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This sub-collection of the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 900 pamphlets.

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Disunion and Slavery: a Series of Letters to Hon. W. L. Yancey, of Alabama,by Henry J. Raymond, of New York.

Henry Jarvis Raymond

This pamphlet is a series of letters to Hon. W. L. Yancey, of Alabama, by Henry J. Raymond, of New York on the disunion and slavery.
Union and Peace!: How They Shall be Restored/ Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, Before the Republican State Convention, at Worcester, October 1, 1861.

Charles Sumner

A speech concering the issue of slavery.
The Union: a Sermon Delivered in Grace Church, New York, on the Day of the National Fast, January 4, 1861

Thomas House Taylor

This pamphlet included a sermon delivered in Grace Church, New York, on the Day of the National Fast, January 4, 1861 by Thomas House Taylor, D. D.
General Orders. No. 76 / Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 12, 1861.

United States. Adjutant-General's Office.

At the General Court Martial which convened at Fort Monroe, Va., pursuant to 'Special orders' no. 190, of July 16, 1861, from the War Department, and of which Col. John W. Phelps, 1st Regiment Vermont Volunteers, is President, was arraigned and tried Colonel William H. Allen, 1st Regiment N.Y. Volunteers, on the following charges and specifications ..."" Includes brief statement from President Lincoln on page 5, confirming and approving trial proceedings and results. Signed at end: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.
Alleged Hostile Organization Against the Government within the District of Columbia: February 14, 1861, Laid Upon the Table, and Ordered to be Printed.

United States. Congress. House.

Caption title; Report submitted by W.A. Howard.
Rules and Articles of War

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Hughes from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report in the form of a bill, which was laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Proposed act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States. February 18, 1861.
Naval force of the United States: where ships are now stationed, etc. : February 21, 1861 ... : report.

United States. Congress. House. Select Committee of Five, Appointed January 9th, 1861.

Caption title; Report submitted by H. Dawes, from the Select Committee of Five Appointed January 9th, 1861, along with testimony on the surrender of the Pensacola Navy Yard.
Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus: Letter from the Attorney General, Transmitting, in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 12th instant, an Opinion Relative to the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

United States. Department of Justice.

July 13, 1861.-Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed; Also published under title: Opinion of the Attorney General on the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
State of the Union: Speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont :upon the report of the Committee of Thirty-three upon the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1861.

Eliakim Persons Walton

Caption title.
Sermons by the Rev. Mr. Weston, Chaplain of the 7th Regiment, National Guard, and the Rev. Byron Sunderland ... Preached in the Hall of Representatives, Sunday, April 28th 1861.

S. H. Weston

Sermon addressing the beginning of the war. Includes a program of services.
Lincoln and Hamlin: speeches of Hon. Augustus Frank, Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Hon. Lyman Trumbull [and] Hon. Elihu B. Washburne at the Republican ratification meeting in Washington City, May 19, 1860.

Caption title.
Salient points of the campaign: a tract

Caption title; No. 1.;
The Bell and Everett Songster: for the Campaign: Containing a Large Collection of National and Patriotic Airs, as Sung by the Constitutional Glee Clubs.

Without music; tunes indicated by title. Probable date of publication from copyright on title page verso. Issued in printed illustrated wrapper. A large bell dominates the bright front wrapper of this rare songster for the constitutional Union party candidate. Includes one humorous anti-Lincoln piece ""Uncle Sam and Abe Lincoln.""
The campaign of 1860 : Republican songs for the people, original and selected

This pamphlet features a sketched portrait of Abraham Lincoln, without beard, on the cover and includes lyrics without sheet music of politcal songs. """"Oppression shall not always reign"" is an example of a song title. A list of contentes is located on the third page of the pamphlet.
The great issue to be decided in November next!: shall the Constitution and the Union stand or fall? : shall sectionalism triumph? : Lincoln and his supporters : behold the record!.

