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[Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks]

A new version of Dixie printed on the back of a sheet of checks from the Bank of Virginia. Contains 9 stanzas. Some very virulent anti-Lincoln lines, including "Old Abe is good at stealing niggers." Note on upper right in pencil says "Printed at...

GLC05987.27

Majority Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Minority Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Aged Residents of Stonington, Connecticut

List of more some of the older residents of the town Stoninington.

GLC02150.34

William, First Earl of Craven

One engraving entitled "William, First Earl of Craven" circa 1861-1877. Portrait of William Craven dressed in armor. Engraved by Henry Robinson. Caption notes "OB. 1697" (Possibly notes the death date of William, First Earl of Craven). Caption notes...

GLC08878.0251

A History of the Amistad captives...

title continues: "...Being a circumstantial account of the capture of the Spanish Schooner Amistad, by the Africans on board; their Voyage and Capture near Long Island, New York; with Biographical Sketches of each of the surviving Africans. Also, and...

GLC04295

[Wide-awake election of 1860 campaign ribbon]

Republican campaign ribbon supporting Abraham Lincoln for President printed with "Wide Awake," and a large eye. Printed on white silk. Thousands of young men turned out in "Wide Awake" torchlight parades in support of Lincoln. The Wide Awakes are...

GLC05865

The second year of the war

Written by Pollard, the editor of the "Richmond Examiner," which supported the Confederacy but was hostile to Confederate President Jefferson Davis. First edition copy printed by Charles B. Richardson in New York at 596 Broadway. This book, along...

GLC00267.309

Crater of the Grand Geyser

Crater of the Grand Geyser. Photo of the crater of a geyser. With gilded edges.

GLC02436.07

[Books bought of John Bell]

Bought a copy of Halley's Astronomical Tables, a copy of the court calender, a copy of the list of the army, and a lead pencil. Total came to £1.3.

GLC02437.08527

[Appointment of Henry Clinton to Major General in the British Army]

Partially printed document issued at the Court of St. James's and countersigned by "Suffolk" possibly the Earl of Suffolk Henry Howard. A note indicates it was filed with the Secretary of War Anthony Chamier. Another note on the bottom, made at an...

GLC01552

[Appointment of John Guyse Sparke as Ensign in the infantry]

Signed in upper left-hand corner. Co-signed by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell and [illegible] of the War Office. Includes royal seals.

GLC00496.209

[Return of stores at Albany]

Return of small arms, accoutrements, etc. on hand at Albany as of last return of April 1781.

GLC02437.10021

Engraving of Admiral Earl Howe

One undated engraving of Earl Richard Howe. Bust portrait of Howe. Engraving includes a brief biography of Howe.

GLC08878.0279

[Report on Battle of Hatchee]

Printed report of the Battle of Hatchee written by Union Brigadier General James C. Veatch, commander of the Second Brigade of the Fourth Division under Major General Stephen Hurlbut.

GLC02257

a part of the American harvest

This fundraising pamphlet for the United Negro College Fund is for ten percent of the educational budget of 1950. The projected budge to raise was $1.4 million. The inside of the brochure summarizes the number and types of professions financed by...

GLC09641.29

to Lieutenant of Berkeley Co.

Manuscript letter signed by Jefferson as governor of Virginia, ordering the Lieutenant of Berkeley County to mobilize a quarter of the county militia. The letter also discusses the arrival of British troops.

GLC01636

An Abstract of the Evidence delivered before a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791; on the part of the petitioners for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade

JB00353

[Little's account of refreshments delivered]

Records refreshments delivered to Lamb's (possibly Colonel John Lamb's) regiment of artillery, Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's regiment of artificers, Livingston (possibly James Livingston's) regiment of infantry, a corps of sappers and miners, and...

GLC01450.806

Engraving of John Paul Jones

One undated engraving of John Paul Jones. Bust portrait of Jones surrounded by a frame of nautical symbols and medals.

GLC08878.0343

Engraving of E. K. Kane

One engraving of E.K. Kane dated 1862. A standing portrait of Kane based on the last photograph taken of him.

GLC08878.0347

to the Constables of Boston

Royal Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Bradstreet orders empanelment of a coroner's jury to examine the death of Joseph Johnson.

GLC02468.07

The Emotions of Mrs. King

One wirephoto published by Associated Press dated April 7, 1968. Comprised of two photos of Coretta Scott King at a memorial in honor of her husband in Memphis, Tennessee. On the left is a photo of Coretta Scott King laughing, and on the right is a...

GLC09739.040

The Path of Negro Liberation

This pamphlet is the main report on the question of self-determination and self-government of African Americans in the "Black Belt" of the south. The pamphlet approaches "the question of self determination from the point of view thinking and trends...

GLC09643.08

Diaries of Samuel G. Gottshall [decimalized]

Mentions battles of Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. First diary is loose.

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