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LINCOLN, AbrahamBiblio.com

The collected works. . . The Abraham Lincoln Association Springfield Illinois. Roy P. Basler Editor. Marion Dolores Pratt and Lloyd A Dunlap assistant editors. Collector’s Edition. Volume X. Two books bound in one volume. First Supplement 1832-1865 Second supplement 1848-1865.

ABRAHAM LINCOLNABAA

Trial of Abraham Lincoln by the Great Statesmen of the Republic a Mock Trial of President Lincoln for Treason

186323743In this creative pamphlet Lincoln stands trial before a jury of his "peers" former presidents and statesmen from American history including Stephen A. Douglas Daniel Webster Henry Clay John Hancock Patrick Henry Gouverneur Morris Alexander Hamilton John C. Calhoun James Madison George Mason Elbridge Gerry Andrew Jackson Thomas Jefferson George Washington and William Gaston. The author compiles passages from their speeches in mock dialogue with the defendant Lincoln as they contradict his defenses against their charges. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Pamphlet. Trial of Abraham Lincoln by the Great Statesmen of the Republic. A Council of the Past on the Tyranny of the Present. The Spirit of the Constitution on the Benchâ€”Abraham Lincoln Prisoner at the Bar his own Counsel. New York: Office of the Metropolitan Record 1863. Original printed wrappers stitched. 29 3 pp. First Edition. Excerpts:"George Washington the father of the American Union who was surrounded by the great statesmen of the Revolution and by others of a still later dateâ€¦had assembled for the trial of the present incumbent â€¦ on charges of the gravest and most serious character. the Spirit of the Constitutionâ€¦occupied the bench of Justice." 4-5"Abraham Lincoln is herein charged with treasonable intent purposes and designs in having committed the following unconstitutional acts in the course of his administration:"1. In having declared war against independent and sovereign States under the pretence of repossessing himself of certain forts and other property seized and held by said States."2. In having arrested citizens of the United States and incarcerated them in Government bastiles without process of law."3. In having suppressed the liberty of speech thereby denying to the citizen the Constitutional right of criticizing the acts of his Administration."4. In having prohibited and stopped the publication of certain newspapers for the exercise of the same right referred to in the preceding charge."5. In having placed the military above the civil power as shown in the establishment of martial law over portions of the country which were not embraced within the theatre of war."6. In overthrowing State sovereignty as in the case of Virginia the integrity of which was violated by the erection of the so-called State of Kanawha within its limits."7. In having approved indorsed and partially carried into execution the unconstitutional act of Congress known as the Confiscation Bill."8. In having approved of the infamous law known as the Conscription Act which was not only subversive of the Constitution but violative of State sovereignty."9. In having attempted to carry into execution the Emancipation Act thereby violating the most sacred guarantees of the Constitution. 5-6"The criminal looked around the court and on the faces of the assembled patriots of the past but as they returned his gaze they shuddering averted their heads. Then the Spirit of the Constitution addressing him spoke as follows:"'You have been tried and found wanting. You have been given the opportunity of saving a nation but you have stabbed it to the heart. You were born in the freest country under the sun but you have converted it into a despotism. You have violated your oath; you have betrayed the trust reposed in you by the popular will and to the outraged justice of your countrymen I now leave you with the brand of "Tyrant" upon your brow. They will hereafter inflict upon you that penalty which justice demands while history will pronounce its judgment upon the infamous acts of your Administration.'" 28-29Historical BackgroundContemporaries historians and others have criticized Lincoln for violating state sovereignty freedom of speech and freedom of the press for suspending habeas corpus and imposing martial law. All of these charges figure prominently in this ghostly trial of the President.The publisher and possibly author of this pamphlet was John Mulally the Irish-born editor and proprietor of the Metropolitan Record a weekly Catholic family newspaper published from 1859 to 1868 in New York City. From 1859 to March 1863 it was the official organ of the Archbishop John Hughes of New York. Catholic critics accused it of taking an "open and avowedly treasonable courseâ€¦since the war broke out; but more especially since the President issued his Emancipation Proclamation" and of forcing Archbishop Hughes to withdraw his support.The Indiana State Sentinel a Democratic newspaper published in Indianapolis printed much of the pamphlet on its front page declaring it "perhaps the most thorough and effective exposition of the terrible character and extent of the departure of the present Administration from the word and spirit of the fathers of the Constitution that has yet been put in print."In 1863 authorities arrested Baltimore booksellers Michael J. Kelly and John B. Piet publishers of the Catholic Mirror for printing works of a "treasonable character." On May 23 1864 Provost Marshal detectives again arrested Kelly and Piet and searched their store. Among the "inflammable matter" found were 97 copies of thispamphlet envelopes with rebel flags 57 packs of playing cards with Confederate officers and some 212 Confederate photographs. The authorities imprisoned Kelly and Piet in Fort McHenry. On May 28 Kelly's son received permission to reopen the store and authorities allowed the press to resume publication of the Catholic Mirror on May 30 while Kelly and Piet awaited trial. On June 1 and 2 Major General Lew Wallace ordered Kelly and Piet released if they each posted a $5000 security bond not to violate any departmental regulations.In March 1864 Major General William S. Rosecrans a Catholic commander of the Department of the Missouri ordered the Provost Marshal General in St. Louis to seize all issues of the Metropolitan Record to prohibit further distribution of the newspaper in that department and to punish all vendors who sold or distributed issues of the newspaper knowing their "traitorous contents." Rosecrans had read enough in the Metropolitan Record to satisfy himself that "no reasonable freedom nor even license of the press suffice for the traitorous utterances in those articles" and that they were "a libel on the Catholics who as a body are loyal and national." In November 1864 Major General Hugh Ewing commanding the District of Kentucky likewise banned the circulation of the Metropolitan Record and seven other newspapers in his district.In the midst of the 1864 presidential election campaign the Metropolitan Recordadvertised for canvassers to sell this as "the great campaign pamphlet of the day." Mulally later reportedly repudiated McClellan as the Democratic nominee favoring a peace candidate instead.111 Eberstadt 332. Monaghan 252. Sabin 41234. LCP 10399.ConditionMargin dusting to the front wrapper Very Good. Office of the Metropolitan Record paperback books

