30 May 1863

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 1, no. 38 (May 30, 1863)]

Printed on yellow "necessity" paper. Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.03

12 March 1864

Sears, Joseph H., fl. 1850-1862

Newspaper

Title: The new south. [Vol. 2, no. 27 (March 12, 1864)]

Union occupation newspaper

GLC06054.04

1863/10/31

Newspaper

Title: Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 2, no. 17 (October 31, 1863)]

With caricature of Lincoln on the back page, as Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, seeing a Black man in ragged attire appear as the ghost of Caesar.

GLC06055

9 April 1865

Broadside

Title: [Unionist epitaph for the Confederacy]

Large card printed on white glossy cardstock. Printed by James B. Rodgers at 52 & 54 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia. Dated the day of Lee's surrender. Says "Died near the south-side rail road, on Sunday, April 9, 1865, The Southern Confederacy, aged four years, conceived in sin, born in iniquity, nurtured by tyranny, died of a chronic attack of punch." Based on content and tone, this card probably pre-dates Lincoln's assassination.

GLC06056

1860

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

Book

Title: Lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.

Contains life of Lincoln by W. D. Howells and life of Hamlin by John L. Hayes. Published in New York by W.A. Townsend & Co., and in Columbus, Ohio by Follett, Foster & Co. Illustrated with portraits and image of Chicago Republican wigwam.

GLC06057

1914/11/14

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Typed letter signed

Title: to Samuel M. Crothers

Typed in blue ink on printed personal stationery of Roosevelt, with changes in his hand. Crothers worked at Houghton Mifflin & Co. Discusses theory of "divine right" and states "with all our faults, we govern ourselves better than any one man, or group of men can govern us." He also writes, "Democracy is a form of government fit for people of high moral caliber."

GLC06058

14 June 1723

Wall Street Real Estate

Manuscript document

Title: [Sale of land near Dutch Reformed Church abutting Wall Street]

Signed by Samuel Waldron and countersigned on back by Simon Pasco and Thomas Thong. Sale of land to Abraham Gouverneur, Isaac Gouverneur, Isaac De Riemer, Jr., and Henry Coerten. The sheets are joined at the bottom with ribbon.

GLC06059

1 October 1862

Sumner, Edwin V. (Edwin Vose) 1797-1863

Document

Title: to Seth Williams [Official copy of Sumner's report on the Battle of Antietam.]

Reports on action at the battle of Antietam, focusing on Second Corps. "I regret that the loss in my corps was very heavy, which is to be accounted for by the long and furious contest that my Divisions had to maintain in the centre against the most determined efforts of the enemy. I cannot give too much praise to the regimental officers and soldiers of the 2nd corps." Gives a list of officers who "were distinguished for their zeal and devotion." Final two pages are a postscript, dated 6 October 1862, also written and signed twice by Sumner. Lists batteries and other officers that "…

GLC06060

12 June 1862

Blanchard, C. D., fl. 1862

Map signed

Title: [Manuscript Civil War map of the battleground of the Battle of Seven Pines]

Shows roads, streams, and some troop positions. Drawn on a scale of 200 paces or 133-1/3 yards to an inch. The Battle of Seven Pines took place on 31 May 1862-1 June 1862. Blanchard served as Chief Quartermaster, 4th Corps. Mostly black & white, with some red ink. C.D. Blanchard was possibly Captain Claude D. Blanchard, an assistant quartermaster of volunteers who enlisted on 28 August 1861, served as lieutenant colonel quartermaster on 19 September to 12 Nov 1862, and was honorably discharged on 9 May 1863.

GLC06061.01

4 August 1921 to December 1924

Terk, R., fl. 1921-1924

Manuscript signed

Title: From Sandbar to Forbay over the Stanislaus Flume

Small photo scrapbook stamped "Photographs" on front cover. Photographs and manuscript narrative pasted on black paper. The pictures depict railroad, wilderness, timber, logging and other scenery. There is a skinned page at the end of the book that appears to be missing a photograph. Some photographs have blue ink transfer from the manuscripts opposite.

GLC06062

25 June 1862

Shober, William A., fl. 1862

Newspaper

Title: Quincy semi-weekly dispatch [Vol. 2, no. 1 (June 25, 1862)]

Necessity newspaper from Florida, with accounts of J.E.B. Stewart's ride around McClellan's army, Benjamin Butler's atrocities in New Orleans, Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley, also discussion of an "Emancipation Measure" on page 4. Mentions that Jubal Early was made a major general and that Abraham Lincoln visited Fredericksburg. Includes the latest news by telegram on page 2-3 as well as a call for volunteers for a partisan group. Page 4 has an article titled "Who is 'Gov.' Johnson?" which provides a short biography of Andrew Johnson. Advertisements on last two pages. Signature…

GLC06063

1885-1903

Header Record

Title: Why women do not want the vote.

Two-volume bound compilation of 94 different anti-suffrage pamphlets and leaflets. Most issued by Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Most leaflets run between 6-10 pages. Spine title on both volumes: "Why Women do not Want the Ballot." 8vo. Average no. of pages, about 6 to 10. One of the volumes has a separate leaf of contents. Both volumes. uniformly bound in buckram, with leather labels: "Why Women Do Not Want the Ballot". Includes "Aims of Massachusetts Association"; "Preamble and Protest of New York", "Protest of Illinois Assn."; "Woman'…

GLC06064

1760

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Book

Title: The interests of Great Britain considered...[with]Observations on the Increase..

[title continued] "... with regard to her colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe, to which are added, observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, etc." Printed by T. Beckett. 8vo. Franklin argues for the retention of Canada to safeguard the British colonies on the mainland, rather than more wealthy lands like Guadaloupe. Franklin's "Observations on the Increase of Mankind" first mentioned the doubling of America's population that Thomas Malthus used for his "Essay on Population." Sabin 35450, Lande 254, JCB 1:1253 and Ford 268.

