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Final report of Gen. John J. Pershing

Pershing's report on the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Printed by U.S. G.P.O. Inscribed to Governor "W. L. Harding" [sic].

GLC08612

Report... respecting the valuation of lands... in Pennsylvania

Printed by William A. Davis. Report written as Secretary of Treasury.

GLC08614

to Henry W. Kip

At Kip's request, provides an autograph in which he describes himself as a "plain Hoosier." Also states he would never knowingly give an autograph to a Copperhead: "I love to hate all such."

GLC08562

[Draft riot damage checks from the Broadway Bank, New York City]

Countersigned by Mayor George Opdyke, Clerk J.B. Young, and registered by County Book Keepers S.C. Lynes, Jr. and James Watson. Endorsed checks for riot damages ranging in amounts from $4.20 to $44.

GLC08563

Six manumission documents for slaves [Decimalized .01-.06]

All from St. Louis County, Missouri.

GLC08564

An Old Historical group. Lincoln and his Secretaries

Cabinet card of Abraham Lincoln sitting with John Nicolay and John Hay. Copyright 1884 by Dennis Williams, Crayon Artist, Springfield, Ill. Imprint of Davis of Beardstown, Ill. Republication of the 11/8/1863 photograph by Gardner. Ostendorf O-76.

GLC08565

to John Q. Adams re: requesting books be sent to American leaders

Addressed to John Adams Secretary of the American Legation, but really John Quincy. Requests books for Jefferson, Adams (Senior), Monroe, Harvard University and the University of Virginia.

GLC08566

[Circular letter regarding fees payable to United States revenue officers]

A circular letter from the treasury department, signed by Tench Coxe, regarding fees payable to United States revenue officers handling foreign "distilled spirits, wine, and tea."

GLC08569

Sketches from the Battle-Fields of the War. Bull Run.

Recollection of the Battle of Bull Run, written in three parts. Draft of an article with pen corrections. Fifty-six pages combined (Part I is twelve, Part II is thirteen, and Part III is thirty one).

GLC08572

The select works of William Penn.

Each inscribed on a front flyleaf by Elias Hicks: "Elias Hicks his Book / Price of the 5 Volumes L2 16 s. 9d. / ye 1st of 5th Mo. 1783." Third edition, volumes 1, 4 and 5. Printed in London by James Philips.

GLC08573

to Henry Walke

Signed by Acting Rear Admiral Porter as commander of the Mississippi Squadron to Captain Walke as commander of the USS "Carondelet." Tells him to send the "General Bragg" to Memphis for any repairs. Says there is too little water in the river around...

GLC08575

Divisional order

Signed by Commodore Turner. This copy of the order could have been sent to Captain Thomas H. Patterson of the USS "James Adger," as the docket says "Jas Adger." Demands great vigilance of the blockaders. Has received information on a large fleet of...

GLC08576

[List of farm animals, farm supplies, and destroyed crops]

States "United States of America to Savanah Billingsley & Livingston Brien." Possibly a list of items lost or damaged during military looting, possibly a supply inventory or request. Lists corn, fodder, cattle, sheep, bacon, and other items....

GLC08578

Books relating to Lincoln and Lincoln collections [decimalized]

GLC08580

The immortal autograph letters, documents, manuscripts, portraits, personal relics, and other Lincolniana...

(title continues)... collected by the late Oliver R. Barrett, Chicago, sold by order of the executors of his estate and of Roger W. Barrett, Chicago. Published by Parke- Bernet Galleries, Inc. Lists items auctioned 19 and 20 February.

GLC08580.01

The life of Lincoln [3 vols.]

GLC08580.02

Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.

Printed by George W. Childs in Philadelphia and in Cincinnati by Applegate & Co. With engraving of the author and signature in facsimile.

GLC08580.03

Books relating to Lincoln and other Civil War books [decimalized]

GLC08581

The Life of Lincoln

Campaign biography printed by T.R. Dawley, Publisher for the Million. With adverts at the end.

GLC08581.01

The state papers of Abraham Lincoln / Raymond, Ed.

GLC08581.02

Compendium of the impending crisis of the south.

Published by A.B. Burdick, New York and printed by George Russell and Co.

GLC08581.03

Public life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.

Tells John Brown's life in heroic terms, praising him as a hero and a martyr. Signed by Alfred Chesebrough. Same book as GLC00267.212.

