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1818/11/17
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
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
1856/10/25
Miller, Daniel L. (fl. 1856)
One Hundred Dollars Reward. Shall extension of slavery be prohibited? [election]
A comparison of Democratic Buchanan/Breckinridge platform to Republican Fremont/Dayton platform with historical background. Prints quotations from Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Polk, and the Constitution. For anyone who can disprove the statements...
GLC06814
1790/07/01
Washington, George (1732-1799)
An act providing the means of intercourse between the US and foreign nations
Printed by Childs & Swayne. First printing. This act specifies the salaries to be paid to those officials representing the U.S. abroad. Not in Evans or NUC.
GLC06986
1834 ca.
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Jefferson Celebration, Washington Hall
Pro-Jackson propaganda celebrating "The Genuine Democratic Party". Date in pen at top "14 April 1834."
GLC07040
26 May 1862
Tod, David (1805-1868)
Telegraphic Dispatch!
Signed in print by "D. Todd, Governor." This is a mispelling of Ohio Governor David Tod's name. Tod, in this recruiting broadside, asks for "A force of 200 men and [to] send them as fast as raised to Camp Chase" to help defend Washington. Below Tod...
GLC07312
circa 1845
American Republican Party of Kingston
American Republican Town Nominations. "Beware of Foreign Influence"
Nativist Election broadside, with large eagle, by the American Republican Party of Kingston attacking Roman Catholic immigrants. "Beware of Foreign Influence" is attributed to Washington's Farewell Address. Prints the address of John Young as...
GLC07450
17 September 1787
U.S. Constitution
Printed for the Federal Committee by Claxton & Babcock at the Federal Printing Office, No. 47 State St., Albany, New York. Possibly intended for the use of delegates to New York's ratification convention which convened at Van Kleck's tavern in...
GLC07866
2 April 1917
Wilson, Woodrow (1856-1924)
A message calling for war with the imperial German government in defense of American rights
Subtitled "Delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to the Congress of the United States of America on Monday, April the Second, in the year nineteen hundred seventeen."
GLC03621
circa 1837
Farewell address of Andrew Jackson
This document is a copy of Andrew Jackson's farewell address. In it, he says "Our country has improved and is flourishing beyond any former example in the history of nations," Jackson writes. Like Washington's farewell address, he warns of the...
GLC03680
29 May 1865
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
[Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government]
Proclamation announcing North Carolina has a Republican form of government, and appointing William W. Holden as provisional governor, who duty it shall be to subscribe rules and regulations for the purpose of altering or amending the U.S...
GLC03827
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