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29 Important Pamphlets on the Slavery Controversy and the Civil War, Fantastic Collection
29 Important Pamphlets on the Slavery Controversy and the Civil War, Fantastic Collection
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Slavery
various, ca. 1826-1876, 1932
29 Important Pamphlets on the Slavery Controversy and the Civil War, Fantastic Collection
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SLAVERY; DRED SCOTT V. SANFORD, Archive of 29 published pamphlets, 1826-1876, 1932. Approximately 1,113 pp. in total. Disbound; some with chipped covers and pages; some toning; most very good.

This wonderful collection of 29 pamphlets focuses primarily on the antebellum debates over slavery, especially the controversial issues of Dred Scott v. Sanford and the admission of Kansas as a state. A collection of 8 pamphlets published by the Ordnance Bureau during and after the Civil War details the policies of that important branch of the U.S. Army. Other pamphlets deal with a variety of issues, including the Masonic controversy of the 1830s; fugitive slaves; the Northwestern Soldiers' Fair, held in Chicago in 1864; and the location of monuments at the Gettysburg Battlefield by the 1930s.

Contents and Excerpts
- Samuel Houston et al., Report of the Board of Visitors, on the United States Military Academy, at West Point, for 1826. N.p., 1826. 16 pp.

- John Quincy Adams, Six Letters from John Quincy Adams to Edward Livingston, on Masonry. Philadelphia: C. T. Jones, 1833. 32 pp.

- Salmon P. Chase, Reclamation of Fugitives from Service. An Argument for the Defendant, Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, at the December Term, 1846, in the Case of Wharton Jones v. John Vanzandt. Cincinnati: R. P. Donogh & Co., 1847. 108 pp.
Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) was dubbed the "Attorney General for Fugitive Slaves" when he practiced law in Cincinnati. He later served as Secretary of the Treasury during the first administration of Abraham Lincoln, who appointed him as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1864.

- Julius Rockwell, Speech of Mr. Julius Rockwell, of Mass., on the Government of the Territories, the Ordinance of 1787, and the Presidential Election. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, June 27th, 1848. Washington: J. and G. S. Gideon, Printers, 1848. 15 pp.

- "Lynceus" [Frederick Starr], Letters for the People, on the Present Crisis. New York: privately printed, 1853. 52 pp.
Frederick Starr (1826-1867) was an abolitionist and Presbyterian minister in Missouri (1850-1855), western New York (1855-1865), and St. Louis (1865-1867). He wrote this pamphlet as a series of nine letters sent from St. Louis to his father in New York from June to September 1853.

- Robert Toombs, Speech of the Hon. Robert Toombs, of Georgia, in the United States Senate, February 23, 1854, on Nebraska and Kansas. Washington, DC: Sentinel Office, 1854. 14 pp.

- Stephen A. Douglas, Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the United States Senate, March 3, 1854, on Nebraska and Kansas. Washington, DC: Sentinel Office, 1854. 30 pp.

- James H. Lane, The Spurious Kansas Memorial. Debate in the Senate of the United States, on the Memorial of James H. Lane, Praying that the Senate Receive and Grant the Prayer of the Memorial Presented by General Cass, and Afterwards Withdrawn; Embracing the Speeches of Senators Douglas, Pugh, Butler, Toucey, Rusk, &c. Washington, DC: Union Office, 1856. 32 pp.

- Lewis Cass, Kansas—The Territories. Speech of Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 12-13, 1856. N.p., [1856]. 24 pp.
Lewis Cass (1782-1866) represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate from 1849 to 1857 and served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1856 to 1860.

- Andrew. P. Butler, Josiah J. Evans, and Robert M. T. Hunter, The Massachusetts Resolutions on the Sumner Assault, and the Slavery Issue. Speeches of Senators Butler, Evans, and Hunter, Delivered in the Senate of the United States. Washington, DC: Office of the Congressional Globe, [1856]. 24 pp.
Senators Andrew P. Butler (1796-1857), of South Carolina; Josiah J. Evans (1786-1858), of South Carolina; and Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), of Virginia, delivered these speeches on June 12, 23, and 24, respectively.

- Alexander H. Stephens, Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Bill to Admit Kansas as a State under the Topeka Constitution. Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 28, 1856. Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1856. 16 pp.
Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883) represented Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1843 to 1859 and again from 1873 to 1882. He also served as the vice president of the Confederacy (1862-1865) and briefly as the governor of Georgia (1882-1883).

- Anonymous [William Russell Smith], Letter of an Adopted Catholic, Addressed to the President of the Kentucky Democratic Association of Washington City, on Temporal allegiance to the Pope, and the relations of the Catholic Church and Catholics, both native and adopted, to the system of domestic slavery and its agitation in the United States. [Washington, n.p.: 1856]. 8 pp.
William Russell Smith (1815-1896) represented Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1851 to 1857 and wrote this letter on June 30, 1856. He later represented Alabama in the Confederate Congress (1862-1865).

