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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
25 July 1794
U.S. Congress
Broadside re: bringing rioters to justice [Whiskey Rebellion]
GLC00981
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
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
24 November 1860
Hare, Willis V. (fl. 1860)
Great Sale of Land, Negroes, Corn & Other Property!
Slave sale broadside. The Charleston estate sale was set for 2 January 1861. The sale advertised the estate of the deceased Hamilton Houston, noting that it included "91 likely negroes, some of which are blacksmiths and others carpenters!" Lists...
GLC00227
14 August 1830
Burritt, Ann W. (fl. 1830)
Mrs. Burritt's defence of her husband; first published in the Southern recorder, Milledgeville, Geo. August 14, 1830.
Elijah Burritt's former partner, John G. Polhill, had charged that Burritt had distributed incendiary pamphlets written by African-American abolitionist David Walker. In this open letter to the editors, his wife states that her husband only sold the...
GLC00246.03
2 November 1864
Wood, Jabez (fl. 1864)
Notice to delinquent tax-payers in the town of Acushnet.
Announces that thirty days from this date, the collector of taxes, Jabez Wood, will collect any unpaid taxes for 1864 and previous years for offenders in the Town of Acushnet.
GLC00246.05
18 April 1794
Resolution: "That the present Embargo be continued"
Signed by Edmund Randolph as Secretary of State. Concerning the Quasi-War with France. States that the present Enbargo be continued until "the twenty fifth day of May next."
GLC00265.01
4 May 1865
Steele, Frederick (1819-1868)
General Orders no. 3
Signed official at bottom by Lieutenant Joseph Lyman, A.D.C. Orders that Federal troops are not to pillage homes and plantations since the hostilities of the Civil War have ended. Advises newly freed blacks to stay on their plantations with their...
GLC01908
1829
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
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...
GLC02009
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