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01 February 1861
Neeley, R.A.
Secession of Missouri
Secession of Missouri "Special election. To the qualified voters of Clay County." Calling for election of delegates to secession Congress
GLC08167
10 April 1788
McMechen, David (1754-1810)
[To the Voters of Baltimore-Town]
Co-signed by Samuel Sterett. Announces that two anti-Federalist candidates, David McMechen and Samuel Sterett, are pulling out of the election of delegates to the Maryland Ratification Convention because the principles they stand for have been...
GLC08175
22 September 1862
Morgan, John Hunt (1825-1864)
[Proclamation! To the people of Estill]
Countersigned by R. A. Alston. Message from the Commanding General ordering the Home Guards to come in immediately and give up their arms. Those who do not will be regarded as enemies of the Government, those that do will be treated as private...
GLC08176
26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos (fl. 1833)
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
GLC08204
04 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
[National Intelligencer Extra]
Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.
GLC08205
circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
1863
[Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]
Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words...
GLC08249
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
to George, Prince of Wales
British hand-colored, printed rebus poem. "On War" depicts a miniature battle scene along with the lines: "How furious is the Battles rage/When foes with fire and swords engage...".
GLC08255.01
British hand-colored, printed rebus poems. "On Peace" shows the Goddess of Peace along with the lines: "While gentle peace alike invites/All ranks to share in her delights...".
GLC08255.02
circa 1960
New Orleans Citizens Council
Don't Buy A Ford Ever Again. From the New Orleans Citizens Council: To All White Citizens.
Racist New Orleans broadside promoting a boycott of Ford Motor Co.'s support of the Civil Rights movement.
GLC08259
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