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1858-1861
Beach, Elias William (1841-1921)
[Diary 1858-1861]
Contains various personal content. Covers 1858 and 1861, but skips most of the time in between.
GLC00919.23.01
16 May 1851 - 27 July 1851
Moore, John (1826-1907)
Diary of John Moore
Excerpt: Diary entries 12 June 1852: "The Tower has been so often described that it is unnecessary to enter into any description of it. There is no place in the world, perhaps where one can see so many specimens of all the varieties of arms that...
GLC04192.06
circa 1815
Hooper & Rowe (fl. 1814-1817)
[Clipping from the Yankee newspaper criticizing the Massachusetts legislature]
Article clipped from the Yankee newspaper criticizes the Massachusetts legislature for backing down on the issue of Massachusetts seceding from the United States and calls them a "lifeless body." Puts the blame on Governor Caleb Strong of...
GLC06417.02
1 November 1859
Unknown
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 53, no. 10688 (November 1, 1859)]
Contains coverage of John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid: "The insurrection at Harper's Ferry was simply no insurrection at all. Not a slave joined the reckless fanatics in their nefarious policy of emancipation by blood and treason. It was a silly...
GLC07203
17 February 1860
Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
Frederick Douglass's paper. [Vol. 13, no. 9 (February 17, 1860)]
GLC07763
14 April 1848
North star. [Vol. 1, no. 16 (April 14, 1848)]
Whole number 26. Includes poem "Farewell to Frederick Douglass" and Front page article "Mrs. Madison a slave dealer."
GLC07233
12 December 1851
Frederick Douglass' paper. [Vol. 4, no. 50 (December 12, 1851)]
Early issue. Confessions of a slave dealer
GLC07234
9 December 1859
Liberator. [Vol. 29 no. 49 (December 9, 1859)]
Whole no. 1510. It includes eyewitness accounts, the "Arrival of Mrs. Brown", "The Harper's Ferry Rising", the execution of Brown.
GLC07286
16 December 1859
Liberator. [Vol. 29, no. 50 (December 16, 1859)]
Whole no. 1511. It includes "Brown's letter to his wife.", the burial of John Brown; South Carolina's secession movement and the dissolution of the Union.
GLC07287
[1847]/03/31
Rochester Daily Advertiser Extra. [Mexican War]
Taylor's "Repulse of Santa Anna's Army!!"
GLC07430
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