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16 January 1799
Stewart, John
Va. Resolutions recommending amendment to bar aliens from Congress
Also asking that aliens be barred from the Judiciary and Executive departments.
GLC03765
circa October 1777
Unknown
Burgoyne's Lamentation, At his surrender to the American army, under General Gates.
Nine stanza poem printed in Boston. Each stanza has eight lines and follows an "aabbccdd" pattern of rhyme. This broadside is the seventh edition. Date is estimated as around the end of the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, but it could be later...
GLC04764.83
1776/02/22
Massachusetts
A Proclamation for a general fast [Massachusetts Bay Colony]
Printed by Benjamin Edes. References: Evans 14841, MHS Broadsides 1981.
GLC04817
1720 ca.
Law, John (fl. ca. 1720)
Missisippi of 'T Wydbefaamde goudland [Dutch] [Wonderful Land of Mississippi]
With engraved scene depicting Europeans trading gold with the Indians on the banks of the Mississippi. Publicizing settling in America. Written in Dutch. (The translation in the title here comes from the first line: "Dit 's 't wond're Missisippi...
GLC04946
1832/12/06
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Massachusetts Spy Extra [President's message]
Includes discussion on removal of Indian tribes West of the Mississippi.
GLC04118
6 December 1781
Drinker, John (fl. 1781)
[Quaker petition to Pennsylvania authorities seeking protection for pacifism].
Seeks to acquaint others with the Quakers' religious principles, particularly as they manifested in a lack of support for the American Revolution. Praises and appeals to Pennsylvania's reputation for religious tolerance. Insist that their peaceable...
GLC04329
11 April 1847
Scott, Winfield (1786-1866)
Al pueblo sensato de Mexico. Proclama [in Spanish]
"To the sensible town of Mexico. A Proclamation." States that Americans are not enemies of peaceful Mexicans and that they respect their religion. Discusses martial law and the power of the army to prosecute offenders. Also mentions that all food...
GLC04070
15 July 1864
Memoriam of Capt. G. T. Burch
Broadside created as a memoriam for Captain George Tilley Burch of Co. I, 29th Georgia Regiment who was killed in the Battle of Atlanta. Died at City Hall Hospital on 13 July 1864 from wounds that pierced both his knees in a charge near Kenesaw...
GLC05987.17
circa 1864
Miller, Arnold W. (1822-1892)
Christianity and slavery, by Rev. A. W. Miller, Petersburg, Virginia.
Written by A. W. Miller (possibly by the Rev. Arnold W. Miller, though most of Arnold Miller's sermons and writings were published in South Carolina). Justifies slavery through Christianity: "Thus, the relation of slavery will ever continue in the...
GLC05987.41
19 November 1863
Stockton, T. H. (Thomas Hewlings) (1808-1868)
Prayer at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
Published by William S. & Alfred Martien, Booksellers. Delivered 19 November 1863, though a precise print date for this document is not cited. Delivered by Reverend Thomas Hewlings Stockton, who previously served as Chaplain to the United States...
GLC06072
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