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circa 1866
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
The death of slavery
Bryant's poem, transmitted to the editor of Atlantic Monthly with a letter written 5 June 1866 (GLC 1543.01).
GLC01543.02
6 November 1863
Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901
[Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freedpeople]
The Western Sanitary Commission informs President Lincoln that many freed enslaved people in the Mississippi Valley have no provisions, clothing, or bedding, and little cooking supplies or knowledge as to using such. States that "To meet the present...
GLC01545.11
circa 1865
[List of forces and commanders involved in operations against Mobile, Alabama]
Full title is "Operations against Mobile, Ala.: Organization of the Union Forces (Commanded by Major-General Edward R. S. Canby) March-April, 1865." Contains a list of Union major generals, brigadier generals, colonels, captains, and other leaders...
GLC01545.12
20 August 1861
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882
to Mr. Laighton
Regrets that he is unable to attend a meeting held at Allston Hall the following Friday, in remembrance of Theodore Parker. Emerson claims, "I do not know that I could add any facts of interest to the recollections of the occasion. Yet Theodore...
GLC01549
1864
War Democratic State Committee, 1864
Watch words for War Democrats!
Published by pro-war, pro-Union Democrats in New York. Quotes a speech made by Peter Cooper 20 years ago advocating Union principles. Reprints an article from a Catholic newspaper titled condemning slavery and an article from the impartial Boston...
GLC01703
1774-1775
Pennsylvania journal and weekly advertiser. [No. 1674 (January 4, 1774) - no. 1725 (December 27, 1775)] [with gaps]
Revolutionary War era newspaper: Pennsylvania Journal. 5 and 19 April 1775 issues contain fugitive slave ads. Issue number 1698 is missing. March 8, 1775 contains African Slavery In America written by Thomas Paine in 1774.
GLC01706
1856
Conspiracy disclosed! Kansas Affairs. Read! Read!! Read!!!
An attack on Fremont and the Republican in the election of 1856. Published by the Granite State Club, Washington. Contains map intitled "Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories."
GLC08535
1853
Drayton, Daniel, 1802-?
Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl.
Published by Bela Marsh. Includes a frontispiece printed portrait of Drayton.
GLC08547
1860
United States. Congress
Invasion at Harper's Ferry
Congressional report on John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. Report investigated the plans and motives of the raiders, and concluded no legislation should be made to try prevent similar occurrences in the future. Includes a "Journal" of the Committee...
GLC08581.04
15-16 May 1860
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories
On front cover, contains the signature of John Cochrane from Toledo, Indiana. Pages are brittle and frayed along sides.
GLC08587
6 March 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery.
House Executive Document no. 69 (37th Congress, 2d session). Lincoln recommends the adoption of a joint resolution: "That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State...
GLC08588
1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...
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
1862
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
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
1861
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt
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
30 August 1856
Clephane, Lewis, 1824-1897
To the opponents of slavery extension.
The Congressional Republican Committee calls on Republicans to spread literature against the extension of slavery. Lists documents and prices which the Republican Association will furnish upon request. Clephane was Secretary of the Association, and...
GLC02142
1840-1862
Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862
Miscellaneous receipts for purchases and land sale documents [Decimalized .01- .17]
As follows:
1) Thomson Gregory DS Receipt for Dr. Hull re: Muslin. n.d. 1 p. 2) Jas H. Starr DS Certifying land purchase of Edward C. Smithson, 7/6/1840. 2 p. 3) Receipt for Ward from Hyslop & Brother 1/29/1841. 1 p. + docket. 4) John Ford (Dr.)...
GLC02145.80
18 February 1862
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
[Declaration to citizens of Roanoke Island to renew allegiance to Union]
Historically significant proclamation to the citizens of Roanoke Island, typifying the moderate approach to warfare of Ambrose Burnside, his patron George B. McClellan, and Northern Democrats. Promises not to "interfere with your laws...
GLC01886
4 May 1865
Steele, Frederick, 1819-1868
General Orders no. 3
Signed official at bottom by Lieutenant Joseph Lyman, A.D.C. Orders that Federal troops are not to pillage homes and plantations since the hostilities of the Civil War have ended. Advises newly freed blacks to stay on their plantations with their...
GLC01908
29 April 1865
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
to William T. Sherman
General Meade writes from Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. A previous assessment indicates this letter, directed to "Genl Cmd'g," is written to General William T. Sherman. Marked "Personal" on docket. Meade declines to send the 3rd Cavalry...
GLC01918
1860-1866
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Collection of Heber Painter, I company, 58th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry [Decimalized .001-.182]
The collection mostly consists of correspondence from Painter to his aunt and sisters. His letters contain descriptions of camp life, his feelings towards slavery, and anti-Yankee sentiment in Virginia shortly after the war. More specifically he...
GLC02016
21 November 1866
Comstock, Cyrus Ballou, 1831-1910
to Edward Ortho Cresap Ord
Serving as senior aide-de-camp to General-in-Chief Ulysses S. Grant, Comstock authorizes General Ord to move soldiers from Little Rock to Fort Smith, Arkansas. Referring to reconstruction policies, informs Ord that "It is impossible for the General...
GLC01951
17 November 1870
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
to Thomas B. Pugh
Douglass refuses to speak at the Philadelphia Academy of Music because of its discriminatory policies towards African Americans. The letter escalates into a barrage of criticism against the Academy and Philadelphia the "City of Brotherly Love", which...
GLC01954
8 May 1792
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
[An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States].
Countersigned in type by Speaker of the House Jonathan Trumbull, President pro tempore of the Senate Richard Henry Lee, and President Washington. The act requires the enrollment in the militia of all able-bodied white men between the ages of...
GLC01959
31 January 1863
Seddon, James A. (James Alexander), 1815-1880
to Thomas Hill Watts
Seddon, Confederate Secretary of War, writes to Watts, Confederate Attorney General. Seddon states, "You are respectfully informed in reply to the applications of D H Parker submitted by you, that the Exemption Act has not embraced overseers of...
GLC01925
1863
The letters of President Lincoln on questions of national policy.
Reprint of six letters by Lincoln: June 13, 1863, to an Albany, New York Committee, discussing his interpretation of the writ of habeas corpus in the Vallandigham case; February 3, 1862 and October 13, 1862, to General George McClellan on the...
GLC01969
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