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25 June 1827
Unknown
Order of exercises, at the celebration of the festival of St. John the Baptist
Includes hymns, prayers and an address by Reverend Brother G. F. Davis.
GLC06143.22
4 July 1827
Order of excercises, at the celebration of the fifty-first anniversary of American independence
Inlcudes a reading of the Declaration of Independence along with hymns and prayer.
GLC06143.23
1856
Political chart of the United States with a comparative statistical view of North and South
Hand colored Republican campaign chart showing slave states, free states, and territories, as well as an image of John C. Fremont, the party's first presidential candidate. Includes population information for North and South, differentiating...
GLC06143.25
26 November 1833
Santa Anna, Antonio López de (1794?-1876)
[Decree secularizing California missions and opening them to colonization].
GLC06294
October 1839
Brown, Fenner (1791-1869)
[Memorial to Rhode Island Assembly attacking the Banks]
Appeal to Rhode Island Assembly, complaining of the banks' refusal to pay its debts, or pay for its currency. Calls to "abolish the whole system of banks at once." Signed in type by Brown, White, "and 4 others."
GLC06305
27 December 1860
Dunovant, R. G. M. (1821-?)
[Call for volunteers under General Order No. 4]
Printed broadside is part of the first call of troops for the Confederacy. Dated from "Headquarters" in Charleston. Order given by Adjutant and Inspector General Dunovant to various commanders to make a call of volunteers from "their commands."...
GLC05987.16
circa 1860
Taylor, Richard (1826-1879)
To the People of the state of Louisiana
Pro-secession broadside issued by Confederate General Richard Taylor, F.H. Hatch, R.A. Hunter, and Emile Lasere, as the Committee on the part of the Louisiana Delegation at Charleston and Baltimore. Discusses preserving the sovereignty of Louisiana...
GLC05987.28
1826
Barber, John W. (1798-1885)
The drunkard's progress, or the direct road to poverty, wretchedness, & ruin
Four woodcut panels showing the decline of man through drink: The Morning Dram, The Grog Shop, The Confirmed Drunkard, Concluding Scene. Each panel is accompanied by a written description of each stage of drunkenness.
GLC06025
January 1854
Hastings & Green
Catalogue of Antioch College for 1853 - 1854
List of faculty by "class" (of knowledge), with admissions, course requirements and information on preparatory school and coeducation.
GLC06027.03
8 March 1833
Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)
President's Address
President Jackson's second inaugural address. Printed in two columns with show-through. Printed at the New Hampshire Gazette Office. The notice at top notes when the address was received at the office by express, and also notes that Clay's Land...
GLC06096
1828
An account of some of the bloody deeds of General Jackson
One of the "Coffin Broadsides" that attacked General Jackson before the 1828 election. Accuses General Jackson of heartlessly executing six innocent militia men, and depicts their coffins. Also slanders Jackson in various ways and accuses him of...
GLC08974
1844
Gibbons, James Sloan (1815-1892)
Humanity's last appeal to the abolitionists of the United States, against the increase of slave territory
Urges Northerners to vote for the Whig ticket, and oppose the Democrats, who favor the annexation of Texas. Argues that annexation is planned only to increase slavery and the power of the slave states. Texas is large and suitable for slavery and...
GLC08997
27 September 1841
Carroll, Charles (fl. 1841)
Untitled
"Notice. I will give $5 for any one of my Servants who may be taken at or beyond Ellicott's Mills..."
GLC09089
27 August 1842
Simons, William (1786-1845)
Republican Herald--Extra. Governor Morton's Letter.
An extra from a Rhode Island newspaper, published by Simons, that prints a letter from the former governor of Massachusetts, Marcus Morton. Morton declares that the circumstances in Rhode Island (relating to the Dorr Rebellion) are of national...
GLC05757.06
5 October 1840
Webster, Daniel
Great Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at Richmond.... [on silk]
Full title: "Great Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster at Richmond, Virginia, Monday, Oct. 5, 1840. Reported for the Herald, by William H. Attree." Report's Webster's speech at the Whig presidential nominating convention in Richmond with audience...
GLC05862
2 December 1859
Thoreau, Henry David (1817-1862)
Martyrdom of John Brown
Program created by Thoreau for the funeral service for John Brown to be held in the Concord Town Hall on December 2nd. Event will include "Reading of pertinent passages. Selections from Brown's last words. Service for the death of a martyr." Also...
GLC05925.02
1847
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
Taylor & his battles [large colored sheet, illustrated] [election-related?]
Hand-colored yellow, green, and red. Depicts Taylor in various battles from the War of 1812, Seminole Indian Wars and the Mexican War. Printed by Rufus Blanchard of Cincinnati and published by Ensign & Thayer, New York.
GLC05952
10 October 1854
Tennessee Slave Sale
Estate sale including "Elisha a negro woman...& her child Lucinda...Terms Cash..."Manuscript attached below printed "Clerk's Sale" banner.
GLC08293
Election poster with prominent Americans.
"Wellington's Invincibles: Jackson at New Orleans/Adams at Ghent" Election poster with prominent Americans.
GLC08317
4 March 1829
First printing of first inaugural address.
GLC08354
1830
Bowen, Henry (1794-1874)
A mirror for the intemperate
Temperance broadside with poems and extracts such as "Ode to Rum" and "Set Down that Glass." Also includes some illustrations. Printed on cloth for Nathaniel Boynton by Henry Bowen's Chemical Print. Mounted on cloth covered board; dimensions include...
GLC08600
circa 1850
I still live
Oblong sheet of white paper containing the words "I Still Live. Daniel Webster."
GLC07204
circa 1847
Friends of the Country, Irrespective of Party!
Mexican War recruitment poster from Massachusetts defending the war and attacking Governor Briggs. Variety of articles supporting the Massachusetts volunteers and denouncing the governor's anti-war sentiments. Lower left corner missing.
GLC07211
1852/08/23
$2,500 Reward! Mississippi Co., Missouri broadside advertising runaway slaves
Broadside advertising four runaway slaves and their characteristics, offering more compensation if captured in a free state. (With losses to text.)
GLC07238
1842/03/19
To the public [Dorr's rebellion]
Broadside regarding Dorr's Rebellion, issued to clear up "deception" regarding Reverend William Balch's stance supporting Dorr.
GLC07244.01
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