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The President: Why He Should Be Re-Elected, George William Curtis Dec 1863

The President: Why He Should Be Re-Elected, George William Curtis

Pamphlets

This pamphlet is an argument by the author as to his reasons why President Lincoln should be re-elected.


Address Of The Union State Central Committee Upon The Constitutional Amendment Extending The Elective Franchise To Citizen Soldiers In The Field: Union State Central Committee, July 27, 1864, Republican Party (Conn.). State Central Committee. Dec 1863

Address Of The Union State Central Committee Upon The Constitutional Amendment Extending The Elective Franchise To Citizen Soldiers In The Field: Union State Central Committee, July 27, 1864, Republican Party (Conn.). State Central Committee.

Pamphlets

Caption title; Signed by James G. Batterson and sixteen members of the committee.


General Orders, No. 100. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, March 15, 1864., Adjutant General's Office, Washington Dec 1863

General Orders, No. 100. War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, March 15, 1864., Adjutant General's Office, Washington

Pamphlets

Signed: Abraham Lincoln. Official: E.D. Townsend, assistant adjutant general; Printed area measures 11.7 x 8.7 cm.; Additional draft of two hundred thousand men. The following is an order by the president of the United States: Executive Mansion, Washington, March 14, 1864. In order to supply the force required to be drafted for the Navy, and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies ... a call is hereby made and a draft ordered for two hundred thousand men ...


The Private And Public Life Of Abraham Lincoln: Comprising A Full Account Of His Early Years, And A Succinct Record Of His Career As Statesman And President, Orville James Victor Dec 1863

The Private And Public Life Of Abraham Lincoln: Comprising A Full Account Of His Early Years, And A Succinct Record Of His Career As Statesman And President, Orville James Victor

Pamphlets

Includes ""In memoriam"" section at beginning of book. p. [1]-4; Issue with 4 prefatory pages, ""In memoriam"", in mourning borders, and sketch of the Lincoln family of Thomas Lincoln; in orange printed wrappers, also with mourning borders; last line of imprint on cover: American News Company, 121 Nassau Street. Cover has Lincoln port. The sketch is signed: N. Orr, N.Y. At end of text: poem, ""The statue of Lincoln"", by A.J.H. Duganne, written in 1862. Another verse about Lincoln on p. [4] of cover.


General Orders. No. 149., United States. Adjutant-General's Office Dec 1863

General Orders. No. 149., United States. Adjutant-General's Office

Pamphlets

War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 5, 1864.


For Five Hundred Thousand Volunteers: A Proclamation Dec 1863

For Five Hundred Thousand Volunteers: A Proclamation

Pamphlets

Washington, July 19, 1864.


Notes On The Constitution Of The United States : With Expositions Of The Most Eminent Statesmen And Jurists, Historical And Explanatory Notes On Every Article, Charles Chauncey Burr Dec 1863

Notes On The Constitution Of The United States : With Expositions Of The Most Eminent Statesmen And Jurists, Historical And Explanatory Notes On Every Article, Charles Chauncey Burr

Pamphlets

Notes on the Constitution of the United States : with Expositions of the Most Eminent Statesmen and Jurists, Historical and Explanatory Notes on Every Article


Engraving Of Abraham Lincoln, Edward Dalton Marchant, John Sartain Dec 1863

Engraving Of Abraham Lincoln, Edward Dalton Marchant, John Sartain

Prints

Steel mezzotint engraving, engraver's proof copy; Portrait of seated A. Lincoln; Engraved by John Sartain after a painting by E.D. Marchant; Facsimile signature of A. Lincoln at LL. Inscribed to "Hon. William Whiting" and signed in pencil at bottom by Sartain and Marchant


Reading The Emancipation Proclamation, James W. Watts, Henry Walker Herrick, S.A. Peters And Co., Luccius Stebbins Dec 1863

Reading The Emancipation Proclamation, James W. Watts, Henry Walker Herrick, S.A. Peters And Co., Luccius Stebbins

Prints

The engraving depicts a black and white image of a black family reading the Proclamation; Beneath the main engraving, a vignette portrait of Abraham Lincoln is placed among text


General Orders No. 179: The Following Executive General Order, Is Re-Published For The Information And Guidance Of All Officers And Soldiers In This Command ..., Headquarters Department Of The Gulf, New Orleans Dec 1863

General Orders No. 179: The Following Executive General Order, Is Re-Published For The Information And Guidance Of All Officers And Soldiers In This Command ..., Headquarters Department Of The Gulf, New Orleans

Pamphlets

Caption title; By command of Major General Hurlbut : Joseph Hibbert, Jr. Captain and Assistant Adjutant General.


Abraham Lincoln. Dec 1863

Abraham Lincoln.

Pamphlets

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.


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. Dec 1863

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.

Pamphlets

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].


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. Dec 1863

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.

Pamphlets

The attempt to organize a peace party failed.


Shall We Have An Armistice., Union Congressional Committee. Dec 1863

Shall We Have An Armistice., Union Congressional Committee.

Pamphlets

A historical parallel"", a comparison of ""Horatio Seymour against Lincoln in 1864"" with ""Benedict Arnold against Washington in 178... p. [8].


The Opinions Of Abraham Lincoln, Upon Slavery And Its Issues: Indicated By His Speeches, Letters, Messages, And Proclamations. Dec 1863

The Opinions Of Abraham Lincoln, Upon Slavery And Its Issues: Indicated By His Speeches, Letters, Messages, And Proclamations.

Pamphlets

Excepts from Lincoln's speeches published for the campaign.


