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Text Box: New Books BIG Booklist Ephemera Index How to Order Text Box: New York Weekly Tribune, New-York, Saturday, July 28, 1860 Greeley, Horace, Editor 1860 New York, NY: The Weekly Tribune. "A Truthful Letter" --- over two columns of letter by Horace Greeley, Editor of the Tribune, to Former NY Governor Washington Hunt takes Hunt to task for his position, then supporting Senator Douglas for President. "The Doom of Douglas" decries Douglas' cause and predicts a bad end, like that for Van Buren, Wright, Butler and Benton. Report from St. Petersburg, Russia on Emancipation of the Serfs, and honors to Pugatsheff, a former Cossack serf. Poem, "The Graveyard at West Point" by William Allen Butler. "New Publications"-- Tribune devotes nearly one whole page to "Olmstead's Slave States--A Journey in the Back Country" by Frederick Law Olmstead, noting that Olmstead was disappointed in the actual condition of the people of the South, both citizen and slave. Many excerpts on Treatment of the slaves, their food, their overseers, days and hours of labor, their discipline and punishment. Report on the Distribution of the John Brown Fund by Thaddeus Hyatt. Advertisement for New Publication: "Campaign Rail-Splitter", a live Lincoln-Hamlin paper, designed to take the starch out of "The Little Giant" and other Democrat "doughfaces" and show them in their true colors. 8 pp. 42 x 52 cm. Newspaper, uncut, good. (7837)$33.00. Civil War/History New York Semi-Weekly Tribune, New-York, Tuesday, March 29, 1859 Greeley, Horace, Editor 1859 New York, NY: The Semi-Weekly Tribune. Letter from Judge J.W. Edmonds on Spiritualism, details his investigation into Spiritual Intercourse, the rapping, the voices from the grave. Editorial critical of Former NY Governor Hunt and the Old-Line Whigs, who may not have heard that the territory of New-Mexico has just voted to protect slave ownership. The Aroostook (Maine) Election Frauds -- a lesson that should not be lost on our legislature at Albany. "Caste in Mexico" discusses civil war now raging in Mexico, pits party of priests and military privilege against democracy and reform, is also struggle between white Spanish race against Indian and mixed race populace. Tribune supports Juarez, the President of the Liberal Party, a pure Indian. "The Parson Turned Pirate" is a blistering criticism of Former reverend priest Lovejoy of Boston, whose utter treason to the cause of abolition makes him "all dough from his head to his heels: he thinks dough, he talks dough.... a genuine acknowledged dough man." 8 pp. 42 x 52 cm. Newspaper, uncut, good. (7838) $30.00. Civil War/History New York Semi-Weekly Tribune, New-York, Tuesday, May 31, 1859 Greeley, Horace, Editor 1859 New York, NY: The Semi-Weekly Tribune. "The War"-- news from Europe by Steamer New York. Napoleon has arrived at Alessandria. Reports from Turin, Alessandria, Vienna, Paris. Debate in the Prussian Chamber. Story about Captain Corrie, late of the slave yacht the Wanderer, who was arrested in Charleston subsequent to unloading his cargo of Africans. Accounts from Key West of the trial of Captain Townsend of the slaver Echo, resulted in his acquittal. Report of Anti-Fugitive Slave Law Convention in Cleveland, speeches of Governor Chase and Mr. Wade. Report from Washington remarks the violent distractions of the Democracy (i.e.: Democratic Party) now so dominant in the South, will consult expediency in 1860 as it did in 1856. Discusses Mr. John Bell of Tennessee, voice of moderation in the South, opposed the Nebraska bill in 1854. Report from Marlin, Texas that four free negroes have been allowed by the court, at their request, to become slaves-- selecting their masters -- rather than leave the country for a Free State. 8 pp. 42 x 52 cm. Newspaper, uncut, good. (7839) $32.00. Civil War/History New-York Tribune, New-York, Tuesday, January 24, 1860 New York, NY: The New-York Tribune. Report from 36th Congress: Remarks of Senator Douglas regarding communication of Governor of Virginia to President Buchanan, that there was a plan on foot to rescue John Brown; President replied that he was at a loss to find any provision in the Constitution or the laws of the United States to authorize him to take any steps to preserve the peace between the states. "The Irrepressible Folly: General Panic in the South; People Afraid of Newspapers; Banishment and Hanging in Fashion." Commentary on Senator Douglas, discussing passing a bill to prevent one state from invading another. Douglas proposes to make it a criminal offense to make any more Free States after the manner of Kansas. Douglas says he wants no Slave code. and this has brought him the ill will of the South. Editorial support for Senator Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky; Clay has earned acclaim in Congress, in commercial and doughface circles at the North, at John Brown meetings. "Republicanism in Kentucky--Speech of Cassius M. Clay" From the Cincinnati Gazette. Clay discusses the Radical Abolitionists; Hang-Dog Testimony..."we now and always have regarded the poor African as of an inferior race, and although we do not pretend to divine the inscrutable designs of the Deity..." 