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5 December 1826
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
[State of the Union address by John Quincy Adams]
President Adams' State of the Union for 1826 printed in an extra from the National Journal, a Washington, D.C. newspaper.
GLC04419
1830/12/08
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
U.S. Telegraph Extra. Annual address to Congress
GLC06778
14 October 1857
Daily Illinois state journal. [Vol. 10, no. 75 (October 14, 1857)]
Announcement of a mass convention against the 'National Administration.' The death notice of Washington Park Custis (last member of George Washington's family and father-in-law to R. E. Lee.). Front page includes an add for law firm of (Abraham)...
GLC08430.07
20 September 1839
Eldredge, N. T. (fl. 1839)
New York times and commercial intelligencer. [Vol. 3, no. 472 (September 20, 1839)]
Contains an article discussing the Amistad case. States "Very considerable doubts are entertained, I find, whether the grand jury will bring in a bill for any crime against the Africans; in which case the whole discussion will be on the various...
GLC08812
21 July 1838
Niles, William O. (d. 1857)
Niles' national register. [Vol. 4, no. 21 (July 21, 1838)]
Contains several notes on both the Bank of the United States and other banks, including the resumption of specie payment in Philadelphia. Also gives detailed news of events in Congress, lists army promotions, and contains articles on countless other...
GLC08725.04
22 January 1850
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 51, no. 77347 (January 22, 1850)]
Includes President Taylor's message regarding the government of California and, should the territory seek admission to the union, the future government of that state. Includes a report on California gold by a Mr. King and a President's message...
GLC08726.08
10 December 1847
Congressional Globe. [December 10, 1847]
listing 13th Congress, including Lincoln
GLC08746
23 December 1847
Blair & Rives (1834-1873)
Congressional Globe [New Series...No. 4]
Lincoln's Spot Amendment Speech on page 64 condemns the pretexts for starting the war with Mexico. Requests proof from President Polk that American blood was shed on American soil and that the enemy provoked the Americans, and asks if those Americans...
GLC02025
26 August 1852
Sumner, Charles (1811-1874)
Commonwealth. extra. [(August 26, 1852)]
Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and...
GLC02226
1852
Horn, Hosea B. (fl. 1852)
Map to Illustrate Horn's Overland Guide to California and Oregon
Map originally attached to Horn's overland guide (housed with books, GLC 4152.01), from the U.S. Indian sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California containing a table of distances, and showing all the...
GLC04152.02
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