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1865
[Mourning ribbon]
Silk mourning ribbon for president Lincoln. Has a portrait of Lincoln in rondel surmounted by eagle. Below the portrait it reads "The late lamented president Lincoln."
GLC08500.03
1862 ca.
Letter from union soldier including 11th Massachusetts Regt. Patriotic cover with battle of Williamsburg, Va
GLC08502
25 February 1862
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
[Message of the Confederate President to the Confederate Congress]
State of the Union-like address to the Confederate Congress made in accordance with a constitutional provision. Admits that since the start of the Civil War they had "been so exposed as recently to encounter serious disasters." Discusses their...
GLC08503
1 October 1860
Burbank, Robert I., fl. 1860
[Announcement for a Republican demonstration scheduled to be held 16 October 1860]
Circular inviting Republican organizations to attend a "wide-awake" demonstration and torch-light procession. Instructs participants to inform Burbank, Chief Marshal of Boston, of the "number of men you can parade ... the list of your officers, and...
GLC08504
1834/06/10
Thayer, Elisha, 1785-1860
to Isaac Hill
Regrets that almost all the mail received in the town has been anti-Jackson, and that much of the town is against the President.
GLC08505
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