1851

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Emanuel Bernard Hart

Douglas writes to Hart, a United States Representative from New York: "A thousand thanks for your letter & for the efforts of our friends in the empire city. If I had a few such friends everywhere the battle would be soon won" (possibly referring to his attempt to become the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1852). Sends his regards to mutual acquaintances Sickles & Field (possibly other Democrats from New York).

GLC02975

18 December 1857

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Broadsheet

Title: Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs

Complete text of Douglas's report from the Committee on Territories to the United States Senate on December 18, 1857. With a new bill proposing specific guidelines for authorizing the Kansas territory to form a constitution to prepare for admittance to the Union. This report was evidence of Douglas's disapproval of the notorious pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution proposed for Kansas, which was endorsed by President James Buchanan. Douglas, hoping to save his Senate seat in the 1858 election, opposed the administration not because it sanctioned slavery in Kansas, but because it violated his…

GLC03167

4 October 1859

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John Davis

Expresses gratification for the support received in Pennsylvania, the rest of the Union, and the South for his 1860 Democratic presidential bid against Abraham Lincoln. "I am under especial [sic] obligation to you and other friends in Pennsylvania for the energy and zeal with which you have sustained me in the great struggle to maintain the principles of self government. We are sure to achieve a glorious victory just as certain as our cause is just and the people are capable of understanding and defending their rights." Marked private.

GLC03569

29 June 1860

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to N. [Prescott?]

Douglas, a Democratic presidential candidate, discusses the 1860 election. Criticizes the presidential campaign of John Cabell Breckinridge, also a Democrat, stating that "the Democratic party is divided. The Telegraphic Reports about a compromise by running a double headed ticket ... is regarded by our friends as a miserable trick, disgraceful to those who propose it and insulting to us." Claims that Secessionists are counting on the success of the double ticket. Marked confidential. Continues "Our friends here are organizing thoroughly for the fight…Our friends are forming their…

GLC04625

1865

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Photograph

Title: Standing view, resting fist atop table

Ink inscription on verso "97." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York. From Photographic Negative, from Brady's National Portrait Gallery."

GLC05111.02.0127

circa 1861-1865

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Photograph

Title: In dark suit with bowtie, bust portrait

Ink inscription on recto "Hon. S. A. Douglass. Published by M. O'Brien, 122 Dearborn St. Chicago."

GLC05111.02.0991

circa 1861-1865

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Photograph

Title: In dark suit, standing full-length portrait with tophat in hand, unmounted

GLC05111.02.1002

circa 1861-1865

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Photograph

Title: In dark suit, standing 3/4 length portrait with right hand on back of chair

Photographers imprint on verso: "Carte de Visite by J. Carbutt, Photographic Artist. 131 Lake St. Chicago."

GLC05111.02.1003

1857

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision. Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857.

Printed at the Daily Times Book and Job Office. "While the power of Congress to repeal the organic act and abolish the Territorial government cannot be denied, the question may arise whether we possess the moral right of exercising the power, after the charter has been granted, and the local government organized under its provisions." Bound in blue marble paper cover.

GLC00358

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

1851

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of Adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850.

Printed by Gideon & Co., printers. Douglas discusses slavery and the Compromise of 1850. Appears to have been removed from previous binding.

GLC00267.378

1854

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1854, on the Nebraska Territory.

Printed at the Sentinel Office. Disbound; original yellow cover visible on spine. "Is not the question involved the simple one, whether the people of the Territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery, subject only to the limitations of the Constitution? That is all the bill provides; and it does so in clear, explicit, and unequivocal terms."

GLC00267.379

22 March 1847

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to A. C. French

Announces his intention to accept a seat in the United States Senate and presents his resignation from the House of Representatives from the 30th Congress.

GLC02467.13

1859

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority.

Published by Harper & Brothers. Douglas, a United States Senator from Illinois, concludes by stating: "...every distinct political Community, loyal to the Constitution and the Union, is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of self-government in respect to their local concerns and internal polity, subject only to the Constitution of the United States."

GLC08700

15-16 May 1860

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories

On front cover, contains the signature of John Cochrane from Toledo, Indiana. Pages are brittle and frayed along sides.

GLC08587

1854

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1853, on the Nebraska Territory.

Printed at the Sentinel Office. Fragile. Bound with string.

GLC00267.156

1856

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Report of the committee on territories, on "A bill to authorize the people of the territory of Kansas to form a constitution and state government...

(title continues)... preparatory to their admission into the Union, when they have the requisite population," etc. Also, the views of the minority of said committee. 34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate. Published by A. O. P. Nicholson, Senate printer. Uncut and unopened. Rep. Com. No. 198. Presented by Senator Stephen Douglas. Minority report presented by Jacob Collamer.

GLC00267.163

1854

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner...

(title continues)... together with the history of the Missouri Compromise Daniel Webster's memorial in regard to it-- History of the annexation of Texas-- the organization of Oregon Territory-- and the Compromise of 1850. Published by Justus S. Redfield. Consists of speeches related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the debate preceding it, and the sectional crisis. Opens with a discussion of the Missouri Compromise followed by Daniel Webster's comments on the Compromise. On the extension of slavery into new territories, Webster writes "If the progress of this great evil is ever to be arrested…

GLC05116.01

1854

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: The Nebraska question comprising speeches in the United States Senate by Mr. Douglas, Mr. Chase, Mr. Smith, Mr. Everett, Mr. Wade, Mr. Badger, Mr. Seward, and Mr. Sumner...

(title continues)... together with the history of the Missouri Compromise Daniel Webster's memorial in regard to it-- History of the annexation of Texas-- the organization of Oregon Territory-- and the Compromise of 1850. Published by Justus S. Redfield. Consists of speeches related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the debate preceding it, and the sectional crisis. Opens with a discussion of the Missouri Compromise followed by Daniel Webster's comments on the Compromise. On the extension of slavery into new territories, Webster writes "If the progress of this great evil is ever to be arrested…

GLC05116.02

1815-1860

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Signature

Title: S. A. Douglas

GLC05603.02.05

10 May 1861

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Letter signed

Title: to Virgil Hickox

Douglas, serving as a Democratic United States Senator from Illinois, responds to a letter from Hickox, Chairman of the Democratic State Committee (refer to GLC05621.01). States " ... war is being waged against the United States with the avowed purpose of producing a permanent disruption of the Union and a total destruction of its government ... All hope of compromise with the Cotton States was abandoned when they assumed the position that the separation of the Union was complete and final ..." Discusses the first Civil War battle at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, 12-13 April 1861. Cites…

GLC05621.02

circa 1850

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Document signed

Title: [Stephen Douglas' representation of Kimball in Tillsen & Pitkin v. Kimball]

Legal document in case of Robert Tillsen and Seth Pitkin versus Edward Kimball regarding a mortgage foreclosure. Douglas, a lawyer and Senator from Illinois, states that the plaintiffs are to receive a sum of $4,790.

GLC03142.01

October 1859

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories: Judge Douglas in Reply to Judge Black

Responds at length to the criticisms of his position on popular sovereignty by Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black. Emphasizes that he would "never vote for a slave code in the Territories by Congress." First edition with original free franked envelope Douglas used to send it to Samuel Arnold of Haddam, Connecticut.

GLC08940

1855 ca?

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alfred Burr re: hopes for Democratic party success in Connecticut [fragment]

Undated. Written as Democratic Senator from Illinois, to Burr, as Democratic State Central Committee.

GLC02925.11

1860 ca.

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Object

Title: 1860 Pro-Douglas campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait

GLC07769.02