1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!
1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!

1796-1866 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY, AND CIVIL WAR. Important Sammelband of 71 Works!

Sold out
$12,500.00
An important sammelband of 71 separately published items related to Abraham Lincoln, Fugutive Slaves, the Civil War, Abolition, Slavery, and Reconstruction. A superb period assemblage for use by Pennsylvania State Representative, James A. Leech [1866]. 
Several of the works present have gathered between $2,000 and $5,000 each at auction and a handful of very desirable works have not been recorded at auction. A truly remarkable volume, few of which remain in private hands. 

  1. Washington, George. Washington’s Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America: Publishing September 17, 1796. Harrisburg. Singerly & Myers, State Printers. 12pp.

  2. Jackson, Andrew. Proclamation of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, to the People of South Carolina, December 10, 1832. Harrisburg. Singerly & Myers, State Printers. 1865. 16pp.

  3. Jackson, Andrew. Farewell Address of Andrew Jackson, to the People of the United States. Delivery March 4, 1837. N.p. 15pp.

  4. Brewster, Benjamin H. Address Delivered the Twenty-Eighth June, 1853, before the American Whig and Cliosophic Societies of the College of New Jersey. Philadelphia. N.p. 1854. 24pp.

  5. Jackson, Andrew. President Jackson’s Proclamation against the Nullification Ordinance of South Carolina, December 11, 1832. N.p. 20pp.

  6. Washington, George. Andrew Jackson. General Washington and General Jackson, on Negro Soldiers. Philadelphia. Henry Carey Baird. 1863. 8pp.

  7. Greeley, Horace [ed.] The Irrepressible Conflict. A Speech by William H. Seward, Delivered at Rochester, Monday, Oct. 25, 1858. [with] Negro Slavery not Unjust. A Speech by Charles O’Conor at the Union Meeting at the Academy of Music, New York City, Dec 19, 1859. [with] The Real Question Stated. Letter from Charles O’Conor to a Committee of Merchants. [with] Conflicting Authorities [Opposing Mr. O’Conor]. New York. New York Tribune. Nd. [Probably 1859, New York Tribune advert sheet touts the paper’s importance in helping people prepare for the 1860 Political Campaigns]. 16pp.

  8. Lincoln. Abraham [Horace Greeley, Ed.]. Press & Tribune Documents for 1860. No. 1. The Testimony of the Framers of the Constitution. Great Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln at the Cooper Institute, New York, Feb. 27th, 1860. New York. New York Tribune. 1860. 8pp.

  9. [The National Guard]. Immense Meeting in Favor of the Union. [Speeches of Morton McMichael, Governor Curtin, J. R. Doolittle, Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, H. B. Wright, B. H. Brewster, etc. Philadelphia. Printed at the Office of “The National Guard.” [with] Prospectus of the National Guard, Published Every Saturday at No. 33 Walnut Street, Philadelphia by William Y. Leader and Joseph Creamer. . . to defend the principles of The National Union Party, etc. N.d. c.1860. 16pp.

  10. Lieber, Francis. Plantations for Slave Labor the Death of the Yeomanry. N.p. 1863. 8pp.

  11. A Picture of Slavery, Drawn from the Decisions of Southern Courts. Philadelphia. Crissy & Markley, 1863. 16pp.

  12. Kemble, Mrs. Frances Anne. The Views of Judge Woodward and Bishop Hopkins on Negro Slavery at the South, Illustrated from the Journal of a Residence on a George Plantation. N.p. [a separate 1863 imprint from the New York, Harper & Brothers imprint of the same year]. 32pp.

  13. Greeley, Horace [ed.]. Tribune Tracts – No. 2. Democratic Leaders for Disunion. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan 25, 1860. New York. New York Tribune. 1860. 16pp.

  14. [Thirteenth Amendment]. Report of the Senate Committee Relative to the Call of a National Convention to Consider Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, State Printers. 1863. 8pp.

  15. Report of the Senate Committee Relative to the Immigration of Blacks and Mulattoes into the State of Pennsylvania. N.p. 1863. 4pp.

