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28 July 1862
Satterlee, George
[Army of the Potomac Volunteer Memento].
Multi-colored sheet music containing Union private Co. A 104th New York Volunteers soldier's letter regarding friendly fire deaths.
GLC08272
circa 1864-1865
Work, Henry Clay
Marching Through Georgia.
Famous anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Atlanta to Savannah. Publisher unknown.
GLC08276
[Collection of 2 items celebrating Sherman's March to the Sea.]
GLC08277
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
Sherman's March to the Sea.
Anthem celebrating Sherman's 1864 march from Georgia to Savannah, published by E. Nason & Co.
GLC08277.01
We are for the Union.
Publisher unknown
GLC08277.02
1861-c.1925
Waite, Horatio Loomis
[Cane]
Cane, part of Waite-Long Families archive.
GLC08284.006
1861-1877
Unknown
Remains of a seal
Originally in an envelope.
GLC08284.136
Calling card for Chara C. Long
GLC08284.137
15 December 1802
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
President's message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sates. Including Indian affairs, war with Tripoli and Barbary Pirates.
"President's message to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Sates." Including Indian affairs, war with Tripoli and Barbary Pirates, relations with Europe budget, taxes, naval affairs. Printed by Office of the Newport Mercury...
GLC08289
3 identical calling cards for Frank A. Cole
White with brown lettering.
GLC08291.28
10 October 1854
Tennessee Slave Sale
Estate sale including "Elisha a negro woman...& her child Lucinda...Terms Cash..."Manuscript attached below printed "Clerk's Sale" banner.
GLC08293
circa 1861
Epitaph on the United States Of America.
Confederate Broadside published by Evans & Cogswell commenting on the Union, Freedom , Equality, etc., and listing nearly every argument for Secession. "Here lie the mutilated and disjointed remains of the noblest form of Government." A main target...
GLC08297
[1863]
Union Recruiting Poster
Litchfield, Connecticut recruiting: "ENLIST NOW AND SAVE YOUR BOUNTY/ only a few days before the draft."
GLC08309
February 1865
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
19 July 1865
Bramlette, Thomas Elliott (1817-1875)
Kentucky election call for white mail Union citizens over 21 years old who have not "expatriated" themselves by aiding the Confederacy.
GLC08315
1828
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Election poster with prominent Americans.
"Wellington's Invincibles: Jackson at New Orleans/Adams at Ghent" Election poster with prominent Americans.
GLC08317
4 March 1829
First printing of first inaugural address.
GLC08354
circa 1868
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
[U.S. Army razor]
U.S. Army razor, engraved "U. S. Grant," with White House provenance.
GLC08394
1870
[Anti-15th Amendment]
"Hedgehog's Grand Combination of Powers of Darkness. . .The whole to conclude with Hedgehog's celebrated feat of swallowing a live negro!. . ." Reconstruction
GLC08395
June 1862
Stone & Huse
Grand Historic Mirror of the American War
Civil War broadside advertising a three day exhibition (June 26-28, 1862) in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, of Robert Pearson's artistic rendition of the "Progress of the War illustrated with startling dioramic accompaniments!" Also, to be accompanied...
GLC08442.01
July 1861
Samuel Bowles and Company
Grand Civic, Military, and Firemen's Celebration
Civil War broadside advertising the Fourth of July celebration "in Honor of the 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers." Outlines the schedule for the festivities. Printed by Samuel Bowles & Company. Docketed "From George W.W. Gray of Springfield...
GLC08442.02
21 July 1863
Potter, William J. (1829?-1893)
The Voice of the Draft
Civil War broadside of a sermon preached by Reverend Potter, printed by the New Bedford Mercury Press. Supports the draft and criticizes those who try to avoid service in the Civil War.
GLC08442.04
circa 1861-1865
S.C. Rickards and Company (ca. 1861-1865)
The Soldier's Camp Companion
Title continues: "Containing the most important information in relation to the Soldiers' Duty, Pay, Rations, Allowances, County (in money and Land), how to apply for it, who is entitled to it, &c. Compiled from the late U S Laws, with Advices and...
GLC08442.06
August 1888
Jackson, Richard H. (fl. 1861-1864)
[Invitation to the Sixth Reunion of The Survivors Association of the Third Georgia Regiment]
GLC07705.174
1864
Union Party (1864)
Union Ticket
Union ticket for the 1864 presidential election. Lists Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President. Lists electors for districts in California. Printed in orange. Printed on verso is an engraving of the ships, the Alabama...
GLC08498.01
Before Election. After Election.
