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4 July 1827
Unknown
Order of excercises, at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of American independence
Inlcudes a reading of the Declaration of Independence along with hymns and prayer.
GLC06143.23
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
no date
[Survey map of 329.5 acre tract]
Tract broken into three sections. Since this is part of the Duley family papers, the land was probably in Kentucky. Probably circa 1850-1900.
GLC06377.12
1861-1877
Works of Defense Surrounding Rienzi Tishomingo Co. Mississippi
GLC06728.142
circa October 1777
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
24 April 1861
Olmstead, Lemuel Gregory (1808-1880)
Conditions of Peace Required of the So-called Seceded States
Eight articles express severe pro-Union sentiments. First article calls for unconditional surrender. Second article calls for one hundred "arch traitors" to be delievered up and hung. Third article calls for record of names of traitors so they can be...
GLC08057
25 February 1801
A Bill, to amend the act, intituled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters"
Print broadsheet of a bill before the U.S. House of Representatives which would make it illegal to "conceal, harbour, and employ, or aid or abet in concealing or harbouring any fugitive from labour, escaping from one state into another, or to, or...
GLC08058.01
Same bill as GLC08058.01, with several amendments. Settles the penalty for knowingly harboring escaped slaves at $500 and requires those employing black labor to see a manumission paper. Says can avoid the penalty if the employer advertises a general...
GLC08058.02
10 February 1865
Smith's Brigade
A message from the army of the Valley of Virginia
"A message from the army of the valley of Virginia" "after four years of terrible war with a savage foe who seeks our subjugation, we are still firm in our determination to seek our independence"
GLC08105
30 July 1864
To the citizens of Macon...
"To the citizens of Macon...the enemy is now in sight of your houses. We lack force. I appeal to every man, citizen or refugee, who has a gun of any kind, or can get one, to report at the court house with the least possible delay.""
GLC08128
circa 2 October 1863
Satirical Union Broadside
"Chattanooga Sentinel-Extra...the Ladies of Selma are respectfully requested to preserve all their chamber lye..."
GLC08140
12 April 1864
Murrah, P. (fl. 1864)
Untitled
Governor of Texas proclaiming "The Major General commanding the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona has refused to receive state troops. The enemy, is in force, upon the very borders of our state."
GLC08164
16 October 1864
Election of 1864
Election of 1864 "The degrading compromise that the Northern Copperhead leaders would force upon the country rebel terms of peace!!" Illustration of Jefferson Davis shaking hands with Union soldier who has lost a leg, over an image of a tombstone...
GLC08166
01 February 1861
Neeley, R.A.
Secession of Missouri
Secession of Missouri "Special election. To the qualified voters of Clay County." Calling for election of delegates to secession Congress
GLC08167
10 April 1788
McMechen, David (1754-1810)
[To the Voters of Baltimore-Town]
Co-signed by Samuel Sterett. Announces that two anti-Federalist candidates, David McMechen and Samuel Sterett, are pulling out of the election of delegates to the Maryland Ratification Convention because the principles they stand for have been...
GLC08175
22 September 1862
Morgan, John Hunt (1825-1864)
[Proclamation! To the people of Estill]
Countersigned by R. A. Alston. Message from the Commanding General ordering the Home Guards to come in immediately and give up their arms. Those who do not will be regarded as enemies of the Government, those that do will be treated as private...
GLC08176
26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos (fl. 1833)
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
GLC08204
04 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
[National Intelligencer Extra]
Printed presidential inauguration address of William Henry Harrison.
GLC08205
circa 1863
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Wartime excerpt from the Emancipation Proclamation].
Possibly used for dissemination by the United States military.
GLC08217
1863
[Broadside recruiting African Americans for military service]
Color recruitment broadside depicting a Union soldier holding a United States flag with an attached banner declaring "Freedom to the Slave." In the background on one side, African American troops march holding a United States flag bearing the words...
GLC08249
20 December 1783
Revolutionary War poems
to George, Prince of Wales
British hand-colored, printed rebus poem. "On War" depicts a miniature battle scene along with the lines: "How furious is the Battles rage/When foes with fire and swords engage...".
GLC08255.01
British hand-colored, printed rebus poems. "On Peace" shows the Goddess of Peace along with the lines: "While gentle peace alike invites/All ranks to share in her delights...".
GLC08255.02
circa 1960
New Orleans Citizens Council
Don't Buy A Ford Ever Again. From the New Orleans Citizens Council: To All White Citizens.
Racist New Orleans broadside promoting a boycott of Ford Motor Co.'s support of the Civil Rights movement.
GLC08259
September 1862
Frontz, William (fl. 1862)
[Poster for missing Union officer].
Hughsville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania "Information Wanted" poster for missing Orderly Sargent Richard A. Sanders, Co. F, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded during the Antietam campaign at the Battle of Sharpsville.
GLC08271
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