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A Lecture on Popular Education, delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, at Annapolis, on...

A Lecture on Popular Education, delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, at Annapolis, on Wednesday Evening, March 2, 1853, by H. Winchester, A.M., President of the Frederick Female Seminary.

Address on education delivered by Hiram Winchester of Frederick Female Seminary, an all-girls school in Frederick, Maryland. Winchester’s address, delivered in Maryland’s state capitol discusses..... Read More about A Lecture on Popular Education, delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, at Annapolis, on...

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Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts. Viz - of painting, engraving and...

Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts. Viz - of painting, engraving and sculpture. To which is added An appeal to the public, in favor of the Maryland Academy of the Fine Arts, and a prospectus for an academy of design, drawing and painting.

Three lectures on the fine arts by Baltimore portrait painter James Jackson (Falk’s II:1702) “respecting the Arts, and his desire to aid in giving them..... Read More about Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts. Viz - of painting, engraving and...

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Description of the Grand Historical Picture of Belshazzar’s Feast Painted by Washington...

Description of the Grand Historical Picture of Belshazzar’s Feast Painted by Washington Allston, and now Exhibiting at the Corinthian Gallery, Federal Street.

Description of American painter Washington Allston’s masterpiece, Belshazzar’s Feast, a monumental 12 x 16-foot historical painting begun in 1817 and left unfinished at his death..... Read More about Description of the Grand Historical Picture of Belshazzar’s Feast Painted by Washington...

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Antiquarian Booksellers:] A catalogue of Fathers of the church and ecclesiastical writers to the...

[Antiquarian Booksellers:] A catalogue of Fathers of the church and ecclesiastical writers to the fifteenth century, arranged in chronological order; with collections, analyses and selections, illustrative and introductory works: and an alphabetical index of authors.

London antiquarian bookseller’s catalog of books by and about or commentaries on the Fathers of the Christian Church and other ecclesiastical writers, offered by C.J...... Read More about Antiquarian Booksellers:] A catalogue of Fathers of the church and ecclesiastical writers to the...

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Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society…January 20th, 1852. To which is...

Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society…January 20th, 1852. To which is added an Appendix, containing Information about going to Liberia…

Founded in 1816, the American Colonization Society promoted the migration of free Black Americans to Africa. The society’s Thirty-Fifth Annual Report publishes remarks by its..... Read More about Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the American Colonization Society…January 20th, 1852. To which is...

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Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1,...

[Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1, 1863. General Orders, No. 107 [caption title].

Confederate General Order issued in Gettysburg’s aftermath. In their retreat South, across the Potomac, Confederate force suffered 5,000 casualties, including 3500 captured troops. The Order..... Read More about Confederate Virginia Imprint] Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, August 1,...

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1861–1862, Union and Confederate Autograph Letters Signed concerning Union Prisoners during...

[1861–1862, Union and Confederate Autograph Letters Signed concerning Union Prisoners during “The Enchantress Affair,” including Irish-American Colonel Michael Corcoran of the 69th New York Regiment].

In July 1861, the Confederate privateer Jeff Davis captured the merchant ship Enchantress and its cargo off the coast of Delaware. Just a few weeks..... Read More about 1861–1862, Union and Confederate Autograph Letters Signed concerning Union Prisoners during...

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Post-1840 U.S. Presidential Election Autograph Letter Signed from Cincinnati, commenting on...

[Post-1840 U.S. Presidential Election Autograph Letter Signed from Cincinnati, commenting on President-Elect and Ohioan, William Henry Harrison, and on the Political “Spoils” System].

Densely written 1841 letter from Cincinnati, Ohio on U.S. President-elect and Cincinnatan, William Henry Harrison (1773–1841), offering political insights and commentary on post-election patronage, writing..... Read More about Post-1840 U.S. Presidential Election Autograph Letter Signed from Cincinnati, commenting on...

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1840 Autograph Letter Signed by Burgess Sidney Gaither, North Carolina Whig Politician and later...

[1840 Autograph Letter Signed by Burgess Sidney Gaither, North Carolina Whig Politician and later Confederate Congressman, arranging a Public Speaking Campaign for Whig State Senator later U.S. Congressman James Turner Morehead].

Letter written by Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807–1892), North Carolina Whig Politician and later Confederate Congressman. Gaither was the “only North Carolinian there in favor of..... Read More about 1840 Autograph Letter Signed by Burgess Sidney Gaither, North Carolina Whig Politician and later...

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The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20,...

The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20, 1790. Being the Day of the Execution of Joseph Mountain, for a Rape.

Rare. Early Republic sermon concerning Joseph Mountain, an escaped enslaved African American executed for the capital crime of raping a young white girl. An estimated..... Read More about The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20,...

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The Equal Rights of All. The Great Guarantee and Present Necessity, For the Sake of Security, and...

The Equal Rights of All. The Great Guarantee and Present Necessity, For the Sake of Security, and to Maintain a Republican Government. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the United States Senate, February 6 and 7, 1866.

First of two important 1866 speeches given by abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading advocate for civil rights for Black Americans. Here, Sumner..... Read More about The Equal Rights of All. The Great Guarantee and Present Necessity, For the Sake of Security, and...

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No Compromise of Human Rights. No admission in the Constitution of Inequality of Rights, or...

No Compromise of Human Rights. No admission in the Constitution of Inequality of Rights, or Disfranchisement on Account of Color. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution fixing the Basis of Representation; Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1866.

Second of two important 1866 speeches given by abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a leading advocate for civil rights for Black Americans.  Sumner attacks..... Read More about No Compromise of Human Rights. No admission in the Constitution of Inequality of Rights, or...

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Preserving Wilderness in Our National Parks. A Program for Preventing Overuse of the National...

Preserving Wilderness in Our National Parks. A Program for Preventing Overuse of the National Parks Through Regional Recreation Planning Outside the Parks.

Study of 24 National Parks, Seashores, and Monuments throughout the United States commissioned by the National Parks and Conservation Association, a private educational and scientific..... Read More about Preserving Wilderness in Our National Parks. A Program for Preventing Overuse of the National...

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