Originally published: London : Pearson Education, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-360) and index.
Contents
1. Inner power : Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis : 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion : Lincoln : the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party : winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition : Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign : the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power : from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power : holding the party line -- From Springfield to Sumter : building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people's war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient ... ' -- 5. The purposes of power : evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every indispensable means' : toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- Faith and purposes -- Faithfulness of purpose : emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship -- 6. The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation' -- 7. Conclusion : power in death -- Chronology of Lincoln's life.
Summary
A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.
Robert Fulton and the "Clermont"; the authoritative story of Robert Fulton's early experiments, persistent efforts, and historic achievements. Containing many of Fulton's hitherto unpublished letters, drawings, and pictures
A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
Biographical annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, containing biographical and genealogical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and of many of the early settlers
" In nearly every instance the material composing the sketches was gathered from those immediately interested, and then submitted in type-written form for correction and revision. The volume, which is one of generous amplitude, is placed in the hands of the public with the belief that it will be found a valuable addition to the library, as well as an invaluable contribution to the historical literature of the State of Pennsylvania... That the public is entitled to the privileges afforded by a work of this nature needs no assertion at our hands; for one of our greatest Americans has said that the history of any country resolves itself into the biographies of its stout, earnest and representative citizens. This medium, then, serves more than a single purpose; while it perpetuates biography and family genealogy, it records history, much of which would be preserved in no other way. "
Rare book copy bound in half leather and brown leather with marlbled end papers..
Commemorative biographical encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania : containing sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early Scotch-Irish and German settlers
"In the compilation of the biographies we were ably assisted by William H. Egle ... Rev. A.S. Dudley ... Harry I. Huber ... and Miss R.H. Schively"--Prefatory note.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742 : with an introduction, respecting, the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers : with the first rise of the neighbouring colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is added, a brief description of the said province, and of the general states, in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760 and 1770 : the whole including a variety of things, useful and interesting to be known, respecting that country in early time, &c. : with an appendix
Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior ...,
Date of Publication
1797-1798.
Physical Description
2 v. : 1 map, 1 port. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Library has: vol. 1.
Full leather binding with red spine label stamped in gold.
Bookplate of Redmond Conygnham, No. 2435.
Evans
Contents
I. Introduction. The history of Pennsylvania, 1676-1709.--II. The history of Pennsylvania, 1709-1763. A view of the province of Pennsylvania ... between the years 1760 and 1770. Extract from two short Latin poems ... by Thomas Makin. Appendix.
Life of Jefferson Davis, with a seceret history of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond." Containing curous and extraordinary information of the principal southern characters in the late war, in connection with President Davis, and in relation to the various intrigues of his administration
The author was a pro-slavery and pro-secession journalist and writer. A detailed article about him can be found at Encyclopedia.com : https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/energy-government-and-defense-magazines/edward-pollard
3 p. ø., 9-14, [2] p., 1 ø., 13-335, [2], 336-530 p. incl. front. (port) illus., facsim. plates, ports., maps, facsims., coat of arms, fold. geneal. tab. 24 cm.
Notes
Maps on lining-papers; folded genealogical table mounted on back lining-paper.
"There have been 200 copies ... printed--after which the type was destroyed."
Abraham Rudisill was born in Hanover PA on April 14, 1811, and entered the Pennsylvania Conference of the United Brethren Church in 1871 at the age of 60. A truly unique personality, he was a soldier throughout the Civil War, including the Battle of Gettysburg. He was also a self-educated scientist who contributed many articles to scientific journals. As much at home with Greek and Hebrew as with English, he was also a scholar and writer - and for a while he published a paper called The Monthly Friend. More information about Abraham, along with many of his letters, can be found at https://www.lycoming.edu/umarch/chronicles/2012/RudisillCombined.pdf.
