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1842/06/29
King, Samuel Ward (1786-1851)
Proclamation by His Excellency Samuel Ward King [Dorr as fugitive]
Offering $1,000 reward for the "delivery of the fugitive traitor Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.01
1843 ca.
To the electors of the western ... district [Wilkins Updike for Congress]
For the Western Congressional District supporting Wilkins Updike for Congress. Post-dates 1842, quotes text from Narragansett Citizen.
GLC07255.02
1845 ca.
Governor Dorr's extra [anti-Dorr illustrated broadside]
Satirical propaganda attacking Dorr for fleeing the "battle" of Acote's Hill, calls supporters "rabble" from New York, etc. (Losses affecting cartoon on left center.)
GLC07256
circa 1845
Whipple, John (fl. 1845)
Great political car ride and last load of patriots.
Full title, "Great political car ride and last load of patriots. Dorr, Jackson, Simmons, and Arnold! 'We stoop to Conquer' 'Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven'. Anti-Dorr broadside issued by John Whipple. "Law and Order" presentation...
GLC07257
1774/07/19
Low, Isaac (1735-1791)
Proceedings of the Committee of Correspondence
New York's response to the Coercive Acts.
GLC07274
1861/01/15
Mississippi ordinance of secession [lithographic facsimile]
Lithographic broadside printing of the manuscript ordinance issued by the Mississippi convention. Printed by J. Manrouvier & Co.. With manuscript label at bottom "Facsimile of the Ordinance of Secession of the State of Mississippi Presented by Mrs...
GLC07289
1861
Sanford, John
Address ... to the Texas Secession Convention on February 2, 1861
"United among ourselves, a world in arms cannot conquer on subjugate us." Sanford was a Georgia Commissioner, apparently in Texas. Texas decided to secede after a direct vote. Parish & Willingham 5836.
GLC07290
18 January 1861
Whitthorne, W.C.
Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of Tennessee [secession crisis]
Regarding resolutions recently adopted by the state of New York, concerning the tendering of men and money to the President of the United States. The broadside argues that they should not be used in coercing certain sovereign states of the south in...
GLC07291
1868/05/20
Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson) (1821-1894)
Speech given at the National Republican Convention
Speaking at the Republican National Convention of 1868 at Chicago. Brown, Civil War govenor of Georgia, focuses on the feeling in the South that he betrayed the rebel "cause" by joining the Republican party and advocating Reconstruction.
GLC07292
21 October 1814
Evans, Jonathan (fl. 1814)
To Our Fellow Citizens of the United States.
Quotes a Philadelphia newspaper article that characterizes opposition to War of 1812 discussed at a Quaker meeting as treason. The Quakers charge that the article is both false and a fabrication. They claim that political subjects are not discussed...
GLC07331
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