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1866
Buchanan, James (1791-1868)
Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of rebellion [inscribed, with telegram]
Inscribed to Dr. James R. Speer, With telegram glued to front pastedowns, to Speer, announcing Buchanan's death.
GLC03354
6 July 1863
Unknown
The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 5 (July 6, 1863)]
Siege of Vicksburg. A Southerner surrenders for whiskey. Many articles illustrate Army - Navy Rivalry. Prints poem Hiawatha.
GLC06107.23
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation
Depicts a menacing-looking Lincoln slumping in his chair writing the Emancipation Proclamation with his left foot sitting on top of a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Demon imagery is found throughout. The Statue of Liberty's head is covered by Lincoln...
GLC00493.03
[1792]
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
Observations on Paine's Rights of Man, in a series of lectures, by Publicola
Edinburgh edition. First separate printing, originally published in Boston newspaper June-July 1791. Disbound. Attributed to John Quincy Adams by himself (see GLC 958.07)
GLC04398
22 June 1864
Joy, George Mills (fl. 1830-1864)
North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]
Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes...
GLC00900.02
19 January 1870
Dahlgren, John Adolphus Bernard (1809-1870)
to T. Apoleon Cheney
Written by Dahlgren as commander of the Washington Navy Yard. References Cheney's notes of 6 and 10 January. Has not responded because of the "many demands on my time." Says some of the books he has requested are procurable and will be forwarded...
GLC01545.09
22 May 1790
Ogden, Samuel (1746-1810)
to Henry Knox
Reports that "little Morris" (presumably his son) suffered no ill effects from a recent fall. States that everyone is glad to hear that President Washington has recovered from his illness. Paraphrases Don Quixote: "As Sancho told the Don, He must...
GLC02437.04614
1 September 1792- 5 September 1792
Russell, Benjamin (1761-1845)
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 50 (September 1, 1792)] and Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 51 (September 5, 1792)]
Includes two issues bound together. Issue 50 contains a letter written by Thomas Paine directed to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the Home Department in Great Britain. In the letter, Paine defends his work Rights of Man, stating "I do not...
GLC00281
1863
Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886)
The Barbarities of the Rebels...
Title continues, "...as Shown in their Cruelty to the Federal Wounded and Prisoners; in their Outrages Upon Union Men; in the Murder of Negroes, and in their Unmanly Conduct Throughout the Rebellion." Written by Bartlett as Secretary of State for...
GLC00267.355
January 1840
[Testimonies regarding the capture of the Amistad; includes Cinque's testimony]
Created at Connecticut District Court in 7-9 January 1840 by or for William S. Holabird. Serves as notes of the testimony of Richard Robert Madden (head of the British Anti-Slavery [Mixed] Commission in Havana), Sullivan Haley (on board the USS...
GLC05636.13
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