5 May 1864

United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1864)

Book

Title: [Senate report no. 65 regarding the Fort Pillow massacre and no. 67 regarding returned prisoners of war]

Contains a full report of the April 1864 battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, based on an investigation of the battle itself, as well as the operations of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest "and his command immediately preceding and subsequent to that horrible transaction." Includes testimony from soldiers present at the battle, who witnessed Bedford's violations of the conduct of war, including shooting unarmed Union troops following their surrender. Contains the testimony of Lieutenant Mack J. Leaming, who wrote a detailed account of the events of Fort Pillow in 1893 (refer to…

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1880

United States. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: Letter from the Secretary of War

Title continues, "transmitting, in compliance with the law, certain information relative to the negotiation with the legal representatives of the late Confederate Generals Bragg and Polk for the purchase of certain papers relating to the late war." Includes letters from Alex Ramsey, Secretary of War, Robert N. Scott, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel of the U.S. Army, George W. McCrary, Secretary of War, and others. Lists battle reports and a catalog of Confederate military papers.

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1872

Book

Title: Major General Don Carlos Buell. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of March 1, 1872, relative to Major General Don Carlos Buell.

Report of an investigation into Major General Don Carlos Buell's military conduct during operations in Tennessee and Kentucky in 1862. House Executive Document No. 262.

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1862

Wade, B.F., 1800-1878

Pamphlet

Title: Conduct of the war

Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains of officers and soldiers...and... whether the Indian savages have been employed by the rebels, in their military service." Contains the witness testimony of soldiers, surgeons, and officials, describing numerous atrocities committed by rebels against dead and wounded soldiers. Wade's summary states "Inhumanity to the living has been the leading…

GLC00267.234

1896

United States. Congress

Pamphlet

Title: Dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Created by the Joint committee on dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga national military park and compiled by H.V. Boynton. Printed by the Government Printing Office by order of the Senate in the 54th Congress. The military park was created to commemorate the 1863 battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Report No. 637.

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12 March 1866

State of Missouri

Pamphlet

Title: Statement in reference to the claim of the state of Missouri for expenses incurred in the support of her militia during the war

Report of the expenses of the Missouri militia during the Civil War submitted by the state to the House of Representatives. Contains a combination of correspondence on expenditures and charts detailing costs. Dated from the date the report was ordered to be printed. Cover appears to be missing, or the pages were pulled from a larger book.

GLC00267.241

14 May 1888

Stewart, William Morris, 1827-1909

Pamphlet

Title: [Claims of the state of Nevada]

Report submitted by William Stewart, Senator from Nevada and a member of the Committee on Military Affairs, to the Senate as a whole. Requests repayment of money spent during the Civil War by the territorial government of Nevada. Says most of the money was spent on troops to protect the route between Salt Lake City and the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Indian raids and the suspect loyalty of the Mormons necessitated the mustering of the militia. Consists of various correspondence pertaining to the claims as well as various charts and tabulations of money spent in the 1860s. Dated from the date the…

GLC00267.242

1859

Fitch, Graham N. (Graham Newell), 1809-1892

Pamphlet

Title: [Speech by Senator Fitch regarding the admission of Kansas into the Union]

Delivered at Indianapolis 6 January 1859. Uncut.

GLC00267.176

1859

Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894

Pamphlet

Title: The just supremacy of Congress over the territories: intended as an answer to the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on popular sovereignty.

Published by A. Williams and Company.

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1832

Pamphlet

Title: To the people of the United States.

An attack on Andrew Jackson during the 1832 Presidential election. For the first four pages ("To the people of the United States), no author is cited. Pages 5 and 6 contain an address by Samuel Tucker "To the surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," in which Tucker accuses Jackson of violating the Constitution. Pages 6, 7, and 8 contain an extract from a letter by John Andrew Schulze, former Governor of Pennsylvania, dated 16 October 1832, in which Schulze attests that Jackson is unfit and unqualified for reelection. Bound with string.

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January 1836

Jackson, Isaac R., ?-1843

Pamphlet

Title: A sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison.

Pro-Harrison campaign document. Written as "an acceptable service to those, who are not familiar with the life of this distinguished man, to place before them the following brief sketch of his biography and public services." States that the sketch is primarily based on the biographical works of Dawson and Judge Hall. Missing both front and back covers. Sewn and glued binding.

GLC00267.179

1840

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879

Pamphlet

Title: Outlines of the life and public services, civl and military, of William Henry Harrison

Campaign biography for the 1840 election, which Harrison won. Dedicated to the people of the third district of Massachusetts. Described by the author as "[a] brief retrospect of his career, civil and military, while it exhibits the character and acts of any able statesman, a high-minded patriot, a brave soldier, and a successful commander, will approve and justify the confidence and respect of his countrymen, in proposing to raise him to the eminent post of Chief Magistrate of the Union." Sewn binding, with two large stitches on the left side.

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10 September 1840

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Pamphlet

Title: Gen. Harrison's speech at the Dayton convention, September 10, 1840.

Campaign speech for the 1840 election. Includes comments by the publisher about the reaction of the crowds, what was going on and the atmosphere. Harrison denies being a Federalist and assures the crowd of his interest in the people's welfare: "I pledge myself before Heaven and earth, if elected President of these United States, to lay down at the end of the term faithfully that high trust at the feet of the people!" Says that he only differs from Jacksonians in favoring paper money. Does not like the banks, but is in favor of a correct banking system. Published by the Whig Repulican…

GLC00267.181

1843

Abell, Alexander Gurdon, 1819-1890

Pamphlet

Title: Life of John Tyler, president of the United States, up to the close of the second session of the twenty-seventh congress:...

