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circa 1864
[Election of 1864 Abraham Lincoln campaign shield]
Heraldic gold shield with photograph of Abraham Lincoln in center. With loop at top for hanging.
GLC08684
1863 ; 1940s
War Photograph & Exhibition Company
On the battlefield at Gettysburg
A stereocard of the Patriot Publishing Company. Description of the photograph reads "A group of Union dead on the right of the federal lines on the first days' fight, July 1, 1863. These soldiers were killed by one discharge of "cannister" from a...
GLC08685
1779
Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785
Town and country magazine or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1779. [Vol 11, (1779)]
11th annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues plus supplement for 1779 containing reports on the War of Independence. Issues are not bound together....
GLC08686
1781
Henry, David, 1710-1792
The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle. [Vol. 51 (1781)]
Accounts of historical news and occurrences throughout the empire, the world and the American colonies. 12 issues plus supplement for 1781 containing reports on the war and news from America, plus a report with fold-out copper plate of "American...
GLC08687
1789 ca.
United States. Treaties, etc.
Collection of treaties
Three major treaties printed in full, including ones between the United States and the Shawnee Nation (31 January 1786), with Morocco (January 1787), and France (November 1788). Disbound from the 3 volume set of United States Acts.
GLC08688
17 January 1774
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Pennsylvania Packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 3, no. 117 (January 17, 1774)]
Prints on page two an account on the manumission of slaves calculating what the estimated costs would be to pay for the manumission of all slaves in the Colony. Also includes news from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and public postings.
GLC08689
24 January 1778
Wilkie, J., fl. 1757-1823
The London chronicle. [Vol. 43, no. 3298 (January 24, 1778)]
Contains new of the Revolutionary War, debates in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, literary essays, and local London news.
GLC08690
30 November 1782
Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. 970 (November 30, 1782)]
Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including...
GLC08691
12 April 1792
Freneau, Philip, fl. 1791-1793
National gazette. [Volume 1, no. 48]
Reprints the 24 October 1791 act of Congress entitled "An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States." This act specified the coinage that would be provided by the newly established United States Mint and the salaries of...
GLC08692
8 August 1798
Russell, Benjamin, 1761-1845
Columbian centinel. [Vol. 24, no. 45 (August 8, 1798)]
Printed on page one and signed in type by John Adams is the complete text of the Sedition Act, which legalized the arrest of persons who criticize the government of the United States. Other articles detail news of the various states, international...
GLC08693
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