Historical Pamphlets

During the 19th century pamphlets were a cost effective and important means of communicating a diverse set of attitudes and opinions of various segments of society not found in books, newspapers, and periodicals. They often addressed controversial subjects such as slavery, politics, culture, war, society and more. Pamphlets were print forms of speeches, orations, debates, sermons, treatises, tracts, narratives, poems, songs, memoir, legal notices, and more. The Simsbury Free Library’s collection of Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets covers subjects related to the abolition of slavery, civil war, military, politics, culture, history, education and more published from 1854 – 1930.

Finding Aid - Late 19th- Early 20th Century Pamphlets Collection

Collection Accession #	Collection Title	Call #	Box #	Folder #	Series	Description	Start Date	End Date	Notes
Collection Accession #	Collection Title	Call #	Box #	Folder #	Series	Description	Start Date	End Date	Notes
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Flag Day Manual	1922	1922	Connecticut School Document No. 4 - 1922 (Whole Number 447)
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Arbor and Bird Day Manual for May 1923	1923	1923	Connecticut School Document No. 2 - 1923 (Whole Number - 451)
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Flag Day Manual	1924	1924	Connecticut School Document No. 4 - 1924 (Whole Number 459)
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Arbor Day: Its Purpose and Observation	1926	1926	U.S. Department of Agriculture: Farmer's Bulletin No. 1492 Issued March, 1926
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Special Day Bulletin	1927	1927	State Board of Education, Hartford, Connecticut 1927
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Schubert Centennial: Notes on the Religious Aspects of the Life and Works of Schubert	1928	1928	For Schubert Sunday 18 November 1928 Issued from National Headquarters (Schubert Week - November 18-25, 1928
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	2 of 3	1. Holiday	Schubert Centennial Essay	1928	1928	By Daniel Gregory Mason For Schubert Week, November 18-25, 1928
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	The Fugitive Slave Law: A Sermon	1854	1854	Preached in the Fourth Congregational Church, Norwich, Connecticut, 25 June 1854, By Reverend Charles P. Bush. Published Norwich: Woodworth and Perry, Printers, 1854.
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	Removal of Ancient Landmarks: or the Causes and Consequences of Slavery Extension.	1854	1854	A Discourse Preached to the Second Congregational Church of West Winsted, Connecticut, 5 March 1854 By C.H.A. Bulkley, Minister of the Gospel Published in Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. 1854
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	Slavery, and The Remedy; or Principles and Suggestions for a Remedial Code	1857	1857	By Samuel Nott Fifth Edition; with a Review of the Decisions of the Supreme Court in the Case of Dred Scott. Published in New York: D. Appleton and Company. Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1857
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	The Census and Slavery; A Thanksgiving Discourse	1860	1860	Delivered in The Chapel at Clifton Springs, NY, 29 November 1860, By Horace Bushnell. Published in Hartford by Lucius E. Hunt 1860
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	The Character and Influence of Abolitionism	1860	1860	A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn on Sabbath Evening, 9 Dec 1860 By Rev. Henry J. Van Dyke, Pastor Published New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1860
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	Emancipation	1862	1862	By Rev. N. H. Eggleston, Stockbridge, Massachusetts From the "New Englander" for October 1862.
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	The Death of Slavery - The Life of the Nation	1862	1862	Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, Delivered in the Senate, 21 May 1862 of the Bill to Confiscate the Property and Free the Slaves of Rebels. Published in Washington, D.C. by Scammell and Co. Printers, 1862
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	Ransom of Slaves at the National Capital	1862	1862	Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, in the Senate of the United States, 31 March 1862.
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	1 of 3	2. Slavery	A Bridge from Slavery to Freedom	1864	1864	Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner on the Bill to Establish a Bureau of Freedmen, in the Senate of the United States, 13 June and 15 Jun 1864. Published by H. Polkinhorn & Son, printers, 1864.
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	Reverses Needed	1861	1861	A Discourse Delivered on the Sunday after the Disaster of Bull Run in the North Church, Hartford By Horace Bushnell Published in Hartford: L.E. Hunt, 1861
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	Praise for Victory	1862	1862	A Sermon, Preached in Park Street Church, Boston, 23 February 1862 By Rev. Dr. A.L. Stone Published Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin and Son, 1862
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	Thanksgiving Sermon, on the Direction of the War	1863	1864	Delivered at Coventryville, Chenango County, NY, on Thursday, 26 November 1863 By Rev. William A. Smith Published at Whitney's Point: G.A. Dodge, Newspaper, Book and Job Printer. 1864
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	The Peninsular Campaign and Its Antecedents, as Developed by the Report of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and Other Published Documents	1864	1864	By. J.G. Barnard Washington, D.C.: Published by the Union Congressional Committee 1864
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	McClellan's Military Career Reviewed and Exposed: The Military Policy of the Administration Set Forth and Vindicated	1864	1864	Published by the Union Congressional Committee Condensed revisions of articles written in February, March, and April 1864 by William Swinton for the New York Times Washington: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1864
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	1 of 2	3 of 3	3. Politics/Gov't/ Military	Second Report the Committee of Maryland	1864	1864	University States Christian Commission Baltimore: Printed by James Young, 1864
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	1 of 2	4. Culture	Pictures of Southern Life, Social, Political and Military	1861	1861	Written for the London Times by William Howard Russell Published New York: James G. Gregory, 1861
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	1 of 2	4. Culture	Love and Mirage or, The Waiting on an Island. An Out-of-Door Romance	1884	1884	Vol. 1, No. 239, 18 Oct 1884 New York: Norman L. Munro, Publisher Copyrighted 1884, by Norman L. Munro
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	1 of 2	4. Culture	The Delineator [a Monthly Magazine of Fashion, Culture, and Fine Arts]	1890	1890	Vol. XXXV, January 1890, No. 1 The Butterick Publishing Co., New York
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	The Northern Iron	1854	1854	A Discourse Delivered in the North Church, Hartford on the Annual State Fast, 14 April 1854 By Horace Bushnell Published Hartford: Edwin Hunt and Son, 1854
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	The Dying Words of a Christian Patriot: Facts and Duties of the Times	1856	1856	A Sermon delivered before the First Congregational Church, Chicago, Illinois By G.W. Perkins New York: William S. Door, Printer, 1856
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	Facts and Duties of the Times	1856	1856	A Sermon Delivered before the First Congregational Church By Rev. G.W. Perkins, Chicago, Illinois Printed by Hays & Thompson, 1856
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	The Great Issues Now Before the Country	1861	1861	An Oration by Edward Everett, Delivered at the New York Academy of Music, 4 July 1861 Published New York: James G. Gregory, 1861
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	Prevailing Prayer: What Hinders It?	1885	1913	By D.L. Moody Published Chicago: The Bible Institute Colportage Association Copyright by Fleming H. Revell Company 1885, 1887, 1913
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	Connecticut History Stories	1920	1920	Connecticut School Documents No. 1 - 1920 By Daniel Howard 1920
01/01/1970	Late19th to Early 20th Century Pamphlets	04/06/2023	2 of 2	2 of 2	5. Miscellaneous	The World's Clothing Supply	1930	1930	In The Chemistry Leaflet, Vol. III, 2 Jan 1930, Number 15 Published by Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society, Easton, PA

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