Caption title; At head of title: p. 19. Also issued with statement at head of title. Breckinridge and Lane campaign documents, no. 19.
The wide-awake vocalist : or, Rail splitters' song book : words and music for the Republican campaign of 1860 : embracing a great variety of songs, solos, duets, and choruses, arranged for piano or melodeon

This pamphlet includes sheet music and lyrics for political songs. An index of first lines and music is on the second page of the pamphlet.
Truths for the Times.: Hon. D.D. Barnard on the Presidential Question. The Whole Field Surveyed. Why no friend of the Union can be Republican, Reasons why no lover of the Union can vote for Lincoln

Daniel Dewey Barnard

The whole field surveyed. Why no friend of the Union can be a Republican, Reasons why no lover of the Union can vot for Lincoln. Doctrine of the fathers re-stated. Relative position of whites and negroes in this republic. Republicanism against the constitution. Republicanism against the Declaration of Independence. Republicanism against the Union."" -- cover; Dated at end: Albany, August 1st, 1860.
Truths for voters ...

Daniel Dewey Barnard

The author's Truths for the times (St. Louis [1860]), on a similar subject is listed as M19. At end of text: D.D. Barnard, Albany, August 1, 1860. Issued by the Bell & Everett Central Club of Bost
A ""wide awake"" poem: in which are recounted the political death and burial of the unlamented Buchanan ; and the wanderings of the little giant ""in search of his mother,"" in it are, also, briefly set forth the merits of ""honest old Abe,"" our next president

Almon H. Benedict

Cover title: Benedict's ""Wide Awake"" poem. 1860.
Speech of Hon. O.H. Browning, delivered at the Republican mass-meeting, Springfield, Ill., August 8th, 1860.

Orville Hickman Browning

Mr. Lincoln had just been upon the stand from which Mr. Browning spoke--Page 3.
The views and sentiments of Henry Clay & Abraham Lincoln on the slavery question.

Henry Clay

Caption title;Printed in 2 columns
Address of the Union Electoral Committee to the Union men of New York.

Constitutional Union Party (N.Y.). Electoral Committee.

Caption title; At head of title: Union and Republican Parties; Signed by William Duer, New York, chairman, and 29 others; Review of the preceding: p. 6-11; The address is followed by ""Review of the preceding"" (p. 6-11) from a Republican standpoint. This is a Republican, not a Constitutional Union, campaign document. ""No sensible man believes in the threats of secession ... "": p. 11.
Address to the Democracy and the people of the United States.

Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

Address to the Democracy and the people of the United State by the National Democratic Executive Committee concerning the election of the next president.
Non-interference by Congress with slavery in the territories: Speech of Senator Douglas, of Illinois, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 15 & 16, 1860.

Stephen A. Douglas

Caption title; At head of title: 34th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Rep. Com. no. 198.
Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas on the invasion of states: and his reply to Mr. Fessenden : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

This pamphlet is the speech of Senator S.A. Douglas on the invasion of states with his reply to Mr. Fessenden as delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860.
Drake's Victoria speech ; History of the ""two-thirds rule"" / speech of Charles D. Drake of St. Louis, in favor of the election of Stephen A. Douglas to the Presidency, delivered August 25th, 1860, at Victoria, Jefferson Co., Mo.

Charles Daniel Drake

This pamphlet contains a speech made by Charles D. Drake, at Victoria, Jefferson County, Missouri. The speech addresses the ""Political topics of the day"" including two sectional parties, the black republican party, reasons why he favors Douglas over other candidates, and Douglas' record compared to the records of his opponents. Notably, the pamphlet addresses the Dred Scott Case. At head of title: Missouri Democratic campaign documents. At end of text: Chas. D. Drake, St. Louis, August 8, 1860. Accompanied by text of ""Speech of Chas. D. Drake, of St. Louis, delivered by request, at Troy, Mo., September 18th, 1860""; ""Speech of Charles D. Drake ... delivered at a National Democratic meeting in Palmyra, Mo., on the 23d of July, 1860."" These are both in the form of mounted newspaper clippings.
Speech of the Hon. Thomas Ewing, at Chillicothe, Ohio, before a Republican mass meeting, September 29th, 1860.

Thomas Ewing

Contains the speech of the Hon. Thomas Ewing, at Chillicothe, Ohio, before a Republican mass meeting, September 29th, 1860.
Speech of Orris S. Ferry, of Connecticut: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 10, 1860.

Orris Sanford Ferry

Caption title.
Life of Stephen A. Douglas: United States Senator from Illinois. With his most important speeches and reports.

Henry Martyn Flint

A brief biography of the life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois, conaining his most important speeches and reports.
Speech of Hon. Charles Gibbons: delivered at National Hall, October 5th, 1860, in reply to the speech of the Hon. W.B. Reed, on the presidential question, and in vindication of the Peoples' Party.

