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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08467 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Broadside Date: 24 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 46 x 30.3 cm. Order a Copy

Signed "A Democratic Workingman." German-American broadside supporting the Union cause, pleading with the public to keep peace in the north. Discourages lashing out at public officers and falling into the depths of crime and violence. Printed during the New York City Draft Riots. Sold by Sinclair Tousey at 121 Nassau Street, NYC. Refer to GLC08468 for German version.

Tousey, Sinclair, 1818-1887

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