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General Orders. No. 141 / War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 25, 1862., Abraham Lincoln Dec 1861

General Orders. No. 141 / War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 25, 1862., Abraham Lincoln

Pamphlets

Caption title. Contains proclamation by President Lincoln announcing martial law and the suspension of habeas corpus. Signed at end: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.


General Orders. No. 82., United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Dec 1861

General Orders. No. 82., United States. Adjutant-General's Office.

Pamphlets

Caption title.;""War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, July 21, 1862.""


Executive Power, Benjamin Robbins Curtis Dec 1861

Executive Power, Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Pamphlets

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.


Speech Of Hon. J.A. Mcdougall, Of California : On The Arrest Of Gen. Stone, And The Rights Of The Soldier And Citizen, Delivered In The Senate Of The United States, April 15, 16, & 22, 1862., James Alexander Mcdougall Dec 1861

Speech Of Hon. J.A. Mcdougall, Of California : On The Arrest Of Gen. Stone, And The Rights Of The Soldier And Citizen, Delivered In The Senate Of The United States, April 15, 16, & 22, 1862., James Alexander Mcdougall

Pamphlets

Cover title.


Abraham Lincoln: A Short Biography, James Murray Mason Dec 1861

Abraham Lincoln: A Short Biography, James Murray Mason

Pamphlets

Reprinted from: National portrait gallery of eminent Americans; Cover title.


A Expostulasion To Mis Linkum: On The Bawl She Gave Wednesday Nite. /By The Orther Of It. Dec 1861

A Expostulasion To Mis Linkum: On The Bawl She Gave Wednesday Nite. /By The Orther Of It.

Pamphlets

This pamphlet is a single page written as a poem to appeal to Miss Linkum. The page is outlined by a scroll border.


The Indissoluble Nature Of The American Union, Considered In Connection With The Assumed Right Of Secession : A Letter To Hon. Peter Cooper, New York., Nahum Capen Dec 1861

The Indissoluble Nature Of The American Union, Considered In Connection With The Assumed Right Of Secession : A Letter To Hon. Peter Cooper, New York., Nahum Capen

Pamphlets

Collection of letters.


An Act To Aid In The Construction Of A Railroad And Telegraph Line From The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean., United States. Dec 1861

An Act To Aid In The Construction Of A Railroad And Telegraph Line From The Missouri River To The Pacific Ocean., United States.

Pamphlets

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.


The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Mr. Binney., John Teackle Montgomery Dec 1861

The Writ Of Habeas Corpus And Mr. Binney., John Teackle Montgomery

Pamphlets

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.".


A Reply To Horace Binney's Pamphlet On The Habeas Corpus., Charles Heebner Gross Dec 1861

A Reply To Horace Binney's Pamphlet On The Habeas Corpus., Charles Heebner Gross

Pamphlets

Written by Gross. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. Not in Monaghan or Stern. Attributed to Charles H. Gross--cf. Sabin 5486.


General George Brinton Mcclellan Carte De Visite, Charles Deforest Fredricks Dec 1861

General George Brinton Mcclellan Carte De Visite, Charles Deforest Fredricks

CDVs

The Carte de Visite features a standing, left-side portrait of General George B. McClellan, holding binoculars; In this portrait in profile by C. D. Fredricks, one of Brady's principal rivals in New York, General George McClellan poses with a pair of binoculars; After the brutal battle of Antietam (September 1862), when McClellan failed to further advance on the weakened enemy, President Lincoln lost confidence in his general and removed him from service as head of the Army of the Potomac; Two years later Lincoln defeated McClellan, who ran against him as the Democratic Party candidate for president


Invoice, Peleg Clarke Jr. To The United States, May 1862 Dec 1861

Invoice, Peleg Clarke Jr. To The United States, May 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten invoice, dated May 1862, is for 3000 bushels of corn for sixty cents per bushel to total eighteen hundred dollars, twenty-four bushels turned over to Captain Robinson. The invoice is damaged in the middle and unreadable.


Invoice, Peleg Clarke Jr. To The United States, May 1862 Dec 1861

Invoice, Peleg Clarke Jr. To The United States, May 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten invoice, dated May 1862, is for one heavy ox wagon at sixty dollars, 2 log wheels at forty dollars each, for a total of one hundred and forty dollars. The items were taken by Captain Barstow for hauling timber for railroad bridges at Fredericksburg, Virginia and were never returned to Peleg Clarke. There is some damage in the center of the page.


Memorandum Of Accounts Against U.S. Government For Property Delivered To It's Officers And By Them Taken, General Stephens, 9th Army Corps Order To B. F. Porter, Claim For Payment By Peleg Clarke, 1862 Dec 1861

Memorandum Of Accounts Against U.S. Government For Property Delivered To It's Officers And By Them Taken, General Stephens, 9th Army Corps Order To B. F. Porter, Claim For Payment By Peleg Clarke, 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten memoranda, dated May, June, and August of 1862, is a detailed list of items received by the U. S. Army from Peleg Clarke, Jr. that has not yet been paid for and the costs of each item. The memo goes on to describe property stolen or destroyed by "Rebels and their minions" for which the United States had no particular benefit.


