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General orders no. 2

Orders several schools for military instruction to be established. Outlines the officers and purposes of the different schools.

GLC08603

[General Joseph Wheeler's General Orders No. 7]

Contains Wheeler's orders transmitted by D. G. Reed, Assistant Adjutant General. Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee, states "...The commanding General of this Army relies solely upon information received from Cavalry, to make his...

GLC08604

Correspondence related to George W. Koonce [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC08606

Presidential campaign biographies [decimalized]

GLC08607

Life of Major General William Henry Harrison.... [election campaign biography]

Election campaign biography. Bound in green paper boards with glazed cloth spine. Frontispiece and three plates. Printed by Grugg and Elliot. (The only printing cited by Howes.) Howes H246, Miles 133.

GLC08607.01

The Tour of James Monroe, President....

Describes Madison's tour in the northern and eastern states in 1817, his tour in 1818 and a brief biographical sketch. Printed by Silas Andrus.

GLC08607.03

The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers...

GLC08608

[1864 election newspaper clipping]

Headlines include, "Let the Eagle Scream!!!," "Great Union Victories," and "Make Way for Honest Old Abe, Our Next President."

GLC08609

Report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, together with accompanying documents, ...

Title continues, " ... as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. First edition printed by Singerly & Myers, state printers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Early printing of Abraham Lincoln's...

GLC08611

An act for... erecting a corporation to carry on a trade to the South-Seas

Establishing the South Seas company. Overspeculation in the company's stock led to the "bubble" and the crash, when it came, saw the first modern depression. With exchange stamp of Harvard's Baker Library

GLC08613

[Union soldier's letter]

Has very strong feelings against the South. Writes that all traitors in the North should be burned at the stake. Feels that if it had not been for the traitors of the North, the war would have ended a long time ago. The letter is incomplete.

GLC08618

Reports of State, Treasury and War Departments re: War of 1812

GLC08636

[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]

Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound...

GLC08640

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

General Orders

10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.

GLC08646

to My Dear Admiral

Forbes, a Union naval officer, writes about General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy on his advance towards Richmond. " ... Grant's plan is by extending his lines westward to cut off Lee from escaping in that direction and joining his forces to those of...

GLC08656

Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]

Printed by Matthew Carey

GLC08660

What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home

Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the...

GLC08665

Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade

The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and...

GLC08667

[General order no. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico]

Transmits the act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico "and other parts of the United States." States "that the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the same is...

GLC08668

[Carte de visite of James B. Floyd]

Annotated "Floyd the Thief" on mount and verso. Inscription also reads: James Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), Va. Gov. Sec. of War. Conf. Gnl."

GLC08671

to Hannibal Hamlin

Responding to Hamlin's "letter requesting me to furnish the Committee over which you preside, any and all evidence" for an investigation into misconduct in arms sales. Discusses his speeches in the Senate on the issue. Stands by his accusations and...

GLC08680

Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt

Full title is: "Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt, Upon the Policy of the General Government, the Pending Revolution, Its Objects, and the Duty of Kentucky in the Crisis." Printed by Henry Polkinhorn in Washington, D.C. Printed copy of a letter Holt...

GLC08694

Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, written on board the caravel while returning from his first voyage.

Title continues: "Published at Barcelona, May, 1493." Facsimile of the first publication concerning America. First 20 pages, Latin text in facsimile (black letter, with illustrations); followed by English translation. Published in Chicago by the W...

GLC08615

Journals and other documents on the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Translated and edited by Samuel Eliot Morison. Illustrated by Lima de Freitas. Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club. One of 1500 copies, signed by the artist.

GLC08616