DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman about the way the prospect of annexing Texas will effect the Presidential election of 1844. The writer opposed the annexation supposedly not on the grounds that it...
DescriptionPoem by Asa Pyatt that recounts the burning of the South, the defeat of the Confederate states' attempt to secede from the union, and the political defeat of Jeff Davis.
DescriptionAn anti-slavery poem from an Anti-slavery convention expressing the courage and conviction of the anit-slavery cause. "We will not bate a letter, nor take a letter back."
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman about the social conditions a poor family. It compares the healthful influence of nature's beverage, water with the poisoning effects of intoxicating drinks.
DescriptionAnti-slavery poem from the New Jersey Freeman. Called for liberty of slaves from Maine to Texas and said that the slaves were ready to rise up. Overall a good depiction of abolitionist sentiment...
DescriptionPoem from the New Jersey Freeman that called for New Jerseyians to rekindle freedom's beacon light and bring pride and the Patriot pride back to our state.
DescriptionPoem about a woman not being attracted to man who has his hands in any form in slavery. "Oh he is not the man for me, who buys or sells a slave."
DescriptionChapters 73 and 74 of History of Union and Middlexes Counties, New Jersey. Middlesex County in the War of The Rebellion detailed the draft history of 1861 in Middlesex County. Included regimental...
DescriptionThe United States Sanitary Commission was established on June 13, 1861 by President Lincoln, for the purpose of supporting the Northern Armies with supplies and medical care. Each State had its own...
