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Civil war broadsides, posters and prints [Decimalized .01-.12]

GLC08442

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...

GLC10021

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One broadside from Sammy and Betty Jane Israel to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated December 1, 1973. They support the impeachment of President Nixon. The front of the page is a poster for an impeachment rally. On the reverse side is a message to...

GLC09613.02.3313

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One broadside sent to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 20, 1973. The broadside supports the impeachment of President Nixon; it declares, "Nixon deserves his day in court."

GLC09613.02.1147.02

Down With Jeff Davis's 1861 Rebellion: Home Guards! To Arms! To Arms!

One poster entitled Down With Jeff Davis's 1861 Rebellion: Home Guards! To Arms! To Arms! dated May 27, 1862

GLC08285

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One broadside from Marie Hughes to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 15, 1975. Hughes is against the impeachment of President Nixon.

GLC09613.02.2041

Do with less so they'll have enough

OWI No. 37. Government Printing Office. Color poster of soldier, Thomas J. Murray, smiling and holding a large metal cup. The soldier wears a helmet and an olive-colored shirt.

GLC09520.19.1

to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

One broadside from Ben C. Hawk to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 12, 1973. Hawk is against the impeachment of President Nixon.

GLC09613.02.1345

Mercy From the Skies

one poster entitled Mercy From The Skies published by the Betsy Ross Corps of licensed women pilots and students circa 1940. Poster is advertising for the Betsy Ross Air Corps, the first of several paramilitary women's aviation organizations that...

GLC10122

The United Nations Fight for Freedom

One poster entitled "The United Nations Fight for Freedom" dated 1942. Features the head and raised arm of the Statue of Liberty on a black background. To the right of lady liberty are the flags of thirty countries fighting the Axis powers during...

GLC09988

[Franklin D. Roosevelt on Citizenship]

This poster features a quote of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from February 3rd 1943. He discusses citizenship, in red it reads "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." The poster also has an image of an eagle holding the flag...

GLC09653.03

A Proclamation for a general fast [Massachusetts Bay Colony]

Printed by Benjamin Edes. References: Evans 14841, MHS Broadsides 1981.

GLC04817

Attack Attack Attack/buy war bonds

WSS 697-B. O-497775. Government Printing Office. Illustrated by Ferdinand Warren.

GLC09520.17.2

United/United Nations fight for freedom

OWI No. 79. Government Printing Office # O-534058. Flags of the member nations of the United Nations wave amidst smoke of a bombardment, with military airplanes, ships and tanks in background.

GLC09520.30.1

China and Formosa Postage Stamps

GLC04546.104

Jackson and a standing army...

One print entitled Jackson and a standing army dated September 30, 1828.

GLC10033

Proclamation for day of Thanksgiving and prayer

Setting aside the nineteenth of February as a day of "Public Thanksgiving and Prayer." Compare to other Thanksgiving broadsides: Adams, GLC00270 and GLC01947.

GLC04862

"Bring U.S. Together, Vote Chisholm 1972, Unbought and Unbossed.

Collection of two posters dated 1972, "Bring U.S. Together, Vote Chisholm 1972, Unbought and Unbossed," created for Shirley Chisholm's 1972 campaign.

GLC09721

[Slave sale broadside]

"Administrator's Sale! …at public auction, to the highest and best bidder…a likely young Negro Woman, Named Mary, and her child.…J. M. M'Cutchen, Administrator." Posted in Boonville, Missouri-rare slave sale broadsides from west of the Mississippi.

GLC09236

An account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

One of the "Coffin Broadsides" that attacked General Jackson before the 1828 election. Accuses General Jackson of heartlessly executing six innocent militia men, and depicts their coffins. Also slanders Jackson in various ways and accuses him of...

GLC08974

Bloody Butchery by the British Troops [First printing]

Printed and sold by Ezekial Russell. Printed broadside in three columns with woodcut mourning borders and two rows of forty woodcut coffins (each captioned with the name of an American casualty). Detailed narrative of battles at Lexington and...

