Order removing civil servant in accordance with Tenure of Office Act

Executive order advising that a civil servant has been suspended from his position in accordance with the Tenure of Office Act. Cancelled, with name scraped-off.

GLC06597

22 April 1919

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Document signed

Title: [Sentence commutation for Fernando Robert Edward Ludicke, convicted for violating the Espionage Act on 18 September 1918]

Fernando Ludicke, alias Robert Edwards, was convicted of violating the espionage Act of June 15, 1917 in the U.S. District Court of Western Pennsylvania and sentenced to 18 months to be served in the Maryland State Penitentiary at Baltimore, Maryland. Wilson commuted his sentence to expire immediately; no reason given. Countersigned by A. Mitchell. Printed document with blanks filled in with type.

GLC06598

February-December 1862

Williams, George M., fl. 1862

Header Record

Title: Collection of Confederate soldier George Morton Williams] [Decimalized: .01-.62]

Includes 56 complete and 3 incomplete letters written to his wife. Williams was a captain in the 9th Virginia, Hansbrough's Battalion. Discusses family matters, and important military information including the surrender of Fort Donelson, and the Merrimac blow up. Mentions Jackson's good news in the valley: "Vicksburg is relieved and New Orleans will soon be retaken -- then to Butler the Beast... if he had forty lives he should lose them all by hanging." During the period of these letters, Williams, the adopted son of Congressman John S. Pendleton, had been ordered to Richmond for…

GLC06582

1861-1864

Mixter, Calvin Symmes, 1832-?

Header Record

Title: Materials pertaining to Mixter, a Civil War soldier. [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC06583

1868/07/23

Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel W. Crawford re: election of 1868, abolishing the office of General

"If Grant resigns after the election, Congress will abolish the office of General."

GLC06584

13 June 1861

Wadsworth, James S., 1807-1864

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Endorsement of the creation of Berdan's sharpshooters]

Wadsworth endorses s clerical copy of a letter from Major General Nathaniel P. Banks to Secretary of War Simon Cameron, with his own approval of the establishment of "Berdan's Sharpshooters." Banks recommends that "the Rifle shooters what Mr. Berdan proposes to organize" be made part of the military, and Wadsworth adds, "I entirely concur in the above - especially in view of the mode of warfare adopted by the rebels."

GLC06585

1856 ca.

Ruffin, Thomas, fl. 1856

Document signed

Title: Subscription list for copy of "Speech of Hon. Thomas Ruffin of NC"

Also signed by Lawrence Branch, Thomas Clingman, John Lecher, and others. "Speech of the Hon. Thomas Ruffin of NC in the Presidential election."

GLC06586