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1777
Freshest Advices from the Northern Army [battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga]
Report on the battle of Freeman's Farm at Saratoga which made obvious to Burgoyne that he would have to surrender. References: Bristol B4441; Ford 2055.
GLC04840
1782/04/10
Hanson, John (1715-1783)
Thanksgiving proclamation [with J. Trumbull printed note]
"The United States in Congress assembled... call upon the several states, to set apart the last Thursday in April next, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer." Printed by Timothy Green. This proclamation includes a printed note of Jonathan...
GLC06420.02
19 March 1823
Crowninshield, Benjamin Williams (1772-1851)
Nomination and Address of the Essex Republican Convention held at Ipswich
Large campaign broadside for delegates to the Republican Party convention of Essex County, Massachusetts for the election to be held on the first Monday in April 1823. Says at a meeting of delegates held on the 19th of March in Ipswich it was...
GLC00246.02
1814/09/07
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Proclamation: [Salem Gazette printing re: invasion of Capitol]
Salem Gazette printing dated September 7 at 3 o'clock P.M. from the Salem Gazette Office, reprinting the text from the Boston Evening Gazette.
GLC02208
1944
United States. Public Health Service. Division of Nurse Education.
Be a cadet nurse
Image by Jon Whitcomb. NE Poster #3. Government Printing Office # O-599074. Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms. The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse...
GLC09520.04
01 January 1823
Stone, William James (1798-1865)
Declaration of Independence [W.J. Stone facsimile on vellum]
The William J. Stone facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, printed on parchment, with Stone's imprint. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, upon discovering the fragility of the original Declaration of Independence in 1820, ordered this...
GLC00154.02
circa 25 October 1774
Boston (Mass.). Committee of Donations
[Request for donations for the poor of Boston]
Broadside listing the twenty six members of the committee (including Samuel Adams, Thomas Boylston, and John Adams) seeks donations in accord with their mission to relieve the "Poor, suffering by means of the Act of Parliament, commonly called the...
GLC06657.02
1776
New York. Legislature
In Provincial Congress [calling for election of revolutionary government]
Possibly printed by John Holt. Evans 14934.
GLC02442
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
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