Pamphlets
This sub-collection of the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 900 pamphlets.
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The War Policy of the Administration: Letter of the President to the Union Mass Convention at Springfield, Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln
Includes letters from Abraham Lincoln and Edward Everett.
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True democracy : President Lincoln's Reply to the Albany ""Vallandigham"" Resolutions. Able and interesting discussion.
Abraham Lincoln
The reply is preceded by: Letter of the Albany Committee: The President, Albany, May 9, 1863.
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The League of States
Benson John Lossing
From Harper's magazine for January, 1863 : Cf. publisher's note, p [3].
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English Neutrality : Is the Alabama a British pirate.
Grosvenor Porter Lowrey
Dedication signed: Grosvenor P. Lowrey. In ... the second edition of the pamphlet, slight alterations have been made--Title page verso.
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Commemoration by the Loyal League of Union Citizens: Anniversary Celebration of the Great Uprising of the North, held in Madison Square, New York, April 20th, 1863. /Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, presiding. Report. Speeches, letters, &c., &c.
Loyal League of Union Citizens
A.F. Warburton, stenographer; Reported for the daily press.
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Proceedings at the organization of the Loyal National League at the Cooper Institute, Friday evening, March 20th, 1863 : speeches by Gen. Cochrane, Gen. Hamilton, Hon. Roscoe Conkling, and Senator Foster, of Conn.
Loyal National League.
Call of the Loyal National League -- The New York Leagues: introductory -- Organization of the Loyal National League -- Opinions of the press -- Appendix: By-laws of the Loyal National League.
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A Discourse Delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N.J., August 6th, 1863, on Occasion of the Public Thanksgiving Appointed by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, to Commemorate the Signal Victories Vouchsafed to the Federal Arms
David Magie
This pamphlet contains the discourse delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, N.J., August 6th, 1863, on occasion of the public Thanksgiving appointed by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, to commemorate the Signal Victories Vouchsafed to the Federal Arms.
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The Constitution /Addresses of Prof. Morse, Mr. Geo. Ticknor Curtis, and S.J. Tilden, at the Organization.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Caption title.
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Give Thanks, All Ye People; a National Hymn, in Response to the Proclamation of the President of the United States, Recommending a General Thanksgiving, on November 26th, 1863.
William Augustus Muhlenberg
A metrical version of Lincoln's first Thanksgiving proclamation, with music (SATB) by Muhlenberg. Cf. Ayres, A. William Augustus Muhlenberg (New York, 1880) p. 352. Copy 2: Signed: W.A. Muhlenberg.
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The Conditions of Reconstruction; in a Letter from Robert Dale Owen to the Secretary of State. Letter from Hon. S.P. Chase, to the Loyal National League.
Robert Dale Owen
Differs only from another edition in that it does not have printing on verso of t.p.: Loyal leagues [etc.].
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Constitutional Law and Unconstitutional Divinity. Letters to Rev. Henry M. Dexter, and to Rev. Leonard Bacon, D.D. By Joel Parker.
Joel Parker
Editor of the Congregationalist, Pastor of the Berkley Street Church, Fraternity Lecturerer.
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The Diplomatic Year: Being a Review of Mr. Seward's Foreign Correspondence of 1862 /by a Northern Man.
William Bradford Reed
Also attributed to Charles Ingersoll and to Joseph Reed Ingersoll; Not in Monaghan or Stern; Sabin 34725. Cf. similar item listed under S3526
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How a Free People Conduct a Long War
Charles Janeway Stille
A study of the series of campaigns known in English history as the Peninsular war.
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Northern Interests and Southern Independence :a Plea for United Action
Charles Janeway Stille
Contains a paragraph (p. 42-44) omitted in edition of 49 p.
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Our foreign relations : showing present perils from England and France, the nature and conditions of intervention by mediation, and also by recognition, the impossibility of any recognition of a new power with slavery as a corner-stone, and the wrongful concession of ocean belligerency. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, before the citizens of New York, at the Cooper Institute, Sept. 10, 1863.
Charles Sumner
Includes a list of attendees.
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Speech of Mr. Turpie : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 7, 1863
David Turpie
This pamphlet contains the "Speech of Mr. Turpie" which was "Delivered in the Senate of the United States" on "Feb. 7, 1863", which is all information that is given on the front cover following the title. The speech was given in opposition to a bill for compensation of slaveholders in Missouri. It also contains necessary supplemental information at the end of the pamphlet. The cover lists all necessary information such as the title, a quote, and the members of the leaders of the senate to whom this speech was given.
