29 August 1850

Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877

Newspaper

Title: National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 14, whole no. 534 (August 29, 1850)]

With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Giddings Upon The Texas Bill And The President's Message," coverage of a fugitive slave bill debated the previous week in Senate, and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08875.29

5 May 1865

Fuller, Franklin W., fl. 1861-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary

Written on the ammunition train of the 2nd Division of the 4th Alabama, near Nashville, Tennessee. He thanks her for sending him money as they have not received any pay yet. There are rumors that they will be paid soon but he does not expect to be paid until he is mustered out. He has sent her a package with some clothing items and a blanket; he asks her to "stow" these items away for him. Thinks only the veteran troops and the new recruits with at least one year to serve will go to Texas. There is little said about returning home but he is "confident" that they will be home by 4 July. Plans…

GLC03523.42.57

January 19, 1845

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Jacob Brinkeroff

"I cannot refrain from explaining the satisfaction with which I have read your speech on the Texas question. It would have delighted me to have been able to hear you deliver it, but the effect will tell upon the public mind as "A wood in season.' There is too much inclination among Northern men to submit to the insolent demands of the South, and one of the chief duties that will devolve upon us, as citizens of free and independent states, will be to curb the spirit of domination that has too long been suffered to prevail..." To Congressman Jacob Brinkeroff, Texas annexation opponent.

GLC09152

1850

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet signed

Title: Daniel Webster's oration on the Compromise Bill

Published in Washington, D.C. by Gideon & Co., printers. Includes a dedication written on the front cover, likely to his brother-in-law James William Paige, stating "My dear friend & brother, accept this, as a copy of my last speech in Congress. Yours affectionately ... " Signed by Daniel Webster. Webster's speech supported the Compromise Bill of 1850, focusing on the following points: admission of California to the Union as a free state, the organization of New Mexico and Utah territories with no mention of slavery (the institution was to be decided upon by inhabitants of the…

GLC01946.47

1844

Gibbons, James Sloan, 1815-1892

Broadsheet

Title: Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory

Urges Northerners to vote for the Whig ticket, and oppose the Democrats, who favor the annexation of Texas. Argues that annexation is planned only to increase slavery and the power of the slave states. Texas is large and suitable for slavery and thus annexing it "would encircle Africa with slave-ships, and under the stimulus of insatiable avarice, penetrate farther into the interior of the devoted country." Annexation would also lead to war with Mexico. Argues slavery can be defeated steadily through the vote, and urges Northerners to show their increased support of abolition and vote…

GLC08997

January 1927

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: 17th annual report NAACP for the year 1926

Contains a list of NAACP officers for 1927, including President Moorfield Storey. Foreword states "More and more, has it been borne in upon the Association that for the present the avenue to affirmation and defense of the Negro's fundamental rights in America lies through the courts." Includes reports on the Sweet case, residential segregation in several cities, the Texas-White primary, mob violence, and the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, among other topics. Contains a report on finances. Closes with a report from the department of publications and research.

GLC06135.03

27 May 1869

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Moore Kelly

He describes his plans for the summer, with numerous visits upstate to escape the city heat. He comments on Texas.

GLC04195.49

30 May 1880

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Molly Kelly

He describes his tour through Europe. He is sorry to report that all of his Texas bonds are to be collected at once, ceasing all interest and principal.

GLC04195.52

January 15, 1875

Clous, John Walter, 1837-1908

Document signed

Title: [Final statement of Martin Sterling, 24th Infantry]

Signed by Clous as Captain of the 24th Infantry. States that Sterling, an African American Private in Company E, 24th Infantry Regiment, enlisted at Fort Griffin, Texas 15 January 1870, and is now discharged by reason of an expired term of service. States that Sterling was last paid by Major J. W. Nicholls, United States Paymaster.

GLC07334.03.01

12 April 1864

Murrah, P., fl. 1864

Broadside

Title: Proclimation by the Governor

Governor of Texas proclaiming "The Major General commanding the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona has refused to receive state troops. The enemy, is in force, upon the very borders of our state."

GLC08164

3 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 260 (January 3, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. In response to an article in the "Chicago Tribune," front page has an article mockingly titled "New Orleans Ruined!-Cotton Doomed!" that says the city's markets will survive if New Yorkers eliminate tolls on Erie Canal. Front page reference to the Henry Winter Davis proposal to keep the peace between North and South. The Daily Crescent rejects it out of hand. Front page essay titled "Secession vs. Co-Operation" by "A Citizen" rejects cooperation, i.e. talks, with the North and says "Redress for past injuries and security for the future are all that the people of…

GLC05960.02.02

29 November 1862

Tyler & Allegre, fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: The daily richmond enquirer. [Vol. 36, no. 201 (November 29, 1862)]