GLC08581.05

Uprising of a Great People [Pro-Union Work by Frenchman, Translation]

GLC08581.06

Diary from March 4, 1861 to November 12, 1862

GLC08581.07

The Conspiracy Unveiled. The South Sacrificed; or, the Horrors of Secession

Written by Reverend Hunnicutt who was the editor of the "Fredericksburg [Virginia] Christian Banner." Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. Introductory remark says "The author of this unpretending volume being a Southern man by birth and education, by...

GLC08581.08

The War, Its Causes and Consequences

First edition published by Blelock & Company. Discusses the causes of the Civil War.

GLC08581.09

A true vindication of the South

GLC08581.10

Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson

Edited by Thomas Jefferson Randolph. Second edition. Published in Boston by Gray and Bowen. Signed by Hamilton Fish. This was the first of several attempts to replicate Thomas Jefferson's correspondence. Volumes 1 and 4 are mis-identified on the...

GLC08584

Narrative of the Texas Santa Fe Expedition

Printed by Harper and Brothers

GLC08585

Lloyd's American Railroad Weekly [Vol. 1, no. 48 (June 15, 1861)]

Inside the newspaper there is a large color map of the railroads of the Eastern United States as well as a smaller map of the railroads of Texas and the harbor in Pensacola, Florida. The map is the size of the entire newspaper folded out. Published...

GLC08586

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Printed by the Chicago Press and Tribune.

GLC08589

Life of Abraham Lincoln

Campaign biography for the 1860 presidential election. Printed by Horace Greeley & Co. New York edition, Tribune tracts no. 6.

GLC08590

Justice and Jurisprudence [judicial theory re: 13th thru 18th amendments]

GLC08591

Acts passed at a second Congress [Bill of Rights]

Printed by E. Oswald.

GLC08592

The Presidential Election, Nov. 8 - Scene at the Polls in the Army of the Potomac - Soldiers Voting

Shows soldiers voting in the presidential election of 1864. A Union poster is hanging on the voting tent. Sketched by the artist Joseph Becker. Extracted from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York, of 3 December 1864, page 172. Contains...

GLC08593

Trinity Guard Co A. 1862

Large oval albumen photograph of Trinity College (later Duke Univ.) cadets.

GLC08595

The Government of the United Provinces [notes]

Gerry's notes on the history and constitution of Holland. Possibly copied from a history.

GLC08596

Pamphlets related to Horace Binney's essay on President Abraham Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus [Decimalized .01-.12]

On 1861, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus for military related cases. This decision directly defied Article I of the United States Constitution, which states "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be...

GLC08599

A mirror for the intemperate

Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include...

GLC08600

to William Henry French

Circular letter from Grant regarding victory at Chattanooga. Signed by J. H. Chase, Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General, 26 November 1863. Serves as a circular announcing a Union victory at Chattanooga, Tennessee. The first message, to General...

GLC08601

to Freeholders... Mecklenberg... re: crisis in affairs with Briatin

GLC08602

General orders no. 2

Orders several schools for military instruction to be established. Outlines the officers and purposes of the different schools.

GLC08603

[General Joseph Wheeler's General Orders No. 7]

Contains Wheeler's orders transmitted by D. G. Reed, Assistant Adjutant General. Wheeler, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee, states "...The commanding General of this Army relies solely upon information received from Cavalry, to make his...

GLC08604

Correspondence related to George W. Koonce [Decimalized .01-.08]

GLC08606

Presidential campaign biographies [decimalized]

GLC08607

Life of Major General William Henry Harrison.... [election campaign biography]

Election campaign biography. Bound in green paper boards with glazed cloth spine. Frontispiece and three plates. Printed by Grugg and Elliot. (The only printing cited by Howes.) Howes H246, Miles 133.

GLC08607.01

The Tour of James Monroe, President....

Describes Madison's tour in the northern and eastern states in 1817, his tour in 1818 and a brief biographical sketch. Printed by Silas Andrus.

GLC08607.03

The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]

Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers...

GLC08608

[1864 election newspaper clipping]

Headlines include, "Let the Eagle Scream!!!," "Great Union Victories," and "Make Way for Honest Old Abe, Our Next President."

GLC08609

Report of the select committee relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, together with accompanying documents, ...

Title continues, " ... as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864. First edition printed by Singerly & Myers, state printers, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Early printing of Abraham Lincoln's...

