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[Jefferson's first inaugural address]

Copy of Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address as President. Printed by the Columbian Courier Extra. Lists small number of advertisements on bottom righthand corner. Address given in Washington D.C. Small yellowed discoloration marks throughout...

GLC03011

To Arms!

Recruitment broadside, printed by woodblock, dated from Head Quarters, Jefferson, Ohio by Brigadier General Cadwell as a member of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Division of the Ohio Volunteer Militia. Says the President and the Governor of Ohio are calling...

GLC03081

Campaign Democrat Extra. No. 2: On Kansas Affairs

Complete text of Douglas's report from the Committee on Territories to the United States Senate on December 18, 1857. With a new bill proposing specific guidelines for authorizing the Kansas territory to form a constitution to prepare for admittance...

GLC03167

[President John Adams' annoucement to the army regarding the death of George Washington]

Issued by North, Adjutant General, from the Adjutant General's Office in New York on 24 December 1799. Cites a previous issue 21 December 1799 in Philadelphia. Declares "The impressing terms in which this great national calamity is announced by the...

GLC03515

[Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government]

Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government, and appointing William W. Holden as provisional governor, who duty it shall be to subscribe rules and regulations for the purpose of altering or amending the U.S...

GLC03827

A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights

Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."

GLC03621

Farewell address of Andrew Jackson

This document is a copy of Andrew Jackson's farewell address. In it, he says "Our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations," Jackson writes. Like Washington's farewell address, he warns of the...

GLC03680

State of Massachusetts in Convention [State Constitution]

GLC03116

To the Cherokees and other Indians [tribute to the memory of Ulysses S. Grant]

References: Gilcrease-Hargrett p. 69. Hargrett, OK Imprints 554

GLC03165

Centinel extraordinary.

Prints a speech given to Congress by President John Adams on Tuesday, March 16, 1797. Speech discusses suspending relations with France and the XYZ Affair. Printed in four columns.

GLC03180

A Declaration of Rights, and a plan of government for the state of New Hampshire

Constitution for the state of New Hampshire. Printed by Zechariah Fowle. Evans 16386. Signed by John Langdon as President pro tempore of the New Hampshire Legislature, and E. Thompson as Secretary. The convention met on June 5, 1779.

GLC03182

Texas expects every man to do his duty... [calling for reinforcements at Alamo]

GLC03230.01

General Order No. 12

Written aboard the USS Hartford. Rear Admiral Farragut, as commander of the Western Gulf Blockade Squadron, sends thanks to the crews under his command for their conduct during the Battle of Mobile Bay, which took place on 5 August 1864. Remarks...

GLC03310

[Notice declaring resolutions passed by the Massachusetts state senate intended to raise militia to meet Massachusetts' quota in the Continental Army]

Issued by Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts. Sent up for concurrence by Nathaniel Gorham as Speaker of the House of Representatives, read and concurred on June 16, 1781 by Samuel Adams as the President of the Massachusetts State Senate, signed by...

GLC03411

[1860 Presidential election Democratic ticket Breckinridge-Lane]

Democratic ticket for John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky for president and Joseph Lane of Oregon for Vice President. Printed with bust portrait images of both candidates. Includes a list of electors from each district and informs that election day is...

GLC03416

To the People of Maryland

Mildly pro-Confederate broadside issued by Hicks as governor of Maryland during the secession crisis, before the border states had seceded. Concerns the impending crisis and what side Maryland should take in it, but firmly associates Maryland's...

GLC03427

War Meeting! at Laona!

Recruitment broadside with woodcut of American eagle on top of shield. The eagle holds a banner that says "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved!" Says there is a meeting at the church in Laona. Discussion to be on raising volunteers for the defense...

GLC03429

Assignee's sale

Broadside announcing sale of "real and personal property," including enslaved people, from the estate of William R. Robertson. Lists 600 acres of land in the town of Union, Missouri, 19 or 20 enslaved people, farming utensils, horses, cattle, and...

