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The Independent Reflector, [No. 30 (June 21 1753)]

One pamphlet published by the Independent Reflector dated June 21, 1753. A printing of an essay by Phileleutherus regarding oaths and blessings.

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The Life of Abraham Lincoln

With inscription from Marcus A, Feinstein 1899-1971 born Tiflis, Russia "To my daughter on her 21st birthday He is why I came to America your father"

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Et Afskedsquad til Emigranter

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Why women should vote

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Special Report of the Mountain Meadow Massacre

One report related to the Mountain Meadow Massacre printed in 1902. It contains the testimonial of J. H. Carleton's investigation of the Mountain Meadow Massacre which took place September 7 -11, 1857. He details the death of 120 people who were...

GLC09539

Speech of Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk, an Indian Chief.

One printed speech of Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk also known as Peter Wilson to a committee at the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends on Indian Concerns, delieved on January 29, 1848. His speech expresses his concerns regarding the Treaty of 1838 and the...

GLC09540

Confederate Constitution [facsimile in scrapbook with images of leaders]

Scrapbook, including facsimile, with all secession ordinances, members off Congress, lists of state governors, members of President's staff and Davis Cabinet engraving, with photographs or engravings. Facsimile printed by Joseph Laing, illustrated...

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Treaty concluded and signed at Madrid... [Assiento slave trade]

"Treaty between the ministers plenipotentaries of their Brittanick and Catholic majesties-end of Assiento Treaty between Britain and Spain regulating slave trade." Concluded October 5. Printed in French, English, Spanish.

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A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery

Engraved frontispiece and 5 additional plates.

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Opinion of Chief Justice Moses... Negro Bond Case

Retroactive use of 13th Amendment to cancel sale of slaves.

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Annual Report to the Quartermaster General,

Hull & Brother, Printers,Annual Report to the Quartermaster General, Complied Pursuant to Gen. Order No. 29, Q.M. Gen's Office, 6 July 1864. Capt. A.M. Tucker, A.Q.M. Vols, Louisville, Ky. Tucker's activities as Assistant Quartermaster for the...

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Journal of the House of Representatives...of the State of Illinois...

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Richard H. Jackson's copy of the New Testament

In the back it says he carried this in his pocket during the war. It also says it was given to him by an intimate friend, Miss Mary D. Armstrong.

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Journal of the State Convention of South Carolina

"Urgent need of... if action is to be averted that would work ruinous injuries to the Indian."

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A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States, Vol. I

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Oration Delivered on the Battlefield of Gettysburg

Docketed on address leaf.

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Memorial on the Upward Forces of Fluids...

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Digest of The Report of the President's Committee on Civil Rights

One pamphlet prepared by Samuel S. Wyer, Consulting Engineer from an original 175 paged report presented to President Harry S. Truman on October 29, 1947. The pamphlet covers various injustices committed such as lynching, censure, police brutality...

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Sixty-Second Anniversary Church Booklet of Haven Memorial United Methodist Church.

One souvenir booklet printed by the Haven Memorial United Methodist Church commemorating their 62nd anniversary from 1931-1975. Item contains the church's history, messages from the bishop and minister, memoriams, photos of church members, messages...

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The Evers Opinion

One pamphlet dated 1964 entitled "The Evers Opinion" regarding the disadvantages of racial integration in U.S. schools. The author argues that "Brown v. Board of Education" had holes in the decision which they found to be unconstitutional.

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How Classroom Desegregation Will Work

One pamphlet printed in 1966 challenging desegregation in the classroom. Document contains a study of public school children's intelligence in Florida and Georgia based on race. The study found that, "For all these reasons, it is clear that...

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SCLS, Hope

One pamphlet printed in 1989 related to the 12th Annual Alabama Southern Christian Leadership Conference which took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Document contains conference details such as speakers, conference schedule, messages from politicians...

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What the Supreme Court Said...

One pamphlet printed by the Southern Regional Council in 1955 on the school segregation decision by Robert A . Leflar. The publication includes an analysis of the Supreme Court decision which diverged from the position that NAACP counsel and...

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A Christian View on Segregation; Reprint of an Address By Rev. G. T. Gillespie, D. D.

One pamphlet of a printed address by Reverend G. T. Gillespie in 1954. The Synod of Mississippi of the Presbyterian Church published a statement that is in favor of segregation. The document details that segregation promotes progress, is natural, and...

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a part of the American harvest

This fundraising pamphlet for the United Negro College Fund is for ten percent of the educational budget of 1950. The projected budge to raise was $1.4 million. The inside of the brochure summarizes the number and types of professions financed by...

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