GLC06065

1782/01

Pamphlet

Title: General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal]

Printed by John Carter. Stab-stitched. Contains act freeing Quaco, a former slave, as reward for providing information about Newport after it had been seized by the British (pp. 4-5). We know of four African-American Spies, one for the British in New York, and the other three for the Americans: James Lafayette Armistead (who operated near Cornwallis in 1781), Peck (who operated in the Hudson River Valley in 1781) and Quaco. Quaco is believed to have been the first African-American spy during the Revolution. The pamphlet also has documentation for payment to two African-American privates…

GLC06066

1783/10

Pamphlet

Title: General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal] + [docket]

Documenting the Revolutionary War service of four African-American soldiers, Prince Green, Pharoah Hazard, Vaughn Prince and Bristol Rhodes. Hazard served in the 1st RI Reg. Rhodes served with RI troops in 1776 and 1778, and lost a leg at Yorktown. Prince is known to have served with RI troops in 1776. Green is known to have served with the 1st RI in 1778. Printed by John Carter. With state seal on cover. Alden 1161, Evans 18153 and Moebs (Black Soldiers) pp. 244 (Hazard), 254, 269, 278 and 1126 (Rhodes), 268 (Prince) and 268 and 1126 (Greene).

GLC06067

December 31, 1921

Moton, Robert Russa, 1867-1940

Typed letter signed

Title: to unknown

Moton, President of the Tuskegee Institute, reports on "[t]he lynching record for 1921," based on the research of Monroe N. Work, in charge of the Department of Records and Research at the Institute. States that in 1921, "...there were 72 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Of these 8 were in Northern States and 64 were in Southern States. In 1920 there were 56 such instances, 46 in Southern and 10 in Northern States. In 66 of the cases, the prisoners were removed, or the guards were augmented, or other precautions taken. In 6 instances armed force was used to…

GLC06068

4 June 1861

Buell, Don Carlos, 1818-1898

Document

Title: [General Orders, No. 12 of Department of the Pacific]

General Order No. 12 issued by Buell as Assistant Adjutant General at the Headquarters of the Department of the Pacific by order of Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner. Says "Commanding Officers will promptly report to this office the execution of General Orders No. 13, of April 30, 1861, from the War Department, requiring Officers of the army 'to take and subscribe anew the oath of allegiance to the United States of America.' Special mention will be made of any failure to comply with the requirements of the Orders."

GLC06071

19 November 1863

Stockton, T. H. (Thomas Hewlings), 1808-1868

Broadside

Title: Prayer at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg

Published by William S. & Alfred Martien, Booksellers. Delivered 19 November 1863, though a precise print date for this document is not cited. Delivered by Reverend Thomas Hewlings Stockton, who previously served as Chaplain to the United States House of Representatives. States "our enemies-- they came unresisted ... They prepared to cast the chain of Slavery around the form of Freedom, binding life and death together forever."

GLC06072

circa 1920

Callaway, James, fl. 1920

Broadside

Title: [Character of Robert E. Lee defamed by Susan B. Anthony...].

A response to Anthony's accusation in her History of Woman Suffrage that Robert E. Lee banished his youngest daughter, Annie Carter Lee (1839-1862) during the Civil War because of her Unionist sentiments. The author explains that Lee protected his daughter by sending her away and did not bring her body home for burial as a tribute to the people who took care of her.

GLC06073

circa 1865

Lawson, George C., fl. 1865

Broadside

Title: Sherman's campaign through the Carolinas.

Printed song written by Lawson, who served in Co. C, 46 Illinois volunteers.

GLC06074

12 August 1876

Mosby, John S., 1833-1916

Pamphlet

Title: Letters of Col. Mosby and John Tyler Jr.

Reprints a letter from Mosby to a former confederate comrade in reply to one urging him to support the democratic candidate in the presidential election of 1876, Samuel Tilden. Mosby writes that he will support Republicans Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler. "I thought you knew that I ceased to be a Confederate soldier about eleven years ago, and became a citizen of the United States... the reconstruction measures necessarily divided parties in the South on a color line, for the issue they presented was the political equality of the races." Also includes a letter entitled, "An…

GLC06076

1784/10

Pamphlet

Title: General Assembly. State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation [with seal]

Printed by John Carter. Resolution welcoming Lafayette back to America. Documentation of payment to Gideon Davenport for service by people he enslaved for Rhode Island's Continental battalions (p. 12). With state seal.

GLC06077

1865

North Carolina, Constitutional Convention

Broadside

Title: An ordinance prohibiting slavery in the State of North Carolina.

Ordinance No. 16, introduced by Mr. Settle. Declares, "... it is hereby declared and ordained, That Slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than for crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby forever prohibited within the State."

GLC06079

10 May 1877 circa

Ladies Memorial Association of Charleston, South Carolina, 1865-1880

Broadside

Title: Memorial Day, May 10th, 1877, at Magnolia Cemetery, under the auspices of the Ladies Memorial Association, Charleston, South Carolina

Contains an announcement for a prayer and memorial ode delivered by Reverend W. H. Campbell. Includes odes by Grace Raymond and Reverend Charles Stuart Vedder. Announces the decoration of graves to be completed by ladies of the Association. The precise print date of this document is not included.

GLC06080

14 April 1869

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

Pamphlet

Title: Women's right and the public welfare.

Title continues: "Remarks of Hon. George F. Hoar before a Joint Special Committee of the Massachusetts legislature, April 14, 1869." "I have failed to think of a single reason which I can give why you or I should have the right of suffrage which does not include women." Woman's suffrage tracts, No. 6.

GLC06082