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Report of the Secretary of State, on... commerce... in foreign countries
1793
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Published by order of the House of Representatives. Printed by Childs & Swain, with contemporary notes, notably on p. 7 and 13.
GLC01970
Executive documents. Convention. Session 1865. Constitution of North-Carolina, with amendments, and ordinances and resolutions passed by the convention session, 1865.
1865
Cannon & Holden (printers)
Prints reconstruction constitution of North Carolina. Index includes: Messages of Provisional Governor Holden to the convention, Report of public treasurer to the convention, Report of superintendent of insane asylum, Report of superintendent of...
GLC01973
Two Rivulets, including Democratic vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage to India
1876
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Author's edition, Camden, New Jersey. With signed photograph of Whitman dated 31 May 1879 on frontispiece. Also includes "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free & Other Poems," and "Memoranda During the War." Each essay paginated separately.
GLC01749
Arms and the Covenant: speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defense by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill
1940
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Inscribed by Winston Churchill on the free front endpaper to Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt's special envoy, and dated March 1940. First edition compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
GLC01750.01
A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons....
1780
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
First edition printed by John Almon, with 1 folding engraved map and 6 plans printed by William Faden. 4t0: A-M4, N2, O-S4 *S4 T-SC4 ($2 signed - C2, N2, 2C2; D2 misprinted "D3").
GLC01894
Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress.
1774
Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing the Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an address to the people of Great Britin, a memorial to the inhabitants of the British-American Colonies...
GLC02150.03
Noyes-Gilman ancestry.
1907
Noyes, Charles P., 1842-1921
Title continues "Being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife." Published in St. Paul, Minnesota by Gilliss Press (New York). Inscription on flyleaf reads "This Book is one of...
GLC02150.56.01
Descendants of Reverend William Noyes
1900
Noyes, LaVerne W., fl. 1849-1900
Direct line to LaVerne W. Noyes and Frances Adelia Noyes-Giffen. Allied families of Stanton, Sanford, Thompson, Holdredge, Saunders, Jessup, Rundle, Lockwood, Lord, Coddington, Fellows, Berry, Clarke, Studwell, and Ferris.
GLC02150.56.03
Letters on the American War
1778
Hartley, David, 1732-1785
A collection of letters sent to the mayor, wardens, and burgesses of Kingston upon Hull. Letters related to American Revolution, called a "very alarming state of national affairs." Accuses great Britain of tyranical rule, urges recognition of...
GLC02154
Why We are at War. Messages to Congress January to April, 1917
1917
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Signed in front endpaper. Content surrounding America's entry into World War I. Deckle edges.
GLC02186
The Columbian Magazine
1787
Various
Twelve issues plus a supplement to the first volume. Each issue has a table of contents. The September issue contains a printing of the constitution proposed at the Constitutional Convention under the heading "The New plan for a Federal...
GLC02141
Papers on agriculture ; consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.
1804
Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
Signed by Henry Knox on front cover. Contains articles on various subjects within the field of agriculture such as using gypsum in agriculture, the culture of potatoes, grafting of trees, etc. Published by the Trustees of the Society. Printed by...
GLC02143
Narrative and correspondence concerning the removal of the deposites and occurrences connected therewith.
1838
Duane, William John, 1780-1865
Inscribed on free endpaper by Duane to Henry A. Wise dated February 1839. In part a defense of his refusal as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of Treasury, to remove deposits from the Bank of the United States to state banks.
GLC02144
Executive order relating to the hoarding, export, and earmarking of gold coin, bullion, or currency and to transactions in foreign exchange.
1933/08/23
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Orders all persons who hold gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates to file a report of same with the Secretary of the Treasury within fifteen days. Executive Order 6260.
GLC01983.02
Map of the City of New-York and Island of Manhattan; with explanatory remarks and references
1811
Bridges, William, fl. 1811
Inscription reads "Presented by the Common Council of the City of New York to Hon. Governeur Morris." The book contains the report of the Commissioners with reasons for various decisions. Collateral book to Commissioner's Map of New York (GLC02007...
GLC02007.02
The British magazine and review, or, Universal miscellany. [Vol. II, no. 18 (Jan. 1783)]
February 1, 1783
Harrison & Co., fl. 1783
In addition to its regular news and literary items, prints the preliminary treaties of peace (Treaty of Paris) between England and the United States and France, ending the American Revolution. Published by Harrison & Co.
GLC02061
An oration on the death of Abraham Lincoln late president of the United States
Saunders, Rolfe S., fl. 1864-1865
Published by W.A. Whitmore, Steam Book and Job Printer. Signed in pencil by Fillmore on title page. The speech was delivered on Island 40, April 25, 1865.
GLC02120
Report the subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries...
