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Pamphlet

February 25, 1862

Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889

[Message of the Confederate President to the Confederate Congress]

State of the Union-like address to the Confederate Congress made in accordance with a constitutional provision. Admits that since the start of the Civil War they had "been so exposed as recently to encounter serious disasters." Discusses their...

GLC08503
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Book

1894

Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-1931

Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War

With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated...

GLC00267.267
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Pamphlet

February 5, 1839

Thompson, Waddy, 1798-1868

Speech of Waddy Thompson of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives of the United States, being in Committee of the whole on the state of the union.

Favors states' rights and criticizes former President Andrew Jackson as "a man who has done more to break down all the landmarks of the Constitution, and to consolidate all power in this Federal Government, than every other man who has preceded him."...

GLC00267.024
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Autograph document signed

February 5, 1780

Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814

[Legal document pertaining to the confiscation of William Walter's property]

On behalf of the states of Massachusetts, Treat, the state attorney general, writes to the Justices of the Superior Court to argue the case for confiscating a tory's property in Boston. Claims Walter "levied War and Conspired to levy War against...

GLC00133
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Photograph

1865 ca.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

[John Wilkes Booth]

Carte de visite of John Wilkes Booth, seated holding pipe.

GLC00368.03
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Photograph

1865 ca.

Howe, C.A., fl. 1865

Cabinet portrait of John B. Stonehouse

Cabinet portrait of John B. Stonehouse, a witness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Originally with letters written by Stonehouse regarding Lincoln's assassination (see GLC00368 and GLC00368.01).

GLC00368.04
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Map

1754 circa

Washington, George, 1732-1799

Map of the western parts of the colony of Virginia, as far as the Mississip[p]i

Rare folding map of Eastern part of what is today the United States to the Mississippi River. With orange color supplied on the borders of Virginia. Shows Washington's route from Williamsburg to French Fort. Removed from book due to condition 1997.

GLC00419.02

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