3 April 1774

Montague, Richard, 1729-1794

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Orders a book for records. Post scripts indicate that he once bought magazines from Knox for William Billing of Sunderland, Massachusetts and that the record book was needed for the recently incorporated town of Leverett, Massachusetts. Montague later became a minute man, was at the Lexington Alarm, and fought under Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga. He was at Bunker Hill and with the army at Cambridge when Washington took command and promoted him to the rank of major.

GLC02437.00134

January 19, 1854

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Pamphlet

Title: Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress, to the people of the United States. Shall slavery be permitted in Nebraska?

Printed by Tower's Printers. Uncut. Issued by Congressmen Chase, Charles Sumner, Joshua R. Giddings, Edward Wade, Gerrit Smith, and Alexander De Witt. "Whatever apologies may be offered for the toleration of slavery in the States, none can be urged for its extension into the Territories where it does not exist, and where that extension involves the repeal of ancient law, and the violation of solemn compact." Frail, with folded, torn edges.

GLC05116.03

February 15, 1854

Fenton, Reuben Eaton, 1819-1885

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. R. E. Fenton of New York on Democratic tests, and the Nebraska Bill.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Disbound. Representative Fenton states, "...the bill under consideration, although negative in its character, is affirmative in its character for the spread of slavery. A principle, sir, I cannot sustain, nor will, I believe, the people of this country sustain it."

GLC05116.04

6 April 1854

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874

Pamphlet

Title: No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill.

Representative Smith states, "I am opposed to the bill for organizing the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which has come to us from the Senate, because, in the first place, it insults colored men, and the Maker of all men, by limiting suffrage to white men... in the second place, it limits suffrage to persons, who have acquired citizenship... in the third place, because, it is so drawn, as to convey the deceptive idea... that the bill recognizes the doctrine of non-intervention."

GLC05116.06

18 May 1854

Peckham, Rufus W., 1838-1909

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Mr. Peckham, of New York, on the Kansas and Nebraska question.

Printed by John T. and Lem. Towers. Representative Peckham states, "... after thoroughly examining this bill, its history and progress, and the legislation pertaining to it, I cannot give it my support, believing that it contains none of the principles, nor will its passage produce any of the results, under which it is sought to be imposed upon the public."

GLC05116.07

circa 1854

Gillette, Francis, 1807-1879

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Mr. Gillette

Location inferred from content. A note on last page indicates this document was created after 24 May 1854. In response to the question, "Are you willing that the black man shall participate, equally with the white man, in all the social and political benefits of this country," Gillette replies, "I certainly am willing, yea, desirous, that all men, irrespective of color, stature, height, circumference, or any other of the accidents of being, should have the same rights and the enjoyment of the same privileges, to work out the great problem of their existence, and to 'participate equally'... "

GLC05116.08

18 February 1856

Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875

Pamphlet

Title: The state of affairs in Kansas. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts.

Published by the Republican Association of the District of Columbia. Third edition, Buell & Blanchard, printers. Uncut.

GLC05116.09

12 March 1856

Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Kansas affairs in the Senate. Minority report of the Senate committee on territories. Made March 12, 1856, by Judge Collamer, of Vermont.

Published by Buell & Blanchard. Collamer explores the issue of Kansas: "A Territory of our Government is now convulsed with violence and discord, and the whole family of our nation is in a state of excitement and anxiety. The national executive power is put in motion, the army in requisition, and Congress is invoked for interference. In this case, as in all others of difficulty, it becomes necessary to inquire what is the true cause of existing trouble, in order to apply effectual cure."

GLC05116.10

3 April 1856- 4 April 1856

Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer of Vermont, on affairs in Kansas. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 3 and 4, 1856.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Regarding Kansas, Senator Collamer states, "...I am not prepared at this moment to go at length into my reasons for believing as I do, that the best, the shortest, and the most quiet way is to admit that people with their constitution, and end the trouble." In extremely frail condition, fragmented, and disbound.

GLC05116.11

9 April 1856

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. William H. Seward for the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union; delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Signed by J. I. Werner on cover. Seward states, "I will grant, for the sake of the argument, that with Federal battalions you can carry slavery into Kansas, and maintain it there. Are you quite confident that this republican form of government can then be upheld and preserved? You will then yourselves have introduced the Trojan horse. No republican government ever has endured, with standing armies maintained in its bosom to enforce submission to its laws... In extending slavery into Kansas, therefore, by arms, you will subvert the liberties of…

GLC05116.12

19 May 1856

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.

Sumner's speech was delivered in Washington, D.C. and published by the New York Tribune in New York City. Last page advertises and lists prices for different issues of the Tribune. Sumner declares, "...I fearlessly assert that the wrongs of much abused Sicily, thus memorable in history, were small by the side of the wrongs of Kansas, where the very shrines of popular institutions more sacred than heathen altar, have been desecrated; where the ballot-box, more precious than any work, has been plundered." Opposes what he calls the forcible introduction of slavery in Kansas, and its…

GLC05116.13

19 May 1856

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874

Pamphlet

Title: The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856.

Sumner's speech was delivered in Washington, D.C. and published by the New York Tribune in New York City. Contains the stamp of T. B. Pugh, bookseller, on the upper left corner of front cover. Contains water stains.

GLC05116.14

21 June 1856

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

Pamphlet

Title: The "Laws" of Kansas. Speech of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana.