GLC04810

[Proclamation to the inhabitants of Clarksville, Tennessee]

Proclamation under the name of Rear Admiral Foote after the capture of Forts Donelson and Henry and the city of Clarksville. Written to the inhabitants of the city, at the suggestion of former Congressman Cave Johnson, after the town dignitaries...

GLC02227

[Advertisement for Ken Murray's Blackouts of 1943]

One document advertising for the showing of the play Blackouts of 1943, by Ken Murray at the El Capitan Theater.

GLC09996.419

President Lincoln's Inaugural. Maine Democrat Extra

Printing of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address in three colums.

GLC05557.01

Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war

Broadside reprinting terms of prisoner exchange agreed to by the American and British governments.

GLC01403

Chicago Tribune Extra. Inaugural message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.

Printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address in three columns. This was printed the day of Lincoln's inauguration. Lincoln proclaims his determination to preserve the Union. In an attempt to assuage the South, he says he will not interfere with the...

GLC02316

[Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]

GLC09791.43

[For the Benefit of Mr Braham]

GLC09791.52

Oroonoko advertisement

This item is a mounted broadside advertisement for the play Oroonoko; or the Royal slave at the Theatre Royal. It lists the actors in each part for the February 20, 1818 show. It also notes that after Oroonoko the Forest of Bondy; or the Dog of...

GLC09791.42

At a Public Meeting of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of Kendal, held at the Town-Hall, January 23, 1792

GLC09791.37

U.S. Constitution [Connecticut printing]

GLC07844

Oroonoko advertisement

This item is a mounted broadside advertisement for the play Oroonoko; or the Royal slave at the Theatre Royal. It lists the actors in each part for the February 20, 1818 show. It also notes that after Oroonoko the Forest of Bondy; or the Dog of...

JB00006

At a Public Meeting of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of Kendal, held at the Town-Hall, January 23, 1792

JB00036

[Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]

JB00241

[For the Benefit of Mr Braham]

JB00242

[Broadside version of a letter to Braxton Bragg]

Printed broadside version of a letter from Beauregard to Braxton Bragg encouraging aggressive tactics. Bragg had the letter printed as a broadside "for the information and guidance of this army." States "When without orders or at a loss to know...

GLC03514

Life in Utah or the mysteries and crimes of Mormonism; being an expose of their secret rites and ceremonies.

Title continues: "WITH A FULL AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF POLYGAMY AND THE MORMON SECT, FOR ITS ORIGIN TO THE PRESENT TIME." Illustrated advertisement for a book with this title. Broadside at foot reads: "PLEASE POST THIS UP IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE."

GLC05154

Instructions for officers entrusted with public money

Instruction to "any officer of the army of the United States... who hath been or shall be entrusted with or accountable for the public money."

GLC05155

To the free and independent voters of the city and county of Philadelphia

The Liberty Party of Philadelphia suggests nominations for an upcoming election. States the Party's principle as "opposition to slavery as the great moral and political evil of this land" and requests voters to consider the "continual encroachments...

GLC05159

Address to the Republican electors of the state of New York

Address to the Republican electors of New York from the Committee of Publication and Correspondence reccomending Morgan Lewis over Aaron Burr to become the Governor of New York state. Docket on verso. Twelve names are printed on the bottom of the...

GLC05200

A Proclamation.

The proclamation establishes colonial rule over former French and Spanish possessions in Canada, Florida, Grenada and other areas; it offers tolerance to Roman Catholics; it calls for governments and assemblies like those in existing colonies and...

GLC05214

[Reward for Nace Dorsey, a runaway slave]

Award offered by A. Jackson Smoot. Smoot offers $150 for Dorsey, described as a "Negro Man... 5 feet 11 inches in height-- may be 6 feet-- large and muscular, black, and with a few grey hairs. Is about 40 years old."

