1861

Ziegler, George J., fl. 1861

Pamphlet

Title: The soldier's friend; or, hints for the physical and moral welfare of the soldiers of the United States

Published "for gratuitous distribution" by Samuel S. White. Pamphlet is a morale booster as well as a health guide. Page 2 cover has a copy of the poem "Army Hymn" by Oliver Wendell Holmes from the June 1861 Atlantic Monthly. Pages 3-7 has 24 tips on how to stay healthy because "War is an evidence of barbarism, but as it is upon us we must recognize its obligations, and do everything we can to mitigate its dreadful evils and promote the cause of justice and peace." Page 8 has a section of a patriotic speech Henry Clay gave in the Senate during the Compromise of 1850 debates, titled "The…

GLC00267.352

1863

Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886

Book

Title: The Barbarities of the Rebels...

Title continues, "...as Shown in their Cruelty to the Federal Wounded and Prisoners; in their Outrages Upon Union Men; in the Murder of Negroes, and in their Unmanly Conduct Throughout the Rebellion." Written by Bartlett as Secretary of State for Rhode Island, under the pseudonym of Colonel Percy Howard, supposedly late of the Royal Horse Guards. Printed privately and marked "printed for the author." The preface states that the author has seen wars in both Europe and Asia but "has been shocked with the barbarities with which the war has been conducted by the South; barbarities which no war…

GLC00267.355

1863

Howard, Frank Key, 1826-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Fourteen months in American Bastiles.

Published by Kelly, Hedian & Piet, Baltimore. Howard writes of his experience in prison. In the preface, Howard criticizes President Abraham Lincoln's policies during the Civil War, "The unlawful and oppressive acts of Mr. Lincoln ... " Francis Key Howard, the grandson of Francis Scott Key and a pro-Confederate Baltimore editor, was imprisoned for treason for fourteen months at Fort McHenry in September 1861. In all, 30 legislators from Maryland were seized for suspected disloyalty to the U.S. government. Most if not all were never given any criminal charge, and all were denied trial.

GLC00267.356

1864

United States Sanitary Commission, 1860-1870

Pamphlet

Title: Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.

Disbound. Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S. Sanitary Commission, published at the office of Littell's Living Age, Boston. Includes woodcuts of starving Union POWs, based on photographs. Priced at 20 cents.

GLC00267.357

1912

Sturgis, Thomas, 1846-?

Book

Title: Prisoners of war, 1861-1865

I Nevins 203, Dornbusch (Mass.) 418. Recollections of a POW at Libby Prison

GLC00267.359

1865

Harcourt, William G.G.V.V., 1827-1904

Pamphlet

Title: American neutrality

Written by Harcourt as a journalist in Britain under the pseudonym "Historicus." Cover says the pamphlet is reprinted version of his letters to the London Times of 22 December 1864. The letters focused on questions of international law resulting from the Civil War in the United States. He was against recognition of the Southern states as belligerents and was influential in the formulation of English public opinion on this problem. He also sought to define Great Britain's role as a neutral country.

GLC00267.360

1909

Bigelow, John. 1817-1911

Header Record

Title: Retrospections of an active life

Howes B436, I Nevins 246. (Diplomacy) An additional 2 v. were printed in 1913.

GLC00267.361

1862

Willard, Joseph, 1798-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Letter to an English friend on the rebellion in the United States, and on British policy

Published by Ticknor & Fields. Printed by J.E. Farwell and Company at 37 Congress Street in Boston. Letter, dated 3 March 1862, is a calm rejoinder to an English correspondent concerned about the deteriorating relations between Britain and the United States at the beginning of the Civil War. The Englishman is urged not to be influenced by New York rowdies or muckraking newspapers. Says to look to New England, ever sober and thoughtful, because the region is fundamentally calm and still rationally engaged with events. Says the rebellion that has been encouraged by "that imbecile…

GLC00267.363

1 October 1863

Loring, Charles Greely, 1794-1867

Book

Title: Neutral relations of England and the United States

Published by D. Appleton and Company at 443 & 445 Broadway, New York. Printed in Boston by John Wilson and Son, 5 Water Street. Various articles on diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the United States. Preface states the articles first appeared in the "Boston Daily Advetiser." Claims "There is no subject of greater present concern than the position of England in reference to her relations, as a neutral nation, to the United States; and none, probably, soon to become of more engrossing public thought and anxiety." Gets into the history of neutrality laws and discusses…

GLC00267.364

1843

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet

Title: [Daniel Webster's Dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument]

Published by the Press of T.R. Marvin. Serving as Secretary of State, Webster dedicates the monument commemorating The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in June 1775 during the Revolutionary War .

