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1789/10/17

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 54 (October 17, 1789)]

Regarding the quorum obtained in the First Session of Senate; votes for President and Vice-President counted; with mention of George Washington's first tour. Disbound, leaves are now separate.

GLC06959.02

1791/01/26

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 2, no. 78 (January 26, 1791)]

Concerning the proclamation by Washington and Jefferson defining the boundaries of the "Federal City on the Potomac" and Hamilton's closing remarks in a report on public credit. Two sheets, no longer joined.

GLC06960

1791/10/29

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 3, no. 53 (October 29, 1791)]

Contains Washington's proclamation on rules for building in Washington, D.C. as well as a list of members of the Second Congress.

GLC06961

1789/06/13

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 18 (June 13, 1789)]

Contains "amendments to the New Constitution proposed by the Hon. Mr. Maddison," the future Bill of Rights. Disbound.

GLC06958

1789/10/14

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 53 (October 14, 1789)]

Contains a report on the first session of the U.S. Senate, "Civil List" of federal expenditures, acts to compensate Senators and Congressmen for serving and acts setting up the Post Office. Disbound, leaves are now separate.

GLC06959.01

1890/01/11

Tucker, Ada M., fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: Cleveland Leader.

incomplete newspaper clipping recounting the plans for transporting Jefferson Davis to Washington. Published shortly after Davis's death.

GLC07642.17

1865/05/20

Tucker, Ada M., fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: [Unidentified newspaper.]

Newspaper clipping reprinting the telegrams described above in items 3-9. Reprints are followed by brief criticism of the extreme secrecy surrounding the transportation of Davis.

GLC07642.11

1900/02/08

Tucker, Ada M., fl. 1862-1865

Newspaper

Title: Cleveland Leader.

Newspaper clipping containing obituary of Alva [sic] M. Tucker.

GLC07642.18

February 17, 1863

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 5 (February 17, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on How to Meet Lincoln's Army, The Louisville Democrat on Lincoln's Proclamation, a poem about the last silver dollar, Commentary on the Passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, and The Yankees in Tennessee. Newspaper is badly ripped across the middle of both pages.

GLC05959.09.140

February 19, 1863

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 7 (February 19, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on General Buell's Report of his Operation Against Bragg in Kentucky, News that the Alabama Destroyed the Hatteras, a Reply to Historicus in the London Times, speculation of an upcoming attack on Charleston.

GLC05959.09.141

February 27, 1863

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 14 (February 27, 1863)]

This newspaper is from the Southern Confederacy and includes main articles on A Letter From Rosecrans, A Prediction of Daniel Webster, commentary on Monopoly and Extortion, reports of bridges being rebuilt after being burned by the Yankees, and "Israelites in Macon" fighting for the Confederacy, and "Favorable Reports from the Northwest".

GLC05959.09.145

February 28, 1863

Ayres, E.W. and Wade, W.H., fl. 1862-1864

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 25 (February 28, 1863)]

Sketch of Major General John B. Hood and his famous Texas Regiment.

GLC05959.76.20

February 9, 1939

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Article about the Noyes family]

Newspaper article from the Westerly Sun. It talks about the Noyes family and their influence in the area, especially in terms of property holding. The history dates back to Reverend James Noyes, who was the first pastor of the First Church of Christ in Stonington. It goes on to talk about his grandson, Thomas Noyes, who served in the American Revolution and later married his cousin Mary.

GLC02150.48

1860/02/17

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Newspaper

Title: Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]

GLC07763

1782/08/24

Barber, Henry, fl. 1782

Newspaper

Title: Newport Mercury

Some of the articles discuss the conflict between Great Britain and America.

GLC03107.05302

February 28, 1863

Burnett, Lawrence T., fl. 1862-1863

Newspaper

Title: The confederate states. [Vol. 6, no. 34 (February 28, 1863)]

Great speech of the Honorable C.L. Vallandigham. Description of General Nathaniel P. Banks. White and gray swirl pattern outlined with blue dots.

GLC06208.19

February 7, 1862

Cincinnati Gazette

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Detailed report of Union Victory at Fort Henry, Tenn.]

Detailed report of Union victory at Fort Henry, Tenn. Includes three clippings: "Union Flag Planted on Tennsesse Soil;" "Rebel Scouts Captured-Occupation at Romeny;" and "Our Troops in Pursuit of the Rebel Refugees from Fort Henry-The Rebel Troops Reported to be for the Union."

GLC07687.182

1860/07/13-09/14

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Newspaper

Title: Rail Mauler [nos. 2-11] [Republican campaign newspaper]

Republican campaign newspaper, that includes news and articles. Includes the text of Lincoln's Cooper Institute address. Paginated from 5-44.

GLC04371

1853/03/05

Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

Newspaper

Title: Pierce's Inaugural Address

This document is a clipping from "Stark Co. Democrat---Extra." from Canton, Ohio on 5 March 1853. On it is printed a copy of President Franklin Pierce's Inaurgual Address. The publisher of the newspaper is not listed.

GLC04751

1865/01/28

Wallace, Oliver V., fl. 1850-1865

Newspaper

Title: Soldier's letter. Second Colorado cavalry. [Vol. 1, no. 13 (January 28, 1865)]

GLC04587

1859/12/16

Newspaper

Title: Liberator. [Vol. 29, no. 50 (December 16, 1859)]

Whole no. 1511. It includes "Brown's letter to his wife.", the burial of John Brown; South Carolina's secession movement and the dissolution of the Union.

GLC07287