Colfax, a United States Representative from Indiana, writes "The only relief possible, if Kansas is not promptly admitted as a State, which I hope may be effected, is in a change of the Administration and of the party that so recklessly misrules the land; and that will furnish an effectual relief." Speech delivered in Washington, D.C. in the House of Representatives. Location of printing is unknown.

GLC05116.15

1 July 1856

Howard, William Alanson, 1813-1880

Pamphlet

Title: Subduing freedom in Kansas. Report of the Congressional Committee, presented in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 1, 1856.

Presented in the House of Representatives, published in New York by the Tribune Office. Howard and Sherman report the committee's findings on Kansas's struggle for admission to the Union: "It cannot be doubted that if its condition as a free Territory had been left undisturbed by Congress, its settlement would have been rapid, peaceful and prosperous. Its climate, soil, and its easy access to the older settlements would have made it the favored course for the tide of emigration constantly flowing to the West, and, by this time, it would have been admitted into the Union as a Free State,…

GLC05116.16

6 August 1856

Sage, Russell, 1816-1906

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York, on the profession and acts of the President of the United States; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise...

(title continues)... the outrages in Kansas; and the sectional influence and aggressions of the slave power. Delivered in the House of Representatives; published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in Albany, New York. Representative Sage quotes Henry Clay: " '...I never could vote for it myself; and I repeat, that I never can and never will vote, and no earthly power ever will make me vote, to spread slavery over territory where it does not exist.' With this declaration of Mr. Clay I take my stand." Proposes the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free state. Eighteen pages of text followed…

GLC05116.18

8 March 1858

Bocock, Thomas S., 1815-1891

Pamphlet

Title: The Kansas question. Speech of Hon. Thomas Bocock, of Virginia, in the House of Representatives, March 8, 1858.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Bocock, a U.S. Representative from Virginia, declares: "I do not know what will be the effect of a refusal to admit Kansas under the Lecompton constitution. I am not authorized to speak the views of Virginia... But I will say this... that, although hand join in hand to prevent, the destiny of Virginia, for once and for all, for now and forever, is indissolubly united with that of her sister States of the South."

GLC05116.20

6 June 1860

Duncan, Stephen, 1787-1867

Autograph letter signed

Title: to unknown

Written in Washington Square, New York. Discusses his trunk, which has been detained. Hopes to be refunded for the expenses incurred by being unable to use the contents of the trunk. Includes an order for spikes (nails) to be sent to New Orleans. Instructs the recipient to settle the account of Mr. Shepard.

GLC05339.09

February 21, 1821

Meigs, Return J., 1782-1851

Letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that the words "North Halmouth" has been removed from Robert Dunham's contract and that the post office there is now operational. Written from the General Post Office.

GLC06313.04.115

27 November 1821

Cushman, H., fl. 1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Explains that because he is on the Valuation Committee (which he describes as "an unpleasant situation"), he must obtain information about all "the taxable property in the Commonwealth [of Massachusetts]." Discusses the problems obtaining the relevant information for Boston, where they design "to keep their proportion of the State Tax as low as possible." Asks Hobart to find Boston's proportion of United States Stock from information available in Washington, D.C. Hobart obtained the information (see GLC06313.117).

GLC06313.04.116

5 December 1821

Nourse, Joseph, 1754-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart of the amount of United States Stock in Boston ($18,898,381.46). Hobart had been asked to discover this information for tax assessment purposes (see GLC06313.116). Written from the Treasury Department.

GLC06313.04.117

26 December 1821

Cutting, Nathaniel, 1774-?

Letter signed

Title: to Aaron Hobart

Informs Hobart that he is returning documents related to a memorial petition requesting a military land bounty for Stephen Raymond, the heir to Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Raymond. Explains why the claim was dismissed: it was invalidated by evidence showing Raymond deserted in 1778. Also comments on other contradictions in the evidence.

GLC06313.04.123

7 November 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 60 (November 7, 1789)]

Printed on page four is the act of Congress to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States (continued in the 2nd issue of the Gazette, see GLC08757.02). A letter of John Adams dated 16 October 1780 concerning troops in the Revolutionary War is published on page 1. Other articles deal with the public debt of the Union, President George Washington, and the Senate.

GLC08757.01

23 March 1880

Temperance Republican Headquarters, fl. 1880

Broadsheet

Title: Recent work of grog shops

Gives detailed accounts of crimes and murders committed at liquor saloons due to excessive drinking. Stories are reprinted from other newspapers or publications. Printed by the Temperance Republicans. Subtitle reads: "It is high time for the law-maker to advocate laws which shall make safe the homes of honest citizens. Those who help enact laws whereby the rum seller is protected in his nefarious business are equally guilty with him for the murders committed."

GLC01733.15

1 April 1774

Ripley, Sylvanus, 1749-1787

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Asks Knox to hold money owed to Daniel Dunbarr of Halifax, Massachusetts, who will send someone pick it up from Knox's store. Ripley served as a missionary, preacher at Dartmouth College, and professor of theology at Dartmouth as well. He spells his first name Silvanus.

GLC02437.00133

6 April 1774

Rivington, James, 1724-1802

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Henry Knox

Details of arrangements to have Knox advertise and sell Rivington's books. Discusses the children's book he was printing (also see GLC02437.00128). Proposes arrangements to have Knox sell other books. An inventory at the top of the letter lists books sent to Knox. Rivington was a bookseller, printer, and journalist who came to America in 1760. He published Rivington's New-York Gazetteer.

GLC02437.00135