GLC03085

Daily telegraph --- extra. Inaugural address of Gov. Andrew G. Curtin

Broadside of inaugural address of newly-elected Pennsylvania Governor Curtin, who would serve through the Civil War. Top of the broadside says "Daily Telegraph --- Extra," which is probably a reference to the "Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph," based...

GLC03086

Nautical remarks and directions for Boston Harbour

GLC03103.05

Map of colonization grants in Texas

Land grants in Texas. Streeter 1164. Once belonged to Anthony Dey.

GLC02759

Speech of Hon. Abram Lincoln, in reply to Judge Douglas

Delivered in Representatives' Hall, Springfield, Illinois. Replies to Judge Stephen Douglas's speech two weeks earlier on the subject of Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, and Utah. Douglas had spoken in favor of the Dred Scott decision and Lincoln's...

GLC02813

[Notice for the enlistment and impressment of slaves into military service]

Captain Ridgely informs slave owner G. N. Jones that the "Confederate Government has made requisition on this State for five hundred Slaves ... by the enrollment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, approved February 17, 1864. Your...

GLC02889

Columbia Telescope--Extra, Thursday, December 13, 1832.

Prints the inaugural speech of South Carolina Governor Robert Y. Hayne. Proclaims the authority of states' rights during the Nullification crisis. " ... it is my fixed determination to assert and uphold the SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OF THE STATE, and to...

GLC02890

Queen's Council on behalf of Nicholas Bayard and John Hutchins

Nicholas Bayard and John Hutchins were previously sentenced to death for the charges of treason and misdemeanor. At this session of the Queen's Council, the accused were granted impunity.

GLC03107.05295

Proclamation concerning riotous proceedings

The proclamation describes a recent incident in which the tenants on the Manor of Livingston rioted in protest of the Livingston's claim to the land. As a result, a number of the tenants were shot in defense of the Manor, and Governor DeLancey...

GLC03107.05298

Proclamation against riotous proceedings

As a result of numerous attempts to dispossess Robert Livingston, Jr. of his rightfully-owned Manor, Governor Colden issued this proclamation to advise citizens to desist from further riotous proceedings, or face legal action.

GLC03107.05300

Proclamation offering a reward for the apprehension of individuals accused of high treason

GLC03107.05301

Sale of the late Philip Livingston's estate at public auction

Thomas Jones, Alexander Hamilton, and Brockholst Livingston are listed with John H. Livingston as persons to contact about the auction.

GLC03107.05303

Address to the people of the state of New York

The address states that the objects of the recent war with Great Britain have not been accomplished.

GLC03107.05305

Federal nominations

Rufus King for Governor, plus nominations for Lt. Governor, Senator, Congress, and Assembly.

GLC03107.05307

Petition to the Legislature of New York

The subscribers and merchants of New York ask the Legislature to reconsider a law requiring all Port Wardens to be the masters of vessels. They describe the rule as unconstitutional, and beyond the Legislature's power.

GLC03107.05310

Proclamation condemning disaffected citizens in contempt of his Majesties laws and government

The proclamation refers to the treason of Nicholas Bayard and John Hutchins.

GLC03107.05316

[Courant Extra! Glorious News! The End of the War]

Small newspaper broadside re-printing Grant's famous notice to Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, about Lee's surrender at Appomattox. "Let the People Rejoice. Surrender of Lee and His Whole Army. Ring the Bells and Shout Loud Huzzas." With a...

GLC02916

New Arkansas & Texas Land Co. grant to Sylvester Davis (cos. Jackson & Curtis)

Numbered 3895. Cosigned by Daniel Jackson and Edward Curtis. Streeter, Texas Rev. 1138.1.

GLC02933

General Committee of Defence For the City and Liberties of Philadelphia

Applauds the formation of the Volunteer Associations for the Defence of the City and County of Philadelphia and outlines the authority vested in the Committee of Defence. Indicates that the rules governing its formation are prescribed by law, that...

