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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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The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus Under the Constitution.

Horace Binney

The 3d part has imprint: Philadelphia, Sherman & Co., printers, 1865; ""Second part"" published in 1862, ""Third part"" in 1865, the latter with mounted errata slip.
A Discourse, Commemorative of the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States, Delivered April 23, 1865

Thomas Eliakim Bliss

At head of title: ""Clarum et venerabile nomen."" Review of Lincoln's life and career by a strongly pro-Union clergyman.
Personal Forgiveness and Public Justice: a Sermon Preached in the Mercer Street Presbyterian Church, New York, April 23, 1865

Robert Russell Booth

Published by request of the Young Men's Association of the Church.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, June 1, 1865 :with the proceedings of the City Council on the death of the President

George W. Briggs

Contains text of two hymns in which Lincoln's assassination is mentioned.
The Life and Death of Abraham Lincoln: a Sermon Preached at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, Sunday Morning, April 23, 1865

Phillips Brooks

Published at the request of members of the congregation.
Abraham Lincoln's character. Sketched by English travellers.

Walter William Broom

Signed: W.W.B., Brooklyn, April 30, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln: the Just Magistrate, the Representative Statesman, the Practical Philanthropist

Alexander Hamilton Bullock

Delivered before the City Council and citizens of Worcester, June 1, 1865.
Palliative and prejudiced judgments condemned : a discourse delivered in the First Baptist church, Richmond, Va., June 1, 1865, the day appointed by the President of the United States for humiliation and mourning on account of the assassination of President Lincoln, together with an extract from a sermon, preached on Sunday, April 23rd, 1865, upon the assassination of President Lincoln∩┐╜

John Lansing Burrows

This pamphlet is a transcription of a sermon condemning the assassination of President Lincoln while offering words of comfort to the grieving, warns against the wickedness of the world, and provides an answer to accusations of the South's guilt published in the Northern press.
Funeral address on the death of Abraham Lincoln: delivered in the Church of the Covenant, April 19, 1865

Clement Moore Butler

This was in fact a memorial address: Lincoln's body was not present.
The Martyr President :Our Grief and our Duty

John George Butler

Delivered in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, April 16, 1865.
Oration on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Delivered before the Citizens of Gettysburg, Pa., June 1, 1865 /by D.T. Carnahan, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church.

David Todd Carnahan

Includes quotation from LIncoln's Farewell address and First Inaugural, but not from his Gettysburg address! David Wills was among those requesting publication of this oration. Printed wrappers.
The Assassination of President Lincoln :a Sermon Preached in St. James Church, Birmingham, Ct., April 19th, 1865

Nathan Henry Chamberlain

A sermon on the assassination of President Lincoln, preached in St. James Church, Birmingham, Ct., April 19th, 1865.
Death of President Lincoln :a Sermon Delivered in the Unitarian Church in Archdale Street, Charleston, S.C., Sunday, April 23, 1865

Lowe Charles

Includes ""Proceedings of a meeting held in the Unitarian Church in Charleston, S.C., April 19, 1865""
The Lesson of the Hour: Justice as well as Mercy, a Discourse Preached on the Sabbath Following the Assassination of the President, in the Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

John Chester

Calls for strong action in the courts against Southern leaders. Includes brief account of the President's appearance ""in the hours of triumph"" at the White House (p. [5]). Issued in printed wrappers with mourning borders.
The Crisis and the Man.: Address of David S. Coddington, on the Presidential Crisis, Delivered before the Union War Democracy, at the Cooper Institute, New York, Nov. 1, 1864.