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World - Ortelius, Abraham (1527-1598)Biblio.com

Aevi veteris Typus Geographicus.

1590200018AG1590. Antwerp Ortelius 1590. Original hand-coloured engraving. Plate Size: 44 cm x 31 cm. Sheet Size: 53.7 cm x 38.5 cm. Original map. Very good actually stunning condition. Really clean and crisp. Generous margins. Reverse recto carries Latin text. Shirley 176; Broecke 186.1; Koeman III 0800H:31. Beautifully unusual and richly decorated map of the Ancient World based upon the work of Claudius Ptolemy from Ortelius' Parergon 'Supplement'. The depicted land masses of Europe Africa and western Asia are largely in their modern configurations although the place names on the map are based upon Ptolemy. The southern portion of Africa is missing and China is not included on the map. A small number of cities including Hispalis Seville Lutetia Paris Rome Byzantium Istanbul Hierusalem Jerusalem Alexandria and Memphis are identified. Relief shown pictorially. The mythical Luna Montes Mountains of the Moon - the fabled source of the Nile - can be seen in the southern half of Africa. Madagascar is also included. The climate zones are shown as 'Zona frigida et inhabitablis' 'Zona temperata et habitabilis' and 'Zona torrida et ob Solis nimium fervorem a veteribus inhabitabilis credita.' The tropics and Arctic and Antarctic circles are also shown. The 'Zona frigida' lying above the Arctic Circle and the region lying at the Equator are described as being inhospitable. The border of the globe carries longitudinal and latitudinal information. The outer areas of the map are decoratively patterned and there is one inset roundel map in each corner showing the different continents depicting in clockwise order Europe Asia Africa and the Americas. Ortelius' characteristic strapwork design ornaments the title cartouche above the globe as it does the cartouche seen beneath it. It bears the inscription: "En Spectator Pilae Totius Terrae Ichnographiam at Veteribus Usque ad Annum Salutis Nonagesimum Secundum Supra Milles Quadrigent. Cognitae Tantum Geographiam." Immediately underneath the illustrated landmass is a further cartouche similarly ornamented decorated with two lion heads and bearing an oval inset statement of responsibility in Latin script. The Parergon was conceived initially as a supplement to Ortelius' Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Theatre of the World. The work a vast and finely researched index of the Classical world was accompanied by a number of ancient world maps. Unlike the maps of the Theatrum the majority of which were reductions of earlier maps the maps of the Parergon were researched and drawn by Ortelius himself. The work was a great commercial success and the maps themselves set the standard for ancient world maps for the duration of the 17th Century. Abraham Ortelius was a Flemish cartographer and geographer conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Theatre of the World. He was one of the most notable figures of the Dutch school of cartography during its golden age approximately 1570s-1670s. unknown

