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1887

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology

Book

Title: Fifth annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology [Indians]

Includes text of treaties with Cherokee Indian Nation.

GLC08403

1862

Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892

Pamphlet

Title: Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American army of the Revolution.

Published by Charles T. Evans. Discusses the involvement of African Americans in the American Revolution. Includes a return of African American soldiers on page 17 (lists numbers of African Americans by state for 1778). Discusses the opinions of American statesmen on the topic of African Americans serving in the military. Assesses the service of African Americans in different states. Includes quotes from George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, among others.

GLC08405

January - February 1861

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Pamphlet

Title: South Carolina. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to Fort Sumter, &c.

Marked House Executive Document, No. 61, 36th Congress, 2nd Session. Buchanan transmits to Congress correspondence concerning Fort Sumter. Printings of seven letters, including ones by or to Jefferson Davis, John Slidell, Colonel Isaac W. Hayne, Secretary of War ad interim Joseph Holt, and Francis W. Pickens among others.

GLC08438

18 March 1850

Gwin, William M., 1805-1885

Pamphlet

Title: Memorial of the senators and representatives elect from the state of California...

Title continues "asking permission of said State into the Union, together with the credentials of said representatives, and a certified copy of the constitution of said State." House of Representatives Misc. No. 44. Plea signed by William Gwin, John Fremont, G.W. Wright, and Edward Gilbert. Includes a copy of the California state constitution.

GLC08439

1884

Brewster, Benjamin Harris, 1816-1888

Pamphlet

Title: Opinion of the Attorney-General on the act entitled "An Act For The Relief of Fitz-John Porter."

Brewster examined the bill for the restoration of Fitz-John Porter to the Army. In conclusion, states: "The bill is subject to objection, upon the ground that it is to be filled by a particular individual named. If this principle were adopted generally in the creation of offices it would obviously result in constraining the appointing power to accept the condition imposed and fill the offices with the individuals designated by Congress, thus frustrating the design of the Constitution... "

GLC08444

1900

Pickett, Lasalle C., 1848-1931

Book

Title: Pickett and his Men

Second edition, with an introduction by James Longstreet. An inscribed copy to General Ell Torrance and his wife: "For General and Mrs. Ell Torrance with love and regards from the author, Lasalle Corbell Pickett. Think of the men who held these heights' 'Yes' he [Lincoln] replied, 'but think of the men who stormed these heights'. Page 408."

GLC08401

1876

Clark, William M., fl. 1876

Pamphlet

Title: The Constitution of the state of Colorado, adopted in convention, March 14, 1876; also the address of the convention to the people of Colorado.

Printed by the Tribune Book and Job Printing House. Inscribed on the title page by William M. Clark, chairman of the constitutional convention of Colorado, to Barton House. Includes 19 articles, a schedule, a list of convention participants, a section of ordinances, and an address to the people of Colorado.

GLC08404

1885

Porter, David Dixon, 1813-1891

Book

Title: Naval History of the Civil War

GLC08409

1889

Blair, Lewis Harvie, 1834-1916

Book

Title: The prosperity of the south dependent upon the elevation of the Negro.

First edition inscribed, but not signed, by "the author" on free front endpaper. Inscription dated January 7, 1894. Published by Everett Waddey, Richmond, Virginia.

GLC08410

24 August 1864

Gerrish, Benjamin, Jr., fl. 1859-1869

Pamphlet

Title: Journal of the House of Representatives August 24, 1864

Full title is: "Journal of the House of Representatives August 24, 1864, Together with the Testimony Before the Committee on the Bill in Relation to Allowing Soldiers to Vote." Printed by Amos Hadley, State Printer in Concord. Creator is the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who was directed by the state government to publish the debates. State debates between the vetoing governor and the House on allowing soldiers to vote in absentia. First edition. Original wrappers with stab-stich binding.

GLC08422

1864

Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

Book signed

Title: History of the antislavery measures of the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth United-States congresses, 1861-1864.

Inscribed and signed by Wilson on front flyleaf to Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President of the United States under President Abraham Lincoln. Published by Walker, Wise, and Company. In the preface, Wilson writes, "I have sought, in this volume, to narrate, with brevity, fairness, and impartiality, the history of the antislavery legislation of Congress during the past three years of civil war." Wilson expresses anti-slavery sentiments.

GLC08423

1850

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.

Original yellow paper cover, uncut.

GLC08435

1775

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Pamphlet

Title: The Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North America, now met in General Congress at Philidelphia, setting forth the causes and the necessity of taking up Arms. The Letter of the Twelve United Colonies by their Delegates ...

Full Title, "The Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North America, now met in General Congress at Philidelphia, setting forth the causes and the necessity of taking up Arms. The Letter of the Twelve United Colonies by their Delegates in Congress to the Inhabitabts of Great Britian, Their Humble Petition to his Majesty, and Their Address to the People of Ireland. Collected together for the Use of Serious Thinking Men, By Lovers of Peace, Read with Candour: Judge with Impartiality." Secretly printed pamphlet co-authored with John Dickinson. 8vo. Bound in full black…

GLC00156

1794

Stiles, Ezra, 1727-1795

Book

Title: A history of three of the judges of King Charles I: Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell. . .[Inscribed by William Ellery].

Title continues: "who, at the Restoration, 1660, fled to America, and were secreted and concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for near thirty years; with an account of Mr. Theophilus Whale, of Narragansett, supposed to have been also one of the judges." Signed by Ellery on the title page, with the date, 1795. Extensively annotated and commented upon in the margins, Ellery takes issue with many of Stiles's comments about contemporary events. Stiles was President of Yale College from 1778 until 1795. A Member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1785, William Ellery was a…

GLC00111

1789

Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826

Book signed

Title: The American Geography / By Jedediah Morse

8vo. Signed on titlepage by George Washington with his engraved heraldic bookplate. Contemporary calf. With two fold-out engraved maps, as issued. Athenaeum Catalog (1897) p. 506 (item 161 in the GW's estate inventory), mentions that it was once owned by Senator Hearst of Washington.

GLC00176

1789

United States. Congress

Book

Title: Journal of the first session of the Senate of the United States...

The official printing of the journal of the first Senate, containing the first official printing of the Bill of Rights pp. 103-106. A wide-margined copy with slight browning of the leaves. Evans 22207, Grolier American Hundred 20.

GLC00172

1799

Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831

Book

Title: Summary history of New-England

Title continues: "from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War." First edition, printed by H. Mann and J.H. Adams of Dedham, Massachusetts, for the author. Signed by the subscriber, Eliza Price. Collateral to John Adams, Defence of the Constitutions (see GLC00177.01). Rebacked.

GLC00177.02

1787

Varnum, James M., fl. 1787

Pamphlet

Title: The case of Trevett against Weeden: On Information and Complaint,....

Evans 20825, Kress B1355, Sabin 98638. Original blue/gray wrappers, reinforced (?). Stamp on titlepage of: Rhode Island Historical Society. The legal case tested the powers of the Articles of Confederation to the right of Trial by Jury.

GLC00201