30 June 1810

Everett, David, 1770-1813

Newspaper

Title: Boston patriot. [Vol. 3, no. 35 (June 30, 1810)]

Prints correspondence from President John Adams, dated 22 August 1781 from Amsterdam, discussing the constitution of the Netherlands. Contains an article on woolen manufactures. Also has a large announcement of the procession of an upcoming Fourth of July celebration. Contains other news items and many advertisements.

GLC08830.01

15 May 1865

Childs, George William, 1829-1894

Newspaper

Title: Public ledger. [Vol. 59, no. 44 (May 15, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of Public ledger, dated May 15, 1865. Reports the capture of Jefferson Davis on 10 May 1865 in Georgia. Also contains an article on the Abraham Lincoln assassination trial, local news, financial news, and stories from New York and Europe, as well as many advertisements and announcements.

GLC08831

1898/08/13

Newspaper

Title: The Philadelphia record no. 9662 [end of Spanish-American war]

One newspaper issue of The Philadelphia record, dated August 13, 1898. Prints news of the end of the Spanish-American War, with the halting of hostilities on August 12, 1898 and a signing in Washington of a Protocol of Peace between the United States and Spain. Also contains an article on the poisoning of Mary Elizabeth Dunning and her sister, Ida Harriet Deane, by Cordelia Botkin. Botkin had been having an affair with Dunning's husband, John Preston Dunning. This was America's first murder by mail. There is also local news, financial news, and stories from New York and Europe, as well as…

GLC08832

1898/02/26

Harpers Weekly

Newspaper

Title: Harper's weekly. [Vol. 42, no. 2149 (February 26, 1898)]

"Remember the Maine!"

GLC08833

1802/08/23

Russell, John, 1764-1831

Newspaper

Title: Boston gazette. commercial and political. [Vol. 12, no. 50 (August 23, 1802)]

GLC08834

1865/05/11

Newspaper

Title: New-York times. [Vol. 14, no. 4251 (May 11, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of New-York times, dated May 11, 1865. Reports Queen Victoria's condolence to Mrs. Lincoln as well as other expressions of sympathy from international heads of state on the assassination of President Lincoln. Also contains an article on the dissolution of the American Anti-Slavery Society, including speeches from William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Anna E. Dickinson, and Senator Henry Wilson. There is also local news, financial news, and stories from New York and Europe, as well as many advertisements and announcements.

GLC08835

1836/04/21

Newspaper

Title: Newark daily advertiser. [Vol. 5, no. 38 (April 21, 1836)]

[government of Texas organized]

GLC08836

14 October 1789

Fenno, John, 1751-1798

Newspaper

Title: Gazette of the United States. [No. 53 (October 14, 1789)]

Includes local news, international news, congressional news and acts passed, and ship arrivals for New York. Prints the budget of the Treasury Department for 1789. Also includes an act for the temporary establishment of the Post Office on page four.

GLC08837

December 7, 1864

Cowardin, J.A., fl. 1864

Newspaper

Title: Daily dispatch. [Vol. 27, no. 136 (December 7, 1864)]

Also known as the "The Richmond Dispatch." Says not much has changed on the front lines of Lee and Grant's armies and that "the tacit truce heretofore existing between the pickets has not been broken by the presence of Butler's's negroes." Update on the Confederate Congress and the South Carolina legislature. Short item from Georgia on "horrors of Sherman's march." Several advertisements for runaways. Editorial against Sherman's march says "we do not hesitate to say that the expedition of Sherman into Georgia is one of the most ridiculous conceptions that ever entered into the mind of…

GLC08838

20 June 1846

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

Newspaper

Title: New York weekly tribune. [Vol. 5, no. 41, whole no. 249]

Image and description of the Castle of San Juan d'Ulloa and Vera Cruz harbor. Articles titled "The Battles of the Rio Grande," "Gen. Arista's Account of the Battle of Palo Alto," and "The Army of Occupation." Includes General Taylor's official dispatches, reports from war correspondents, and letters from headquarters.

GLC08839

4 April 1865

Newspaper

Title: The New York herald. [ No. 10445 (April 4, 1865)]

One newspaper issue of The New York herald, dated April 4, 1865. Prints news of the capture of Richmond and various celebrations in the North, particularly in New York City. Other printed material includes auction sales, public notices, employment postings, and advertisements.

