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1849/01/25
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]
US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.
GLC08430.03
1860
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state.
Disbound. Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Senator Sumner declares, "When last I entered into this debate, it became my duty to expose the Crime against Kansas, and to insist upon the immediate admission of that Territory as a State of this Union...
GLC08445.01
1856-1857
State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery [Decimalized .01-.08]
34th Congress House of Representatives Miscellaneous Documents. Contains resolutions passed by the state legislatures of Kentucky, Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Iowa, and Michigan. Apparently disbound from a larger volume....
GLC08452
4 June 1860
The barbarism of slavery. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state. In the United State Senate, June 4, 1860.
Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Sumner calls the Missouri Compromise "the fatal partition between Freedom and Slavery." Uncut. Accompanied by address leaf cut from this pamphlet's original transmission wrapper (GLC08454.02). Edges are brittle and...
GLC08454.01
13-14 February 1850
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the subject of slavery in the territories.
Senator Davis, future President of the Confederacy, speech made while a member of Congress. Responds to resolutions introduced by Senator Henry Clay pertaining to the Compromise of 1850. Davis asks, "...is there such incompatibility of interest...
GLC08461
19 April 1862
Adair, George Washington, 1823-1899
Southern confederacy [Vol. 3, no. 57 (April 19, 1863)]
Published by Adair and J. Henry Smith (1820-1897). B.C. Smith is the associate editor. Tag line below masthead says "The Public Good Before Private Advantage." Masthead vignette depicts an industrialized Southern Confederacy. Announces the beginning...
GLC08492
2 January 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
General Orders no. 1: Emancipation Proclamation
Army printing of the final version of the Emancipation Proclamation, three pages, accompanied by General Orders no. 7, 10, 22, 24, 30 and 35. This is the first six pages of a compilation of General Orders for 1863. Printed in 1864.
GLC08525
10 October 1862
Brooks, Louis (fl. 1862-1876)
to Friend
Received his letter yesterday morning and wrote back as soon as he could. Glad to hear he is healthy. "No news of importance here excepting a rumor that commissioners are on their way to Washington to make arrangements for peace." Asks if he believes...
GLC08914.002
22 May 1821
Hale, Aurelia (ca. b. 1798)
to Horatio Hale
Letter to her brother Horatio upon reaching Savannah. She speaks extensively of their trip from New York, which lasted fifteen days due to their encountering bad weather. She mentions several social engagements she has had since reaching Savannah...
GLC08934.002
31 May 1821
Letter to her brother written to tell him about her first few days in Washington, GA. She reports that the news of her arrival spread quickly and that she has already had several social engagements, and that the boarding house in which she is staying...
GLC08934.003
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