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1783
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The treaty of Paris
The final proclamation of peace between England and France in the American War of Independence. Printed by Jean-Francois Picot, in French.
GLC03985.09
Circa 1910
New Jersey Woman Suffrage Association
Plain Facts for the Working Man
Encouraging working men to vote for women's suffrage. Argues that letting their wives vote will improve their own situation. States that the wife, who has so many responsibilities, can better take care of the home and the family, if she has the...
GLC08962
20 December 1860
Charleston Mercury
The Union is dissolved! [Charleston Mercury, Extra Ed.]
Docketed on verso with contemporary and (apparently post-war) note.
GLC02688
circa 1861
Epitaph on the United States Of America.
Confederate Broadside published by Evans & Cogswell commenting on the Union, Freedom , Equality, etc., and listing nearly every argument for Secession. "Here lie the mutilated and disjointed remains of the noblest form of Government." A main target...
GLC08297
1861
South Carolina Convention (1860-1862)
[The Ordinance of secession for the state of South Carolina]
Exact lithographic copy of the original manuscript ordinance with reproduced signatures of those who voted for the act. Printed by Evans and Cogswell, by act of the South Carolina assembly. "...An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of...
GLC00395
after 20 December 1860
South Carolina Convention.
[South Carolina secession ordinance]
Printed by Evans and Cogswell. Announces secession, stating " ... the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of 'The United States of America,' is hereby dissolved." Secession was declared at Charleston, 20...
GLC05987.15
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 1915
Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York
Women in the home
Argues that a woman's place may be in the home, but that she can perform these domestic duties much better if allowed the vote, since she will have greater control outside events that influence her housekeeping, such as public health and clean food....
GLC08964
circa 1915
Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason
List of arguments for why women should be allowed to vote, including "Because women must obey the laws just as men do, They should vote equally with men. Because women pay taxes just as men do, thus supporting the government, They should vote...
GLC08963
2 March 1836
Ellis, Richard (1781-1846)
[Texas Declaration of Independence]
Declares that a "Free, Sovereign, and Independent Republic" has been constituted by the people of Texas. The Dr. Paul Burns copy, listed in the Thomas Taylor census Texfake as #2 of authentic copies. Printed by Baker and Bordens, San Felipe de Austin...
GLC02559
14 April 1877
Redpath, James, 1833-1891
A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian
This broadside is titled "A Policy for the Blacks. Letter to a Colored Mississippian" and is summarized at the top in a paragraph "The President's Policy Discussed by a Radical Republican - Duty Of The Colored People - No Further Allegiance due to...
GLC09400.007
5 November 1852
Smith, Gerrit
To the voters of Oswego and Madison counties New York
Thanking them for electing him to a seat in Congress, and reprising his anti-slavery, pro-equality platform.
GLC09329.02
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
circa 1918
Dixie Editors Fear Dry Force Bill Will Lead to Negro Controls in South; Destroys States Rights
Prohibition broadside railing against the prospect of prohibition, because it opens the door to northern infringement upon southern whites. "[The fourteenth] amendment gives to Congress the power to force upon the South a vote for the negro - and a...
GLC09079
24 October 1864
Williams, W. T. C. (fl. 1864)
To the relatives of deceased soldiers of of Leake County
File contains two documents, a broadside and an autograph letter signed. Broadside, which says "Circular" at the top, says he has received from Major J.L. Power, Superintendent of the Army Records of Mississippi Troops, many blanks for the...
GLC05987.45
5 August 1861
Jackson, Claiborne Fox (1806-1862)
Declaration of Independence of the Sovereign State of Missouri
Issued by the Confederate Governor of Missouri, Claiborne F. Jackson. Establishes a free and independent "Republic of Missouri." Calls for Missouri to secede from the United States and attacks Abraham Lincoln.
GLC05987.32
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
circa January 1861
Convention of the people of the state of Alabama (1861 : Montgomery)
To the People of Alabama
Delegates to the Alabama Convention, convened to decide upon the issue of secession, "make public the reasons that actuate them in withholding their signatures from the Ordinance of Secession on the 11th day of January, 1861." Lists the names of...
GLC05987.13
circa 1864
Unknown
A Traitor's Peace that the Northern Copperhead Leaders Would Force Upon the Country
Election broadside printed by McGill & Witherow in Washington D.C. for the Congressional Union Committee, with an engraving by Thomas Nast, from Harper's Magazine. Very similar to GLC06032 - same image and text, but different title (although, this...
GLC05986
16 June 1863
Henry, Alexander (1793-1883)
Defence of the city of Philadelphia
Printed by Baird & King at 607 Samson Street in Philadelphia. Large pictorial broadside, with large woodcut of city seal, quoting from proclamation of Mayor Alexander Henry and from Brigadier General and Commander of Philadelphia A. J. Pleasanton and...
GLC05985
1862/10/01
Hood's Texas Brigade
Honors the 1st, 4th, 5th Texas and the 18th Georgia, Hampton Legion for their bravery in battle. The broadside prints a portion of a letter by Texas Governor Gustavus W. Smith and Lee's letter of 21 September 1862, praising the brigade. Lists...
GLC05961
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
circa 1862-1863
Bumm, Harry (fl. 1862-1863)
Democratic Creed!
National Union illustrated election broadside. "Democratic Creed! Love Creed! Love for Civilization and Niggers!... Worship of Southern aristocracy! Sneer for Northern Mechanics." An anti-slavery and anti-Democrat broadside for National Union...
GLC05889
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
18 July 1863
To the Laboring Men of New York.
Issued by "A Democratic Workingman." Civil War anti-draft riot broadside reminding potential rioters that all damages incurred during the riots are paid for with city money; that is, money out of their own pockets. Encourages New Yorkers to trust...
GLC05864
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