David Smith Coddington

The brilliant and eloquent speech of David S. Coddington, Esq., made at the Convention of the War Democracy, in the City of New York, has been published in part in many journals. The great demand from all parts of the country for copies of this address, in a form for preservation, has induced the publisher to comply with the request. The speech has been carefully revised by the author expressly for this edition.--Title page verso.
Message of the President : to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America

Confederate States of America. President

This pamphlet contains transcripts of Confederate president Jefferson Davis's ""Message of the President : to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America"" in which Jefferson speaks of a meeting with three Union representatives and their refusal to ""negotiate."" The pamphlet also contains the report of the Confederate commissioners report to Jefferson Davis wherein they report that their meeting with Abraham Lincoln was unsuccessful and informs of the end of slavery in the United States. The pamphlet ends with an excerpt of Lincoln's speech wherein he declares there would be no negotiations with insurgents and slavery would never be reinstated under his watch.
The American War: Facts and Fallacies /a Speech Delivered by Handel Cossham, Esq. at the Broadmead rooms, Bristol [England], on February 12, 1864.

Handel Cossham

Includes references to President Lincoln, especially his election.
Sermon on the Occasion of the Death of President Lincoln: Preached in the South Baptist Church, Hartford, Conn., Sunday, April 16, 1865

Cephas Crane

One of 1,000 copies.
Eulogy upon the character and services of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States : delivered by invitation of the authorities of the city of Taunton, on the occasion of the national fast, June 1, 1865

Samuel Leonard Crocker

Eulogy for Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, delivered by invitation of the authorities of the city of Taunton, on the occasion of the national fast, June 1, 1865.
As exequias de Abrahao Lincoln, presidente dos Estados Unidos da America, com um esboco biographico do mesmo offerecido ao povo brasileiro por seu patricio Jose Manoel da Conceicao.

Jose Manuel da Conceicao

The funeral of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, with a biographical sketch of the same offered to the Brazilian people by his patrician Jose Manoel da Conceicao.
A Memorial Discourse on the Character of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States: Delivered at Hollis, N.H., on the Day of the National Fast, June 1, 1865

Pliny Butts Day

One of 450 copies.
Eulogy pronounced in the City Hall, Providence, April 19, 1865 :on the occasion of the funeral solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, before His Excellency, James Y. Smith, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, members of the General Assembly, city authorities, the military, civic societies, and others

Sidney Dean

Eulogy on the occasion of the funeral solemnities of Abraham Lincoln, before His Excellency, James Y. Smith, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, members of the General Assembly, city authorities, the military, civic societies, and others, pronounced in the City Hall, Providence, April 19, 1865.
Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln: before the General Assembly of Connecticut, at Allyn Hall, Hartford, Thursday, June 8th, 1865

Henry Champion Deming

Black mourning border.
The Lord Reigneth: a Few Words on Sunday morning, April 16th, 1865, after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln by James De Normandie, Minister of the South Parish, Portsmouth, N.H.

James De Normandie

Brief speech by James De Normandie, Minister of the South Parish, Portsmouth, N.H., in lieu of a sermon after the assassination of President Lincoln.
Charles Dicken's New Christmas story: Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy.

Charles Dickens

Title within double rules. Text printed in double columns.
Influence of the War On Our National Prosperity. :A Lecture Delivered in Baltimore, Md ... March 13th, 1865

William Earl Dodge

Published by request.
A Sermon Preached in Saint John's Church, Providence, on Wednesday, April 19, 1865: the Day Appointed for the Funeral Obsequies of President Lincoln

Richard Bache Duane

Includes some remarks critical of Lincoln's alleged "leniency".
Discourse Occasioned by the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln :Delivered in the Albany Penitentiary, a Military Prison of the U.S., Wednesday, April 19, 1865

David Dyer

Rev. D. Dyer's discourse commemorative of President Lincoln. Bound in gray printed wrappers.
The Martyr to Liberty.: Three Sermons Preached in the First Universalist Church, Philadelphia. Sunday, April 16th, Wednesday, April 19th, and Thursday, June 1st

Richard Eddy

Three Sermons Preached in the First Universalist Church, Philadelphia. Sunday, April 16th, Wednesday, April 19th, and Thursday, June 1st
The Martyr to Liberty.: Three sermons Preached in the First Universalist Church, Philadelphia. Sunday, April 16th, Wednesday, April 19th, and Thursday, June 1st

Richard Eddy

Three Sermons Preached in the First Universalist Church, Philadelphia. Sunday, April 16th, Wednesday, April 19th, and Thursday, June 1st
Abraham Lincoln : Fifteen April, A.D. 1865