GLC02978.11

[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]

1,500 men are needed for the "Massachusetts Line." Lists quota required from each town. Also resolves that a tax will be imposed if these quotas are not met. A few handwritten calculations in the margins.

[Pages 1-4 are present, but the document...

GLC01450.430

Francis Bernard, Esq.; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England, and Vice-Admiral of the same. A Proclamation for a general Fast.

A proclamation in the name of Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, which announces a day of fasting during the French & Indian War. The top of the document is marked with a printed Royal engraving that contains the notation "Dieu et...

GLC01450.534

By the King and Queen, a proclamation requiring all seamen and mariners to render themselves to their Majesties service.

All officials are to support this and they are to give over the names of those seamen and mariners who continue to shirk service. Printed in London by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb.

GLC01450.535

[Printed resolution of recruitment schedule]

Broadside says that the 4,240 troops apportioned on Massachusetts was not a sufficient quota to fill out the Massachusetts Line by nearly 1,000 men. Because of casualties and this shortage, the state needs to raise another 1,500 men for three years...

GLC01450.602.01

Printed circular unsigned re: collecting taxes, mentions Robert Morris

Headed "(Circular Letter.)" Discusses the need to provide state financial support to Congress for provisioning for the army. Comments on the problems with their currency created after the Revolution began. Describes the moment and obligation as...

GLC01450.606

Columbia, Land of Liberty

Sheet music for the song "Columbia, Land of Liberty." Provides the musical score and three verses of lyrics.

GLC01450.704

Black Walnut Gun Stocks

Printed document under Tench Coxe's name, but unsigned. This request for contractor proposals to supply black walnut gun stocks to the government was issued by Coxe as Purveyor of Public Supplies, an office he held 1803-1812. Asks that proposals...

GLC01450.713

[Massachusetts Order to recruit aid to fight against the British in New Jersey]

One broadside from Massachusetts calling for recruiters, officers and town selectmen who "are fired with love of Freedom and scorn to be Slaves" to fight against the British army in Morristown, New Jersey. Message printed by John Avery.

GLC01495

Epitaph [mock epitaph on George III, "Button-Maker"]

Satirical epitaph on King George III. Compares George III to various dictatorial rulers, including Caligua and Cesar, Printed by F. Bailey. Inscribed at top to "Mrs. Rebecca Treat at Yorktown -- From Sam: Leatney [?]."

GLC01531

Petition from the General Congress... to the King [American grievances]

The last action of the first Continental Congress. Entitled "A Genuine Copy / of the / Peititon from the General Congress in America to the King. Published by Order of the Congress, at Philadelphia Oct. 26, 1774." 2 columns. No imprint...

GLC01671

Election news.

Election broadside announces Lincoln and Johnson elected, prints returns for many states, and states that Wayne County, Illinois, "stands firm."

GLC01698

The Democratic platform. Gen. McClellan's letter of acceptance.

An official printing of General George McClellan's acceptance of the Democratic nomination for president on first page. The rest of the broadside is a Pro-Democratic comparison of the Democratic and Republican platforms, and military policies....

GLC01701

Is the War a Failure?

Pro-Lincoln,Union ticket election broadside defending the Civil War, which the Democratic Convention at Chicago called a failure. Reprints letters of Generals Ulysses S. Grant, Truman Seymour, William T. Sherman and John Adams Dix on the conduct of...

GLC01702

Watch words for War Democrats!

Published by pro-war, pro-Union Democrats in New York. Quotes a speech made by Peter Cooper 20 years ago advocating Union principles. Reprints an article from a Catholic newspaper titled condemning slavery and an article from the impartial Boston...

GLC01703

The real Chicago platform, as expounded by the Democratic orators at Chicago.

Excerpts from orators at the 1864 Democratic convention at Chicago. Issued anonymously by the Copperhead faction of the Democratic Party.

