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Commodore Charles Wilkes's court martial

First 301 pages is the document titled "Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court-Martial," while the last 24 pages is a separate document titled "Commodore Charles Wilkes's Court of Inquiry." A report submitted by Secretary of the Navy Welles to the House...

GLC00267.348

Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, correspondence with the rebel authorities in relation to the exchange of prisoners.

38th Congress, 1st session. Executive Document no. 17. Documents concerning exchange of prisoners of war.

GLC00267.353

The Potomac and the Rapidan. Army notes, from the failure at Winchester to the reënforcement of Rosecrans. 1861-3

Written by Quint as the chaplain of the Second Massachusetts Infantry. Published in Boston by Crosby and Nichols and in New York by O.S. Felt. Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry at 4 Spring Lane. Quint says the book came about from his...

GLC00267.317

The Second Rhode Island regiment: a narrative of military operations

I Nevins 182, Dornbusch 99.

GLC00267.326

The Second Rhode Island regiment: a narrative of military operations

I Nevins 182, Dornbusch 99. SECOND COPY With loose map

GLC00267.327

Twelfth regiment Rhode Island volunteers in the Civil War, 1862-1863

I Nevins 151, Dornbusch 123. Service in Virginia and Kentucky

GLC00267.328

All for the Union: A history of the 2nd Rhode Island volunteer infantry...

Publishing the diary and letters of E.H. Rhodes

GLC00267.329

General orders no. 151

Celebrating the Union victory at Corinth and explaining "the magnitude of the stake" involved there. "The possession of West Tennessee, and perhaps even the fate of operations in Kentucky," had depended on this victory. Says his army had been...

GLC00267.331

The life, campaigns, and services of Philip H. Sheridan

Published by T.B. Peterson & Brothers. Pages uncut.

GLC00267.333

The Hero's own story. General Sherman's official account of his great march through Georgia and the Carolinas ...

Title continues, "...from his departure from Chattanooga to the surrender of General Johnston, and the Confederate forces under his command." Also includes, "General Sherman's evidence before the Congressional Committee on the conduct of war; the...

GLC00267.335

Sherman: fighting prophet

Reissue of 1932 original with foreword by Bruce Catton

GLC00267.336

Incidents of the United States Christian Commission

Published by J. B. Lippincott & Co. Serves as a collection of descriptions of Civil War events contributed by Union soldiers and sailors. Includes chapters pertaining to various Civil War battles and locations.

GLC00267.337

Warren Court of Inquiry. Argument of... counsel for General Warren

I Nevins 45, who finds this defense of Warren's conduct at Five Forks convincing. See .334

GLC00267.338

Rhea and Meigs counties (Tennessee) in the Confederate war

GLC00267.339

Humorous incidents of the war

Dornbusch 995. The only personal account from 12th Tenn. Conf. Cav with Forrest story

GLC00267.340

Rustics in rebellion

I Nevins 46

GLC00267.341

Recollections of the Civil War [Mass. 37th regiment]

I Nevins 171, Coulter 456, Dornbusch (Mass.) 330, Union Bookshelf 241

GLC00267.342

Letters from Lee's army...

Dornbusch 1194

GLC00267.343

History of the second army corps in the Army of the Potomac

III Dornbusch 1311 (citing 1886 ed.). With 30 maps.

GLC00267.344

Sword over Richmond

GLC00267.345

The Life of Billy Yank

I Nevins 178.

GLC00267.346

A few acts and actors in the tragedy of the Civil War....

II Nevins 33, Dornbusch II 2557, Nicholson 937.

GLC00267.350

A Southern girl in 61: The war-time memories of a Confederate Senator's daughter

GLC00267.351

The soldier's friend; or, hints for the physical and moral welfare of the soldiers of the United States

Published "for gratuitous distribution" by Samuel S. White. Pamphlet is a morale booster as well as a health guide. Page 2 cover has a copy of the poem "Army Hymn" by Oliver Wendell Holmes from the June 1861 Atlantic Monthly. Pages 3-7 has 24 tips...