GLC00267.366

1885-1889

Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907

Book

Title: William Lloyd Garrison: the story of his life, told by his children

Published by The Century Co., New York. Illustrated with wood engravings. Volume 1 covers 1805-1835, Vol. 2 1835-1840, Vol. 3 1841-1860, and Vol. 4 1861-1879.

GLC00267.368

1848

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852

Pamphlet

Title: Mr. Webster's speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and the speech on the Oregon Bill, delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848.

Press of T. R. Marvin. Stab sewn and removed from previous binding. Webster writes, "I have said that I shall consent to no extension of the area of slavery, upon this continent; nor to any increase of slave representation in the other House of Congress... We of the North... have done that which, if those who framed the Constitution had foreseen, they never would have agreed to slave representation."

GLC00267.373

1850

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Feb. 5th & 6th, 1850. As reported by the National Intelligencer.

Printed by Stringer & Townsend. Bright yellow wrapper, as issued. Includes an advertisement for the book "Companion to the field sports of North America" on the inner front cover. Clay writes, "Look at all history- consult her pages... look at human nature; look at the contest in which you would be engaged in the supposition of war following upon the dissolution of the Union, such as I have suggested; and I ask you if it is possible for you to doubt that the final disposition of the whole would be some despot treading down the liberties of the people..."

GLC00267.374

10 March 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of John Burns, convicted in the District of Columbia of larceny in January 1866].

Pardoned since the judge and the jury said he was a proper object of executive clemency. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00452

June 3, 1825

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John H. Houston

The letter discusses his reasons for not marrying and political plans. Also mentions his not running for governor. John H. Houston was Sam Houston's cousin.

GLC00453

09 May 1866

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of John Brown, Michael Whelan, and Benjamin Gilbert, convicted in the District of Columbia in 1865 of assault and battery].

Pardoned by Andrew Johnson after serving 5 months of their 1 year sentences because of their good conduct and on the recommendation of the judge who tried them. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00455

November 25, 1946

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Ralph Cooper Hutchinson

Writes about returning Hutchinson's biography of General Grant. Mentions that he can no longer make the Army-Navy game because his schedule is too busy. Congratulates Hutchinson, who was president of Lafayette College, on his team's victory. Addressed to Dr. R. C. Hutchinson, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.

GLC00456.02

06 September 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward)]

Partly printed document, countersigned by William H. Seward, appointing Cephas Brainerd interim arbiter for the Treaty with Britain suppressing the slave trade. Docketed. With white paper seal. Watermark: Wilcox|Philadelphia.

GLC00457

20 June 1867

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Solomon Smith, convicted of larceny.

Convicted of larceny along with his wife; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned due to his innocence. (c/s William H. Seward)

GLC00459

2 January 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: Emancipation Proclamation General Orders No.1

Fifth printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, first Army printing. General Orders No. 1. Disbound.

GLC00460

May 27, 1777

Hooper, William, 1742-1790

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Morris

William Hooper laments the failure of North Carolina to re-elect his associate Joseph Hewes to the Continental Congress. Discusses and rejects the charges of profiteering leveled against Hewes (and others) while he was a member of the Secret Committee of Congress. Asks Morris, who chaired the Secret Committee, to write a certificate in support of Hewes and have it attested to by other members. Discusses his reasons for declining his reappointment as a delegate to the Continental Congress, citing "private affairs" related to his family, although he also intended to rebuild his fortune.…

GLC00462

April 30, 1853

Herst, William L., fl. 1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Campbell

Asks Campbell for his opinion on the appointment of James Burnside as head of a committee. Encloses some sort of criticism of the appointment (not present) and states that he has replied to it but considers the approach unjust. Addressed to Campbell as Postmaster General in Washington.

GLC00467.02

1861-1864

Header Record

Title: Letters related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC00451

May 11, 1861

Thomas, John Lewis, Jr., 1835-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Thomas, Baltimore city solicitor, relates events that took place during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot to Maryland Governor Hicks. States that General Charles Calvert Egerton falsely informed a mob that Hicks had issued orders that Union troops could not pass through Baltimore and that those soldiers already present should "be driven back by the people." Informs Hicks that upon hearing Egerton's statement, Thomas rushed to the office of Baltimore Mayor George M. Brown. Claims that Brown, who feared invasion from the North, ordered that "all the rail road tracks leading to the city should…

GLC00451.01

May 16, 1861

Mercer, R.S., fl. 1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Thomas Holliday Hicks

Mercer, Governor Hick's aid-de-camp during the April 19, 1861 Baltimore Riot, states that during the riot Hicks refused to interfere with the passage of Northern troops through the city despite the urging of his political colleagues. Written at the Mercer family estate.

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