Charles Gibbons

Gibbons was also the author of The truth plainly spoken (1865)--cf. M521.
Free homes for Free Men : Speech of Hon. G.A. Grow, of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 29, 1860.

Galusha Aaron Grow

Provides a history of land ownership in America.
Land for the Landless : Speech of Hon. G.A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, February 29, 1860.

Galusha Aaron Grow

Caption title. Also issued under title: Free homes for free men. List of Tribune campaign tracts for sale: p. [15].
Speech of John P. Hale: of New Hampshire, in the Senate of the United States, February 14, 1860.

John Parker Hale

Caption title; Advertisement of Republican executive congressional committee on last page.
Southern sectionalism: speech of Hon. John Hickman, of Penn., delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, May 1, 1860.

John Hickman

Caption title;
Lincoln's Abolitionism.: A Searching Analysis. "Honest Old Abe" and [redacted] equality - A chronic hatred of slavery - The men that nominated Lincoln - Lincoln "cleaner" on the [redacted] than Seward - What the Black Republicans indorse.

John Hill

Caption title; Article dated Petersburg, August 28, 1860.
Opposing Principles of Henry Clay, and Abraham Lincoln.

John Hill

At end of text: John Hill. Petersburg, Illinois, July 17, 1860; From Missouri Republican, July 24, 1860; Two columns to the page.
Hutchinson's Republican Songster, for the Campaign of 1860.

John Wallace Hutchinson

Without the music; tunes of some of the songs indicated by title. Comprises same text as The bobolink minstrel; or, Republican songster for 1860. Edited by G.W. Bungay. Cover title: Hutchinson's Republican songster, for 1860 / edited by John W. Hutchinson ... New York : O. Hutchinson, Publisher, 272 Greenwich Street, 1860 (New York : Davies & Kent, Printers.). Entered ... 1860, by John W. Hutchinson ...--Page [2].
National Politics : Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, Delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb. 27, 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

State rights and the Supreme Court. Speech of Senator Doolitte, of Wisconsin, delivered in the United States Senate, February 24, 1860"" -- page 11-14. Caption title.
The Republican party vindicated--: the demands of the South explained: Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, at the Cooper institute, New York city, February 27, 1860.

Abraham Lincoln

Caption title; Advertisement of Republican executive congressional committee at foot of p. 8.
Lincoln's Cooper Institute address. : Address at Cooper Institute, New York, Feb. 27, 1860

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Arnold Douglas

This pamphlet contains Lincoln's address to the Cooper Institute addressing the issue of slavery and emancipation.
The soldier's text-book

John Ross Macduff

A small "pocket companion" consisting of a few texts selected from the word of God, as described in the first paragraph of the pamphlet. The cover of the pamphlet is blue with a gold embossed image of a dove flying over an open Bible with the words "Glad Tidings" between the dove and the bible and "Soldier's Text Book" below the image. A handwritten note is on the inside of the cover.
Mission of Republicans--sectionalism of modern Democracy: Speech of Robert McKnight, of Penn. Delivered in the House of representatives, April 24, 1860.

Robert McKnight

Caption title.
Disorganization and disunion: Speech of Hon. Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of representatives, February 24, 1860.

Edward McPherson

Caption title.
Modern democracy-the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, June 6, 1860.

Justin Smith Morrill

Caption title; Two columns to the page; Imprint from colophon; The several colloquies are omitted--Page 8.
Speech of the Hon. William B. Reed, on the presidential question: delivered before the National Democratic Association, Philadelphia, September 4, 1860.

William Bradford Reed

Caption title: The Presidential question; Supports John C. Breckinridge for the presidency.
Speech of Hon. W.A. Richardson of Illinois, delivered in Burlington, New Jersey, Tuesday evening, July 17, 1860

William Alexander Richardson

A pamphlet that outlines a speech given by the Honorable W. A. Richardson of Illinois. The title is shown at the top of the first page of the pamphlet, and it indicates that the speech was "Delivered in Burlington, New Jersey, Tuesday Evening, July 17, 1860." He addresses "Mr. President and Fellow-Citizens" at the beginning of the speech. Imprint from colophon.
Speech of John C. Rutherfoord, of Goochland: in the House of Delegates of Virginia, 21 February, 1860, in favor of the proposed conference of southern states.

