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1796-1797
Journal of the Senate of the United States... first session
First session of Fourth Congress. Bound together with "Journal of the Senate of the United States... second session..." Printed by John Fenno. First edition.
GLC05951
1833
Gouge, William M., fl. 1833
A Short history of paper money and banking in the United States, including an account of provincial and continental paper-money.
Title continues: "To which is prefixed an inquiry into the principles of the system, with considerations of its effects on morals and happiness. The whole intended as a plain exposition of the way in which paper money and money corporations, affect...
GLC05953
1858
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Father Henson's story of his own life.
Life of Father Josiah Henson with frontis portraits. Published by John P. Jewett & Co. in Boston and Henry P. B. Jewett in Cleveland. First edition.
GLC05957
1864
Goffres, Joseph Marie, 1808-1867
An Illustrated System of Bandaging
Selections from the French medical manual "Précis de Bandages," first published in Paris in 1858 by Goffres. This edition was created "By Order of the Surgeon-General." Published in Richmond by Ayres & Wade. Front free endpaper is inscribed "Sr Surg...
GLC05987.46
Chisolm, J. Julian, 1830-1903
A manual of military surgery, for the use of surgeons in the Confederate States Army: with explanatory plates of all useful operations
Written by Chisolm as Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of South Carolina and as a surgeon in the Confederate Army. He was considered the foremost surgeon in the Confederate states, and this book was the mostly widely used surgical manual...
GLC05987.47
1863
Warren, Edward, 1828-1893
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital
Written by Warren as Surgeon General of North Carolina. He was formerly a Professor at University of Maryland. Published by West & Johnson at 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. First edition copy (misspelled "Frist Edition" on the cover page)...
GLC05987.48
1861
Confederate States of America. War Dept.
Army Regulations Adopted for the Use of the Army of the Confederate States, in accordance with late acts of Congress
Signed by Confederate Cavalry officer Captain T. B. Holland, who served under General J. E. B. Stuart and General Fitzhugh Lee. Printed by West and Johnston, 145 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. Holland served in Co. F. Virginia Cavalry (Bedford...
GLC05987.49
Regulations for the Army of the Confederate States, 1863.
Signed twice by Confederate General Alfred E. Jackson at Jonesboro, Tennessee on 20 March 1863. This was signed while Jackson was serving as a brigade commander in the military department of East Tennessee. Published by J.W. Randolph at 121 Main...
GLC05987.50
1862
Correspondence Between Governor Brown and President Davis, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Act
Describes the differing view points of Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown and Jefferson Davis on the later's call for more troops from the state of Georgia for the Confederate Army. Printed by Atlanta Intelligencer Print. Original printed wrappers.
GLC05987.51
Correspondence Between the War Department and General Lovell, Relating to the Defences of New Orleans
Contains two reports in one bound volume. One is a printing of the correspondence pertaining to Major General Mansfield Lovell's defense of New Orleans in 1862 and the second report is the correspondence of Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore...
GLC05987.52
Warder, T.B., fl. 1862
Battle of Young's Branch; or, Manassas Plain, fought July 21, 1861
Co-authored by James M. Catlett. Signed "J. R. Barlett's" on the front cover. First edition published in Richmond by Enquirer Books and Job Press. The book has been rebound in a green cloth cover. There is also another copy of this book at GLC04061...
GLC05987.53
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
General Orders from headquarters Department of the Gulf
Printed pamphlet containing the text of General Orders issued by Butler between 1 May 1862 to 9 November 1862, regarding the occupation of New Orleans. Includes Butler's infamous order establishing martial law. With orange printed wraps. Penciled...
GLC05987.54
1854
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Dedication of Antioch College, and Inaugural address of its president
[title continued] "Hon. Horace Mann; with other proceedings." Printed by O. S. Dean. Education reform.
GLC06027.01
1859/09/08
Hill, Thomas, 1818-1891
Integral education. An inaugural address, delivered at Antioch College...
[title continued] "... , of Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio." Published by Little Brown. Education reform.
GLC06027.02
1913
Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937
Our vanishing wild life its extermination and preservation, by William T. Hornaday ... with maps and illustrations
Published by the New York Zoological Society. Printed by Clark & Fritts, New York. With inscription by Hornaday to William Edward Coffin dated 17 January 1913.
GLC06028
1914
Wild life conservation in theory and practice; lectures delivered before the Forest School of Yale University, 1914, by William T. Hornaday, Sc.D. ...
Title continues, "with a chapter on Private game preserves, by Frederic C. Walcott." With an inscription by Hornaday dated 23 November 1914 to William Edward Coffin, "To my Esteemed Friend." Mentions Coffin's dedication to wild life and forest...
GLC06029
1855
Nell, William C., 1816-1874
The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans.
Signed several times on the inside cover by Mrs. George H. Washington at an unspecified date. Signed 23 December 1978 in blue pen on the inner front cover by William D. Hoyt. Published by Robert F. Wallcut. Includes an introduction by Harriet...
