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circa 1941
unknown, fl. 1941;
Children Hurt By Truck
One undated newspaper clipping, "Children Hurt By Truck" related to three children in Charleston, North Caroliona who were hit by a truck with loose breaks.
GLC09662.117.02
14 February 1942
Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992;
Stuff All Your Junk In Your Gas Mask
One newspaper clipping of a cartoon panel entitled, "Stuff All Your Junk In Your Gas Mask." Depicts a soldier stuffing his belongings inside of his gas mask.
GLC09662.187.02
2 May 1943
Shadow, John R. (fl. 1943 - .)
to Leonard Eugene Graeff
Pages 20 and 21 of a Newspaper. Page 20 is continuation of the newspaper article that began in document GLC09611.047.01. The article investigates the "Buick program" and the instruction that goes on. John annotated the images with captions. Page 21...
GLC09611.047.03
29 April 1890
Unknown
Sultana Survivors. The sixth reunion of these veterans at Adrian
GLC03131.15.10
Sultana Survivors
One newsletter pertaining to the National Sultana Survivors Association meeting dated April 29, 1890.
GLC03131.15.11
11 June 1887
A Balm for Trouble. General Sherman on the St. Louis Muddle
GLC03131.15.12
10 September 1864
Sandoz, Joel H., fl. 1840-1864
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 12, no. 15 (September 10, 1864)]
Notice of special orders from the Enrolling Office in the Parish of St. Landry requiring all African American men between the ages of 18 and 50 to report themselves immediately for military enrollment. Planters and enslavers who have not "reported...
GLC00694
30 April 1863
Curran, William, fl. 1863
The Opelousas Courier. [Vol. 11, no. 3 (April 30, 1863)]
On front, humorous soldiers' letters and descriptions. printed: "William Curran, Co. "D," Forty First Regt Mass Vols". On back, blue, brown, gray striped wallpaper pattern, number 289.
GLC00677
4 April 1864
Hughes, Thomas, fl. 1864
Natchitoches union daily. [April 4, 1864]
Advertises Lincoln-Johnson election ticket, proclaims fervent unionist sentiment, local and international news. Light brown (wood grain) wallpaper (on back).
GLC00678
23 June 1865
Liberator. [Vol. 35, no. 25 (June 23, 1865)]
GLC00680.03
26 December 1848
Bennett, James Gordon, 1841-1918
California herald. [(December 26, 1848)]
Large map on front titled "Gold and Quicksilver District of California." Articles discuss California's gold supply, Americans' excitement about the gold supply, and migration of workers to California. Includes "song of the gold digger" on second page...
GLC00496.260
5 October 1860
Hambleton, James P., 1830-1897
The Southern Confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 30 (October 5, 1860)]
Articles on the 1860 presidential election, most focusing on Stephen A. Douglas. Also details the cotton crop in the south. Hambleton is listed as editor and proprietor.
GLC00572.18
14-15 July 1863
Ackert, Charles J., fl. 1863
The Port Hudson Freeman. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 14-15, 1863)]
Necessity newspaper printed on pinkish brown scrap paper by Union soldiers. "First federal edition" printed on one side dated 14 July 1863. The other side is dated 15 July and is marked volume 1, no. 1. Reports on the victory at the battle at...
GLC00900.01
22 June 1864
Joy, George Mills, fl. 18301-864
North Carolina times [Vol. 1, no. 44 (June 22, 1864)]
Union occupation newspaper. Contains a stories called "The Miser's Bequest" and "A Man Who Works Without Pay." Also comments on Ulysses S. Grant crossing a river to Covington and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "panegyric on President Lincoln." Includes...
GLC00900.02
25 October 1861
Haldeman, Walter N., 1821-1902
Louisville daily courier. [No. 11 (October 25, 1861)]
Pro-South newspaper published by Green & Co., publishing and sale agents in Nashville, Tennessee. Edited by Robert McKee and Haldeman. Mention of imprisonment of P. Phillips Family in Washington and of American-British correspondence over...
GLC00847
21 March 1863
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 11, no. 16 (March 21, 1863)]
With French text. Prints a proclamation by Governor Moore calling for a General Assembly in Shreveport, the temporary capital of Louisiana. Articles describe female soldiers and war industries. Includes several ads, among which is one offering full...
GLC00843
1 March 1862
The Opelousas courier. [Vol. 10, no. 13 (March 1, 1862)]
Published by Sandoz and William H. Spencer (fl. 1862). Published in English pages 1-2 and French, as "Courrier des Opelousas," pages 3-4. Mostly advertisements. Includes call to arms of the St. Landry Cavalry Regiment and an address by Governor Moore...
GLC00844
30 June 1863
Swords, J. M., fl. 1863
The daily citizen. [June 30, 1863]
Updates on the siege of Vicksburg, the Copperheads' Peace Meeting at Springfield, "Glorious Intelligence" from Port Hudson, Lee moving into Pennsylvania. With notices of battle deaths, wounding of citizens (men and women) by shells, and an obituary...
