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1842/06/29
King, Samuel Ward, 1786-1851
Proclamation by His Excellency Samuel Ward King [Dorr as fugitive]
Offering $1,000 reward for the "delivery of the fugitive traitor Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.01
1845/03/20
Jackson, Charles, fl. 1845
To the Whigs of Rhode-Island [pro-Dorr]
Charles Jackson, candidate for Governor of Liberation Convention; re: "unconditional liberation of Thomas Wilson Dorr ... to be action of amnesty ... to restore peace"
GLC07255.01
1843 ca.
To the electors of the western ... district [Wilkins Updike for Congress]
For the Western Congressional District supporting Wilkins Updike for Congress. Post-dates 1842, quotes text from Narragansett Citizen.
GLC07255.02
February 1865
Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and Woman."
Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and woman" who want the "accursed rebellion stopped."
GLC08314
18 March 1865
Dickinson, Daniel, fl. 1865
to Sir
"The destruction of slavery bu the rebellion of its propriety and advocacy, will be regarded in after times, as one of the most beneficent."
GLC08047
5 January 1862
Johnson, Charles, fl. 1862
to Fannie Schoonmaker
Printed on 56th New York stationery. Is fulfilling his promise that he made to her upon departing Neversink to keep her updated on all that is going on in his life. Would have written sooner, but there has been a lot of marching. Did not know when to...
GLC02164.11
13 July 1900
Brown, Walter T., fl. 1900-1901
to Mrs. S. W. K. Brown
Relieving siege of Taku and Tientsin. A long letter describing fighting: "2300 men of all nations held the city [Tientsin] against 30,000 Imperial troops and 100,000 Boxers. It was hell for 6 days [as] they bombarded the city. Our losses - over 600...
GLC04546.011
20 May 1863
Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865
Southern confederacy. [Vol. 3, no. 84 (May 20, 1863)]
"How the Yankees Took Marye's Heights," reprinted from the Richmond Enquirer, claims that "the Yankees were dealt rations of whiskey in order to get them up to Marye's heights, and that each most hindmost man was ordered to strike down, with the...
GLC05959.09.188
1823/06/06
Dorr, Thomas Wilson, 1805-1854
Clipped signature "Thomas Wilson Dorr"
GLC07249.03
circa 1865
Various
Two amnesty oaths for Jones with pardon and related papers [Decimalized .01- .05]
P.B Jones took part in a rebellion against the government . He was later pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. All documents have stamped signatures of important persons.
GLC01444
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