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1794
Butler, William Orlando, 1791-1880
Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the late wars
Zachary Grey, Ed.. With Hogarth's engravings. With index and errata. Bookplate of John Pollexfen Bastard on front pastedown.
GLC08411
9 November 1860
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)]
Front page article announces that South Carolina will call a secession convention. Also contains news on the results of the election of 1860 listed by state. On page two there is a reprinted letter sent to Frederick Douglass by a white man stating...
GLC08429.09
circa 1911
Goff, Albert H., fl. 1842-?
[Description of the Battle of Mobile Bay]
Goff served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer aboard the USS "Chickasaw" during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Looking back at age 69, Goff provides an account of the battle. Relates that the "Chickasaw," an ironclad monitor, was ordered to take a position...
GLC08431
30 November 1803
Compton, Harry, fl. 1803
[Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]
Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's...
GLC08440
circa 1863
The Draft! Full List of the Drafted in Bordentown Township
Lists men drafted into the army from Bordentown Township, New Jersey. Says "Three clergymen, Rev. J. Biggio, Rev. O.H. Hazard, and R. Julian, were among the lucky ones." List is divided into two sections. One section has no heading and the other's...
GLC08441.02
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