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1856
Is Millard Fillmore an abolitionist?
Printed at the American Patriot office. Additional title: "The agitation of slavery. Who commenced and who can end it? Buchanan and Fillmore compared from the record."
GLC00267.201
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends.
Attacks Buchanan as a Southern supporter using letters and speeches from Buchanan himself and his supporters. Includes editor headings as charges against Buchanan, such as "Mr. Buchanan in favor of seizing Cuba" "If you can't buy Cuba, steal it" and...
GLC00267.202
Walker, Robert J., 1801-1869
An Appeal for the Union. Letter from the Hon. Robert J. Walker
Printed by John F. Trow. An appeal for James Buchanan for President.
GLC00267.203
Dix, William Giles, ?-1898
The Presidency: a reply to the letter of Hon. Rufus Choate to the Whig Committee of Maine.
Printed by John P. Jewett and Company. A pro-Fremont campaign document. Supports John C. Frémont in the Presidential election. Criticizes Millard Fillmore.
GLC00267.204
1860
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
A political text-book for 1860: Comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections: ...
Title continues, " ... Including all the national platforms ever yet adopted: also, a history of the struggle respecting slavery in the territories, and of the action of Congress as to the freedom of the public lands, with the most notable speeches...
GLC00267.205
Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867
Speeches of John A. Andrew at Hingham and Boston, together with his testimony before the Harper's Ferry Committee of the Senate, in relation to John Brown.
Campaign pamphlet for John A. Andrew while running as Republican for Governor of Massachusetts. Contains campaign speeches, the party platform, transcript of Andrew's testimony before the Senate regarding John Brown, and a defense of an attack on...
GLC00267.207
Miller, Charles D., 1818-1896
Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York
Reprinting of the correspondence of a dispute between Gerrit Smith and the Vigilant Association of the City of New-York. Miller attacks the Association for implying in its "Manifesto" that Smith supported the violence at Harpers Ferry. Says that...
GLC00267.208
1859
Lincoln, Levi, 1782-1868
Boston Courier report of the Union Meeting in Faneuil Hall
Speeches and letters condemning John Brown and his raid, and preaching an end to sectionalism. Prints speeches given by Massachusetts governor Levi Lincoln, Edward Everett and Caleb Cushing during a meeting in Boston. Also contains related letters...
GLC00267.209
Baker, James Loring, fl. 1860
Slavery.
Printed by John A. Norton. Claims that Anglo Saxon and African races can only coexist "in their present relative condition, but in no other way." Calls for free labor to gradually and permanently overtake slavery, but does not advocate slavery's...
GLC00267.210
Redpath, James, 1833-1891
Public life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, with an auto-biography of his childhood and youth.
Tells John Brown's life in heroic terms, praising him as a hero and a martyr. Same book as GLC08581.05.
GLC00267.212
1880
Brown, George Washington, 1820-1915
Reminiscences of Old John Brown
An account of John Brown's time in Kansas, based largely on George W. Brown's recollections. Title page states "The Truth at Last. History Corrected...Thrilling Incidents of Border Life in Kansas." Attempts to be fair, "neither am i laboring to...
GLC00267.213
1910
Villard, Oswald G., 1872-1949
John Brown 1800-1859: A biography fifty years after
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, the Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GLC00267.214
1906
Avey, Elijah, fl. 1906
The Capture and execution of John Brown: A tale of martyrdom
Avey gives an eye witness account. Printed by the Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois.
GLC00267.215
1930
Norton, Clarence C., fl. 1930
The Democratic Party in ante-bellum North Carolina, 1835-1861
Part of the James Sprunt Historical Studies series
GLC00267.216
1892
DuBose, John Witherspoon, fl. 1892
The life and times of William Lowndes Yancey
GLC00267.217
1890
Abbot, Willis J., 1863-1934
Battle fields and camp fires
I. Nevins 21, III Dornbusch 1366.
GLC00267.218
1905
Oates, William C., 1835-1910
The war between the Union and the Confederacy and its lost opportunities
Howes O2aa, Dornbusch (Alabama) 53, I Nevins 139.
GLC00267.220
1864
Alexander, Charles Wesley, 1837-1927
The volunteers' roll of honor. A collection of the noble and praiseworthy deeds performed in the cause of the Union by the heroes of the army and navy of the United States.
Brief sketches of the heroic acts of Union soldiers. Some of the stories are illustrated. "In this collection, the greatest care has been taken to obtain and record the proper name of each soldier or seaman who has, during the great rebellion...
GLC00267.223
1887
Andrews, Robert W., 1790-?
The Life and adventures of Capt. Robert W. Andrews...
Dornbusch II, 863, Nicholson p. 21. Andrews was a veterinary surgeon.
GLC00267.224
1876
Barrett, Joseph Osgood, 1823-1898
"Old Abe!" the live war-eagle of Wisconsin
Tells the story of "Old Abe" the eagle who for years accompanied a Union Army Company into battle.
GLC00267.225
1946
Bill, Alfred Hoyt, 1879-1964
The Beleaguered city: Richmond, 1861-1865
II Nevins 212.
GLC00267.226
1864-1865
Muster out rolls for the 35th Regiment, United States Colored Volunteers. [Decimalized .01-.08]
GLC00267.228
9 September 1865
Campbell, B. B., fl. 1865
[General orders no. 52 pertaining to members of the United States Colored Troops who were court martialled]
Issued by Captain Campbell, Assistant Adjutant General, based on the orders of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman. Discusses charges against and sentences dictated to members of the United States Colored Troops. Charges vary, including...
GLC00267.229
1867
Brockett, L.P., fl. 1867
Woman's work in the Civil War : a record of heroism, patriotism and patience.
Co-authored by Mary C. Vaughan. Biographies of: Dorothea L. Dix, Clara Barton, Helen L. Gibson, Mrs. John Harris, Mrs. Eliza C. Porter, Mary A. Bickerdyke, Mrs. Stephen Barker, Amy M. Bradley, Arabella G. Barlow, Nellie M. Taylor, Mrs. Adaline Tyler...
GLC00267.232
1863
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Speech of Major-General Butler
An after dinner speech made in New York after Butler's return from New Orleans during the Civil War.
GLC00267.235
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