![C.1880 Uncle Sam Satirical “Greenback” Political Bank Note]. Benjamin F. Butler](/pictures/thumb/3725620_1.jpg?v=1603228096)
Political memorabilia satirizing the “Greenback” Party likely issued during the U.S. Presidential election of 1880. The small, printed leaf imitates the shape and design of..... Read More about C.1880 Uncle Sam Satirical “Greenback” Political Bank Note
![Portrait for Posterity. Lincoln and His Biographers. [Inscribed by Author]. Benjamin P. Thomas,...](/pictures/thumb/3728006_1.jpg?v=1545068126)
A study of Lincoln’s biographers including his law partner, William Herndon; his White House private secretaries John Nicolay and John Hay; muckraker Ida Tarbell; poet..... Read More about Portrait for Posterity. Lincoln and His Biographers. [Inscribed by Author
![Lincoln and the Negro. [Inscribed by Author]. Benjamin Quarles, 1904–1996](/pictures/thumb/3729979_1.jpg?v=1611683832)
“Lincoln became Lincoln because of the Negro, and it was the latter who first reflected the image of the Lincoln that was to live.” (Author’s..... Read More about Lincoln and the Negro. [Inscribed by Author
![Our Martyred President…Memorial Life of William McKinley… [Salesman’s Sample Book]. Col. G....](/images/noimage-req.png)
Salesman’s sample book, dummy, or canvassing book heavily illustrated with 64 halftones for a memorial biography of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley: Our Martyred President…Memorial..... Read More about Our Martyred President…Memorial Life of William McKinley… [Salesman’s Sample Book
![1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...](/pictures/thumb/3726535_1.jpg?v=1534362407)
Unrecorded on OCLC, a rare and ephemeral campaign biography throwaway from the 1888 New York gubernatorial race which re-elected sitting-Governor David B. Hill to a...... Read More about 1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...
![Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865. Eugene Munday](/pictures/thumb/3726712_1.jpg?v=1534362447)
Undoubtedly composed and printed within days of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, this sorrowful tribute takes its name from the April 15, 1865 newspaper headline..... Read More about Abraham Lincoln] “A Crime Without a Name.” April 14, 1865
Contemporary Eastern Shore, Maryland newspaper printing of George Washington’s eighth and final State of the Union Address. His address was delivered to Congress in Philadelphia..... Read More about 1796 George Washington Final State of the Union Address published in Easton, Maryland’s...
Assessment of Abraham Lincoln’s mind on the questions of slavery and the emancipation of 3.5 million enslaved African Americans, published just over 50 years after..... Read More about President Lincoln’s Attitude toward Slavery and Emancipation. With a Review of Events Before...
![Hoover for President. Mass Meeting… [opening lines of Pennsylvania broadside]. Herbert Hoover](/pictures/thumb/3728048_1.jpg?v=1542668616)
A rare broadside broadcasting a “Mass Meeting” to campaign for presidential candidate Herbert Hoover in the Fall of 1928. The rally took place in Clearfield..... Read More about Hoover for President. Mass Meeting… [opening lines of Pennsylvania broadside
From the library of J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, American historian. An examination of President Abraham Lincoln’s familial, marital, and sympathetic ties to the American..... Read More about Lincoln and the South
![Lincoln the Liberal Statesman. [Inscribed by the Author]. J G. Randall, 1881–1953, James...](/pictures/thumb/3728007_1.jpg?v=1545068126)
A study of Abraham Lincoln’s political liberalism presented as a series of essays examining such topics as the dilemma over Fort Sumter, constitutional law, the..... Read More about Lincoln the Liberal Statesman. [Inscribed by the Author
![Standard Abraham Lincoln Bibliography:] Collections of the Illinois State Historical...](/pictures/thumb/3728022_1.jpg?v=1544633426)
The standard bibliography on Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth U.S. President, “Great Emancipator” of slaves, and hero-martyr of the American Civil War. “Five major bibliographies have appeared..... Read More about Standard Abraham Lincoln Bibliography:] Collections of the Illinois State Historical...
![Washington Family Estate Settlement: Armistead v. Armistead and Armistead v. Dandrige]. Jno. M....](/pictures/thumb/3726263_1.jpg?v=1550610381)
Manuscript group primarily concerned with the case of Armistead v. Dandridge, a drawn out Virginia lawsuit with roots in the eighteenth century. Much information on..... Read More about Washington Family Estate Settlement: Armistead v. Armistead and Armistead v. Dandrige
Study of Abraham Lincoln’s pre-presidency and his evolving political positions on the issue of slavery. With a handy “Political Calendar” providing a digest of Lincoln’s..... Read More about Lincoln & The Politics of Slavery
Lengthy letter written to a family relative, Mr. Frederick G. Torrey, by American President and Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft’s mother, Louisa Maria..... Read More about Five-page Autograph letter Signed by Mother of President William Howard Taft, Louise Taft, i.e.,...
Interesting letter from one woman to another discussing educational books, an uninspiring visit to Providence, Rhode Island by President John Tyler, the arrival of a...... Read More about 1843 Autograph Letter Signed by M.E. Ellison of Providence, Rhode Island to Her friend in...
![Excerpts from Rooseveltian Fact and Fable; with Addenda. [Theodore Roosevelt]. Mrs. Annie Riley Hale](/pictures/thumb/3728372.jpg?v=1592939172)
Mrs. Hale devotes her energies in writing this anti-Theodor Roosevelt volume. The back cover, printed in red lettering, quotes a (damning, in the eyes of..... Read More about Excerpts from Rooseveltian Fact and Fable; with Addenda. [Theodore Roosevelt
World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New..... Read More about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
Select bibliography of books about Abraham Lincoln including writings and speeches, biographies, and monographs and special studies. Compiled by Lincoln authority, Paul Angle, former executive..... Read More about A Shelf of Lincoln Books. A Critical, Selective Bibliography of Lincolniana
Select bibliography of books about Abraham Lincoln including writings and speeches, biographies, and monographs and special studies. Compiled by Lincoln authority, Paul Angle, former executive..... Read More about A Shelf of Lincoln Books. A Critical, Selective Bibliography of Lincolniana
![Negro Policeman Kicked by Roosevelt’s Secretary. [caption title]. Republican National...](/pictures/thumb/3729798_1.jpg?v=1604510043)
Unrecorded 1940 Republican U.S. Presidential campaign handbill or small broadside enlisting the Black vote issued in the aftermath of a “shocking ” and, as suggested..... Read More about Negro Policeman Kicked by Roosevelt’s Secretary. [caption title
Compilation of letters and speeches sent or delivered by Abraham Lincoln during his political life beginning with an 1832 political announcement to the citizens of..... Read More about Abraham Lincoln. His Speeches and Writings. [Signed Limited Edition
“Hundreds of letters, mainly between Hayes and Atticus Haygood of Georgia, regarding one of the most important educational efforts during the 19th century.” —Jenkins. The..... Read More about Teach the Freeman: The Correspondence of Rutherford B. Hayes and the Slater Fund for Negro...
A monument for a prison hulk. Dedication souvenir for the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument designed by architect Stanford White (1853–1906) of the firm McKim, Mead..... Read More about Stanford White, Architect:] Dedication of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, November 14, 1908...
![Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...](/pictures/thumb/3726739_1.jpg?v=1534362453)
Taken less then a month before Grant’s death, this cabinet card shows former president Ulysses S. Grant, seated on porch at center. he is surrounded..... Read More about Gen. U.S. Grant and Family at Mt. McGregor, [Saratoga Springs] N.Y. June 19, 1885 [Cabinet...