A biographical history of Lancaster County : being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character
A biographical history of Lancaster County: being a history of early settlers and eminent men of the county; as also much other unpublished historical information, chiefly of a local character
The Washingtoniana: containing a sketch of the life and death of the late Gen. George Washington, with a collection of elegant eulogies, orations, poems, &c., sacred to his memory
History of the early settlement of the Juniata valley: embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley, predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the war of the revolution, &c
By U. J. Jones. With notes and extensions compiled as a glossary from the memoirs of early settlers, the pension statements of revolutionary war soldiers, and other source material, by Floyd G. Hoenstine ...
The book of old ships and something of their evolution and romance, wherein will be found drawings and descriptions of many varieties of vessels, both long and round, showing their development from most remote times; the portraiture of their progress, their garnishment, etc., etc., together with divers dissertations upon the origins of shipping; also an appendix wherein will be discovered to the inquisitive much information appertaining to the ancient uses and customs of the sea and mariners
illustrated in line and color with a variety of original designs of shipping compiled from authentic sources drawn by Gordon Grant; text by Henry B. Culver.
3 p. l., xi-xxiv p., 1 l., 306 p. incl. illus., plates (part col.) col. front. 29 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining-papers.
Descriptive text on verso of frontispiece.
Contents
Chapters: The Galleass --Part II: Round ships --Round ships --A Greek merchantman --A medieval ship --A thirteenth century English warship --An early Fifteenth century merchant ship -- The carrack -- Late Fifteenth century ship -- An early sixteenth century ship -- The hulk -- The caravel -- The galleon -- An Elizabethan ship of 1588 -- The cromster -- A late Sixteenth century English ship -- An early Seventeenth century Dutch merchant ship -- The Buss -- The Dutch galliot -- An English sixty-gun ship of about the year 1960 -- The flute -- A late Seventeenth century French ship of the first rate -- A Dutch ship of the end of the Seventeenth century -- The ketch -- An Eighteenth century seventy-four gun ship -- An East Indiaman of 1750 -- The lugger -- The howker -- The bugalet -- An eighteenth century Frigate -- The Felucca -- The Barque provenc?ale -- The tartane -- The Norwegian cat -- The bilander -- The fire ship -- The pink -- The patache -- Polacre -- The Xebec -- The sai?que -- A capital ship of 1820 -- A frigate of 1820 -- The brig -- The snow -- The brigantine -- Extracts from the log of the ship "Felicity" -- The corvette -- The topsail schooner -- The goe?lette -- The packet ship -- A new Bedford whaling bark -- The Barquentine -- Clipper ship of 1850 -- The modern super ship.
The history of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province, under the first proprietor and governor, William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742; with an introduction respecting the life of W. Penn, prior to the grant of the province, and the religious society of the people called Quakers, with the first rise of the neighbouring Colonies, more particularly of West-New-Jersey and the settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware. To which is added a brief description of the said province, and the general state in which it flourished, principally between the years 1760-1770 ... With an appendix. Written principally between the years 1776 and 1780
Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States were at peace. In the Circuit court of the United States, held at the city of Richmond, in the district of Virginia, in the summer term of the year 1807. To which is added, an appendix, containing the arguments and evidence in support and defence of the motion afterwards made by the counsel for the United States, to commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett [sic] and I. Smith to be sent for trial to the state of Kentucky, for treason or misdemeanor, alleged to be committed there
Biographical annals of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; containing biographical sketches of prominent men and representative citizens and of the early settled families
The trial in ejectment between Campbell Craig, lessee of James Annesley, Esq., and others, plaintiffs and the Right Honourable Richard, Earl of Anglesey, defendant : before the barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland : begun on Friday, November 11th, 1743 and continued by several adjournments to Friday, the 25th of the said month : containing, the evidence at large as delivered by the witnesses, with all the speeches and arguments of the judges and of the counsel
taken in short-hand by Mr. John Lodge, and corrected and revised by themselves ; published by the permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron Bowes, the Hon. Mr. Baron Mountney [sic], and the Hon. Mr. Baron Dawson.
Printed for John Smith ... and Abraham Bradley ...,
Date of Publication
1744.
Physical Description
377, [3] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
" ... the plaintiff's title is brought to a single question, whether the lessor, Mr. James Annesley be the legitimate issue of Arthur, late Lord Altham ... ": p. 359.
