1885

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: Blueprint: "Proposed Pedestal for the Garfield Monument . . . Profile of Base between Spurs"; wove paper

GLC06343.354

1885

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

Sketch

Title: Blueprint: "Proposed Pedestal for the Garfield Monument . . . Ground Plan"; wove paper.

GLC06343.355

9 July 1861

J.A. Cowardin & Co., (publishers), fl. 1853-1880

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 20, no. 8 (July 9, 1861)]

From Charleston, Virginia - General Patterson's Report - Gross Misrepresentation - Another Skirmish - Assassination.

GLC05959.56.022

18 April 1865

Richards, Allen J., fl. 1864-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to his friends

Writes from Camp Stoneman. Thanks Ogden for agreeing to hold his money for him while he completes his military service. Says he mentions that Ogden suggested putting the money into Government Bonds, and instructs her to do whatever she sees fit. He will be going to Washington to receive five hundred dollars for his service, which he will express to her. Tells Ogden to send the money to his father if he does not survive the war. Mentions his sadness over the death of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as the falling of Mobile, Alabama.

GLC06559.078

30 April 1865

Keyes, John H., fl. 1863-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Sarah Ogden

Says he is presently guarding a Rebel prison in Richmond, Virginia. Describes the mens' reaction to the report of Lincoln's assassination, and the sadness that settled over the entire army when the news was confirmed. Envelope includes a three cent stamp.

GLC06559.060

1865

Goodwin, William, fl. 1864-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Death of Abraham Lincoln : a discourse on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. president of the United States, April 14, 1865, delivered at North Colebrook, Conn., April 23, 1865 by Rev. William Goodwin, pastor of the Baptist church

Published by David B. Moseley. Compares the people of ancient Israel to Americans. Argues that politics should be guided by religion. States that "men cannot govern themselves without the wholesome restraint of Christianity." Asserts that law has been slacking in the country and comments that " if laws can be executed in no other way, they must be enforced by the sword." He makes these remarks in reference to the punishment that he feels was deservedly given to Booth and the other Lincoln conspirators.

GLC02913.02

4 April 1998

Thomas, Azim M., fl. 1998

Photograph

Title: [Image of children holding "I am somebody" posters]

"I am somebody." Image from Martin Luther King Memorial March, April 4, 1998, showing children carrying placards paraphrasing those carried by Memphis Sanitation Workers on the day King was assassinated.

GLC08359

19 May 1824

United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Pamphlet

Title: [Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Piracy around Cuba and Puerto Rico from the 18th Congress]

Printed report "Of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to which was referred so much of the President's message, as relates to Piracies committed on the Commerce of the United States, in the neighborhood of the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico." Says the measures adopted by the last session of Congress and the zeal of naval officers in the Caribbean have put a stop to piracy. Says pirates have operated from Cuba "for years" under the eye of the Spanish government. Says the Spanish government was complicit in the acts. Mentions that the present Captain General of the Island of Cuba has…

GLC04604.01

9 June 1865

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Autograph letter signed

Title: to the Committee and Members of New York City Chamber of Commerce

Discusses his recuperation after an assassination attempt, thanking them for resolutions passed on his behalf: " ... There are no words in which I could adequately express the sense, I entertain, of the kindness, which has been shown to me by my fellow citizens generally during that illness ... "

GLC09021

1861-1865

Engraving

Title: [Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln]

Oval lithograph of a portrait of Lincoln. Printed at bottom, "Late President of the U.S. assassinated April 14, 1865."

GLC08879.01.09

1865

Chester, John, 1832-1910

Pamphlet

Title: The lesson of the hour : justice as well as mercy, a discourse preached on the Sabbath following the assassination of the President, in the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. by John Chester

Published by Washington Chronicle Print. Blames Lincoln's assassination on the rebel Southern states, slavery, and those from the North that have aided and sympathized with the rebels. States that the "duty of the hour" is to make sure that the heaviest punishment is given to rebel leaders and instigators by the hands of the government.

GLC02913.06

1865

Speed, James, 1812-1887

Pamphlet

Title: Opinion on the constitutional power of the military to try and execute the assassins of the President by James Speed

Published by the Government Printing Office. Argues that the Lincoln conspirators should be tried before a miltary court because they committed the crime as public enemies.

GLC05255.03

1865

Deming, Henry Champion, 1815-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln : before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865 by Henry Champion Deming

Published by A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers. Talks about Lincoln's life and accoplishments. Refers Lincoln as the "president of the regenerated republic" and "martyr to liberty and law." the cover title differs from that of the title page. Has black mourning border throughout the pamphlet. A cloth bound copy of the sermon is also in the collection (GLC02913.02.08).

