1798

Book

Title: A Selection of patriotic addresses, to the President of the United States

Title continued: "Together with the President's answers." Petitions from towns regarding the Quasi-war with France. Printed by John W. Folsom.

GLC05944

1802

Pamphlet

Title: Return of the whole number of persons... [1790 census]

First census returns. William Duane, publisher. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.01

1802

Pamphlet

Title: Return of the whole number of persons... [1800 census]

Second census returns. William Duane, publisher. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.02

1802

Pamphlet

Title: Message of the President... [people employed by the government]

Title continued: "Transmitting a roll of the person having office or employment under the United States. Published by order of the Senate, February 16, 1802." William Duane, publisher. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.03

1792

Smith, William, 1797-1887

Pamphlet

Title: Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D.... by William Smith

Printed by Benjamin Franklin Bache. Eulogy on the death of Franklin. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.04

1801

Schlegel, J.F.W., fl. 1801

Pamphlet

Title: Neutral right... [searching neutral vessels]

Title continued: "Or, an impartial Examination of the right of search of neutral vessels under convoy and of a judgment pronounced by the English court of admiralty... in the case of the Swedish Colony." Printed at Aurora office. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.05

1805

Pamphlet

Title: Sampson against the Philistines, or the reformation of lawsuits...

Title continued: "And justice made cheap, speedy, and brought home to every man's door...." Printed by B. Braves for William Duane. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.06

1808/07/25

Pamphlet

Title: Address of the State Committee of Correspondence, to the citizens of PA

Pennsylvania Committee of Correspondence. William Duane, publisher. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.07

1800

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

Pamphlet

Title: Observations on certain documents contained in... no. V & VI ... [speculation]

Complete title: "Observations on certain documents contained in No. V & VI of 'The History of the United States for the year 1796 ,' in which the charge of speculation against Alexander Hamilton, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted..." William Duane, publisher. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.08

1798 ca.

Book

Title: Truth will out! [defending the Aurora from Tory charges]

Title continued: "The foul charges of the Tories against the editors of the Aurora repelled by positive proof and plain truth." William Duane, publisher. First edition. (Bound with: Selected pamplets, GLC 5945.)

GLC05945.09

1806/07

Lloyd, Thomas, fl. 1806-1807

Book

Title: The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel Ogden [Miranda expedition]

Title continued: "for misdemeanors, had in the Circuit Court of the United States... in July, 1806." Regarding the Miranda expedition to South America. Printed by and for I. Riley and Co. First edition.

GLC05946

1827

Prison Discipline Society

Pamphlet

Title: Second annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society Boston, June 1, 1827

Describes theories and practices of housing criminals. Includes a financial review of the Prison Discipline Society for the year including funds collected, funds appropriated, etc. Other sections are titled, "Principle Evils," in which problems at various prisons are discussed, "Remedy for the Principle Evils," in which solutions to these problems are covered, and "View of Prisons," in which various prisons are analyzed. Includes an appendix. Printed by T. R. Marvin. Disbound.

GLC05947

1829

House of Refuge, fl. 1860

Pamphlet

Title: The First annual report of the House of Refuge of Philadelphia with an appendix

Summarizes the management of the House of Refuge for the first year, a juvenile detention center. Details the accounts for the year, prints the members of the board, and has illustrations and diagrams of the building and grounds. Lists donations and subscriptions. Disbound. Printed by John Young.

GLC05948

1788

Minot, George Richards, 1758-1802

Book

Title: The History of the insurrection, in Massachusetts, in the year 1776, and the rebellion consequent thereon

First edition copy published by Isaiah Thomas. Gives a historical account of Shay's Rebellion. Late 19th century binding by P. V. Sanford.

GLC05949

1797

Book

Title: Acts passed at the first session of the fifth Congress of the United States

Bound together with "Acts passed at the Second Session of the Fifth Congress..." and "Acts passed at the third session of the fifth Congress." Printed by William Ross.