Title continues: ...including some of his most important speeches while a member of the House of Representatives and the of the Senate of the United States, and his principal messages and other public papers as chief magistrate of the union. A collection of the speeches and public papers of John Tyler. Cover includes a quote from Shakespeare: "According to his virtue let us use him." Also includes the following in Latin: "Magna est veriras et praevalebit." Engraved portrait of Tyler opposite the title page. Engraved by A. L. Dick from a daguerreotype miniature by A. Morand. Printed…

GLC00267.183

1844

Copeland, Alexander, ?-1845

Pamphlet

Title: Address to the people of the state of New-York by the General Executive Committee of the American Republican Party of the City of New York.

Uncut. Published by the General Executive Committee. Contains a list of Committee members. Address delivered by Copeland, President of the Republican Party. Requires that "the Naturalization Laws shall be so altered as to make it necessary for all person of foreign birth to reside twenty-one years in the United States, before they shall be entitled to the privilege of the elective franchise." Contains two large numerical stamps on front page: "15" and "136." Bottom edge worn and fragile.

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circa 1848

Pamphlet

Title: Inconsistency and hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren. On the question of slavery.

An anonymous author criticizes Van Buren and the Free Soil Party, which nominated him as candidate for the 1848 Presidential election: "No event in the history of political parties in this country since the establishment of the government, has excited more surprise, than the recent nomination of Martin Van Buren by the Buffalo Convention, as the Free-Soil, or Anti-Slavery Candidate for the Presidency." Claims Van Buren will be against the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Bound with string. Edges slightly worn.

GLC00267.185

1850

O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884

Pamphlet

Title: Dinner to the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson at Tammany Hall, as a tribute of respect, by the Democracy, of the Counties of New York, Westchester, Kings, Queens and Richmond...

(title continues)...and his reception by the municipal authorities of the city, on the 17th of June, 1850. Printed at the office of the New York Daily Globe. O'Conor, a prominent New York attorney, served as President of the function. Includes a speech by Dickinson, United States Senator from New York 1844-1851. Also includes volunteer toasts offered by those attending, and letters of apology from persons unable to attend (including Lewis Cass, James Buchanan, Isaac Toucey, and others). Also includes a menu.

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9 July 1852

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, Delivered in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1852.

Supports Franklin Pierce as the Democratic presidential candidate. Gives a summary of Pierce's achievements and qualifications for the position of president: "Hence, as democrats, we invite the most rigid and strict scrutiny into the public and private character of Franklin Pierce and William R. King." Talks of why General Winfield Scott of the Whig party would not be a good candidate. Also does not speak well of the Whig party in general: "Not content with depriving men of their bread, they turn them away with a tarnished name." Printed most likely by the Richmond Examiner, who wrote the…

GLC00267.189

1852

Williams, W.A., fl. 1852

Pamphlet

Title: The electoral vote of Massachusetts can be given to Pierce and King. Address of the Democratic State Committee of Massachusetts on the Presidential Election.

Discusses Democratic party business. Calls to "elect Democratic electors of President and Vice-President of the United States in the Old Bay State." Limits topics exclusively to "the presidential election, and present[s] some reasons why [people should] vote the Democratic ticket. Gives reasons why Pierce would be a better candidate than General Winfield Scott. "Gen. Pierce is a New England man and the first Democratic New England man who was ever placed in nomination for the Presidency...as a New England man - educated in our common schools - familiar with all our habits and industrial…

GLC00267.190

1852

Beals, Greene & Co., (Boston, Mass.)

Pamphlet

Title: The Whig charge of intolerance against the New Hampshire Democracy and Gen. Franklin Pierce.

Written in response to rumors and allegations from the Whig party that Franklin Pierce is religiously intolerant. States that "[i]n American political contests the seraching questions out to be ever, as to a candidate, 'Is he honest? is he capable? Is He Faithful to the Constitution?' while an approach to any thing like the popery cry of the British Tory party, or an appeal to a sect as such, ought to be severely denounced as violative of the spirit of our institutions." Includes amendments of the Constitution concerning religion, Whig opposition, vote of the towns, letters and the Whig'…

GLC00267.191

1853

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

Pamphlet

Title: Politics in Ohio. Senator Chase's letter to Hon. A. P. Edgerton.

Also titled "Baltimore Democracy and Independent Democracy." In closing, Chase indicates his wish "...that the Ohio Democracy might maintain firmly and fearlessly their own noble creed; and that, hereafter, the action of the Ohio Democracy might correspond with their high profession." Bound with string. The actual letter was written in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1853; location and date of publication not included.

GLC00267.192

1852

Prentiss & Sawyer

Pamphlet

Title: The proceedings of two meetings, held in Boston, on the 7th & 14th July, to protest against the nomination of Gen. Scott, for the Presidency, and to recommend Hon. Daniel Webster for that office.

Printed by Prentiss & Sawyer. Henry Williams (possibly the former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts) served as chairman of the proceedings. May have previously been bound in a larger volume.

GLC00267.193

1852

Pamphlet

Title: Facts and considerations for the democracy of the Empire State.

Pamphlet promoting James Langdon Curtis as the Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. Contains a print of Curtis between pages eight and nine. Contains extracts from various newspapers discussing Curtis's potential candidacy. Published in 1852.

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1855

Foster, William, 1772-1862

Pamphlet

Title: Know nothingism, or the American Party. By Franklin.

Published by E. W. Hinks and Company. Describes the Know-Nothing, or American Party.

GLC00267.195

1856

Democratic National Convention

Pamphlet

Title: Official proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, held in Cincinnati, June 2-6 1856. Published by order of the convention.

Describes in great detail each day's proceedings. Includes a list of delagates from every state, amendments, the minutes for all of the meetings and others. Published by the Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, by the order of the convention. Noted on the title page that the superintendent of the publisher is T. Wrightson. Five gatherings with a sewn binding.

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