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1856
Parker, Joel, 1816-1888
The true issue, and the duty of the Whigs: an address before the citizens of Cambridge, October 1, 1856.
Also titled "An Address before the Citizens of Cambridge." Printed by James Munroe and Company.
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1857
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Message of the Governor of Ohio, to the fifty-second general assembly, at the adjorned session, commencing January 5, 1857.
Chase, as Governor of Ohio, gives an address on matters pertaining to the State of Ohio during the last year. Includes financial matters of the state such as income, expenditures, taxes, and public matters like prisons, welfare, and schools....
GLC00267.166
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
[Message of the President of the United States regarding Kansas]
President Buchanan submits a report of Lewis Cass, Secretary of State, with other correspondence and documents related to the Kansas Territory. Contains correspondence of Robert John Walker, Governor of Kansas Territory, among others. 35th Congress...
GLC00267.167
1858
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a State, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that Territory.
United States 35th Congress, 1st session, Executive Document no. 21, Senate. Second half of pamphlet includes a proposed constitution for the state of Kansas. Article VII, on slavery, states "The right of property is before and higher than any...
GLC00267.168
Green, James S., 1817-1870
[Senate report to accompany bill 161, including the Lecompton Constitution]
35th Congress, 1st session, Senate. Rep. Com. No. 82. Opens with a report submitted by Senator Green from the Committee on Territories. Includes a Constitution for Kansas, submitted by John Calhoun, President of the Kansas Constitutional Convention...
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Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880
Speech of Hon. L. F. S. Foster, of Connecticut, on the Lecompton Consitution; delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 8 and 19, 1858.
Untrimmed and unopened. Foster opposed the Lecompton Constitution.
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Walton, E.P., 1812-1890
Revolution in the law of the land. Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Kansas; delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858.
Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Most pages uncut. Walton argues for the defeat of the Lecompton Constitution.
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Stephens, Alexander Hamilton, 1812-1883
[House report no. 377 regarding the Lecompton Constitution, and the admission of Kansas into the Union]
35th Congress, 1st session. Opens with a report of Representative Stephens, from the Select Committee. Also includes a message from President James Buchanan, and other documents related to the admission of Kansas to the Union under the Lecompton...
GLC00267.172
1859
Conway, Martin Franklin, 1827-1882
Kansas. Constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth.
35th Congress, 2nd session. House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 44. Submitted by Conway as president of the Leavenworth convention and Samuel F. Tappan, secretary. Includes a list of other convention members. Calls for the admission of...
GLC00267.173
1860
Grow, Galusha A., 1823-1907
[Report accompanying bill no. 23, regarding admission of Kansas to the Union]
36th Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives report no. 255. Opens with the report, submitted by Grow and other members of the Committee on Territories. Contains the Wyandott Constitution of 1859, arguing for the admission of Kansas...
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1840
Littlefield, E., fl. 1840
The Democrat's almanac and people's register for 1841.
Almanac with a summary of the life of Martin Van Buren, appealing for his election in 1840. Published by E. Littlefield, 122 Washington Street. Title page includes contents: "Containing, in addition to the usual calendar pages, a brief sketch of...
GLC00267.182
1852
Chastain, Elijah Webb, 1813-1874
The Union and the state-rights parties. Speech of Hon. E. W. Chastain, of Georgia, on the position of the Union Party of Georgia.
Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. Delivered in the House of Representatives 5 March 1852.
GLC00267.187
Democratic National Convention
Proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, held at Baltimore, June 1-5, 1852, for the nomination of cadidates for president and vice president of the United States.
Records the proceedings of the convention which nominated Pierce for President. Gives very detailed descriptions of each day's proceedings, along with lists of committee members, the votes from each state broken down by district (if applicable), and...
GLC00267.188
Cluskey, Michael W., fl. 1856
Buchanan and Breckinridge. The Democratic hand-book, compiled by Mich. W. Cluskey, of Washington City, D.C. Recommended by the Democratic national committee. The success of the Democracy essential for the preservation of the Union and the protection of the integrity of the Constitution.
Compiled to disprove the "unprecedented charges against the Democratic candidate..." Selections are from the works of Democratic leaders "who represent the uniform and united opinions of the Democracy, North and South..." Includes the Missouri...
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Fitch, Graham N. (Graham Newell), 1809-1892
[Speech by Senator Fitch regarding the admission of Kansas into the Union]
Delivered at Indianapolis 6 January 1859. Uncut.
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Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894
The just supremacy of Congress over the territories: intended as an answer to the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on popular sovereignty.
Published by A. Williams and Company.
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1832
To the people of the United States.
An attack on Andrew Jackson during the 1832 Presidential election. For the first four pages ("To the people of the United States), no author is cited. Pages 5 and 6 contain an address by Samuel Tucker "To the surviving officers and soldiers of the...
GLC00267.178
January 1836
Jackson, Isaac R., ?-1843
A sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison.
Pro-Harrison campaign document. Written as "an acceptable service to those, who are not familiar with the life of this distinguished man, to place before them the following brief sketch of his biography and public services." States that the sketch...
GLC00267.179
Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
Outlines of the life and public services, civl and military, of William Henry Harrison
Campaign biography for the 1840 election, which Harrison won. Dedicated to the people of the third district of Massachusetts. Described by the author as "[a] brief retrospect of his career, civil and military, while it exhibits the character and...
GLC00267.180
10 September 1840
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Gen. Harrison's speech at the Dayton convention, September 10, 1840.
Campaign speech for the 1840 election. Includes comments by the publisher about the reaction of the crowds, what was going on and the atmosphere. Harrison denies being a Federalist and assures the crowd of his interest in the people's welfare: "I...
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1843
Abell, Alexander Gurdon, 1819-1890
Life of John Tyler, president of the United States, up to the close of the second session of the twenty-seventh congress:...
Title continues: ...including some of his most important speeches while a member of the House of Representatives and the of the Senate of the United States, and his principal messages and other public papers as chief magistrate of the union. A...
GLC00267.183
1844
Copeland, Alexander, ?-1845
Address to the people of the state of New-York by the General Executive Committee of the American Republican Party of the City of New York.
Uncut. Published by the General Executive Committee. Contains a list of Committee members. Address delivered by Copeland, President of the Republican Party. Requires that "the Naturalization Laws shall be so altered as to make it necessary for...
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circa 1848
Inconsistency and hypocrisy of Martin Van Buren. On the question of slavery.
An anonymous author criticizes Van Buren and the Free Soil Party, which nominated him as candidate for the 1848 Presidential election: "No event in the history of political parties in this country since the establishment of the government, has...
GLC00267.185
1850
O'Conor, Charles, 1804-1884
Dinner to the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson at Tammany Hall, as a tribute of respect, by the Democracy, of the Counties of New York, Westchester, Kings, Queens and Richmond...
(title continues)...and his reception by the municipal authorities of the city, on the 17th of June, 1850. Printed at the office of the New York Daily Globe. O'Conor, a prominent New York attorney, served as President of the function. Includes a...
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9 July 1852
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, Delivered in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1852.
Supports Franklin Pierce as the Democratic presidential candidate. Gives a summary of Pierce's achievements and qualifications for the position of president: "Hence, as democrats, we invite the most rigid and strict scrutiny into the public and...
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