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[Notes from the Pennsylvania Executive Council regarding pardons, appointments, and appropriations of funds].

Wayne notes that on 6 January 1780, the Executive Council pardoned William Cassidy and Peter Swope, both of whom were "convicted of high treason--on condition that he serve as a soldier during the present war in one of the regiments of this State..."...

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Election of 1864 Union party ballots [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Presidential items Fremont and Jackson; Lincoln mourning ribbon [decimalized]

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A Vindication of the character and public services of Andrew Jackson.

(title continues) In reply to the Richmond Address, signed by Chapman Johnson, and to other electioneering calumnies. Written during the Presidential campaign of 1828. Asserting that "no man has rendered more important services to his country...

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Fremont songs for the people, original and select. Compiled by Thomas Drew...

Presidential election of 1856. Published by John P. Jewett and Co. With woodcut of Fremont on the titlepage. Stained.

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[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."

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[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...

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to John H. Stout

Writes to his brother. Mentions an outbreak of cholera, "Most of it however is found among emigrants some of the poor and dissipated of the towns also are suffering with it." Discusses the settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories, "The...

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to Leicy M. Clapp

Clapp, a Union soldier, writes from camp near Vicksburg, Mississippi, to his cousin in Franklin Mills, Portage County, Ohio. Describes the battle of Vicksburg to Miss Clapp, stating that the city is surrounded, and that there are gunboats in the...

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[Union soldier's letter] [incomplete]

Discusses Sherman's march.

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