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Stickney, Albert
Warren Court of Inquiry. Argument of... counsel for General Warren
I Nevins 45, who finds this defense of Warren's conduct at Five Forks convincing. See .334
GLC00267.338
28 February 1879
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883)
Life of Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Signed 28 February 1879 in Washington, D.C. Published 1878 by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Written by Richard Malcolm Johnston and William Hand Browne. With lengthy inscription to George M. Landers, written from the House...
GLC05551
1883
Confederate Constitution [facsimile in scrapbook with images of leaders]
Scrapbook, including facsimile, with all secession ordinances, members off Congress, lists of state governors, members of President's staff and Davis Cabinet engraving, with photographs or engravings. Facsimile printed by Joseph Laing, illustrated...
GLC07581
1886
Curtin, Andrew Gregg (1815-1894)
Speech of Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, February 18, 1886.
Curtin praises Fitz John Porter.
GLC00267.316
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
1898
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1818-1914)
Maine at Gettysburg.
Title continues, Report of Maine Commissioners, Prepared by the Executive Committee. Chamberlain's presentation notice pasted onto the front flyleaf. Includes maps, photographs, narrative reports, rosters, monument dedications, and casualty reports...
GLC03852
11 August 1894
Funk, Isaac K. (Kaufmann), 1839-1912;
The Literary Digest [Vol. IX, No. 15 (August 11, 1894)]
One issue of The Literary Digest dated New York, August 11, 1894. Consists of articles related to current events, literature, science, religion, international affairs and other topics. An article entitled "An Anti-Lynching Crusade in America Begun"...
GLC09896
1880
Randolph, Theodore F. (Theodore Fitz) (1826-1883)
Speech of Honorable Theodore F. Randolph of New Jersey, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1880...
(title continues)... on the bill for the restoration of General Fitz John Porter to the United States Army. Argues in support of Porter. Signed by Randolph on the front cover.
GLC00267.314
26 April 1887
Unknown
A sketch of Henry Franklin and family
Date written as "4 mo., 26th, 1887." Contains an extract from the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the death of Henry Franklin's son. The extract is included as a reflection of the lack of racial prejudice in France, where Franklin's son died....
GLC06120
1879
Gardner, Asa Bird (1839-1919)
Argument of Asa Bird Gardner, counsel for government, after conclusion of the evidence in the case of Fitz-John Porter before the Board of Army officers at West Point, January, 1879.
Discusses the reevaluation of General Porter's conduct during the Battle of Second Manassas. Includes a fold-out "Letter-press descriptive of illustrative map no. 1 of counsel for the government." Fold-out has been partially detached from binding.
GLC00267.313
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Eighty years and more (1815-1897). Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Thadeus Wakeman, New York, "Progress is the victory of a new thought over an old superstition." Inscription dated 11 March 1898. Tipped-in is a 6 August 1902 postcard from Stanton's secretary addressed to Wakeman, as editor...
GLC05171
1897
Register of the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland
GLC08845
1887
[Proceedings...of the Society of Cincinnati, 1784-1884]
GLC08849
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