The Party Of Freedom And Its Candidates.: Duty Of The Colored Voter., Republican Congressional Committee Dec 1863

The Party Of Freedom And Its Candidates.: Duty Of The Colored Voter., Republican Congressional Committee

Pamphlets

Cover includes images of Abraham Lincoln labled as "The Emancipator," and Ulyssess S. Grant, Labled "His Successor." Dialog between a newly made citizen and a Radical Republican.


Congressional Address. Dec 1863

Congressional Address.

Pamphlets

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.


Message Of The President Of The United States : Communicating, In Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate Of The 27th Of April, Information In Regard To The Condition Of Affairs In The Territory Of Nevada., Abraham Lincoln Dec 1863

Message Of The President Of The United States : Communicating, In Compliance With A Resolution Of The Senate Of The 27th Of April, Information In Regard To The Condition Of Affairs In The Territory Of Nevada., Abraham Lincoln

Pamphlets

Caption title. ""May 2, 1864.--Read, referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed""; the message itself is dated Apr. 29, 1864. Cited in Collected works, ed. Basler, v. 7, p. 322-323, note. Running title: Condition of affairs in Nevada. the information is contained in a letter from Governor Nye to Mr. Seward, dated March 25, 1864.


Hear Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton., George Hunt Pendleton Dec 1863

Hear Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton., George Hunt Pendleton

Pamphlets

Caption title. Articles, letters, and speeches by Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton.


Speech Of Hon. A. Harding, Of Ky., On The Restoration Of The Union, And The President's Amnesty Proclamation And Plan Of Reconstruction : Delivered In The House Of Representatives, February 27, 1864., Aaron Harding Dec 1863

Speech Of Hon. A. Harding, Of Ky., On The Restoration Of The Union, And The President's Amnesty Proclamation And Plan Of Reconstruction : Delivered In The House Of Representatives, February 27, 1864., Aaron Harding

Pamphlets

Caption title.


A Speech By Dr. S.P. Townsend. : The Nation Saved By Interposition Of Providence--The Abolitionists--Wm. Lloyd Garrison--Abraham Lincoln--The Financial Question, Etc., Etc. Delivered November 3d, 1864, At Elizabeth City, New Jersey., S. P. Townsend Dec 1863

A Speech By Dr. S.P. Townsend. : The Nation Saved By Interposition Of Providence--The Abolitionists--Wm. Lloyd Garrison--Abraham Lincoln--The Financial Question, Etc., Etc. Delivered November 3d, 1864, At Elizabeth City, New Jersey., S. P. Townsend

Pamphlets

Caption title.


Speech Of Hon. Charles Denison Of Pennsylvania : Delivered In The House Of Representatives, May 2, 1864, Upon The Reconstruction Of States Whose Authority Has Been Usurped Or Overthrown., Charles Denison Dec 1863

Speech Of Hon. Charles Denison Of Pennsylvania : Delivered In The House Of Representatives, May 2, 1864, Upon The Reconstruction Of States Whose Authority Has Been Usurped Or Overthrown., Charles Denison

Pamphlets

Caption title.


Address By The Union League Of Philadelphia, To The Citizens Of Pennsylvania, In Favor Of The Re-Election Of Abraham Lincoln., Union League Of Philadelphia. Dec 1863

Address By The Union League Of Philadelphia, To The Citizens Of Pennsylvania, In Favor Of The Re-Election Of Abraham Lincoln., Union League Of Philadelphia.

Pamphlets

A speech addressing the importance of re-electing Abraham Lincoln, 1964.


A Campaign Tract For 1864 : Extract From A Speech By Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President Of The Confederate States, Delivered In The Secession Convention Of Georgia, January, 1861 [And Quotations From Speeches By Secessionists]., Alexander Hamilton Stephens Dec 1863

A Campaign Tract For 1864 : Extract From A Speech By Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President Of The Confederate States, Delivered In The Secession Convention Of Georgia, January, 1861 [And Quotations From Speeches By Secessionists]., Alexander Hamilton Stephens

Pamphlets

Caption title. Evidently a campaign document for the Republican or Union Party in 1864.


Twenty-Fourth Ward Lincoln And Johnson Club's Union Campaign Songster. Dec 1863

Twenty-Fourth Ward Lincoln And Johnson Club's Union Campaign Songster.

Pamphlets

Headquarters: Market Street, above Thirty-third, south side.


General Orders. No. 35 /War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, February 1, 1864., United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Dec 1863

General Orders. No. 35 /War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, February 1, 1864., United States. Adjutant-General's Office.

Pamphlets

Signed: Abraham Lincoln ... E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.


General Orders, No. 80 : Executive Order, Executive Mansion, September 24th, 1864. Dec 1863

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

Pamphlets

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.


Personal Traits Of General Grant Dec 1863

Personal Traits Of General Grant

Pamphlets

This article is from McClure's Magazine, volume two, number 6, May 1894. Photographs of General Horace Porter, General Ulysses S. Grant, and various important places from Grant's time as a general in the Civil War are included within the article.


Union Refugees, John Rogers Dec 1863

Union Refugees, John Rogers

Statuettes and Figurines

A genre figure, Union Refugees illustrates a Southern Unionist family fleeing to the North. In the piece, the father is shown standing with his gun and a small bundle of belongings as his wife leans on him in sorrow. Next to the mother stands a small child who holds a small bouquet of wildflowers. This piece was the first of Rogers's to show the harrowing effects of the War on civilians.


The Wounded Scout: A Friend In The Swamp, John Rogers Dec 1863

The Wounded Scout: A Friend In The Swamp, John Rogers

Statuettes and Figurines

A highly admired piece, The Wounded Scout illustrates an escaped slave leading and protecting a wounded soldier. Its contemporaneous admirers included Jessie Benton Frémont, Henry Ward Beecher, Lydia Maria Childs, and Abraham Lincoln who said of the piece, "[It] is very pretty, and suggestive, and, I should think, excellent as a piece of art."