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08. The Land Of Promise - Illinois Staat-Zeitung (1861), Illinois Staat-Zeitung, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

“The Battle for Freedom and American Citizens of German Descent” Illinois Staats-Zeitung (Illinois), July 26, 1861.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008717782

03. The Holy War - Harriet Beecher Stowe (1861), Harriet Beecher Stowe, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. “The Holy War,” The Independent (New York), May 9, 1861, pg. 1.

Retrieved From: https://archive.org/details/pub_independent

13. The Battle Set In Array - Henry Ward Beecher (1861), Henry Ward Beecher (Reverend), Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Beecher, Henry Ward. Patriotic Addresses in America and England from 1850 to 1885, on Slavery, the Civil War, and the Development of Civil Liberty in the United States. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1887, p. 277-288.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/14020036/

04. First Inaugural Address - Abraham Lincoln (1861), Abraham Lincoln, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Lincoln, Abraham. “First Inaugural Address” March, 1861.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/mal0773800/

07. The Vacant Chair - George Root (1861), George Root, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Root, George F. and H.S.W. “The Vacant Chair” Chicago: Root & Cady, 1861.

Retrieved From: https://lccn.loc.gov/2023783845

02. A Riot In Baltimore (1861 - 3 Documents), Lucius Chittenden, Edward F. Jones (Colonel), George William Brown (Mayor), Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document 1 citation:

Chittenden, Lucius E. Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln and His Administration. New York: Harper & Bros., 1891, pg. 37-39.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000566606.

Document 2 citation:

Jones, Edward F. “Report of Colonel Edward F. Jones, Sixth Massachusetts Militia. April 22, 1861.” In The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records, Series 1, Volume 2, pg. 7-9, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000625514

Document 3 citation:

Brown, [Mayor] George William. Baltimore and the 19th of April, 1861. Baltimore: Isaac Friedenwald, 1887, pg. 49-51.

Retrieved From: https://lccn.loc.gov/rc01003453

01. John Brown's Song - Anonymous (1861), Anonymous, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Simonds, Phillip. John Brown’s Song. Boston: Russell & Patee, 1861, pg. 1-3.

Retrieved From: https://lccn.loc.gov/2023783905

[07] Elizabeth Grimes, Letter, Death, And Mourning, Elizabeth S. Grimes

Iowa Documents Class Projects

This is a letter from Elizabeth Grimes, wife of James Grimes, she’s sending it in response to recently learning about the death of another friend. In this letter, she is saying kind words about her virtuous late friend, religion, and sheds light on the process of mourning in the Victorian era of America. Additionally, there is some information about the state of the government at the time as the letter is written just 15 days before the secession of South Carolina from the Union and 4 months before the beginning of the civil war.

Well’S Pocket Hand-Book Of Iowa, John G. Wells

Iowa Book Gallery

A general description of the state of Iowa, along with the information about the state's pre-emption laws and other information pertinent to settlers in the state.

[11] Charles Mason, Land And Law, Charles Mason

Iowa Documents Class Projects

A letter from Charles Mason to Caleb H. Booth requesting a survey of Kanesville for an attempt to secure the 1st Congressional District seat for William Thompson.

[13] William J.A. Bradford, William John Alden Bradford

Iowa Documents Class Projects

A letter from William J.A. Bradford to Jonathan W. Parker about a statehood convention, counterfeit money, and a selection of Council Journals.

[02] William J. A. Bradford (1797-1858), Letter About Politics & Crime, William John Alden Bradford

Iowa Documents Class Projects

A letter from William Bradford to Jonathan W. Parker about the Iowa statehood convention of 1840 and his time in Dubuque; as well as the occurrence of the Bellevue War.

[12] Jonathan Wetherbee Parker, Letter Transportation, Jonathan Wetherbee Parker

Iowa Documents Class Projects

No abstract provided.

Prefatory Note, Theodore Hovet

Draftings In

The method of reading and writing about literature is undergoing a major change. The root of this change rests in the "structural" revolution that swept through the physical and social sciences early in this century. Rather than seeing the physical world as a collection of objects " out there," the structuralists demonstrated that " reality" was partially created by human consciousness. To quote Terence Hawks on the structural revolution, " any observer is bound to create something of what he observes. Accordingly, the relationship between observer and observed achieves a kind of primacy. It becomes the only thing that can …

Spring Study Of Trees, O. R. Clark

Science Bulletin

In the January number of Science Bulletin there were offered some suggestions concerning the study of trees in winter. During the spring there are many opportunities to pursue further interesting and profitable studies.