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3 August 1863
Various
The Benton Banner (manuscript camp newspaper) Vol. 1 No. 2
Includes an editorial section, news, and original writings by soldiers including poems and essays. Edited by S. J. Mansfield and John F. Weeks.
GLC06728.135
26 May 1860
Harper & Brothers (1833-1962)
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 4, no. 178 (May 26, 1860)]
Includes a front-page article on Lincoln, recently announced as the Republican presidential candidate. Accompanied by an engraving of Lincoln after a Mathew Brady photograph. Also: "The Woman in White," news regarding Congress, and reports on foreign...
GLC08621
1778/01/24
Wilkie, J. (fl. 1757-1823)
The London chronicle. [Vol. 43, no. 3298 (January 24, 1778)]
Contains new of the Revolutionary War, debates in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, literary essays, and local London news.
GLC08690
23 June 1790
Fenno, John (1751-1798)
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 21 (June 23, 1790)]
Includes an article "On the Means of Preserving the Union of the American States," opining that the "present constitution of the United States appears to be excellent in contemplation; and if the harmony of the States should not be disturbed by...
GLC08720.02
6 December 1823
Fry, William (1777-1855)
National gazette. [Vol. IV, no. 434 (December 6, 1823)]
Part of a signature cut off at masthead appears to be "J. M. Sanders." The entire front page and part of the second page is taken up with the President James Monroe's message to Congress that announced the Monroe Doctrine, which was designed to keep...
GLC08794
1863/06/18-186312/10
Record of news, history and literature, vol. 1 nos. 1-26
Complete set of 26 issues and 7 supplements containing news and other related articles concerning Southern life and culture. The Record was published for six months (the latter half of 1863) and was published by West and Johnson. The masthead was...
GLC06844
1852 after
Unknown
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" banner [on cloth]
Red banner with nine scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Textile.
GLC06894
9 November 1860
Greeley & McElrath (1841-1866)
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)]
Front page article announces that South Carolina will call a secession convention. Also contains news on the results of the election of 1860 listed by state. On page two there is a reprinted letter sent to Frederick Douglass by a white man stating...
GLC08429.09
13 April 1861
Raymond, Henry Jarvis (1820-1869)
New York times. [Vol. X, no. 2983 (April 13, 1861)]
The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over...
GLC08429.22
17 September 1864
Harper's weekly. [Vol. VIII, no. 403 (September 19, 1864)]
Cover illustration entitled, "Harry Davis Capturing the Battle-Flag of the Thirtieth Louisiana Regiment, at the Battle of Ezra Church." Includes articles on General William T. Sherman, the presidential election of 1864, General George McClellan, and...
GLC08430.05
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