18 November 1861

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: President's message

Address to the Confederate Congress regarding the progress of the war, Southern production, international relations and the Trent Affair. Celebrates Southern success on the battlefield, proclaims Southern independence permanent and unstoppable, states production or war materiel is increasing. Attacks the North for violating international laws in various ways, most importantly by arresting two Confederate ambassadors aboard a British ship. These arrests would set off the Trent Affair, named after the boat that captured the diplomats. The British were just as upset as the Confederates over…

GLC08486

11 March 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Speaker of the Confederate House of Representatives]

Sends reports on the fall of Fort Donelson, which are "incomplete and unsatisfactory." The reports, which also include commentary on the Battle of Dover, were written by Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow on 18 February 1862, Brigadier General John B. Floyd on 27 February 1862, Colonel G.C. Wharton on 22 February 1862, and Commander John McClausland on 23 February 1862. Pillow's report is the most substantial.

GLC08487

January 12, 1863

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

Pamphlet

Title: [Message of the President from Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress]

Annual message in which Davis discusses the state of the war. Comments on the simultaneous advance by Federal troops on two fronts and assures Congress that the Confederate armies will repulse them. Mentions the reasons for the Civil War, arguing that they date back to the Articles of Confederation.

GLC08488

1862

Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Pamphlet

Title: Acts and Resolutions of the Fourth Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, Held at Richmond, Va.

Printed by Tyler, Wise, Allegro and Smith. Listing of acts and resolutions No. 292-413 passed by the Confederate Congress in its fourth session. Contains 106 pages of acts and resolutions and a 19 page index. Glued yellow paper binding.

GLC08489

13 September 1864

Sale, John B., fl. 1864

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Braxton Bragg

Writes to Confederate General Bragg just after the fall of Atlanta about Union General William T. Sherman's and Confederate General John Bell Hood's 10 day armistice. "Sherman & Hood's 10 days Armistice is troubling the public mind hereabout." Mentions the absentee officers and soldiers and states that though some are sick and wounded, many are not. Asks what Bragg thinks Sherman's course will be. Informs that Sherman "has utterly demolished the Macon road out from Atlanta, ... showing thereby no intention of advancing further in that direction ... If Canby & Sherman could meet…

GLC08491

21 November 1862

Hershman, J.T., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Camden confederate. [Vol. 2, no. 4 (November 21, 1862)]

Schedule of the South Carolina Railroad. Proclamation of Governor Francis Wilkinson Pickens, including 10 resolutions ordering all "white residents" to be put under arms in a militia immediately and the draft of all men ages 18 to 45. Asked to be printed twice in the newspapers. Letter to the editor is glad that the patrol system has been kept up without compulsion. Description of the reception and burial of General J. B. Villepigue, his staff, and 10 privates in Camden. Also two short articles: one on the death of Lieutenant Edward P. Niles and another on the body of Lieutenant H. M.…

GLC08494

1861

Confederate States of America

Pamphlet

Title: Provisional and Permanent Constitutions, Together with the Acts and Resolutions of the First Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States

Printed and bound by Shorter & Reid. Pages 3-31 contains the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, divided into 7 articles. Pages 32-139 contains Acts and Resolutions of the First Session of the Provisional Congress, divided into 101 acts and resolutions. Index on pages 141-160.

GLC08495

June 1861

Redmond, Dennis, fl. 1856-1865

Header Record

Title: Southern cultivator [with subscription letter 1/23/1861 and envelope]

Magazine vol. 19, no. 6, with ALS to William Birnie, 1/23/1863 with Confederate envelope.

GLC08496

circa 1780

Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796

Autograph document

Title: [Notes from the Pennsylvania Executive Council regarding pardons, appointments, and appropriations of funds].

Wayne notes that on 6 January 1780, the Executive Council pardoned William Cassidy and Peter Swope, both of whom were "convicted of high treason--on condition that he serve as a soldier during the present war in one of the regiments of this State..." Wayne terms the declaration of the Council "A dangerous president [sic--precedent]...of fatal consequences." Also notes the appointment of a judge who took office while failing to resign as a member of the House of Representatives. Mentions disparagingly the appropriations of scalping rewards and other questionable payments. Concludes with entry…

GLC08497

1864

Header Record

Title: Election of 1864 Union party ballots [Decimalized .01-.05]

GLC08498

1828-1865

Header Record

Title: Presidential items Fremont and Jackson; Lincoln mourning ribbon [decimalized]

GLC08500

1828

Lee, Henry, 1787-1837

Pamphlet

Title: A Vindication of the character and public services of Andrew Jackson.

