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1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
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
1789 ca.
United States. Treaties, etc.
Collection of treaties
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
30 November 1782
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. 970 (November 30, 1782)]
Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including...
GLC08691
1799/11/02
Columbian centinel & Massachusetts federalist. [Vol. 32, no. 16 (November 2, 1799)]
Whole no. 1630. Treaty with Cherokee Indians and US Government. Printed by Benjamin Russel.
GLC08710
28 April 1824
Columbia centinel. [No. 4179 (April 28 1824)]
Discusses the tariff, the disestablishment of religion in Massachusetts, and divorce.
GLC08725.03
22 October 1865
Frederick MacCrellish & Co.
Daily alta California. [Vol. 17, no. 5707 (October 22, 1865)]
Contains a report on warfare amongst Native American tribes of the Colorado Valley, Southern Utah, Southeastern California, and Western Arizona. Includes news from other states, such as the passage of bills concerning the rights of freedmen....
GLC08725.09
10 May 1867
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
New-York times. [Vol. 16, no. 4874 (May 10, 1867)]
Case of Jefferson Davis, Reconstruction. Notices for the American Bible Society, the Universal Peace Society, the American and Foreign Christian Mission, and the Congregational Union.
GLC08725.10
26 November 1898
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
GLC08725.13
1861/06/04
New-York times. [Vol. 10, no. 3027 (4 June 1861)]
GLC08726.12
18 March 1794
Sterns and Winslow, fl. 1794
American herald of liberty. [Vol. 8, no. 37 (March 18, 1794)]
Discusses continued tensions, especially regarding commerce, between Great Britain and the United States following the 1783 Peace Treaty. Letters to the editor cover issues such as the United States' relations with the Creek Nation, illegal actions...
GLC08740
1813/12/18
Niles, H., fl. 1813
Weekly register. [Vol. 5, no.16 (December 18, 1813)]
Oliver H. Perry, William Henry Harrison. Published by H. Niles. War of 1812 and Creek War
GLC08770
23 April 1814
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [No. 3135 (April 23, 1890)]
Claims that the Creek Nation had received a crippling defeat from General Andrew Jackson in Georgia. Describes battles between the French and Russia in France (as part of the Napoleonic Wars). Includes on page two an account of the Creeks' defeat...
GLC08777
4 February 1863
Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]
Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and...
GLC08786
6 December 1823
Fry, William, 1777-1855
National gazette. [Vol. IV, no. 434 (December 6, 1823)]
Part of a signature cut off at masthead appears to be "J. M. Sanders." The entire front page and part of the second page is taken up with the President James Monroe's message to Congress that announced the Monroe Doctrine, which was designed to keep...
GLC08794
1766/02/13
B. Franklin and D. Hall (Firm)
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1938 (February 13, 1766)]
The lead article on p. 1 criticizes the Stamp Act. A letter from Charleston, also on the front page, notes that there are too few Sons of Liberty there. A brief extract from Albany Fort on p. 2 reports Indians taking scalps. News of other...
GLC08803
30 June 1744
Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758
The Christian history. [Vol. 2, no. 70]
Contains accounts of the current religious revival in Great Britain and the American colonies.
GLC08819
1852
Laws of the Cherokee Nation...
GLC07383
1833
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
The Abolitionist
Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...
GLC08844
1787
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Notes on the state of Virginia. Written by Thomas Jefferson. [with Map]
First English (London) edition with folding Fry-Jefferson map. This book is the first PUBLISHED edition in English (the first English language edition being privately printed by Jefferson in Paris). It was largely written in 1781 and first...
GLC02592
May 22, 1634
Winthrop, John, 1588-1649
to Nathaniel Rich
One letter from John Winthrop to Nathaniel Rich dated May 22, 1834. Describes the agricultural developments, establishing a local government and church system. Mentions that most local indigenous people had died from smallpox which he felt allowed...
GLC01105
September 15, 1857
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Capt. Nathan George Evans
Also concerning news and military assignments of friends. (Date is 1857, not 1837.)
GLC01053
September 1779
Walton, George, 1740-1804
to Benjamin Lincoln
Written by Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Colonel in the First Georgia Battalion who was severely wounded and captured during the Battle of Savannah in December 1778, to Lincoln as commander of the Southern Department. Walton...
GLC01019
23 - 28 September 1776
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809
Extracts from minutes of our yearly meeting of Pennsylvania & New Jersey, held in Philadelphia by adjournments from the 23rd day of the ninth month.
One copy of a meeting minutes dated September 23-28, 1776. States that Quakers should not participate in governments active in war, or contribute to the promotion of war through business or other activity. Condemns all forms of slavery and...
GLC01021
August 3, 1857
to Capt. Nathan G. Evans
A humorous letter to his friend from West Point. Also concerns fighting indians and paying for a gun. Lee remained in Texas by order of General Twiggs. The letter also mentions Hood fighting Indians and A.S. Sydney going to Utah to fight Mormons
GLC01031
January 24, 1814
Wood, Eleazor D., 1783-1814
to Mary Wood
Discusses his desire to visit home that winter, which could not be fulfilled because he is fighting in the War of 1812. Discusses the perils of his activities in the west (in Ohio), being surrounded by Indians, and fearing he would not see his...
GLC01043.03
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