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15-16 May 1860
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories
On front cover, contains the signature of John Cochrane from Toledo, Indiana. Pages are brittle and frayed along sides.
GLC08587
6 March 1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery.
House Executive Document no. 69 (37th Congress, 2d session). Lincoln recommends the adoption of a joint resolution: "That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State...
GLC08588
1820/03/06
Gales & Seaton
Memorial of Major General Andrew Jackson
Rejoinder to a senate report that investigated Andrew Jackson's justification for taking possession of Pensacola and St. Marks in Florida during the first Seminole War and deemed it "against the laws and constitution of his country." Jackson argues...
GLC08605.01
1831
Duff and Green, fl. 1831
[Correspondence between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun on the Seminole War]
Correspondence between the "President and Vice-President of the U. States, on the subject of the course of the latter, in the deliberations of the cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the occurrences of the Seminole War." Calhoun discloses the correspondence...
GLC08605.02
1835
Emmons, William, fl. 1835
Biography of Martin Van Buren, Vice President.... [election campaign biography]
Election campaign biography printed by Jacob Gideon.
GLC08607.02
1919
Pershing, John J., 1860-1948
Final report of Gen. John J. Pershing
Pershing's report on the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Printed by U.S. G.P.O. Inscribed to Governor "W. L. Harding" [sic].
GLC08612
1816
Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817
Report... respecting the valuation of lands... in Pennsylvania
Printed by William A. Davis. Report written as Secretary of Treasury.
GLC08614
8 February 1849
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]
Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound...
GLC08640
1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...
Title continues, " ... on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852." Printed by Buell and Blanchard. Untrimmed.
GLC08644
1861
United States War Department
General Orders
10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.
GLC08646
1795
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]
Printed by Matthew Carey
GLC08660
November 1862
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home
Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the...
GLC08665
1862
Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade
The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and...
GLC08667
Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894
Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt
Full title is: "Letter from the Hon. Joseph Holt, Upon the Policy of the General Government, the Pending Revolution, Its Objects, and the Duty of Kentucky in the Crisis." Printed by Henry Polkinhorn in Washington, D.C. Printed copy of a letter Holt...
GLC08694
1809
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Message from the President... A statement of the militia....
GLC08698
9 March 1829
Marshall, John, 1755-1835
Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, delivered by Mr. Chief Justice Marshall ...
Title continues, "... March 9th 1829, Justices Washington, Story, Duval, Johnson, and Thompson, also present, In a Writ of Error from the Eastern District of Louisiana, In the Case of Foster & Elam, Plaintiffs in Error, vs. Neilson, Defendant in...
GLC08699
6 February 1850
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
[California and New Mexico]
Message from President Taylor including all reports and correspondence relating to California and New Mexico. Lacks a proper cover.
GLC08701
24 January 1850
Message from the President of the United States, communicating information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in relation to California and New Mexico
Includes all reports from the heads of departments which contain information in President Taylor's possession regarding California and New Mexico. Book lacks proper cover.
GLC08702
1845/12/02
Message from the President [disbound]
GLC08703
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
A system of national finance. Notes explanatory of Mr. Chase's plan of national finance.
Explains Chase's plan for creating a national currency and enabling all existing banks to become national institutions. Printed by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
GLC08704
1787
Various
The Columbian Magazine
Twelve issues plus a supplement to the first volume. Each issue has a table of contents. The September issue contains a printing of the constitution proposed at the Constitutional Convention under the heading "The New plan for a Federal...
GLC02141
1804
Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
Papers on agriculture ; consisting of communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Signed by Henry Knox on front cover. Contains articles on various subjects within the field of agriculture such as using gypsum in agriculture, the culture of potatoes, grafting of trees, etc. Published by the Trustees of the Society. Printed by...
GLC02143
1838
Duane, William John, 1780-1865
Narrative and correspondence concerning the removal of the deposites and occurrences connected therewith.
Inscribed on free endpaper by Duane to Henry A. Wise dated February 1839. In part a defense of his refusal as Andrew Jackson's Secretary of Treasury, to remove deposits from the Bank of the United States to state banks.