John Coles Rutherfoord

Speech of John C. Rutherfoord in favor of the proposed conference of southern states delivered to the House of Delegates of Virginia, 21 February, 1860, .
Douglas and popular sovereignty: speech of Carl Schurz, of Wisconsin, in Hampden Hall, Springfield, Mass., January 4, 1860.

Carl Schurz

This pamphlet in a speech given by Carl Shurz of Wisconsin in response to Mr. Douglas's doctrine of popular sovereinty.
Life of Abraham Lincoln.

John Locke Scripps

Published anonymously. Written by J.L. Scripps. Cf. Catalog of the Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana, 3760; Caption title. Described in Wessen, Campaign lives, p. 25-26 (New York edition).
Declaration of the Immediate Cause which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union: and the Ordinance of Secession.

South Carolina. Convention

Printed by order of the convention."" According to Crandall this pamphlet is a counterfeit issued many years later at Americus, Ga. It is distinquished by the use of ""cause"" for ""causes"" and ""streets"" for ""street"" on both the cover title and the title page, and its height of 20.5 cm.
The Republican platform: revised speech of Hon. E.G. Spaulding, of New York: delivered at Buffalo and Washington : at meetings held to ratify the nomination of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, for President and Vice-President.

Elbridge Gerry Spaulding

Speeches to ratify the Republican nomination of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, for President and Vice-President
The Union. Its Dangers!! and How They can be Averted / Letter from Samuel J. Tilden to Hon. William Kent.

Samuel J. Tilden

Letter from Samuel J. Tilden to Hon. William Kent arguing for self government.
Property in the territories : Speech of Hon. Benj. F. Wade of Ohio. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1860.

Benjamin Franklin Wade

Advertisement for the Republican Executive Ccongressional Committee on back cover; Printed in two columns.
The issues: the Dred Scott decision: the Parties / Speech of Hon. Israel Washburn, Jun., of Maine : Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 19, 1860.

Isreal Washburn

Caption title; Imprint from colophon; Two columns to the page.
Democratic leaders for disunion: speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 25, 1860.

Henry Wilson

At head of title: Tribune tracts, no. 2; Originally published under title: Territorial slave code.
Territorial slave code: speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts: delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 25, 1860.

Henry Wilson

This pamphlet contains a speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, territorial slave code, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 25, 1860.
The position of John Bell and his supporters: speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, at Myrick's, September 18, 1860 ; from the verbatim report in the Daily Atlas and Bee.

Henry Wilson

Caption title; On p. 7: advertisement for ""Republican portraits. Lithographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln, John A. Andrew, Charles Sumner, and John P. Hale. Price, one dollar each. A Wide-Awake picture ... [including Lincoln]. Price, 75 cents. ... C.H. Brainard, publisher, ... Boston. On p. 8: National Republican nominations. ... For President, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. For Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine.
Popular Sovereignty in the Territories :the Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority by Stephen A. Douglas.

Reprinted from Harper's magazine.
Address of Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States, Preceding the Removal of the Senate from the Old to the New chamber /Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1859.

John Cabell Breckinridge

Includes a drawing of the Capitol of the United States of America and a "List of Prices of Brekinridge and Lane Campaign Documents."
State sovereignty and national union: speech of Hon. P.B. Foulke, of Illinois in reply to Mr. Farnsworth, delivered in the House of Representatives, December 24, 1859.

Philip Bond Foulke

Caption title.
Speech of Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, on the Message of the President Transmitting the Lecompton Constitution.: Delivered in the United States Senate, February 8, 1858.

William Pitt Fessenden

Imprint from colophon, p. 24. Text printed in two columns.
The Rights of the People of Kansas.: Speech of Preston King, of New York, in the Senate of the United States, March 16th, 1858, on the Frauds, Usurpation, and Purpose, in which the Slave Constitution of the Lecompton Convention had its Origin.

Preston King

Caption title.
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln delivered in Springfield :Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.

Abraham Lincoln

Pre-election speech given by Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1858.
Speech of Hon. Abram Lincoln, before the Republican State Convention, June 16, 1858.

Abraham Lincoln

The ""Divided house"" speech, made on the occasion of Lincoln's nomination for U.S. senator.
The Campaign in Illinois: Last Joint Debate: Douglas and Lincoln at Alton, Illinois.

