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1816
Dallas, Alexander James, 1759-1817
Report... respecting the valuation of lands... in Pennsylvania
Printed by William A. Davis. Report written as Secretary of Treasury.
GLC08614
18 April 1865
[Union soldier's letter]
Has very strong feelings against the South. Writes that all traitors in the North should be burned at the stake. Feels that if it had not been for the traitors of the North, the war would have ended a long time ago. The letter is incomplete.
GLC08618
1815-1817
Reports of State, Treasury and War Departments re: War of 1812
GLC08636
8 February 1849
Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]
Message of the President of the United States, James K. Polk, including all correspondence with Secretary of State James Buchanan regarding peace negotiations with Mexico. Includes treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed 2 February 1848. Bound...
GLC08640
1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Freedom national; slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, ...
Title continues, " ... on his motion to repeal the fugitive slave bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852." Printed by Buell and Blanchard. Untrimmed.
GLC08644
1861
United States War Department
General Orders
10 volumes of General Orders of the War Department from 1861-1869.
GLC08646
20 October 1864
Forbes, Paul Siemen, 1808-1886
to My Dear Admiral
Forbes, a Union naval officer, writes about General Ulysses S. Grant's strategy on his advance towards Richmond. " ... Grant's plan is by extending his lines westward to cut off Lee from escaping in that direction and joining his forces to those of...
GLC08656
1795
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Message of the President [official documents re: Genet affair]
Printed by Matthew Carey
GLC08660
November 1862
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
What They Have to Do Who Stay at Home
Written by Olmsted as General Secretary of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. Touts the good work of the Sanitary Commission, but "What They Have To Do" is get involved. Calls for a better system of donation and distribution of supplies to alleviate the...
GLC08665
1862
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade
The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and...
GLC08667
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