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1781/04/24
Wetherill, Samuel J., Jr.
Address to those... people called Quakers
Calls upon them to join together and bear arms during the Revolution. Printed by Francis Bailey.
GLC06257
26 November 1833
Santa Anna, Antonio López de (1794?-1876)
[Decree secularizing California missions and opening them to colonization].
GLC06294
1782/04/10
Hanson, John (1715-1783)
Thanksgiving proclamation [with J. Trumbull printed note]
"The United States in Congress assembled... call upon the several states, to set apart the last Thursday in April next, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer." Printed by Timothy Green. This proclamation includes a printed note of Jonathan...
GLC06420.02
23 March 1798
Adams, John (1735-1826)
[Presidential proclamation for a national day of prayer]
Proclamation declaring national "day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer," with Timothy Pickering's free frank on verso. Adams wants Americans to pray for the protection of their country. Proclamation states that America is in a "hazardous and...
GLC02542.14
24 July 1863
Don't unchain the tiger!
Signed "A Democratic Workingman." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed...
GLC08467
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