GLC08611

An act for... erecting a corporation to carry on a trade to the South-Seas

Establishing the South Seas company. Overspeculation in the company's stock led to the "bubble" and the crash, when it came, saw the first modern depression. With exchange stamp of Harvard's Baker Library

GLC08613

[Union soldier's letter]

Has very strong feelings against the South. Writes that all traitors in the North should be burned at the stake. Feels that if it had not been for the traitors of the North, the war would have ended a long time ago. The letter is incomplete.

GLC08618

Reports of State, Treasury and War Departments re: War of 1812

GLC08636

[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]

Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound...

GLC08640

Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...

Title continues, " ... on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852." Printed by Buell and Blanchard. Untrimmed.

GLC08644

General Orders

10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.

GLC08646

to My Dear Admiral

Forbes, a Union naval officer, writes about General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy on his advance towards Richmond. " ... Grant's plan is by extending his lines westward to cut off Lee from escaping in that direction and joining his forces to those of...

GLC08656

Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]

Printed by Matthew Carey

GLC08660

What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home

Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the...

GLC08665

Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade

The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and...

GLC08667

[Carte de visite of James B. Floyd]

Annotated "Floyd the Thief" on mount and verso. Inscription also reads: James Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), Va. Gov. Sec. of War. Conf. Gnl."

GLC08671

Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt

Full title is: "Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt, Upon the Policy of the General Government, the Pending Revolution, Its Objects, and the Duty of Kentucky in the Crisis." Printed by Henry Polkinhorn in Washington, D.C. Printed copy of a letter Holt...

GLC08694

Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, written on board the caravel while returning from his first voyage.

Title continues: "Published at Barcelona, May, 1493." Facsimile of the first publication concerning America. First 20 pages, Latin text in facsimile (black letter, with illustrations); followed by English translation. Published in Chicago by the W...

GLC08615

Journals and other documents on the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Translated and edited by Samuel Eliot Morison. Illustrated by Lima de Freitas. Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club. One of 1500 copies, signed by the artist.

GLC08616

American weekly messenger. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 25, 1813)-v. 1, no. 26 (March 19, 1814)]

A weekly compilation of government documents, for the early part of the War of 1812. Vol. 1 no. 1-26. Includes two addenda. Printed (and edited by?) John Conrad.

GLC08617

Franklin Pierce Indian peace medal by S. Ellis and J. Wellson

7.5 cm in diameter.

GLC08619

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)]

Includes a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on the third page titled, "THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, including an article titled "Slavery Practically abolished." Includes coverage of...

GLC08620

Harper's weekly. [Vol. 4, no. 178 (May 26, 1860)]

Includes a front-page article on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate. Accompanied by an engraving of Lincoln after a Mathew Brady photograph. Also: "The Woman in White," news regarding Congress, and reports on foreign...

GLC08621

Herald, a gazette for the country. [Vol. 1, no. 72 (February 7, 1795)]

includes a printed treaty with Cherokee Indians.

GLC08622

Columbia sentinel. [Vol. 24, no. 52 (March 5, 1796)]

Published by Benjamin Russell. Prints the complete ratification of Jay's treaty. Also includes copy of King's approval and two facsimile signatures of George Washingon.

GLC08623

Worcester daily spy [Vol. 20, no. 55 (March 6, 1865)]

Printing of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address (given March 4th) and news about the inaugural ceremony and events. Inaugural on column 1 of first page. The famous quote is misprinted - "with malice toward no one." Also includes articles on...

GLC08625

[Thomas Jefferson medal]

Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.

GLC08626

[Election of 1860 campaign token]

Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top.

GLC08627

McKinley-Roosevelt campaign button with ribbon by Whitehead & Hoag

GLC08628

McKinley-Roosevelt campaign button [no ribbon]

GLC08629

[Collection of seven Currier & Ives lithographs]

GLC08630

History of the Republican Party [with 2 facsimile election tickets]

GLC08631

The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities & beauties of despotism are fully set forth. A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864.

A vitriolic racist attack on Lincoln in the form of a mock catechism. A list of sarcastic questions and answers which accuse Lincoln of tyranny and the Republicans of destroying the Constitution. Title page proclaims the pamphlet is "A guide to the...