Abraham Lincoln

At head of title: From the Chicago daily times, October 17, 1858; ""A copy of the speeches, printed by the Democrats.""--S.
Human Beings Not Property

Owen Lovejoy

Speech of Hon. Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 17, 1858.
Kansas-Lecompton Constitution : Proscription of Democrats : Assaults upon Illinois, and Her Democracy Repelled /Speech of Hon. S.S. Marshall, of Illinois, on the Admission of Kansas as a State, Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 31, 1858.

Samuel Scott Marshall

Caption title. Some pages are torn and missing content.
Freedom in Kansas /Speech of William H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, March 3, 1858.

William Henry Seward

Speech concerning the question of slavery in Kansas.
The Expenditures of the General Government: Speech of Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio. Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 27, 1858.

John Sherman

Hon. John Shermen of Ohio expresses his oppostion to the Army Bill before the House of Representatives, May 27, 1858.
Kansas, the Lecompton Constitution: Speech of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, March 17, 1858.

Lyman Trumbull

Cover title. Caption title: Speech of Mr. Trumbull.
Report of the joint committee of conference on the disagreeing votes between the Senate and House of Representatives upon the bill for the admission of Kansas.: Also remarks of Hon. Wm. H. English, of Indiana, on the bill reported by the joint committee. : Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1858.

United States. Congress (35th, 1st session: 1857-1859)

Caption title.
In the Senate of the United States ... Mr. Green made the Following Report (to Accompany Bill S.161) /the Committee on Territories, to Whom was Referred the Message of the President, Communicating a Constitution for Kansas.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territorie

Caption title.
Constitution of Kansas : In the Senate of the United States February 18, 1858 /Mr. Douglas from the Committee on Territories submitted the following minority report.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories.

Mr. Douglas argues that "there is no satisfactory evidence that the constitution formed at Lecompton is the act and deed of the people of Kansas, or tht it embodies their will."
Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision. Remarks of Hon. Stephen A. Douglass. Delivered in the State house at Springfield, Illinois, on 12th of June, 1857.

Stephen A. Douglas

Douglass misspelled in subtitle
Speech of the Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas: delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois, June 26th, 1857.

Abraham Lincoln

A rebuttal speech concerning Kansas, the Dred Scott decision and Utah.
Address of the Republican State Committee to the electors of Rhode Island.

Republican Party (R.I.). State Central Committee.

Cover title; Signed on p. 18 by Edward Harris, Chairman, Charles Randall, Secretary, Rhode Island State Republican Committee.
James Buchanan: his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends.

An anti-Buchanan document of the presidential campaign of 1856.
Speech of Hon. Howell Cobb, of Ga., on the resolutions reported by the Select Committee to investigate the alleged assault upon Senator Sumner by Mr. Brooks: In the House of Representatives, July 10, 1856.

Howell Cobb

This pamphlet is a speech given by Hon. James M. Mason, of Virginia, on non-intervention: delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 6, 1852.
The ""Laws"" of Kansas : Speech of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives, June 21, 1856.

Schuyler Colfax

Caption title. Printer statement from colophon. Printed in double columns.
Mr. Collamer's Report and Speech against a New Constitution for Kansas, and in Favor of the Free State Constitution.

Jacob Collamer

Mr. Collamer's report and speech against a New Constitution for Kansas, and in favor of the Free State Constitution, July 1, 1856.
Official Proceedings of the National Democratic Convention, Held in Cincinnati, June 2-6, 1856. Pub. by order of the Convention.

Democratic National Convention

Includes a list of delegates.
Justice to the South: an address

James Augustus Dorr

Cover title.
Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, on Kansas Territorial Affairs. / Delivered in the Senate United States, March 20, 1856.

Stephen Arnold Douglas

From the first page, "The Senate, as in committee of the whole, having taken up for consideration the bill to authorize the people of the Territory of Kansas to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into the Union when they have the requisite population--"
The Democratic demonstration at Poughkeepsie: Speech of Hon. R.M.T. Hunter, of Virginia.

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

Caption title.
The Illinois Central Rail-road Company Offers for Sale Over 2,000,000 acres, Selected Farming and Wood Lands ... : Situated on Each Side of their Rail-road, Extending All the Way from the Extreme North to the South of the State of Illinois.

