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1850
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
Speeches of Hon. William H. Seward, and Hon. Lewis Cass on the subject of slavery. [...] March 1850.
Original yellow paper cover, uncut.
GLC08435
6 February 1865
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
[General orders no. 3: Appointing Robert E. Lee commander in chief]
Printed order by Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General appointing Lee the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States.
GLC08436
1864
Magee, James, 1802-1878
The Rally Cry of Freedom
Published by James Magee at 316 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. Tune based on "Battle Cry of Freedom." Printed in blue and red. Image of pillars and an arch. Two soldiers guard the pillars. Underneath the space of the arch there is a scene of a...
GLC08437
30 November 1803
Compton, Harry, fl. 1803
[Purchase of slave Kate and her three children by manumitted slave]
Legal document for the purchase of the slave Kate and her three children Ben, Caleb, and Nancy. The purchaser was "a free African" named Harry Compton, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and he left an "X" as his mark. It appears that Kate was Compton's...
GLC08440
circa 1861
Cramer, J. A. S., fl. 1861
Six hundred thousand more
Song to the tune of "Blow ye Windy Morning." Seven stanzas. Song about coming to the aid of the Union. First stanza says: "We are coming Father Abraham, six hundred thousand more, / From Franklin's winding streams, and from Fulton as before; / We...
GLC08441.01
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