GLC04372.02

[Reward for a runaway indentured apprentice]

Pennington, from 107 Hillen Street in Old Town, Baltimore, issues a ten dollar reward for James Edward Grey, an apprentice indentured in the collar and harness business. Describes Grey as being of light complexion, light hair, and between 18 and 19...

GLC04372.03

[Massachusetts document assessing a tax]

A copy for the selectmen or assessors of the town of Gorham, Massachusetts. Signed by Thomas Ivers as Treasurer and Receiver-General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Docketed on verso: "Treasurer Warrant for Assessing 1037:19/ March 1786. Select...

GLC04402

Union Sentinel - Extra

Announces the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox and publishes the correspondence between General Ulysses S. Grant and Lee leading up to the surrender, including the terms and Lee's acceptance.

GLC04407

An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the state of Texas...

Addressed to James Loving on verso. With collateral tintype of unidentified man.

GLC04482

An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina....

Dated 1860, but printed 1861.

GLC04483

The Association Agreed with the Grand American Congress... [non-importation]

One of 3 known copies

GLC04489

Kentuckians, I am authorized by the president, of the Confederacy, to organize troops and issue commissions

Printed on vivid blue paper by Major General Kirby Smith. Says he has been authorized by Jefferson Davis to organize troops and issue commissions. Asks them to sign up in the name of loyalty to their home state of Kentucky. Says Breckenridge, Buckner...

GLC04507.01

[Announcement of Confederate troops entering Kentucky]

Confederate Major General Kirby Smith announcing that the Confederate Army "has again entered your territory, under my command." Says they are not coming as invaders, but under the principle that govenment derives its powers from the governed. Says...

GLC04507.02

[Lincoln assassination reward]

Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay...

GLC04527

By Order of Abraham Lincoln... A draft [Dedham, Mass.]

Broadside announcing the institution of a draft in Dedham, Massachusetts, signed at the court house in Concord, Mass. by members of the Board of Enrolment: S. Benton Thompson, Addison G. Fay, and David S. Fogg. Insertions made in black crayon...

GLC04531

General orders no. 1

114th NY National Guard. General orders No. 1. Drill dates. Physical examinations. Includes envelope.

GLC04558.190

General orders no. 3

Order for all company drills to be discontinued until further notice. Instructions for headquarters night.

GLC04558.191

General orders no. 5

Orders for 114th regiment to assemble at the Armory on October 1st, 1898 for parade as part of the escort to Brooklyn's Volunteer troops.

GLC04558.192

General orders no. 4

Lists commanders of each company of the 114th regiment NY National Guard. Inspection for a parade.

GLC04558.193

General orders no. 6

Orders concerning mustering out of the service of the 114th regiment.

GLC04558.195

General orders no. 7

Orders regarding mustering out.

GLC04558.196

General orders no. 7

Duplicate of GLC04558.196. Orders regarding mustering out.

GLC04558.197

General orders no. 8

Announcing the mustering out of specific companies in the regiment. Accompanied by notice asking that all regiment members give particular attention to personal appearance at the time of mustering out.

GLC04558.198

Encampment announcement

Notice for the 32d National Encampment, G.A.R.

GLC04558.199

Reunion announcement

Reunion announcement for the 32d National Encampment, G.A.R.

GLC04558.200

Extract from the Reconstructed Constitution of the State of Louisiana ...

Title continues, " ... With portraits of the Distinguished Members of the Convention & Assembly. A.D. 1868." Anti-Reconstruction broadside from Louisiana showing images of Black elected officials seated in the center of the broadside.

GLC04597

James Wright, of Haverhill... [Merchant will not sell sugar due to slave labor]

Printed at Bury by P. Gedge, Agent to the Sun Fire Office.

GLC04614

to Alfred P. Putnam

Plattenburg, an agent working for the Western Sanitary Commission, sends Reverend Putnam a report of his mission to deliver hospital stores to Union troops fighting in Arkansas and Missouri. His report is printed on the same page with the orders he...

