1917

Norwood, T.M., 1830-1913

Book

Title: A true vindication of the South

GLC08581.10

1830

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Header Record

Title: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson

Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Second edition. Published in Boston by Gray and Bowen. Signed by Hamilton Fish. This was the first of several attempts to replicate Thomas Jefferson's correspondence. Volumes 1 and 4 are mis-identified on the spine as the other. Quarter leather with marbled paper.

GLC08584

1844

Kendall, George W., fl. 1844-1856

Header Record

Title: Narrative of the Texas Santa Fe Expedition

Printed by Harper and Brothers

GLC08585

15 June 1861

Lloyd, James T., fl. 1861

Newspaper

Title: Lloyd's American Railroad Weekly [Vol. 1, no. 48 (June 15, 1861)]

Inside the newspaper there is a large color map of the railroads of the Eastern United States as well as a smaller map of the railroads of Texas and the harbor in Pensacola, Florida. The map is the size of the entire newspaper folded out. Published at 164 Broadway in New York (it is a weekly publication and costs 25 cents). Front page is filled with an article titled "An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of all Places of all Places of Interests in the Southern States." A paragraph is provided for several dozen places. Pages 2, 3, and part of 4 consists of schedules for 304 railroad lines.…

GLC08586

1860

Scripps, J. L. (John Locke), 1818-1866

Pamphlet

Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln

Printed by the Chicago Press and Tribune.

GLC08589

1860

Scripps, J. L. (John Locke), 1818-1866

Pamphlet

Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln

Campaign biography for the 1860 presidential election. Printed by Horace Greeley & Co. New York edition, Tribune tracts no. 6.

GLC08590

1889

Book

Title: Justice and Jurisprudence [judicial theory re: 13th thru 18th amendments]

GLC08591

1793

United States. Congress (1st : 1789-1791). Senate

Book

Title: Acts passed at a second Congress [Bill of Rights]

Printed by E. Oswald.

GLC08592

3 December 1864

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910

Newspaper

Title: The Presidential Election, Nov. 8 - Scene at the Polls in the Army of the Potomac - Soldiers Voting

Shows soldiers voting in the presidential election of 1864. A Union poster is hanging on the voting tent. Sketched by the artist Joseph Becker. Extracted from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, of 3 December 1864, page 172. Contains additional unrelated printing on verso.

GLC08593

1864

Currier & Ives

Print

Title: The Old Bull Dog on the Right Track

Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street in New York. Depicts a very short and hostile General George McClellan and a very tall and confident Abraham Lincoln, both candidates in the 1864 presidential election, on the left side of the picture. McClellan says: "Uncle Abraham don't you think you had better call the old dog off now, I'm afraid he'll hurt those other dogs, if he catches hold of them." Lincoln responds: "Why little Mac that's the same pack of curs, that you chased you aboard of the Gunboat two years ago, they are pretty nearly used up now ... " They are looking at a…

GLC08594

June 1862

Photograph

Title: Trinity Guard Co A. 1862

Large oval albumen photograph of Trinity College (later Duke Univ.) cadets.

GLC08595

1862

Pamphlet

Title: Pamphlets related to Horace Binney's essay on President Abraham Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus [Decimalized .01-.12]

On 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus for military related cases. This decision directly defied Article I of the United States Constitution, which states "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." Suspension of the writ provoked much controversy, and was opposed by members of the United States Supreme Court. Horace Binney, an influential American legal figure, wrote a pamphlet in support of Lincoln's decision in 1862. GLC08599.01-.12 explores the…

GLC08599

1830

Bowen, Henry, 1794-1874

Broadside

Title: A mirror for the intemperate

Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include mounting.

GLC08600

25 November 1863

Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885

Letter

Title: to William Henry French

Circular letter from Grant regarding victory at Chattanooga. Signed by J. H. Chase, Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General, 26 November 1863. Serves as a circular announcing a Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first message, to General French, commander of the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, was transmitted by Seth Williams. Williams, adjutant general of the Army of the Potomac, states "The following telegram has been received. The Comdg General desires it announced to the troops, in the morning before the march." The second message, transmitted by P. H. Watson, Assistant…

GLC08601

10 February 1864

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Printed document

Title: General orders no. 2

Orders several schools for military instruction to be established. Outlines the officers and purposes of the different schools.

GLC08603

3 June 1863

Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906

Broadside

Title: [General Joseph Wheeler's General Orders No. 7]

Contains Wheeler's orders transmitted by D. G. Reed, Assistant Adjutant General. Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee, states "...The commanding General of this Army relies solely upon information received from Cavalry, to make his dispositions and inaccuracies in their reports may entail great disasters..." Contains other directives pertaining to the accuracy of reports. Closes by stating: "Cavalry Officers and Soldiers must always remember that they are the eyes and ears of the General commanding, and without frequent and correct intimations from them regarding the enemy…

GLC08604

1863- circa 1896

Header Record

Title: Correspondence related to George W. Koonce [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC08606

1819-1840

Header Record

Title: Presidential campaign biographies [decimalized]

GLC08607

1840

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Book

Title: Life of Major General William Henry Harrison.... [election campaign biography]

Election campaign biography. Bound in green paper boards with glazed cloth spine. Frontispiece and three plates. Printed by Grugg and Elliot. (The only printing cited by Howes.) Howes H246, Miles 133.

GLC08607.01

1819

Waldro, S. Putnam, fl. 1819

Book

Title: The Tour of James Monroe, President....

Describes Madison's tour in the northern and eastern states in 1817, his tour in 1818 and a brief biographical sketch. Printed by Silas Andrus.

GLC08607.03

17 June 1864

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Newspaper

Title: The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers the Baltimore, Maryland convention, the re-nomination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the other presidential nominations. Also includes articles on the emancipation of the serfs in Russia, the repeal of the fugitive slave law, the Methodist Church and slavery, and Negro suffrage in Montana.

GLC08608

1864

Newspaper

Title: [1864 election newspaper clipping]

Headlines include, "Let the Eagle Scream!!!," "Great Union Victories," and "Make Way for Honest Old Abe, Our Next President."

GLC08609

1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: Report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, together with accompanying documents, ...

Title continues, " ... as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. First edition printed by Singerly & Myers, state printers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Early printing of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Also includes Edward Everett's address at the ceremonies, a map of the battleground, a chronology, and the prayers preceding the speeches. With a list of the fallen soldiers and articles taken from their bodies.

GLC08611

1711

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An act for... erecting a corporation to carry on a trade to the South-Seas

Establishing the South Seas company. Overspeculation in the company's stock led to the "bubble" and the crash, when it came, saw the first modern depression. With exchange stamp of Harvard's Baker Library

GLC08613

1893

Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506

Pamphlet

Title: Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, written on board the caravel while returning from his first voyage.

Title continues: "Published at Barcelona, May, 1493." Facsimile of the first publication concerning America. First 20 pages, Latin text in facsimile (black letter, with illustrations); followed by English translation. Published in Chicago by the W. H. Lowdermilk Company.

GLC08615