T. H. Elliott

One page poem.
A Sermon in Commemoration of the Death of Abraham Lincoln: Late President of the United States, Preached in the Independent Congregational Church of Bangor, on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865

Charles Carroll Everett

Remarks made in connection with the services held ... on the day of the funeral of President Lincoln, April 9th, 1865, by Charles Carroll Everet ...: p. [17]-25. They include the statement: ""The gulf that separated the North and the South was no State line. It was a gulf of centuries and of civilizations"" (p. 24).
Argument of Thomas Ewing, Jr., on the jurisdiction and on the law and the evidence in the case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd :tried before a military commission, of which Maj.-Gen. David Hunter is president, on a charge of conspiracy to assassinate the President and other chief officers of the nation, May and June, 1865.

Thomas Ewing

Details the charges and specifications.
Capture of Jeff Davis.

John Forbes

Numbered on envelope #125. Song in five stanzas. Composed &sung by John Forbes at Long's Varieties, 758 South Third St., below German, Philiadelphia. Verse; first line - ""White folks now I'll sing a ditty, if you'll listen to my song, "" Text within illustrated border.
Eulogy on the death of Abraham Lincoln : delivered before the City Council and citizens of Lowell, at Huntington Hall, April 19th, 1865 /by Hon. George S. Boutwell.

Boutwell Sewall George

Published by resolution of the City Council. The author considered the ""Proclamation of Emancipation"" Lincoln's greatest achievement (p. 14).
The Voice of the Rod: a Sermon Preached on Thursday, June 1, 1865, in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

Phineas Densmore Gurley

Includes correspondence between the reverend and the church elders.
Oration on the Death of Abraham Lincoln: Addressed to the American people

William E. Guthrie

From the introduction, "The accompanying address was written as a tribute to the memory of an honest man."
A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Preached at Surrey Chapel, London, Sunday, May 14, 1865

Newman hall

A sermon memorializing the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Our Martyred President

Phebe Ann Hanaford

In verse, with other poetic tributes and a funeral hymn, with first line: Hushed to-day are sounds of gladness.
Sermon Occasioned by the Assassination of President Lincoln: Delivered April 16, 1865 in First Presbyterian Church of Paterson, N.J.

William Henry Hornblower

Sermond delivered by W. H. Hornblower at the First Presbyterian Church, Patterson, N.J. on the assassination of President Lincoln, April 16, 1865.
Special Time Table for Funeral Train of our Late President, Abraham Lincoln, on Tuesday, April 25th, 1865.

Hudson River Railroad.

Funeral journey from New York to East Albany.
Message of the President of the United States : Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 12th Instant, Information in Relation to the States of the Union Lately in Rebellion, Accompanied by a Report of Carl Schurz on the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; also a report of Lieutenant General Grant, on the Same Subject.

Andrew Johnson

Caption title. December 19, 1865.--Read and ordered to be printed. Printed also as Senate Ex. doc. no. 2.
God's Ways Unsearchable: a Discourse, on the Death of President Lincoln, Preached Before the Third Presbyterian Congregation, in Mozart Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday, April 23rd, 1865

Herrick Johnson

A discourse, on the Death of President Lincoln, Preached Before the Third Presbyterian Congregation, in Mozart Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa., Sunday, April 23rd, 1865
An argument to establish the illegality of military commissions in the United States : and especially of the one organized for the trial of the parties charged with conspiring to assassinate the late President, and others, presented to that commission, on Monday, the 19th of June, 1865

Reverdy Johnson

This pamphlet provides an argument to establish the illegality of military commissions in the United States and especially of the one organized for the trial of the parties charged with conspiring to assassinate the late President, and others, presented to that commission, on Monday, the 19th of June, 1865.
Our Martyred President :a Discourse on the Death of President Lincoln, Preached in Stillwater, N.Y., April 16th, 1865

William Melanchthon Johnson

A matter-of-fact account of Lincoln's life and presidency. ""The great moral event of his career was the 'Proclamation of emancipation'"" (p. 11). One of 200 copies. Issued in purple glazed paper wrappers.
An address on the death of President Lincoln :delivered at the request of the citizens of New-Rochelle, Westchester Co., N.Y.