From the "Chicago Times," a report of the Congressional returns from the North. Report from the "Galveston News" on the Bombardment of Port Lavacca. Update on "The Siutation in Tennessee." Report that the Army of the Potomac under General George McCellean was crippled at the battle of Sharpsburg. Advertisement for the hire of 500 negroes to work as laborers for the army in 1863. Editorial on "The People and the War," which says "We are delighted with the displays of patriotism of which our exchanges continue to bring us the evidence from all parts of the Confederacy." Short tidbit claims that…

GLC05959.80.05

8 January 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 13, no. 264 (January 8, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Results of elections to State Convention from New Orleans. A full ticket of secessionists is to be sent. References to Mississippi state convention, military preparations in Mississippi - including a call for the resignation of Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson, and a secessionist majority in Georgia legislature. Copy of General John E. Wool's pro-Unionist letter. Brief paragraph on the murder of a slaveowner by his slave, who used an axe to commit the deed in Augusta, Georiga. Page 4 article on the destruction of "Die Union," an abolitionist German…

GLC05960.02.05

22 April 1861

Nixon, J.O., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: New Orleans daily crescent. [Vol. 14, no. 42 (April 22, 1861)]

Published at 70 Camp Street. Three columns of local military news on front page. Story about a local abolitionist, John Pike, who was arraigned before the New Orleans mayor -- he was released since no one would appear against him. It is believed he left the city directly afterward. Update on secessionists in Missouri. Blurbs state the governor of Delaware has not responded to a call for troops, Major Robert Anderson was presented with a sword to cheers in New York, and the Arkansas state convention will meet on 6 May. Correspondence from Havana, Key West, Texas, and California. Latest…

GLC05960.02.09

29 March 1864

William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 26 (March 29, 1864)]

The Trans-Mississippi and Mexico Commission from Texas, A Military Court Under General Samuel Cooper, Captain Morgan of Memphis murdered at Spotswood Hotel in Richmond, General Grant made Commander-in-Chief of Federal Army.

GLC05959.72.071

4 April 1864

William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Daily Richmond examiner. [Vol. 18, no. 31 (April 4, 1864)]

Yankee Negro Calvary operating on the Mississippi River, Guerrillas appear in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, Pending battle in Texas, Inflation of Confederate Currency.

GLC05959.72.075

7 April 1864

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

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 84 (April 7, 1864)]

Atrocities of the enemy in North Alabama, Proceedings of the troops of Gordon's Georgia brigade (of General Lee's army), The Federal expedition in Texas - The Yankee invasion.

GLC05959.56.156

7 July 1864

Smith, Bailey & Co. (publishers)

Newspaper

Title: The Sentinel. [Vol. 2, no. (July 7, 1864)]

Major General Taylor's Address to the Soldiers of the Army of Western Louisiana - account of the campaign to take Texas and Louisiana, general Harker killed, Arrest of General Dix, The Capture of Morgantown.

GLC05959.57.14

3 November 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 97, whole no. 3752 (November 3, 1863)]

Notice of search for stolen army goods. General orders from Texas State Headquarters. Interview between Rosecrans and a Confederate captain. On necessity paper.

GLC05959.51.092

11 June 1862

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

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 21, no. 139 (June 11, 1862)]

Report from General Pettigrew's Brigade, Demand for the Surrender of Galveston, The Evacuation of Corinth, The Invasion of Mexico, Incidents of the Battle near Richmond, Suggestion that the Battle of the Seven Pines be renamed 'The Great Battle of the Chickahominy," Confederate report on the evacuation of Corinth, Fort Wright evacuated by the Rebels, Report on the fall of New Orleans, A trap set for Stonewall Jackson, Death of General Ashby.

GLC05959.56.110

6 November 1862

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

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 23, no. 108 (November 6, 1862)]

The Federals in Galveston, the English press on Lincoln's last Proclamation, Affairs in Memphis, Execution of Deserters.

GLC05959.56.115

8 August 1863

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

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 25, no. 34 (August 8, 1863)]

General Johnston visits and declares that Mobile is the most defensible seaport position in the Confederate states, and shall be defended to the end General Hood, of Texas, appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Calvary of Northern Virginia, General Morgan's demeanor in prison and his departure from Cincinnati, Yankee account of the occupation of Jackson, Mississippi.

GLC05959.56.126

January 18, 1864

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

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 26, no. 15 (January 18, 1864)]

Telegraphic dispatch from Texas - The State legislature passed an act placing the entire military power of the State at the disposal of the Confederacy for a full year, Telegraphic dispatch from Charleston reports the continued steady bombardment of that city.

GLC05959.56.139

January 17, 1857

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Samuel Houston, Jr.

Writes to his son to request that he go to town and be measured by a tailor in order to have a coat and pantaloons made. Encourages the boy to study and pray. Also includes a page of advertisements (GLC05508.133.02).

GLC05508.133.01

1859

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Printed document

Title: [Texas Advertisements]

A page entitled "Texas Advertisements" which has several ads on one side and a full page ad for "Bastrop Military Institute" on the other. Accompanied, but unrelated to, a Sam Houston letter to his son (GLC05508.133.01).

GLC05508.133.02