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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
September 1862
Frontz, William (fl. 1862)
[Poster for missing Union officer].
Hughsville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania "Information Wanted" poster for missing Orderly Sargent Richard A. Sanders, Co. F, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded during the Antietam campaign at the Battle of Sharpsville.
GLC08271
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
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
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
1882-1886 circa
Whistler, Simon Mower
[Medical Journal of Simon Mower Whistler]
GLC08362.03
9 August 1862- 14 May 1863
[Diary of Simon Mower Whistler]
GLC08362.04
24 June 1864- 17 December 1864
GLC08362.05
5 April 1865- 5 October 1865
GLC08362.06
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
3 September 1861-5 December 1861
Van Nuys, Samuel Watson
[diary]
Commences: "Bid friends farewell and left for camp Morton to enter the service of "Uncle Sam."
GLC07687.160
1 June 1862-19 October 1862
daily life, troop movements, visits home.
GLC07687.161
20 October 1862-10 May 1863
daily life, troop movements, and news of the war.
GLC07687.162
11 May 1863-16 October 1863
daily life, troop movements, and news of the war. 5 July reads: "The enemys loss has been enormous. Our men also suffered severly--especially our artillery. [B]ehind one of our batteris were 30 dead horses. The stench is almost unbearable."
GLC07687.163
1820/12/24 - 1821/05/28
Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894)
Untitled
The author concentrates on family life, but also mentions news items that struck her as important. The entry for January 1 1821 reads, "Rec'd the glorious news of the acquital [sic] of the Queen of England - and the [cession?] of the Floridas to the...
GLC06846.01
1863/08/04 - 1864/06/11
Pages numbered 193 - 382 April 22: Author's mother's birthday June 8: The author's mother dies.
GLC06846.03
1864/06/12 - 1865/01/24
Pages numbered 383 - 664 In this volume, the author describes efforts to help freed slaves. 21 January 1865: "…brought an appeal for aid for the poor Negroes liberated by Sherman who are suffering in great need of everything. It is a gigantic...
GLC06846.04
1865/07/10 - 1866/02/17
Pages numbered 857 - 1139
GLC06846.06
1867/08/06 -1868/03/16
Pages numbered 1444 - 1675 Note: Last page not numbered August 21, 1867: The author records this date as "my birthday and my dear father's death-day."
GLC06846.07
1868/03/17 - 1868/12/31
56 p. numbered 1676 - 1732 32 p. blank 103 p. Unnumbered diary pages
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1869/09/02 - 1870/05/26
Pages numbered 193 - 433
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1871/01/01 - 1871/08/21
Pages numbered 646 - 862
GLC06846.10
1871/08/22 - 1872/05/18
Pages numbered 863 - 1095
GLC06846.11
1874/10/23 - 1875/06/12
Pages numbered 1817 - 2032
GLC06846.12
1879/05/13 - 1879/12/25
Pages numbered 4020 - 5087 Note: Break in numbering. 4099 followed by 5000
GLC06846.13
1917/06/03-1918/11/05
Shepp, William
William Shepp Diary 1917-1918
3 June 1917 - 2 June 1918. Begins with Shepp's enlistment on 5 June 1917. Mentions daily activities, such as calisthenics, army drills, physical examinations and vaccinations, attendance at church services, Bible study, and French class, and...
GLC06888.01
1918/06/03 - 1918/10/20
GLC06888.02
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