GLC00267.352

Exchange of prisoners. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 21st December last, relative to the exchange of prisoners of war.

House of Representatives, 38th Congress, 2nd session, Executive Document no. 32.

GLC00267.354

House of Representatives. Report # 67. Returned Prisoners.

38th Congress, 1st session. Signed by W. L. Ransom. Report made by Daniel Gooch of the Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenditures of the War. Describes in detail the harsh treatment endured by prisoners of war and the destitute condition of...

GLC00267.358

Letter from the Secretary of the Navy...

Title continues, "...in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 20th instant, transmitting report of Chief Engineer King, as also May, in relation to iron-clad vessels and dock-yards of Europe." Report submitted by Secretary of the Navy Welles to...

GLC00267.362

Neutrality of Great Britain in the Civil War [SD 18]

1861 diplomatic correspondence

GLC00267.365

Discourse pronounced at the capitol of the United States, in the Hall of Representatives, before the American Historical Society, January 30, 1836, by the Hon. Lewis Cass, President of the Society.

Printed by P. Thompson. Cass discusses history, praises George Washington, etc. Cover is missing; possibly previously bound in a larger volume.

GLC00267.367

Speech of Mr. Lincoln, of Massachusetts: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Feb. 7, 1837, on the resolution to censure the Hon. John Q. Adams...

(title continues)... for inquiring of the Speaker, whether a paper, purporting to come from enslaved people, came within the resolution laying on the table all petitions relating to slavery. Printed by Gales and Seaton. Reported by the editor of...

GLC00267.369

Speech of Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, on the subject of abolition petitions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 7, 1839.

Printed by Gales and Seaton. Stab-stitched. Clay argues, "The liberty of the descendants of Africa in the United States is incompatible with the safety and liberty of the European descendants. Their slavery forms an exception... to the general...

GLC00267.370

Payment for slaves. Speech of Mr. J. R. Giddings, of Ohio, on the bill to pay the heirs of Antonio Pacheco for a slave sent west of the Mississippi with the Seminole Indians in 1838...

(title continues)... made in the House of Representatives, Dec. 28, 1848, and Jan. 6, 1849. Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut.

GLC00267.371

The Wilmot Proviso: bill and explanation of Preston King, of New York, in the House of Representatives of the U.S., January 4 & 5, 1847.

Printed at the office of Blair and Rives. Apparently removed from previous binding.

GLC00267.372

Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay's resolutions, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850.

Printed by Gideon & Co. Original yellow wrapper. First pages uncut. Discusses slavery in the United States, pertaining to the Compromise of 1850.

GLC00267.375

Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery.

Title page missing. Appears to have been removed from a larger volume. Calhoun's speech was read for him by James Mason, 4 March 1850. Argues that the power of legislating over California "is vested in Congress, and not, as is assumed, in the...

GLC00267.376

Correspondence between Mr. Webster and his New Hampshire neighbors

Published by Gideon & Co., Printers. Cover page is signed: "to S.B. Little, Esq., from C. P. Smith, Washington, D.C." Contains a letter of approbation from Webster's supporters in New Hampshire regarding his popular role as a defender of the...

GLC00267.377

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

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...

GLC00267.379

Maintain plighted faith: speech of Hon. S. P. Chase, of Ohio, in the Senate, February 3, 1854, against the repeal of the Missouri phohibition of slavery North of 36 30'.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Removed from previous binding. Contains stab-stitching. Of the Missouri Prohibition, states, "...I believe that we are upon the verge of another era. That era will be the Era of REACTION... But you may...

GLC00267.380

Speech of the Hon. Truman Smith, of Connecticut, on the Nebraska question. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 10 and 11, 1854.