GLC05950

1796-1797

Book

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

First session of Fourth Congress. Bound together with "Journal of the Senate of the United States... second session..." Printed by John Fenno. First edition.

GLC05951

1847

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Broadside

Title: Taylor & his battles [large colored sheet, illustrated] [election-related?]

Hand-colored yellow, green, and red. Depicts Taylor in various battles from the War of 1812, Seminole Indian Wars and the Mexican War. Printed by Rufus Blanchard of Cincinnati and published by Ensign & Thayer, New York.

GLC05952

1833

Gouge, William M., fl. 1833

Book

Title: A Short history of paper money and banking in the United States, including an account of provincial and continental paper-money.

Title continues: "To which is prefixed an inquiry into the principles of the system, with considerations of its effects on morals and happiness. The whole intended as a plain exposition of the way in which paper money and money corporations, affect the interests of different portions of the community." Signed on free-front endpaper by E. W. Wyse. Printed by T. W. Ustick. Original glazed cloth binding with paper label; rebacked. Gouge was Associate Editor of the Philadelphia Gazette from 1823 to 1829 and reporter of the debates of the Delaware Constitutional Convention of 1831. Checklist…

GLC05953

circa 5 April 1968

Emerson Graphics, fl. 1968

Broadside

Title: I am a man

Printed in large red letters by Emerson Graphics. Includes an imprint of Tea Lautrec Litho., the word "Memphis," and the poster price written in small print at the bottom of the page. Refer to GLC06124 for another printing of this poster.

GLC05954

1851/11/06

Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Caroline Gilman

Apologizes for the publisher's loss of Gilman's portrait that Hale had borrowed for the printing of her book, "Women's record" (New York, 1853).

GLC05955

1858

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

Book

Title: Father Henson's story of his own life.

Life of Father Josiah Henson with frontis portraits. Published by John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston and Henry P. B. Jewett in Cleveland. First edition.

GLC05957

8 June 1799

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Remsen

Discusses the tobacco market and the high quality of tobacco grown at his estate. Reports that they should take advantage of the price of 11 cents per pound since it is so much lower than the Richmond price. States that he has sold his tobacco before and was assured by almost everyone that it was very high quality. Explains his marks on the tobacco; TI is his crop, while the tobacco marked TMR is his son-in-law's, Thomas Mann Randolph. Indicates that their properties join each other and therefore the tobacco is of the same quality. An additional stamp of PF stands for Poplar Forest,…

GLC05958

1861-1865

Header Record

Title: Confederate newspaper collection [decimalized]

Confederate newspapers collection. First-hand accounts of the war by Confederate journalists in the field and soldiers at the front, soldiers' and officers' letters written home, general orders and military directives issued by the commanders on the battlefield. Many printed on different types of necessity paper, including one on "wallpaper." Most have excellent provenance, e.g., the Texas papers addressed to Bishop Gregg in Houston; others are deaccessioned from institutional collections (e.g., Tennessee Historical Society). From Fort Sumter to Lee's Surrender at Appomattox, covering both…

GLC05959

29 November 1861 - 6 December 1861

Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes

Header Record

Title: Daily federal union.

The collection contains five 1861 issues with particular attention to war news and minutes of the Georgia Legislature. Many of the same articles appear reprinted in each issue, namely lists of the members of the various standing committees of the state House of Representatives, lists of elected senators and representatives, and instructions for the collection of war taxes, as well as gubernatorial proclamations and information on the Georgia Hospital of Richmond. Some individual and collective women's efforts are highlighted. (1861/11/29, 1861/12/1, 1861/12/3, 1861/12/5, 1861/12/6)

GLC05959.01

1862 - 1865

Turner, Joseph Addison, 1826-1868

Header Record

Title: The Countryman.

Magazine format. Literary digest with verse and wry comments. Vol. 3 nos. 1-3, 6-8, 11-12, and vol. 20 [sic] no. 2.

GLC05959.02