1791
Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain. Folio. A-G2 ($1 signed). Full title: "Report of The Secretary of State, on the Subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made Conformably to an Order of The House of Representatives...." The House issue of...
GLC02123
[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]
February 8, 1849
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
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, ...
1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
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
1861
United States War Department
10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.
GLC08646
Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]
1795
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Printed by Matthew Carey
GLC08660
What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home
November 1862
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
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
1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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
History of the Republican Party [with 2 facsimile election tickets]
1884
Flower, Frank A., fl. 1884
GLC08631
The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities & beauties of despotism are fully set forth. A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864.
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
Decline and fall of the English system of finance
1796
Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802
Printed by John Page and B.F. Bache.
GLC08637
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
1867
Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905
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
Letters to Alexander Hamilton, king of the Feds
1802
Callender, Tom, fl. 1802
GLC08659
Acts of the anti-slavery apostles.
Pillsbury, Parker, 1809-1898
Printed by Cuppley, Upham & Co. Contains biographical chapters on William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel Peabody Rogers. Subsequent chapters cover a history of anti-slavery in America, including a discussion of other individuals active in the cause...
GLC08666
The Constitution of the state of Texas.... [and] of the Confederate States...
Printed by John Marshall
GLC08669
Acts of the General Assembly, Passed at the Regular Session, Held December Second, 1861, at the City of Wheeling
West Viriginia General Assembly
Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office. These acts were passed to set up West Virginia as a state. Pages 3-91 contain the various acts with descriptive summaries printed in smaller font in the margin next to the pertinent text. Each act is...
GLC08670
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
circa 1863
Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...
GLC08676
Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
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
Message from the President... A statement of the militia....
1809
GLC08698
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall ...
9 March 1829
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Title continues, "... March 9th 1829, Justices Washington, Story, Duval, Johnson, and Thompson, also present, In a Writ of Error from the Eastern District of Louisiana, In the Case of Foster & Elam, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. Neilson, Defendant in...
GLC08699
[California and New Mexico]
February 6, 1850
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Message from President Taylor including all reports and correspondence relating to California and New Mexico. Lacks a proper cover.
GLC08701
Message from the President of the United States, communicating information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to California and New Mexico
January 24, 1850
Includes all reports from the heads of departments which contain information in President Taylor's possession regarding California and New Mexico. Book lacks proper cover.
GLC08702
Message from the President [disbound]
1845/12/02
GLC08703
A system of national finance. Notes explanatory of Mr. Chase's plan of national finance.
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Explains Chase's plan for creating a national currency and enabling all existing banks to become national institutions. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
GLC08704
The great Civil War in America : speech of Hon. Clement Laird Vallandigham, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1863
January 14, 1863
Vallandigham, Clement L., 1820-1871
In this speech, Vallandigham criticizes President Lincoln's execution of the Civil War. Vallandigham of Dayton, Ohio, was elected to Congress in 1858 as a Democrat. He strongly supported states' rights, including the right to regulate slavery...
GLC08706
Letter from the Secretary of Treasury... on the petition of Benjamin Wells
1800/04/02
GLC08708
Town and country magazine or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1779. [Vol 11, (1779)]
1779
Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785
11th annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues plus supplement for 1779 containing reports on the War of Independence. Issues are not bound together....
GLC08686
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. [Vol. 51 (1781)]
1781
Henry, David, 1710-1792
Accounts of historical news and occurrences throughout the empire, the world and the American colonies. 12 issues plus supplement for 1781 containing reports on the war and news from America, plus a report with fold-out copper plate of "American...
GLC08687
Collection of treaties
1789 ca.
United States. Treaties, etc.
Three major treaties printed in full, including ones between the United States and the Shawnee Nation (31 January 1786), with Morocco (January 1787), and France (November 1788). Disbound from the 3 volume set of United States Acts.
GLC08688
History of the Union League Club
1879
Bellows, Henry Whitney, 1814-1882
GLC08695
Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority.
1859
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
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...
GLC08700
Record of Hiester Clymer; and historical parallel betwen him and Major-General John W. Geary. Also, official returns of election on Constitutional Amendments allowing soldiers the right to vote.
1866
Clymer, Hiester, 1827-1884
Attempts to demonstrate that Clymer is a fit representative for the Democratic party in the Pennsylvania gubernatorial election. Notes that Clymer is "foremost in denunciation of the Government, and strenuous in his opposition to every measure...
GLC08705
The Truth from an honest man: The letter of the President. President Lincoln's Views.
1863
President Lincoln's views on the principles involved in the Clement Vallandigham case. Prints correspondence between Lincoln and Erastus Corning in relation to a Democratic meeting held at Albany, New York 16 May 1863, called to protest the arrest...
GLC08707
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