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Columbian centinel. [Vol. XIX no. 974 (April 17, 1793)]

Reprints three congressional acts passed at the second session held 5 November 1792. The acts concern the collection of duties on goods and merchandise, the payment of a loan made of the Bank of the United States, and extending the time for...

GLC08774

Independent gazeteer. [Vol. 1, no. 26 (July 1, 1800)]

XYZ affair, Sedition

GLC08775

New York times. [Vol. 16, no. 4791 (February 2, 1867)]

Testimony in Johnson's impeachment trial.

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Columbian centinel. [No. 3135 (April 23, 1890)]

Claims that the Creek Nation had received a crippling defeat from General Andrew Jackson in Georgia. Describes battles between the French and Russia in France (as part of the Napoleonic Wars). Includes on page two an account of the Creeks' defeat...

GLC08777

The Massachusetts centinel. [Vol. VIII, no. 24 (December 8, 1787)]

Contains several articles on federalism and the Constitution, including a printing of Federalist No. XIII from the Federalist Papers. Also reports news from Europe and around the United States. An article also appears on the Gallo-American Society...

GLC08778

New York Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 5952 (May 22, 1860)]

Discusses the 1860 Republican National Convention, held in Chicago, Illinois. Reports on candidates competing in 1860 political elections. Includes Abraham Lincoln's reply on receiving the republican presidential nomination. Reports on the...

GLC08779

The daily examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)]

A Confederate newspaper previously published as "The Richmond Examiner." Published without a masthead 30 May 1864-9 December 1865. Pencil signature at top says "Rev. Everhart" (or Overhart). Includes coverage of the fall of Savannah to General...

GLC08780

Gazette of the United States. [No. LXXV (December 30, 1789)]

Prints a Declaration of Rights that the Committee of the Convention proposed to add to the Constitution. Reports North Carolina's ratification of the Constitution. Reports on the French Revolution. Also contains news from around the country,...

GLC08782

New York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4290 (June 25, 1865)]

Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah.

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Connecticut courant. [Vol. 36, no. 1919 (November 2, 1801)]

Anti- Jefferson letter and the trials of Capt. Little.

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The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]

Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and...

GLC08786

The universal gazette. [Vol. I no. 61 (January 10, 1799)]

Reports a resolution passed by the Virginia legislation labeling the alien and sedition acts unconstitutional. Recounts activities in Congress relating to the quasi war with France and part of a debate in the House of Representatives. Contains...

GLC08787

New York Daily Tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6074 (October 12, 1860)]

Advertises a book titled The Life and Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln. Reports on the Republican majority in a recent Pennsylvania election. Includes an article on Republicans in the slave states, advising them to vote for Lincoln. Discusses...

GLC08788

Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 1262 (November 2, 1778)]

Discusses a book on government, liberty, and tyranny by pastor Isaac Backus. Contains Articles of Capitulation concerning Francois Claude Amour (the Marquis de Bouille). Mentions General Horatio Gates's arrival in Hartford, Connecticut. Refers to...

GLC08790

Columbian centinel. [No. 2393 (February 28, 1807)]

Prints a letter from President Jefferson to the Massachusetts legislature, thanking them for their expression of approval of his administration. Contains other political miscellany, news on foreign affairs, reports from the state and national...

GLC08791

Columbian centinel. [Vol. 35, no. 5 (March 18, 1801)] [damaged]

Whole no. 1773. Damaged on upper right margin. Lacks pp. 3-4. Includes two acts and Jefferson inaugural.

GLC08792

The New York herald. [No. 9136 (September 15, 1861)]

Prints a letter of President Lincoln to John C. Fremont concerning emancipation. Headline reads, "Modification of the Proclamation with regard to the liberation of slaves." Lincoln asks Fremont to modify his order proclaiming that all slaves owned...

GLC08793

National gazette. [Vol. IV, no. 434 (December 6, 1823)]

Part of a signature cut off at masthead appears to be "J. M. Sanders." The entire front page and part of the second page is taken up with the President James Monroe's message to Congress that announced the Monroe Doctrine, which was designed to keep...

GLC08794

Chicago tribune. [Vol. XVIII, no. 12 (November 9, 1864)]

Announces the re-election of Abraham Lincoln for president, "A Victory of Gigantic Proportions. Re-Election of Abraham Lincoln." Other articles include news on the Civil War such as Union General William T. Sherman's advance on Savannah and...

GLC08797

New York tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6324 (July 21, 1861)]

Latest news from Bull Run.

GLC08798

Rough Hewer no. 22 [campaign newspaper promoting Van Buren]

Mentions Bank of the U.S., Jackson, etc. Published by Thomas M. Burt.

GLC08799

New York tribune. [Vol. 24, no. 7,249 (June 29, 1864)]

Reports on various Civil War events, including a 27 June 1864 Confederate attack on General Ambrose Burnside's soldiers. Includes a tribute from a Kentucky slaveholder concerning an enlisted slave. Includes local reports, international news, and...

GLC08800

The New York times. [Vol. 14 no. 4255 (May 15, 1865)]

Includes detailed descriptions of the conspirators in the court room. The testimony of A. W. Lee (military detective), Mr. Floyd, and Robert R. Jones (clerk of Kirkwood House) are also given.
Jefferson Davis and his family are captured in Irwin...