GLC02144
1774
Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Extracts from the votes and proceedings of the American Continental Congress.
Held at Philadelphia on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing the Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an address to the people of Great Britin, a memorial to the inhabitants of the British-American Colonies...
GLC02150.03
1907
Noyes, Charles P., 1842-1921
Noyes-Gilman ancestry.
Title continues "Being a series of sketches, with a chart of the ancestors of Charles Phelps Noyes and Emily H. (Gilman) Noyes, his wife." Published in St. Paul, Minnesota by Gilliss Press (New York). Inscription on flyleaf reads "This Book is one of...
GLC02150.56.01
1900
Noyes, LaVerne W., fl. 1849-1900
Descendants of Reverend William Noyes
Direct line to LaVerne W. Noyes and Frances Adelia Noyes-Giffen. Allied families of Stanton, Sanford, Thompson, Holdredge, Saunders, Jessup, Rundle, Lockwood, Lord, Coddington, Fellows, Berry, Clarke, Studwell, and Ferris.
GLC02150.56.03
15 November 1864-21 December 1864
Harris, Rodney E., fl. 1862-1865
Maps Showing the Campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the Dates
Disbound booklet of ten chronological watercolor maps documenting the towns and cities General William T. Sherman passed through on his march to the sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. At the end is a large manuscript account of the march...
GLC01888
1780
Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792
A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons....
First edition printed by John Almon, with 1 folding engraved map and 6 plans printed by William Faden. 4t0: A-M4, N2, O-S4 *S4 T-SC4 ($2 signed - C2, N2, 2C2; D2 misprinted "D3").
GLC01894
1933/08/23
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Executive order relating to the hoarding, export, and earmarking of gold coin, bullion, or currency and to transactions in foreign exchange.
Orders all persons who hold gold coin, gold bullion, or gold certificates to file a report of same with the Secretary of the Treasury within fifteen days. Executive Order 6260.
GLC01983.02
1 November 1776
Hawkes, W., fl. 1776
The Country twenty-five miles round New York
Irregular shaped paper. Engraving with letterpress chronological table of events from 1773-Oct. 1776, engraved by J. Barber and printed by W. Hawkes. Irregularly shaped. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 110, who notes that a later...
GLC02005
1811
Bridges, William, fl. 1811
Map of the City of New-York and Island of Manhattan; with explanatory remarks and references
Inscription reads "Presented by the Common Council of the City of New York to Hon. Governeur Morris." The book contains the report of the Commissioners with reasons for various decisions. Collateral book to Commissioner's Map of New York (GLC02007...
GLC02007.02
1863
The letters of President Lincoln on questions of national policy.
Reprint of six letters by Lincoln: June 13, 1863, to an Albany, New York Committee, discussing his interpretation of the writ of habeas corpus in the Vallandigham case; February 3, 1862 and October 13, 1862, to General George McClellan on the...
GLC01969
1793
Report of the Secretary of State, on... commerce... in foreign countries
Published by order of the House of Representatives. Printed by Childs & Swain, with contemporary notes, notably on p. 7 and 13.
GLC01970
1865
Cannon & Holden (printers)
Executive documents. Convention. Session 1865. Constitution of North-Carolina, with amendments, and ordinances and resolutions passed by the convention session, 1865.
Prints reconstruction constitution of North Carolina. Index includes: Messages of Provisional Governor Holden to the convention, Report of public treasurer to the convention, Report of superintendent of insane asylum, Report of superintendent of...
GLC01973
1777
Faden, William, fl. 1750-1836
A Plan of the city and environs of Philadelphia
Surveyed by N. Scull and G. Heap, engraved by William Faden. Includes military information relative to the American Revolution. Also has an inset image of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
GLC02118
Saunders, Rolfe S., fl. 1864-1865
An oration on the death of Abraham Lincoln late president of the United States
Published by W.A. Whitmore, Steam Book and Job Printer. Signed in pencil by Fillmore on title page. The speech was delivered on Island 40, April 25, 1865.
