Text Addresses and pieces spoken at examinations, page [1], The following is copied from "The American monthly magazine and critical review of Novr. 1817" View Item
Image Text 26 Items James Buchanan draft of inaugural address, March 4, 1857 A manuscript copy, signed and with corrections in James Buchanan's hand, of his inaugural address at his swearing-in as the fifteenth president of the United States. Notorious as the president whose term immediately preceded the outbreak of the Civil War, Buchanan begins his presidency by attempting to address the sectional conflicts then brewing over slavery. Celebrating the role of popular sovereignty in easing tensions, Buchanan takes an optimistic approach that ensuing events would later prove incorrect. View Item
Text Volume 5, Minutes of meetings, records, and reports of committees. [Miscellaneous drafts, 1818], page [4]-[5] Part of a speech to the meeting on December 10, 1818, of the American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and Improving the Condition of the African Race, on the education of African Americans. View Item
Text Postscrpt [sic] to Dunlap's Maryland Gazette. No. 8. Includes the speech of John Murray- Earl of Dunmore- Governor of Virginia- to the House of Burgesses- dated June 1- 1775- followed by other items dated Annapolis- June 8. Text in three columns. New-York Historical copy damaged and stained- with some loss of text. View Item
Text An address of the Congress to the inhabitants of the United States of America. Describing the causes and progress of the Revolution. Signed: By order of Congress- Henry Laurens- president. Followed by the resolve of Congress- May 9- 1778- that the address be read at religious services throughout the United States- and the order of the Massachusetts Council for printing and reading the address- dated May 23- 1778. Text in three columns; printed area measures 39.5 x 22.3 cm. References: Evans 16099; Ford- W.C. Broadsides- 2132; Cushing- J.D. Mass. laws- 1040. View Item
Text An address of the Congress to the inhabitants of the United States of America. Describing the causes and progress of the Revolution. Signed: By order of Congress- Henry Lawrens- president. "In Congress- May 9- 1778. Resolved- that it be recommended to ministers of the Gospel- of all denominations- to read- or cause to be read- immediately after divine service- the above address to the inhabitants of the United States of America- in their respective churches and chapels- and other places of religious worship. Published by order of Congress- Charles Thomson- secretary." Text in three columns. References: Evans 16101. View Item
Image Collection 4 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960). Series XI: Tributes to LCU Leaders, 1874-1949, undated View Collection
Image Collection 3 Items Charles Sumner, The anti-slavery enterprise, 1855 Charles Sumner (1811-1874) was a United States senator from Massachusetts and a campaigner against slavery. This is a draft of a version of the speech delivered in New York on May 9, 1855, and published that year under the title "The anti-slavery enterprise." Internal evidence indicates that it was to be delivered to a Boston audience, probably on May 15, 1855. The digital collection includes the draft along with the published version (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855). View Collection
Image Collection 3 Items Alexander Jackson Davis collection, 1837-1888 Correspondence, drafts of essays and speeches, drawings, and autobiographical writings of Alexander Jackson Davis, a successful New York City architect. Includes letters to Davis and miscellaneous papers, 1835-1859, chiefly about building residences. The correspondents include Francis H. Smith of the Virginia Military Institute, Joel Rathbone, W.J. Rotch, and H.K. Harral. The collection also includes numerous examples of autobiographical writing, and notes and essays on the philosophy of architecture, all in draft form, many scribbled in pencil on the backs of advertisements or old letters. View Collection