GLC01704

[Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain]

Announcing the armistice between the United States and Great Britain. Printed by Charles Eyre & William Strahan. Full title: "A Proclamation, declaring cessation of arms, as well by sea as Land, agreed upon between his magesty, the most christian...

GLC01731

Recent work of grog shops

Gives detailed accounts of crimes and murders committed at liquor saloons due to excessive drinking. Stories are reprinted from other newspapers or publications. Printed by the Temperance Republicans. Subtitle reads: "It is high time for the law...

GLC01733.15

The Secretary of State.... [report on supplying coinage from England]

Broadside printed by Childs and Swaine. First printing of Jefferson's first published report as Secretary of State rejecting a proposal to import copper coins minted in England as an infringement on American sovereignty. The idea had been proposed...

GLC01738

To the Commissioners Appointed by the East-India Company, for the Sale of Tea, in America.

Protests the consignment of tea as a means to raise revenue for Britain in America. Equates the commissioners' appointment with those of the Stamp Act tax collectors a few years earlier. Scaevola was a pseudonym.

GLC01753

Speech to Parliament re: "the troubles" in America

Printed by William & Thomas Bradford. The speech blames American leaders for the independence movement and announces the recovery of Canada and New York.

GLC01754

The following remonstrance, was this day presented to the president and Council, by the hands of their secretary. To the president and council of Pennsylvania. The Remonstrance of Israel Pemberton, John Hunt, and Samuel Pleasants.

Pemberton, Hunt, and Pleasants were Quakers protesting their seizure and pending exile to Virginia because of suspected Loyalist sympathy. Printed by Robert Bell as the British army approached Philadelphia. Reference material: Evans 15498.

GLC01757

Mason's Lodge, September 9th, 1777, 10 o'clock P.M. To the inhabitants of Pennsylvania.

Title continues: "the following is a copy of a paper we received at half past four o'clock this afternoon, and we have since received orders to prepare for our banishment to-morrow." Reprints the resolutions issued by Secretary of the Supreme...

GLC01758

Monumental Inscriptions!

Depicts 6 fictitious funeral monuments, each to a militiamen executed by Jackson on 21 February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The tombstones bear inscriptions detailing how each was a good man and soldier, and...

GLC01825

Proclamation by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States.

Proclamation attacks the South Carolina Convention that passed the nullification ordinance. Denounces nullification as treason and rebellion, and warns the people of South Carolina to obey the laws. Jackson declares that "the power to annul a law...

GLC01863

A Proclamation for proroguing the General Court (Massachusetts Bay)

Printed by Richard Draper. With calculations on the verso.

GLC01872

Proclamation, by Andrew Jackson, President of the United States.

Attacks South Carolina's plans of nullification, warns that "disunion by armed force is treason," and threatens harsh punishment. In 1832, South Carolina claimed that it had the right as a state to nullify federal law, in particular the federal...

GLC01895

General Orders no. 3

Signed official at bottom by Lieutenant Joseph Lyman, A.D.C. Orders that Federal troops are not to pillage homes and plantations since the hostilities of the Civil War have ended. Advises newly freed blacks to stay on their plantations with their...

GLC01908

President's message

An Extra of the Hartford Times, reporting from telegraph the text of Jackson's first State of the Union. The address discusses what will be many of the major issues during his Presidency. Discusses removal of Native Americans, questions the...

GLC02009

"The Message to Send to Our Soldiers In France"

One poster entitled, "The Message to Send to Our Soldiers In France." Text pertains to sending a message to soldiers abroad in the form of bonds. Communicates that investing in bonds is just comforting to them as correspondence from family...

GLC09807.05

"Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan"

One poster entitled, "Oversubscribe this Victory Liberty Loan," dated 1918. Text refers to the service rendered by Sergeant Grady Parrish at Cote de Chatillon on October 16th. Advertisement suggests how Parrish wouldn't have been able to complete an...

