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9 December 1815

Madison, James (1751-1836)

Broadside

Title: Gazette and American---Extra.

This document is a newspaper extra dated Saturday morning, 9 December 1815. It includes a transcript of the Presidential State of the Union Address by James Madison. The speech was originally given in Washington, D.C. on 5 December 1815. Docketed on verso, "B.P. Robinson, Prov. R.I."

GLC05784

1815-1860

Cooke & LeCount

Broadside

Title: [Scenes of California]

Printed cartoon panel ("This is a true Picture of Callifornia I have seen it And experienced it myself T. Baxter") notation on the bottom Possibly reads Published by Cooke & LeCount

GLC09234.08

1816

Unknown

Broadside

Title: [Statement regarding 1816 Appropriations of the Federal Budget]

One broadside dated 1816. Features a chart listing the appropriations on the budget for 1816. Includes four different sections; Civil Department, Military Department, Treaties with Indian Tribes, and Single Accounts. The Civil Department section is further broken down into three sections; some remaining under the main heading, Miscellaneous Expenses, and Public Buildings.

GLC09880

10 December 1816

Madison, James (1751-1836)

Broadside

Title: New-Hampshire patriot - Extra

James Madison's presidential address given in Washington D.C. on December 10, 1816. Discusses navigation laws, the treasury, relations with Native Americans. "263" written on top section.

GLC02884

15 May 1818

Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden

Broadside

Title: [Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]

JB00241

15 May 1818

Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden

Broadside

Title: [Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden presents The Slave, May 15, 1818]

GLC09791.43

1818/11/17

Monroe, James (1758-1831)

Broadside

Title: President's Message. National Intelligencer Extra

Monroe's address to the second session of the fifteenth Congress. Printed in 5 columns. Brigham 1: 103.

GLC06759

19 March 1823

Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams (1772-1851)

Broadside

Title: Nomination and Address of the Essex Republican Convention held at Ipswich

Large campaign broadside for delegates to the Republican Party convention of Essex County, Massachusetts for the election to be held on the first Monday in April 1823. Says at a meeting of delegates held on the 19th of March in Ipswich it was decided to support William Eustis for Governor and Levi Lincoln for Lieutenant Governor. Also supports the following men for State Senators from Essex: Nathaniel Silsbee, John Prince, Nathan Noyes, William Parrot, Aaron Lummus,and Moses Wingate. Printed address by the Chairman Benjamin W. Crowninshield.

GLC00246.02

2 December 1823

James C. Dunn, & Co. (fl. 1823)

Broadside

Title: President's Message

Same-day printing of the Monroe Doctrine in an extra for the Washington Republican and congressional examiner. One of the most important lines includes: "the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for further colonization by any European powers." Text in five columns with ink stains that create small amounts of text loss. Writing and calculations on verso. Signature on verso is hard to read, but might be "Bernard V. Stewart."

GLC04824

4 March 1825

Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)

Broadside

Title: [Inaugural address of John Quincy Adams]

President Adams inaugural address printed in an extra from the National Intelligencer, a Washington, D.C., newspaper.

GLC06661

1826

Barber, John W. (1798-1885)

Broadside

Title: The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness, & ruin

Four woodcut panels showing the decline of man through drink: The Morning Dram, The Grog Shop, The Confirmed Drunkard, Concluding Scene. Each panel is accompanied by a written description of each stage of drunkenness.

GLC06025

1826/06/24

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)

Broadside

Title: Jefferson's last letter to Mayor of Washington [small broadside on silk]

A printing of Jefferson's famous letter to the mayor of Washington, D.C., declining an invitation to a Fourth of July celebration. Jefferson hopes the Declaration to be a "signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessing of self government." Jefferson died on July 4.
Only 3 other copies. Printed on silk.

GLC04525

25 June 1827

Unknown

Broadside

Title: Order of exercises, at the celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist

Includes hymns, prayers and an address by Reverend Brother G. F. Davis.

GLC06143.22

4 July 1827

Unknown

Broadside

Title: Order of excercises, at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of American independence

Inlcudes a reading of the Declaration of Independence along with hymns and prayer.

GLC06143.23

10 October 1827

Unknown

Broadside

Title: [For the Benefit of Mr Braham]

JB00242

10 October 1827

Unknown

Broadside

Title: [For the Benefit of Mr Braham]

GLC09791.52

1828

Unknown

Broadside

Title: An account of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

Broadside with four woodcuts. The first shows an officer, likely Jackson, ordering an execution squad to "Fire!!" on six militiamen. In the second two Jacksonian officers, one ordering "F-F-Fire!" against a kneeling man in front of his coffin, saying "O God!!

GLC05566

1828 ca.

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Broadside

Title: An account of some of the bloody deeds of Gen. Jackson [with coffins, response]

Dramatic broadside. A sarcastic rejoinder to the broadside "An Account of the Bloody Deeds of Gen. Jackson." Features coffin surrounded by dozens of smaller black coffins. With a pro-Jackson text that ironically describes the "slaughter" of the Gen. Packenham and the British Soldiers who invaded New Orleans in 1815. Sir E. Packenham led the British troops. An ironic rejoinder to GLC 5566.

GLC06797

1828

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Broadside

Title: Election poster with prominent Americans.

"Wellington's Invincibles: Jackson at New Orleans/Adams at Ghent" Election poster with prominent Americans.

GLC08317

1828

Unknown

Broadside

Title: An account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson

One of the "Coffin Broadsides" that attacked General Jackson before the 1828 election. Accuses General Jackson of heartlessly executing six innocent militia men, and depicts their coffins. Also slanders Jackson in various ways and accuses him of other crimes. Frame is 69 x 49 cm.

GLC08974

1828

Binns, John (1772-1860)

Broadside

Title: Monumental Inscriptions!

Depicts 6 fictitious funeral monuments, each to a militiamen executed by Jackson on 21 February 1815, after the Battle of New Orleans, for being deserters. The tombstones bear inscriptions detailing how each was a good man and soldier, and regardless of this, was "By the Orders of General Andrew Jackson, Shot to Death." Each monument was supposedly erected on 4 July, 1828.

GLC01825

1829

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Broadside

Title: President's message

An Extra of the Hartford Times, reporting from telegraph the text of Jackson's first State of the Union. The address discusses what will be many of the major issues during his Presidency. Discusses removal of Native Americans, questions the constitutionality of the Bank, and decries corruption in governmental office. Suggests an amendment to keep close Presidential elections from being decided by Congress. Also covers foreign affairs, the tariff, finances, military and other domestic matters.

GLC02009

4 March 1829

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Broadside

Title: First printing of first inaugural address.

GLC08354

1829/12/08

Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)

Broadside

Title: President's Message. First address to Congress [on silk]

GLC06747

1830

Bowen, Henry (1794-1874)

Broadside

Title: A mirror for the intemperate

Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include mounting.

GLC08600

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