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Map of Eastern Virginia compiled from the best authorities, and printed at the Coast Survey Office.

Printed by the Coast Survey Office, compiled by Nicholson, and lithographed by Charles G. Krebs. Depicts eastern Virginia, Maryland and Delaware with portions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Shows rail lines, rivers, and other...

GLC01740.03

Colton's new topographical map of the eastern portion of the State of North Carolina with part of Virginia and South Carolina, from the latest & best authorities.

Printed by Lang & Laing. Lithographed map with some hand-colored areas. Depicts eastern coastline of North Carolina with Atlantic Ocean and neighbone of North Carolina with Atlantic Ocean and neighboring states. According to a previous note, this...

GLC01740.04

Collection pertaining to John and Nathaniel Collins McLean [Decimalized .01-.04]

GLC01740.05.01 and .02 were previously attached together with metal clips. These two letters discuss Nathaniel McLean's participation in the Battle of Second Manassas (McLean outlines events which took place under his command on Bald Hill, 30 August...

GLC01740.05

to John Brown

Writes to Brown, then a Kentucky lawyer and later a senator, to promise further communication of his thoughts on making Kentucky a state. Also comments cryptically, because he has no cypher established with Brown, about his sentiments regarding "our...

GLC01742.01

to John Brown

Sends Brown, a former Kentucky senator, a copy of letter from Madison to Mann Butler. The copy, dated 11 October 1834, provides a recollection of the 1788 correspondence between Madison and Brown regarding Spain's efforts to get Kentucky to become...

GLC01742.02

to unknown

Written as President. Unaddressed, but probably to Post Master General John McLean. Mentions that they will discuss modifications and improvements that can be made to the department when they meet. Requests that he prepare a statement showing the...

GLC01744

to Gov. William C. Bouck of New York re: campaigning policy, the tariff & Texas

Concerning his election campaign policy, feeling that it is "wrong... for a candidate... to engage personally in the contest." Bouck was governor of New York. One bust engraving of James K. Polk included.

GLC01745

Two Rivulets, including Democratic vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage to India

Author's edition, Camden, New Jersey. With signed photograph of Whitman dated 31 May 1879 on frontispiece. Also includes "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free & Other Poems," and "Memoranda During the War." Each essay paginated separately.

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Arms and the Covenant: speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defense by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill

Inscribed by Winston Churchill on the free front endpaper to Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt's special envoy, and dated March 1940. First edition compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.

GLC01750.01

Collection of two letters related to Henry David Thoreau [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC01751