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ABRAHAM LINCOLNABAA

Lincoln's Third State of the Union Address and Amnesty Proclamation

186330001.20Contains Lincoln's entire 1863 Message to Congress where he reaffirmed his commitment to emancipation as well as His Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction which laid out a plan to return the rebellious states to the Union fold. Commonly called the "Ten Percent Plan" it allowed for a state to hold new elections when 10% of its 1860 voters took a loyalty oath to the Union. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Newspaper. New York Times New York N.Y. Dec. 10 1863 with "Supplement to The New York Times" complete with its own masthead. 12 pp. 14Â¾ x 21 in. Excerpt"To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith. I may add at this point that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress."Historical BackgroundThroughout the fall of 1863 eventual Union victory became increasingly clear and on December 8 1863 Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. This lenient plan that offered citizens of the rebellious states full pardons voting and property rights except possession of slaves encouraged the states to begin addressing the issue of the freedmen and women without compromising their rights and allowed a former Confederate state to hold elections and form a pro-Union government once 10% of the number of voters in the 1860 election swore loyalty oaths. Commonly called the "Ten Percent Plan" it reflected both Lincoln's charitable view of Reconstruction as well as the reality that heavy penalties denial of voting and property rights to rebels and impoverishing the South was no way to rebuild a nation after a war fought at least initially to preserve the Union. books

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHUYLER COLFAXABAA

Â“Let Us Have Faith that Right Makes MightÂ…Â”

1877239161877. No binding. Fine. Autograph Quote Signed from Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech given on February 27 1860. Sept 10 1877. Schuyler Colfax U.S. representative from Indiana and vice president under Ulysses S. Grant pens a famous quote from Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech. Transcript""Let us have faith that Right makes Might; and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our Duty."" Lincoln's Cooper Institute speech Feb. '60. Yrs truly Schuyler Colfax / Sept 10 1877Schuyler Colfax 1823-1885 born in New York City moved with his family to Indiana when he was an adolescent. Colfax pursued a career in journalism serving as legislative correspondent for the Indiana State Journal and becoming part-owner of the Whig organ of northern Indiana the South Bend Free Press renamed the St. Joseph Valley Register in 1845. Colfax was a member of the 1850 state constitutional convention and four years later was elected as a Republican to Congress where he served until 1869. An energetic opponent of slavery Colfax's speech attacking the Lecompton Legislature in Kansas became the most widely requested Republican campaign document in the 1858 mid-term election. In 1862 following the electoral defeat of Galusha Grow Colfax was elected Speaker of the House. In that capacity Colfax announced the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31 1865: ""The constitutional majority of two thirds having voted in the affirmative the Joint Resolution is passed."" Colfax considered February 1 1865 the day he signed the House resolution the happiest day of his life. ""Fourteen years before among a mere handful of kindred spirits in the Constitutional Convention of his State he had said: 'Wherever within my sphere be it narrow or wide oppression treads its iron heel on human rights I will raise my voice in earnest protest.' He had kept his word and well earned his share in the triumph."" Hollister 245. Colfax next served as Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1873. He lost a re-nomination bid in 1872 as a result of his involvement in the CrÃ©dit Mobilier of America scandal. Hollister Ovando James. Life of Schuyler Colfax 1886. books

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HENRY W. BELLOWSABAA

Lincoln Calls for the public to supports the U.S. Sanitary Commission

186124870"The Sanitary Commission is â€¦ of direct practical value to the nation in this time of its trial. It is entitled to the gratitude and confidence of the peopleâ€¦ There is no agency through which voluntary offerings of patriotism can be more effectively made. A. Lincoln." ABRAHAM LINCOLN. HENRY W. BELLOWS.Printed Circular Letter to "the Loyal Women of America." Washington D.C. October 1 1861. 3 pp. 8 x 10 in. Historical BackgroundThe United States Sanitary Commission USSC was a private relief agency to support sick and wounded Union soldiers and sailors. The idea began at a meeting of the Women's Central Relief Association of New York in April 1861 and was modeled on the British Sanitary Commission which operated during the Crimean War. The USSC set up and staffed hospitals and operated thirty soldiers' homes lodges and rest houses for traveling and disabled Union soldiers.This circular urges American women to send contributions to the USSC for distribution to suffering servicemen. "Every woman in the country can at the least knit a pair of woolen stockings" the letter declared "or if not can purchase them." The USSC sought blankets quilts pillows slippers delicacies such as cocoa and dried fruit checker and backgammon boards and books and magazines for convalescing soldiers and sailors. Before it was printed Frederick Law Olmsted wrote to Lincoln requesting "a line from the President recommending the purpose of the Commission to the confidence of the public." Lincoln's response sent the same day is included at the end.7000 affiliated local societies held bazaars concerts raffles and plays to raise money. Beginning in the fall of 1863 major citiesâ€”including Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia St. Louis and Bostonâ€”held large sanitary fairs that lasted for weeks. With donations from many famous figures and artifacts for sale such as signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation over the course of the war the USSC raised an estimated $5 million in cash and $15 million in in-kind contributions.At first the Army Medical Bureau resented civilian involvement and questioned the use of women as nurses. Similar groups such as the Christian Commission argued that their counterparts were more interested in providing something for the upper classes to do in the war aside from fighting than they were in sympathizing with the plight of soldiers. But its success silenced most critics over time.The USSC did provide significant opportunities for women to participate in the war effort. Dorothea Dix Mary Livermore and Mary Ann Bickerdyke held leadership roles. Novelist Louisa May Alcott was a nurse in a USSC hospital. One of its nurses Clara Barton became a founder of the American Red Cross. Many of the Northern women who were its grass roots workers developed an involvement in philanthropic and public affairs including the Civil Rights and Women's Suffrage movements.Henry W. Bellows 1814-1882 born in Boston graduated from Harvard College in 1832 and Harvard Divinity School in 1837. In 1839 he became the pastor of the First Congregational church in New York City. Gaining a reputation as a pulpit and lyceum speaker he became a leader of the Unitarian Church in America. From 1847 to 1866 Bellows edited the Christian Inquirer a weekly Unitarian newspaper. Bellows planned the United States Sanitary Commission and served as its only president from 1861 to 1878. In 1877 he became the first president of the first Civil Service Reform Association. books

