Pamphlet Collection

This is a collection of paper-covered print publications in Special Collections at the Cedarville University Centennial Library. The collection encompasses a variety of materials, including booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, tracts, government documents, speeches, sermons, etc.

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The Whale, and the Perils of the Whale-Fishery

Cover title: The whale, and the dangers of the whale-fishery

1840
Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress

John Tyler

Full title: Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the twenty-seventh Congress

December 7, 1841
Speech of Mr. Stiles, of Georgia, on the Right of Petition

William H. Stiles

William Henry Stiles (1808-1865) was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia. In 1842, Stiles was elected as a Democratic Representative from Georgia to the 28th United States Congress and served one term from March 4, 1843, until March 3, 1845.

1844?
The Tariff As It Is

Horace Greeley

Full title: The tariff as it is : compared with the substitute proposed by its adversaries in the bill reported to the U.S. House of Representatives by Gen. McKay of N.C. from the Committee of Ways and Means

1844
Speech of Mr. M. P. Gentry, of Tennessee, on the Tariff

Full title: Speech of Mr. M.P. Gentry, of Tennessee, on the tariff. Delivered in the House of Reps. of the United States, July 2, l846

1846
Human Physiognomy

Samson Davis

Full title: Human physiognomy : or the art of discerning the mental and moral character of man; to which is added the Sibyl's Book of Fate

1847
Speech of Mr. Palfrey, of Massachusetts

John Gorham Palfrey

Full title: Speech of Mr. Palfrey, of Massachusetts, on the political aspects of the slave question / Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 26th, 1848

1848
Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics

E. F. Bleiler

Mother Goose in Hieroglyphics is a book for children by E.F. Bleiler, originally published in 1849. The book features well-known nursery rhymes, written with pictures (about 400 detailed woodcuts) substituting certain words (rebus).

circa 1849
Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Full title: Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay's resolutions, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850

1850
Who Was the Commander at Bunker Hill?

Samuel Swett

Full title: Who was the commander at Bunker Hill? : with remarks on Frothingham's history of the battle

1850
Speech of William H. Seward on the Claims of American Merchants

William H. Seward

Full title: Speech of William H. Seward, on the claims of American merchants for indemnities for French spoliations: delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 21, 1851

1851
The Throne of Iniquity

Albert Barnes

Full title: The throne of iniquity : or, sustaining evil by law : a discourse in behalf of a law prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating drinks / delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1852

1852
Remarks on a Reprint of the Original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed

Jared Sparks

Full title: Remarks on a "Reprint of the original letters from Washington to Joseph Reed, during the American revolution, referred to in the pamphlets of Lord Mahon and Mr. Sparks."

1853
Speech of William H. Seward on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise

William H. Seward

Full title: Speech of William H. Seward, on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska bills. Senate of the United States, February 17, 1854

1854
Admission of Kansas

Galusha A. Grow

Full title: Admission of Kansas : speech of Hon. G.A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, June 30, 1856

1856
Memorial of the Senators and Representatives and the Constitution of the State of Kansas

Full title: Memorial of the senators and representatives and the Constitution of the State of Kansas; also, the majority and minority reports of the Committee on Territories on the said Constitution

1856
Oration, by William H. Seward, at Plymouth

William H. Seward

William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator.

1856
Slavery Question

Edward Wade

Full title: Slavery question. Speech of Hon. Edward Wade, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, August 2, 1856

1856
Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Bill to Admit Kansas as a State

Alexander H. Stephens

Full title: Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the bill to admit Kansas as a state under the Topeka Constitution : delivered in the House of Representatives, June 28, 1856

1856
Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the Report of the Kansas Investigating Committee

Alexander H. Stephens

Full title: Speech of Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield. Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 31, 1856

1856
Speech of William H. Seward on the Army Bill

William H. Seward

Full title: The army of the United States not to be employed as a police to enforce the laws of the conquerors of Kansas. Speech of William H. Seward on the Army Bill in the Senate of the United States, August 7, 1853

1856
The Crime Against Kansas

Charles Sumner

Full title: The crime against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856

1856
The Massachusetts Resolutions on the Sumner Assault, and the Slavery Issue

Andrew Pickens Butler

Full title: The Massachusetts resolutions on the Sumner assault and the slavery issue. Speeches of Senators Butler, Evans, and Hunter, delivered in the Senate of the United States

circa 1856
Freedom in Kansas

William H. Seward

Full title: Freedom in Kansas. Speech of William H. Seward in the Senate of the United States, March 3, 1858

1858
Plain Truths for the People

Benjamin Franklin Wade

Full title: Plain truths for the people. Speech of Senator Wade, of Ohio. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 13 and 15, 1858

1858