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01 July 1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
Inaugural Address of James A. Garfield / Mar. 4, 1881 [inscribed to Mrs. Blaine]
Inscribed to Mrs. Blaine by Garfield the day before he was shot by Guiteau.
GLC03558
1879
Pamphlet
Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted the following report to accompany bill S. Res. 12.
Committee rejection of a proposed amendment that would have granted women the right to vote, issued as Senate Report No. 523 (45th Congress, 3rd Session). Collateral with this is the minority report in support of the proposed amendment, with title...
GLC06081
1 June 1882
Guiteau, Charles (1841-1882)
The Truth and Removal [assassination of Garfield]
Signed only weeks before he was hanged for the assassination of President Garfield. The title refers to the "removal" of Garfield from the presidency as part of a cosmic belief system which Guiteau explains in his book. Inscribed to Miss Maggie...
GLC06095
1894
Johnson, Rossiter (1840-1931)
Campfire and battlefield : an illustrated history of the campaigns and conflicts of the Civil War
With contributions of J.T. Morgan, O.O. Howard, W. B. Howard, John B. Gordon, James Tanner, George Kilmer and Mrs. L.C. Pickett. First edition, published by Bryan, Taylor & Company. SIgned by Clark Hine on 11 November 1896. Heavily illustrated...
GLC00267.267
1889
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
Uncle Tom's cabin
Inscribed by Stowe to Edward W. Seymour, dated June 27, 1890, with quotation from Psalms 72:12, "He shall deliver the needy when he crieth, the poor, & him that hath no Helper." A later edition, printed by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Edward Woodruff...
GLC03363
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