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1842/11/07
King, Samuel Ward (1786-1851)
Proclamation. By His Excellency Samuel Ward King [day of Thanksgiving]
Regarding setting aside day of thanksgiving
GLC07251.01
21 October 1814
Evans, Jonathan (fl. 1814)
To Our Fellow Citizens of the United States.
Quotes a Philadelphia newspaper article that characterizes opposition to War of 1812 discussed at a Quaker meeting as treason. The Quakers charge that the article is both false and a fabrication. They claim that political subjects are not discussed...
GLC07331
26 November 1833
Garcia, Carlos (fl. 1833)
[Official notification of Santa Ana's Secularization Act]
Broadside in Spanish. Official notice that Catholic Church property has been given over to private petitioners.
GLC08204
1807/11/13
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Address of the yearly meeting of Friends, to Thomas Jefferson and his reply
Covers topics of international peace, condition of Indians, and the slave trade. Only printing. Printed by Samuel Wood. Dated 13 November. American Imprints 12626.
GLC06984
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
1941 - 1945 circa.
United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
For peace and security/buy bonds
WFD 67 - A. Government printing office # O-668763. Image by Linn Ball depicting the Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.
GLC09520.09
11 January 1865
[Resolutions]
The Confederate House of Representatives, resolving that "the Confederate States are prosecuting the war in which they are engaged for the purpose of establishing their independence as a separate power, and that in so doing they are exercising the...
GLC09310
1855
[Platform of Know-Nothing party]
Platform of the American, or Know-Nothing, Party, adopted by the National Convention, June 15, 1855, calling for severe limits on immigration, stricter naturalization policies, and restricting political office and public school teachers to...
GLC09343
4 May 1969
Legg, W. Dorr (1904-1994)
"Communications...Step One!"
One handout entitled, "Communications...Step One!" Item is an invitation to a panel discussion at Baces Hall in Hollywood, California dated May 4, 1969. Purpose of meeting was to discuss social attitudes of homosexuality perceived by the church and...
GLC09867
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