1864/03/28

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Edwin M. Stanton re: urging recruitment of black troops in Kentucky

Asking for recruitment to be in a manner "Free from collateral embarassments" for Kentucky's Governor: "I think these requests of the Governor are reasonable; and I shall be obliged, if you will give him a full hearing, and do the best you can to effect these objects."

GLC07600

1861/10/05

Buckland, R.P., fl. 1861

Broadside

Title: To Arms! Fellow Citizens of Northern Ohio.... [Union recuiting broadside]

Union recruiting broadside. "Kentucky appeals to us to come toher relief. Her cause is out cause!..." Alludes to the defense of Fort Stephenson by Kentuckians in 1813. Signed in type by Lt. Col. R. P. Buckland, recruiting for the 72d Ohio. Severely stained.

GLC07605

1777/07/29-1777/08/03

Hancock, John, 1737-1793

Manuscript document signed

Title: Resolutions re: relieving Major General St. Clair and Schuyler of command

Resolutions of Congress, signed as President, countersigned by William Houston. Also calls for more soldiers. Was written in Congress.

GLC07477

1863/10/19

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: General Orders no. 340

Recruiting Broadside calling for 300,000 volunteers; signed by Edward D. Townsend.

GLC07429

1776/07/10

Reed, Joseph, 1741-1785

Letter

Title: to unknown re: Revolutionary War in New York

Reed discusses counter-intelligence "it being of the utmost importance to prevent any Communication or Correspondence with the Enemy," the British invasion of Staten Island, and a direction that the army not recruit unarmed soldiers, as guns "cannot be provided here and must therefore be an incumbence to the Army of the publick."

GLC07480.03

[1863]

Broadside

Title: Union Recruiting Poster

Litchfield, Connecticut recruiting: "ENLIST NOW AND SAVE YOUR BOUNTY/ only a few days before the draft."

GLC08309

1863

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895

Broadside

Title: Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never... [recruitment broadside]

One broadside entitled Men of Color: To Arms! Now or Never. dated 1863. Dramatic oversize recruitment broadside appealing to free African-Americans to enlist for three years. The broadside asks "Are freemen less brave than slaves[?]" Subscribed in type by Douglass and fifty-four other African-American leaders, including William Forten, Rev. William T. Catto, Rev. Stephen Smith, Rev. J.C. Gibbs, and many others. Per David Blight letter, it appeared Spring 1863. (This broadside reprints a Douglass editorial.)

GLC10021