John Fowler Jr.

April 20, 1865, in the old Episcopal Church, New-Rochelle.
The Practice of Justice Our Only Security for the Future: remarks of Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in Support of his Proposed Amendment to the Bill ""To Guaranty to Certain States whose Governments have been Usurped or Overthrown a Republican Form of Government"" : Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 16, 1865.

William Darrah Kelley

Remarks of Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in Support of his Proposed Amendment to the Bill "To Guaranty to Certain States whose Governments have been Usurped or Overthrown a Republican Form of Government," delivered in the House of Representatives, January 16, 1865.
A letter to Peter Cooper, on ""The Treatment to be Extended to the Rebels Individually,"" and ""The mode of restoring the rebel states to the union"" : with an Appendix Containing a Reprint of a Review of Judge Curtis' paper on the Emancipation Proclamation, with a Letter from President Lincoln

Charles Pinckney Kirkland

A letter to Peter Cooper, on ""The Treatment to be Extended to the Rebels Individually,"" and ""The mode of restoring the rebel states to the union"" : with an Appendix Containing a Reprint of a Review of Judge Curtis' paper on the Emancipation Proclamation, with a Letter from President Lincoln
Three Discourses, Preached in the South Evangelical Church :West Roxbury, Mass., April 13th, 19th, and 23d, 1865

Thomas Laurie

Preached on Fast Day, April 13, 1865 and repeated in Rev. Mr. Edwards's Church, Dedham, in the afternoon.
The record of the Democratic Party, 1860-1865.

Henry Charles Lea

Cover title.
Gems from Abraham Lincoln: born February 11, 1809, in Hardin County, Ky., died April 15th, 1865, at Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln

Include's Knox's poem as transcribed by F.B. Carpenter from Lincoln's recitation.
Message of the President of the United States : Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the 23d Instant, a Copy of General Orders no. 23, issued by Major General Banks at New Orleans, dated February 3, 1864.

Abraham Lincoln

Caption title. February 28, 1865.--Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed--Page [1].
Peace: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting in Compliance with the Resolution of February 8, 1865, Information Relative to a Conference Held at Hampton Roads with Mssrs. A.H. Stephens, R.M.T. Hunter, and J.A. Campbell.

Abraham Lincoln

Includes material related to and by William Henry Seward
Notes on the Lincoln families of Massachusetts: with some account of the family of Abraham Lincoln, late president of the U. States

Solomon Lincoln

Caption title: The Lincoln families of Massachusetts; Reprinted from the Historical and genealogical register for October, 1865; Monaghan 603; Stern 2546.
The great lesson of the war : lecture delivered before the Soldier's and Sailors' National Union League, Washington city, D.C., November 14, 1865.

Clinton Lloyd

No abstract
The Nation's Sacrifice: Abraham Lincoln. Two discourses, delivered on Sunday morning, April 16, and Wednesday morning, April 19, 1865, in the Church of the Redeemer, Cincinnati, Ohio

Amory Dwight Mayo

Two discourses, delivered on Sunday morning, April 16, and Wednesday morning, April 19, 1865, in the Church of the Redeemer, Cincinnati, Ohio.
A Sketch of the Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln: (To Accompany a portrait).

Mary Eno Bassett Mumford

The Emancipation proclamation: pages 51-54.
Address Delivered on the Sabbath Following the Assassination of President Lincoln: in the Second Congregational Church, Greenwood, Conn.

William Henry Harrison Murray

Memorium for Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln :a Memorial Address /delivered by Hon. Leonard Myers, June 15th, 1865, before the Union League of the Thirteenth Ward.

Leonard Myers

A memorial of Lincoln in form of an address.
Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States: Delivered Before the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, May 3, 1865

Elias Nason

Poem on page 27: The burial of Abraham Lincoln, signed at end.
The Martyr President.

R. H. Newell

Signed: R.H. Newell.
Report of the Executive Committee of the New England Loyal Publication Society. May 1, 1865.

