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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05640 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1880s |
| Title | A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886 |
| Date | 1886 ca. |
| Author | Lum, Dyer D. (Dyer Daniel) (1840-1893) |
| Document Type | Book |
| Content Description | Volume containing 8 titles, all concerning the riot, explosion, trial, appeals, and executions stemming from the 1886 Chicago Riot. There is a pencil verse opposite the first pamphlet's titlepage, quoting Charles Mackay's "Eternal Justice" and the last words of August Spies. Titles: (1) Dyer D. Lum, A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886. Condensed from the Official Record. (Chicago: Socialistic Publishing Society); (2) The Accused the Accusers. The Famous Speeches of the Eight Chicago Anarchists in Court... on October 7th, 8th and 9th, 1886. (Chicago: Socialistic Publishing Society); (3) August Spies and Albert R. Parsons. The Great Anarchist Trial. The Haymarket Speeches as delivered on the Evening of the Throwing of the Bomb.... (Chicago, Chicago Labor Press Association, 1886); (4) M.M. Trumbull, Was it a Fair Trial? An appeal to the Governor of Illinois by Gen. M.M. Trumbull, in behalf of the Condemned Anarchists. (Chicago?); (5) M. M. Trumbull. The Trial of the Judgment. A Review of the Anarchist Case. (Chicago: Health and Home Publishing Co., 1886); (6) Leon Lewis, The Facts Concerning the Eight Condemned Leaders (Greenport, NY: Leon Lewis, 1887); (7) Supreme Court of Illinois. August Spies et al. vs. the People &c. Brief and Argument.... (Chicago: Barnard & Gunthrop, 1886). (8) Plus one additional. |
| Subjects | Mobs and Riots Law Judiciary Anarchism |
| People | Lum, Dyer D. (Dyer Daniel) (1840-1893) Spies, August Vincent Theodore (1855-1887) Parsons, Albert Richard (1848-1887) |
| Place written | Various Locations |
| Theme | Law; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |