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Date Created1845-08-07

DescriptionAn extract from the "Narrative of Lewis Clark" about the harsh temperment of his "masters" wife toward her slaves.

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TitleLetter from Ellen A. Beatty to Samuel Blanchard Howe - December 10, 1860

Date Created1860-12-10

DescriptionLetter from Ellen Beatty, in Florida to the Rev. Samuel Blanchard How in New Brunswick, NJ. The letter gives her belief about the South's feelings about seccession. She described the South's...

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TitleLetter from J. G. Auner to Samuel Blanchard Howe - January 2, 1864

Date Created1864-01-02

DescriptionA letter from J.G. Auner to the Rev. Samuel Blanchard How in which the author, Mr. Auner asked the Rev. to remember his son-in-law, Colonel Hofmann. The letter contains history of a Philadelphian...

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TitleLetter from H.Y. Hyam to Samuel Blanchard Howe - December 4, 1860

Date Created1860-12- 04

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TitleA sermon of the Mexican War

Date Created1848

DescriptionAn anti-war and anti-slavery sermon that condemned President James A. Polk for the hasty annexation of Texas territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers and criticized the large cost in money...

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TitleReview of the Judge Advocate General of the proceedings, findings, and sentence of a general court martial held in the city of Washington, for the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter of the United States Volunteers

Date Created1863

DescriptionJoseph Holt, Judge Advocate General in a report to President Lincoln reviewed the court martial proceedings, findings and sentence in the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter charged with...

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TitleDid General Meade desire to retreat at the Battle of Gettysburg?

Date Created1883

DescriptionThis book examined discrepancies in the testimony and historical writings by Generals Pleasanton, Butterfield and Doubleday in which General Meade (1815-1872) is accused of desiring a retreat on July...

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TitleThe present crisis and its issues: an address delivered before the literary societies of Washington and Lee University

Date Created1872

DescriptionAfter an historic overview of power shifts and the demise of nations throughout history, the speaker points to the positioning of political parties in the U.S. during the post Civil War period of...

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TitleReport of Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, of the armies of the United States 1864-65

Date Created1865

DescriptionReport to the U.S. Secretary of War on the operations by the union armies of the U.S. under the command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant from the time of his appointment in March, 1864 to the...

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TitleLetter from Jane E. How to Samuel Blanchard How - May 17, 1864

Date Created1864-05-12

DescriptionA letter from Sisters Jane E. How and Anna How to their brother the Reverend Samuel Blanchard How. The letter contained details of Anna's physical condition. As well as information that the 10th New...