New England Loyal Publication Society.

Signed on page 8: James B. Thayer, Charles Eliot Norton, Wm. Endicott, Jr., for the executive committee. May 1, 1865; Fred Rogers, printer, 159 Washington Street.--Wrapper; Treasurer's account.--Page [9]. Signed: Wm. Endicott Jr., treasurer; Extracts from answers to the circular named in the foregoing report.--Page [11]-27.
Anniversary celebration of the New England Society in the City of New York.

New England Society in the City of New York.

Includes the Society's constitution, by-laws, charities, and list of members. The Fifty-ninth includes text of letter from President Lincoln to Joseph H.Choate, Chairman of the commiteee of arrangements regretting that he would be unable to attend the 244th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Dec.22.
Sermon Delivered in the United States Naval Academy: on the Day of the Funeral of the Late President, Abraham Lincoln

Mason Noble

Includes correspondence between the reverend and the naval officers, requesting a copy of the sermon delivered addressing President Lincoln's death.
A Great Man Fallen! :a Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Delivered in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, Sunday morning, April 23, 1865

Wilbur Fisk Paddock

A memorial of Lincoln in form of an address.
Journal of the Electoral College of Pennsylvania, held in the State Capitol, at Harrisburg, Wednesday, December 7, 1864.

Pennsylvania. Electoral College.

Minutes from the meeting of the Electorial College, including voting in a new president for the electorial college, 1864.
Proceedings of the City council of Providence on the death of Abraham Lincoln: with the oration delivered before the municipal authorities and citizens June 1, 1865/ by William Binney, esq.

Providence (R.I.). City Council.

Includes a message from the mayor and resolutions of the city council of the city of Providence.
A Discourse on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States : Delivered on the Day of the National Fast June 1, 1865, at the Congregational Church, Salisbury, Conn.

Adam Reid

This pamphlet is a discourse on the death of President Abraham Lincoln, delivered at the Congregational Church, Salisbury, Conn.
Sermon on the Death of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States: Preached on the Occasion of the National Funeral, Wednesday, April 19, 1865

Nathan Lewis Rice

Published by several gentlemen of his [N.L. Rice's] congregation.
Funeral address delivered at the burial of President Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois, May 4, 1865

Matthew Simpson

The cover is cream colored with the title and author within a doubled borders. The author, Rev. Matthew Simpson is described as "One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church."
The Great Encyclic Epistle

Andreas Bernardus Smolnikar

Divided into Two Parts: the First of which was occasioned by the Death of President Abraham Lincoln, and the Second by the Capture of Jefferson Davis: both being preparatory to the work, with the title of the manuscript: ""The heavenly mission to all governments and all nations for the introduction of Christ's peaceable reign on earth /Written by Andrew B. Smolnikar, representative of this mission.""
Abraham Lincoln : Speech at the funeral service in the Zion Church, Philadelphia, April 19, 1865

Adolph Spaeth

This pamphlet is a funeral sermon written in German.
Opinion on the constitutional power of the military to try and execute the assassins of the president

James Speed

The opinion, headed "Attorney General's Office, Washington, July --, 1965", was addressed to the president [Andrew Johnson]. The cover contains the title and author within a scalloped text box.
The Perpetuity of National life : A sermon, delivered on Thanksgiving Day ... Dec. 7, 1865, in Christ Church, Pelham, N.Y.

Edward W. Syle

The Perpetuity of National life : A sermon, delivered on Thanksgiving Day, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1865, in Christ Church, Pelham, N.Y by the Rev. E. W. Syle, A. M., Rector.
Abraham Lincoln. Rede bei der Ged{uml}achtnissfeier in der Dorotheenkirche zu Berlin, 2. Mai 1865, gehalten von Dr. H.P. Tappan, corresp. Mitglied der Franz{uml}osischen Academie. Autorisirte Uebersetzung.

Henry Philip Tappan

A translation by Wilhelm Jordan of the author's A discourse on the death of Abraham Lincoln ...
General Orders. No. 35 /War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, March 11, 1865.

United States. Adjutant-General's Office.