8 pp. 44 x 56 cm. Newspaper, unopened, good. (7809) $26.00. Civil War/History New-York Tribune, Vol. XXIX No. 8784, June 3, 1869 1869 New York, NY New-York Tribune Cuban Revolution, Espinar acting as Captain-general; Kansas Massacre by 220 Cheyennes on Sunday morning. Gen. Custer among officers with order to punish any Indians that may be found. 8 pp. 46 x 62 cm. Newspaper, all one sheet--uncut. Very good. (3582) $35.00 History New York Tribune, New-York, Wednesday, December 22, 1869 "Our Spanish Relations"---Origins of the Spanish American War; Opening of Suez Canal 1869 New York, NY: The Weekly Tribune. This whole paper is filled with spicy, tart commentary. Lengthy story furnished by member of the Cuban Junta…Secretary of State Hamilton Fish proposes good offices of the United States to effect settlement of civil war in Cuba. Captured Confederate Ram Atlanta, renamed Triumph, has been ostensibly purchased by Hayti (Haiti), but maybe by Cuban insurrectionists in order to attack Spanish warships. Blistering exchange of letters in this issue between General Benjamin Butler and Publisher Horace Greeley takes up about five long columns of type. Butler is for stringing up the leaders of the recent Rebellion; he calls West Point graduates (like R.E. Lee) and members of Congress from the South who fought for the South, "Traitors". Greeley eloquently opposes that, and suggests that Butler may have sought to curry favor with prospective negro voters. Text of Lecture on Pisciculture (Fish-raising) by Prof. Louis Agassiz. Nearly a full page is devoted to the Opening Celebration for the Suez Canal, Port Said and its harbor, M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, and description of trip through the canal. Description of the Royal Procession: the Princess of Holland with cortège of Dutchmen in orange cockades; Archbishops, Moslem Tokkes and Ulemas, Khedive, Pashas, the Empress of France, the Emperor of Austria, Crown Prince of Prussia; many tongue-in-cheek remarks by correspondent, "G.W.S.". Comment on phenomenon of female lecturers, focusing on Miss (Anna) Dickinson. "She thought of her subjects, but did not think them out." . 8 pp. 48 x 64 cm. Newspaper, pages uncut, very good. (7430) $26.00. Civil War/History Political Essays [From Contributions to Putnam's Magazine] by Parke Godwin 1856 New York, NY: Dix, Edwards & Co., 321 Broadway. Godwin (1816-1904) dedicates this collection of fiery essays to Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts: "Before you were prostrated by the hand of violence, you stood first in the admiration of your young countrymen…" On May 22, 1856 Sumner, an ardent and outspoken champion of abolition of slavery, had been attacked on the floor of the Senate by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina. This book includes an essay, "Our Parties and Politics" in which Godwin notes that we have "whigs, democratic whigs, democrats, true democrats, barnburners, hingers, silvery grays, woolly heads, soft shells, hard shells, national reformers, fire-eaters and fillibusteros." Also, "The Vestiges of Despotism", "Our Foreign Influence and Policy", "Annexation", "America for the Americans", "Should We Fear the Pope?", "Northern or Southern, Which?" and "Kansas Must Be Free". In "Annexation" Godwin notes that "Brother Jonathan ... has cheated the poor Indians out of 20 or 30 states; has flogged Mexico into the relinquishment of half a dozen more, is bullying Spain for the surrender of Cuba, has hoodwinked Kamehameha... and is deliberately surveying Japan with a view to some future landing!" This collection gives an excellent slice of one side of the dialogue during pre-Civil War America. 345 pp. + 6 pp. adv’t 12 x 18 cm. Dark brown cloth on board with blindstamped design and gilt title on spine. Corners bumped, inscription on front free endpaper "…Philips … Academy Exeter, NH 1858". Very good. (1837) $37.00. Civil War Portland Transcript and Eclectic; an independent family journal of literature, news, & c. Vol. XXI No. 25, Saturday, Sept. 26, 1857 1857 Portland, ME Elwell, Pickard & co. Octogenarians in China drink woman's milk; Report from Alabama: Blakely, opposite Mobile. Man lost in his own cornfields in Arkansas, found after three days by his negroes. Letter from Italy, very critical of town of Albano. 