Printed by John T. and Lem. Towers. Original blue wrapper. "I have sometimes thought... that the North is in danger of being sold out, and that we are to be reduced to servitude. I can hardly believe we are in much danger. It is proper however...

GLC00267.381

Freedom and public faith: speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills.

Printed by Buell & Blanchard, printers. Removed from previous binding. Contains stamp "Withdrawn from Watkinson Library Trinity College." Argues "The general authority of Congress over the Territories is one wisely confided to the National...

GLC00267.382

Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield.

Removed from previous binding. "If Whitfield is to be ousted because he was not elected in pursuance of any valid law, upon what principle can Reeder be put in by this House, when in his case there was neither law nor votes... It is the principle of...

GLC00267.383

Speeches of Hon. Humphrey Marshall & Hon. B.F. Hallett, in the city of Washington, on the nomination of Breckinridge and Lane.

Humphrey and Hallett announce their support for John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane for the democratic presidential and vice-presidential nomination in the 1860 election. Printed by McGill & Witherow. Marked "Breckinridge and Lane campaign...

GLC00267.384

Minority report of Mr. Stevens, delegate from Oregon, showing the grounds upon which the regular southern delegation...

Title continues, " ... were entitled to seats in the convention at the Front Street Theatre, Baltimore. Mr. Leach's protest against the exclusion of their delegates." Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee. Marked, "Breckinridge...

GLC00267.385

Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting report on the organization of the Army of the Potomac...

Title continues " ... and its campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861 to November 7, 1862." Printed by the government printing office, Washington, D.C. Cloth bead binding.

GLC00267.388

The Barbarities of the Rebels...

Title continues, "...as Shown in their Cruelty to the Federal Wounded and Prisoners; in their Outrages Upon Union Men; in the Murder of Negroes, and in their Unmanly Conduct Throughout the Rebellion." Written by Bartlett as Secretary of State for...

GLC00267.355

Fourteen months in American Bastiles.

Published by Kelly, Hedian & Piet, Baltimore. Howard writes of his experience in prison. In the preface, Howard criticizes President Abraham Lincoln's policies during the Civil War, "The unlawful and oppressive acts of Mr. Lincoln ... " Francis...

GLC00267.356

Narrative of privations and sufferings of United States officers & soldiers while prisoners of war in the hands of the Rebel authorities.

Disbound. Title continues, "Being the Report of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission. With an Appendix, containing the Testimony." Reprints the report of the Commission of Inquiry, appointed by the U.S...

GLC00267.357

Prisoners of war, 1861-1865

I Nevins 203, Dornbusch (Mass.) 418. Recollections of a POW at Libby Prison

GLC00267.359

American neutrality

Written by Harcourt as a journalist in Britain under the pseudonym "Historicus." Cover says the pamphlet is reprinted version of his letters to the London Times of 22 December 1864. The letters focused on questions of international law resulting...

GLC00267.360

Letter to an English friend on the rebellion in the United States, and on British policy

Published by Ticknor & Fields. Printed by J.E. Farwell and Company at 37 Congress Street in Boston. Letter, dated 3 March 1862, is a calm rejoinder to an English correspondent concerned about the deteriorating relations between Britain and the...

GLC00267.363

Neutral relations of England and the United States

Published by D. Appleton and Company at 443 & 445 Broadway, New York. Printed in Boston by John Wilson and Son, 5 Water Street. Various articles on diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the United States. Preface states the articles first...

GLC00267.364

[Daniel Webster's Dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument]

Published by the Press of T.R. Marvin. Serving as Secretary of State, Webster dedicates the monument commemorating The Battle of Bunker Hill, fought in June 1775 during the Revolutionary War .

GLC00267.366

William Lloyd Garrison: the story of his life, told by his children

Published by The Century Co., New York. Illustrated with wood engravings. Volume 1 covers 1805-1835, Vol. 2 1835-1840, Vol. 3 1841-1860, and Vol. 4 1861-1879.

