How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

Locations vary, ca. 1807-81. Comprising seven items, including: Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Ninth Congress of the United States (1807; 8vo; original wrappers); Christian Advocate and Journal and Zion's Herald (New-York, March 18, 1831, Vol. V, No. 29; Folio); National Intelligencer (Washington, September 28, 1839, Vol. XL, No. 577; Folio); New-York Daily Times (New-York, May 15, 1857, Vol. VI, No. 1764; Folio); The Reports of the Committees of the House of Representatives...Second Session Thirty-Ninth Congress, 1866-67 (Washington, 1867; 8vo; tan calf); Election in Alabama. Affidavits of Discharge From Employment in Alabama for Voting (Washington, ca. 1868; 8vo; disbound); The Free Press (Gunnison, Colorado, December 16, 1881, Vol. I, No. 30; Folio).

Content covers a range of topics, including anti-slavery and abolitionism; a report on the ongoing case of the Amistad (National Intelligencer); recounting a meeting and minutes of the American Abolition Society (New-York Daily Times); an account of a lynching in Gunnison County, Colorado (The Free Press); as well as Congressional reports, including a lengthy House report (dated March 26, 1868) with dozens of affidavits from African-American men who were fired for voting in an election in Alabama; Acts passed in the second session of the ninth Congress, including suspension of commerce with Haiti, and an Act to prohibit the importation of slaves in 1808, as per the Constitution, etc.

Condition varies, generally very good; wear and soiling; expected wear to newspapers.