GLC09807.06

"The Child at Your Door"

One poster entitled, "The Child at Your Door." Refers to a campaign to raise $30 million for 400,000 orphans from Armenia, Greece, Syria and Persia organized by the American Committee Relief in the Near East. Illustration on poster consists of a...

GLC09808.01

"Whose Limit Is All That He Can "

One poster entitled, "Whose Limit Is All That He Can." Text contains a poem attributed to "Observer R.F.C." Displays the difficulty for pilots fighting in France. Suggests that buying bonds will aid the cause during World War I. Illustration is of a...

GLC09808.02

"Die Siegesfreiheitsanleheihe" [The Victory Liberty bond]

One poster entitled, "Die Siegesfreiheitsanleheihe." Text refers to past German attacks on the English and Americans, with graphic description of the sinking of the Lusitania. Illustration is of a Skull with a bloody saber held through its teeth...

GLC09808.03

"Home At Last From Overseas!"

One poster entitled, "Home At Last From Overseas!" Text refers to printed image of a soldier embracing his mother. States that investment in a $200 victory loan will allow soldiers to return home.

GLC09808.04

"Europe's Future Map. A vision of Private Kutschkes of the German National Guard = Traumgebild des deutschen Landwehrmanns Kutschke!"

One poster entitled, "A vision of Private Kutschkes of the German National Guard = Traumgebild des deutschen Landwehrmanns Kutschke!" Advertisement for Liberty Bonds contains maps of the German empire in English and in German. Text likens the Kaiser...

GLC09808.05

"follow the Boys in Blue for Home and Country"

One recruitment poster entitled, "follow the Boys in Blue for Home and Country," signed by the artist. Depicts civilian men lining up behind sailors boarding a battleship.

GLC09809.01

"Lest They Perish"

One poster entitled, "Lest They Perish," pertaining to a campaign organized by American Committee for Relief in the Near East. The organization was meant to raise $30 million for refugees displaced by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Image...

GLC09809.02

"Kennedy: Democrats Wanted"

One poster entitled, "Kennedy: Democrats Wanted," dated 2000. Contains reprinting of Robert F. Kennedy's original 1968 election campaign poster. Also included in the text is a quote by George Bernard Shaw.

GLC09811.01

"Kennedy: Democrats Wanted"

One poster entitled, "Kennedy: Democrats Wanted," dated 2000. Contains reprinting of graphics from Robert F. Kennedy's original 1968 election campaign poster. Image is of Kennedy at an event. Includes a quote by Alfred Tennyson from the poem,...

GLC09811.02

"Kennedy for President: A Time for Greatness"

One poster entitled, "Kennedy for President: A Time for Greatness," dated 2000. Item is a reprinting of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. Also includes text encouraging people to join the Democratic Party.

GLC09811.03

"Kennedy for President"

One poster entitled, "Kennedy for President," dated 2000. Item is a reprinting of John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign. Also includes text encouraging people to join the Democratic Party.

GLC09811.04

"Communications...Step One!"

One handout entitled, "Communications...Step One!" Item is an invitation to a panel discussion at Baces Hall in Hollywood, California dated May 4, 1969. Purpose of meeting was to discuss social attitudes of homosexuality perceived by the church and...

GLC09867

"Freyheyt Amerika'm Aznzede iz Beshtstsu Em Lamir a Kzift Band Libedti"

One poster printed in Yiddish by the Allied Printing Trades Council. It was released during World War I to promote purchasing liberty bonds. The phrase translates to: America's freedom is ours. Let's protect it. Buy liberty bonds

GLC09815.01

"Amerika szabadsaga a mi szabadsagunk. Vedelmezzuk meg hat es. Vegyunk Liberty Bond-ot."

One poster printed in Hungarian by the Allied Printing Trades Council. The text reads, "Amerika szabadsaga a mi szabadsagunk. Vedelmezzuk meg hat es. Vegyunk Liberty Bond-ot." Poster advertises to purchase liberty bonds. The first line translates,...