GLC00267.368

Mr. Webster's speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and the speech on the Oregon Bill, delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848.

Press of T. R. Marvin. Stab sewn and removed from previous binding. Webster writes, "I have said that I shall consent to no extension of the area of slavery, upon this continent; nor to any increase of slave representation in the other House of...

GLC00267.373

Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Feb. 5th & 6th, 1850. As reported by the National Intelligencer.

Printed by Stringer & Townsend. Bright yellow wrapper, as issued. Includes an advertisement for the book "Companion to the field sports of North America" on the inner front cover. Clay writes, "Look at all history- consult her pages... look at...

GLC00267.374

State sovereignty and the doctrine of coercion, by the Hon. Wm. D. Porter, of Charleston, S. C. together with a letter from Hon. J. K. Paulding, former Sec. of Navy.

Includes the instructions, "Read and send to your Neighbor" on title page. Also includes designation: "1860 Association. Tract No. 2." Porter opens with, "The recent speech of Mr. Douglas at Norfolk, in which he threatened the Southern States with...

GLC00267.386

The Life of Robert Toombs

Signed in Los Angeles, California by Phillips to "Professor C.V. Gillilard" on 10 August 1922. Published by The Macmillan Company.

GLC00267.389

Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877

Discusses the provisional government and conditions at the end of the Civil War under military occupation and control. Chapters cover the administration of each governor, including James Lawrence Orr, Robert Kingston Scott, Franklin J. Moses, and...

GLC00267.390

Acts passed at a Congress of the United States of America...

Containing the Bill of rights. This copy annotated by Assoc. Supreme Court Justice William Cushing; Collation: pi A-B4 C4(-C4)D-Z4 2A1 2B-2C4. With adverts. First 8vo edition and first unofficial edition of Acts passed at a Congress. Cushing's...

GLC00447

Message of the Governor of Virginia, and accompanying documents

Statement from Virginia Governor John Letcher regarding slavery. With original pink wrappers as issued. With stamp of Lehigh University Library 2 May 1893.

GLC00449

Grant of Appomattox, a study of the man, by William E. Brooks

Inscribed by Brooks to Ralph Hutchinson, 12 October 1942. Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower as "presented to me," and dated 21 November 1946. Published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company. First edition.

GLC00456.01

Address of the President of the United States, delivered at a joint session of the two houses of Congress April 2, 1917

Signed by Wilson on front endpaper. Asks Congress to declare war against Germany. Marks the beginning of the American involvement in World War I. With original blue dust-jacket.

GLC00466

Declaration of the immediate causes which induce and justify the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union; and the ordinance of secession.

First edition printed by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina. The report of the committee to draw up the Confederate declaration of independence. Original yellow paper cover as issued.

GLC00373

An Address Delivered by Col. Henry Royer

On the Formal Transfer of the Soldiers' Monument to the City Council of Pottsville. He remembered those who volunteered for the Union , in particular the 129th, of whom Stout was a member.

GLC03131.07.08

Rules and Regulations of The Union Veteran's Union, of the United States

GLC03131.15.036

General Orders, no. 23.

With manuscript notes of Paul Semmes on front page. Statement of costs for clothing, camp and garrison equipment for the Army of the United States for the year starting on 1 July 1859. From the Adjutant General's office, S. Cooper. With fold out...

GLC00508.01

Narrative of the Expedition of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854...

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his...

GLC00532

Address on the subject of a surveying and exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Delivered in the Hall of Representatives on the evening of April 3, 1836

Published by Harper and Brothers. Inscribed "With the compliments" and signed by Reynolds. Also signed by Edward Sanford, possibly the book's owner. Concerns the Wilkes expedition, the first attempt to organize the nation behind an expedition to...

GLC00507.02

[Exiles in Virginia: with observations on the conduct of the Society of Friends during the Revolutionary War].

