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3 September 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 977 (September 3, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.109
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Newspaper

10 September 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 978 (September 10, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Speech by New Jersey Governor in Chief Jonathan Belcher to the Council and General Assembly of that province regarding his recent...

GLC06670.110
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Newspaper

24 September 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 980 (September 24, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.112
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Newspaper

1 October 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 981 (October 1, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.113
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Newspaper

8 October 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 982 (October 8, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.114
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Newspaper

15 October 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 983 (October 15, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.115
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Newspaper

22 October 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 984 (October 22, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.116
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Newspaper

29 October 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 985 (October 29, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.117
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Newspaper

12 November 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 987, November 12, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.119
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Newspaper

30 January 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1103 (January 30, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.129
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Newspaper

6 March 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1108 (March 6, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.134
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Newspaper

19 April 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1114 (April 19, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.138
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Newspaper

10 May 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1117 (May 10, 1750)] [Incomplete]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships....

GLC06670.141
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Newspaper

7 June 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1121 (June 7, 1750)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.145
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Newspaper

28 June 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1124 (June 28, 1750)] [Incomplete]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships....

GLC06670.146
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Newspaper

5 July 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1125 (July 5, 1750)] [Incomplete]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships....

GLC06670.147
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Newspaper

12 July 1750

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 1126 (July 12, 1750)] [Incomplete]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships....

GLC06670.148
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Newspaper

13 January 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 735 (January 13, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.001
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Newspaper

18 January 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 736 (January 18, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.002
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Newspaper

2 February 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 738 (February 2, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.003
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Newspaper

10 February 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 739 (February 10, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.004
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Newspaper

17 February 1743

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 740 (February 17, 1743)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents and the return of runaway slaves.

GLC06670.005
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Print

1876

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

A Watched Pot Never Boils

Marked "Plate 29." Contains 4 images. Upper left is titled "A Watched Pot Never Boils," and shows a black soldier sleeping next to a coffeepot that had been sitting on a fire and that is now knocked over. Upper right image is titled "A Hearty Supper...

GLC02199.29
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Newspaper

13 February 1865

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

Houston tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 30, no. 208, whole no. 4826 (February 13, 1865)]

The new negro bill.

GLC05959.54.31
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Newspaper

15 May 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 26, whole no. 3679 (May 15, 1863)]

Letter to the editor questions who is responsible for the depreciation of currency. Reoccupation of the Rio Grande. News from the North, with an editorial about Northern appreciation. The Louisiana retreat. Fugitive slave ad.

GLC05959.51.072
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Newspaper

9 November 1863

Cushing, Edward H., 1829-1879

The Tri-weekly telegraph. [Vol. 29, no. 100, whole no. 3755 (November 9, 1863)]

Victory at Alexandria, with 600 prisoners captured. Message of Gov. Lubbock about the military board, the frontier, the penitentiary, government officials, the impressment law, refugees with slaves, various state asylums, state finances, with an...

GLC05959.51.093
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Autograph letter signed

27 June 1782

Smith, Paschal Nelson, ?-1805

to Henry Knox

Smith, who appears to be a Boston merchant, writes to Major General Knox about a missing servant. Says about 3 weeks ago, while he was on a tour of Connecticut, "a Molatto Servant Boy of mine named Prince, 18 Years of Age went off, & by the best...

GLC02437.01468
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Newspaper clipping

circa September 1949

Lieutenant Killed in Plane Crash

Article about the death of Roanoke resident Eugene W. Williams in a plane crash in Germany while serving in the Air Force, having recently been transferred to an integrated division. Details where and when Eugene Williams served in the Air Force and...

GLC09587.189
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Pamphlet

29 June 1945

Tuskegee Army Air Field (Tuskegee, Alabama)

Tuskegee Army Air Field Presents Roger Musical Extravaganza

A program for "Roger" a "Musical Extravaganza" performed by members of the Tuskegee Army Air Field. James T. Williams is listed as one of the co-writers and Choral Director-Production Supervisor. Page three contains a brief synopsis of the play...

GLC09587.238
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Pamphlet

1948

Height, Dorothy I., 1912-2010

Step by Step with Interracial Groups

One pamphlet entitled, "Step by Step with Interracial Groups," by Dorothy I. Height dated 1948. Height analyzes the meaning of "interracial," at that time, a call for for those in power to not see a racial minority rather a person, and outlines...

GLC09640.307
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Newspaper

27 January 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 946 (January 27, 1747)]

Inscribed with "William Sandwith His paper" and "London." Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of...

GLC06670.087
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Newspaper

24 February 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 950 (February 24, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.090
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Newspaper

3 March 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 951 (March 3, 1747)]

Signed by Mary Sandwith. Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves...

GLC06670.091
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Newspaper

10 March 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 952 (March 10, 1747)]

Inscribed with "Sandwith" on page one and "Mary" on page four. Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of...

GLC06670.092
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Newspaper

2 April 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 955 (April 1, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.094
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Newspaper

14 May 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 961 (May 14, 1747)]

Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 1 through 4. Letter to Pennsylvania governor George Thomas from the assembly in response to the governor's speech published in issue number 960. Letter discusses public affairs and Thomas' upcoming...

GLC06670.095
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Newspaper

21 May 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 962 (May 21, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 2 through 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.096
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Newspaper

28 May 1747

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 963 (May 28, 1747)]

Includes international news from various overseas newspapers. Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.

GLC06670.097
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Document signed

30 April 1781

Huntington, Benjamin, 1736-1800

[Oath certifying Cuffee Saunders's purchase to freedom]

One document certifying Cuffee Saunders's emanicipation dated April 30, 1781. States that Saunders, who mustered with the enslaved name, Cuffee Wells, enlisted to the Continental Army in May 1777. The document is composed of two oaths attesting to...

GLC00318
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Letter signed

9 February 1863

Gordon, S.W., fl. 1846-1871

to Thomas H. Patterson

Circular letter signed by Captain Gordon as commander of the USS "Powhatan" to Commander Patterson of the USS "James Adger." Says he has been ordered by the admiral to remind all commanding officers off Charleston of General Order No. 11. Says at the...

GLC08519
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Autograph letter signed

21 September 1838

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

to editor of Quincy Patriot

Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his...

GLC03707
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Header Record

1772-1779

[Six Revolutionary War era financial documents 2 receipts, 1 receipt for poll tax, 3 state currencies] [Decimalized .01- .06]

[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 03 April 1772. Two shilling and sixpence note. Printed by Hall and Sellers. Signed by Cadwalader Morris, Joseph Swift and Samuel Hudson. No. 4665.

[Currency]. [Philadelphia], Pennsylvania: 01 October 1773...

GLC01450.226
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Autograph letter

12 November 1783

Knox, Henry, 1750-1806

to George Washington

Draft of an address from "the officers of the part of the Army remaining on the banks of the Hudson" in response to hearing General Washington's farewell address to the army. Expresses both joy and grief at his leaving- joy at the end "of a long...

GLC02437.10186
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Letter signed

23 March 1778

Burgoyne, John, 1722-1792

to William Heath

Written by General Burgoyne while an American prisoner after his defeat at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777 to Major General William Heath as commander of the Convention Army (prisoners of war from the battle of Saratoga) around Boston...

GLC03231
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Print

circa 1862

Currier & Ives

Battle of Williamsburg Va. May 5th 1862

Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the...

GLC02881.03

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