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General orders, no. 1
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
By the President of the United States of America, a proclamation; War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 2, 1863; Signed: Abraham Lincoln and L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
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General orders. No. 315 War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 17, 1863: the Following Act of Congress and Proclamation of the President
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Includes An Act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases, and By the President of the United States, a proclamation. Signed: E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.
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General orders, no. 91. Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, December 30, 1863.
United States. Army. Department of the Gulf.
Includes text of the amnesty proclamation issued by Lincoln, Dec. 8, 1863, and extracts from his annual message to Congress on the same day. General orders issued by command of Major General Banks, and signed by G. Norman Lieber, acting assistant adjutant general.
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Mexico. Message from the President of the United States in Answer to Resolution of the House of 22d Ultimo, in Relation to the Alleged Interference of Our Minister to Mexico in Favor of the French. A report from the Secretary of State and the Papers with Which it is Accompanied.
United States. Department of State.
Caption title.
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Commercial Intercourse with and in, States Declared in Insurrection: and the Collection of Abandoned and Captured Property, Embracing the Treasury Department Circulars and Regulations, the Executive Proclamations and License, and the War and Navy Department Orders Relating to those Subjects.
United States. Department of the Treasury.
September 11, 1863. On p. [12]: Executive Mansion, Washington, September 11, 1863. The following revised regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury having been seen and considered by me, are hereby approved. Abraham Lincoln. Partial contents: Proclamations of the President. August 16, 1861; July 1, 1862; March 31, 1863.--License of trade by the President ... March 31, 1863.
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Captain John Rodgers, United States Navy: message of the President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Captain Rodgers for eminent skill and zeal in discharge of his duties
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
December 15, 1863.--Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed; Not in Monaghan or Stern; Collected works, ed. Basler, v.7, p. 57.
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Loyal Meeting of the People of New-York: to Support the Government, Prosecute the War, and Maintain the Union, held at the Cooper Institute, Friday Evening, March 6, 1863
Adolphus Frederick Warburton
Caption title: The call. President Lincoln was an invited guest, but did not attend. Cf. Lincoln day to day (1960), v. 3. Contains John Van Buren's speech (p. 28-41) in favor of war and emergency powers for the President.
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The War Powers of the President: and the Legislative Powers of Congress, in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery
William Whiting
Includes a preface explaining that the "following pages were not originally intended for publication but were written for the author's private use."
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McClellan: From Ball's Bluff to Antietam
George Wilkes
Comprising part of a series of articles which first appeared in ""Wilkes' spirit of the times"" [July 9, 1862-March 30, 1863]--Preface.
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McClellan: Who He Is and What He Has Done
George Wilkes
Comprises portions of a series of articles first printed in ""Wilkes' Spirit of the times,"" July 9, 1862-March 14, 1863. A later edition, with slight additions, was published in 1863 under the title: McClellan from Ball's Bluff to Antietam.
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A Expostulasion to Mis Linkum: on the bawl she gave Wednesday nite. /by the orther of it.
This pamphlet is a single page written as a poem to appeal to Miss Linkum. The page is outlined by a scroll border.
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General orders. No. 5.
Caption title.; ""Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 22, 1862.""
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Insurgent Privateers In Foreign Ports: Message from the President of the United States in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 24th of February.
Report from the secretary of state and correspondence in relation to the privateer question, arranged by country. Lincoln's message is dated April 26, 1862. Missing pages 161 - 176
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The American missionary
Title from caption.; American Missionary Association; Congregational Home Missionary Society.
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To all loyal Democrats.: Read the following sentiments of well known Democrats ...
A selection of sentiments in support of President Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation which was to take effect on Jan. 1, 1863; At foot: Democrats of Massachusetts! Will you vote against these able, wise, and leading men of your party, and against the government of your country duly chosen? ...
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Reply to Horace Binney on the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus under the Constitution
David Boyer Brown
This pamphlet is a reply to Horace Binney's defense of Lincoln's suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus. In the reply, American Liberty is cited as the most sacred action of the Constitution.
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Speech of Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee Against the Great Rebellion, Delivered at New York, May 15, 1862.
William Gannaway Brownlow
Caption title. Printed in columns.
