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29 July 1749
Livingston, Robert, Jr.
to Peter DeWitt re: slave trade
Robert Livingston, Jr. describes the multiple deaths of enslaved people on a trading vessel, and expresses disappointment at the financial loss.
GLC03107.04449
1863
Currier & Ives
The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) Regiment. On the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th, 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw.
Portrays African American soldiers carrying a United States flag which reads "54th Mass" on the stripes section of the flag as they meet a battle line of Confederate troops. There are 2 prints of this image, with different colorization, both are...
GLC02881.23
1865
Deming, Henry Champion (1815-1872)
Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln : before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865 by Henry Champion Deming
Published by A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers. Talks about Lincoln's life and accoplishments. Refers Lincoln as the "president of the regenerated republic" and "martyr to liberty and law." the cover title differs from that of the title page. Has...
GLC02913.03
White, Erskine Norman (1833-1911)
The personal influence of Abraham Lincoln : a sermon preached on the national fast-day, Thursday, June 1st, 1865 by Erskine N. White
Published by John A. Gray & Green Printers. The pamphlet was "published by request." Discusses the moral examples and principles Lincoln set upon the country and the world. Discribes Lincoln as a " man of the people" and praises his leadership and...
GLC02913.07
Published by A. N. Clark & Co., State Printers. Talks about Lincoln's life and accoplishments. Refers to Lincoln as the "president of the regenerated republic" and "martyr to liberty and law." the cover title differs from that of the title page....
GLC02913.09
13 October 1778
Dcau, Elijah (fl.1778)
[Pass to travel]
"This may certify that Elijah Gifford has the right to pass into part of Rhode Island State... Elijah Dcau Under keeper of the goal in the county Bristol"
GLC02924.50
1908/03/14
Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
to Willie Olcott Burr re: Nebraska Democratic platform & other proposals [Bryan]
Signed as a former President, concerning his feelings on the Nebraska Democratic platform and implicitly, the rise of populism and William Jennings Bryan. Cleveland advocate the "old Democratic creed."
GLC02925.05
17 March 1860
Cushing, Caleb (1800-1879)
to Thomas H. Seymour
Cushing, former United States Representative, states that he proposes to leave soon for Hartford, Connecticut (possibly to campaign prior to the 1860 Presidential election). Cushing served as a U.S. congressman from Massachusetts (1835-1842) and as a...
GLC02925.07
Dix, John Adams (1798-1879)
to Alfred Edmund Burr
Dix, postmaster of the City of New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. Dix served as a U.S. senator from New York...
GLC02925.10
1855 ca?
Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861)
to Alfred Burr re: hopes for Democratic party success in Connecticut [fragment]
Undated. Written as Democratic Senator from Illinois, to Burr, as Democratic State Central Committee.
GLC02925.11
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