GLC00845
September 1775
Urban, Sylvanus, 1745-1826
The Gentleman's Magazine
Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes the petition of Congress to King George. Also includes a copy of an intercepted John Adams letter to Abigail Adams 24 July 1775, copy of intercepted letter of Benjamin Harrison to George...
GLC02361
3 August 1861
Charleston Mercury, fl. 1860-1861
The Charleston mercury. [Vol. LXXIX, no. 11244]
Contains detailed Civil War news from the front lines. Included is a lengthy front-page comparison of the treatment of prisoners of war by the North and the South. "While the LINCOLN Government is making numerous arrests of persons at Washington and...
GLC02362
June 1775
Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes a fold-out regional map of Boston area and dramatic "Account of the proceedings of the American Colonists Since the passing the Boston Port-Bill," including Lexington and Concord. Also has...
GLC02360
1 December 1775
Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831
Massachusetts spy. [Vol. V, no. 249 (1 December 1775)]
Discusses military and political events. States that the Americans are not as badly overmatched as some may think. Includes a speech by Edmund Burke.
GLC02370
4 July 1788
J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole, 1784-1790
The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 2939 (July 4, 1788)]
Prints a description of the order and accoutrements of a procession in honor of the establishment of the Constitution. Articles on commerce and foreign intelligence. Contains news from Europe and around the country and many advertisements....
GLC02432
26 August 1852
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Commonwealth. extra. [(August 26, 1852)]
Sumner's argument for the appeal of the Fugitive Slave Law was that the slaveholding southern states, and not the United States as a whole, condone the institution of slavery, and thus having a national law in which such an institution is aided and...
GLC02226
17 July 1944
White, Frank B., (1915-1999)
Marines Those Brass-Button Queens
One newspaper clipping from Frank B. White to L. Jean White dated July 17, 1944. Sent care of Fleet Post Office in San Francisco California. Clipping is of a poem titled "Those Brass-Button Queens" originally published in "Gismo" a publication for...
GLC09855.52.02
no date
[Newsclipping on Auld Lang Syne fraternity]
One undated newsclipping related to a Auld Lang Syne reunion at Hotchkiss Hall.
GLC09832.48.02
31 August 1944
Newsweek
to L. Jean White
One newspaper clipping from Newsweek sent from Frank B. White to L. Jean White dated August 31, 1944. Sent care of Fleet Post Office in San Francisco California. Features two photos one of marines talking to a Chamorro woman and a second photo of two...
GLC09855.63.02
1 October 1944
Radio Wit Retires From His Police Job
One newspaper clipping sent by E. Pearce Hayes to L. Jean White dated October 1, 1944. Concerning the retirement of Charlie Clay a police dispatcher. The article notes that he not only dispatched the cars but entertained them as well.
GLC09855.89.02
26 October 1791
Claypoole, David C., fl. 1757-1849
The mail; or, Claypoole's daily advertiser. [No. 127 (October 26, 1791)]
One issue of The mail; or, Claypoole's daily advertiser dated October 26, 1791. Founded by David C. Claypoole in 1771 originally as the Pennsylvania Packet. Contains foreign intelligence mainly focused on Russian activities in Europe from the...
GLC00280
September 1792
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 50 (September 1, 1792)] and Columbian centinel. [Vol. 17, no. 51 (September 5, 1792)]
Two issues of the Columbia Centinel bound together from September 1 and 5 of 1792. Issue 50 contains a letter written by Thomas Paine directed to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for the Home Department in Great Britain. Paine defends his work...
GLC00281
13 August 1794
Kline, George, 1758-1820
Kline's Carlisle weekly gazette. [Vol. 10, no. 471 (August 13, 1794)]
Contains state and federal proclamations concerning the excise tax and the Whiskey Rebellion. Also contains an article on the federal revenue system and another on raising troops.
GLC00282
20 November 1863
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
The New-York times. [Vol. 13, no. 3794 (November 20, 1863)]
Front-page article describes Lincoln's address at the Gettysburg Battlefield to dedicate the cemetery. Also prints on page two the speech Edward Everett gave at Gettysburg. Other front page articles detail Civil War news, such as the rebels...
GLC00339.01
14 April 1865
Wallach, William Douglas, 1812-1871
Evening star. [Vol. 25, no. 3782, (April 14, 1865)]
Includes an advertisement for "Our American Cousin" at Ford's New Theatre and an article on the decoration of Washington D.C. in celebration of General Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War. Half of the second sheet has been cut vertically and...
GLC00339.02
15 April 1865
Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899
Chicago tribune. [Vol. 28, no. 280 (April 15, 1865)]
Reports that president Lincoln has been assassinated and that an attempt was made on Secretary Seward's life. Also reports that Jefferson Davis has issued an edict at Danville. Article about reconstruction in Virginia on second page.