Caption title. By the President of the United States of America. A proclamation. Signed at end: Abraham Lincoln (and others).
Message of the President of the United States Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, Information in Relation to the Present Condition of Mexico and the Case of the French war Transport Steamer Rhine.

United States. Department of State.

Senate executive document, number 33 of the 38th Congress, 2nd Session.
General Orders. No. 1 /War Department, Adjutant General's Office.

United States. War Department.

Order relieving B.F. Butler from command of the Department of North Carolina and Virginia.
Special Order Regulating the Transportation of the Remains of the Late President, Abraham Lincoln, from Washington City, to Springfield, Illinois.: War Department, Washington City, April 18, 1865.

United States. War Department.

Signed: By order of the secratary of war: E.D. Townsend, assistant adjutant general.; Report, time-table and programme referred to in the foregoing order.--Page 2-3. Signed: Jno. Brough, John W. Garrett, committee.; At foot of p. [1]: By order of the Secretary of War: E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. On p. [2-3]: Report, time-table and programme referred to in the foregoing order. ... [addressed to] Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. At end: Respectfully submitted, Jno. Brough, John W. Garrett, Committee. Text within mourning borders; p. [4] black.
Celebration by the Colored People's Educational Monument Association in Memory of Abraham Lincoln.

National Lincoln Monument Association Washington, D.C.

Includes correspondence.
Memorial Sermons :The Capture of Richmond. Some of the Results of the War. The Assassination of the President

Eddwin Bonaparte Webb

Sermons delivered in Shawmut Church, Boston, on April 9, 13 and 16, 1865.
The death of President Lincoln : a sermon preached in St. Peter's church, Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, April 19, 1865

William Thomas Wilson

The pamphlet includes correspondence and an Order of Divine Service before the sermon.
Message of His Excellency, Richard Yates, Governor of Illinois: in Response to Resolutions of the House of Representatives, of January 6, 1865, in relation to the Claim of Illinois against the United States, for Two Per Cent. of the Net Proceeds Arising from the Sale of Public Lands.

Richard Yates Sr.

Transmitting reports of Isaac N. Morris, agent for the state regarding the two per cent. fund. Partial contents: Lincoln, Abraham. [Endorsement requesting James M. Edmunds, Commissioner of the General Land Office, to give I.N. Morris a hearing, Feb. 9, 1863] (p. 16) (CW, v. 6, p. 96-97) -- Lincoln, Abraham. [Endorsement on card returned to Isaac N. Morris, Aug. 24, 1863; letter to Morris, Aug. 26, 1863] (p. 42) (CW, v. 6, p. 404, 411-412) -- Lincoln, Abraham. President's answer: [letter to Morris, Sept. 18, 1863] (p. 52) (CW, v. 5, p. 463) -- Lincoln, Abraham. The President's views [expressed to John P. Usher, Interior Secretary] (p. 128) (CW, v. 6, p. 404-405). Contains three reports submitted to the governor by Isaac N. Morris, former U.S. Congressman, prosecutor of the claim in Washington, D.C. On p. [1]: Vol. I-17; pages also numbered [185]-315; detached from Illinois reports, 1865.
Abraham Lincoln.

At head of title: no. 17; Sometimes attributed to Henry Charles Lea. Cf. M. Resolutions adopted at a special meeting of the Union League of Philadelphia, Jan. 11, 1864, with printed signature: George H. Boker, Secretary: p. [2] of this issue. Ex lib.; Enthusiastic support of Lincoln in the face of bitter criticism.
Act of Congress approved March 21, 1864, Amendatory of the Homestead Law and for Other Purposes.

April 18, 1864""; At head of title: Circular
Address of the Union State Central Committee upon the constitutional amendment extending the elective franchise to citizen soldiers in the field

A document detailing an address of the Union State Central Committee regarding an amendment that would extend the right to vote to citizen soldiers, and it is addressed to the Freemen of Connecticut. The document is in support of this amendment. The title fills the top quarter of the document and occupies seven lines of text, and the names of the committee members are listed below the address. Signed by James G. Batterson and sixteen members of the committee.
A Democratic peace offered for the acceptance of Pennsylvania voters

This pamphlet is a pre-election article detailing the importance of this election and the important issues involved in this election. The title, "A Democratic Peace" appears above the beginning of the text, and there is a thin line separating the title from the text. Bartlett, The literature of the rebellion, no. 1296.
An Appeal to the Christian People of Our Country.

