A Book of Great Value to Old and Young. 



JUST ISSUED. 



FACTS AND FIGURES. 



Historical, Documentary -, Statistical and Political. 

 From the Foundation of the Government to the Present Time. 



I VOL., 408 PAGES, I HMO. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES. 



Much labor and care has been spent in the preparation of this work, and it 

 is now offered to the public in the belief that it is, as its title purports, a ready 

 Hand-book of facts and figures, bearing upon all the important matters per- 

 taining to our National History. Thus : 



If you wish to know the spirit which actuated our forefathers during the 

 seven years war of the Revolution, by turning to its pages you will find it, in the 

 language of the immortal Declaration of Independence, culminating in the con- 

 federation of the Colonies, the adoption of the Federal Constitution, with various 

 amendments to the present time. 



If you want to know the origin and history of the emblem of our nation- 

 ality, The Stars and Stripes you will find full particulars in an article written ex- 

 pressly for this book, by the distinguished historian, J. T. Headley. 



In its pages arc found the following important documents. The Nullifica- 

 tion Proclamation to South Carolina, which made President Jackson so famous. 

 The Monroe Doctrine, and the Neutrality Laws of the United States. 



It contains all the important slavery documents which have agitated the 

 country for the past half century ; viz, the various Fugitive Slave Bills, Statis- 

 tics of Slavery during our colonial history, the Missouri Compromise Act, the 

 Dred Scott Decision, Slave Population in 1860, the Constitutional Amendments, 

 Abolishing Slavery, &c., and following these may be found Washington's First 

 Inaugural and Farewell Address. 



If you wish to know the important acts of the late President Lincoln, you 

 will here find the first call for troops to put down the Rebellion, with a table of 

 the various calls ; the Blockading Proclamation, the Emancipation Proclamation, 

 his first and last Inaugural, " with malice toward none, with charity for all" &c. 



If you wish to know the popular and electoral vote of each candidate for 

 the Presidency of the different political parties, you have in concise form the 

 figures from Washington, down to 1868. 



If you wish to know the number of killed and wounded in putting down the 

 Rebellion, you here have the official figures of the Provost Marshal General, also 

 the number of troops furnished by each State during the war. 



It contains a chronology of important events of the war with statistics of 

 over eleven hundred battles and skirmishes of the war, with the loss on each side as 

 far as known. It contains a complete table from official sources of the prizes cap- 

 tured and vessels destroyed by our navy, in violation of the Blockade, also a full 

 list of Union vessels captured or destroyed by Rebel Privateers. 



In its pages may be found the Civil Rights Bill, the Freedmen s Bureau Bill, 

 the Bankrupt Act, the Tenure of Office Bill, the various Reconstruction measures 

 of Congress, with numerous State papers and statistical matter, that should be 

 familiar to all. 



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