A compilation of the official papers of the government and the edited transcription of the journal written by exile Samuel Fisher and others about the Philadelphia Quakers who were exiled to Virginia in 1777 and 1778. Gilpin was a son of one of the...

GLC00527.02

Poems of the War

Written by Philadelphia poet, playwright and diplomat George Henry Boker. First edition copy signed by one of Lincoln's secretaries John G. Nicolay as "Jno G. Nicolay / Sept 19th 1864." Published by Ticknor and Fields. Contains 37 poems, including 4...

GLC00530

The address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln [Cooper Institute address]

Disbound. First edition but third printing of remarks. Annotated by Cephas Brainerd and Charles C. Nott. Not in Sabin but related to B41160. Known as the Cooper Union (Cooper Institute) address. This speech in New York was instrumental in...

GLC00533

The Statutes at large of the provisional government of the Confederate States...

Howes C674, Parrish & Willingham 29. Contemporary 3/4 calf. Text of Indian tribe treaties including Cherokee pp. 290-411.

GLC00534

An oration delivered before the inhabitants of the town of Newburyport, at their request, on the sixty-first anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1837.

Inscribed on front cover: "John Connell Esq. from John Quincy Adams" Discusses the history of the independence movement; finding support from the Declaration of Independence; attacking nullification and states rights; condemning slavery; supporting...

GLC00506

A Letter from Phocion, to the considerate citizens of New York

Evans 18515. Urging toleration for Tories and a united foreign policy, as the states had started infringing upon the Treaty of Paris with anti-Tory measures. Rebound in 20th C. cloth.

GLC00569

The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Inscribed: "Lewis E. Harvie Esqe. from his friend Joseph Eggleston Johnston." The book was compiled by Robert N. Scott under the direction of the Secretary of War, with authorship attributed to the United States War Department. Published by the...

GLC00628

Joint report upon the survey and demarcation of the boundary between the United States and Canada from the source of the St. Croix River to the Atlantic Ocean

Contains treaties between the United States and Canada regarding the demarcation of geographic boundaries. Describes the types of committees used and the methods of surveying the boundary from the source of the St. Croix River to the Atlantic Ocean....

GLC02619

Cavalry tactics. Third part. Evolutions of a regiment.

McClellan's personal copy of an army cavalry tactics manual, signed by McClellan on the titlepage as "Capt. 1st Cavalry." Pencilled note on rear pastedown by Millis Knickerbocker, a member of McClellan's Dragoons, states that he found the book near...

GLC02645

General orders affecting the volunteer force. Adjutant General's office

The volume contains 3 years of the General Orders, for the years 1861, 1862, and 1863. Published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. An index for each year is included. Inscriptions for Lt. Col. Barton at Fort Richardson, Virginia...

GLC02676

Index of General Orders, Adjutant General's Office, 1876

Published by the Government Printing Office. Contains military orders 1-114 for 1876, including forms for use of supplies, promotions, and designation of offices. The spine and cover of this book have separated in several places. Among notables...

GLC02693

Discourse on the lives and characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

Speech delivered by Wirt as Attorney General to the House of Representatives on 19 October 1826. Printed by Gales & Seaton. Inscribed in pencil by Wirt to Mr. James. Written shortly after the death of Jefferson and Adams.

GLC02697

Articles of War, for the Government of the Armies of the Confederate States

Published by Evans and Cogswell on "Steam-Power Presses" at No. 3 Broad and 103 East Bay Street, Charleston, South Carolina. The paper cover has correct title, but title page misspells "hte" before "Confederate States." Document establishes the...

GLC02675

A time to heal: the autobiography of Gerald R. Ford

Published by Harper & Row and the Reader's Digest Association. Ford reviews his life and political career.

GLC02677

Inaugural address of President Davis: delivered at the capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, P.M.

Printed by Shorter & Reid. First Printing. Uncut.

GLC02691.01

Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America

Printed by Shorter & Reid in the first capital of the Confederate States, Montgomery, Alabama. Divided into 5 articles. Pages not cut.

