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This is amazing collection of leaflets from the 1840’s through the early 1900’s. Put together over many years, related to Lincoln’s assassination and the question of Slavery. There are some fine pieces, the one that stands out the most is the first published account in booklet form about Lincolns assassination. The collection consist of over 75 pieces. Below are an example of the titles comprised in this fantastic collection. Great for a historian or a collector of fine Americana..
"The Real Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln". By R. Fultz
Record of the Court Martial Old South Leaflets:
"The Liberator "
"The Lincoln and Douglas Debate " " "
Lincoln's Cooper Inst. Address " "
" A. Lincoln on War & Peace A. Lincoln, LL.D., McClelland 1939
The Living Museum, Nov. 1945
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Vaugbn, 1925
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, W. Barton
150th Anniversary of the Supreme Court, 1940
Old South Leaflets: Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Assassination and Death of Abraham Lincoln By Abott Abott New York rare edition printed shortly after the assissination.
Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States on the Subject of Slavery, on March 4, 1850.
Speech of Mr. Stanly, of North Carollina, On Abolitions Petitions. Delivered in the House of Representatives on January 16, 1840.
"A Eulogy of the Life and Character of Thomas Clarkson: delivered in the City of New York on Dec. 1846", by the Rev. Alexander Crumwell together with "Freedom," also a poem read on the same occasion by Mr. Charles L. Reason, published in New York, dated 1847.
A Chapter of American History. Five Years' Progress of the Slave Power", published by Mussey and Co., Boston, dated 1852.
"The Bible View of Slavery Reconsidered. A Letter to the Right Rev. Bishop Hopkins", published in Philadelphia, dated 1863.
True Picture of Abolition by Rev. President Lord, D.D., of Dartmouth College, published in Boston, dated 1863.
University of the Sate of New York, State Library Bulletin, History No. 4, May 1900,
Slavery in New York, a Historical Sketch by Ex-Judge A. Judd Northrup B.A, M.A., LL.D.
Story of the Famous Tunnel Escape from Libby Prison as told by Major A. G. Hamilton, one of the Projectors, published by S.S. Boggs.
Slavery in the Territories, the Speech of the Hon. D. Wilmot, of Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives, May 3, 1850.
Horace Mann's Letters on the Extension of Slavery into California and New Mexico, 1850.
Report of the Twenty-Fourth National Anti-Slavery Festival, Boston, 1858.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin, Bleak House, Slavery and Slave Trade, Seven Articles by Lord Denman and Sir George Stephen", published in London, dated 1853.
"The Abolition of Slavery, The Right of the Government Under the War Power", published by R.F. Wallcut, dated 1862.
"The Dual Revolutions, Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery", by S.M. Johnson, Printed by W.M. Innes, dated 1863.
"A Southern Clergyman's Exposition of the Oath of Allegiance", by B.M. Palmer, published in London. A Resume of the Beecher-Tilton Case, With Opinions of the Press, The Woman of Destiny, Victoria C. Woodhull, The Arch-Genius of Individual Liberty and Second Joan of Arc, published in Ohio, dated 1873.
"The Abolitionists Vindicated in a Review of Eli Thayer's Paper on the New England Emigrant Aid Company", by Oliver Johnson, published by Franklin P. Rice, date 1887.
"Habeus Corpus and Martial Law, A Review of Chief Justice Taney in the Case of John Merryman", by Joel Parker, published in Cambridge, dated 1861.
House of Representatives, Report No. 33,
39th Congress, 2nd Session, March 2, 1867, re: John Surratt.
The New England Magazine, New Series, Vol. IV., No.4., Old Series, Vol X., No.4. dated June 1891.
Dedication of the Lovejoy Monument in AIton, Illinois dated November 8th, 1897.
Booklet, "Anti-Slavery Reminiscences", written by Elizabeth Buffum Chace, dated 1891 and signed by author.
Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, "On The Subject of Abolition Petitions", delivered in the Senate of the United States, dated Feb. 7, 1839.
"The Patriarchal Institution as Described by l'vlembers of Its Own Family", compiled by L. Maria Child, published by The American Anti-Slavery Society, dated 1860.
Correspondence Between Lydia Marie Child and Gov. Wise and Mrs. Mason of Virginia, published by The American Anti-Slavery Society, dated 1860.