GLC04633

[Announcement for the Central Fair Letter Boxes]

Gillespie, postmistress for the Central Fair, directs Fair participants to "Letter-Boxes, as a great convenience to all desiring to correspond with visitors to the Fair; as well as for letters to be delivered throughout the City, or at the Post...

GLC04637

Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter...

GLC04654

The treaty of Paris

The final proclamation of peace between England and France in the American War of Independence. Printed by Jean-Francois Picot, in French.

GLC03985.09

[Confederate dueling challenge to James T. Hay]

Printed broadside put out by Semmes concerning a controversy between himself and Hay, the editor of the Southern Spy. Semmes calls James T. Hay a "grand liar." He argues "I do not profess to be a 'bully,' as he has pleased to call me; but at the...

GLC04023

Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]

"To the sensible town of Mexico. A Proclamation." States that Americans are not enemies of peaceful Mexicans and that they respect their religion. Discusses martial law and the power of the army to prosecute offenders. Also mentions that all food...

GLC04070

(Boston Covenant). Calling for cessation of all trade with Great Britain

Blank form, leaving empty the name of the town. Calls for a complete cessation of trade with Britain until repeal of the Boston Port Bill.

GLC04071

Liberty of speech, and of the press: a charge to the grand juries of the county courts of the fifth circuit of the state of Pennsylvania

Article by Alexander Addison supporting the Sedition Act. Document is ripped along the side.

GLC04072

Direct Tax

Broadside on New Hampshire taxation regarding the Louisiana Purchase. Concerns the cost of the Louisiana purchase, with a table showing the proportionate cost per county of the $15 million bill, and describing how the Embargo Act makes it difficult...

GLC04073

Proclamation

Institutes "the administration of Law Martial" in New Orleans, two days after it was surrendered to the Union. Terms include respect for the United States flag, punishment for aiding Confederates, harsh treatment for crimes against Federal...

GLC04081

[Lincoln assassination reward poster]

Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000)...

GLC04092

[Demarcation bull, granting Spain possession of lands discovered by Columbus]

Broadside entitled "Copia de la bula del decreto y concession q[ue] hizo el papa / Alexandro sexto al Rey y la Reyna nuestros senores de las Indias conforme al capitu." A unique copy of the second version possibly printed at Valladolio, by Francisco...

GLC04093

By the United States of America in Congress assembled a proclamation, declaring the cessation of Arms, as well by sea or land, agreed upon between the United States of America and his Britannie Magesty ; and enjoying the observance thereof

New Hampshire printing of the Congressional proclamation concerning the final ratification of the peace treaty. New York would not be evacuated until November 1783. Signed by J Searson as Deputy Secretary and M. Weare as President of New Hampshire...

GLC04117

Massachusetts Spy Extra [President's message]

Includes discussion on removal of Indian tribes West of the Mississippi.

GLC04118

General Orders, No. 1

Orders announcing assumption of command at Charleston, South Carolina. States that "Charleston is declared to be under Martial Law. All functions heretofore exercised by the Mayor, commonality, civil and criminal courts, police authorities, and local...

GLC04130

The United States in Congress assembled

Report from Congress concerning the debt, its interest and its apportionment among the states. The resolution urges the states to surrender their western territories and to help pay the foreign and domestic debt. Includes a list of debts to various...

GLC04136

[A proclamation by Samuel Ward King]

Contains a brief introduction by King as Governor, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Includes a reprinted letter by President John Tyler stating that he cannot get involved (by raising a...

GLC04161

[Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]

Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words...

GLC04198

Billy Bowlegs and the Florida War.

Illustrated supplement to The Picayune newspaper. Describes its contents as a "faithful portrait of Billy Bowlegs, the last King of the Everglades." Explains activities in the Seminole Wars since 1835 and dubs Bowlegs a "keen, cunning and determined...