  16. Owen, Robert Dale. The Future of the North-West: In Connection with the Scheme of Reconstruction without New England. Addressed to the People of Indiana. Philadelphia. Crissy & Markley. c.1863. 16pp.

  17. [Abraham Lincoln]. Lee, Henry Charles. No. 17. Abraham Lincoln [for the Union League Club of Philadelphia]. Philadelphia. N.p. 1864. 12pp.

  18. Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Oration Delivered before the City Authorities at Boston, on the Eighty-Seventh Anniversary of the National Independence of America. Philadelphia. Printed for Gratuitous Distribution. 1863. 30pp.

  19. Lieber, Francis. No Party Now. All For Our Country. Address by Francis Lieber, Chairman of the Councils Committee on Addresses. Read at the Meeting of the Loyal National League, by their request, in Union Square, New York, on the 11th of April, 1863. N.p. 12pp.

  20. [Abraham Lincoln] U. L. A. The Opinions of Abraham Lincoln upon Slavery and its Issues: Indicated by His Speeches, Letters, Messages, and Proclamations. Philadelphia. Union League of America. N.p. 16pp.

  21. [Union League of America]. About the War. Plain Words to Plain People by a Plain Man. Philadelphia. Union League in Philadelphia. 1863. 16pp.

  22. Binney, Horace. Letter from Horace Binney, Dated Philadelphia, June 25, 1863, to the Union League of Philadelphia. N.p. 4pp.

  23. [Union League of Philadelphia]. A Special Meeting of the Union League of Philadelphia, September 16, 1863. N.p. 7pp.

  24. Interesting Debate. Reception of Gov. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, and Ex-Gov. Wright, of Indiana, at the State Capitol of Pennsylvania. Full Proceedings in the Senate. Harrisburg, PA. George Bergner, Printed, Telegraph Office, 1863. 32pp.

  25. Funk, Isaac, et al. The Loyalist’s Ammunition [Containing Speech of a Brave Old Patriot; Pusillanimous Peace; Cromwell on Destructive Conservatism, etc.]. Philadelphia. Henry B. Ashmead. 1863. 16pp.

  26. [Abraham Lincoln – Emancipation Proclamation. Perhaps the First Sequential Imprint of Lincoln’s Letter to Conkling, his Initial Draft, and the Final Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation]. The President’s Letter to the Hon. James C. Conkling [August 26, 1863]; [with] By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation [dated September 22, 1862 and known as “The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation”] [with] By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. [dated January 1, 1863; the final form of “The Emancipation Proclamation”] [with] The Policy of War. Extracted from President Lincoln’s Message, December 1, 1862. Philadelphia, 1863. N.p. 4pp.

  27. [Abraham Lincoln]. President Lincoln’s Views. An Important Letter on the Principles Involved in the Vallandigham Case. Correspondence Related to the Democratic Meeting, at Albany, N.Y. Philadelphia. King & Baird, Printers. 1863. 16pp.

  28. Davis, Hon. Henry Winter. Spech of Hon. Henry Winter Davis at Concert Hall, Philadelphia, September 24, 1863. Philadelphia, N.p. 1863. 29pp.

  29. Myers, Hon. Amos. Speech of the Hon. Amos Myers, of Pennsylvania, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3d, 1864. On the Constitutionality and Necessity of a Draft. Washington, D. C. H. Polkinhorn, Steam Book and Job Printer. 1864. 8pp.

  30. Connell, George. Speech of Senator George Connell, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, in the Senate of Pennsylvania, April 1st, 1864, in Defense of the Financial Policy of the National Administration. Philadelphia. King & Baird. 1864. 15pp.

  31. Shanafelt, J. R. End to the Slavery Controversy. African Slavery demonstrated to be Absurd; Duty of the Government and the Citizens in the Present Crisis. N.p. 16pp.

  32. Penney, Hon. John P. Remarks of the Hon. John P. Penney, on Resigning His Seat as Speaker of the Senate, March 9, 1864. N.p. 7pp.

