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1828
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
Election poster with prominent Americans.
"Wellington's Invincibles: Jackson at New Orleans/Adams at Ghent" Election poster with prominent Americans.
GLC08317
20 May 1797
Adams, John (1735-1826)
Centinel extraordinary.
Prints a speech given to Congress by President John Adams on Tuesday, March 16, 1797. Speech discusses suspending relations with France and the XYZ Affar. Printed in four columns.
GLC03180
1813 ca.
Perry's Victory [Battle of Lake Erie, poem illustrated with woodcut]
Sold by J.G. Hunt "South Side City Wharf." Celebrating Oliver H. Perry's naval victory on Lake Erie, Sept. 10.
GLC05511
1773
Scaevola, 18th cent.
To the Commissioners Appointed by the East-India Company, for the Sale of Tea, in America.
Protests the consignment of tea as a means to raise revenue for Britain in America. Equates the commissioners' appointment with those of the Stamp Act tax collectors a few years earlier. Scaevola was a pseudonym.
GLC01753
1777/01/26
Massachusetts. Assembly
Address to the People of Massachusetts [call to arms] [broadside]
A call to arms mentioning Declaration of Independence and referring to Battles of Princeton and Trenton. The House of Representatives ordered it to be printed and be read by ministers to Sunday congregations.
GLC01400
3 October 1778
Clinton, Henry, Sir (1738?-1795)
Manifesto and proclamation to the members of the Congress
Double-column format. Issued by the British Peace Commissioners Lord Carlisle, Sir Henry Clinton and William Eden after the failure of their peace initiative. Offered a general amnesty and pardon with internal self-government and the repeal of...
GLC01032
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
14 August 1941 - 16 December 1941
Askin, Thomas Barwiss Hagstog, Jr. (fl. 1938-1958)
USS Memphis journal: Memorys and Incidents of My Last 60(?) Days in the United States Navy
Diary of Quartermaster Second Class Thomas Barwiss Hagstog Askin, Jr. containing a countdown of days until his relief day. Askin's diary describes day-to-day experiences aboard the USS Memphis. Includes entries regarding correspondence, entertainment...
GLC09555.01
23 March 1798
[Presidential proclamation for a national day of prayer]
Proclamation declaring national "day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer," with Timothy Pickering's free frank on verso. Adams wants Americans to pray for the protection of their country. Proclamation states that America is in a "hazardous and...
GLC02542.14
1917/06/03-1918/11/05
Shepp, William
William Shepp Diary 1917-1918
3 June 1917 - 2 June 1918. Begins with Shepp's enlistment on 5 June 1917. Mentions daily activities, such as calisthenics, army drills, physical examinations and vaccinations, attendance at church services, Bible study, and French class, and...
GLC06888.01
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