In the form of a solicitation letter, dated Louisville, October 20th, 1864. Text begins: Friends: The white refugees from the South have accumulated in our vicinity to such an extent that our local charity is no longer adequate to their relief. They are still arriving in constantly increasing numbers, mostly women and children, and all of them equally destitute, homeless, and almost hopeless ... Text concludes: Any contribution, either in clothes or money will be grateful received, and should be sent either to Rev. J.H. Heywood, President, or J.L. Danforth, Treasurer, Louisville Refugee Commission, Louisville, Ky.
Cincinnati Convention, October 18, 1864 :for the Organization of a Peace Party, upon State-rights, Jeffersonian, Democratic principles, and for the Promotion of Peace and Independent Nominations for President and Vice-President of the United States.

The attempt to organize a peace party failed.
Congressional Address.

Caption title: An address to the people of the United States, and particularly to the people of the states which adhere to the federal government. By ""members of the Thirty-eighth Congress, politically opposed to the present federal administration and representing the opposition union sentiment of the country."" Signed by C.R. Buckalew and forty-two other members of the Thirty-eighth Congress.
For Five Hundred Thousand Volunteers: a Proclamation

Washington, July 19, 1864.
General Orders, No. 80 : Executive Order, Executive Mansion, September 24th, 1864.

Signed on page 2: Abraham Lincoln. Signed on page 3: E.D. Townsend. Executive order, with general orders and forms, concerning the purchase of products of Confederate states.
How the War was Commenced :an Appeal to the Documents : Southern documents Especially Quoted : (From the Cincinnati Daily Commercial.).

Without covers. Bound in vol. 2 of set labeled: Pamphlets issued by the Loyal Publication Society. Includes references to President Lincoln. Copy 2: S2705 (vol. no. not listed)
Lincoln's Campaign Songster: for the Use of Clubs: Containing All of the Most Popular Songs.

Portrait of beardless Lincoln on wrapper. Without music; tunes indicated by title.
Message of the President of the United States Transmitting an Address of a Committee of the ""East Tennessee Relief Association"" on the Condition and Wants of the People of East Tennessee, and Recommending the Construction of a Railroad from Knoxville to Cincinnati, by Way of Central Kentucky, as a Measure of Relief to those People, and of Military Importance.

April 28, 1864.--Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed; the message itself has the same date. Running title: East Tennessee Relief Association. Signed: Wm. Heiskell [and others].
Mr. Lincoln's Arbitrary Arrests: the Acts Which the Baltimore Platform Approves.

At head of caption: Sold at 13 Park row, and at all Democratic newspaper offices.
Only Authentic Life of Abraham Lincoln, alias ""Old Abe"

With an account of his birth and education, his rail-splitting and flat-boating, his joke-cutting and soldiering, with some allusions to his journeys from Springfield to Washington and back again.... Another edition, New York, J.C. Haney & co. [1864] (cover-title, 16, 16 p.) includes ""The life of Gen. George B. McClellan.""
Opinions on 'Slavery,' and 'Reconstruction of the Union, ' as Expressed by President Lincoln. / With brief notes by Hon. William Whiting.

A timeline on the end of slavery.
Proceedings of the National Union Convention held in Baltimore, Md., June 7th and 8th, 1864 / reported by D.F. Murphy.

National Union Convention (1864 : Baltimore, Md.)
Republican opinions about Lincoln

Contains the Pomeroy circular, Gen. Fremont's letter of acceptance, Senator Ben. Wade and Henry Winter Davis on Mr. Lincoln , and Our profoundest peril from the Tribune, September 3, 1863. Described by Monaghan as a Democratic campaign document, containing "Derogatory Republican statements concerning Lincoln's capacity".