GLC08632

to George H. Poindexter

Elmore, Confederate Treasurer, discusses the activities of G. W. Butler, a late Teller in the Treasury. Informs Poindexter, a Lieutenant and Enlistment Officer, that Treasury clerks have had little time to work on Butler's accounts. States that...

GLC08633

to Thomas Willing

Worries about his bank's debt and existing loans, but feels that he can get by. Admits that the bank may soon be terminated since its charter is about to run out. Wishes for instructions on how to act in the face of potential doom. Suggests that...

GLC08634

[Certification of Illinois electors for U.S. President and Vice President]

Signed by Yates as Governor of Illinois and countersigned by O.M. Hatch as Secretary of State. For the presidential election of 1864.

GLC08635

Decline and fall of the English system of finance

Printed by John Page and B.F. Bache.

GLC08637

[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry]

Signed by Dawes as Captain of Company "K" in the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers. Printed form filled out by hand listing ordnance stores Dawes turned over to Colonel Lysander Cutler. Written at Camp Kalorama.

GLC08638

Samuel Massey's version book

Page 1, which is dated 5 March 1753, notes that he has shipped sixteen barrels of bread to Barbados on board the Rebecca, a ship under the command of James Lowther. The shipment is consigned to Jonathan and John Mifflan. Exact title reads "Saml...

GLC08639

Political token: Ferrotype portrait of Bell and Edward Everett

GLC08641

Appeal to the Christian women of the south

Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.

GLC08642

Common sense [with seven other pamphlets from the 1790s]

Paine, Thomas. COMMON SENSE, bound with seven other tracts by Paine. Altogether eight works (in nine parts, one title consisting of two separately issued parts.) A fine collection bound in a single volume, contemp. sheep rubbed, crudely but neatly...

GLC08643

Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery

Published by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston. Stereotyped and printed by John Wilson and Son in Cambridge. Dedicated to the citizens of Groton, who supported Boutwell in his career as a public servant. Contains 35 chapters, each one a different speech...

GLC08645

[Hutchinson's deposition regarding the theft of slaves] [fragment]

Location inferred from content. Hutchinson relates the theft of slaves by a group of armed men in Montgomery County, Texas, 1847. Hutchinson claims a group of men with Mr. Stoneum stole slaves from the Fowler plantation "by force of arms." First...

GLC08648

Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis [Decimalized .01-.12]

Pertains to a project to aid freed slaves by the army. Most documents in this collection are related to T. A. Walker, who served as Superintendent of Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Consists mostly of financial records, and contains...

GLC08649

The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2816 (February 13, 1788)]

Reports on the ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts. Recounts the proceedings of the New York Senate. Contains various advertisements and a promotional article for a book concerning the geography and topography of the United States...

GLC08650

Gazette of the United States. [No. 55 (October 21, 1789)]

The Declaration appears on p. 2. Printed by John Fenno. French Declaration of Rights of Man

GLC08651

Declaration

Includes the printed endorsements of James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and signed endorsement of Hiland Hall. Published in the December "Temperance Recorder," the statement urges all Americans, but especially young men, to stop the...

GLC08652

Life Studies of the Great Army [print portfolio -- incomplete set]

20 of 40 copperplate etchings made by Forbes while accompanying Union armies. Complete set under GLC02199. The condition of this collection is not as good as the complete set listed above.

GLC08653

to John H. Laughton

Laughton, a Union soldier from New York taken prisoner at Libby Prison, writes about being captured on 3 July 1862. Reports that conditions are fairly good at the prison and he can finally rest from the fatigues of the campaign. "I was surprised to...

GLC08654

to Gideon Welles

Letter written for Dunphy, who lost both his arms during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, to Secretary of the Navy Welles. Also includes a carte de visite (10.1 x 6.2 cm.) pasted to the letter of Dunphy in his uniform with no arms. Wants to...

GLC08655

to Emma

Reports on the march to Richmond, Jefferson Davis's call for a 10-day truce, and the death of a favorite captain in his regiment. Written on stationery of the 2nd Regiment, New Hampshire volunteers. Written near Cumberland, Virginia, and Camp Grove.

GLC08657

to his father

Written by a Union sailor aboard the USS "Morse". References his father's letter. Says that last Saturday "the mail boat was coming up and the rebels fired into her with field pieces and struck twice, and we got under way and went down and by the...

GLC08658

Letters to Alexander Hamilton, king of the Feds

GLC08659

[Certificate in favor of a substitute soldier]

GLC08661