GLC02691.05

Constitution or form of government of Texas, made in San Felipe de Austin...

Printed at the Office of the Commercial Bulletin. First printing of the Constitution. This copy belonged to Anthony Dey, chief figure in the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Co. Streeter Texas 1141, Street Sale 319, Jumonville 822, Sabin 94949

GLC02755

Amnesty proclamation and third annual message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States ...

Title continues, " ... read in Congress, December 9, 1863." Early printing of the Amnesty Oath of December 8, 1863 which offered pardons to Confederates who would take a loyalty oath to the Constitution and to the Union of States. His third annual...

GLC02536

George Washington

Inscription regarding Washington's greatness dated Princeton, New Jersey, 2 November 1905. Illustrated by Pyle, Fenn, et al. Deckle edges.

GLC02551.01

The President's address to the people... [farewell address -- proof copy]

The only separate book printing, by J. Ormrod and Conrad. With proof reader's notes and marks. Signature of Robert Meir on first page. Howes WI43, Sabin 101579

GLC02556

Speech of the honorable Daniel Webster, on the Compromise Bill

Speech defending his previous speech on 7 March 1850, during which he had supported the proposed Compromise of 1850. Following his March speech Webster was attacked by many abolitionists as having deserted the North. Here he defends his actions...

GLC02586

[American Museum or Universal magazine; volume VIII, no. 3].

Signed by Secretary of War Henry Knox. Includes Jefferson's report on currency and weight and measures, Washington's State of the Union address, and a letter by Franklin on death by lightning strike. Printed by Carey, Stewart, & Co.

GLC02593.02

Treaty between Great Britain and Texas for suppression of slave trade

Streeter Texas 1416. Printed by T. R. Harrison.

GLC02562

An act of Parliament effecting a treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the slave trade.

Passed on 11 April 1843. Paginated 166-180 + unpaginated first page.

GLC02563

The American Museum. [Vol. II, no. 3 (September 1787)]

Contains the first magazine printing of the United States Constitution on p. 276-284. Also contains an essay by Benjamin Franklin on "Information for those who would wish to remove to America. Also features political sketches, an address to...

GLC02593.01

Journal of the proceedings of Congress, held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774

1st Ed., 1st issue. Printed by William and Thomas Bradford. Front & back boards off. This 1st issue lacks the 12-page petition to the King in the 2nd issue (see Broadside, GLC 1671). Included adoption of a Declaration of Rights, Address to the...

GLC00081

Democratic Vistas

First edition inscribed to Matthew Brady, the Civil War photographer. In this essay, Whitman discusses the theory of democracy and its possibilities in America after the Civil War. He criticizes America for its unrestrained wealth, materialism, and...

GLC00865

The Merryman habeas corpus case, Baltimore. The proceedings in full and opinion of Chief Justice Taney. The United States Government a military despotism.

Prints the proceedings of the Merryman case and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's decision that Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus was unconstitutional.

GLC00833

Speeches By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior.

Inscribed to philanthropist Charles Fairchild and signed with initials "O. W. H." With autograph explanatory notes on Civil War persons mentioned in his speeches, including W. Putnam, W.F. Cabot, James Lowell, General Charles Lowell, Paul Revere...

GLC01001

Report... relative to... the support of the public credit...

Folio. Evans 22998 (2298?). Authored by Hamilton, called by DAB "one of his greatest state papers." First printing. Bookplate of Jolen [Johanne] White and ownership signature of William Henderson, a New York Federalist, manufacturer and friend of...

GLC00960

A summary view of the rights of British America

8vo. 2d edition reprinted by Dunlap. Evans 11351, Howes J79, Sabin 35918, Streeter Sale 2: 754. With authorship noted on titlepage in a contemporary hand. There are twenty copies of Dunlap's printing recorded. Seminal for Jefferson's thoughts...

GLC00962