GLC02120
1791
Report the subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries...
Printed by Francis Childs and John Swain. Folio. A-G2 ($1 signed). Full title: "Report of The Secretary of State, on the Subject of the Cod and Whale Fisheries, Made Conformably to an Order of The House of Representatives...." The House issue of...
GLC02123
1 February 1783
Harrison & Co., fl. 1783
The British magazine and review, or, Universal miscellany. [Vol. II, no. 18 (Jan. 1783)]
In addition to its regular news and literary items, prints the preliminary treaties of peace (Treaty of Paris) between England and the United States and France, ending the American Revolution. Published by Harrison & Co.
GLC02061
1846
Mitchell, Augustus S., fl. 1846
Map of Texas, Oregon and California [pocket atlas]
Full title: A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining. Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities. First printing of this landmark map of the American West. Baughman, Kansas in Maps, p. 35. Graff 2841. Howes M685. Martin &...
GLC02130
20 August 1890
Union Veterans' Union
Rules and Regulations of The Union Veteran's Union, of the United States
GLC03131.15.36
1781
Galvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786
Diario de las operaciones de la expedicion contra la Plaza de Panzacola... (in Spanish)
A-F4. Unopened and unsewn. Re: expedition on Pensacola. Galvez led Spanish forces against the British at Pensacola (which had been given with Florida to Britain in 1763) which he captured for Spain. The Floridas were returned to Spain in the peace...
GLC00718
1860
Rhett, Robert Barnwell, 1800-1876
The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States.
Concerns South Carolina seceding from the Union and encouraging other states that enslaved people to join in forming a confederacy. Printed by order of the convention by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina. No wrappers.
GLC00719
27 March 1861
South Carolina. Convention, 1860-1862
Journal of the Convention of 1860-61.
Proceedings of South Carolina's secession convention issued only to the members of the convention. Concerns the secession of other states, General G. T. Beauregard's proposed defense of Charleston, and the roll call of all the delegates. Printed...
GLC00726
18 May 1796
United States. Department of the Treasury
Letter from the Secretary of Treasury [re: budget of 1796]
Entirely printed. Stitched pamphlet. Signed in type by Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as Secretary of Treasury. Wm Smith was Chairman of the Committee of Ways & Means
GLC00692
circa November 1813
Gwinnett, Button, 1735-1777
[Map of Button Gwinnett's estate]
Hand sketched map of Gwinnett's estate in Georgia of 1450 acres showing the bordering properties. Mentions neighboring properties of James Spalding and Mary Maxwell. Circa date from typed label originally accompanying the document upon acquisition.
GLC00658.02
1864
Mason, & Co., fl. 1864
Lincoln campaign songster.
Title page states songster is for the use of clubs and contains all the most popular songs. Miniature book with woodcut of Lincoln on paper cover and printer's advertisements on back cover. Intended for the 1864 presidential election. Uncut...
GLC00676.01
Burleigh, William Henry, 1812-1871
Republican campaign songster, for 1860.
Edited by Burleigh and published by H. Dayton. Original blue printed front wrapper (only), stab-stitched as issued. Intended for the 1860 Presidential election. Burleigh was a prominent New York journalist and social reformer.
GLC00676.02
1784
The Articles of Confederation; the Declaration of Rights; The Constitution of this Commonwealth, and the Articles of the Definitive Treaty Between Great-Britian and the United States of America.
First Virginia printing. Swem 7430. Stab stitched. Not fully opened
GLC00716
1814
Hall, John E., fl. 1814
American Law Journal : vol. V. : being the second in a new series
Signed by John Marshall three times. Once on the main title page and once on the title page of each pamphlet. Includes printings of Thomas Jefferson's, "The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in Maintaining the Public to the Beach...
GLC00767
1857
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
The political economy of slavery
First edition of Ruffin's pro-slavery pamphlet, signed by Andrew Johnson. Johnson writes on the cover "Send this to my room with my mail." The pamphlet was published in 1857, Johnson most likely signed it in 1858. Untrimmed edges. Lacking wrappers...
GLC00774
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