GLC08840

1789/07/01

Edies and Willcocks, 1789-1800

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania herald, and York general advertiser. [Vol. I, no. 26 (July 1, 1789)]

Reports on activities in the House of Representatives, which focus on James Madison's proposed amendments to the Constitution. Also includes dispatches from around the United States and various advertisements.

GLC08842

1860

Rudd & Carleton, Publishers, fl. 1860

Book

Title: The Life, speeches, and public services of Abram Lincoln.

Also includes a sketch of the life of Hannibal Hamil, Vice President. In original orange cover with printed adverts. Marked, "The Wigwam edition," and printed by Rudd & Carleton, New York.

GLC08843

1833

Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879

Magazine

Title: The Abolitionist

Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery related subjects. Also includes excerpts from John Quincy Adams' speeches. Garrison was the principal editor of the magazine. Published by the New England Anti-Slavery Society.

GLC08844

1897

Book

Title: Register of the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland

GLC08845

1836

Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839

Pamphlet

Title: The War in Texas...

Anti-slavery and anti-Mexican war sentiments.

GLC08846

1788/06/06

J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790

Newspaper

Title: The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No.2915 (June 6, 1788)]

Reports on South Carolina's ratification of the Constitution as well as their convention. Also contains news from around country and ship news. Many advertisements appear, some regarding land and estate sales.

GLC08848

1887

Book

Title: [Proceedings...of the Society of Cincinnati, 1784-1884]

GLC08849

13 September 1860

Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906

Pamphlet

Title: Judge Douglas--the bill of indictment : speech by Carl Schurz ; delivered at the Cooper Institute, N.Y., Sept. 13, 1860.

Schurz, a German-American legislator, reformer, and journalist who campaigned for Abraham Lincoln during the election of 1860, attacks Stephen Douglas in this speech. Signed on first page by S. M. Carpenter. With note in ink at bottom of first page reading, "Excuse the quality, it is the last one in the capital."

GLC08851

1856

Williamson, Passmore, 1822-?

Book

Title: Case of Passmore Williamson. Report of the proceedings on the writ of Habeas Corpus, issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, judge of the district court of the United States...

(title continues)... for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States of America Ex. Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, including the several opinions delivered; and the arguments of counsel, reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., phonographer. Published by Uriah Hunt & Son.

GLC08853

1855

Williamson, Passmore, 1822-?

Pamphlet

Title: Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson

Relates the story of Passmore Williamson, an abolitionist who was imprisoned for helping a slave named Jane escape her master while in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Jane was already in the North, Williamson informed her she was free and enabled her to slip away from her master. He spent three months in jail for his actions, and his case became a highly publicized one. Pamphlet is side-stitched, published by the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society in response to debates about the Fugitive Slave Law.

GLC08854

1807

Lloyd, Thomas, fl. 1806-1807

Book

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

Blind stamp of the New England Historic Genealogical Society on titlepage. References: Sabin 84904.

GLC08855

1842

Prigg, Edward, fl. 1842

Book

Title: Report of the case of Edward Prigg against the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, at January term, 1842. In which it was decided that all the laws of the several states relative to fugitive slaves are unconstitutional and void...

(title continues)... and that Congress have the exclusive power of legislation on the subject of fugitive slaves escaping into other states. Reported by Richard Peters, reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Stereotyped by L. Johnson. Contains a George Peabody College for Teachers Library sticker on inner front cover. Signed on front flyleaf by Congressman Richard Wigginton Thompson of Indiana.

GLC08856

1886

U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Co.

Photograph

Title: [Photographs of Ulysses S. Grant: "General Grant, wife and son..." and "The dying soldier"]

Full title as inscribed on mount of first photograph reads, "General Grant, wife, and son, Col. Fred D. Grant, taken in San Francisco immediately after their arrival from their Tour around the World. The likeness of Mrs. Grant is pronounced by Col. Grant to be the most accurate ever taken of his Mother." Copyright 1886 by Inst. Photo Co. and numbered 147. The second photograph's full title reads, "The Dying Soldier, as he looked after completing the last pages of his personal memoirs. The steadfastness of purpose with which this great task was pursued, added another to the long list of…

GLC08857

1726

New York, Colony Laws

Book

Title: Acts of the Assembly [New York Laws, owned by Anthony White]

Modern binding Contemporary ownership inscriptions on title of Anthony White and George Larting.

GLC08859