GLC09815.02

[OUR BROTHERS FIGHT FOR FREEDOM HELP THEM! BUY FREEDOM BOND]

One poster printed in Greek by the Allied Printing Trades Council. Poster is dated 1917-1918, and released during World War I to promote buying liberty bonds.

GLC09815.03

"I Nostri Fratelli Stanno Combattendo Per La Liberta! Aiutateli. Acquistate Liberty Bonds."

One poster printed in Italian by the Allied Printing Trades Council. Item is dated 1917-1918 and was released during World War I. The text translates to: Our Brothers Are Fighting For Freedom! Help them. Buy Liberty Bonds.

GLC09815.04

"Amerikas Freiheit ist die unserige. Wir Wollen Sie Verteidigen! Kauft Freiheits Bonds!"

One poster printed in German by the Allied Printing Trades Council dated 1917-1918 released during World War I. Text translates to: America's freedom is ours. We want to defend you! Buy Freedom's Bonds!

GLC09815.05

"Demand Your Rights! March on Washington"

One poster entitled, "Demand Your Rights! March on Washington," dated October 14, 1979. Promoting the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Item also provides National Third World Lesbian/Gay Conference contact information.

GLC09866.01

"Demand Your Rights! March on Washington"

One poster entitled, "National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights," dated October 11, 1987. Artwork consists of the dome of Capitol Hill and various inverted pink triangles. Poster is for the second march which first took place in 1979.

GLC09866.02

Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L. Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Paul Laurence Dunbar, W.E.B. Du Bois, Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, Hightower Theodore Kealing, and Wilford Horace Smith along the top. On the lower half of the poster...

GLC09736.01

Onward

One poster entitled "Onward" by W.L.Haskell dated 1903. Features portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Booker T. Washington. The poster also features images of the house where Lincoln was born, the Tuskegee institute, Frederick...

GLC09736.02

[Statement regarding 1816 Appropriations of the Federal Budget]

One broadside dated 1816. Features a chart listing the appropriations on the budget for 1816. Includes four different sections; Civil Department, Military Department, Treaties with Indian Tribes, and Single Accounts. The Civil Department section is...

GLC09880

The Issue - 1900 Liberty Justice Humanity

GLC09882

Long Live the Spirit of Attica. Support the Brothers' Demands. Attica Means Fight Back!

One poster entitled, "Long Live the Spirit of Attica. Support the Brothers' Demands," dated approximately 1973-1974. Features an image of an Attican prison inmate, Elliott "L.D." Barkley and a printed statement by him.

GLC09893.04

You Can Help Through American Junior Red Cross

One undated lithograph entitled, "You Can Help Through American Junior Red Cross." Item number is Poster #603. Depicts students gesturing to a globe with writing supplies. Printed for promoting donations to the National Children's Fund.

GLC09823.15

How to Spend Your Food Money

One broadside entitled "How to Spend your Food Money" dated 1931. Concerns how to divide a dollar to ensure proper health and nutrition for the whole family with a particular interest in children and pregnant mothers.

GLC09921

Rockland Gazette, Extra Election Returns

Election results for Lincoln County Maine

JB00582

Theatre-Royal Mr. Holman and Miss Holman. The New Grand Play of The Africans

JB00585

44th President & First Lady of the United States of America

JB00577.02

[Second Grand Concert by the Amateur Band of the Anderson Troop]

One broadside promoting a concert by the Amateur Band of the Anderson Troop to take place on October 20, 1862.

GLC03523.24.021

About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when?

One broadside entitled About Voting: Who gave the MEN their right to Vote and when? dated circa 1919. The broadside outlines who can vote and why woman should have the right to vote.

GLC09948

Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage

One broadside entitled Cases of the Legislature's Power Over Suffrage by Hamilton Willcox dated March 5, 1885. The broadside compiles cases and laws in New York State which effect suffrage.

GLC09959.02

Union Recruiting Poster

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

GLC08309

Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and Woman."

Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and woman" who want the "accursed rebellion stopped."

GLC08314