Two Volumes of Bound Pamphlets Containing Political Speeches, Campaign Material, & More, 1860-1880

Lot 264

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Lot of 2 volumes containing hundreds of pamphlets. Both with speeches, campaign material and more bound together. Volume with "10" on spine. Several pamphlets bound into this volume are: "Remarks of Hon. James A. Garfield, in the House of Representatives, April 14, 1866. On the first Anniversary of the Death of Abraham Lincoln. And Extracts from General Garfield's Speeches. Plus General Garfield as a Statesman and Orator. New York: National Republican Committee, 1880. Some of these were surely printed as campaign pamphlets.

National Association of the Red Cross. The Red Cross of the Geneva Convention. What it is, its Origin and History. Dansville (NY): A.G. Bunnell/Dansville Advertiser, 1881.16mo, no wraps, 96pp.

Poore, Ben. Perley. The Life and Public Services of John Sherman. Sherman, brother of General William Tecumseh Sherman, was a Congressman from Ohio during the Civil War (House 1855-1861; Senate 1861-1877), and principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. He also tried to get his party's nomination for the Presidential ticket a number of times, so this is also likely a campaign piece.

Faulkner, T.C. History of the Revolution in the Southern States;... New York: 1861.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, ...Delivered at Cooper Institute, February 27th, 1860. New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., 1860. Wraps were removed for binding. We think this is the first edition of this important speech. One usually encounters the 1907 reprint, but this was bound with other pamphlets of the 1860s - 1880s. There is nothing later than about 1882 in this volume.

Buckman, Benjamin E. Samuel J. Tilden Unmasked! New York: by the Author, 1876.

[Morton, George] The Book for the Nation and the Times by a Citizen, U.S.N.A. Philadelphia: William S. & Alfred Martien, 1864.

And many, many more. Spine and boards are separated, but present. It was bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper boards and endpapers. A few of the first pamphlets also disbound. Textblock is divided into several large groups. One of the problems for the binder and handling of this volume is that there are many different sizes of pamphlets, putting uneven pressure on the spine.

The second volume is similar, but does not contain the well-known pieces that the first does. This also has dozens of pamphlets and speeches, some campaign literature. Smaller 8vo, watered silk over 3/4 leather boards, marbled endpapers. Spine with No. 9. Boards are separated, but spine is holding. Leather is chipping off of the spine, however. Textblock is still together. Includes titles such as:

Letters of Acceptance of Hon. J.A. Garfield and Gen. C.A. Arthur and the Platform Adopted by the Republican National Convention. 13pp.

Page, H.F. Restriction of Chinese Immigration. Speech of Hon. H.F. Page of California, in the House of Representatives, January 28th, 1870.

"Land for the Landless." The Record of Parties on the Homestead Principle. 8pp.

"Home Rule" in the Solid South.

Garfield and Arthur Campaign Song Book. 1880. Washington (DC): Republican Congressional Committee, 1880.

Worthington, T. A Correct History of Grant at the Battle of Shiloh Respectfully Dedicated to the Armies of the Ohio and the Tennessee: Their Living and Their Dead. Washington (DC): Thomas McGill & Co., 1880.

There are several speeches on Tariffs and Taxes; on the economic implications of the election (1880?); on Reconstruction; on trade and other relations with Mexico ("The attention of the people in every quarter of the country sees to be drawn with unusual interest to our relations with Mexico. We are finding it extremely burdensome to maintain a heavy border-guard on their frontier, and very painful to listen to the appeals of our people for protection..." page 4) And we still have not worked it out nearly a century and a half later....

English Neutrality. Is the Alabama a British Pirate? Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, 1863.

There are speeches with headings such as: Greenbacks as Good as Gold. And Coinage of Silver Dollars. And Home Labor vs. Foreign Labor. Plus Southern War Claims. In addition to: Jefferson Davis - Amnesty. In the House of Representatives, Monday, January 10, 1876.

Adams, F.C. Washers and Scrubbers....The Blackest Chapter in the History of the Republican Party. The Men who Robbed and Combined to Rob the Freedmen of their Hard Earnings.

And much more....
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