GLC06176
1897
Washington, George, 1732-1799
A Catalog of the Washington collection in the Boston Athenaeum
Compiled by William Coolidge Lane. First edition, 8vo, frontis portrait, 1 other plate and 12 facsimile titlepages. "A catalogue of the books from Washington's library and assorted Washingtoniana on deposit at the Athenaeum, with an inventory of...
GLC06187
1851
Lewis, Morgan Henry, 1818-1881
League of the Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee, or Iroquois
Published by Sage and Brother Publishers. Includes an inscription from W. H. Samson in memory of Arthur Leutchford, dated December 1907. Contains Mrs. Arthur Leutchford's card with an address. Also includes an extract of a letter from George S...
GLC06202
Georgia. Convention of the People (1861 : Milledgeville, Ga. and Savannah, Ga.)
Journal of the public and secret proceedings of the Convention of the people of Georgia, ...
Title continues, " ... held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861. Together with the ordinances adopted." Published by order of the convention by Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, state printers. In original bright green wrappers. Tight paper binding...
GLC06158.03
Fowler, W. H. (William Henry), 1826-1867
Guide for Claimants of Deceased Soldiers
Written by Colonel Fowler as Superintendent of Army Records and Agent to Adjust the Claims of Deceased Soldiers for the State of Alabama. Printed by George P. Evans & Co. A guide for southern families to claim the bodies and personal possessions of...
GLC06158.04
The School of the Guides, for Use of the Army of the Confederate States, with Questions
Drill and marching manual. Printed by Brawner & Putnam in Griffin, Georgia and John M. Cooper & Co. in Savannah, Georgia. Engraving and printing by H.P. Hill & Co. in Griffin, Georgia. Original green muslin wrapper with patriotic label featuring the...
GLC06158.05
Richardson, George W., 1819-1891
Speech of George W. Richardson, of Hanover, in Committee of the Whole, on the report of the Committee on federal relations, in the convention of Virginia, April 4, 1861.
Virginia secession pamphlet listing reasons why the state should leave the union. A passionate defense of the southern way of life, calling on Virginians to lend their complete support to the Confederacy. Blames the North for having imposed the...
GLC06158.06
Smith, William Russell, 1815-1896
The History and Debates of the Convention of the People of Alabama, Begun and held in the City of Montgomery, on the seventh Day of January, 1861; ....
Title continues, " ... in which is preserved the speeches of the secret sessions, and many valuable state papers." Includes Alabama's secession and ordinance of secession, its proposal reopening the African slave trade, sending troops to Florida...
GLC06158.07
Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862
The state of the country
Authored by Thornwell, D.D., as a professor of theology at the Columbia, South Carolina Theological Seminary. Concerns the secession of South Carolina and other states that might follow; defends slavery in the South. Addressed on back cover to Rev...
GLC06158.08
1865
Chaudron, A. de V. (Adelaide de Vendel), fl. 1865
Chaudron's Spelling Book
Full title is "Chaudron's Spelling Book; Carefully Prepared for Family and School Use." Printed by S. H. Goetzel. Top and bottom of recto says "Fifth Edition - Fortieth Thousand." The famous children's spelling book with its covers printed on the...
GLC06158.09
Correspondence between the mayor and federal authorities relative to the occupation of New Orleans, together with the proceedings of the common council
Correspondence of Monroe, mayor of New Orleans, with Butler and Farragut, relating to the surrender and early occupation of New Orleans. Accounts of the meetings of the Common Council of New Orleans also included. Printed at the Bulletin Book and...
GLC06158.10
1860
De Bow, James Dunwoody Brownson, 1820-1867
The interest in slavery of the Southern non-slaveholder. The right of peaceful secession. The character and influence of abolitionism.
Printed by Evans & Cogswell. Stab-stitched. Debow, a publisher and statistician, issues a pro-slavery and pro-secession polemic. Tries to convince non-slaveholders to uphold the institution of their "section," the South. Uses several arguments to...
GLC06158.12
LeLouterel, François-Philippe, 1789-1874
Manual of Military Reconnaissances, Temporary Fortification and Partisan Warfare, for Officers of Infantry and Calvary
Translated from the French by John M. Richardson. Title page says Richardson was formerly a major in 21st North Carolina Regiment and is now a professor of mathmatics at Georgia Military Institute. Printed by J. McPherson & Co., Publishers. Contains...
GLC06159.01
Confederate States of America. Navy
Ordnance instructions for the Confederate States Navy
Title continues: "relating to the preparation of vessels of the war for battle, to the duties of officers and others when at quarters, to ordnance and ordnance stores, and to gunnery." Published by order of the Navy Department in London by Saunders...
GLC06159.02
1849
Thompson, George, ?-1893
Prison life and reflections; or, a narrative of the arrest, trial, conviction, imprisonment, treatment, observations, reflections, and deliverance of Work, Burr, and Thompson...
(title continued)... who suffered an unjust and cruel imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary for attempting to aid some slaves to liberty. Published by A. (possibly Alanson) Work.
GLC06169
Aughey, John Hill, 1828-1911
The iron furnace; or, slavery and seccession.