GLC00339.03
1787-1788
Hall and Sellers
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 2953 (January 3, 1787) - no. 3042 (September 17, 1788)] [with gap]
One bound edition of the newspaper Pennsylvania gazette containing number 2953 January 3, 1787 to number 3042 Sep 17, 1788, with a gap of number 3003 and a suplement to number 3032. The volume has the signature of Edanus Burke, Esq. on front...
GLC00259.02
28 October 1789
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. LVII (October 28, 1789)]
Prints an editorial observing that "…however various the Sentiments respecting the Merits of this System, all good men are agreed in the necessity that exists, of an Efficient Federal Government." Also includes a letter from John Adams in Amsterdam...
GLC03173
30 September 1789
Gazette of the United States. [No. XLIX (September 30, 1789)]
Reports on the French Revolution and activities in the House of Representatives, including reference to the "fixing of the seat of government" and an editorial note that "this closes our account of the proceedings of the full session of Congress...
GLC03174.02
26 September 1789
Gazette of the United States. [No. XLVIII (September 26, 1789)]
[French Revolution, fall of Bastille]
GLC03174.01
29 August 1789
Gazette of the United States. [No. XL (August 29, 1789)]
Reports on the activities in the House of Representatives. Contains articles on sugaring, constitutional government, trade, and proposed constitutional amendments (preface to the Bill of Rights). Two acts passed by Congress also appear on p. 4...
GLC03175
6 June 1862
The New-York times. [Vol. 11, no. 3340 (June 6, 1862)]
Main article titled, "The Approaches of Charleston: Map Showing the Position of Stone Inlet, through which the Union Forces are Moving; the Location of the New Fortifications In the Harbor, and the Places of the Blockading Squadron at the Latest...
GLC03176
19 December 1792
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. 4, no. 58 (December 19, 1792)]
Signed by William Tudor in the upper left corner (possibly Colonel William Tudor, Secretary of State 1809-1810). Includes a proclamation issued by George Washington, stating that "certain lawless and wicked persons, of the western frontier, in the...
GLC03124
11 December 1790
Harrisson and Purdy, fl. 1790
New York weekly museum. [No. 135 (December 11, 1790)]
Includes President George Washington's second State of the Union Address (page 3). Among other topics, Washington discusses the condition of public credit, the Western frontier, independence from foreign commerce, and the appointment of consuls to...
GLC03130
7 July 1863
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
New York tribune. [Vol. 23, no. 6944 (July 7, 1863)]
"The Great Victory" at Gettysburg including a battlefield map with full accounts and lists of the dead and wounded. Reports from Meade, Kilpatrick, Couch, cavalry attacks, Lee's retreat, the Army of the Cumberland. Discussion of Vicksburg and an...
GLC03118
The World. [Vol. V., no. 1501 (April 14, 1865)]
Covers the issues surrounding General Robert E. Lee's surrender and the end of the Civil War. Announces that drafting and recruiting has stopped, that Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston will be urged to surrender, and details the pursuit of Lee's...
GLC03119
1766/05/12
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803
Boston gazette: Supplement. [May 12, 1766]
Prints a scriptural parody critical of the Stamp Act (p. 1), a letter "from a North-American, now on the Island of Barbados" passionately denouncing the Stamp Act (p. 2), an extract from a letter from London claiming Benjamin Franklin had assured...
GLC03120
New York Tribune, 1841-1842
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 1,929 (November 20, 1863)]
Provides a complete printing of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (page eight), preceded by a full printing of Edward Everett's address, also delivered 19 November 1863 in dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, located in Pennsylvania....
GLC03121
3 September 1831
Fry, William, 1777-1855
National gazette & literary register. [Vol 12, no. 1639 (September 3, 1831)]
Report on page 1 titled "[From the Norfolk (Va.) Herald of Monday.] The late Insurrection in Virginia" discusses the military forces which "subdued" Nat Turner's enslaved people uprising. Suggests that the uprising was subdued quickly and applauds...
GLC03122
1790/06/09
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)]
Reports on Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution, a debate on tonnage in the House of Representatives, and news from Europe. Also prints an extract from a speech to Congress by Massachusetts Governor John Hancock on the national debt, acts...
GLC03123
21 July 1804
Newhall, David, fl. 1803-1809
Political observatory. [Vol. 1 no. 36 (July 21, 1804)]
Front page prints acts approved by President Thomas Jefferson, also endorsed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nathaniel Macon and pro tempore President of the Senate Jesse Franklin. Includes an account of the 11 July 1804 duel between Aaron...
GLC03125
1-3 May 1770
Wilkie, J., fl. 1757-1823
The London chronicle. [Vol. 27, no. 2088 (May 1-May 3, 1770)]
Reports acts to regulate trials and elections, as well as parliamentary speeches and business. Advertisements include book publications, real estate, and epitaphs. A postscript fills the back page of this London newspaper detailing the Boston...
GLC03126
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