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6 July 1863
The black hawk chronicle. [Vol. 1, no. 5 (July 6, 1863)]
Siege of Vicksburg. A Southerner surrenders for whiskey. Many articles illustrate Army - Navy Rivalry. Prints poem Hiawatha.
GLC06107.23
1 April 1762
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1736 (April 1, 1762)]
Re: British and French hostilities in the Caribbean; Indian peace treaty in Virginia, etc.
GLC07266
1790/01/02
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [No. 76 (January 2, 1790)]
re: urging ratification of Bill of Rights in Virginia; "an act providing for the expenses which may attend negotiations with Indian tribes ..." etc.
GLC07268
5 August 1863
Pinckney, Henry Laurens, 1794-1863
Charleston mercury. [Vol. 83, no. 11, 825 (August 5, 1863)]
Members of the Choctaw Tribe Travel to Meet President Davis at richmond, Grant Establishes Garrison of 3,000 Men, Banks Defeated, Loses 6,000 men, including 4,000 Prisoners, Taylor and Magruder's Forces United, News from the Mississippi, Battle of...
GLC05959.43.26
21 November 1777
Powars & Willis (Boston, Mass.), 1776-1801
Independent chronicle and the universal advertiser. [Vol. X, no. 483 (November 21, 1777)]
Prints the transcript of part of a court case involving a Mr. Horne and Lord Mansfield. Includes a long poem, news from Philadelphia, Fishkill, New Haven, and Boston. Also includes public notices and information on the lottery.
GLC01450.452.04
circa 1863
[Civil War era newspaper clippings]
Four newspaper clippings possibly contained within the 1863 diary of Calvin Symmes Mixter (refer to GLC06583.02), a Civil War soldier. No publication information is included. The first clipping contains Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin's poem "Ode to...
GLC06583.05
27 February 1875
Webster, E.A., 1849-?
The free citizen. [Vol. 1, no. 29 (February 27, 1875)]
Includes a fictional romance, articles on freedmen and southern culture, a message from a local grange hall, several reports of a scientific nature, and advertisements. Extremely fragile, and torn along several creases. "Richard Gadson" is written...
GLC05959.40.01
[Newspaper clipping from Shakepeare's Hamlet]
Possibly transmitted with a letter (refer to GLC06298.03) from John A. Bogert to his parents Jacob C. and Mrs. Bogert, 7 June 1863.
GLC06298.03.01
1861/03/23
Harper, Fletcher, 1806-1877
Harper's weekly. [Vol. 5 no. 221 (March 23, 1851)]
The front page of this issue is a drawing of the commanding officers at Fort Sumter, less than a month before an attack on the fort would begin the hostilities of the Civil War. The news focuses on the Union forts that have already been turned over...
GLC04661.05
1734
Zenger, John P., 1697-1746
New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 932, no. 51 (October 21, 1734)]
Contains an account of a meeting at Court, in London, between King George II, Queen Caroline, and Tomo Chachi, Indian king of the Creek Nation. News from The Hague reports on a battle fought between the French and Italian under the commands of...
GLC06108.03
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