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24 January 1778
Wilkie, J., fl. 1757-1823
The London chronicle. [Vol. 43, no. 3298 (January 24, 1778)]
Contains new of the Revolutionary War, debates in the House of Commons, the House of Lords, literary essays, and local London news.
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30 November 1782
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812
Pennsylvania packet or the general advertiser. [Vol. 11, no. 970 (November 30, 1782)]
Prints a proclamation made by the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania concerning keeping Sunday as a holy day, the "Lord's Day." Reports on new regulations for the Quartermaster's department on p. 2 including...
GLC08691
1790/06/23
Fenno, John, 1751-1798
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 21 (June 23, 1790)]
Includes an article "On the Means of Preserving the Union of the American States," opining that the "present constitution of the United States appears to be excellent in contemplation; and if the harmony of the States should not be disturbed by...
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28 April 1824
Columbia centinel. [No. 4179 (April 28 1824)]
Discusses the tariff, the disestablishment of religion in Massachusetts, and divorce.
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10 May 1867
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
New-York times. [Vol. 16, no. 4874 (May 10, 1867)]
Case of Jefferson Davis, Reconstruction. Notices for the American Bible Society, the Universal Peace Society, the American and Foreign Christian Mission, and the Congregational Union.
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26 November 1898
Harper & Brothers, 1833-1962
Harper's weekly: a journal of civilization. [Vol. 42, no. 2188 (November 26, 1898)]
Discusses an opinion printed in a British paper that the United States should "take the Philippines, and all the other Spanish territory of which we can lay our hands." Advocates recruitment of "dark men- negroes, half-castes, Tagals, and...
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1861/06/04
New-York times. [Vol. 10, no. 3027 (4 June 1861)]
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1888
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Complete Poems and Prose of Walt Whitman 1855-1888
Printed on titlepage, "Authenticated & Personal Book (handled by W.W.) ... Portraits from Life ... Autograph." Contains printings of Leaves of Grass (1881), Specimen Days and Collect (1882), and November Boughs (1888). Each printing paginated...
GLC08728
February 1791
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
The American Museum, or Universal magazine, for February, 1791.
Disbound. Consists of pages 62-116. Printed by Carey. Contains essays on happiness, Lord Chesterfield's letters, astronomy, the microscope, and English literature, among various other topics. One essay, appearing on pages 99-107, is titled "The...
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4 February 1863
Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864
The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]
Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and...
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