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1862-1863
Great Britain. Parliament. Boston Port.
Three acts pertaining to Great Britain, the United States, and suppression of the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.03]
GLC08514
9 February 1863
Gordon, S.W., fl. 1846-1871
to Thomas H. Patterson
Circular letter signed by Captain Gordon as commander of the USS "Powhatan" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Says he has been ordered by the admiral to remind all commanding officers off Charleston of General Order No. 11. Says at the...
GLC08519
23 September 1862
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3432 (September 23, 1862)]
Contains a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on first page and more coverage on page four. Also includes news about the Civil War, guerillas in Missouri, the defeat of General Bragg's rear guard in Kentucky, the battle of Iuka...
GLC08520
1865
Swain, Leonard, 1821-1869
A nation's sorrow. A sermon preached on the Sabbath after the assassination of president Lincoln, in the Central Congregational Church, Providence, April 15, 1865
States that with the death of president Lincoln must come an oath from the people to put an end to slavery, with no compromises. Argues that justice, not vengeance must be taken against the traitors. Asserts that the country had been blinded by the...
GLC08542
2 January 1863
Fergus, Daniel, fl. 1863
[Receipt for purchase of slave]
Certifies receipt of $1900 from William R. and John Curtey[?] for a slave named Ward. Signed a day after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
GLC08544
1864
Farrar, C.C.S., fl. 1864
The War, Its Causes and Consequences
First edition published by Blelock & Company. Discusses the causes of the Civil War.
GLC08581.09
17 June 1864
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
The Liberator. [Vol. XXXIV, no. 25 (June 17, 1864)]
Prints articles on the British and Foreign anti-slavery society and a letter of Gerritt Smith to Elizabeth Cady Stanton about 1864 presidential election. Brief article praises the equalization of pay for African American [colored] soldiers. Covers...
GLC08608
1862/10/04
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 6, no. 301 (October 4, 1862)]
Includes a printing of the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on the third page titled, "THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY." Discusses the Emancipation Proclamation, including an article titled "Slavery Practically abolished." Includes coverage of...
GLC08620
The Lincoln catechism wherein the eccentricities & beauties of despotism are fully set forth. A Guide to the Presidential Election of 1864.
A vitriolic racist attack on Lincoln in the form of a mock catechism. A list of sarcastic questions and answers which accuse Lincoln of tyranny and the Republicans of destroying the Constitution. Title page proclaims the pamphlet is "A guide to the...
GLC08632
1867
Boutwell, George Sewall, 1818-1905
Speeches and Papers Relating to the Rebellion and the Overthrow of Slavery
Published by Little, Brown & Co. in Boston. Stereotyped and printed by John Wilson and Son in Cambridge. Dedicated to the citizens of Groton, who supported Boutwell in his career as a public servant. Contains 35 chapters, each one a different speech...
GLC08645
1863-1865
Collection related to the Freedmen's Department of Memphis [Decimalized .01-.12]
Pertains to a project to aid freed slaves by the army. Most documents in this collection are related to T. A. Walker, who served as Superintendent of Freedmen, District of West Tennessee. Consists mostly of financial records, and contains...
GLC08649
24 March 1864
Harris, Thomas H., fl. 1864-1865
[General order no. 31 regarding the designation of African American troops]
Lists numerical designations for troops of African descent. Issued by Thomas H. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Major General Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. Established by the order of Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant...
GLC08664
1861-1865 ca.
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
[Carte de visite portait of William Lloyd Garrison]
GLC08672
circa 1863
An Appeal to the Federal Soldiers
Written by "A New Englander, Now A Confederate Soldier." Dated from first line: "Two years of our sanguinary conflict..." Says he is going to lay aside "weapons of strife" and reason together on the lessons the war can teach. Says it was ill-will...
GLC08676
Confederate States of America
Negro passport
Blank form, printed for Richmond, Virginia. Includes sections for the names of the person passing and the official who issues the pass. Also includes space for age, height, and "color" of the person passing.
GLC08677
1 October 1863
Mason, E.E., fl. 1863
[Receipt regarding a slave named John]
Sheriff William H. Preas, from Bedford County, Virginia, sends a slave named John to work on fortifications near Lynchburg. By order of Colonel W. H. Stevens, Chief Engineer. Signed by Mason as First Lieutenant, Engineers.
GLC08678
1865-1870
Ho! For Salt River!
Undated woodcut cartoon attacking Freedmen's Bureau and freed blacks. Supposed tour boat "excursion" on the "Radical Demigog" up "Salt River." Contains an image of a black man rowing a boat full of others participating in the "excursion." Includes...
GLC08714
26 April 1864
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. XXIV no. 7191 (April 26, 1864)]
Reports on the Union surrender of Plymouth in North Carolina. Mentions that the Confederates murdered the African American Union troops after the surrender but states that this can not be verified. Prints other war news. Reports on the 38th...
GLC08720.10
22 October 1865
Frederick MacCrellish & Co.
Daily alta California. [Vol. 17, no. 5707 (October 22, 1865)]
Contains a report on warfare amongst Native American tribes of the Colorado Valley, Southern Utah, Southeastern California, and Western Arizona. Includes news from other states, such as the passage of bills concerning the rights of freedmen....
GLC08725.09
1861/06/03
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 6277 (June 3 1861)]
Includes considerable coverage of opinion from around the country and the globe. On p. 7 is a short letter signed "A Person" about "contraband slaves" being allowed to grow crops for themselves on abandoned estates as proof they can take care of...
GLC08726.11
1864/04/29
New-York times. [Vol. 13, no. 3931 (April 29, 1864)]
Tax bill, Lincoln on slavery page 3.
GLC08726.30
18 October 1865
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7654 (October 18, 1865)]
Discusses President Andrew Johnson's involvement in various aspects of reconstruction. Addresses the responsibility of the Judiciary, not the Executive, in bringing former President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis to trial. Includes a full...
GLC08726.34
3 January 1863
New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 22, no. 6786 (January 3, 1863)]
Prints the Emancipation proclamation on page four. This is among the early printings of the Proclamation in a newspaper. Other news includes the Battle of Murfreesboro with map, attack on Vicksburg, and other Civil War news. Includes article on U...
GLC08748.03
7 January 1865
William Lloyd and Co. (Richmond, Va.), fl. 1861-1865
The daily examiner. [no volume or number information, (January 7, 1865)]
A Confederate newspaper previously published as "The Richmond Examiner." Published without a masthead 30 May 1864-9 December 1865. Pencil signature at top says "Rev. Everhart" (or Overhart). Includes coverage of the fall of Savannah to General...
GLC08780
4 February 1863
Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]
Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and...
GLC08786
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