(title continues) In reply to the Richmond Address, signed by Chapman Johnson, and to other electioneering calumnies. Written during the Presidential campaign of 1828. Asserting that "no man has rendered more important services to his country, than Andrew Jackson." Defends Jackson against various opponents and assertions, and calls the attacks on him "prodigious errors." Title page notes that the pamphlet is attributed to Henry Lee, though at the end of the pamphlet the name signed is simply "Jefferson." Originally published in the Nashville Republican. Printed by True and Greene.…

GLC08500.01

1856

Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890

Pamphlet

Title: Fremont songs for the people, original and select. Compiled by Thomas Drew...

Presidential election of 1856. Published by John P. Jewett and Co. With woodcut of Fremont on the titlepage. Stained.

GLC08500.02

1865

Object

Title: [Mourning ribbon]

Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."

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1 October 1860

Burbank, Robert I., fl. 1860

Printed document

Title: [Announcement for a Republican demonstration scheduled to be held 16 October 1860]

Circular inviting Republican organizations to attend a "wide-awake" demonstration and torch-light procession. Instructs participants to inform Burbank, Chief Marshal of Boston, of the "number of men you can parade ... the list of your officers, and the names of other organizations in your vicinity ... " Lists the names of participants in the Ward and County Committee, and in the State Committee. Refers to the event as a wide-awake occasion. Printed on Republican Head-Quarters stationery. Docketed in pencil. Contains discoloration in the lower left corner.

GLC08504

28 June 1854

Brown, E.W., fl. 1854

Letter signed

Title: to John H. Stout

Writes to his brother. Mentions an outbreak of cholera, "Most of it however is found among emigrants some of the poor and dissipated of the towns also are suffering with it." Discusses the settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, "The settlement of the Kansas & Nebraska territorys is taking place very rapidly. Great numbers of people are crossing over and selecting for themselves homes." Talks of the condition of the soil and land from Missouri to the coast in terms of cultivation. Thinks that a town nearby, Fort Leavenworth, will develop into a large city and mentions they…

GLC08507

13 June 1863

Clapp, James, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leicy M. Clapp

Clapp, a Union soldier, writes from camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousin in Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. Describes the battle of Vicksburg to Miss Clapp, stating that the city is surrounded, and that there are gunboats in the Mississippi River. Writes "the rebels agreed to surrender if we wold let three men go that is in there but Gen Grant says he is a going to have the whole of them..." Reports that Confederate soldiers in the city "have nothing to eat but ground peas and a little cow meat i think they will get sick of it bfore long but they are gritty dogs..."…

GLC08508

March 12,1865

Letter

Title: [Union soldier's letter] [incomplete]

Discusses Sherman's march.

GLC08509

6 February 1863

Giraud, Pierre, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. & Mrs. Edward Giraud

Written by a Union sailor on the USS "Montauk" to his parents in New York City. Tells them that since his last letter he has been in two major engagements at Fort McCallester on the Big Ogeechee River where they tried to capture the CSS "Nashville." Says it was handled badly. Blames his commander, Captain Worden, who is "pleasant" but "excitable." Claims that "If we win a Fight in this ship it will be more by good luck than good management." Reports that he worked the guns on both occasions and "made some splendid shots" at the fort from 1,780 yards away. Says his captain said he is one of…

GLC08510

6 December 1863

Walhert, Christian, fl. 1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: [Union soldier's letter]

Discusses completion of the Capitol. Accompanied by patriotic stationery envelope.

GLC08511

1862-1863

Great Britain. Parliament. Boston Port.

Pamphlet

Title: Three acts pertaining to Great Britain, the United States, and suppression of the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.03]

GLC08514

9 November 1860

Milliken, N.J., fl. 1853-1860

Newspaper

Title: Ontario Republican times [Vol. 9, no. 339 (November 9, 1860)]

Cover includes articles covering a railroad robbery, a story about two young people falling in love aboard the steamer Ocean, and the papacy, among others. On page two, large headlines declare, "Lincoln and Hamlin Elected! THE COUNTY, STATE AND NATION, ALL FOR FREEDOM!" Discusses the Presidential election of Abraham Lincoln (with Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President) in detail. Includes a diagram depicting a pyramid of Republican support based on electoral votes and majorities by state. Includes a list of grand and petit jurors, advertisements, special notices, miracles cures, etc.

GLC08515

1862-1865

Header Record

Title: Richmond Daily Dispath, Philadelphia Inquirer (2) and NY Tribune [decimalized]

GLC08516

7 November 1864

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV, no. 7360 (November 7, 1864)]

Announces the defeat of Confederate General John Bell Hood at the Tennessee River. Many articles detail news about the upcoming presidential election of 1864 including an article on guaranteeing a free and peaceful election. Includes other Civil War and election news, news from Europe, and articles on the Congressional election in Indiana.

GLC08516.01

15 March 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6535 (March 15, 1862)]

Merrimac, Manassas, New Madrid, Ky. map

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