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1 July 1898
Britton, Edward E. (fl. 1865-1898)
General orders no. 1
114th NY National Guard. General orders No. 1. Drill dates. Physical examinations. Includes envelope.
GLC04558.190
1 August 1898
Mann, Herbert E. (fl. 1865-1898)
General orders no. 3
Order for all company drills to be discontinued until further notice. Instructions for headquarters night.
GLC04558.191
29 September 1898
Brower, George A. (fl. 1865-1898)
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
13 September 1898
General orders no. 4
Lists commanders of each company of the 114th regiment NY National Guard. Inspection for a parade.
GLC04558.193
21 November 1898
General orders no. 6
Orders concerning mustering out of the service of the 114th regiment.
GLC04558.195
circa 1791
Wright, James
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
27 December 1860
Dunovant, R. G. M. (1821-?)
[Call for volunteers under General Order No. 4]
Printed broadside is part of the first call of troops for the Confederacy. Dated from "Headquarters" in Charleston. Order given by Adjutant and Inspector General Dunovant to various commanders to make a call of volunteers from "their commands."...
GLC05987.16
1861
Unknown
[Dixie printed on back of a sheet checks]
A new version of Dixie printed on the back of a sheet of checks from the Bank of Virginia. Contains 9 stanzas. Some very virulent anti-Lincoln lines, including "Old Abe is good at stealing niggers." Note on upper right in pencil says "Printed at...
GLC05987.27
9 July 1861
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry) (1807-1873)
[Recruitment broadside requesting three thousand volunteers]
An official call to arms by Alabama Governor Andrew Barry Moore, saying President Jefferson Davis has asked for 3,000 volunteers. Issued after the Confederate government moved from Montgomery to Richmond. Says volunteers must provide their own...
GLC05987.30
23 May 1862
Rosser, Thomas H. (fl. 1862)
[Special Order no. 357 publishing food prices to prevent speculation]
Published two weeks before Memphis fell into Union hands. Prints a "tariff of prices" on food to prevent a black market. Says "extortioners, of any shape or kind, that they will be held to a strict accountability, both in person and property, for...
GLC05987.35
24 March 1864
Preston, John Smith (1809-1881)
[Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army]
Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to...
GLC05987.42
7 July 1864
Mason, A.P. (fl. 1864)
[Circular pretaining to construction and fortification of redoubts used by the Army of Tennessee]
Based on orders issued by General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee in anticipation of the siege of Atlanta. Orders strengthening of the redoubts and stockade, and fortification of defense. Contains instructions for firing and...
GLC05987.43
1826
Barber, John W. (1798-1885)
The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness, & ruin
Four woodcut panels showing the decline of man through drink: The Morning Dram, The Grog Shop, The Confirmed Drunkard, Concluding Scene. Each panel is accompanied by a written description of each stage of drunkenness.
GLC06025
[1864]
National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
How the war commenced, and how near it is ended.
Campaign broadside that includes a map showing the expansion of Union military control in the South. Includes paragraphs headed "Who commenced the War?" and "Have we made any Progress in Crushing the Rebellion?" The text underneath the map attacks...
GLC06100
13 May 1864
Crutch--Extra.
"Glorious News." Broadside extra printing of Union soldiers' hospital newspaper reporting the capture of General Johnson's division by Winfield S. Hancock.
GLC06107.03
23 April 1861
Herald extra
Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Discusses a town meeting held in Calais' Horton's Hall, where "The vast assemblage was animated by...
GLC06107.40
3 August [1861]
Herald extra. [August 3, 1861]
Describes battle of Bull Run. Sunday edition.
GLC06107.47
9 May 1862
Jamestown journal extra
Announces the deaths of Capt. Willard, Lieut. Bailey of Co. B and Capt. Barrett of Dunkirk at Williamsburg battle. Also includes a partial list of killed and wounded in Hooker's division and a call to a citizens public meeting.
GLC06107.49
4 April 1968
Allied Printing (fl. 1968)
I am a man
Printed by Allied Printing in large black letters on white posterboard. Poster dates from the day of Dr. King's assassination. Refer to GLC05954 for a different printing of this poster.
GLC06124
8 April 1968
Honor King, End Racism
Large black letters printed on white posterboard state "HONOR KING: END RACISM!" Contains strings intended to suspend the poster from a marcher's neck. Poster designed for a march on April 8, 1968, 4 days after Martin Luther King's Jr.'s...
GLC06125
1918
Renesch, E. G. (fl. 1917-1918)
Colored man is no slacker
Depicts an African American World War I infantryman parting with a woman in a blue dress. In the background, African American soldiers march; one soldier carries a United States flag. The couple stands on a walkway surrounded by flowers.
GLC06134
16 February 1857
Rock, John S. (John Sweat) (1825-1866)
[Advertisement for antislavery lecture]
Letterpress broadside/flyer for an antislavery lecture by Dr. John Sweat Rock. Includes a short note in which Dr. Rock asks David P. Harmon if his lecture on "The Unity of the Races" would be well received in Harmon's town.
GLC06143.15
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
12 October 1864
Lockhart, H. C. (fl. 1864)
[Instructions for enrolling and impressing slaves]
Circular issued by Lieutenant Colonel Lockhart, Commandant for Alabama. These orders are intended for County Enrolling Officers and Impressing Agents. Instructions are provided regarding the impressment of slaves. "Assistants... will listen with...
GLC06158.11
circa 1926
National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People
For the Good of America
NAACP poster listing statistics regarding the 3,436 lynchings that occurred between 1889 and 1922. States "Do you know that the United States is the Only Land on Earth where people are burned at the stake?" Reports that 83 women have been lynched...
GLC06197
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