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United States--Politics and government.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Benjamin, J. P. ...Defence of the National Democracy against the Attack of Judge Douglas--Constitutional Rights of the States. Speech of Hon. J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 22, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860

 File — Box 4: Series Series 4; Series 5, Folder: 15
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1860

Congressional Investigations. How Slander Is Refuted. The New York Custom-House--The Sale of Arms--Charges against Postmaster General Cresswell--Examination of the Treasury, 1872

 Item — Box 5: Series 5, Folder: 19
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1872

Farmer. An Essay on the American System, or, Reasons Why the Productive Classes Should Not Support Henry Clay for the Presidency. Washington, D.C.: Spectator, 1844

 Item — Box 4: Series Series 4; Series 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1844

Greenback for Bonds leaflet, circa 1868

 Item — Box 1: Series Series 1; Series Series 2; Series Series 3, Folder: 17
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Leaflet "issued to advertise central platform in 1868 presidential campaign of Democratic candidate Horatio Seymour. Democrats called for repayment of Civil War bonds in greenbacks rather than in gold." (Worldcat https://www.worldcat.org/title/1295638611). Recto concludes with the text of the 1862 law authorizing the first issue of Greenbacks.

Dates: circa 1868

Henry, John, and James Madison. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of Certain Documents Obtained from a Secret Agent of the British Government, Employed in Fomenting Disaffection to the Constituted Authorities, and in Bringing About Resistance to the Laws, and Eventually, in Concert with a British Force, to Destroy the Union of the United States. Washington: A. and G. Way, 1812

 Item — Box 4: Series Series 4; Series 5, Folder: 4, Object: 1
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1812

McClelland, Robert. Letter on the Crisis. Detroit, Mich., 1861

 File — Box 3: Series Series 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 4 comprises publications documenting state and national matters and includes works on government, history, agriculture, events, and state politics. Many resources focus on the states of Kentucky and Michigan. Of special note, the final work in this series is a program from the April 9, 1968 memorial services for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. held in Atlanta, Georgia. Each subseries (Kentucky, Michigan, Other States) is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the...
Dates: 1861

Mr. Greeley and the Reformers. Mr. Greeley's Friends. We Print Elsewhere a Significant Article from the Detroit Tribune and Commend It to the Attention of Our Readers, 1872

 Item — Box 7: Series Series 3; Series Series 4; Series 5; Series 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1872

Printing of Congress. Whig economy - Whig consistency - Whig honesty - a perfect specimen of Whiggery. Tract No. 5. Washington, D.C., 1844

 Item — Box 4: Series Series 4; Series 5, Folder: 11
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1844

Republican Congressional Committee, and William P. Frye. Democratic Treatment of Union Soldiers. Washington, D.C.? , 1880

 Item — Box 6: Series 5; Series 6; Series 7, Folder: 12
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 5 is the largest series in the collection. It contains printed matter by and about national government, politics, and politicians. Many works were produced as partisan campaign literature during the tumultuous presidential elections of 1864, 1868, and 1872. Most such items promote the Republican Party’s views and candidates. The series is arranged by publication date, then by author and title. Within the same year, works without authors precede works with authors.

Dates: 1880

Reservations Under the Cherokee Treaty. Letter from the Secretary of War, 1828

 Item — Box 4: Series Series 4; Series 5, Folder: 4, Object: 2
Identifier: 5
Scope and Contents

United States et al. Reservations Under the Cherokee Treaty: Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a List of Persons Entitled to Reservations Under the Treaty with the Cherokees of the 27th February 1819 etc. Printed by Gales and Seaton 1828. [Formerly Curio 973.049 U581r 1828]

Dates: 1828