14 December 1775

Towne, Benjamin, ?-1793

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania evening post. [Vol. 1, no. 14 (December 14, 1775)]

Includes several letters from mid-October 1775 by Brook Watson in Montreal. As a British officer who owned land in Nova Scotia, Watson pretended to support the American cause in 1774. Intercepted letters to General Thomas Gage proved he was a spy. The letters in this issue were published at the request of Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress. The letters contain several embarrassing comments, including his prediction that Gage will have to leave Boston soon and that "the kingdom of Great-Britain cannot much longer be governed by such weak councils and feeble efforts." Watson…

GLC08748.06

28 April 1862

Newspaper

Title: The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3306 (April 28, 1862)]

Capture of New Orleans with map.

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15 August 1774

Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797

Newspaper

Title: Boston evening post. [No. 2029 (August 15, 1774)]

Printed by John and Thomas Fleet. Signed by Mr. [John?] Porter. Contains a report on the opposition of English politicians William Dowdeswell and John Dunning to the passage of the Port Bill of 1774. Dunning states "It now appears to me, that the inhabitants of Boston are much in the same condition as prisoners surrendering at discretion ... " Includes petitions opposing the Port Bill presented to the House of Commons by Americans residing in England. Contains a report on the Quartering Act of 1774 (page two). Mentions other news related to British government, including a recent…

GLC08749

1899

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Book signed

Title: The Rough riders

Signed on front endpaper.

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25 July 1804

Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845

Newspaper

Title: Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 41, no. 43 (July 25, 1804)]

Includes an article reviewing Thomas Jefferson's administration and another denouncing Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury. Has coverage of the 11 July 1804 Aaron Burr-Alexander Hamilton duel on pages 1 and 2. Other articles detail local, international, political, court, and ship news, advertisements, and public announcements. Includes a eulogy announcement for Alexander Hamilton signed by James Warren.

GLC08751

28 December 1862

Newspaper

Title: New York times. [Vol. 12, no. 3514 (December 28, 1862)]

This prints Davis' retaliatory policy against Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's New Orleans policy. (This policy is mentioned in Jefferson Davis' speech, GLC# 699.)

GLC08752

12 December 1803

Russell, Cutler & Co.

Newspaper

Title: Boston gazette. [Vol. 15, no. 30 (December 12, 1803)]

Whole number 746. Includes short discussions of the Louisiana Purchase and the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition on p. 2. Lists wholesale prices, stock prices, and insurance premiums. Contains commercial correspondence, an article on a fund raising effort at Bowdoin College, foreign and national news, and various public notices and advertisements.

GLC08753

19 November 1803

Jenks, Eleazer Alley, 1776-1807

Newspaper

Title: Jenk's Portland gazette. [Vol. 6, no. 291 (Nov. 19, 1803)].

Among normal news and advertisements, prints the proclamation announcing the Louisiana Purchase, related congressional debates, and an editorial questioning the wisdom of the purchase.

GLC08754

6 July 1864

Newspaper

Title: New York times. [Vol. 13, no. 3988 (July 6, 1864)]

Vol. 13 no. 3988. Describes sinking of the CSS Alabama p.1, the suspension of habeas corpus in Kentucky, etc.

GLC08755

16 July 1779

Donaldson, James, 1751-1830

Newspaper

Title: Edinburgh advertiser. [Vol. 32, no. 1622 (July 13- July 16, 1779)]

Discusses local meetings of noblemen regarding the raising of sailors. Includes a proclamation of George III discussing Britain's possible invasion by unspecified British enemies. Includes a letter from British General Henry Clinton discussing the capture "of the ports of Stony Point and Verplanks, the most direct and convenient communication between the province on either side of the Hudson's river." Contains correspondence discussing Revolutionary War activity in Georgia and South Carolina. Includes an assurance that as long as Britain maintains a strong presence on the sea, enemy…

GLC08756

1789

Header Record

Title: Collection of two issues of the Gazette of the United States, no. 60-61 [Decimalized]

GLC08757

16 September 1789

Gazette of the United States

Newspaper

Title: [Gazette of the United States; no. 45].

Prints the debate on a permanent capital for the federal government. Contains a long speech by James Madison in favor of the Potomac River as a site for the capital. (See Pendleton-Madison correspondence, GLC00099.144?) Reports a copy of the act to establish the Treasury Department.

GLC08759

21 November 1795

Bunce, George, 1764-1817

Newspaper

Title: The Herald; a gazette for the country. [Vol. 2, no. 154 (November 21, 1795)]

Issue in which Alexander Hamilton defends salaries paid by the government. Other news includes local New York news, news from Europe, ship arrivals, postings, and advertisements.

GLC08762

1865

Magniadas, Franky, fl. 1865

Object

Title: [Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]

Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.

GLC08763

11 November 1864

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878

Newspaper

Title: The Evening Post. [Vol. 55, no. 91 (November 11, 1864)]

Announces the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln and lists election returns by state. Also describes plots of Confederate agents in Canada to sink the steamer Michigan and release the prisoners on Johnson's island. Reprints excerpts from General Winfield Scott's biography. Describes the capture of the pirate ship Florida by the Wachusett. Also includes an article on how the poor live in England. Other articles detail Civil War news, local and international news.

GLC08765

29 July 1789

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 31 (July 29, 1789)]

Act establishing Dept of Foreign Affairs.

GLC08767

1815-1817

Header Record

Title: Reports of State, Treasury and War Departments re: War of 1812

GLC08636

8 February 1849

Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

Pamphlet

Title: [Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]

Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound hardcover. House Executive Document No. 50.

GLC08640

1852

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

Title: Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...

Title continues, " ... on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852." Printed by Buell and Blanchard. Untrimmed.

GLC08644

1861

United States War Department

Book

Title: General Orders

10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.

GLC08646

20 October 1864

Forbes, Paul Siemen, 1808-1886

Autograph letter signed

Title: to My Dear Admiral

Forbes, a Union naval officer, writes about General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy on his advance towards Richmond. " ... Grant's plan is by extending his lines westward to cut off Lee from escaping in that direction and joining his forces to those of Hood, Taylor, etc. Grant moves slowly, but surely pushes 5 or 6 miles and then fortifies so that if Lee remains in Richmond much longer, the avenue of retreat will be cut off from Lynchburg." Informs that it is believed that Confederate General Robert E. Lee will remain in Richmond until 8 November but that Grant's advance might be too rapid for…

GLC08656

1795

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Book

Title: Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]

Printed by Matthew Carey

GLC08660

November 1862

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903

Pamphlet

Title: What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home

Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the suffering of sick and wounded troops. Says "The recent battles East and West have completely exhausted the reserved stock of the Commission, and it is found now not only impracticable to accumulate supplies, but impossible to meet even urgent demands daily made by hospitals within sight of the very dome of the Capitol." Says materials are becoming…

GLC08665

1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade

The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and Seward are the two signers of the treaty. The message was read to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed on 10 June, 1862 Printed by the U.S. G.P.O. Senate Executive Documents no. 57.

GLC08667

12 March 1867

Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893

Document

Title: [General order no. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico]

Transmits the act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico "and other parts of the United States." States "that the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the same is hereby abolished and forever prohibited in the Territory of New Mexico, or in any other Territory or State of the United States..." Issued by Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.

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