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17 July 1858
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Three copies of the same pamphlet: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858 [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC06214
1900
Eldridge, W. C. (fl. 1900)
Elementary manual of practice. Civil war claims.
Manual regarding Civil War pension claims published by the Government Printing Office. Compiled by Eldridge and L. R. Ginn for the office of F. H. Morris, Auditor for the War Department. Includes information on Bounty Acts, veteran's status...
GLC06264
25 October 1856
Miller, Daniel L. (fl. 1856)
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD. Let every Voter Examine and Judge for Himself!
Election broadside focusing on the extension of slavery. Compares the Presidential platforms of James Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge and John C. Fremont/William L. Dayton. Buchanan/Breckinridge attest that "Congress has no Constitutional right to...
GLC06275
27 November 1832
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Joseph Blunt
Discusses an example of a British sailor executed for serving on an American ship during the war of 1812. Also discusses Andrew Jackson's election, de-emphasizing its importance, and comments that "the real difficulties of the Country are in another...
GLC06312
15 March 1836
to Aaron Hobart
Discusses disagreements in Congress over his positions at a time when, in his capacity as congressman, he was opposing patronage policies and the proposed "Gag Rule." Comments that "It was unfortunate for Mr. [Daniel] Webster that in the position...
GLC06313.01
20 April 1850
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Thanks Hobart for a letter and his approval of one of Webster's speeches. Comments: "If we cannot subdue, or restrain, this fanatical abolition Spirits, I know not how we shall get along, without great trouble, or be able to carry on the Govt."...
GLC06313.02
3 March 1820
Sampson, Zabdiel (1781-1828)
Briefly reports the passage of the Missouri Compromise: "The question, so long debated in Congress of excluding slavery from our territories is settled, by the passage of a bill...which excludes slavery forever, from the whole of the American...
GLC06313.03
5 April 1837
to Gerrit Smith
Political situation, Gag Rule, opposition to slavery. "The condition of the African race in this Union has ever been to me subject of deep concern... I have felt an anxious wish that slavery might be abolished... throughout the Union and throughout...
GLC06315
26 December 1774
Washington, George (1732-1799)
to James Mercer
Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave...
GLC06335
1782/03/22
to John A. Washington re: nephew's education, preparing to meet army
Faded with some losses supplied with pen facsimile. Written to his brother. Preparing materials for his departure to meet the army on the Hudson (North) River. Also discusses his precarious financial situation. "You are but little acquainted with...
GLC06429.01
1905
Underwood & Underwood
President Roosevelt and Booker Washington reviewing the 61 "Industry" floats .
Roosevelt and Washington are in the center of the picture, flanked by a sizable crowd. A lone black man stands guard in the foreground.
GLC06449.43
1862/05/01
Morris, Wilmor W. (fl. 1861-1862)
to: "Much Esteemed Friend."
Wilmor reports that "Niggerdom is a question that is talked over in camp verry much." The men think Congress had better find a way to pay the soldiers at the appointed times. He describes their line of defense, which is within a mile of the...
GLC06451.047
1775-1776
Aitken, Robert (1735-1802)
The Pennsylvania magazine, or, American monthly museum.
Nearly complete run, edited in part by Thomas Paine. Total of 13 issues from January to December 1775 (12 issues plus one supplement), January 1776, February 1776 (incomplete with facsimile cover) and March 1776. Two additional issues for April...
GLC06466
29 December 1806
Thompson, Thomas W. (1766-1821)
to John Langdon
Written by New Hampshire Congressman Thompson to Langdon as Governor of New Hampshire. Says nothing of interest has occurred since the suspension of the non-importation law. Claims domestic issues take up most of their time. Has hope that...
GLC06545
July 1788- December 1788
Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
The American Museum: or repository of ancient and modern fugitive pieces, & c. prose and poetical. Volume IV.
Printed by Carey. Carey dedicates this volume to General George Washington. Includes a printing of Washington's farewell orders to the armies of the United States, issued 2 November 1783 from Rocky Hill, near Princeton, New Jersey (pages 240-242)....
GLC06565
1873-1874 circa
Welles, Gideon (1802-1878)
[Notes on division in President Lincoln's cabinet over the issue of emancipation]
Appears to be part of a draft to Welles' book, "Lincoln and Seward: Remarks Upon the Memorial Address of Chas. Francis Adams, on the Late William H. Seward..." first published in 1874. In the notes, Welles quotes Secretary of State William H. Seward...
GLC06577
1861
Mixter, Calvin Symmes (b. 1832)
[Civil War diary of Calvin S. Mixter]
Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations. Relates the events of 1861, spending most of his time divided between his home in Hanson, Massachusetts, and his workplace in...
GLC06583.01
1863
Signed diary including printed almanac and eclipse calendar in the opening pages. Mixter, a member of the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, begins his 1863 diary as his corps returns to Stafford County, Virginia, from a reconnaissance to Ellis...
GLC06583.02
1864
[Civil War diary of Calvin Symmes Mixter]
Signed diary including a printed image, an eclipse calendar, a mileage chart, and postage rates in the opening pages. Mixter writes from various locations, including Washington, D.C., during 1864. On 12 January, accepts appointment as 1st...
GLC06583.03
6 February 1854
Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891)
to unknown
Directed to "Dear Dr." Hamlin replies to a letter from the recipient. Mentions affidavits pertaining to an unspecified matter. Writes, "How the reopening of the Slavery questions will effect me and our friends, I cannot tell at this time- They ask...
GLC06596
24 April 1882
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883)
to Henry Moore Teller
Stephens, a United States Representative from Georgia, introduces Reverend Henry M. Turner to Teller, Secretary of the Interior. States that Turner, a resident of Atlanta, Georgia, is Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the South....
GLC06612
[1860 to 1870 ca.]
Alberger, William C
[Loose Page from Scrapbook of William C. Alberger]
Page contains:
Unknown. Map: s. l., Topographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction. No date. 1 p. Includes an image of Washington, D. C., with the capital building in the foreground. Depicts Virginia and the western...
GLC06628.03
2 February 1865
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
to [Josiah G. Holland]
Chief Justice Chase, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Lincoln, recalls that Lincoln's first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to his cabinet on 22 September [1862] was preceded by his reading aloud a chapter from Artemus Ward....
GLC06647
23 June 1863
to Edwin McMasters Stanton
President Lincoln states that Judge William Darrah Kelley, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania, is attempting to raise African American regiments in Philadelphia. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that Milton [M. Herpert?] is a friend...
GLC06678
14 January 1942
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) (1882-1945)
to Joseph Curran
President Roosevelt discusses "the discrimination against colored seamen, referred to in your telegram of January 2nd" with Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. States that he was previously informed that the discrimination had been...
GLC06686
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