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25 June 1921
Dawes, Charles (1865-1951)
to my dear mother
He writes the president has approved all his plans and he will soon meet with the cabinet. He has absolute confidence now.
GLC02679.54
13 July 1921
He has great respect for the president. His wife wife and children will be coming to visit soon. He does not want to have to stay longer than next June.
GLC02679.55
19 July 1921
He is tired but happy because he has accomplished so much by working with the president.
GLC02679.56
27 July 1921
He enclosed an order about improving the goverment business system. He made a quick trip to Illinois.
GLC02679.57
1 August 1921
The publishers sent him the first copy of his book. He is very pleased with it and will send her one as well.
GLC02679.58
15 August 1921
to Mrs. M B Dawes
He ordered 5 copies of his book for his mother.
GLC02679.59
November 29, 1916
Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)
to E. J. Julian
Thanks for letter, alludes to "too-proud-to-fight." Cryptic references to Julian's attitudes (which Roosevelt doesn't agree with) and the former's raising his children with a "too-proud-to-fight" attitude. Typed on Metropolitan Magazine stationery...
GLC00118.05
1928
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964)
[Herbert Hoover with his dog, King Tut]
1928 campaign photograph. Shows Hoover standing outdoors while holding the paws of his dog, King Tut. Inscribed and signed: "To R. J. Phillips With kind Regards of Herbert Hoover" below the picture.
GLC00162.16
1902
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
The anti-slavery papers of James Russell Lowell.
First edition. No. 141 of a Limited edition of 525 copies. Uncut and unopened. Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company.
GLC00267.013
1927
Dow, George F. (1868-1936)
Slave ships and slaving
With an introduction by Captain Ernest H. Pentecost. Published by the Marine Research Society, Salem, Massachusetts.
GLC00267.039
1918
Phillips, Ulrich B. (1877-1934)
American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime
Published by D. Appleton and Co, New York, London. Once the definitive and apologetic account of slavery impeding innovation. Phillips was a Professor of American History at the University of Michigan.
GLC00267.084
1910
Nieboer, H. J. (1873-1920)
Slavery as an industrial system; ethnological researches, by Dr. H. J. Nieboer
Second edition. Geared towards world-wide survey of slavery. Published by Martinus Nijhoff, the Hague.
GLC00267.086
Villard, Oswald G. (1872-1949)
John Brown 1800-1859: A biography fifty years after
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, the Riverside Press Cambridge, Massachusetts.
GLC00267.214
1906
Avey, Elijah (fl. 1906)
The Capture and execution of John Brown: A tale of martyrdom
Avey gives an eye witness account. Printed by the Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, Illinois.
GLC00267.215
1905
Oates, William C. (1835-1910)
The war between the Union and the Confederacy and its lost opportunities
Howes O2aa, Dornbusch (Alabama) 53, I Nevins 139.
GLC00267.220
April 1904
Christian, George L. (1841-1924)
Official report of the History Committee of the Grand Camp, C.V.
Report read by committee chairman Christian at Newport News, Virginia on 28 October 1903. Published by order of the Grand Camp of Virginia. The other committee members include: R.T. Barton, Carter R. Bishop, R.A. Brock, Rev. B.D. Tucker, John W...
GLC00267.240
1900
Members of the regiment
The story of the twenty-first regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, during the Civil War
From the Press of the Stewart Printing Co. Inside front cover signed by "Lucien F. Burpee," who appears to be related to Thomas F. Burpee, one of the colonels of the 21st Connecticut killed during the war. The book plate of Lucien Burpee partially...
GLC00267.245
1926
Geer, Walter (1857-1937)
Campaigns of the Civil War
I Nevins 30, III Dornbusch 1391
GLC00267.257
1924
Minnigh, Luther W. (fl. 1905-1924)
Gettysburg: What they did here
Title continues, "The Standard Historical Guide Book on 'Gettysburg' with Numerous Maps and Illustrations." Covers battle plans and marches, various headquarters, and details of the three days' battle. Describes the Soldiers' National Cemetery and...
GLC00267.259
Gray, John C. (1839-1915)
War letters, 1862-1865, of John Chipman Gray Major, Judge Advocate and John Codman Ropes Historian of the War with portraits.
Published by the Riverside Press for the Massachusetts Historical Society. Note behind cover: "I Nevins 97: "unique" / Union Bookshelf 36."
GLC00267.261
1903
Gue, Benjamin F. (1828-1904)
History of the Iowa... Volume II. The Civil War
II Nevins 150. Complete in itself as a history of Iowa in the Civil War.
GLC00267.266
1904
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870)
Recollections and letters of General Robert E. Lee
Written by his son. Published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York.
GLC00267.270
1909
Page, Thomas N. (1853-1922)
Robert E. Lee the southerner
GLC00267.271
[ 1904 ]
Leonard, Albert C. (fl. 1904)
The Boys in blue of 1861-1865, a condensed history worthy of preserving
I Nevins 196, Dornbusch (Penn.) 181, Coulter 290.
GLC00267.273
Beveridge, Albert J. (1862-1927)
Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858
Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company and The Riverside Press Cambridge of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Details the life of Abraham Lincoln. Divided into sections based on time and location. Beveridge meant this work to be a companion to his...
GLC00267.274
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