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At a Public Meeting of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Manufacturers, and Inhabitants of Kendal, held at the Town-Hall, January 23, 1792
23 January 1792
Pennigton, P., fl. 1792
GLC09898.02
[Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]
15 May 1818
Theatre Royal Covent-Garden, 1732-1808
GLC09898.08
[For the Benefit of Mr Braham]
10 October 1827
GLC09898.17
President Jefferson's Inaugural Speech
4 March 1805
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
President Jefferson's inaugural speech, given after his official reelection in 1805: "Mr. Jefferson appeared in the Chamber of the United States Senate, where his reelection was declated, and the necessary oath administered to him." Printed on silk...
GLC02151
The Draft in Berks County
26 August 1863
Extra from the "B. & S. Journal" -- the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. Broadside lists men drafted in the first Northern draft by town, with occupation, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Lists the names of men from 16 different towns. Mentions number of...
GLC02036
General orders no. 66
16 April 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Secretary of War Stanton announces the death of President Lincoln to the armies. States that "headquarters of every department, post, station, fort, and arsenal will be draped in mourning for thirty days." Also, funeral honors will take place at...
GLC02031
Announcement of death of Lincoln
15 April 1865
McClees, J.E., fl. 1855-1865
Announces the death of President Lincoln to the soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital. Signed on verso by Jacob Campbell, Company S, 2nd Regiment, PA with a short note bidding farewell to the "sacred evil of old Virginia."
GLC02030
Battle of Nashville
December 15-16, 1864
Six stanza poem dramatizing the action at the Battle of Nashville. Each stanza has a heading: "The Preparation," "The Night Scene," "The Prelude," "The Second Day," The Chief," and "The Charge." The stanza titled "The Chief," is the shortest and is...
GLC02135
How the War Commenced, and How Near it is Ended
1 October 1864
National Union Executive Committee
Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York. Issued during the reelection campaign of Lincoln. Heavily criticizes the rhetoric of the Confederate States and the Chicago Convention. Contains a map (12.7 x 28.6) and...
GLC02133
Proclamation to the people of the Philippine Islands
4 April 1899
Dewey, George, 1837-1917
Title continued: "The Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain, ratified several weeks ago by the former, having on March 20th been ratified by the latter, the cession to the United States...."
GLC02134
Attention! Company! [Recruiting broadside for New York 156th Infantry]
1862
Holmes, fl. 1862
Announcment made by Lieutenant Holmes, the recruiting officer of the regiment. His first name could not be discovered. Printed by Hommel's Power Press Printing in Kingston, New York. Depicts large eagle holding scroll reading "The Union must be...
GLC02028
[New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]
February 1, 1864
Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867
Proclamation promulgated by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and New Hampshire Secretary of State Allen Tenny. Encourages the enlistment of New Hampshire citizens, who "will rise in their might and like an avalanche... sweep the last traces of armed...
GLC02125
Fall in Men! Fall in Promptly! To the Rescue of the State!
circa July 1863
Sparks, Thomas, fl. 1863
Pennsylvania recruitment broadside, published by recruiting officer Lieutenant Thomas Sparks probably asking for men to defend the state during Robert E. Lee's invasion in June-July 1863. Focal point is large depiction of a debonair soldier charging...
GLC02192
Largest Bounties! Recruits Wanted for the Penn'a Volunteers
circa June 1863
Tinen, P.S., fl. 1863
Pennsylvania recruitment broadside published by recruitment officer Captain P.S. Tinen of the 69th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Printed in blue and red ink by King & Baird at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Dominated by the image of an...
GLC02193
Civil War recruiting broadside
29 July 1862
Partially printed recruiting poster for Captain Pierce's company of Monroe County Regiment, headed "War!" above an eagle bearing slogan, "Stand up for the Old flat, Now or Never!" A. Strong & Co., Rochester. 14 x 20 inches.
GLC09150
[Scenes of California]
1815-1860
Cooke & LeCount, fl. 1815-1860
Printed cartoon panel ("This is a true Picture of Callifornia I have seen it And experienced it myself T. Baxter") notation on the bottom Possibly reads Published by Cooke & LeCount
GLC09234.08
A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery
July 1858
Spooner, Lysander, fl. 1865
"A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery," imploring non-slaveholding whites in the South to combine with slaves to overthrow plantation owners. "Your numbers, combined with those of the Slaves, will give you all power. You have but to use it, and the...
GLC09235
[South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession]
1865
Lithographic facsimile of South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession. On March 3, 1865, a detachment of the 102 U.S. Colored Troops captured what they believed to be the original manuscript of South Carolina's Secession ordinance. (In fact, they had...
GLC09237
Proclamation to the People of Texas
26 August 1861
Clark, Edward, fl. 1877
Recruitment Broadside by Governor of Texas: "You require no appeal to animate your patriotism.... Then should every man be up and doing. If you want a speedy peace, you must be prepared to conquer it."
GLC09280
News by Telegraph.
July 1862
Headlines "Good News by McClellan! The Rebels Beaten in the F[i]ght of Tuesday!" reporting the Seven Days Battles; article on "The Army Signal Corps-How Intelligence is Transmitted"; and reactions to "the news of the sanction given by the people of...
GLC09303
[Resolutions]
January 11, 1865
The Confederate House of Representatives, resolving that "the Confederate States are prosecuting the war in which they are engaged for the purpose of establishing their independence as a separate power, and that in so doing they are exercising the...
GLC09310
News by Telegraph
Includes the New York Herald's reports of McClellan's battles in the Peninsular Campaign; summarizes the news recently received from Europe; reports on "The Colored Race in Illinois" concerning the denial of "negroes" the right to vote in Illinois.
GLC09314
General Orders No, 3
15 July 1865
Van Wyck, C.H., fl. 1865
Brig. Gen. commanding Military District of Western South Carolina during the Southern Occupation period, orders equal rights for the newly freed black population. Recounts incidents of abuse of freedmen and threatens punishment if such acts continue...
GLC09325
To the voters of Oswego and Madison counties New York
5 November 1852
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Thanking them for electing him to a seat in Congress, and reprising his anti-slavery, pro-equality platform.
GLC09329.02
[Broadside condemning Andrew Jackson]
circa 1832
"Why did the Irishmen of Philadelphia, oppose the reelection of Andrew Jackson?" Broadside quotes the opinion of Daniel O'Connell, a prominent Irish leader, regarding Jackson: "he did not believe…it was expedient to clothe military men with civil...
GLC09341
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