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A review of Mr. Binney's pamphlet on ""The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus under the Constitution""
John Christian Bullitt
This pamphlet includes the printer's name from cover. The edition was also issued with the C. Sherman & Son imprint alone on the title page. Bartlett gives the Campbell imprint. Sabin gives the Sherman imprint, as 8vo, noting, ""Fifty copies printed on large paper, in 4to, for John Campbell"", apparently unaware that ordinary copies were also issued with the Campbell imprint. The second part of Binney's Privilege was similarly issued in April 1862. An introduction, dated March 10, 1862, as to why the author reviewed Mr. Binney's pamphlet is included at the front.
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Speech of Hon. John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, on emancipation : Delivered in the House of Representaives, March 11, 1862.
John Jordan Crittenden
Caption title.
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Executive power
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
This pamphlet includes excerpts from three of President Lincoln's addresses and proclamations including the emancipation proclamation. The author of the pamphlet extolls on the virtues of the president's speeches and points to them as proof of the transcendent executive power of presidency.
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Abraham Lincoln : a Short Biography
Evert Augustus Duyckinck
Reprinted from: National portrait gallery of eminent Americans
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Abraham Lincoln: a short biography
Evert Augustus Duyckinck
Reprinted from: National portrait gallery of eminent Americans; Cover title.
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A Reply to Horace Binney's Pamphlet on the Habeas Corpus.
Charles Heebner Gross
Written by Gross. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. Not in Monaghan or Stern. Attributed to Charles H. Gross--cf. Sabin 5486.
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Service of the Militia : Speech of Hon. J. Harlan, of Iowa, in the Senate of the United States, July 11, 1862.
James Harlan
Caption title.
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Copy of a letter written from Buffalo, State of N.Y., December 21st, 1860: to the Honorable Abraham Lincoln, President elect, of the United States of North America.
Frederick Hasted
Caption title; In a case; Includes also copies of letters from the author to Horace Greeley and Jefferson Davis.
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By the President of the United States of America: a proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Caption title; At head of title: General Orders, No. 139. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, Sept. 24, 1862; Monaghan 132 note; Stern 4323.
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General Order Respecting the Observance of the Sabbath day in the Army and Navy.
Abraham Lincoln
Caption title. Executive Mansion, Washington, November 15, 1862. Signed: Abraham Lincoln.
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General orders. No. 141 / War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 25, 1862.
Abraham Lincoln
Caption title. Contains proclamation by President Lincoln announcing martial law and the suspension of habeas corpus. Signed at end: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
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President's war order, no. 3 : Executive Mansion, Washington, March 11, 1862 / [Signed] Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln
Caption title.;Signed at end: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
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Protection of the Government: Message from the President of the United States on the Means and Agencies used for the Protection of the Government.
Abraham Lincoln
May 29, 1862. Ordered, that ten thousand extra copies be printed for the use of the House of Representatives.
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Abraham Lincoln: a short biography
James Murray Mason
Reprinted from: National portrait gallery of eminent Americans; Cover title.
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The writ of habeas corpus and Mr. Binney.
John Teackle Montgomery
This pamphlet seeks to review some of the errors made in a previously printed pamphlet entitled "The Privilege of the Writ of Habeus Corpus under the Constitution", which was written by the Honorable Horace Binney. The cover is composed primarily of the title, "The write of Habeas Corpus, and Mr. Binney", split across six lines of text which are evenly spaced. There is a handwritten note or signature along the bottom of the cover reading "By John T. Montgomery Esq.".
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The Domestic and Foreign Relations of the United States
Joel Parker
Also published in the North American Review for January, 1862.
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The War for the Union :A lecture, Delivered in New York and Boston, December, 1861.
Wendell Phillips
Revised by the author. Reported by Andrew J. Graham.
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One Union--One Constitution--One destiny: Speech of Hon. James S. Rollins, of Missouri, on the rebellion ; delivered in the House of Representatives, April 24, 1862.
James Sidney Rollins
Speech of Hon. James S. Rollins, of Missouri, on the rebellion ; delivered in the House of Representatives, April 24, 1862.
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Message of the President of the United States, in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate of the 5th Instant, in Relation to the Presentation of American Citizens to the Court of France.
William Seward
Contains text of William H. Seward's instruction to William L. Dayton (no. 106), Feb. 3, 1862, in reply to Dayton's dispatch to Seward (no. 102), Jan. 14, 1862. ""February 11, 1862.--Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed""; the message itself is dated Feb. 7, 1862. Cited in Collected works, ed. Basler, v. 5, p. 130, note.