First edition. Published by William A. and Alfred Martien. With inscription on the inner front cover: "The Misses Harrisons from the author." Also contains a frontispiece print of the author.
GLC06170
Campbell, Robert, fl. 1859-1861
A pilgrimage to my motherland. An account of a journey among the Egbas and Yorubas of Central Africa, in 1859-60.
Published by Thomas Hamilton in New York and by the author in Philadelphia. Contains a frontispiece print of Campbell, and a fold out map of Yoruba country near the Niger River (attached to front flyleaf). In the introduction, Campbell writes,...
GLC06171
1845
Clark, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897)
Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America.
Printed by David H. Ela. Signed on front and rear cover by Caleb Hobart of East Maison (possibly Tennessee). Dictated by Clark. With an introduction, verifying Clark's testimony, by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy (anti-slavery figure and brother of...
GLC06177
Black, Samuel W., 1818-1862
Territory of Nebraska Council Documents no. 2
Begins with an act prohibiting slavery in the Territory of Nebraska. Black, Governor of the Nebraska Territory, returns the act unsigned with a message to the House of Representatives: "You have assumed the power and asserted the policy of an...
GLC06178
Winthrop, Robert C., 1809-1894
Life and letters of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts-bay company at their emigration to New England, 1630.
First edition in original brown cloth. Printed by Ticknor & Fields. Robert C. Winthrop was a descendant of John Winthrop.
GLC06188
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Sketches of the rise, progress, and decline of secession; with a narrative of personal adventures among the rebels.
Published by George W. Childs. 458 pages of text followed by eight pages of advertisements. Contains a frontispiece engraved portrait of Brownlow, editor of the Knoxville Whig. Brownlow writes, "I have prepared this work from the single stand...
GLC06189
Ought American slavery be perpetuated? A debate between Rev. W. G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne.
First edition. Published by J. B. Lippincott. Debate held in Philadelphia, September 1858. Contains a frontispiece engraving of Brownlow. 305 pages of text followed by six pages of advertisements.
GLC06190
1774
Woolman, John, 1720-1772
The works of... in two parts
Includes his Journal and his both parts of his essay "Some considerations on the keeping of negroes." A seminal work published in part I (1754) and part II (1762) on Christian objections to slavery. First edition printed by Joseph Crukshank. Evans...
GLC06191
1888
Wilson, Joseph T., 1826-1891
The black phalanx; a history of the negro soldiers of the United States in the wars of 1775-1812, 1861-1865.
Published by the American Publishing Company. States that Wilson, an African American, served in the 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers, and in the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteers. Includes text and illustrations related to the...
GLC06192
1844
American Anti-Slavery Society
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833.
Leaflet published by the American Anti-Slavery Society, printed by William S. Dorr. Concludes with "We charge upon the existing national government, that it is an insupportable despotism, wielded by a power which is superior to all legal and...
GLC06200
1879
George, Henry, 1839-1897
Progress and Poverty: An inquiry into the cause of Industrial Depressions....
[Title continued] "...and of increase of want with increase of wealth - the remedy." Advance publication, with typed advertisement for book laid-in. Inscribed on free front endpaper to Mary A. Wilbur.
GLC06201
1943
Basler, Roy P., 1906-1989
As one southerner to another: [Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence]
[Title continued] "Concerning Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence." Limited edition reprinted from Southern Atlantic Quarterly (Jan. 1943) under the direction of Ralph G. Newman. Published by the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop.
GLC06213
17 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the upcoming election and the disadvantages the Republican Party faces in it. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality. Expresses his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC06214.01
Whiting, William, 1813-1873
The war powers of the President and the legislative powers of Congress in relation to rebellion, treason, and slavery.
Printed by John L. Shorey. Signed on front cover by Francis W. Goddard. In conclusion, Whiting states "Rising above the political platforms, the claims and disclaimers of Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, and all other parties, and...
GLC06215
Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880
Letters from New York : Second series.
Second volume of journalism published by author and abolitionist Child. Includes a chapter on the rights of women. First edition. Printed by C.S. Francis (New York) and J. H. France (Boston). BAL 3152.
GLC06218
The right way the safe way, proved by emancipation in the British West Indies, and elsewhere.
Regarding emancipation, Child writes, "Leaving the obvious considerations of justice and humanity entirely out of the question, I ask whether experience has not proved it to be a measure of plain, practical good sense, and sound policy... Free labor...
GLC06219
Dall, Caroline H., fl. 1860
"Woman's right to labor," or, Low wages and hard work : in three lectures, delivered in Boston, November, 1859.
First edition. Published by Walker, Wise and Company.
GLC06220
Fuller, Margaret, fl. 1855
Woman in the nineteenth century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition and duties of woman
Edited by her brother, Arthur B. Fuller. Introduction by Horace Greeley.
GLC06221
1919
Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940
Deportation, its meaning and menace; last message to the people of America.
Written by Berkman and Emma Goldman. After the author statement, the title continues: "Ellis Island, New York, U.S.A., December 1919." Colophon reads: "Ten cents a copy. Order from M. E. Fitzgerald, 857 Broadway, New York City."
GLC06222
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