GLC04201

King's Troops... gained... Compleat Victory [British perspective of Bunker Hill]

Bunker Hill.

GLC04238

An Act recognizing the existence of War between the United States and the Confederate States; and concerning letters of marque, prizes, and prize goods.

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, approved this act 6 May 1861. States "Whereas the earnest efforts made by this Government to establish friendly relations between the Government of the United States and the Confederate States, and to...

GLC04284

An Act assessing and apportioning a rate of tax...[R.I. tax for Gloucester]

Apparently an only known copy. Note on verso indicates that the copy is for the treasurer of Gloucester. References: Alden 751.

GLC04290

Resolution of Massachusetts Legislature re: militia officers, quota for army, &c

Printed document (or broadside?) subscribed in type by John Hancock. Establishes a quota for each town to supply the Continental Army. Printed by Edes & Sons.

GLC04292

Copy of the proceedings of... Boston, June 17, 1779 [price controls]

Resolution in support of price regulation and the necessity of local committees of correspondence to enforce the regulations. Also resolving that those who refused to accept Continental currency be considered enemies. Printed by Benjamin Edes & Co.

GLC04293

[Quaker petition to Pennsylvania authorities seeking protection for pacifism].

Seeks to acquaint others with the Quakers' religious principles, particularly as they manifested in a lack of support for the American Revolution. Praises and appeals to Pennsylvania's reputation for religious tolerance. Insist that their peaceable...

GLC04329

A proclamation

Issued as Governor of Massachusetts. Gives a brief account of the rebel mobs storming the Court of Common Pleas in Northampton. Calls upon all civil & military officers to suppress Shays' Rebellion.

GLC03538

Result of meeting to "restore credit of Continental currency" [Carter imprint]

Alden 771, Evans 19430

GLC03539

To the freedmen in the Department of the South

Circular declaring: "The President of the United States having appointed the 6th day of August, 1863, as a day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise for the glorious victories of our armies over the enemies of our country... Although you are still in the...

GLC03839

Freshest Advices from the Northern Army [battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga]

Report on the battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga which made obvious to Burgoyne that he would have to surrender. References: Bristol B4441; Ford 2055.

GLC04840

The Royal Gazette Extraordinary

Published by James Rivington. Preliminary articles of the Treaty of Paris as found in reports from English newspapers arriving on the ship "Vigilant". Lists John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens as the Commissioners of the United...

GLC04853

Proclamation. To the inhabitants of Kentucky!

Urging Kentuckians to join the Confederate cause, during his first raid into Kentucky. Proclaims: "Better death in our sacred cause, than a life of slavery! Young men of Kentucky flock to my standard, it will always wave in the path of honor, and...

GLC04892

Proclamation [in Spanish]

Arguing that the army entered Mexico not to wage war on peaceable citizens, but to seek an honorable peace. Taylor therefore expects the citizens to make reparations for encouraging guerillas to loot and sabotage the army's property. Printed by...

GLC04943

Election Proclamation by the Governor! [elections before the Civil War]

Setting Texas elections just before the Civil War.

GLC04945

Missisippi of 'T Wydbefaamde goudland [Dutch] [Wonderful Land of Mississippi]

With engraved scene depicting Europeans trading gold with the Indians on the banks of the Mississippi. Publicizing settling in America. Written in Dutch. (The translation in the title here comes from the first line: "Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi...

GLC04946

...By an Express just arrived... His Britannic Majesty's speech to Parliament

Reprints King George's speech to Parliament reporting French aid to "the leaders of the rebellion" in America. The king asks for the support of Parliament and funding from the House of Commons. Printed from the [London] General Advertiser and...

GLC04954

Proclamation by the Mayor

Broadside declaring martial law by the Mayor, in the aftermath of the San Fransico earthquake. Authorizes security forces to kill looters, requests citizens to remain at home from dark until dawn, and has directed that electricity and gas remain off...

GLC04967.01