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An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
United States.
July 14, 1862. Ordered, that three thousand extra copies of the 'Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the seame for postal, military, and other purposes, ' be printed for the use of the Senate; Pages [15]-[16] are blank; United States. Congress (37th, 2nd session: 1861-1862). Senate.
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General orders. No. 101 / War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, August 11, 1862.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Signed: Abraham Lincoln ... E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.
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General Orders. No. 173 /War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, October 29, 1862.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Signed on page 3: A. Lincoln ... L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
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General orders. No. 82.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Caption title.;""War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, July 21, 1862.""
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General orders. No. 89
United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
Caption title; Signed on unnumbered page 1: Abraham Lincoln; Signed on page 2: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
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General Orders. No. 91.
United States. Adjutant-General's Office, author.
War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, July 29, 1862. NLM copy, bound ninety-third in a volume that contains 210 general orders issued by the United States War Department, an index to the general orders, and 5 orders issued by the President. DNLM. Contains the text of fourteen acts and resolutions concerning medals of honor, pensions, contracts, payments, ranks, prisons, and confiscation.
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Head-quarters District of West Tennessee, Jackson, Tenn., October 7, 1862. General orders, no. 89.
United States. Army. District of West Tennessee
By command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, JNO A. Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General""--page 1
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Headquarters Department of the Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, February 25, 1862: general orders, no. 47.
United States. Army. Military Division of the Missouri.
Caption title.
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Insurgent Privateers In Foreign Ports: Message from the President of the United States in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 24th of February.
United States. Department of State.
Report from the secretary of state and correspondence in relation to the privateer question, arranged by country. Lincoln's message is dated April 26, 1862. Missing pages 161 - 176
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The Proclamation of Emancipation, by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
A pocket sized printing of the Emancipation Proclamation, this edition has been described as "The only separate pamphlet edition of the preliminary proclamation. ... This is the edition said to have been published by [John Murray] Forbes and distributed by him in one million copies (!) to the soldiers and Negroes."--Eberstadt, C. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, 1951. The interior of the back cover includes a quote from a speech given by Alex H. Stephens, Vice President of the "so called Confederate States" titled, Slavery the Chief Cornerstone, delivered March 21, 1861.
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The President's usurpations.: The Wade Davis manifesto -- an irrepressible conflict in the Republican Party
Benjamin Franklin Wade
Contains Lincoln's letter of July 18, 1864; article from the Richmond sentinel; and, the Wade-Davis manifesto.
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Remarks on Mr. Binney's treatise on the writ of habeas corpus
George Mifflin Wharton
Dated: Philadelphia, February, 1862; Not in Monaghan, Stern or Sabin.
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Letter to an English friend on the rebellion in the United States : and on British policy.
Joseph Willard
Signed: Joseph Willard.
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An appeal to the people of the North.
Signed: A voice from Kentucky; dated: Louisville, Ky., January, 1861.
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Assassination of Ellsworth, at Alexandria, Va., May 24th, 1861.
Without music. Songsheet; text within decorative borders; one column; seven four-line stanzas. Air--""California Brothers."" The page is torn.
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Report from the Committee Appointed to Wait upon the President of the United States to Ascertain his Policy toward the Confederated States, and the Response from the Federal Executive.
At head of title: Doc. no. XVII. Signed by Wm. Ballard Preston, Alex H.H. Stuart, George W. Randolph.
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Seizure of Forts, Arsenals, Revenue Cutters, and Other Property of the United States.
Report by William A. Howard, from the Select Committee of Five. February 28, 1861--Ordered to be printed.
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Inaugural Address of President Davis: Delivered at the Capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, p.m.
Confederate States of America. President.
Confederate States of America Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Inaugural Address of President Davis: Delivered at the Capitol, Monday, February 18, 1861, at 1 o'clock, p.m.
Confederate States of America. President.
Confederate States of America Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Shall the War be for Union and Freedom, or Union and Slavery? : Speech of Hon. M.F. Conway, of Kansas : Delivered in the House of Representatives, Thursday, December 12, 1861.
Martin Franklin Conway
The author considers emancipation of slaves and essential war aim; Includes references to President Lincoln.
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The Union / an address by the Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, delivered before the Literary Societies of Amherst College, July 10th, 1861.
Daniel Stevens Dickinson
At head of title: Price 10 cents.
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General orders. No. 94.