4 pp. 29 x 38 cm. Newspaper printed on sturdy stock, worn edges, tiny holes in folds, dampstained, pages browned, uncut, good. (4452) $26.00. History Portland Transcript, an Independent Family Journal of Literature, Science, News, Markets, & c. Wednesday, May 27, 1865, Vol. XXIX No. 9 1865 Portland, ME Elwell, Pickard & Co. English tribute from the London Star to President Lincoln; Humorous description of Boston, notes that its "people hate Jeff Davis more than any city of its size in this country." Editorial on meagerness of celebrating the coming Fourth of July in Portland. 8 pp. 36 x 46 cm. Newspaper, pages uncut, tiny holes in places, very good. (4521) $26.00. History Providence Evening Press, Thursday evening, June 13, 1861, Vol. V No. 79 Providence, RI: Cooke & Danielson. Many reports on the Civil War: Bridge destroyed by Rebels near Hagerstown, MD, provisions are scarce at Harper's Ferry. The Baltimore troops are filthy and the measles are prevailing largely. Probable rebel strength in Virginia, 50,000 soldiers. Military enthusiasm throughout the Cotton states is rampant. Presentation of colors to Second Rhode Island Regiment, soon to go forward to engage in the service to the country. 4 pp. 54 x 66 cm. Newspaper, small holes in folds, good. (6141) $22.50. Civil War/History Providence Evening Press, Saturday evening, June 15, 1861, Vol. V No. 81. Providence, RI: Cooke & Danielson. News of Evacuation by Rebels from Harper's Ferry. Description of slave auction in the Southern Confederacy. Providence City Council meets to decide upon celebration of American Independence on July 4th. The late Major Winthrop, killed at Great Bethel. Late intelligence from the Indian Territory (Fort Ouachita). 4 pp. 54 x 72 cm. Newspaper, slight wear, very good. (6129) $29.00. Civil War/History Reception of General Grant by Citizens of New-York, November 20, 1865 New York, NY: Citizens' Committee to honor Lt. Gen. Grant. Shortly after the Civil War, Gen. Grant visited New York City, and leading citizens whipped up a magnificent reception for him. This booklet reports invitations, responses from important personages, describes the evening's events, including the fireworks display in driving rain, and the speeches. ."At this moment the scene presented to the eye of him who was the cynosure of all eyes, the recipient of all these well-won honors, the chieftain who had triumphed over the enemies of the Republic, and 'who triumphed but to save,' was surpassingly beautiful. "39 pp. 17 x 27 cm. Paper booklet, ex-library, disbound, thus poor. Includes excellent frontispiece engraving of Lieut. Gen. U.S. Grant. (6057) $70.00. Civil War/History epublican Herald and Post, Providence, RI, Saturday morning, July 24, 1858 Providence, RI: Bradford, Miller & Simons. Discussion of Free-Lovers' Movement of Berlin, Ohio and New Jersey. Editorial notes that The New Haven Register surmises that the Black Republican party would lose half their members in a stampede to sail to a Free Love Utopia. Letter from wife of leader of Berlin Free Lovers. Much discussion about Abolition, Sen. Douglas's Chicago speech on Uniformity of Local Governments. Another failure for Trans-Atlantic Cable--Cable break in mid-ocean. Fault is Cable ship Agamemnon's. 4 pp. 52 x 70 cm. Newspaper, edges frayed, good. (6165) $20.50. Civil War/Abolition/Free Love Republican Herald and Post, Providence, Saturday Morning, April 30, 1864 Vol. 37 No. 15 Providence, RI: Alfred Anthony. The Battle of Western Louisiana; enemy under command of Gen. Kirby Smith, Gen. Banks, Gen. Emory and Gen. Ransom commanded Union forces. Richmond correspondent of The London Times describes visit to Fort Sumter, SC. Criticism of Pres. Lincoln for making Grant the commander of the Army of the Potomac. Miscegenation--- one in four Negroes in free states is mulatto, one in thirty in slave states. 4 pp. 53 x 68 cm. Newspaper, small tears in some folds, good. (6172) $20.50. Civil War/History Republican Herald and Post, Providence, RI, Saturday morning, October 29, 1864. Providence, RI: Alfred Anthony. Fascinating pre-election coverage of national and local news: Campaign to elect Gen. McClellan, running as a Democrat against President Lincoln; Republicans accused of cutting up McClellan flag in Newport, RI. Criticism of voters’ oath proposed by Vice President Johnson. News from Cedar Creek on great victory by Union forces. Defeat of Confederates in battle in Shenandoah Valley. Speech by Pres. Lincoln praises Marylanders on adoption of new constitution. Abraham Lincoln partizans (sic) burn McClellan banner in Washington. 