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[General order no. 16 to abolish the system of peonage in the Territory of New Mexico]

Transmits the act of Congress abolishing peonage in New Mexico "and other parts of the United States." States "that the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage is hereby declared to be unlawful, and the same is...

GLC08668

[Carte de visite of James B. Floyd]

Annotated "Floyd the Thief" on mount and verso. Inscription also reads: James Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), Va. Gov. Sec. of War. Conf. Gnl."

GLC08671

to Hannibal Hamlin

Responding to Hamlin's "letter requesting me to furnish the Committee over which you preside, any and all evidence" for an investigation into misconduct in arms sales. Discusses his speeches in the Senate on the issue. Stands by his accusations and...

GLC08680

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

Message from the President... A statement of the militia....

GLC08698

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

[California and New Mexico]

Message from President Taylor including all reports and correspondence relating to California and New Mexico. Lacks a proper cover.

GLC08701

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

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

The great Civil War in America : speech of Hon. Clement Laird Vallandigham, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, January 14, 1863

In this speech, Vallandigham criticizes President Lincoln's execution of the Civil War. Vallandigham of Dayton, Ohio, was elected to Congress in 1858 as a Democrat. He strongly supported states' rights, including the right to regulate slavery...

GLC08706