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August 5, 1863
Pearce, Eben, fl. 1861-1885
to Sister
Writes to his sister, likely Selina, about registering Black people in town as free, enslaved or as employed by White people.
GLC00066.032
July 4, 1862
Pearce, William, fl. 1861-1869
to Priscilla
Mentions marching south and seeing enslaved people. Describes seeing the Corinth battlefield.
GLC00066.097
1853
Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879
Liberia; or Mr. Peyton's experiments.
304 pages of text followed by twelve pages of advertisements. Published by Harper & Brothers. Contains sticker from Bryant Circulatory Library Association of Roslyn, New York.
GLC05831
12 February 1861
Lincoln, Arch., fl. 1861
$100.00 reward!
Runaway slave broadside with stock wood cut of a runaway. For a slave named Lewis, "aged about 31 years, heavy set, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, inclined to be bow legged, dark complexion, and will weigh 175 or 180 pounds..." Dated from Liberty...
GLC05525
1838
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Speech... upon the right of people ... relating to the annexation of Texas
Full title: "Speech... upon the right of the people ... to petition; on the freedom of speech and of debate in the House of Representatives of the United States... relating to the annexation of Texas." Printed by Gales and Seaton.
GLC05934
11 March 1850
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
California, union, and freedom. Speech of William H. Seward, on the admission of California.
Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut. Argues for the admission of California into the Union (as a free state).
GLC05938
1798/08/29
Adams, John, 1735-1826
Appointment of commissioner Elijah Brigham (c/s Pickering)
c/s Timothy Pickering. His appointment was "to provide for the valuation of land and dwelling houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States."
GLC06929
1896
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the USA 1638-1870
8vo. Printed by Longsman, Green & Co. First edition of Du Bois's first book. Howes D522.
GLC06983
1864/02/17
Eaton, John Jr., fl. 1864
Circular. Office of....Freedmen re: information for Freedmen in Natchez, La.
With manuscript note on obtaining permits, etc. Printed by Freedmen Press, Vicksburg, MS with MS corrections, for use in Dept. of Tenn. & Ark. One black and white bust engraving of General Eaton included.
GLC06807
1909/02/12
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Speech draft re: influence of Lincoln, given at New York Republican Club of NYC
Original draft of speech: "I was born a slave...my first recollection of Abraham Lincoln was...by the prayers of my mother...as she was kneeling over my body earnestly praying that Abraham Lincoln might succeed and that one day she and her boy might...
GLC07232
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