GLC02913.03

1865

Nason, Elias, 1811-1887

Pamphlet

Title: Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, late president of the United States : delivered before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, May 3, 1865 by Elias Nason

Published by William V. Spencer. Inscribed " Conn. Historical Society Hartford Conn." Discusses Lincoln's life and accomplishments. Includes a poem on page 27 entitled "The Burial of Lincoln."

GLC02913.04

1865

Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879

Pamphlet

Title: Abraham Lincoln, his life and its lessons : a sermon, preached on Sabbath, April 30, 1865 by Joseph P. Thompson

Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 85 in a series. Discusses and praises Lincoln's intelligence and mental abilities. The last page has been torn off.

GLC02913.05

1865

White, Erskine Norman, 1833-1911

Pamphlet

Title: The personal influence of Abraham Lincoln : a sermon preached on the national fast-day, Thursday, June 1st, 1865 by Erskine N. White

Published by John A. Gray & Green Printers. The pamphlet was "published by request." Discusses the moral examples and principles Lincoln set upon the country and the world. Discribes Lincoln as a " man of the people" and praises his leadership and character.

GLC02913.07

1865

Fowler, Henry, 1824-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Character and death of Abraham Lincoln. A discourse preached at Auburn, N. Y., April 23, 1865. By Rev. Henry Fowler, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church

Published by Wm. J. Moses' Steam Press Establishment. The pamphlet was "published by request." Inscribed "[Eu.] John H. Chedell with the regard of Henry Fowler." Discusses Lincoln's character and qualities. Feels that justice should be done and "calls upon the government to unsheath the sword of justice."

GLC02913.08

1865

Deming, Henry Champion, 1815-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln : before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865 by Henry Champion Deming

Published by A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers. Talks about Lincoln's life and accoplishments. Refers to Lincoln as the "president of the regenerated republic" and "martyr to liberty and law." the cover title differs from that of the title page. Has black mourning border throughout the pamphlet. A paperback copy of the sermon is also in the collection (GLC02913.02.02).

GLC02913.09

1 January 1865-18 June 1865

Phoenix, John W., fl. 1864-1865

Diary

Title: Diary of John W. Phoenix

Early entries mostly detail the weather, regimental duties, and camp life at Little Rock, Arkansas. On 21 January he indicates that the regiment has received marching orders but he is to remain at camp. This marching brigade came back on 4 February and he states that their expedition to Camden, Arkansas was a failure because the roads were impassable and supplies could not get in. Reports leaving for New Orleans on 11 February by steamer and the following entries describe the journey. Reports arriving on 13 February but the regiment soon moves on. Receives word of the capture of…

GLC03956.02

December 21, 1864

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 185, whole no. 3849 (December 21, 1864)]

Message by Governor Brown of Georgia, Confederate Congress Proceedings, Attempt to Assassinate General Grant, Yankees Preparing Peace Propositions for South, Reports of a Late Washington Dispatch - Speakership of the 39th U.S. Congress, Resignations of Generals McClernand, Paine and Dow.

GLC05959.54.19

28 April 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 15, whole no. 3902 (April 28, 1865)]

Seward to recover, Booth arrested near Baltimore, Description of Booth's movements before the assassination, Corpse of President laid out in the White House, Account on assault on Seward, Conspiracy ascertained to assassinate every member of the cabinet and the Vice-President, Oath administered to Johnson.

GLC05959.54.54

12 May 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 21, whole no. 3908 (May 12, 1865)]

Capture of Booth & Herold described, Description of Booth's corpse.

GLC05959.54.57

15 May 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 31, no. 22, whole no. 3909 (May 15, 1865)]

Mosby still at large, Large numbers of Union going to Mexico to enlist, Johson lifts all restrictions on commercial trade of the Southern states, 100,000 reward offered for the arrest of President Jefferson Davis on account of complicity in the assassination of Linocln.

GLC05959.54.58

February 1, 1865

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Newspaper

Title: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 1, no. 51(February 1, 1865)]

Amendments to the constitution, Last speech of Edward Everett, The enemies of the constitutional amendments are the advocates of secession, An offer to murder President Lincoln, The Blair mission.

GLC05959.50.46

26 April 1865

Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

Newspaper

Title: Brownlow's Knoxville Whig and rebel ventilator. [Vol. 2, no. 11 (April 26, 1865)]

The Governor's message, Abraham Lincoln, the 14th of April.

GLC05959.50.57