- Mordecai Oliver, Kansas Investigation. Minority Report of the Kansas Investigating Committee, of the House of Representatives, by Hon. M. Oliver, of Missouri. Washington, DC: Union Office, 1856. 29 pp.
Mordecai Oliver (1819-1898) represented Missouri in Congress as a Whig and an Opposition Party member from 1853 to 1857. He served as the Unionist Secretary of State for Missouri from 1861 to 1865. He submitted this minority report to Congress on July 11, 1856.

- Samuel S. Marshall, The Real Issue—Union or Disunion. Letter of Hon. S. S. Marshall on the Parties and Politics of the Day, to the Freemen of the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois. Washington, DC: Union Office, 1856. 27 pp.
Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890) represented Illinois in the House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1855 to 1859 and again from 1865 to 1875. He wrote this letter to his constituents on August 4, 1856.

- Democratic National Committee, The Issue Fairly Presented. The Senate Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a State. Democracy, Law, Order, and the Will of the Majority of the Whole People of the Territory, Against Black Republicanism, Usurpation, Revolution, Anarchy, and the Will of a Meagre Minority. Washington: Union Office, 1856. 30 pp.

- J. T. Brooke, Short Notes on the Dred Scott Case. Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1861. 29 pp.
John T. Brooke (1800-1861) was an Episcopal clergyman in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a cousin of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the Dred Scott decision.

- War Department. Regulations for the Government of the Bureau of the Provost Marshal General of the United States. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1863. xii + 57 pp.

- W. D. Wilson, Attainder of Treason and Confiscation of the Property of Rebels. A Letter to the Hon. Samuel A. Foot, LL.D. on the Constitutional Restrictions upon Attainder and Forfeiture for Treason against the United States. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1863. 27 pp.
William Dexter Williams (1816-1900) was a professor of moral and intellectual philosophy at Hobart College (1850-1868) and Cornell University (1868-1886).
Includes manuscript note on inside front cover: "This pamphlet is a delightful instance of the effect of fanaticism upon a really learned & accomplished man. The abominable doctrines expressed in it were never met with any approbation (legally) except from one Underwood a Yankee schoolmaster who was elevated to the bench by Lincoln."

- Vincent Colyer, Brief Report of the Services Rendered by the Freed People to the United States Army in North Carolina, In the Spring of 1862, after the Battle of New Bern. New York: Vincent Colyer, 1864. 64 pp.
Vincent Colyer (1824-1888) was a Quaker artist who founded and served with the United States Christian Commission and served as superintendent of the poor in New Bern, North Carolina under General Ambrose Burnside. He also began to recruit and train members of the United States Colored Troops. After the war, he served as an Indian commissioner in the West and Alaska.

- History of the North-Western Soldiers' Fair, Held in Chicago, The last week of October and the first week of November, Including a List of Donations and Names of Donors, Treasurer's Report, &c. Chicago: Dunlop, Sewell & Spalding, 1864. 184 pp. + advertisements.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Tables of Fire. Ranges of Guns, Howitzers, and Mortars, Used in the Service of the United States; Prepared at the Ordnance Bureau, for the Use of Artillery Officers. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 2.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1863. 24 pp.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Laws of the United States Relating to the Ordnance Department, from April 2, 1794, to March 3, 1863; Compiled for the Use of the Officers of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 4.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1863. 42 pp.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Proceedings of the Ordnance Board, Convened by Special Orders, No. 410, of Sept. 12, 1863, at Its Session on the 24t, 25t, and 26t Sept., 1863, at Washington, D.C. Together with Various Papers Relating Thereto. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 5.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1864. 37 pp.

- T. J. Rodman, Bills of Iron for the Wrought Iron Barbette and Casemate / Sea Coast Carriages. Models of 1861—'62—'63. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 6.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1864. 20 pp.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Instructions Explanatory of the Laws and Regulations Relating to the Disbursement of Public Mone; Prepared at the Ordnance Bureau, for the Use of Officers of the Ordnance Department. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 7.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1864. 32 pp.

- S. V. Benet, Metallic Ammunition for the Springfield Breech-Loading Rifle-Musket. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 8.) Frankford Arsenal: J. J. O'Reilly, 1868. 19 pp.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Proceedings of the Ordnance Board, Convened Under Authority from the Secretary of War, by Order of the Chief of Ordnance, dated December 17, 1867, at its Sessions from January 4 to February 11, 1868, at Washington, D.C. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 9.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1876 (corrected edition). 40 pp.

- Ordnance Bureau, War Department, Summary of the Proceedings of a Board of Officers, Convened at the Ordnance Office, War Department, on the 21st of March, 1870, in Compliance with Special Orders No. 61, Dated Headquarters of the Army, A. G. O., March 16, 1870, for the Purpose of Considering and Reporting upon Such Matters Connected with Ordnance and Ordnance Stores as Might be Referred to It by the Secretary of War and the Chief of Ordnance. (Ordnance Memoranda. No. 10.) Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1870. 27 pp.

- Office of the Quartermaster General, War Department, The Gettysburg National Military Park / The Location of the Monuments, Markers, and Tablets on the Battlefield of Gettysburg. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1932. 42 pp.

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