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1796/03/05
Columbia sentinel. [Vol. 24, no. 52 (March 5, 1796)]
Published by Benjamin Russell. Prints the complete ratification of Jay's treaty. Also includes copy of King's approval and two facsimile signatures of George Washingon.
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11 March 1865
Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866
New York weekly tribune [Vol. XXIV, no. 1226 (March 11, 1865)]
Printing of the text of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address and news about the inaugural ceremony and celebrations. Also includes news on the Civil War, local and international news, and updates on Congress. Other printed material includes...
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6 March 1865
Earle, John Milton, 1794-1874
Worcester daily spy [Vol. 20, no. 55 (March 6, 1865)]
Printing of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address (given March 4th) and news about the inaugural ceremony and events. Inaugural on column 1 of first page. The famous quote is misprinted - "with malice toward no one." Also includes articles on...
GLC08625
1788/02/13
J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790
The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2816 (February 13, 1788)]
Reports on the ratification of the Constitution by Massachusetts. Recounts the proceedings of the New York Senate. Contains various advertisements and a promotional article for a book concerning the geography and topography of the United States...
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21 October 1789
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. 55 (October 21, 1789)]
The Declaration appears on p. 2. Printed by John Fenno. French Declaration of Rights of Man
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1872/12/24
Whalemen's shipping list and merchant's transcript. [Vol. 30, no. 41 (December 24, 1872)]
Vol. 30 no. 41.
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29 February 1776-6 March 1776
Hall, Samuel, 1740-1807
New-England chronicle, or the Essex gazette. [Vol 8, no. 396, (February 29 to March 6, 1776)]
Includes a call for female nurses needed for the Continental hospitals. " ... Wanted for the General Hospital, a number of Nurses for the houses at Cambridge and Roxbury, the preference will be given to Boston and Charlestown women, and some men...
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18 October 1773
Gill, John, 1732-1785
The Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 667 (October 18, 1773)]
Contains a newspaper editorial probably written by Samuel Adams concerning Parliament's new tea tax and the plan to send tea ships of the East India Company to America. Signed by the pseudonym "Praedicus." Adams often used pseudonyms for the...
GLC08675
30 August 1831
Woodward, Thomas Green, 1789-1850
Connecticut herald. [Vol. 28, no. 41 (August 30, 1831)]
Includes excerpts of letters regarding Nat Turner's Rebellion, claiming that more than 58 whites have been killed, and that the uprising consists of between 150 and 300 participants armed with "fowling-pieces, clubs, &c." A list of white victims is...
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17 January 1774
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Pennsylvania Packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 3, no. 117 (January 17, 1774)]
Prints on page two an account on the manumission of slaves calculating what the estimated costs would be to pay for the manumission of all slaves in the Colony. Also includes news from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and public postings.
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