  33. No. 17. The Will of the People. [for the Union League Club of Philadelphia]. Philadelphia. N.p. 1864. 8pp.

  34. M’Bride, Hon. Jno. R. Navy Appropriation Bill. Speech of Hon. Jno. R. M’Bride, of Oregon, on the Navy Appropriation Bill, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 19, 1864. Washington. Printed by W. H. Moore. 16pp.

  35. Lane, Hon. J. H. Vindication of the Policy of the Administration. Speech of Hon. J. H. Lane, of Kansas, in the Senate of the United States, February 16, 1864, on the Special Order, being Senate Bill No. 45, to Set Apart a Portion of the State of Texas for the Use of Persons of African Descent. Washington, D. C. Gibson Brothers, Printers. 1864. 16pp.

  36. Is the South Ready for Restoration? Philadelphia. Union League of Philadelphia. 1866. 20pp.

  37. A Sketch of the Early Life and of the Civil and Military Services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, Candidate of the National Union Party. For Governor of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. King & Baird. 1866. 32pp.

  38. Platform of the National Union Party of Pennsylvania, Adopted in Convention, at Harrisburg, March 7th, 1866. Philadelphia. King & Baird. 1866. 4pp.

  39. [Reconstruction]. Final Report of the Congressional Committee upon the Question of Reconstruction. Philadelphia. Union League of Philadelphia. 24pp.

  40. Kelley, Hon. William D. Speech of Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, on Protection to American Labor; Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1866. Philadelphia. E. C. Markley & Son. 1866. 32pp.

  41. Address of the Union League of Philadelphia to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, September 6, 1866, with Resolutions Adopted August 22, 1866. Philadelphia. Union League of Philadelphia. 1866. 23pp.

  42. Geary and Williams. Philadelphia. James H. Bryson & Son. 1866. 61pp.

  43. Letter from C. V. Culer Addressed to Thomas Hoge, James Myers, and F. D. Kinnear, in Relation to the Failure of Culver, Penn, & Co. N.p. 1866. 31pp.

  44. Let Us Have Peace. The Lives and Public Services of General U. S. Grant, U. S. A. and of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia. N.p. 1868. 24pp.

  45. The Judicial Record of Hon. Henry W. Williams, of Allegheny, Candidate for the Supreme Court, of Pennsylvania, 1867. N.p. 1867. 8pp.

  46. [Gold Standard] Scofield, G. W. Resumption of Specie Payments. Speech of Hon. G. W. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, on the Bill to Provide for the Gradual Resumption of Specie Payments. Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 27, 1869. Washington, D. C. McGill & Witherow. 1869. 8pp.

  47. [Reconstruction]. Harlan, Hon. James. Reconstruction. Speech of Hon. James Harlan, of Iowa, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 10, 1868. Washington. F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey. 1868. 16pp.

  48. [Gold Standard, Reconstruction, & National Debt]. Kelley, Hon. William D. How and When Our War Debt can be Paid. Speech of Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, on the Extinguishment of the Public Debt; Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 3, 1867. Washington. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office. 1867. 22pp.

  49. [Reconstruction & War Bonds]. Resolutions of the Union Republican State Convention of Pennsylvania, Held at Williamsport, June 26, 1867: Addresses of the State Central Committee. Facts for U. S. Bondholders. Protest of Gen. Grant Against the Removal of Gen’l Sheridan. N.p. 1867. 16pp.

  50. [Union League of Philadelphia & Reconstruction]. Address of the Union League of Philadelphia to the Citizens of Pennsylvania, September 6, 1866, with Resolutions Adopted August 22, 1866. Philadelphia. Union League of Philadelphia. 1866. 23pp.

  51. [Union League of Philadelphia & Reconstruction]. Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Union League of Philadelphia. December 10th, 1866. Philadelphia. Henry B. Ashmead. 1866. 22pp.

  52. [Sabbath]. An Appeal to the Germans in Behalf of the Sunday Clause in the Excise Law of 1866. N.p. 1866. 16pp.

  53. [Sabbath]. Williamson, I. D. Sabbatarianism. A Sermon by Rev. I. D. Williamson, D.D. Pastor of the Church of the Messiah. N.p. 8pp.

