3 March 1843

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [Copy of David Murphy's will]

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1783-1815

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document signed

Title: [David Murphy's will, unfinished and undated]

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10 August 1825

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph document

Title: [Ledger for 91 Francois Branch Bible Society]

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19 March 1811

Dodson, James, fl. 1811

Autograph document signed

Title: [Horses sold between David Murphy and James Dodson]

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22 May 1807

Autograph document signed

Title: [Military department declares resignation]

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January 13, 1800

Murphy, David, 1769-1844

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Lowry Donaldson

A letter from David Murphy to James Lowry Donaldson. Donaldson was a register of land claims for the district of Louisiana.

GLC01450.600.076

23 September 1800

Cook, Nathaniel, fl. 1800

Autograph document signed

Title: [David Murphy is sworn in]

GLC01450.600.077

December 13, 1804

Murphy, Richard, fl. 1804

Autograph document signed

Title: [Pledge to form volunteer obligation to help those whose resources have been taken by the wolves]

GLC01450.600.078

1783-1815

Autograph document

Title: Articles of agreement between Joab Lim and David Murphy of the district of New Bourbon.

GLC01450.600.079

23 July 1836

Autograph document

Title: [Announcement of pro-slavery meeting in Kansas]

GLC01450.600.57

February 6, 1857

Grimes, James W., 1816-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery and the admission of Kansas into the Union.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 38 (34th Congress, 3rd session). Grimes, Governor of Iowa, approved these resolutions in January 1857. Reprinted by Congress in February. Iowa states its opposition to "the further extension of slavery within the jurisdiction or by the sanction of the general government." Supports the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free state.

GLC08452.07

7 April 1856

Morehead, C.S., 1802-1868

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, &c.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 90 (34th Congress, 1st session). Morehead, Governor of Kentucky, attests these resolutions were adopted by the general assembly of Kentucky in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress April 1856. Kentucky resolves to "maintain the existing laws upon the subject of slavery" and opposes repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

GLC08452.01

6 May 1856

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in reference to the affairs of Kansas.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 100 (34th Congress, 1st session). Chase, Governor of Ohio, asserts these resolutions were passed by the legislature of Ohio in April 1856. Reprinted by Congress May 1856. Ohio resolves "That the cause of the people of Kansas, engaged in defending themselves against lawless violence and in asserting their inherent right of self-government, be, and hereby is, earnestly commended to the warm sympathies of the people of Ohio."

GLC08452.02

13 May 1856

Willard, Charles W., 1827-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in relation to Kansas.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 103 (34th Congress, 1st session). Willard, Secretary of State for Vermont, certifies these as a true copy of resolutions passed by Vermont in December 1855. Reprinted by Congress in May 1856. "Resolved, that the fugitive slave act of 1850 is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution of the United States..."

GLC08452.03

14 June 1856

Gardner, Henry J. (Henry Joseph), 1819-1892

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 120 (34th Congress, 1st session). Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts, approved these resolutions 3 June 1856. Reprinted by Congress 14 June 1856. "...the inhabitants of Kansas are justifiable in declining to recognise the code of laws which was forced upon the Territory by the act of a body of men calling themselves a legislature..."

GLC08452.04

14 June 1856

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, concerning the recent occurrences in Congress and in Kansas.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 119. (34th Congress, 1st session). Bartlett, Secretary of State for Rhode Island, certifies these to be a true copy of resolutions passed in by the Rhode Island Legislature in May. Reprinted by Congress June 1856. Condemns Senator Preston Brooks's attack on Charles Sumner in May 1856 and violence recently inflicted on residents of Kansas by border ruffians.

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20 June 1856

Wells, Samuel, 1801-1868

Pamphlet

Title: Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in relation to the extension of slavery, Kansas, and secret political associations.

House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 122 (34th Congress, 1st session). Wells, Governor of Maine, approved the resolutions in April 1856. Reprinted by Congress in June 1856. "...the people of Kansas Territory... are entitled to protection against interference from any quarter, intended to thwart or prevent the actual settlers in said Territory from the full and complete exercise of the right of suffrage..."

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9 October 1859

Lyon, Nathaniel, 1818-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Dr. George Work

Abolitionist and future Union Brigadier General writes of tension in "Bleeding Kansas." "I was stationed here about a year ago, after leaving California. I have marched about 450 miles in reaching here...we were ordered...to protect the emigrants...the old slavery issue, which did so much mischief, and embittered all the relations of society, seems to be dead, and the free state policy firmly established. The new Wyandotte constitution is doubtless adopted and most likely Kansas will be admitted under it. We have no apprehensions of war on account of [commanding Gen. William S.] Harney's…

GLC09138

1861-1865

Brooks, Preston Smith, 1819-1857

Engraving

Title: [Print with a clipped signature of Preston S. Brooks]

With clipped signature of Brooks. Both engraving and signature are pasted to backer page. A pencil note, also on backer page, explains that Brooks attacked Charles Sumner after Sumner's famous "Crime Against Kansas" speech in the Senate.

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1860

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

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

Given in the Senate, 4 June 1860. Condemns slavery as barbaric and criticizes various pro-slavery arguments, including that slavery was not upheld by the United States Constitution. Published by Thaddeus Hyatt, Washington, D.C. Printed as the clergy edition. With advertisements on the wrappers.

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1856

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

Title: The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.

Sumner delivered this speech after the May 1856 debates on slavery in Kansas. Condemns Southern advocacy of the expansion of slavery. Published by Greeley and McElrath, New York. Advertised on cover page as being "for sale at the office of the New York Tribune." With advertisements for other publications on the back cover.

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circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation

Depicts a menacing-looking Lincoln slumping in his chair writing the Emancipation Proclamation with his left foot sitting on top of a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Demon imagery is found throughout. The Statue of Liberty's head is covered by Lincoln's Scotch cap to simulate a baboon. Background has two paintings. One depicts the slave rebellion on Saint Domingo and the other John Brown as "St. Ossawotamie." Osawotamie is a reference to a battle at the town of Osawatomie, Kansas in August 1856 when some 250 border ruffians attacked the free-soil town. Brown defended the town with 30 men, but…

GLC00493.03

29 December 1858

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Describes a Christmas dinner party he gave, mostly for men from the Medical Corps. Two or three balls were given, but Moore chose not to attend because he considers Mormon women dumb and unattractive. Discusses the Mormon block to holding court for the trial of a man who murdered a deaf and dumb boy. Mentions a message issued by President James Buchanan and the speed with which it crossed the Rocky Mountains, and comments that it is "unnecessarily filled with Kansas." Written at Camp Floyd

GLC04194.11

24 November 1856

Brown, John Jr., 1821-1895

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Gerrit Smith

Written right after his release from arrest in Lindenbille, Ohio: "All of our Family have now returned from Kansas, except my brother Frederick who was shot in cold blood a few hours before the battle of Osawattomie. We have not however given over the contest with slavery. . ."

GLC08361

15 May 1888

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander M. Ross

Knows that John Brown first conceived of raiding Harpers Ferry before going to Kansas, no matter what magazines say. Reporters "say 'It is impossible to trace exactly how and when the Harper's Ferry invasion first took shape in John Brown's mind, but the indications are that it grew little by little out of his Kansas experience.' Now in reply to this I will say that my father explained his plan to capture Harper's Ferry in all its details, to me, the winter before he, or any member of his family, were in Kansas." Declares Brown also thought of New Orleans instead of Harper's Ferry, but…

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