Fifth Ward attention! : All good citizens of the ward favorable to the forming of a Home Guard, for the protection of the Union and the laws of this great and glorious country, will call at the rooms of the Good Intent Hose Company, No. 602 Spruce Street, on Monday, the 22d instant, between the hours of nine o'clock, a.m., and nine o'clock, p.m., and so continue until completed, and register their names and residences, preparatory to organizing a company in accordance with the request of the Committee of Public Safety of the city of Philadelphia. / George K. Childs, Joseph Klapp, Rich. Gardiner, M.D., Wm. Sergeant, B. Gerhard, W.H. Drayton, Horace Binney, Jr., Geo. Harding, Richard Smethurst, | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Contributor	Childs, George K.
	Good Intent Hose Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. 1861.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
	King & Baird, printer.
Title	Fifth Ward attention! : All good citizens of the ward favorable to the forming of a Home Guard, for the protection of the Union and the laws of this great and glorious country, will call at the rooms of the Good Intent Hose Company, No. 602 Spruce Street, on Monday, the 22d instant, between the hours of nine o'clock, a.m., and nine o'clock, p.m., and so continue until completed, and register their names and residences, preparatory to organizing a company in accordance with the request of the Committee of Public Safety of the city of Philadelphia. / George K. Childs, Joseph Klapp, Rich. Gardiner, M.D., Wm. Sergeant, B. Gerhard, W.H. Drayton, Horace Binney, Jr., Geo. Harding, Richard Smethurst,
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa.] : King & Baird, printers, 607 Sansom Street, Philada
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1861
Date	[1861?]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 33 x 25 cm.
Notes	Philadelphia Councils voted May 16, 1861, to form a Home Guard distinct from the state militia. Cf. F.H. Taylor. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865, p. 40.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Philadelphia (Pa.). Home Guard -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subject	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Recruiting posters.
Printer	King & Baird, printer.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| #Am 1861 Fifth (1)5777.F.70a (McAllister)
Accession number	(1)5777.F.70a (McAllister)