  54. [Religious Elements of Slavery & Civil War]. Brooks, Phillips. Our Mercies of Re-Occupation. A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, November 26, 1863. Philadelphia. William S. & Alfred Martien. 1863. 32pp.

  55. [Polygamy & Mormonism]. Lea, Henry C. [Pseud. Mizpah]. Bible View of Polygamy. Philadelphia. Union League of Philadelphia. Nd. c.1864. 4pp.

  56. [Sabbath]. Hopkins, Mark. The Sabbath and Free Institutions. A Paper Read before the National Sabbath Convention, Saratoga, Aug. 13, 1863, on Invitation of the New York Sabbath Committee. New York. Edward O. Jenkins. 1863. 20pp.

  57. [Sabbath]. Schaff, Philip. The Anglo-American Sabbath. An Essay Read before the National Sabbath Convention, Saratoga, August 11, 1863, on Invitation of the New York Sabbath Committee. 32pp.

  58. [Sabbath]. Railroads and the Sabbath. 14pp [Incomplete]

  59. [Union League of Philadelphia]. Browne, N. B. An Address Delivered before the Union League in the 24th Ward of the City of Philadelphia, at its Opening Celebration, May 9, 1863. Published by the League. 1863. 16pp.

  60. [Democratic Party & Civil War]. Lea, Henry Charles. Philadelphia. N.p. 1866. 39pp.

  61. [Civil War & Federal Government]. Boardman, Henry A. The Federal Judiciary. A Thanksgiving Discourse, by Henry A. Boardman. Philadelphia. William S. & Alfred Martien. 1862. 54pp.

  62. [Civil War & Religious Patriotism]. Boardman, Henry A. The Sovereignty of God the Sure and Only Stay of the Christian Patriot in Our National Troubles. A Sermon Preached in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Sept. 14, and in the West Spruce Street Church, September 28, 1862. Philadelphia. William S. & Alfred Martien. 1862. 31pp.

  63. Lamberton, Charles L. Speech of Hon. Charles L. Lamberton, of Clarion, Delivered in the Senate of Pennsylvania, March 6, 1863. N.p. 4pp.

  64. [Radical Abolitionist] Dewees, Jacob. To the People of Pennsylvania. N.p. 1862. 8pp.

  65. [Negro Right to Vote]. Record of Hiester Clymer; and Historical Parallel between Him and Major-General John W. Geary, also Official Returns of Election on Constitutional Amendments Allowing Soldiers [including “Negro Regiments] the Right to Vote. N.p. 1866. 20pp.

  66. [Radical Abolitionist] Dewees, Jacob. An Appeal to the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. N.p. 1863. 8pp.

  67. Clymer, Hon. Hiester. Speech of Hon. Hiester Clymer, of Berks County, Delivered in the Senate of Pennsylvania, Friday, March 6, 1863. Philadelphia. N.p. 1863. 4pp.

  68. [Union League of America & Copperheads]. U. L. A. The Peace Democracy Alias Copperheads. Their Record. Speeches and Votes of Vallandigham, and Others in Congress. His Speeches Out of Congress. The Endorsement of His Acts and Sentiments by His Party. Philadelphia. N.p. 1863. 16pp.

  69. [Fugitive Slaves & Colored Freedmen]. Woodward on Foreigners “Resolved that a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the Constitution of Pennsylvania as to prohibit the future emigration into the State of free persons of color and fugitive slaves, from other States or Territories.” Philadelphia. N.p. 8pp.

  70. [Absentee Voting & Voter Fraud During the Civil War]. Reasons of the Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, of Clearfield, for his Vote on Amendments to the Constitution. In Senate, March 1864. Philadelphia. N.p. 1864. 8pp.

  71. [Fugitive Slaves & Freedmen]. Cox, Hon. Samuel S. Miscegenation or Amalgamation. Fate of the Freedmen. Speech of Hon. Samuel S. Cox, of Ohio, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 17, 1864. Washington, D. C. Office of the Constitutional Union. 1864. 11pp.

In original warn half calf sammelband, boards detached. Interior sound and generally clean. Many items published with no titles or lacking title or half title. Every item textually complete save #58.