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1813/05/14
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war
Broadside reprinting terms of prisoner exchange agreed to by the American and British governments.
GLC01403
18 May 1865
Brent, Joseph Lancaster (1826-1905)
[General orders to Confederate soldiers]
Attempts to calm soldiers and citizens. Assures them that there is no base for alarm as the military will ensure public security. Praises Major General Harry T. Hays, who is commanding the military district, and state that he will not involve them...
GLC05987.09.01
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
circa October 1777
Unknown
Burgoyne's Lamentation, At his surrender to the American army, under General Gates.
Nine stanza poem printed in Boston. Each stanza has eight lines and follows an "aabbccdd" pattern of rhyme. This broadside is the seventh edition. Date is estimated as around the end of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, but it could be later...
GLC04764.83
4 July 1863
Harding, William White (1830-1889)
[Philadelphia] Inquirer Extra.
Reports latest developments at Gettysburg per Meade's dispatches. They have "repulsed the enemy on every attack."
GLC08056
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