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CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLNABAA

Attending the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair in the Summer of 1864

186424202Two tickets to the Great Central Fair in Philadelphia. One admitted a pupil of the public schools of Philadelphia and was used on Saturday June 11 according to the stamp on the verso. The other is an apparently unused "Season Ticket" that admitted the bearer "To All Parts of the Fair" except the Children's Exhibitions but was "Forfeited if Transferred and Not Good unless Endorsed." The verso includes the oath "I hereby promise that this Ticket shall be used to obtain admission to the Fair by myself only" and a blank line for a signature. CIVIL WAR. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Great Central Fair Tickets June 1864. Pair of passes for the Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia June 7-28 1864. One ticket is for one day's admission for a public school student. The other is a season ticket. 1 p. each 3Â½ x 2Â¼ and 3Â½ x 2 in. Historical BackgroundDuring the Civil War several northern cities hosted sanitary fairs between 1863 and 1865 to raise money for the care of wounded soldiers. The Great Central Fair held at Logan Square in Philadelphia in June 1864 was a fundraiser for the United States Sanitary Commission and was one of the largest fairs. The main exhibit building constructed in forty working days by local volunteer skilled labor enclosed 200000 square feet. It featured nearly one hundred departments offering a broad range of displays from Arms and Trophies to Fine Arts to Umbrellas and Canes. Curiosities included a $1000 doll house a recreated parlor of William Penn with Penn artifacts the boat used by Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane and George Washington's carriage.Over three weeks the fair welcomed more than 400000 visitors. The season ticket offered here cost $5 a week's pay for a day laborer or a domestic and several days' wages for skilled workers. The fair served more than 9000 meals per day in its restaurant and had a daily newspaper with descriptions of the various departments. During its existence the fair raised approximately $1 million for the Sanitary Commission second only to New York City in money raised.President Abraham Lincoln attended the fair with his family on June 16. He also donated forty-eight signed copies of the Emancipation Proclamation printed under the auspices of George Boker of the Union League which were sold for $10 each.ConditionBoth have glue discolored on the reverse sides. The smaller card has a 1" edge tear on the right side neatly repaired with archival tape. books

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COWLEY, AbrahamBiblio.com

The third part of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley: being his six books of plants never before printed in English viz the first and second of herbs the third and fourth of flowers the fifth and sixth of trees: now made English.

168977111689 FOLIO 1ed Abraham Cowley Six Books of Plants Herbs Coca Flowers English "What shall I do to be for ever knownAnd make the Age to come own"I shall like beasts or common people die Unless you write my elegy."– Abraham Cowley The MottoAbraham Cowley was one of the leading English poets during the 17th-century. This 1689 first edition of the third part of Cowley's works features his famous 'Six Books of Plants'. This set of poems is famous for having the earliest reference to coca in the English language in the poem 'A Legend of Coca'.Item number: #7711Price: $950COWLEY AbrahamThe third part of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley: being his six books of plants never before printed in English viz the first and second of herbs the third and fourth of flowers the fifth and sixth of trees: now made English.London: Printed for Charles Harper at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan's church in Fleet-street 1689. First edition.Details: · Collation: Complete with all pageso 20 166 2· References: Lowndes II:539; Perkin B 7; Wing C 6665o Perkin notes that Cowley's "fame as a poet exceeded even that of Milton".· Language: English· Binding: Leather; tight & secure· Size: ~11.5in X 7.75in 29.5cm x 19.5cmOur Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!7711Photos available upon request. For Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan's church in Fleet-street hardcover

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