First-hand account of the bloody Battle of San Juan Hill by Private John H. Everhart of the 71st Regiment, New York Volunteers. Everhart mentions encountering... Read More about 1898 ALS on the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish American War and mentioning...
At the 1912 Progressive or “Bull Moose” Party Convention a controversy arose over Southern black delegates. While the convention allowed black delegates from Northern States..... Read More about The Negro Question. Attitude of the Progressive Party Toward the Colored Race. Colonel...
Subpoena issued to over 50 members of the extended family of George Washington “...to appear at the clerk’s office of our superior court of chancery..... Read More about 1816 Virginia Legal Subpoena involving the Extended Family of George Washington in a Chancery...
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...
WWI-era poster calling on operators and workers “to assume the burden of producing an ample supply of coal” to win the war: “The existing scarcity..... Read More about Mine More Coal, President Wilson Demands Coal to Win the War. [caption title
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
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A privately printed history of President James Buchanan by history professor, Philip Gerald Auchampaugh of Duluth, Minnesota. [Lancaster, Pennsylvania]: Privately Printed, 1926. First Edition. 224pp... Read More about James Buchanan and His Cabinet, On The Eve of Secession. [Inscribed and signed by the author
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...
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“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
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Centennial history of Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation which freed 3.5 million enslaved African Americans. The “evolution of the document in the mind of Lincoln..... Read More about The Emancipation Proclamation. [Inscribed by Author
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
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A study of Abraham Lincoln’s four terms in the Illinois legislature, 1834–1842. With bookplate of Lincoln enthusiast, Robert J. Sommerfield of East Peoria, Illinois.¹ Inscribed..... Read More about Lincoln’s Preparation for Greatness. The Illinois Legislative Years. [Inscribed by Author
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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...
Unrecorded and modestly illustrated broadside celebrating Lincoln’s birthday at 100 years. Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1809. Here, at Lincoln University, the activities... Read More about Centennial Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday at Lincoln University, Pa ... February 12, 1909....
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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
Story of the celebrated collection of Lincolniana assembled by autograph, artifact, and manuscript collector, Oliver R. Barrett of Illinois. Written by Lincoln biographer, Carl Sandburg... Read More about Lincoln Collector. The Story of Oliver R. Barrett’s Great Private Collection. [Signed Limited...
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First-hand observations of President Abraham Lincoln and letters to and from John Hay, a private White House secretary to the president. Along with Lincoln’s principal..... Read More about Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay. [Signed by the Compiler
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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
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
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
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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
“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...
Program of a memorial service held in National Park, New Jersey for Democrat Warren G. Harding of Ohio (1865–1923), the 29th President of the United... Read More about President Harding Mourned in New Jersey:] Memorial Service for Warren Gamaliel Harding ... 1923...
Proceedings of a Depression-era conference examining the role of the federal government to help African Americans in such areas as social and economic security, education... Read More about Proceedings of the Second National Conference on the Problems of the Negro and Negro Youth…
