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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.
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11 January 1838
Haughton, Richard (1799-1841)
Atlas. [Vol. 6, no. 164 (January 11, 1838)]
Most prominent on this page is a report on the debate of "Calhoun's resolutions" concerning the parameters of the "gag rule," which was renewed by the senate annually between 1836 and 1844. The debate touches on states' rights, free speech, and...
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26 April 1853
Darbee, L. & Son (1853)
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 290, whole no. 1675 (April 26, 1853)]
Includes preview of a work soon to be published called "The Narrative of Solomon Northrop, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery in Washington City, in 1844, and Rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation, near the Red River, in...
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27 April 1853
Williamsburgh Daily Gazette [Vol. 18, no. 291, whole no. 1676 (April 27, 1853)]
Includes the conclusion of a preview of a work soon to be published called "The Narrative of Solomon Northrop, a Citizen of New York, Kidnapped and Sold into Slavery in Washington City, in 1844, and Rescued in 1853 from a cotton plantation, near the...
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1830/12/08
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
U.S. Telegraph Extra. Annual address to Congress
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25 January 1849
Gales & Seaton
National intelligencer. [Vol. 50, no. 7191 (January 25, 1849)]
US Coinage, D.C. Slave trade petition, Bill for admission of California.
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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)...
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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...
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12 September 1850
Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877)
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 11, no. 16, whole no. 536 (September 12, 1850)]
With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Brooks on the Wilmot Proviso," articles on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. and the Texas Boundary Bill, and miscellaneous other...
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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...
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22 January 1850
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...
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10 December 1847
Congressional Globe. [December 10, 1847]
listing 13th Congress, including Lincoln
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8 February 1845
National intelligencer. [Vol. 46, no. 6575 (February 8, 1845)]
Monroe Doctrine
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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...
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1867
Kiger, James S. (fl. 1859-1873)
1867 Diary
Newspaper clippings inserted at beginning with Washington's General Order, July 1776 and McClellan's General Order, September 1861. Also positions of the sun and moon and on the back, a list of the original 13 states and all the signers of the...
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26 December 1848
Bennett, James Gordon (1841-1918)
California herald. [(December 26, 1848)]
Large map on front titled "Gold and Quicksilver District of California." Articles discuss California's gold supply, Americans' excitement about the gold supply, and migration of workers to California. Includes "song of the gold digger" on second page...
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5 October 1860
Hambleton, James P. (1830-1897)
The Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 30 (October 5, 1860)]
Articles on the 1860 presidential election, most focusing on Stephen A. Douglas. Also details the cotton crop in the south. Hambleton is listed as editor and proprietor.
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1858-1861
Beach, Elias William (1841-1921)
[Diary 1858-1861]
Contains various personal content. Covers 1858 and 1861, but skips most of the time in between.
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1 January 1859 to 28 December 1872
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 3, no. 105 (January 1, 1859) - v. 16, no. 835 (December 28, 1872)]
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1 January 1859 to 24 December 1859
Harpers Weekly
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 3, no. 105 (January 1, 1859) - no. 156 (December 24, 1859)] [bound]
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7 January 1860 to 29 December 1860
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 4, no. 158 (January 7, 1860) - no. 209 (December 29, 1860)] [bound]
Issue number 207 has been removed.
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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...
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28 October 1822
Howard, Robert (1767-1850)
Southern Patriot And Commerical Advertiser. [Vol. 16, no. 330 (October 28, 1822)]
One newspaper published by Robert Howard entitled "Southern Patriot And Commerical Advertiser" dated October 28, 1822. Contains numerous public notices and information regarding public ordinances for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Of...
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New-York Semi-weekly Tribune.
Printing Lincoln's House Divided Speech, given on June 16th, at the Republican State Convention: "...'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free..." Also reporting on...
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1848-1858
Boomer, Susan B. (fl. 1848-1858)
Untitled
Diary of a young woman who left Massachusetts to settle in Bristol, Illinois, with opinions on slavery, patriotism, the Compromise of 1850, and the Fugitive Slave Act. "I spent the night at Uncle James's. During the evening a fugitive slave was...
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