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1846
Ross, John, 1790-1866
Memorial of John Ross and others [Cherokee Indians]
29th Congress., 1st session. Senate document 331. Bound in modern adhesive-style.
GLC08402
1845/02/05
Eastman, Charles G., fl. 1845
to J. T. Fields re: his poetry with copy of poem [Indian related]
Charles Eastman was a Sioux Indian, Dartmouth graduate and friend of Sitting Bull.
GLC08445.07
1828
Binns, John, 1772-1860
Monumental Inscriptions.
8 images of fictitious funeral monuments, each to a man executed by Jackson. The first six are for Tennessee militiamen executed in February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The last two are for John Woods, a mutineer...
GLC08460
circa 1838
[Pair of abolitionist slave tokens]
One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man...
GLC08551
1830
Bowen, Henry, 1794-1874
A mirror for the intemperate
Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include...
GLC08600
1836
Grimke, Angelina E., 1805-1879
Appeal to the Christian women of the south
Published by the American Anti-Slavery Society. Among other arguments, Grimke denounces Biblical justifications of slavery. Loosely bound with string.
GLC08642
20 November 1834
Hall, Henry B., 1808-1884
Declaration
Includes the printed endorsements of James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams and signed endorsement of Hiland Hall. Published in the December "Temperance Recorder," the statement urges all Americans, but especially young men, to stop the...
GLC08652
1852
Laws of the Cherokee Nation...
GLC07383
1833
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879
The Abolitionist
Volume 1, numbers 1 - 11 of a monthly magazine advocating the abolition of slavery. The eleven issues are bound together in one book. Includes articles from numerous sources on emancipation, colonization and many other evangelical and slavery...
GLC08844
19 June 1838
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Letter of Gerrit Smith to President Schmucker.
Smith discusses his and Schmucker's shared disapproval of the Colonization Society. Defends the Anti-Slavery Society against Schmucker's criticism. Also covers Schmucker's opinions of temperance. Contains several spots of water damage in former...
GLC08873
1836-1861
Collection of abolitionist newspapers [Decimalized .01-.59]
A collection of early anti-slavery and abolitionist newspapers, including issues of The Emancipator, the National Anti-Slavery Standard, and the Liberator. Some of the papers are edited by William Lloyd Garrison; others by Edmund Quincy & James...
GLC08875
August 3, 1857
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
to Capt. Nathan G. Evans
A humorous letter to his friend from West Point. Also concerns fighting indians and paying for a gun. Lee remained in Texas by order of General Twiggs. The letter also mentions Hood fighting Indians and A.S. Sydney going to Utah to fight Mormons
GLC01031
May 20, 1824
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
to John Quincy Adams
Written by Monroe as President to an unnamed recipient. The recipient is likely John Quincy Adams, however; this is inferred based on the content and on information in John Quincy Adams diary, discussing his meeting with Monroe on this topic on this...
GLC00969
March 13, 1837
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
to Samuel Joseph May
Invites May to the quarterly meeting of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in Lynn, Massachusetts. Indicates that "Stanton, Garrison, Loring, Sewall, everybody wishes thee to be with us on the occasion." Mentions a Missouri statement from years...
GLC00979
March 27, 1820
Williams, Eleazer, 1787-1858
to Jasper Parish
Writes to Parish, an interpreter and Indian agent to the Six Nations, about a proposal to remove the Iroquois tribes of upstate New York to the Old Northwest. Discusses Secretary of War John C. Calhoun's intention to arrange for the move, which...
GLC00923
October 2, 1857
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
to Harriet Weed
Writes to the daughter of Thurlow Weed, a fellows journalist and founder of the Albany Evening Journal, about a meeting. Regrets that he could not visit sooner and arranges to have the meeting when he comes to Albany, New York. Mentions talking...
GLC00930.03
June 10, 1832
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
to S.L. Gouverneur
Vice President Calhoun wrote this letter after his falling out with President Andrew Jackson over Jackson's pursuit of the Seminole Indians into Florida during the first Seminole War. Discusses the Seminole Affair and questions a recently published...
GLC01118
15 November 1837
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Appointing Holland Coffee agent of Texas for the Comanches
Sealed with green, yellow and white ribbons with paper seal. Republic of Texas. Document length does not include full ribbon lengths. Full measurement with document: 40.7 x 40 cm.
GLC01119.01
1838-1866
Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]
Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.
GLC01233
1846/08/06
United States. Treaties, etc.
Treaty between the US and Cherokee Nation
Signed by John Ross and Stand Watie, both great Cherokee chiefs.
GLC01233.05
28 October 1817
[Appointment of David B. Mitchell as Commissioner of the United States]
Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State. Appoints Mitchell a commissioner to negotiate with the Creek Nation of Indians in Georgia.
GLC01255
September 4, 1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
to Joseph Gales, Jr.
Previously received one hundred copies of a pamphlet, sent by a Mr. Franklin. Only recently had time to revise it, and transmits his corrections. Notes that he will free frank the pamphlets, saving Mr. Franklin the trouble. The Executive Committee...
GLC01194
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.
First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in...
GLC01361
August 7, 1836
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
to Charles Lynch
Letter in the hand of Andrew Jackson Donelson, President Jackson' s nephew and amanuensis. He penned the entire letter and signature. Jackson denies Texas U.S. aid because of neutrality. He also notes sufficiency of men to defeat the Creeks and...
GLC01165
28 April 1832
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Special order No. 7: Brigade muskets during Black Hawk War
Lincoln's signature "A. Lincoln, Capt." on verso of receipt.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincon. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I p. 9-10.
GLC01302
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