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1861/02/01
Texas
An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the state of Texas...
Addressed to James Loving on verso. With collateral tintype of unidentified man.
GLC04482
20 December 1860 [1861]
South Carolina
An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina....
Dated 1860, but printed 1861.
GLC04483
1774/10/20
United States. Continental Congress.
The Association Agreed with the Grand American Congress... [non-importation]
One of 3 known copies
GLC04489
circa 1862
Kirby-Smith, Edmund (1824-1893)
[Announcement of Confederate troops entering Kentucky]
Confederate Major General Kirby Smith announcing that the Confederate Army "has again entered your territory, under my command." Says they are not coming as invaders, but under the principle that govenment derives its powers from the governed. Says...
GLC04507.02
9 May 1865
Wilson, James Harrison (1837-1925)
[Lincoln assassination reward]
Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay...
GLC04527
[1864]
National Union Executive Committee (U.S.)
How the war commenced, and how near it is ended.
Campaign broadside that includes a map showing the expansion of Union military control in the South. Includes paragraphs headed "Who commenced the War?" and "Have we made any Progress in Crushing the Rebellion?" The text underneath the map attacks...
GLC06100
23 April 1861
Unknown
Herald extra
Reports on various events related to the 19 April 1861 Baltimore Riot, during which secessionists attacked Union soldiers passing through the city. Discusses a town meeting held in Calais' Horton's Hall, where "The vast assemblage was animated by...
GLC06107.40
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
6 April 1804
Tayler, John (fl. 1804)
Address to the Republican electors of the state of New York
Address to the Republican electors of New York from the Committee of Publication and Correspondence reccomending Morgan Lewis over Aaron Burr to become the Governor of New York state. Docket on verso. Twelve names are printed on the bottom of the...
GLC05200
1763
George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820)
A Proclamation.
The proclamation establishes colonial rule over former French and Spanish possessions in Canada, Florida, Grenada and other areas; it offers tolerance to Roman Catholics; it calls for governments and assemblies like those in existing colonies and...
GLC05214
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