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02 May 1780
U.S. Continental Congress
Instructions to captains and commanders of private armed vessels...
Evans 17021. Printed broadside authorizing privateering. With Thompson's name printed at end
GLC00820
22 January 1863
Wheeler, Joseph (1836-1906)
[Confederate circular regarding discipline issued after the Battle of Stones River]
Docket (in pencil) indicates that this was Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's copy. Issued from the headquarters of the cavalry by E. S. Burford, Assistant Adjutant General, based on Wheeler's orders. Deplores the discipline of regimental...
GLC00823
6 May 1865
Taylor, Richard (1826-1879)
Terms of capitulation
Printed General Order no. 54, the surrender agreement between Confederate General Richard Taylor and Union General Edward S. Canby on 4 May 1865 at Citronelle, Alabama. Under the terms of the surrender, officers retained their sidearms and horses...
GLC00826
11 June 1779
Unknown
To the inhabitants of the United States of America
With notes on verso: "West Springfield" and calculations. Evans 16637. Printed by order of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, printing a congressional resolution for a $45 million requisition, approved by Jay as President of Congress.
GLC00882
02 March 1791
U.S. Congress. Acts
An act: to incorporate the Bank of the United States [Supplement]
Setting date for beginning stock subscription. Unsigned
GLC00884
03 March 1791
United States Mint
Resolution to establish the United States Mint
Printed broadside
GLC00885
1 January 1863
Chronicle-extra.
News-sheet printing the Emancipation Proclamation with news from New Orleans, New York and Louisville. Heading states, "Slavery Forever ABOLISHED in the United States of America!!"
GLC00902
23 January 1776
Massachusetts. Colony. Legislature
By the Great and General Court of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay: A Proclamation.
This document explains the Revolutionary views of the House of Representatives of the colony of Massachusetts Bay. The writing covers the philosophy behind Massachusetts as a colony and as a free state. Signed at end: "God Save the People"
GLC00905
1798
U.S. Congress
Resolution to amend Article II [Election of President]
Printed by John Fenno. The proposal was never enacted.
GLC00927.01
09 December 1800
Maryland. House of Delegates
Resolutions for amending the Constitution on Election of the President
Docketed "N. Pinckney, Secretary;" also docketed on verso. Dated at top December 9; read to Senate December 10 and tabled; read to Senate again on December 19 and assented to.
GLC00927.02
2 August 1776 circa
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Declaration of Independence [Charleston, 1776]
Unrecorded and unique. Endorsed on verso. Peter Timothy was printer to the colony of South Carolina, and later to the state of North Carolina. News of the Declaration was received Aug. 2. Timothy's broadside follows Dunlap with minor variants of...
GLC00959
25 July 1794
Broadside re: bringing rioters to justice [Whiskey Rebellion]
GLC00981
10 February 1862
Andrew, John A. (John Albion) (1818-1867)
[Broadside warning against recruitment fraud]
Issued by Andrew as Governor of Massachusetts. Warns citizens against enticement into other state militias. Says "they can expect no aid from the authorities of Massachusetts in any embarrassments in which they may find themselves." Mentions some...
GLC02251
4 March 1861
Chicago Tribune (fl. 1861)
Chicago Tribune Extra. Inaugural message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
Printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address in three columns. This was printed the day of Lincoln's inauguration. Lincoln proclaims his determination to preserve the Union. In an attempt to assuage the South, he says he will not interfere with the...
GLC02316
15 April 1865
Herald extra President Lincoln assassinated
Announces the death of President Lincoln and assassination attempt of Secretary Seward. Dated from Chicago, but the newspaper printing the small hand-bill is unknown. Has remnants of a doily around the borders.
GLC02364
October 1854
Jay, John (1817-1894)
Free Democratic Address to the People of the State of New York.
Anti-slavery broadside signed in type by John P. Hale, Hiram Barney and John Jay, the New York Politician and descendant of the earlier John Jay, as a committee appointed by the State Convention of the Free Democracy. Urges support for anti-Nebraska...
GLC02383
15 June 1864
[Poster for quota meeting to procure volunteers for the draft in Ward Six of Lynn, Massachusetts]
Printed by Stevenson & Nichols at No. 22 & 24 Healey's Arcade. Calls "The Citizens of Ward Six who are Liable to a Draft" for a public meeting to get sufficient volunteers to avoid a draft. Meeting being called in anticipation of another call for...
GLC02388.01
16 July 1864
One More Rally! Ward 6 in Advance!
Printed by Stevenson & Nichols at Nos. 22 & 24 Healey's Arcade. Broadside announces a meeting scheduled at "Volunteer Hall" to hear the report of the Committee on organizing the Mutual Draft-Preventing Association. This was a pro-quota meeting to...
GLC02388.02
30 October 1863
A Traitor's Peace
Broadside signed "A Democratic Workingman." Expresses anger at politicians calling for peace and "the Union as it was." Criticizes Southern peace terms from the "Richmond Enquirer" : including recognition of the Confederacy, withdraw of Union forces...
GLC02389
circa 1861
Gen. M'Clellan Says this is an Artillery War!
Artillery recruitment broadside for the 7th Rhode Island Artillery. Dominated by a striking, crisp image of an eagle with a banner in its beak. The banner says "The Constitution Must Be Maintained." Says the artillery is the "Right Arm of the...
GLC02420
1862
Lieutenant Holmes (fl. 1862)
Attention! Company! [Recruiting broadside for New York 156th Infantry]
Announcment made by Lieutenant Holmes, the recruiting officer of the regiment. His first name could not be discovered. Printed by Hommel's Power Press Printing in Kingston, New York. Depicts large eagle holding scroll reading "The Union must be...
GLC02028
McClellan, E. (fl. 1855-1865)
Announcement of death of Lincoln
Announces the death of President Lincoln to the soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital. Signed on verso by Jacob Campbell, Company S, 2nd Regiment, PA with a short note bidding farewell to the "sacred evil of old Virginia."
GLC02030
26 August 1863
The Draft in Berks County
Extra from the "B. & S. Journal" -- the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. Broadside lists men drafted in the first Northern draft by town, with occupation, in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Lists the names of men from 16 different towns. Mentions number of...
GLC02036
1783/04/12
George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)
Proclamation of Peace [Printed by John Hayes]
Tall, narrow broadside dated from Baltimore, April 12. "1783" has been added in roughly contemporary ink. A docket on verso has been obscured by age and modern restoration (possibly including bleaching). Apparently, the only recorded copy of the...
GLC02122
1 February 1864
Gilmore, Joseph Albree (1811-1867)
[New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]
Proclamation promulgated by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and New Hampshire Secretary of State Allen Tenny. Encourages the enlistment of New Hampshire citizens, who "will rise in their might and like an avalanche... sweep the last traces of armed...
GLC02125
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