Cartoon type anti McClellan ballot. Humorous scenes of before and after General George McClellan is defeated in the presidential election of 1864. He ran on the Democratic ticket.
GLC08498.02
[National Union nomination ticket]
Ticket for Massachusetts listing nominations for Governor, John A. Andrew, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Attorney General, etc. With flag and eagle emblem and engraving of bust of Abraham Lincoln, "Honest Abe."
GLC08498.03
Lincoln and Johnson. Union and Liberty.
Union ticket from Massachusetts for the 1864 presidential election. Lists John A. Andrew for Governor and Joel Hayden for Lieutenant Governor, along with the nominations for other political offices in the state. Eagle emblem at top.
GLC08498.04
National Union Nominations
Union ticket for the 1864 presidential election from Maryland listing Abraham Lincoln for President, Andrew Johnson as Vice President. Also lists Thomas Swann for Governor, Christopher C. Cox for Lieutenant Governor, and other nominations for...
GLC08498.05
1860 circa
Lincoln and Hamlin election 1860 campaign tokens [Decimalized .01-.02]
GLC08499
circa 1860
[Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 election token]
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .02.
GLC08499.01
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .01.
GLC08499.02
1865
[Mourning ribbon]
Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."
GLC08500.03
circa 1838
[Pair of abolitionist slave tokens]
One token, dated 1838, depicts a kneeling, shackled female slave, accompanied by the words: "Am I not a woman & a sister." Verso depicts a laurel wreath surrounding "Liberty 1838." Other token depicts a male figure with inscription "Am I not a man...
GLC08551
1863 [?]
Franklin Pierce Indian peace medal by S. Ellis and J. Wellson
7.5 cm in diameter.
GLC08619
1966
Menconi, Ralph, 1915-1972
[Thomas Jefferson medal]
Issued by the Society of Medalists and based upon Jean-Antoine Houdon's portrait of Jefferson.
GLC08626
1860
[Election of 1860 campaign token]
Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top.
GLC08627
1900
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
McKinley-Roosevelt campaign button with ribbon by Whitehead & Hoag
GLC08628
1897
McKinley-Roosevelt campaign button [no ribbon]
GLC08629
Bell, John, 1797-1869
Political token: Ferrotype portrait of Bell and Edward Everett
GLC08641
circa 1864
[Election of 1864 Abraham Lincoln campaign shield]
Heraldic gold shield with photograph of Abraham Lincoln in center. With loop at top for hanging.
GLC08684
Magniadas, Franky, fl. 1865
[Medal struck in France to honor Abraham Lincoln]
Profile of head of Lincoln with "Dedie par la Democratie Francaise a Lincoln President deux fois elu des Etats-Unis." The reverse shows Lincoln's grave with a winged angel and two African Americans honoring him.
GLC08763
20 January 1865
Pennsylvania State Equal Rights' League
Memorial of the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights' League, to the Legislature of Pennsylvania
Asks that the government force companies operating public trolleys to allow black passengers. Public trolleys run by private companies had been routinely barring black passengers from their cars. Signed in text by a number of citizens, including...
GLC08957
7 May 1792
Otis, Samuel A. (1740-1814)
[Congresstional order for Treasury Department to compile federal salaries]
Congress ordering the Secretary of the Treasury to present the senate with a statement of "salaries, fees and emoluments...of every person holding any civil office or employment under the United States...together with the actual disbursements and...
GLC08960.02
Circa 6 November 1917
N. Y. State Woman Suffrage Party
How to vote for woman suffrage amendment, election day, November 6th, 1917
Instructs voters which box to check on the ballot in order to vote in favor ammending the New York State Constitution to allow women the right to vote.
GLC08961
Circa 1910
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Plain Facts for the Working Man
Encouraging working men to vote for women's suffrage. Argues that letting their wives vote will improve their own situation. States that the wife, who has so many responsibilities, can better take care of the home and the family, if she has the...
GLC08962
circa 1915
Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York
Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason
List of arguments for why women should be allowed to vote, including "Because women must obey the laws just as men do, They should vote equally with men. Because women pay taxes just as men do, thus supporting the government, They should vote...
GLC08963
Circa 1915
Women in the home
Argues that a woman's place may be in the home, but that she can perform these domestic duties much better if allowed the vote, since she will have greater control outside events that influence her housekeeping, such as public health and clean food....
GLC08964
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
1790
Description of the Scale of accompanying Dycas's Hydrometer
Explains how to use and read Dycas's Hydrometer, a device invented to determine the strength of alcoholic beverages, so that the proper tax could be applied.
GLC08993.02
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