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circa 1800
[Slave shackles intended for a child]
Circa date previously estimated. Consists of two loops held together by a metal pin. Shackles were intended for a child.
GLC06151
1773
Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
Poems written by the "Negro Servant" of John Wheatley of Boston. Printed at London by A. Bell and sold in Boston by Cox and Berry. First edition copy. The first book of poetry by an African American. Bound in nineteenth century vellum, with...
GLC06154
1870 ca.
Frederick Douglass
With printed title "Fred[.] Douglass." on front, and gold printed border (where the photograph would normally be placed) on verso. Dark, rich image. No imprint. This image was used by the engraver Ritchie for a silhouette bust portrait of Douglass...
GLC06198
20 October 1776
Moncada, Fernando de Rivera y, fl. 1775-1776
to Antonio Bucareli (in Spanish)
Discusses building missions in San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. Also mentions soldiers in the stockade and checking on the families of troops.
GLC06287.08
1776 ca.
Habermann, Francois X., 1721-1796
Representation du feu terrible a Nouvelle Yorck [Vue d'Optique] [Burning of Wall Street area, New York]
GLC07754
1793
Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802
Common sense [with seven other pamphlets from the 1790s]
Paine, Thomas. COMMON SENSE, bound with seven other tracts by Paine. Altogether eight works (in nine parts, one title consisting of two separately issued parts.) A fine collection bound in a single volume, contemp. sheep rubbed, crudely but neatly...
GLC08643
1856
Vanderlyn, John, 1775-1852
Landing of Columbus.
One engraving entitled "Landing Of Columbus" dated 1856. Depicts Columbus landing in the New World in 1492. Columbus and his men arrive on a beachfront in the West Indies. Columbus holds the royal banner of Aragon and Castile in one hand and a sword...
GLC08878.0001
1918
Gustrine, Charles, fl. 1918
True Sons of Freedom
True Sons of Freedom broadside by Charles Gustrine, Chicago, Illinois. Depicts a regiment of African American soldiers gallantly assaulting a line of Germans with the spirit of Abraham Lincoln looking on approvingly.
GLC09121
1 September 1857
[Broadside supporting Know-Nothing party]
Supports the American, or Know-Nothing, Party in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Encourages all "who are in favor of 'Americans Ruling America!'" to send delegates to the Harrisburg Convention of September 1857.
GLC09342
1943
United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
Americans will always fight for liberty
OWI No. 26. Government printing Office O-502684. By artist Bernard Perlin (1918- ). U.S. soldiers in helmets and coats march forward on snow, looking back in review at colonial militiamen with rifles, some in torn clothing or bloody bandages. A badge...
GLC09520.37
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