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10 January 1832
W. Badger & R.L. Porter
American traveller. [Vol. VII, no. 56 (January 10, 1832)]
Along with general news items and advertisements, an anecdote about Davy Crockett appears in the first column of p. 2.
GLC08737
1813-1865
12 miscellaneous newspapers re: Nat Turner, slavery, Lincoln, War of 1812
GLC08430
18 March 1794
Sterns and Winslow (fl. 1794)
American herald of liberty. [Vol. 8, no. 37 (March 18, 1794)]
Discusses continued tensions, especially regarding commerce, between Great Britain and the United States following the 1783 Peace Treaty. Letters to the editor cover issues such as the United States' relations with the Creek Nation, illegal actions...
GLC08740
1945/04/12
New York Journal American no. 20,904 [broadside] ["Roosevelt Dead!"]
GLC08725.14
WWII Newsmap published by the War Department Bureau of Public Relations
GLC09865
1864
Shoel, Charles, (fl. 1864-)
Gettysburg and Vicinity: Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South
One map entitled "Gettysburg and Vicinity: Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate the War with the South" dated 1864. Depicts a topographical map of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Caption notes, "from an actual survey by an engineer...
GLC08878.0125
circa 1864
Bacon & Co. (fl. 1864)
Bacon's Large Print War Map Showing 50 Miles round Washington and Richmond
Shows major towns, waterways, and railroads. Concentric circles with intervals of ten miles each surround both Washington and Richmond. A red line shows General Ulysses S. Grant's route from Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Virginia, and a blue line...
GLC04175
1776
Sayer, Robert
The American military pocket atlas; being an approved collection of correct maps
First issue in original boards, rebacked. Bookplate of Arthur Haynsworth Masten; ticket of T. Connolly, Bookseller, Dublin. Also with bookplate of Arthur Haynsworth Masten and inscription of "Jimmy [?] Browne / Augt. 1843" on titlepage. Full title...
GLC00257
15 June 1861
Lloyd, James T. (fl. 1861)
Lloyd's American Railroad Weekly [Vol. 1, no. 48 (June 15, 1861)]
Inside the newspaper there is a large color map of the railroads of the Eastern United States as well as a smaller map of the railroads of Texas and the harbor in Pensacola, Florida. The map is the size of the entire newspaper folded out. Published...
GLC08586
30 April 1898
Smith, Michael Hoke (1855-1931)
Map of the World Showing the Points at Which the War is In Progress
Map shows the miles between ports found in locations such as Japan, San Francisco, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde, Liverpool, New York, Washington D.C., Hong Kong, and the Phillipines. Lists the names of all the ships in the fleet at the...
GLC02691.12.08
9 May 1808
Wagner, Jacob (fl. 1808)
The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser [Vol. 1 No. 103 (May 9, 1808)]
One issue of The North American and Mercantile Daily Advertiser dated May 9, 1808. Contains many advertisements and notices of sale. Of particular note is a runaway slave ad for an enslaved person by the name of Joe Key. He is described as five feet...
GLC09791.24
January 1981
Browne, Malcome W. (fl. 1959-)
Harold Urey, scientist, dies at 87; war foe's work led to H-bomb [incomplete]
Written by Browne, a noted journalist, for the New York Times. Contains only the first page of the article. Discusses Urey's achievements, including his receipt of the 1934 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of heavy hydrogen. Describes...
GLC03152.08
GLC09791.0010
1810-1945
14 newspapers: War of 1812, Grand Review of Armies in 1865, death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
GLC08725
1813-1814
American weekly messenger. [Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 25, 1813)-v. 1, no. 26 (March 19, 1814)]
A weekly compilation of government documents, for the early part of the War of 1812. Vol. 1 no. 1-26. Includes two addenda. Printed (and edited by?) John Conrad.
GLC08617
27 July 1841
Sarony & Co. (1854-1857)
[Facsimile of map of New Netherlands using the names of Native American tribes to indicate location]
Printed on the bottom left corner is the signature of John Romeyn Brodhead, an agent of the State of New York hired to procure and transcribe documents in Europe. Signed by P.H. Loffelt, who copied this document for Brodhead in the Hague, and by J.C...
GLC05859.02
1861-1877
Unknown
Annexed statement of distances between different points at the seat of war between Richmond and Petersburg.
GLC02618.095
4 November 1945
Graeff, Susan Prowell, (1890-1967)
Adolf Hiter's Luxurious Automobile Seen By Thousands in Market Street. Children Do More Harm to Battleship Missouri Than Japs Could in War
One newspaper clipping sent by Susan Prowell Graeff and Raymond James Graeff to Leonard Eugene Graeff dated November 4, 1945. Two articles are present one is concerning Adolf Hitler's car which is being displayed on Market Street in Harrisburg...
GLC09611.529.05
13 July 1861
American Anti-Slavery Society
National Anti-Slavery Standard. [Vol. 22, no. 9, whole no. 1,101 (July 13, 1861)]
Includes a message from President Abraham Lincoln, a speech of abolitionist Wendell Phillips, and miscellaneous other reports. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.
GLC08875.45
March 1961
American Library Association
Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 10, No. 1
One newsletter dated March 1961. Edited by Everett T. Moore from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Mentions censorship and other racial insensitivities. Issues in this volume of the newsletter includes ALA's...
GLC09641.03
December 1957
Intellectual Freedom, Vol. 6, No. 4
One newsletter dated December 1957. Edited by Donald E. Strout from the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the American Library Association. Articles related to censorship and other racial insensitivities in media. Other articles include a ban lifted...
GLC09641.01
1941
War Office
[Map of French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen]
A first edition European road map published by the War Office in 1941, showing the French coast from Cherbourg to Rouen.
GLC09557.01
31 December 1836
Kimball, Joseph Horace (1813-1838)
Herald of freedom. [Vol. 2, no. 44 (December 31, 1836)]
Anti-slavery, Civil War, Lincoln, War of 1812.
GLC08430.02
13 August 1864
The American Anti-Slavery Society
National Anti-Slavery Standard [Vol. 25 No. 14 (August 13, 1864)]
One issue of the "National Anti-Slavery Standard" dated August 13, 1864. Features extracts of a sermon by Reverend Charles G. Ames entitled "Dead Flies In Precious Ointment: A Discourse on Morals in America." Also features an article titled "What...
GLC09791.31
14 July 1922
Major Selfridge Dies in Philadelphia
Major Alexander Selfridge, a civil war veteran dies at 79. He was the youngest commissioned officer in the Northern Ranks during the civil war.
GLC03131.07.09
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