4 pp. 54 x 64 cm. Newspaper, small holes in folds, good. (6120) $29.00. Civil War/History Republican Herald and Rhode Island Gazetteer, The; July 10, 1869 Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne. Editorial discussion of the Virginia election, "which has resulted to give confidence in the future to all who desire to return to law and order and liberty in the Southern States. The reign of the carpet-baggers is over. The negroes are no longer sure for the ignorant and blatant Radicals who have heretofore counted so securely upon their votes." Editorial criticizes President Grant : "By nature and education he is a Conservative. By the force of circumstances he is a Radical. But being by thought and conviction nothing, he does not act in civil life either with tact or energy..." Editorial comment on growing number of Chinese coming to work on the construction of the Pacific railway. What impact will this have on the newly freed negroes? Report of the celebration of the Fourth of July in Pawtucket. Editorial on The Fourth of July "which John Adams desiderated, has fallen into desuetude."... "We have a President who knows the points of a trotting horse, but who does not know who may not be Secretary of the Treasury; who is a good judge of cigars and thinks Washburne a fit person to represent his country at the Tuilleries." 4 pp. 52 x 70 cm. Newspaper, a few tiny holes in intersection of folds, very good. (7380) $23.00. Civil War/History Republican Herald and Rhode Island Gazetteer, The; August 28, 1869; vol. III No. 16 Providence, RI: Noah D. Payne. Visit of President U.S. Grant to Newport, RI for Grand Army Reunion and Clambake at Ocean Cottage. Blistering editorial against the Beecher family: Henry Ward Beecher is a “minister without any system of theology, a teacher without a creed…. He psychologizes impressionable women and unthinking men.” Mrs. Stowe's recent work, after Uncle Tom's Cabin, is “as vapid as it is flunkyish.” Editorial criticizes big story she's telling about Lady Byron, and how she left Lord Byron. 4 pp. 52 x 70 cm. (6126) $23.00. Civil War/History Scientific American, A Weekly Journal of Practical Information in Art, Science, Mechanics..October 25, 1862 1862 New York, NY Munn & Co. Featured: Selser's Self-closing Bridge for canals; Battle of Corinth; J.E.B. Stuart's Dashing Cavalry Raid; Naval Operations on St. John's River, FL; Cultivation of Lupine as cattle fodder. 16 pp. 26 x 35 cm. Excellent engraved illustrations. Slight dampstain. Very good. (3889) $24.00. Scientific American, A Weekly Journal of Practical Information in Art, Science, Mechanics..October 25, 1862 1862 New York, NY Munn & Co. Howlett's new process for distilling alcohol; Shameful waste in the Army of the Potomac; Recipe for black writing ink; Which are the best war ships? Iron hull steamers? 16 pp. 26 x 35 cm. Excellent engraved illustrations. Spinefold worn and torn in places. Very good. (3890) $24.00. Scientific American; a weekly journal of practical information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 20, new series; November 15, 1862 1862 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Cornick's Patent Cultivator; Government gunboats being built at Pittsburgh, PA; Iron-clad ships vs. Batteries--discussion of weight of armor vs. speed and coal-carrying capacity. The Monitor. New marine engine construction to economize fuel in iron-plated ships. Much civil-war related discussion. 16 pp. 24 x 34 cm. Excellent engraved illustrations. Front page browned at edges, very good. (4476) $22.00 Scientific American; A Weekly Journal of Practical Information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 22, new series; November 29, 1862 1862 New York, NY Munn & Co. Features Sewell's Patent Steam Pump. War Department inquiry through Scientific American on naval construction--intelligence gathering in the newspaper. 16 pp. 25 x 34 cm. Newspaper, spinefold partly torn, good. (4925) $22.00. . Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, April 23, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 33 1859 New York, NY Munn & Co., 37 Park Row Hancock's Lath-sawing Machine; splendid new steam frigate being built by Americans for Emperor of Russia; McAvoy's Refrigerator. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3937) $23.00 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, February 26, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 25 1859 New York, NY Munn & Co., 37 Park Row Physical changes in the body; Evans' Coal-washer, patented Sept. 21, 1858; Evaporation from the ocean; USS Macedonian to the rescue of the Royal Navy; Palmer's Artificial Limbs; Gutta percha and submarine cables. 12 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3929) $23.00.