GLC08801

Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 10, no. 771 (August 21, 1781)]

Contains reports of activities of the British army near Camden, South Carolina. Refers to the actions of American General Nathanael Greene, British General Charles Cornwallis, and Lord Francis Hastings-Rawdon. Includes a petition of the West India...

GLC08802

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1938 (February 13, 1766)]

The lead article on p. 1 criticizes the Stamp Act. A letter from Charleston, also on the front page, notes that there are too few Sons of Liberty there. A brief extract from Albany Fort on p. 2 reports Indians taking scalps. News of other...

GLC08803

Columbia centinel. extraordinary. [No. 1179 (July 8, 1795)]

Published by Benjamin Russell. Contains a complete printing of Jay's treaty. Inscribed near the bottom of backpage by Baron Grenville and John Jay.

GLC08804

Weekly patriot and union. [Vol. 16, no. 4 (June 4, 1868)]

Also prints a once supressed report on Ben. B. F. Butler in New Orleans. Johnson acquitted, Stanton resigns.

GLC08805

The New York times. [Vol. XIV, no. 4220 (April 14, 1865)

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the events leading up to the surrender, an interview between Ulysses S. Grant and Lee, the signing of the articles of capitulation by Lee, the era of peace...

GLC08807

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

Gazette of the United States. [No. 7 (May 2 - May 6, 1789)]

Anti-slavery essay, President's home (in New York).

GLC08810

New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 6067 (October 4, 1860)]

Capture of a slave ship, Lincoln campaign.

GLC08811

Niles' weekly register. [Vol. 2, no. 14-15 (June 5-12, 1824)]

Two issues. Convention with Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade printed on p. 226 ff.

GLC08813

National gazette and literary register. [Vol. 4, no. 434 (December 6, 1823)]

Monroe Doctrine

GLC08814

Chicago daily tribune. [Vol. CVII, no. 264 (November 3, 1948)]

Infamous incorrect printing of the results of the 1948 election. Main headline reads, "Dewey Defeats Truman."

GLC08815

London chronicle. [Vol. 27, no. 2110 (June 21-June 23, 1770)]

Reports acts to regulate trials and elections, as well as parliamentary speeches and business. Advertisements include book publications, real estate, and epitaphs. The opening article defends the citizens of Boston against the charges of Revenue...

GLC08816

The New York herald. [No. 10451 (April 10, 1865)]

Covers General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox in detail. Includes an account of the pursuit and fighting leading up to the surrender, prints the correspondence and the terms of the surrender, and includes an article on the restoration of...

GLC08817

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

The Christian history. [Vol. 2, no. 70]

Contains accounts of the current religious revival in Great Britain and the American colonies.

GLC08819

The Political Magazine [Treaty of peace ending Revolution]

Printed for J. Brew. Disbound. Prints the treaties with France, Spain and the United States. Also includes the letter of Sir Guy Carleton to the American Congress regarding the evacuation of New York. Contains several plated depicting European...

GLC08820

The New York times. [Vol. XIV, no. 4195 (March 6, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of the New York times, dated March 6, 1864. Prints news of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration ceremony and his inaugural address. Other main articles detail events of the Civil War, such as the capture of Confederate General Jubel...

GLC08822.01

Independent chronicle and the universal advertiser. [Vol. 13, no. 903 (August 9, 1781)]

Signed by [William?] Dame. Discusses the war against Great Britain. Contains a report on the progress of the Continental Army near Williamsburg, Virginia written as a letter by the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette describes events of the Battle of...

GLC08823

New York Herald. [No. 8826 (November 7, 1860)]

Reports the results of the 1860 Presidential election, announcing Abraham Lincoln as President and Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President. States "Our returns indicate, however, that the next Congress will be in opposition to the republicans." Includes...

GLC08824

Edinburgh evening courant. [December 22, 1777]

Contains a speech by William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, an influential British statesman. Includes Boston resolves pertaining to the quartering of Burgoyne and the Convention Army. In his speech to the House of Lords, Pitt declares: "My Lords, I...

GLC08825

Paterson Daily Guardian [Vol. VI, no. 905 (19 October 1859)]

Attempting to clarify news of the raid on Harpers Ferry. States the previous days news was unclear as to the specifics of the events, and gives new details available. John Brown, "the hero of numberless border skirmishes in Kansas," attacked...

GLC08827

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

Columbian centinel. [Vol. 33 no. 26 (May 31, 1800)]

Four acts, pardon of 3 men accused of treason

GLC08829

Boston patriot. [Vol. 3, no. 35 (June 30, 1810)]

Prints correspondence from President John Adams, dated 22 August 1781 from Amsterdam, discussing the constitution of the Netherlands. Contains an article on woolen manufactures. Also has a large announcement of the procession of an upcoming Fourth...

GLC08830.01

Public ledger. [Vol. 59, no. 44 (May 15, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of Public ledger, dated May 15, 1865. Reports the capture of Jefferson Davis on 10 May 1865 in Georgia. Also contains an article on the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, local news, financial news, and stories from New York...

GLC08831

The Philadelphia record no. 9662 [end of Spanish-American war]

One newspaper issue of The Philadelphia record, dated August 13, 1898. Prints news of the end of the Spanish-American War, with the halting of hostilities on August 12, 1898 and a signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States...

GLC08832

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 42, no. 2149 (February 26, 1898)]

"Remember the Maine!"

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