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Brady's Incidents of the War. 17th Regiment New York Volunteers Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing. Butterfield's Brigade. Fitz John Porter. Division Pauls Hill. Vol.

One undated photograph entitled, "Brady's Incidents of the War," taken by Mathew B. Brady. Captures New York's 17th Regiment standing in dress parade formation and holding rifle-muskets raised upward at their sides.

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A Harvest of death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania by T. H. O'Sullivan

From Gardner's Photographic History, "No.36. July 1863"

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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner [later print] [O-77 detail]

Detail of Alexander Gardner's famous November 8, 1863 portrait, reprinted about 1910 by Jason Rice. Ostendorf O-77 Head detail (p. 145). Labelled "no. 36." Accompanied by a photograph of Jason Rice's attestation of authenticity (in collateral file)...

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[Programme of funeral procession]

Broadside consists of information on the arrangement of Lincoln's funeral procession. Includes details on the order in which participants of the procession will walk. Also includes requests such as the closing of all businesses at 10 a.m. and that...

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[Manuscript denouncing Benjamin Wade]

Welles rails against Congress, and Senate President Pro Tem Benjamin Wade in particular. Probably written during the Johnson impeachment crisis. Welles was a Johnson supporter and a strong opponent of Wade. If Johnson's impeachment had resulted in...

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to Robert Tyler

James Buchanan discusses the Compromise of 1850, the Wilmot Proviso, which he notes "is dead," and the issue of California statehood as it relates to slavery. He notes some of the measures that might make sectional compromise possible. He indicates...

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Thirteenth amendment resolution

Congressional copy. One of the most significant copies of the Thirteenth amendment resolution ending slavery, signed by Lincoln, Hamlin, Colfax (twice), Forney, McPherson, 37 senators, and 111 Congressmen. It is Ex-Barrett. Of Senators who voted...

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General Washington's Letter Declaring his Acceptance of the Command of the Armies of the United States

Regarding the Quasi-War with France, Washington's support for the Administration and acceptance of commander in chief. Signed: "D.R. Slade" in upper right corner. Washington's letter is dated July 17, 1798 from Mount Vernon. The document is also...

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The Slave Oligarchy and its usurpations. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, November 2, 1855, in Faneuil Hall, Boston.

First edition. Printed by Buell & Blanchard, Printers, Washington, D.C. Sumner urges voters, "Are you for Freedom, or are you for Slavery? ... Above all other questions, whether national or local, it now lifts itself, directly into the path of...

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Speech of Hon. Robert M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, on the resolutions of the Massachusetts legislature concerning the assault on Mr. Sumner.

Signed by Hunter on a a piece of paper pasted to the title page. Delivered in the senate of the United States, 24 June 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C. Hunter was a senator from Virginia.

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