Memoranda Of Bills Made For Account Of U. S. Ordered By C. Lt. H. P. Clinton To U.S. Army, Billed By Peleg Clarke Jr., May 1862 Dec 1861

Memoranda Of Bills Made For Account Of U. S. Ordered By C. Lt. H. P. Clinton To U.S. Army, Billed By Peleg Clarke Jr., May 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten memoranda, dated May and June, 1862, details several orders made for building materials and a steam saw mill ordered by the U. S. Army from Peleg Clarke, Jr. for Major Wood or Wright and Captain Childs and taken by Captain Barstow.


Bills Of Lumber, Wilson Barstow On Behalf Of The U.S. Army To Peleg Clarke Jr., 1862 Dec 1861

Bills Of Lumber, Wilson Barstow On Behalf Of The U.S. Army To Peleg Clarke Jr., 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten memoranda, dated May 1862, lists various materials purchased by Captain Kennedy on behalf of the United States totaling one hundred and fifty-five dollars and sixty-eight cents.


Our National Union March Dec 1861

Our National Union March

Sheet Music

No abstract


Invoice, The United States To Peleg Clarke Jr., May 1862 Dec 1861

Invoice, The United States To Peleg Clarke Jr., May 1862

Peleq Clarke Jr. Papers

This handwritten invoice, dated May 1862, is for 3000 bushels of corn for sixty cents per bushel to total eighteen hundred dollars, twenty-four bushels turned over to a brick stone house in Fredericksburg. The invoice is damaged and unreadable toward the bottom. The total of the invoice is three thousand, nine-hundred and twenty dollars. The invoice is for the United States to Peleg Clarke.


President's War Order, No. 3 : Executive Mansion, Washington, March 11, 1862 / [Signed] Abraham Lincoln., Abraham Lincoln Dec 1861

President's War Order, No. 3 : Executive Mansion, Washington, March 11, 1862 / [Signed] Abraham Lincoln., Abraham Lincoln

Pamphlets

Caption title.;Signed at end: L. Thomas, Adjutant General.


Speech Of Hon. John J. Crittenden, Of Kentucky, On Emancipation : Delivered In The House Of Representaives, March 11, 1862., John Jordan Crittenden Dec 1861

Speech Of Hon. John J. Crittenden, Of Kentucky, On Emancipation : Delivered In The House Of Representaives, March 11, 1862., John Jordan Crittenden

Pamphlets

Caption title.


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 Dec 1861

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

Pamphlets

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.


Head-Quarters District Of West Tennessee, Jackson, Tenn., October 7, 1862. General Orders, No. 89., United States. Army. District Of West Tennessee Dec 1861

Head-Quarters District Of West Tennessee, Jackson, Tenn., October 7, 1862. General Orders, No. 89., United States. Army. District Of West Tennessee

Pamphlets

By command of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, JNO A. Rawlins, Assistant Adjutant General""--page 1


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 Dec 1861

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

Pamphlets

May 29, 1862. Ordered, that ten thousand extra copies be printed for the use of the House of Representatives.


Service Of The Militia : Speech Of Hon. J. Harlan, Of Iowa, In The Senate Of The United States, July 11, 1862., James Harlan Dec 1861

Service Of The Militia : Speech Of Hon. J. Harlan, Of Iowa, In The Senate Of The United States, July 11, 1862., James Harlan

Pamphlets

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Speech Of Parson Brownlow, Of Tennessee Against The Great Rebellion, Delivered At New York, May 15, 1862., William Gannaway Brownlow Dec 1861

Speech Of Parson Brownlow, Of Tennessee Against The Great Rebellion, Delivered At New York, May 15, 1862., William Gannaway Brownlow

Pamphlets

Caption title. Printed in columns.


Headquarters Department Of The Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, February 25, 1862: General Orders, No. 47., United States. Army. Military Division Of The Missouri. Dec 1861

Headquarters Department Of The Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, February 25, 1862: General Orders, No. 47., United States. Army. Military Division Of The Missouri.

Pamphlets

Caption title.


Arthur Mckinstry To Mother, Arthur Mckinstry Dec 1861

Arthur Mckinstry To Mother, Arthur Mckinstry

Arthur McKinstry Correspondence

Letter from Arthur McKinstry to his mother. Camp Wool: The letter explains that his articles and reports of deaths and sickness are well recived and popular in the newspaper. Living conditions still good.


General Orders. No. 5. Dec 1861

General Orders. No. 5.

Pamphlets

Caption title.; ""Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, January 22, 1862.""


By The President Of The United States: A Proclamation., John Murray Forbes Dec 1861

By The President Of The United States: A Proclamation., John Murray Forbes

Posters

The object is a folio broadside of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The broadside is printed in one column and features a bold heading, printing of American eagle, and flag at the top center. No publisher is noted, but sources establish a possible attribution to J.M. Forbes, Boston. It was printed circa September-December, 1862. The broadside is a scarce early printing in an unusually large size.


To All Loyal Democrats.: Read The Following Sentiments Of Well Known Democrats ... Dec 1861

To All Loyal Democrats.: Read The Following Sentiments Of Well Known Democrats ...

Pamphlets

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? ...