Illinois Central Railroad Company.

The booklet, which offers testimonials and statistics about farming in Illinois, is designed to sell land along the Illinois Central tracks. The land is offered ""in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits, & at low rates of interest""--Cover. Another edition of 60 p., published simultaneously, has title: The Illinois central rail-road company offer for sale over 2,000,000 acres selected prairie, farm and wood lands ...
The real issue--union or disunion: Letter of Hon. S.S. Marshall, on the parties and politics of the day to the freemen of the Ninth congressional district of Illinois.

Samuel Scott Marshall

This pamphlet contains a letter of Hon. S.S. Marshall discussing the parties and politics of the day to the freemen of the Ninth congressional district of Illinois.
Speech of William H. Seward, for the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union : Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856.

William Henry Seward

No abstract
Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Bill to Admit Kansas as a State under the Topeka Constitution : Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 28, 1856.

Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Bill to Admit Kansas as a State under the Topeka Constitution, delivered in the House of Representatives, June 28, 1856.
Speech of Hon. Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, on the Kansas-Pacification Bill :delivered in the Senate, July 2, 1856.

Robert Augustus Toombs

Cover title.
Minority report of the Kansas Investigating Committee of the House of Representatives by Hon. Mordecai Oliver, of Missouri. Washington 1856.

United States. Congress. House. Committee to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas.

Caption title. Probably reprint of House report 200, 34th Cong., 1st sess. 1855-1856.
Report to Accompany Bill S. 356 / Mr. Douglas [for the] Committee on Territories.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Territories.

Caption title. At head of title: 34th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Rep. Com. no. 198. ""June 30, 1856. Ordered to be printed.""
Message from the President of the United States: Returning to the Senate the bill Entitled An act Making a Grant of Public Lands to the Several States for the Benefit of Indigent Insane Persons, with a Statement of the Objections which have Required Him to Withhold from it his Approval.

Franklin Pierce

May 4, 1854.""
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Dec. 4, 1854.

Franklin Pierce

Imprints varies: pt. 3, Washington, A.O.P. Nicolson. Pt. 3 has additional title: Illustrations belonging to the reports accompanying the message.
A review of ""A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster: Preached at the Melodeon on Sunday, October 31, 1852 by Theodore Parker ...""

Junius Americanus

A review of ""A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster: Preached at the Melodeon on Sunday, October 31, 1852 by Theodore Parker ...""
A discourse delivered before the faculty, students, and alumni of Dartmouth College, on the day preceding commencement, July 27, 1853, commemorative of Daniel Webster

Rufus Choate

Published by request.
A Discourse on the Bottle--Its Evils--and the Remedy ; or, A Vindication of the Liquor Seller and the Liquor Drinker: from Certain Aspersions Cast upon them by Many

James Smith

Delivered in the Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23, 1853. A rare temperance lecture by an intimate friend of the Lincoln family. Prominent among those listed as attending and endorsing publication of the lecture is ""A Lincoln."" in 1850 Smith delivered the sermon at the funeral services for the Lincolns' 3 year old son Eddy, and Mary Todd Lincoln became a member of his church in 1852. Later President Lincoln appointed Smith as consul at Dundee, Scotland and in the years following Lincoln's assassination, Smith became a prominent participant in the debate with William Herndon over Lincoln's religious convictions.
Memoir of General Scott: from records cotemporaneous with the events.

This pamphlet is a memoir that includes information on the mexican war.
Speech of Hon. C.J. Faulkner: of Virginia, on the compromise--the presidency--political parties. Delivered in the House of representatives, August 2, 1852.

Charles James Faulkner

This pamphlet contains the speech of Hon. C.J. Faulkner: of Virginia, on the compromise--the presidency--political parties. Delivered in the House of representatives, August 2, 1852.
Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate on the resolution of Mr. Foot, January, 1830.

Robert Young Hayne

The speechs are rebuttals to Samuel August Foot's resolution that instructed the committee on public lands to inquire into the limiting of public land sale.
Remarks of Mr. R.M. Henderson of Cumberland County : Made in the House of Representatives, April 9, 1852, on the Bill Relative to the Case of the Commonwealth vs. the Bank of Pennsylvania.

Robert M. Henderson

Includes input by Thomas S. Bell expressing his opinion on the liabilityof the Bank of Pennsylvania to pay taxes.