Evert Augustus Duyckinck
Caption title; War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, November 1, 1861.
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State of the Union: Speech of Hon. Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee Delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 23, 1861.
Emerson Etheridge
State of the Union, speech of Hon. Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 23, 1861.
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The great issues now before the country : an oration, delivered at the New York Academy of Music, July 4, 1861.
Edward Everett
Issued also under title: The questions of the day.
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Songs in the Night"": a Thanksgiving Sermon.
Cyrus D. Foss
Sermon given by Rev. Foss, pastor of the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. Preached in the Fleet St. Church, at a Union Service of the two churches on Thursday evening, November 28, 1861.
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To the voters of the eighth congressional district of the state of Illinois
Philip Bond Fouke
Caption title. Typesigned and dated at end: Philip B. Fouke, Washington City, D.C., April 5, 1861.
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Grounds for gratitude : a Discourse Delivered on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1861, in the First Congregational Church, Litchfield, Conn.
Richards George
Sermon on Thanksgiving Day by George Richards, quoting, Esther 9:19 from the Bible, "A day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another." November 28, 1861.
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North and South, or, Four questions considered : What have we done? What have we to do? What have we to hope? What have we to fear? A sermon preached in the First Church in Hartford, on the day of the national fast, Sept. 26th, 1861.
Joel Hawes
A sermon about how to endure and perservere during the civil war.
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The national weakness : a discourse delivered in the First Church, Brookline, on Fast day, Sept. 26, 1861.
Frederic Henry Hedge
Tan paper covers; title within single rule frame; Text: 1 Kings xx:11.
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A discourse delivered by the Rev. William J. Hoge, D.D., collegiate pastor of the Brick Presbyterian church, New York, on the resignation of his charge, July 21, 1861.
William James Hoge
Cover title: Rev. Dr. W.J. Hoge's farewell discourse.
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Letters of the Hon. Joseph Holt, the Hon. Edward Everett, and Commodore Charles Stewart, on the present crisis.
Joseph Holt
Dated respectively: Washington, May 31, 1861; Boston, May 15, 1861, and Bordentown, May 4, 1861.
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Abram Lincoln and South Carolina
J. Wagner Jermon
Printed cover. ""A political publication containing a romantic picture of Lincoln's boyhood.""--M.
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Speech of Hon. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, on the war for the Union / delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 27, 1861.
Andrew Johnson
"The Senate having under consideration the joint resolution (s. No. 1) to approve and confirm certain acts of the President of the United States for suppressing insurrection and rebellion--"
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Gradual Abolishment of Slavery: Message from the President of the United States, in Relation to Co-operating with any State for the Gradual Abolishment of Slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
Addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives; Signed at end: Abraham Lincoln. July 4, 1861.
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Message : fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives ...
Abraham Lincoln
Caption title. Signed and dated: Abraham Lincoln, Washington, December 3, 1861
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Report of the Committee on Federal Relations in Regard to the Calling of a Sovereign Convention.
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Committee on Federal Relations.
At head of title: ... By the House of delegates, May 9th, 1861. Read and 10,000 copies ordered to be printed. The greater part of this issue was siezed [sic] and destroyed by the govt.--MS. note on cover.
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Speech of Hon. John A. McClernand, of Illinois: on the state of the Union: delivered in the House of representatives, January 14, 1861.
John Alexander McClernand
This pamphlet includes a speech by Hon. John A. McClernand, of Illinois on the state of the Union as delivered in the House of representatives, January 14, 1861.
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The disunion conspiracy: speech of Edward McPherson, of Pa., delivered in the House of Representatives, January 23, 1861.
Edward McPherson
Caption title.
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A Review of the Argument of President Lincoln and Attorney General Bates, in Favor of Presidential Power to Suspend the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Samuel Smith Nicholas
Also published in his: Conservative essays, legal and political. A few sentences are crossed out in ink on p. 24. From the Estrin Collection.
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Washington and the Union: Oration delivered by Hon. Robert M. Palmer, Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania, at the reception of President Lincoln at Harrisburg, and the raising of the national flag on the dome of the Capitol, on the 22d day of February, 1861.
Robert M. Palmer
This pamphlet containts the oration delivered by Hon. Robert M. Palmer, Speaker of the Senate of Pennsylvania, at the reception of President Lincoln at Harrisburg, and the raising of the national flag on the dome of the Capitol, on the 22d day of February, 1861.